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  1. Re:What's in a moon? on Is This Moon Three? · · Score: 2


    Well, according to your definition of a moon, 3753 Cruithne is not a satellite of the Earth, because it does not orbit the Earth.

  2. Re:the image.... on Toronto, The Naked City · · Score: 2


    According to weather.com, the current temperature in Toronto is 84F, or about 29C. I don't think that's cold enough for significant shrinkage.

  3. Re:United States Consulate - honeypot? on Toronto, The Naked City · · Score: 2


    Yeah, and there are several in the Eaton Centre...maybe at Compucentre?

  4. Re:MOL for OS X was announces just the other day on Macs Won't Boot Into Mac OS in 2003 · · Score: 2, Offtopic
  5. Re:Lexmark Z33 on Printer Makers' Ploys · · Score: 3, Informative


    I haven't had any trouble with the Epson Style Color 777 that I bought a year and a half ago. It works great with Linux. I remember when I got the printer, I checked linuxprinting.org and found that Lexmarks weren't very well supported at that time.

  6. Re:looks possible on Ripping Vinyl Via Your Scanner? · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    Huh?

    If you want to turn a vinyl collection into MP3 tracks, why not just use a turntable like the rest of the world?

    This seems like an awful lot of fuss to go through.

  7. Arguably the tiniest PC around? on New Small Form Factor PC Reviewed · · Score: 3, Informative


    Just for interest's sake, I took a look at the site. It says that the dimensions of this thing are 6.2cm x 27.2 cm x 25.2 cm.

    Now, if you look at the Cappuccino TX-3, you see that it has dimensions 5.63 cm x 14.38 cm x 15 cm. That seems quite a bit smaller to me. So, I would find the claim that this is the tiniest PC around arguable indeed.

  8. Re:Mostly this reminds me.... on Classic Console TV Ads · · Score: 2


    In this case, I don't think it's Real Player that's entirely at fault, or the Real Media format in general. These look like digitized videos of low-quality VHS recordings from back in the day.

    I think you're going to have a hard time getting a good rendition no matter which format you choose.

  9. Re:Greece is old news on Ogg Vorbis For Hardware Makers · · Score: 2

    ...and considering that it had already been posted twice, it should have been a good candidate for timothy to select again.

  10. Re:Video Games banned in Greece on Ogg Vorbis For Hardware Makers · · Score: 2


    Are you referring to the ban mentioned in this Slashback?

  11. Re:From the site.. on Lulu Tech Circus · · Score: 2


    Maybe the XBox comes with Linux installed?

  12. Re:This sounds like a greed lawsuit on Adobe Gets Hit By DMCA · · Score: 2


    The way I see it, companies see the potential for a win with the DMCA, but it hasn't really been fully tested. These companies are testing the limits of the legislation and defining the law.

    As long as you have faith in the justice system, there isn't any problem here. I myself don't have much faith in the American justice system, but that is only my personal feeling.

  13. Referenced article: Is glass liquid or solid on Finding the Viscosity of Pitch · · Score: 2


    Michael,

    Please read the articles you link to. In particular, note the "Conclusion" section. Quote: There is no clear answer to the question "Is glass solid or liquid?".

    I mean, you should know better than to post such blatant trolls.

  14. Re:Video renting vending machines on Shop Till It Drops · · Score: 2


    Well, around here, the gas stations have all removed that little latch which keeps the pump running when you're not holding it. Otherwise, I can see how it might be convenient.

  15. Re:Short Term on Running Windows Games with WineX · · Score: 2


    If it's Scorched Earth you're looking for, you might want to try Scorched Earth 2000. It's a java-based implementation of the old game. You can play with up to eight colleagues, er, I mean, friends.

    The link may be slow, so be patient.

  16. Re:Access Protocol on eSuds · · Score: 2


    That should, of course, be "grâce". Why doesn't it accept â?

  17. Access Protocol on eSuds · · Score: 2


    The coup de grce would be, of course, if the washers could be accessed and controlled via the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).

  18. Re:Video renting vending machines on Shop Till It Drops · · Score: 1, Troll


    Yeah, and those gas pumps are just great. I don't know about you, but I find that it's faster to pump my gas and walk inside to pay by credit than to go through the hassle of pay-at-the-pump.

  19. Re:Lighting your office on Solar Surgery · · Score: 2


    Well that would require some sort of a Rebigulator which is a concept so ridiculous it makes me want to laugh out loud and chortle...

  20. Re:Biggest announcement? Ha! on .NET for Apache · · Score: 1


    Who cares whether consumers want "Web Services"? The point is that corporations want web services to improve their collaborative abilities, cut costs, and deliver better products to their consumers.

    So, while consumers may not have any idea what the suppliers are doing, the suppliers are using web services to make things better.

    Note: this is a general comment on web services, not necessarily the Microsoft(R) brand of services.

  21. In other news on U.S. Gov't Planning To "Help Us" Secure Computers · · Score: 1

    This just in ... US Government provides patches to Windows users that will disable their Windows operating system and replace it with Linux, in an effort to clean up insecure Windows installations.

    The only setback is said to be the choice of Linux distribution to use.

  22. Re:keyboards on Slashback: Legislation, Samplification, Knaves · · Score: 1


    Why do the letters displayed on the keys need to reflect what you actually type? I don't understand this concept. If you type well enough to care about the placement of the keys then you should type well enough to not need to look at the keyboard.

    You can remap your keyboard without changing the letters on the caps. There's nothing special about the "J" keycap that makes the computer interpret it as a "J".

    The only problem I would have with remapping my keyboard is the movement of the vi keys hjkl. In my mind the movements are not mapped to the letters, but to the position that the keys are in.

  23. Re:Something to remember...(ha, ha) on Caffeine May Reduce Alzheimers · · Score: 1


    While I admit that confounding is almost always an issue in studies like this, the article does say "Laboratory experiments on mice have already pointed to caffeine as a potential treatment for the disease."

    This small sentence in the middle of the article would seem to make causality a little bit more likely than if this study was only performed on humans. As you say, "One obvious issue would be that more intelligent/better off people might drink more coffee, and take longer for the disease to show up." This isn't as likely to be so for mice.

  24. Re:Worrisome? on Build Your Own Virus · · Score: 1


    Are you saying that potential terrorists don't have access to tens of thousands of dollars?

    If that's all that is needed to construct a virus then there is potential for a lot of harm in technology like this.

  25. Re:Slashdot Egg on Easter Eggs in Web Sites? · · Score: 0, Redundant


    Uh, duh, ask.slashdot.org?