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  1. Cheaper to pay than fight on Font Raid Spells Trouble for Publisher · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's what Sterling Ball of Ball Strings found out (http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html). I took him three year to get his company Microsoft free. From his example our company now only runs open source software. Well except for one computer used test documents going to someone else's windows computer. It is being used less and less.

  2. But will it get on Future(?) Design of Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    reception in my area. Just give me a mobile phone that works in my area. I have a camera I have a pda. I have internet devices (with screens big enough to be useful). I don't need a device that when it breaks everything else goes too.

  3. Faraday Cage Wallet Almost Ready on Privacy Threat in New RFID Travel Cards? · · Score: 1

    Not to worry. My Faraday Cage Wallets are almost ready for production. Quantum encryption to be available with version 2.0.

  4. Not Quit Yet on Mozilla Severs Netscape News Legacy · · Score: 1

    The last vestiges won't be removed until they move the "Preferences" form under "Edit" in the file menu in the linux version, to under "Tools" like in the other OS versions. I have never understood this inconsistency between OS versions.

  5. I don't get it on Yahoo's Geek Statue · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone use either. You get at least a couple account from your Internet Service Provider.

  6. Electronic Book Bonus on When Will E-Books Become Mainstream? · · Score: 1

    Right now I have 9 books that I downloaded off of Project Gutenburg on my PDA. They are books in the public domain. I have Jack London, Herman Melville, Nietztche, Percy Shelley, Saxon Pope, the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Morman, the Upanishads. I am never bored in a waiting room or standing in line. I could never carry this many paper books in my pocket. For me, publishers would have to make their E-book reader available for free on my existing hardware, and the books easily available for purchase.

  7. Re:Thanks, and a couple of questions on Wanted - An Online Publishing Business Model? · · Score: 1

    I used to buy computer magazines for the ads just as much the articles. When I am shopping for computer equipment I pick up a hard copy of the local ComputorEdge magazine to browse their ads. Their online version is harder browse the adds.

    The online ads that annoy me most are the animated ones. And the ones that change while you are reading the article. I won't be tricked into reading an ad.

    What I'd like to see is a layout similar to a print magazine. A format where I can click through an article a page at a time without scrolling. This way it is possible to click back and forth through an article similar to a hardcopy. I want to be able to do this from the keyboard so I don't have to pay attention to where the mouse cursor has wandered.

    The format of print magazines have been developed over time to their state of the art. So I would imitate them as much as possible. The bonus of a web magazine are the links in both the ads and the article. The ads should be more than a link and load quickly. After the front page, the magazine name should shrink to something to a print version. Keep the navigation buttons small and in one place. Keep as much screen real estate as possible for the article and the ads. perhaps a skinny column for navigation buttons, a comfortable column for reading the article, and the rest for a print type ad with a link to more information on the ad. You could have ads interspersed through out the article or even a whole page ad, as long as I could get rid of it quickly by clicking that key to flip the page, just like a hardcopy. And just as easily flip back in case it piqued my interest. I want to be in control, I don't want to be manipulated, or ticked.

    Being formated like a printed magazine and being able to count hits for determining readership, ads should be able to be sold like the printed version. Your would have to have strict rules to control ad format.

    If you offer a PDF version, format the same as the html version (screen size). Also include a PDF version for PDAs like the Palm Pilot.

    If you have a printed version, I would also like like the page size to be the same size as html version. I don't know how that would work out on magazine racks.

    Come on make my ideal web magazine.

  8. "ComputorEdge" on Wanted - An Online Publishing Business Model? · · Score: 1

    You can google for it. I don't know if it can handle being slashdotted.
    This free computer magazine has been around since the early eighties in print form. They had a their magazine in BBS form before the web, and have continuing evolving web version of their magazine. Initially a local San Diego magazine they have expanded to a city in Colorado and one in New Mexico.
    This magazine in no way competes with yours. The articles are beginner to intermediate level, and there is a lot of local advertising. One of the reasons prices are so competitive is San Diego. The advertising isn't as easy to flip through in the online version, but it is a work in progress. The magazine is free, and distributed around town to computer stores, coffee shops, libraries, drugs stores, and such. A subscription for a mailed print version is offered for a fee. Although their magazine is available free online, they have just started a email subscription. It is free right now but has left the door open to charge for this service later. I suspect it just may be a way for them to verify its' online readership to its' advertisers.

  9. Art Defined on Is Programming Art? · · Score: 1

    I am an artist. I say it is art. Therefore it is art.

