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  1. Re:Cox and the DMCA on Alan Cox: The Battle for the Desktop · · Score: 0
    Published fixes for flaws in the Linux Kernel may involve root exploits or user permission breaches which would be information on how to circumvent a copy protection device (ie, older versions were affected).

    He is guilty under the DMCA.

  2. Re:There's a big difference on Lessig's "Creative Commons" @ The FAA · · Score: 0

    Well, I know what a UTF-BOM is, does that count?

  3. Re:Current Troll/Serious Ratio on Lessig's "Creative Commons" @ The FAA · · Score: 0

    You can buy packs of bulbs with varying wattage? This I gotta see!

  4. Re:It's bad. on Open Relays, Free Speech, and Virus Propagation · · Score: 0
    In common use of P2P for pr0n and warez an open handling of data is required.

    In common use of a mail relay to send messages to your friends being open is unneccessary. There are certainly steps to be taken here such as only allowing emails to be forwarded to his friends' addresses. If these international playboys change email address update the allow/blocklist.

    Now if you can think of a way in which de-centralised P2P can work without an open network please say. Otherwise the reality of the situation is far different.

  5. Re:Steve Gibson debunks M$'s "innovation" on Xft Hack Improves Antialiased Font Rendering · · Score: 0

    It's mostly sub-pixel anti-aliasing which X has had for a long time. It is also knowledge about the eye (ie, blue light doesn't focus as well) to smartly alter the colours sent to the screen for readability.

  6. Re:KDE Myths on Xft Hack Improves Antialiased Font Rendering · · Score: 0

    Does anyone know if there are any plans to change the default icon set for KDE3? Perhaps to Ikons

  7. Re:Anti-Aliasing on Xft Hack Improves Antialiased Font Rendering · · Score: 1
    OSX's fonts are blurry. They simplify the anti-aliasing process for speed reasons. Given the same TTF, Freetype will beat OSX any day.

    Now that I think about it, that would be a nice test too.

  8. Re:first fp on Xft Hack Improves Antialiased Font Rendering · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shut up man, you made my girlfriend cry!

  9. JPEGs instead of GIFs on ClosedBSD 1.0b Released · · Score: 0
    Yet another reason why programmers don't necessarily make good web designers.

    Four colour screen shots saved as JPEG. That's what GIF/PNG was made for.

    The yellow and the light-grey bleed together as the night rages in. The King of the World will not sleep easy tonight.

  10. Re:Pixels on Aqua Enhancements · · Score: 0
    They're vectors and it's resolution independent.

    I HATE YOUR SOUL

  11. Re:What about Konqueror on Linux Web Browsers Compared · · Score: 0

    Mozilla is quite probably the slowest to load. Once loaded it is the fastet at rendering pages. In my tests it's more than twice as fast as any other.

  12. Re:Good Web? on What Makes a Good Web Design? · · Score: 0

    But shoot it in the right direction. Make making it your intention-ooh yeah. Live those dreams. Scheme those schemes. Got to hit me. Hit me. Hit me with those laser beams I'm coming. I'm coming-yeah. Relax don't do it. When you want to go to it. Relax don't do it. When you want to come. Get to it.

  13. Re:The disadvantages of automated trolling on Judicial Order in MySQL AB vs. Nusphere Suit · · Score: 0

    See now if Slashdot would offer filters for specific accounts I might pay. I'll pay for enhancements. I won't pay to not be irritated.

  14. Re:Right on, bro! on What Makes a Good Web Design? · · Score: 0
    Sir,

    You have conflicting points. You say getting it to merely work in IE, Netscape, and minor browsers is foolish. Then you say it should degrade gracefully while remaining usable! (a statement based on browser rendering).

    Fact is, that what works best in browsers isn't just applying standards. Include the four margin-removing tags for Netscape 4. In 99% of cases @import isn't used for importing stylesheets, it's used because the designer knows that Netscape 4 will ignore it.

    The later may be standards. But one just can't apply standards as you say. Understanding how browsers use them is of utmost importance for the user.

  15. Re:Emulation on PPC Emulators To Debut at MacWorld Tokyo · · Score: 0

    Excellent. I got a bite.

  16. Re:There's no agreement on What Makes a Good Web Design? · · Score: 0

    Glish is good, ALA miss the point. They simplify the layout to two columns, only CSS-P browsers can render it, and they provide a printable stylesheet that removes the columns. Do the same thing serverside and you've got old browsers back, jack.

  17. Re:Emulation on PPC Emulators To Debut at MacWorld Tokyo · · Score: 0

    Grimm was a fool!

  18. Re:Wait.... on Transparent Aluminium · · Score: 0
  19. Re:Emulation on PPC Emulators To Debut at MacWorld Tokyo · · Score: 0
    Sorry, I am a tad out of touch with the latest mac offerings. You passed 700Mhz? Good boy... yes, that's a good boy. Yes you are... you're a good boy, yes you are... who deserves a bicky, who deserves a bicky... good boy.

    My desktop is 1.4GHZ and that was bought about six months ago. I can get a 2GHZ now. A 1GHZ Mac now isn't worth an Athlon 1.8XP.

    Smart and slow doesn't win the race. Stupid and fast does. Take this from nVidia vs Kyro back through history. I was exagerating. A PC is only twice as fast at the same priced Mac.

  20. Re:Open Office on Sun to Charge for Star Office 6.0 · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's tracked by form key, see in your response form you've got this tag which is required to post. This formkey is issued to you, and you can't use it for 20 seconds. Simple.

    There's a two minute limit between posts per IP (or is that one the userid?)

  21. Re:Emulation on PPC Emulators To Debut at MacWorld Tokyo · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Depends on the emulation machine's specs. On PC hardware that's three times faster than the best Mac?

    The PC would wipe the floor with their PPC bollocks.

  22. Re:Is anyone else confused by this? on Sun Increases Commitment to GNOME · · Score: 0
    Exactly. It's nothing to do with commercial or non-commercial software. Often free software has deadlines - and the developers are as pissed as anyone when if it slips (perhaps even moreso, what with the beerfest coming up).

    All this shows is that some people consider their users' needs for a deadline. Big deal.

  23. Re:This is really great on GNOME 2.0 Beta · · Score: 0

    Dotplan
    (also,
    1, 2)

  24. Re:Oh God NOOO!!! The /. interface for this sectio on Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.1.3 · · Score: 0

    Why yes. If someone doesn't like this tired look they 'll surely be happy with text-only - good one, hippy.

  25. Re:Weird on WinXP Keygen Foils Product Activation · · Score: 1, Insightful
    The poster is saying that there are two validations schemes and that the key must pass both.

    The first is in the client software. The second is in the server software. Of the many keys that would successfully pass the client's validation only a few would succesfully pass the servers validation.

    For example, the client tests for even numbers - and the server tests for multiples of 4 (so even if you reverse engineer the client you'll only be right half the time).