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  1. Deja vu... on Report Says Patents Threaten Software Innovation · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not the first time we read such reports on slashdot...
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...

    Now, with whatever threatens innovation, we guess if these reports were true, it should Darwinianly be extinct by now. :)

  2. Almost... on Public Exploit For Windows JPEG Bug · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now, to convince my company's managers to switch their userbase to Firefox, I just need it to support Sso (Single sign-on), please, tell us it's coming otherwise we'll keep using this tyrabrowsaurus...

  3. Re:yes on Slack LCD TV Market Means Cheaper Phones And Monitors · · Score: 1

    I think so, on a laptop your eyes are much less than a meter from your screen because it's on your knees.

  4. Re:yes on Slack LCD TV Market Means Cheaper Phones And Monitors · · Score: 1

    They don't sell that high or resolution LCDs in laptops anymore.

    Maybe it's because such screens my consume more energy as well as being less used except by computer heads.

    I remember my first Mac, a white 12" iBook and its crisp 1024x768 screen, to die for.
    Why should I have gotten more points ?

  5. Re:yes on Slack LCD TV Market Means Cheaper Phones And Monitors · · Score: 1

    Possibly but if you're in the US, you usually get cheaper prices (for the low-end - I compared so it's not supposed to be a trollish comment, I swear).
    BTW, in .CH, all the prices include a recycling fee.

  6. yes on Slack LCD TV Market Means Cheaper Phones And Monitors · · Score: 3, Informative

    Does this mean I can finally afford that 21" LCD monitor I've always wanted?

    As a matter of fact, I am looking for the 20" (because there are no smaller LCD monitors which do 1600x1200) to cross the CHF 1000,- limit to acquire one.
    In June, these were 1400,-
    Now, they reached 1100,-

    This might be next month.

  7. Re:Carnival on Mechanical Pong · · Score: 1

    I really feel old now, thanks...

    http://www.uvlist.com/game-412

  8. Re:That's just business.. on Does Google Censor Chinese News? · · Score: 1

    since this is Google we're talking about it couldn't possibly be evil.

    Google just went public, okay ?
    So their ethics might not reside in their own hands anymore.
    And please, stop with this idolatry : Google is a usable search engine and that's all.

  9. Re:Are you surprised? on Does Google Censor Chinese News? · · Score: 1

    It makes sense for a company to comply with the laws of companies in which they target consumers.

    I like to read such posts from time to time because globalization made it possible for corporations to sue countries for forbiding them some practices that are legal in their originating countries...

    Of course, China is supposed to be evil so we may still be annoyed by the eventual repercussions this will have on the Chinese. :/

    Tough Dilemma...

  10. Re:What a crock of poo. on Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google · · Score: 1

    Exactly, my point : I don't like Google because it's not flexible enough for my own use as AV is.
    So we're both happy and we're both right.

  11. Re:What a crock of poo. on Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google · · Score: 1

    Do you imply that writing a correct query in altavista would lead to similar results? Why should I? I can write a couple of words in google and press I feel lucky!


    I never use the "I feel lucky" button in Google and yes, in Altavista you can have queries such as (translated from the av query language) :
    find in the pages which contain the word slash but not dot and which do not contain the sentence "that matter*" (note the *) in sites which url contain the word dot but not...

    etc.

    Can you exclude sentence and other conditions in Google ?

  12. Carnival on Mechanical Pong · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If they make a non-computer-based version of Carnival, it might look like what it is supposed to replace IRL :)

  13. Re:What a crock of poo. on Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google · · Score: 1

    Despite it has not as large a database as Google, Altavista has the best query language around, now prove me wrong and prove me crazy, please.

  14. Re:What a crock of poo. on Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google · · Score: 1

    Google is still very far from Altavista's syntactic engine.

  15. Re:What a crock of poo. on Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google · · Score: 0

    Google and other search engines don't require toolbars or software installation.

    No, but they would not have that success (yet) if there had not been these Google-search widget in Safari and Firefox.

  16. MOD PARENT UP ! on Star Wars DVD Box Set Released · · Score: 0

    Very good shots.

    I just wonder where he got the 2004 ones. ;)

    BTW, it looks like the colo(u)rs were warmer before they applied the digital correction...

  17. Too Late on Star Wars DVD Box Set Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Lucas used Microsoft's strategy which consists of pre-announcing a product long before it'd be released.

    The problem is that I made my mind and I am not sure I want to acquire this set because I am unsure I might watch it again and again...
    This observation came after somebody lent me the 3-DVD set of the Indiana Jones Trilogy (which happened to have gotten really... obsolete) : I then thought it could be the same with SW.

    But otherwise, had he released it today without pre-announcing it, I might have considered buying it... Simply because of the surprise effect which he voluntarily spoiled.

  18. Wintel vs AMDnux ? on AMD vs Intel: A Linux Bout · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So, isn't there some Bias here ?
    We associated so much Intel and Windows in the past that it now seems obvious that AMD is better for Linux ?
    Just a question, I have not checked the thoroughness of these tests.

  19. Re:Is there any way... on Zombie Networks On The Rise · · Score: 0

    As illegal as it is, I would love to see a zombie virus spread that locks down peoples computers, cleans them and installs a firewall.

    I don't trust "white viri", I'll just keep my Mac and my hardware Firewall, thanks.

  20. Re:I'm wondering... on Microsoft To Share Office Source Code · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, if they compile these and they do not get the exact same binaries, they might claim they are cheating but as we know Microsoft, they will explain that their WC++ might not always produce the same output depending on many factors...
    So, well, they have to believe it.

  21. how's it ? on Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence in Theaters · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seems that people like it (7.1/10 on IMDb) but its plot line sounds like some "I, Robot".
    So, is it worth it, besides the Geek Factor ?

  22. TCO ~! TCU on Microsoft's Chief Linux Strategist Interviewed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Total cost of Ownership ?
    I thought and it was Microsoft and its BSA/SPA satellite that software could not be owned, hence the EULAs.
    So, they imply one might OWN a system ?

  23. lack of decent scenarii on War of the Worlds Remake Already Shot Overseas · · Score: 1
    Hines feels there will be room for both films to exist, as they will be drastically different in story and scope.


    They still are inspired by the same book, so, why wouldn't Spielbu^Herg switch to something else ?

  24. Bad news on MGM Purchase Gives Sony An Edge In Disc Format War · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I do not like the way all of these studios suddenly get aggregated by huge multinational companies...
    If they decide to prevent a movie from reaching the theaters, it begins easier and easier...

    Would "Clerks" still make a success in 2004 ?
    In 10 years, will Fahrenheit 911 sequels ever reach the public ?

  25. Re:But A9 doesn't have such a nice ring to it... on Amazon's A9: How Well Is the Hype Justified? · · Score: 1

    That's what I am still using Altavista :
    -nice page...
    -I AV'ed it a long time ago :)