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  1. Re:CFLs still suck on Why LEDs Don't Beat CFLs Even Though They Should · · Score: 1

    >>Until they make a CFL that matches a normal incandescent I'm not switching.

    Or until government regulates incandescent out of existence.

  2. Re:What? TFA? on Timing Technology Behind Olympic Record Results · · Score: 0

    it's a video (as stated in the description)

  3. Still have one. on Inside the TRS-80 Model 100 · · Score: 1

    I have an NEC PC-8201a (same as the model 100). It was a requirement for college at the time.

    I'd sell it, but have found that it is worth less than the cost of shipping.

  4. Re:Zimbra! on Quality Open Source Calendaring / Scheduling? · · Score: 1

    Zimbra is fine, as long as you don't need many of the little missing features...like return receipts and such.

  5. Re:Safari is requesting a page to be loaded... on Safari 3 vs. Firefox 2 and IE7 · · Score: 1

    Add Zimbra's ajax client to the list of ajax stuff that doesn't work in Safari 3w

  6. Re:Predictions on How Big Will the iPhone Become? · · Score: 1

    Which is fine, unless you want to sync calendar and contacts

  7. Re:Too many problems with this on Comcast Goes to Zimbra · · Score: 1

    >>I do believe that Zimbra includes a SyncML server

    No, it doesn't

  8. Down on Making Sense of Census Data With Google Earth · · Score: 1

    We are currently down while we upgrade to Google Maps API version 2. We hope to have this finished soon, thank you.

  9. Wide Area File Services on Remote Data Access Solutions? · · Score: 3, Informative
    Sounds like a job for Wide Area File Services (WAFS).

    Here's Cisco's version: WAFS

  10. Re:People said the same thing about Cable TV. on Howard Stern Coming To the Net · · Score: 1

    >>People said the same thing about Cable TV

    There's a significant difference. Cable TV is an active entertainment device. People sit and watch. They schedule their day around shows, they usually don't do anything while watching.

    Radio is used as a passive entertainment vehicle, usually listened to while doing other tasks. People rarely schedule their day around it.

    I wouldn't pay a monthly fee for radio any more than I would for my toaster or washing machine.

  11. Confused? Worried? on Sony Announces Global Battery Recall · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And yet no recall on the batteries in my Sony Vaio laptop?

  12. Pass on PS3 Downtime To Fight Disease · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm waiting for the project that will have me use all of the spare time for my incredibly overpowered home CPUs (and with it ample amounts of electricity) to 'fight global warming'!

  13. Spellcheck on AMD 50% At Dell in 2007 · · Score: 1

    >>put if the reports are correct

    Slashdot only has 15-20 stories a day...would it be too much to ask someone to proofread the briefs before posting them?

  14. Update the tagline on Another Sky Press Driving Neo-Patronage · · Score: 2, Funny

    Should be 'Welcome to Another...awww cr*p...the server's been slashdotted again'

  15. They forgot one on The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time · · Score: 1

    web pages that should be 1 page, but get hacked up and spread over 12 pages to make you look at advertisements.

  16. 'Full iCal support' on Google Calendar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    To me, full iCal support would typically mean the ability to publish to google calendar directly from my iCal compatible program, not export each calendar entry and import them.

    Full 'read only' iCal support would seem a more apt description.

  17. DRM? No Way! on Replacing Your Tired Old DVR · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Right...and have Comcast enforce content DRM by deciding how, when and how many times I get to watch something I 'recorded'?

    No thanks!

  18. Re:Opera? on Slashdot Firefox Extension · · Score: 2, Informative

    Err...you mean like these ones? They work fine in both Opera and Greasemonkey

  19. AMD on The Near Future of Intel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Boy, sure is a good thing AMD has decided to stand still and not come up with any further technology advances on their side.

    Oh...they haven't?

  20. Re:Not blackberry, goodlink on Microsoft to Replace Blackberry? · · Score: 1

    Goodlink is a great client, and is very functional (as long as you don't mind giving up basically ALL of your device's internal memory to Goodlink)

  21. Re:ChatterMail can already do this on Treo/Palm on Microsoft to Replace Blackberry? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sounds great...how does ChatterMail handle sync of Calendars? (here's hint: it doesn't).

    Calendaring is an important business function for many, and a dealbreaker for me.

  22. They didn't notice on $8M Revenue Shortfall Blamed on Bad DB Entry · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If the county doesn't notice a sudden increase of $400 million...nearly half a billion in the grand list (which I'd imagine would be a significant figure), they may have many fundemental issues in the tax assesor's office that need to be addressed.

  23. Re:Opera on Opera CEO on Devices, Linux, and Web 2.0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Opera Mini is running fine on my Treo 650...I grabbed the java files from here

    Don't believe the claims that it won't work on t650 from Verizon...it works fine.

  24. Wireless on Earth's Copper Supply Inadequate For Development? · · Score: 1

    I hear that this newfangled wireless stuff might just catch on...especially for the rural areas that are not yet wired.

    Might wireless result in a copper *surplus* as we all turn in our newly liberated copper wires?

  25. Re:Missing some required data on The Math Behind the Hybrid Hype · · Score: 1

    You completely missed the point.

    At point of manufacture, there is an absolute environmental cost to extract the heavy metals required to manufacture the energy storage devices.

    As part of the recycle process, some of the battery innards are replaced, and some percentage must be disposed of...at an additional environmental cost.

    Eventually, the batteries will end their useful life, and will need to be disposed of...at a third (and yet unknown) environmental cost.

    If you think Toyota is 'paying' you to bring in dead battery packs, you may be delusional...since they will then charge $2,000-$3,000 (or more) to replace them in your vehicle.