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  1. Re:slashdot tags on Hands-On With Windows 7's New Features · · Score: 1

    People keep saying that, but index2 has always looked fine for me on SeaMonkey 2.0a on Linux

  2. Re:easy on Browsing Frugally Without Wasting Bandwidth? · · Score: 1

    noscript has an option to block flash and other plugins, but it only blocks flash until you allow it. If you reload, the video starts immediately (until you start a new browsing session).

  3. Re:For more choices about what is downloaded... on Browsing Frugally Without Wasting Bandwidth? · · Score: 1

    the only thing I can think of is that it blocks the flash if you revist/reload a page where you already allowed the flash in this session.

  4. Re:No Script on Browsing Frugally Without Wasting Bandwidth? · · Score: 1

    That's absurd. When I started using noscript, I spent a little time setting up my most frequently used sites. After that and a week or two of normal usage, my list was well populated and I rarely had to add anything. Nowadays I have to temporarily allow something a few times a week at the very most and maybe once a month I decide to add something to the whitelist. And it only takes about 30 seconds, tops, to allow or add something.

    I do keep a backup of the whitelist, so I will not have to re-enter it at some point.

  5. Re:Periods and Commas on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    It isn't mismatched, it is just reversed from the US way of doing it. Mismatched would be "6.399.191, with 96.4%" or something.

    However. I still think it is weird and cannot get used to it, despite preferring metric and EU data order.

  6. Re:Micro-kernel vs massive kernel? on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    nice

  7. Re:Huh, I didn't know the kernel was under CVS eve on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    apparently there was a bk to cvs gateway of some sort

  8. Re:Lines of Code on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 2, Funny

    >at 100 characters per line

    No no, you are thinking of Java. Linux is written in C

  9. Re:Lines of Code on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    MenuetOS is a current OS that is written entirely in assembly (x86). I seem to remember hearing that large parts of GEOS (PC-GEOS, even) where in assembly.

  10. Re: so freaking what? on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    The Windows kernel might have a lot less, after all, it doesn't support nearly as many devices or architectures.

  11. Re:No more floppy installation? You bastards! on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 2, Informative

    >fresh installation
    Why are you doing this? Just upgrade in place, like everyone else, instead of reinstalling.

  12. Re:Please, we want Debian 4.1, not 5.0 on Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny · · Score: 1

    Whichever one you want. I use unstable, personally.

  13. Re:Linux Support? on Starcraft 2 To Be a Trilogy · · Score: 1

    Well, there are a few games these days with native Linux support, and some others with *official* Wine support. I doubt SC2 will have either one, but it would be nice. And I imagine it will run on Wine, but it may be a while before it works well.

    There is really no reason to buy Cedega anymore, wine is getting pretty good. If anything, buy Crossover Games, as they actually give back to Wine, unlike Cedega's broken promises.

  14. Re:And? on Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Informative

    >new Xorg ditching its config file

    You can run xorg without a config file now, but you don't have to (I believe that was also true in xorg 7.3). And every version recently has been making more of the old config file redundant or unneeded. Instead it relies more on autodetection and sane defaults, which is a good thing. But you can still use the config file to override, if needed.

  15. Re:And? on Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    They did the same thing in 8.04, which is part of why it kind of sucks as a LTS release.

  16. Re:And? on Wikimedia Simplifies By Moving To Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is a lot longer than 1 year

  17. Re:Previously on Slashdot: on Toshiba Battery Charges In 10 Minutes · · Score: 1

    No, I saw the difference, I just thought readers might be interested in the previous coverage.

    Anyway if it was a dupe, wouldn't I make a headline like: "DUPE!!! Slashdot sucks!" ? :-)

  18. Re:Bullshit Meter on Toshiba Battery Charges In 10 Minutes · · Score: 4, Informative

    These batteries are already available, for example see:
    http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2008_09/pr2401.htm

    This is a prototype of a *laptop version* of the battery.

  19. Previously on Slashdot: on Toshiba Battery Charges In 10 Minutes · · Score: 3, Informative
  20. Re:None may be a good option on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: 1

    It is pretty easy to setup an encrypted swap partition (or even whole disk) nowadays.

  21. Re:Immunity reason for aging on AIDS Virus Now Estimated To Be 100 Years Old · · Score: 1

    What I mean is, creatures like sharks, the crock family, turtles(?) have such fierce immune systems (ie molecular acid for blood) that they can afford to live basically forever.

    Ooookay then

  22. Re:CYMK on GIMP 2.6 Released · · Score: 1

    also KPlato

  23. Re:Slashvertisement... on Adobe Adds GPU Acceleration To Creative Suite 4 · · Score: 1

    Intel GMA X3100, X3500, X4500 all support SM 4.0, and X3000 supports SM 3.0

    GMA 3000 and 3100 (no X) are 2.0 and won't work.

  24. Re:I thought they were skipping this release? on GNOME 2.24 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    2.24 -> 2.26 -> 2.28 -> 3.0

  25. Re:x86, IBM's failed pet project on IBM Threatens To Leave ISO Over OOXML Brouhaha · · Score: 1

    IBM gave us the ubiquitous "IBM PC", but x86 is all Intel...

    IBM's cpu is the Power series