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  1. This would be great if... on Lenovo Could Remake the ThinkPad X300 With Current Technologies · · Score: 2

    ... it included the tank like build quality of the old ThinkPads and wasn't just a visual overhaul.

  2. Re:Bugs in Win 7 UI on Users Decry New Icon Look In Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    I've seen this behavior from time to time. Looks like a latency issue in certain cases. Closing the window in question and reopening it seems to clear things up.

  3. Aww, man, come on! on Cray X-MP Simulator Resurrects Piece of Computer History · · Score: 1

    Can't anyone cough up some disk images for this guy, or are copyright issues the crux of the matter? Admittedly, even though it doesn't do much other than boot up, it is still so very cool.

    John Francis

  4. Re:Violating Your Own Guidelines on Book Review: The New Digital Age · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Thanks very much for this... I'd been wondering for some time how Nerval's Lobster go so many stories approved. Now I know. Figures.

    John

  5. Re:Um... on The Long Death of Fat Clients · · Score: 2
  6. How about the WIMM1? on Ask Slashdot: Wrist Watch For the Tech Minded · · Score: 1

    I've seen one in person and they're pretty nifty. They run Android, have an SDK, and a rudimentary app store: http://www.wimm.com/.

  7. Re:FOADIAF on Plantronics Helps Make Remote Workers' Lives Easier (Video) · · Score: 1

    I read slashdot daily only because of the commenting community. For posts regarding healthcare you can expect doctors and other medical professionals to chime in. For posts about computer science, you'll hear from both long-time veteran engineers as well as cutting edge researchers. Combine that with an excellent community moderation system (I've rarely seen agenda driven moderation--it always seems to sort itself out), and you've got one of the only sites I keep coming back to, day after day, year after year. Unfortunately, when you start to drive away the only thing that makes Slashdot worthwhile--educated commentors and moderators--well I guess Ash from Army of Darkness sums it up pretty succinctly: "...I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things, right now: Jack and shit... and Jack left town."

  8. Why wait? iASP is free, and runs on FreeBSD now... on Chili!Soft ASP Port to FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    Also, it supports VBScript and JScript versions 5.5 (which ChiliASP does not), and can be localized. http://www.halcyonsoft.com/products/chooseproduct. asp