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  1. Re:how long.. on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition · · Score: 2, Informative

    People get handwriting recognition on their Linux version (eleven years)

    Sorry, my Sharp Zaurus actually runs Linux and has a better handwriting recognition than my Palm had.

  2. Re:Well, yes it is. on Google Complies with Law, Excludes 'controversial' Sites · · Score: 1

    I'll dig a little deeper :
    According to the French "Fabius/Gayssot" law, contesting whichever fact related to a genocide is a crime and contesting about such a judgement is to be punished the same way either as recidivism (if you contest your punishment) or as complicity (if you just can't accept that some people asking questions, however stupid they may be are to be treated as crininals).
    This law goes much to far to behold the smallest bit of ethics.

  3. Re:SERVES THEM RIGHT! on Ebay vs. Musician · · Score: 1

    Paypal doesn't make people go to your shop, but people know they could find anything on eBay...

  4. Re:only 100 sites on Google Complies with Law, Excludes 'controversial' Sites · · Score: 1
    > So, what number of sites does it have to be before it becomes wrong?
    Google is a gift horse, don't look in its mouth.
    Actually I just feel happy to know that :
    • I can search through Google.com instead of .fr in case my search results let me consider Google.fr think I want something "controversial".
    • They don't blacklist that many web sites so they may visit the ones they reject... Which let me think they may be honest instead of just running "CyberNanny" to detect the sites they should to blacklist...

  5. only 100 sites on Google Complies with Law, Excludes 'controversial' Sites · · Score: 4, Insightful

    OK, there'd be a lot to say about the reason a site should be considered as controversial but their light quantity just sounds like to me they actually visited these to ensure they would not blacklist a legitimate site...

  6. Re:What kind of applications? on Airborne Mouse · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Exactly my point to : if we consider the mouse as a complement to the keyboard as an input, then they'd have to develop an airborne Keyboard to make this practical...
    It's also true that the way they shaped the mouse (on the photo) doesn't make it look it is made to walk around while working.
    So, now, one will have to invent a specific usage for this...
    I can imagine some Mad Quakers fighting with this but they will then risk to hurt each others while quickly balancing their mouses to frag the other before being fragged...

  7. Questions on Pioneer DVR-A05 Review · · Score: 1

    Hi
    For a long time I misconsidered buying a DVD burner as there were many different formats, technologies and also media prices issues involved.

    Now, if I burn a DVD on this stuff, will it still be readable on another PC's lambda DVD player ?

    Is there something specific to know about this ?

    What about region-locking ?
    Can I easily duplicate my own DVD (and DeCSS these on the fly, BTW caus' I want my backups not to suffer from such idiot protection scheme) ?

    Thanks

  8. Re:it will probably be slashdotted, not a major si on 10Gbps Wireless Transfers · · Score: 4, Funny

    This would actually be quite funny if this site wer slashdotted as we are currentlydiscussing about its breakthrough in network technologies :-)

  9. Re:Proof that Passport Can Be Secure? on Passport for Linux On the Way · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the eventual inclusion of the "GNU/" prefix before GNU/Linux :)

  10. Re:The ACLU Sucks! on ACLU Campaign Challenges Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    If you don't like the fact that our laws, our government, and our Constitution were created with the recognition that all (wo)men were created equal, then perhaps a country such as China is better suited for you.

    Errmmm, I don't think this is a fair comment as mostr of the Chinese are (bad) treated as equal by an privileged oligarchy...

    But maybe you meant the way Israeli treat themselves according to their level of radicality...
    Or maybe the way French people will judge their elite after the schools they attended instead of their human value...
    Or maybe... well, there are too many examples, even in the US.

  11. Good for them on Phoenix 0.3 Is Out · · Score: 1

    From their FAQ:
    "We need all the distribution we can get. Tell your family. Tell your friends. Tell your coworkers. If you're a student, get it distributed at your college. Submit a story to Slashdot and other news sites about the release. Make some noise on your blog. Spread the word!"

    Thanks, Mr Tansey ;-)

  12. Re:Google cache still works? on Microsoft PR Rep is the Switcher · · Score: 1

    Funny you should mentionthat, a few weeks ago, entering go.to.hell in Google.com would give you Microsoft and AOL among the firsts...
    But now, well.... Seems that Google has modified something.

