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  1. Re:Good article on KDE Running on Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    The .hidden does the exact same thing is did in 10.3.

  2. Re:Good article on KDE Running on Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Sure it does. It just also handles does it via metadata on the files themselves.

  3. Re:Here's a start for you. on Dealing With Laptops in a Business Network? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bullocks. No one, outside of developers and other IT staff, needs to install software. If you needs software installed, contact the IT staff, who'll take care of it.

    Likewise, you're machine shouldn't talk to any other users machine directly. You should be talking to servers.

  4. Re:Very first thing... on What's On Your Tech Bench? · · Score: 1

    Check out Belkin's Enterprise line of KVMs. Hard to beat a daisy chain-able 2x16 ps2/USB KVM for $1000

  5. Re:More than one console . . . on What's On Your Tech Bench? · · Score: 1

    Make sure your KVM has the ability to auto switch between inputs on a timed interval.

  6. Re:Back in Econ 101.... on Why the Rokr Phone Is An Important Failure · · Score: 1

    Humans are perfectly ration beings, individually. The problem is a difference of value systems.

  7. Re:Truth is on Wi-Max Deployed in Katrina Disaster Area · · Score: 1

    Goodness of their hearts has nothing to do with it. If I gave the Red Cross a million dollars, and then had a marketing campaign spun up to say what a god person I am, it doesn't make giving a million dollars not a donation.

  8. Re:Nice move on Wi-Max Deployed in Katrina Disaster Area · · Score: 2, Funny

    My kingdom for some mod points.

  9. Re:Truth is on Wi-Max Deployed in Katrina Disaster Area · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "They aren't 'donating' per se -- yes, they're giving it away at no cost, but it's VERY good publicity for them."

    So, they're donating it.

  10. Re:Multiple Guess on Tools for Automated Grading? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    At some level you have to think about what's logistically possible for a teacher. Say you teach 8th grade science. Your school has 8 mods (or periods, whatever they call em these days), 6 of which you teach students during, 1 for your lunch, and 1 for "planning", which is usually spent deal with school bureaucracy, possibly calling parents, or once in a while doing actual lesson plans for the next day.

    Each of your 6 classes has 30-35 students.

    Every time you give an assignment to you students, you get 180-210 papers back to grade. Thats 210 papers back about every day. How do you find the time to grade 210 papers every day?

    Now imagine each of those papers was a free response, encouraging you to think, and show ability to use what you've learned.

    Now add in how much time it would take to come up with those questions, for 180 school days.

  11. Re:Better than Google on The Google Search Server · · Score: 1

    We've actually got one of each in our rack. Thunderstone handles less pages, but the ability to be able to use your own thesaurus is perfect for one of our products.

  12. Re:yes, lazy on American Workers: Lazy or Creative? · · Score: 1

    Actually, thats exactly what it is. Look up some labor history, specifically the Haymarket Riots for some details.

  13. Re:yes, lazy on American Workers: Lazy or Creative? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, both were created about the same time. Labor Day's been in September since the 1880s, after Grover Cleveland declared the Knights of Labor's annual (since 1882) parade a national holiday in 1887, in order to take away attention and support from '86's Haymarket Riots.

  14. Re:There is no point unless... on What's the Point of IT Certifications? · · Score: 1

    Or maybe his current job sent him for certification. Mine certainly has enough times.

  15. Re:competition on Adobe and Macromedia Shareholders Approve Merger · · Score: 1

    The only products that realistically compete between Microsoft and Adobe are GoLive vs Dreamweaver and Illustrator vs Freehand. There are a million other HTML editors, even if none have the market share of Dreamweaver.

    Illustrator vs Freehand might be a more compelling argument.

  16. Development of Fiji on What was Your Senior Project? · · Score: 1

    I did simulations on the underdevelopment on Fiji, but hey, BS in Economics ;-).

  17. Re:Swappable & Death on Judge Approves Settlement in iPod Suit · · Score: 1

    User an adaptor that works on an airline, or get a battery pack for it.

  18. Re:$30 dollars or more? I don't think so. on Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers · · Score: 1

    They're counting for 2 people.

  19. Re:Just "Being Google" not enough. on Google Instant Messenger Coming Really (or Not?) · · Score: 1

    iChat in 10.4 has a nice interface for Jabber. Shame its just for Macs.

  20. Re:Where the fault lies... on Virtual Muggings in Lineage II · · Score: 1

    I don't think my guy in WoW would do nearly as well if the rules of ethics were inherited from the real world. Killing random animals, or Humans?

  21. Re:Centrallized food production is futuristic? on Space Meat Coming to your Kitchen · · Score: 1

    Or has a viewpoint different than yours.

  22. Re:i'll second that on Space Meat Coming to your Kitchen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You mean kind of like how vegetables?

  23. Re:Damn Microsoft! on Mac OS X Intel Kernel Uses DRM · · Score: 1

    Bullocks. Good web developers create good output. If putting up a different copy of a page works around problems a large portion of your market has, then thats what you have to do. You have the standards page for people who can use it, and the jacked up one for people who need it.

  24. Re:Damn Microsoft! on Mac OS X Intel Kernel Uses DRM · · Score: 1

    Yeah it is. Actually read this one.

  25. Re:Excellent example, but a double-edged sword... on The Case for Free WiFi? · · Score: 1

    If memory serves, Tryst disables their WiFi On thursday-Saturdya night.