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  1. Re:Why? on Apple to Launch iTunes for Windows · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can burn them to standard CD audio.
    Yes, the ipod plays regular mp3 files.
    No, the ipod does not play ogg files, only wav, aiff, mp3 and mp4.

  2. Re:What about widescreens...? on Multiple Monitors Increase Productivity · · Score: 1

    If you used a Mac (which would be likely if you were using a 23" flat panel), the maximize button would not maximize fully, but rather only enlarges the window vertically, on the theory that most people want their application vertically as large as possible, not horizontally as large as possible. I'd be surprised if there isn't a hack for XP to do the same thing, as the standard maximize button really is a stupid thing on high-res displays.

  3. Re:Top ten Windows apps to install. on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 0, Troll
    That's a great setup... for a family of geeky coders. For a normal family, I'd say:
    • Microsoft Office
    • Acrobat Reader
    • Macromedia Flash
    • Norton Anti-Virus
    • Google Toolbar
    • Quicken
    • TurboTax
    • Print Shop
    • Nero
    • Backyard Baseball
    • Grand Theft Auto
    Normal people don't need ftp or ssh clients, or specialized editors. They need simple to use tools.
  4. Re:What inner harbour? on Baltimore Inner Harbor To Go Wireless · · Score: 1

    You're either trolling or obsessive-compulsive.

  5. Re:What inner harbour? on Baltimore Inner Harbor To Go Wireless · · Score: 1

    If the harbor is one of the dirtiest places you've been, you haven't travelled much, and you definitely haven't travelled internationally (except western europe and singapore).

    It's not disneyland clean, but it's really not bad either.

  6. Re:What inner harbour? on Baltimore Inner Harbor To Go Wireless · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The inner harbor isn't that terrible. There always seems to be one or two bums asking for money or cigarettes, but it's not more prevalent than it is in any other major city, really. It's simply what happens when you put relatively affluent and impoverished areas near each other. I've never felt unsafe carrying cash for tasty food at Hampton's, Brighton's or the Rusty Scupper, as the tourist zone always seems to be fairly well policed. Personally, I'd love to be able to sit by the harbor and take care of my work while in Baltimore, instead of having to hole up in a hotel room that may or may not offer a relaxing view of water and boats.

  7. Re:temp fix on MacFixIt Details Mac OS X 10.2.8 Bugs · · Score: 1

    Actually, I bet the easiest way to make an Apple worm infestation would be to write a virus that breaks through Entourage (the Microsoft email client for Mac). Any piece of software can be a worm, why do you feel the need to single out this one bit of software, that's not even used or needed by most Mac owners?

  8. Re:Great Powerbooks await on G5 PowerBook "Challenge" · · Score: 1

    They get hot if you open them up, and leave them on, with no airflow, but the small amount of airflow generated by typing is actually sufficient to keep them at a very reasonable temperature. Slightly warm, but nothing anybody's complain about.

  9. Re:Great Powerbooks await on G5 PowerBook "Challenge" · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have a PB12. There is no heat problem. There may have been a few defective units at the beginning of production, but it doesn't get too hot to use directly on my lap, nor does the wrist rest get so hot that it's uncomfortable. The only way I can make mine seem to get too hot is if I plug it in and leaving it running something like say... itunes visualizations all day, with no air flowing over it, and no hands running over it. Then it gets hot, but still, no hotter than the bottom of my Latitude.

  10. Re:innovation on New PowerBooks, Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    the click and a half drags things. the triple click highlights lines of text. they're already actions in os x. ctrl-click (or right-click) brings up a contextual menu. it works, we're happy. the only whiners are people who don't even own macs.

  11. Re:innovation on New PowerBooks, Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse · · Score: 1
    Those of us who've owned powerbooks for years really don't give a shit that we have to hold down ctrl when we click on the enormous button. It requires thought for maybe an hour, after which it's 100% natural, and you really just don't care.

    We're not being obstinate.... it's just not a problem. stop pretending it is one.

  12. Re:Which domains? on Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards · · Score: 1
    this is just plum odd....

    host fdadfds.com
    fdasfds.com has address 64.94.110.11

    host fdsafdsa.com
    Host not found.

    host gprekrew.com
    Host not found.

    host gprekre.com
    Host not found

    host gprekr.com
    gprekr.com has address 64.94.110.11

    I'm not sure what to make of that, since those are all unregistered domains, but only 2 of them show the defective behaviour.

  13. Re:wonder of wonders on Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, the verisign search seems to be pretty good. A search for FUCK VERISIGN returns a slashdot article about verisign sending out deceptive domain renewal mail as the second result.

  14. Re:I Understand Now on Justice Department Proud of Patriot Act Slippery Slope · · Score: 1
    Could you please tell me where to get this socialized healthcare? I went to the hospital and they told me I needed something called insurance or something called my own damned money.

    PS: I'm an American.

  15. Re:I'm Proud Too on Justice Department Proud of Patriot Act Slippery Slope · · Score: 0

    Excellent troll.

  16. Re:What I get out of file sharing on What The RIAA Gets Out Of File Sharing · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    everything you know is wrong. normal artists get a couple bucks from each cd.

  17. Re:Click bang !! on RIAA Sues 12-Year Old Girl · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Now imagine for a moment that you're the 14 year old child living in that house, with a comptuer in your room that's hooked into the home network. Or heck, even an 19 year old, on break from college. Yep, that child just might have kazaa. Oddly enough, man wealthy people don't give their kids piles of money, some of them want their children to actually earn a respectable living. Can you imagine that?

  18. Re:Wrong place for intelligence on Self-Parking Car Available In Japan · · Score: 3, Informative
  19. Re:bigger engine and motor on Self-Parking Car Available In Japan · · Score: 1

    The prius has a continuously variable transmission, which is why it can run the motor at optimal rates.

  20. Re:Slogan on Georgy Tells Why She Should Be California Gov · · Score: 1
    If you're such a christian, why did you post this message, where you ignore the needs of your friends, act smugly, and generally fail to follow any christian principle at all.

    Why? because you're not a christian, you're an anti-social troll.

  21. Re:This isn't spyware on Using Spyware to Report Pirates? · · Score: 2, Funny
  22. Re:This isn't spyware on Using Spyware to Report Pirates? · · Score: 1

    omg get a job!

  23. This isn't spyware on Using Spyware to Report Pirates? · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It's not sending your credit cards, your clickstream or your data files.

    It's not spyware, it's a fucking anti-theft system. Don't like it? Don't steal it.

  24. Re:Slogan on Georgy Tells Why She Should Be California Gov · · Score: 1

    i believe you should eat a bag of dicks.

  25. Re:Card Counters on Optical Recognition System To Foil Card Counting? · · Score: 1

    No fucking shit, sherlock.