  13. Re:ID are mentoined but not Commander Keen ? on High Score · · Score: 1

    Thanks :)

  14. Re:Sakila on Slashback: Cinelerra, Dolphiname, Phoenix · · Score: 1

    Thanks to both of you guys, actually it's easier, for a non-native like me to speak English about Computing than about the real life :)

  15. ID are mentoined but not Commander Keen ? on High Score · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's a pity, really : Commander Keen was one of the biggest step PC gamer ever made in terms of playability.
    This was the first time a game was so feature-rich :
    • Secret areas
    • Secret levels
    • Lots of various animated characters
    • Ability to save a game at the middle of a level
    • Ability to reconfigure the keyboard

    I remember having to replay the complete 4-5 episodes in order to decrypt the Shikadi alphabet so that I could find read the sign explaining me how to access to the secret level in the gravitational damping hub.
    Oddly enough, I finally almost felt a similar gameplay in Quake's level Satan's Dark Delight.
    Note that this is not the unique re-apparition in ID Software's games.
    You also have the Dope Fish, first seen in Keen's Well of Wishes, then in Quake's Crypt of Decay, and also Commander Keen which appears in Doom 2's super secret level along with a bunch of Wolfenstein 3D soldiers.
    Ah... Nostalgie... :)
  16. Re:Solaris is a nice UNIX on Sun to Sell Unbundled Solaris 9 · · Score: 1

    The average uptime we have here is 400 days.
    the only time we had to reboot the server was when the executive staff decided we should re-organize the server rooms... :(
    But well, I still have several SUN (and HP) web servers that have past the 1k-day uptime :)
    I also happened to set up some Compaq 360 / FreeBSD rack servers which have Remote Insight Port...
    These would be perfect but the hardware is quite shitty and Power Supply failures forced us to shut these down in order to replace these :(

  17. Re:Sakila on Slashback: Cinelerra, Dolphiname, Phoenix · · Score: 1

    I thought of Sakura which means "Cerisier en fleur" (how'd this translate in English ? "Cherry tree in flowers" ? :-)

  18. Re:Solaris is a nice UNIX on Sun to Sell Unbundled Solaris 9 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I don't quite agree.
    I am working as a sysadmin for a huge company.
    The reasons we chose Solaris are
    • Sun's support (with a SUN/GOLD => repairs are to occur during the working day)
    • Sun's hardware (really stable with a nice hardware-monitoring from the OS => we can detect a Power supply failure before it has some productive consequences)

    Now, the OS itself is quite simplistic, I mean you have to GNU-ize it a lot to achieve a comfortable level of functionalities (Apache, vim, bash -now supplied-, GCC! ...).
    I still wonder why they don't provide a decent ANSI C/C++ compiler that we need when it comes to patch/recompile some Apache module (Vignette requires the commercial SUN C Compiler to be rebuilt)...
    It's mostly a question of support and feedback from SUN and other developpers (Oracle, Vignette, Broadvision, Silverstream...).
    Now, considerig Solaris alone on a lambda/PC, I guess this is not as interesting as you lose functionalities that only Sun's hardware fully provides.

  19. I am somehow disappointed on 37 Operating Systems, 1 PC · · Score: 1
    There are loads of GNU/Linux distros, each being counted as a specific OS, several DOSses...
    I thought he could have taught me a lot about any of these.
    I expected his list to contain at least :
  20. he's not the first on Charles Simonyi leaves Microsoft · · Score: 5, Informative
    "simplify programming by representing programs in ways other than in the text syntax of conventional programming languages"


    Has he heard about COLORFORTH ?
  21. Re:quakeman on Quake 3 2600 Adventure · · Score: 1

    Okay, in raw German, this'd be :
    Stirb, Führer, Stirb !

    or, in english : Die, Leader, Die !

    OK ?

  22. Re:Beware on One Year After September 11 · · Score: 1

    I noticed you still had no response to the proof of evidence. Osama admited ON TAPE that he was behind the attacks. What more do people need?

    Is it really him, on this tape ?

    Reminds me of some famous Nessie photo which were taken far from the Loch Ness.

    I suppose if you support him you would dismiss it though...

    why should I support him ?
    Are you implying that if I am against your ennemies, then I am with them ?

    if this is the case, then I guess you are really working to close to computers as anything is not binary.

  23. Re:Beware on One Year After September 11 · · Score: 1

    read this.
    don't mind the name but what they wrote.

  24. Re:Beware on One Year After September 11 · · Score: 1

    Your full of hatred, there's no use to argue.
    I'll just quote your last sentence :

    "Open the Gate of Hell"? Who the hell are you, one of Saddam's PR people?

    No, I was quoting the actual word from some arab representative, published in the european press some days ago, of course, you might not read the press, you have CNN and the Disney Channel.

  25. Beware on One Year After September 11 · · Score: 0, Troll

    One year after, many doubts have surfaced and the legitimity of the US president isn't actually certain.

    You accused Oussama bin Laden of such a tragedy but where are your evidences ?
    No, I don't mean these tapes that appear on CNN on a regular basis.

    You also want to invade Iraq, which is your problem because there's nothing less certain that this will help you.

    I don't want to speak about "conspiracy theories", here because I actually feel sorry for the victims of 911.

    I'd just want you to think about it twice before starting a World War. This is not a fair war because you'll be bombing innocent people while other angry people will suddenly begin attacking you as a reaction.

    This is also something that will ruin your economy.

    So, if this story is about friendship, then, take it as from a friend : stop this war, stop Bush.

    A guy that asks his lawyers whether he may bypass your congress in order to "open the Gate of Hell" is not a trustworthy leader.