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  1. Re:Yeah on Microsoft's AntiSpyware Disabled by Spyware · · Score: 1

    That's sensationalist news brought you by elitist pricks for ya.

    Is that supposed to be grammar?

  2. Re:Mmm on Sushi Prepared on a Printer · · Score: 1

    Been done: iGrill

  3. Re:Touch pads in the future NEED to be "one button on The Hundred-Buck PC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hopefully there will be a way to alias that gesture to pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL on PCs.

  4. Re:Well he did do this... on Sir Tim Berners-Lee Named Greatest Briton · · Score: 1

    Huh? I've seen people miss out the L from HTML *, but never seen people missing out the H.

    * despite all new operating systems in the last 10 years supporting filenames with more than 3 letters after the dot. It really puzzles me why people still do that. The same goes for text files.

  5. Re:Geekier? on Gecko-based K-Meleon 0.9 browser Released · · Score: 1

    I know the guidlines exist, but it's only a standard if people follow it. Would help if the vendor followed their own guidelines.

  6. Re:Geekier? on Gecko-based K-Meleon 0.9 browser Released · · Score: 1

    Office XP's UI is non-standard. Office 2004's UI is non-standard. Visual Studio .Net's UI is non-standard. Is there even a standard look on Windows XP? Appearance of buttons, toolbars, scrollbars, mouse-over effects all seem to be different each time MS brings a new application out. Compare that to something like KDE. Windows people must be used to non-standard by now. As should Linux users who use apps from more than one desktop environment. Then there's Aqua vs the shiny metal-looking apps on OSX...

  7. Spot the comma on Review: Burnout 3 - Takedown · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should have spent more time learning grammar and less time making weird noises with cars:

    "...may be the furthest thing from the minds of some readers if you were ever a four year old..."

    The grammar totally sucks!

  8. Re:Poll options on Intelsat Loses Another Satellite · · Score: 1

    11) Metal whiskers causing a short circuit.

  9. Explanation on Intelsat Loses Another Satellite · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's reasonably likely that Metal Whiskers can caused this. Nasa also has more information about this pehnomenon. Both links I've provided have nice pics.

  10. Re:A router routes packets. on Linux Getting Harder To Crack · · Score: 1

    Damn. I knew why that was funny without even clicking the link. Suspecting I might be a geek.

  11. Re:A router routes packets. on Linux Getting Harder To Crack · · Score: 1

    The device at your ISP's end of the phone line is a router. Looks like you're talking about a NAT device. Different thing. Try getting a dumbass sales assistant in PC world to understand that though. It's good for a laugh.

  12. Re:interesting on Linux Getting Harder To Crack · · Score: 0, Troll

    Either it's not that tight, or you were using a bad broswer that allows software (viruses) to install itself. Bad boy. It's a matter of common sense now. www.getfirefox.com

  13. Re:Irony on Last Manufacturer of Pro Analog Audio Tape Closes · · Score: 1

    And just how would that fix a hardware fault? Note the "soundcard", and not "soundcard driver" in my original post. Anyway, Windows generally needs more help in deciding what drivers to use than Linux does these days.

  14. Re:Irony on Last Manufacturer of Pro Analog Audio Tape Closes · · Score: 5, Funny

    My soundcard's not working. Does anyone have a copy of this story on reel to reel tape?

  15. Re:What about a larger company on Australian TCO Study: Linux Wins Again · · Score: 2, Informative

    Example:
    On one machine, using software like XGrid, select all the machines you want to update, and issue the command. Sit back and watch as all machines you're updating complete their task.

    Both Windows and Linux are now at the stage with automatic updates where large organisation can have one machine that downloads the updates, and acts as a server for the rest to get their updates from. This is as good as it gets, and both systems are there already. I'd be surprised if the same isn't true for updating of antivirus stuff.

    The Gentoo Linux laptop I just put together has no open ports, so no need for a firewall. If only the same were true for Windows...

  16. Re:Slashdot: Helping Foreigners to Speak English on Intel Helping Asia to Use Linux · · Score: 1

    "helping Asia to use Linux" is the correct one. If I had more time, I'd come up with an example that proves this.

  17. Obligatory Swordfish Quote on Nissan Exhibits IEEE 1394-Compatible Car · · Score: 1

    Thanks to the in-vehicle IEEE 1394 LAN... the front and the rear seat monitors can display various information simultaneously

    "It has a DS-3 connection. We can access 7 different networks simultaneously."

  18. Re:Extremely interesting... on Microsoft Advised To Learn To Love Linux · · Score: 1

    CrossOver is only for x86 Linux. The box in front of me is an UltraSPARC. So I'm using OpenOffice instead.

  19. Re:Go Gopher! on Netscape Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    No Septembers that never ended.

    Huh? it's October today. In fact it's been October for the last 13.5 days in the UK. September ended a while ago.

  20. Re:Ballmer and FUD? Who would have thought?! on Ballmer Says iPod Users are Thieves · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just like they can insure that all installations of their software are perfectly legagl. I'll believe it when I see it.

  21. Re:Attitude on Yet More Google Gazing · · Score: 1

    At least you can get a spelling checker plugin for IE.

  22. Re:Windows Update Catalog on Survival Time for Unpatched Systems Cut by Half · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, Netcraft says www.goatse.cx is running Resin/2.1.13 on BSD.

  23. Re:Patch CDs on Survival Time for Unpatched Systems Cut by Half · · Score: 2, Informative

    But I mean the standard cheap electronic store definition of router.

    A standard router is "A device which forwards packets between networks. The forwarding decision is based on network layer information and routing tables, often constructed by routing protocols."

    Nothing about stopping incoming worms there.

    Looks like you're really talking about a "NAT router/firewall", which sometimes has reduced routing capabilites. I recently went to PC World (not hoping for much success) looking for a router, since I have a block of 8 public IPs on my LAN, and wanted routing between them and the Internet. I ended up buying one of the 'net since the guy at PC world was a little confused about what routers do and couldn't tell me if they actually sold a real router.

  24. Re:Zone Alarm? Blech on How Secure is Windows Firewall? · · Score: 0

    by changing "it.slashdot.org" in the URL to "shit.slashdot.org".

    Can someone please throw together a quick Firefox plugin which will automatically do this?

  25. Headline on Shirky on Spectrum Ownership · · Score: 1

    "Shirky on Spectrum Ownership"

    When I read that, my first thought was thet I never owned a Spectrum, but I do have to Sinclair QLs in the attic.