  10. ComputorEdge on The Fate of The Free Newspaper · · Score: 2, Informative

    One of the best online computer magazines is not only free online, but so is the hard copy. It is supported by advertisement, but in the online version you really have to look for the ads. In fact if I'm going to make a computer related purchase, it is easier to pick up a hard copy and browse the advertisements there. They have been around since the '80s in just about the same form. Of course the online version has gone through some changes since the advent of the web.

  11. Kildall's estate should be suing on MS-DOS Paternity Dispute Goes to Court · · Score: 1

    CP/M was so much better than MSDOS. I could not believe it when MSDOS took off. MSDOS's sucess certainly wasn't due to it's degree of usefulness. I used my Osbourne 1 for quite a few years.

  12. Useless Software on EULA Confusion w/ Used Copies of WoW? · · Score: 1

    I bought a software program that had an online Authentication Key scheme. The software company has since gone out of business. My hard drive crashed and now there is no way to reinstall the software. I'll never buy software with this kind installation requirement again. I have already returned software complaining loudly that the software is useless if the company goes out of business.

  13. Don't use Primary Email Account on Spam and Spyware Too Much for Some Users · · Score: 1

    99.9% of all the spam I get is to my primary email address. Since the only me and my ISP know it's my address, I filter all email to that address that isn't my from my ISP. I've set up subaccount email addresses and get virtually no spam on these accounts.

  14. Hope he finds someone who can hold a camera still on 'Bourne' Director to take on Watchmen · · Score: 1

    The camera jerked around so much in The Bourne Supremacy it gave me a headache trying watch it. So much of it was out of focus you could of got just as much out of a radio broadcast. After the first Bourne film this was truly a disappointment.

  15. Microsoft owns a portion of Apple on Gates v. Jobs, continued... · · Score: -1, Troll

    So Gates wins either way.

  16. What the hell did Novell sell SCO? on Novell Pulls Out Their Ace Against SCO · · Score: 1

    I'm no fan of SCO, but what exactly did SCO buy? And who owns the rights to any additions that SCO made?

  17. Re:What's a good alternative for people stuck with on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 1

    I'll be using Winamp for a long long time. What can be added? Digital Rights Restrictions? No Thanks. I'll be listening to your shoutcast on Winamp whenever I'm running windows.

  18. Where is Preferences? on Firefox 1.0 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The pre-release still had Preferences under Edit in the File Menu in the linux version while the Windows version had it under the Tools menu. Does the new release have the same irritating inconsistency?

  19. Buying a computer with no OS on OSIA Dismisses Gartner Linux Piracy Claim · · Score: 1

    I have never had a problem buying a desktop computer with no OS at all. I buy local so I have easy access to support. From my experience, you can buy a PC without an OS easier than one with linux. PC sold with linux installed tend to emphasize economy and and usually tend to be low end performance wise. If I was going to install a pirated version of linux, the PCs sold with no OS offer more of selection. Certainly this is irrelevant to countries not signatory to our copyright laws, where you would be lucky to find that 20% of the entire country's versions were legal copies.

  20. Yeowl! on Mouse May be Replaced by "Nouse" · · Score: 1

    Now I got carpel tunnel neck syndrome. And I think my nose is out of joint.

  21. Now I know what to filter on on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims · · Score: 1

    I have now set up my email filter to delete off of the server any email that contains "didtheyreadit". Any email that includes this "didtheyreadit" is guaranteed to be spam. I hope all spammers use "feature".

  22. I like it on OO.org Selects Its Own Sea Bird · · Score: 1

    After going to the voting page, I see that you had some excellent submissions. The one chosen seems perfect for the OOooEdu project. But I'm going to use [AB] [BI] and [BJ] as OpenOffice icons on my desktop.

  23. Re:Lindows on Few Takers For Microsoft's Settlement Cash · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I filed through Lindows, but a judge through it out. I'm refiling and when I get my vouchers, I'm sending them to LIndows. Just my way of helping Microsoft to help the Linux community.

  24. Finally on Firefox Extension Lets You Pick the Name · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally I can run Internet Explorer in Linux. Now if i can just get a name change extention for OpenOffice.org

  25. Statisticians Now Vigilantes on eBay Fraud Vigilantes · · Score: 1

    Keeping track of fraud is vigilante? Warning people of fraud is vigilante? Exposing fraud is vigilante? Please , stop the violence!