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  1. Re:No problem for non-idiots. From the CNET FAQ... on Download.com Now Wraps Downloads In Bloatware · · Score: 1

    Registered non-idiots, that is. Use a throwaway address. But being a non-idiot you knew that, right?

  2. No problem for non-idiots. From the CNET FAQ... on Download.com Now Wraps Downloads In Bloatware · · Score: 3, Informative

    3. Is my direct download URL still available?

    Yes. Right under the main "Download Now" button is the direct HTTP download URL which registered CNET members can access.

    http://cnet-upload.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2064

  3. Re:THEN WHY THEY ALWAYS SMELL MY CROTCH !!?? on Study Shows Dogs Can Sniff Out Lung Cancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, just several other diseases ...

  4. Re:C++ Making its way to the web? on Chrome 14 Beta Integrates Native Client · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is no native client standard. They can't break compatibility by adding completely new features unrelated to anything else. They'll just result in web games etc. that only work in Chrome. It's like saying that Apple is "breaking compatibility" by making apps that don't work in Windows.

  5. Re:well... on Chrome 14 Beta Integrates Native Client · · Score: 1

    You mean Visual Studio. Intellisense is a small component of it, not a dev environment.

  6. Re:macrumors.com on Ask Slashdot: Info On Upcoming Handhelds? · · Score: 1

    You win an internet, good sir.

  7. Re:HIV? on New Drug Could Cure Nearly Any Viral Infection · · Score: 1

    This. If it works as well as it says it could be a major breakthrough.

  8. Re:Only open source standards compliant browser on Mozilla's Nightingale: Why Firefox Still Matters · · Score: 2

    I hadn't heard that site was violating any standards. From what I understand, Chrome has implemented a set of HTML5 features different from the set some other browsers have implemented, and occasionally the implementations clash because the standard is evolving and not fully defined.

  9. Re:Education on Mozilla's Nightingale: Why Firefox Still Matters · · Score: 1

    Crap software should not determine your browser choice. You should just stop using crap. I used Chrome with a faked user agent when I had to use Angel, and only used IE for file uploads (FF wasn't supported a couple years ago either).

  10. Re:Why no PGP instant messaging? on RIM Helping UK Police Track Down Rioters · · Score: 1

    The US government would just force them to store plaintext copies. Just like they forced Google to put a backdoor in Gmail. Just like they tap your phones and sniff your dirty packets.

  11. Re:Nah on Cisco, US DOJ Fire Another Salvo At Peter Adekeye · · Score: 1

    You just press the button on the device and hold it to the scanner.

    And the info sent by the scanner can't be intercepted? The device can't be stolen or cloned? It's just a fancy-dancy password.

  12. Re:Greetings on Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes · · Score: 0

    Did you know that you're commenting on the internet? You're wasting time more effectively than anyone your ineffective rant reaches.

  13. Re:StackExchange on Wikipedia Losing Contributors, Says Wales · · Score: 1

    Groupthink is fairly easy to avoid when the point is to gather objective, encyclopedic information rather than Q&A. Not that the current Wiki moderators don't imbibe the blue ganja juice offered by their cult.

  14. Re:StackExchange on Wikipedia Losing Contributors, Says Wales · · Score: 1

    Who cares WHY people contribute as long as it's a good contribution?

  15. Re:Discovery....Blah on Video Game-Like Programs Could Treat Schizophrenia · · Score: 1

    Yes, the evil Discovery Network. Convincing the world that the scientific method is "valid" since 1995.

  16. Re:Boy who was stuffed in oven: Don't jail my dad on Video Game-Like Programs Could Treat Schizophrenia · · Score: 0

    The relevance of this post is astounding.

  17. StackExchange on Wikipedia Losing Contributors, Says Wales · · Score: 2

    Wikipedia needs to adopt some of the stuff StackExchange does to encourage user participation and APPROPRIATE moderation. The SE platform wouldn't work for Wikipedia, but some aspects of the user system would be highly beneficial. Reputation of some sort would be great, along with better privilege levels.

  18. Re:TFA is wrong on Stanford 'Intro To AI' Course Offered Free Online · · Score: 1

    That also says that the course starts Sept. 27. So EVERYONE is wrong :P

  19. Re:Credit? on Stanford 'Intro To AI' Course Offered Free Online · · Score: 1

    Presumably since it's online, anyone can take it. The article says only Stanford students will get credit, but if you can convince your own university to give you credit for it ... do it!

  20. TFA is wrong on Stanford 'Intro To AI' Course Offered Free Online · · Score: 3, Informative

    The actual website for the course says "The class runs from Sept 26 through Dec 16, 2011." http://www.ai-class.com/

  21. Re:Speak Proper Yoda, Please on Earth May Once Have Had Two Moons · · Score: 3, Informative

    You mean "Two Moons, Earth May Once Have Had" or "Had Two Moons Once, Earth May Have." Yoda often places the predicate (minus the helper verb or all verbs) before the subject -- "Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has" -- or otherwise rearranges phrases. He doesn't jumble words around randomly.

  22. Re:math is hard on Amazon App Store 'Rotten To the Core,' Says Dev · · Score: 2

    The List Price, as originally defined, was set by the developer. Not Amazon. Thus the original agreement effectively said "20% of the original price".

  23. Re:You mis-read the contract and are crying foul? on Amazon App Store 'Rotten To the Core,' Says Dev · · Score: 2

    No, originally the agreement clearly said 20% of the original price. It was changed sneakily, though I'm sure it was legal. See http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2361318&cid=36965966

  24. Facts on Amazon App Store 'Rotten To the Core,' Says Dev · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The old version of Amazon's agreement stated that developers would receive 20% of the original price when an app was given away for free. Then they changed it, and they didn't make it clear to developers. For many of them it was a nasty surprise. Unfortunately I can't find the original, but the new version is here https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/mobile-apps/devportal/pdf/Appstore_Distribution_Agreement.pdf with the added sentence "No Royalty is payable for Apps with a List Price of $0.00." in Section 2(a).

  25. Re:Loop invariants on Escaping Infinite Loops · · Score: 1

    My thought exactly. Not to mention that other operations performed by the loop (that are obviously malfunctioning) may be necessary for the program to proceed correctly even if they don't affect the loop invariant.