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  1. Re:Egregious nonsense on The Implications of a Facebook Society · · Score: 1

    ...I am forced to use a privately-owned network...

    A government-owned and mandated social network is something you're totally cool with then?

  2. Re:Artificial Technology? on Cracking Go · · Score: 1

    Yeah, sorry, I am retarded.

  3. Re:Why. on Facebook Gets New Integrated IM Client · · Score: 1

    Those little triangles by the application name are clickable. Click on it to minimize the app, and it will show up minimized on all profiles you view.

  4. Re:Developer talking here on Facebook Gets New Integrated IM Client · · Score: 3, Informative

    Facebook Marketplace launched on May 13, while Facebook Platform launched on May 24th. The developer would've have completed two rounds of time travel to show it (for reasons unknown) to Facebook.

  5. XMLTV? on Zap2It Labs Discontinuing Free TV Guide Service · · Score: 1

    Anybody worked with XMLTV and care to share their experience?

  6. Re:anti? on Google Shareholders Reject Censorship Proposal · · Score: 1

    That's what it was, except submit.pl accepts titles with maxlength="50", and anti- puts it 2 character over the limit.

  7. Re:Headline seems totally wrong on Google Shareholders Reject Censorship Proposal · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, Slashdot submission form is maxlength="50", so if I had "anti-censorship", it cut two letters off "proposal".

  8. Totally on Successful Startups and Patents? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there a strategy for software startups wanting to make it big with a product in this world of software patents?

    There're tons of strategies a small company with a patent portfolio could pursue.

    Sincerely,
    Darl McBride, SCO

  9. Re:prostoalex is wrong w.r.t. Washington's revenue on Washington State Encourages Internet Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Thank you.

  10. Just sue them on Sony's Grouper Picks On Searchles TV · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If Searchles thinks they're doing a legal thing, they should sue Sony/Grouper.
    If Searchles thinks they're doing an illegal thing, they should stop.

    This is really a non-story.

  11. Only if your default search engine is Live on Microsoft "SiteFinder" Quietly Raking It In · · Score: 5, Informative
    That happens only if your default search engine is Live.com.

    Going to http://www.lexus-financail.com/ site in IE 7 with no default search engine yields

    Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

    Most likely causes:
    You are not connected to the Internet.
    The website is encountering problems.
    There might be a typing error in the address.


    So if you want to make untold millions as well, build (a) search engine and (b) popular web browser, and make (a) the default in (b).
  12. Re:Slightly offtopic, Regex related. on Mastering Regular Expressions · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Regex Coach - The Regex Coach is a graphical application for Windows and Linux/x86 (also usable on FreeBSD) which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively.

    The Regulator - The Regulator is an advanced, free regular expressions testing and learning tool written by Roy Osherove. It allows you to build and verify a regular expression against any text input, file or web, and displays matching, splitting or replacement results within an easy to understand, hierarchical tree.

  13. Re:Oooh on Defcon 14 Full of Amazing Hardware Hacks · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Advanced File System Hiding and Detection

    This was mainly about Windows NTFS having certain bits reserved for almost every type of files out there. Basically, the guys from Lockheed Martin created a tool for hiding data in those places and then recovering it.

  14. Re:Ask.com: Google's up-and-coming rival?! on Ask.com's Rising Star · · Score: 1

    While they've been primarily supported by Google Ads, they're developing their own ad platform http://sponsoredlistings.ask.com/, which I think has not gathered enough critical mass among advertisers.

  15. Re:The big problem with Yahoo! in China on Yahoo! Allegedly Helps Beijing Arrest a Third Reporter · · Score: 1

    Mmm, yeah, and the next time you get pulled over for speeding, why don't you tell the cop you have access to your own radar, and that you need to perform verification before he writes a ticket.

  16. The big problem with Yahoo! in China on Yahoo! Allegedly Helps Beijing Arrest a Third Reporter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yahoo! is never notified by the Chinese government regarding the nature of crimes of the subpoenaed account. In any country the criminal law states that the organization (be it commercial, government or non-profit) has to provide the required documents if a court-issued subpoena comes in.

    When Chinese authorities come and ask for personal information on an account suspected of criminal activity, Yahoo! doesn't know whether the suspect:

    1) raped kids and made profit from child pornography
    2) disagreed with the Communist Party of China
    3) was a serial killer who concentrated on women and cute puppies

    Believe it or not, Chinese government doesn't actually clarify what they want the data for and how it will be used.

  17. Re:That's Mozilla Foundation on Mozilla Raking in Millions? · · Score: 1

    So why the duality? While a non-profit has to open its books and do a bunch of things to qualify itself as a non-profit, a for-profit corp doesn't.

    Which logically begs the question - what activities are pursued by Mozilla Corporation, and what caused the setup of corporation in the first place?

    Somehow running a single non-profit organization just wasn't enough. Why?

  18. That's Mozilla Foundation on Mozilla Raking in Millions? · · Score: 1

    While Mozilla Foundation is the happy place where users can donate money to a non-profit, its wholly-owned subsidiary Mozilla Corporation is the money maker in question. While Foundation has to do certain things publicly in order to support the 501c3 status, corporation doesn't, and guess who owns the browser? Yep, by visiting http://www.mozilla.com/ we can find out it's the Corporation, not the Foundation.

  19. Market share on Google Maps vs the Rest · · Score: 1

    although it's hard to imagine anyone being able to challenge Google's market share in the near future

    I agree that it's extremely hard, and very few humans on this planet can do it, but one tries really hard, it's actually possible to imagine someone beating 9.45%.

    Don't try this at home.

  20. Re:Irony on Yahoo Tops Portal Market In Visitors · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's because a third-party magazine posts its stuff on Yahoo! News.

    At least now we know why your Dad always brings up "he's not the brains of the family, but he's still our son" point, whenever he talks about you.

  21. Re:meta music search on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 1
  22. Re:My experience with the Yahoo music service. on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 1

    Basically there are two services that you were describing, if I understand right:
    - $60 subscription (worked fine for you)
    - $2.37 downloading (did not download)

    According to Yahoo! Music help they do not allow redownloading of purchased songs due to DRM restrictions. Which sucks - have you tried contacting support and explain that you were never able to download the songs in the first place?

  23. Re:Well it will stop on Fingerprint Payment System Gets Financing · · Score: 1

    Dear CsiDano,

    This is [Amazon|Yahoo|Paypal|Bank of America|Chase|Citibank|Slashdot] fraud detection department. Recently part of our database was compromised, and unfortunately your profile was among the ones that got leaked. To avoid interruption of service and account freeze, would you please scan your index finger and mail it to bank_of_america_fraud_department@hotmail.com.

    Thank you,
    Jess Richardson
    Fraud Department
    Phone: 1-800-BANK-USA
    Fax: 1-234-567-8901

  24. Re:Google Conquers all on Google & Sun Planning Web Office · · Score: 1

    Always buying latest - how else do you compete with a web served app that's updated *constantly*?
    So let me get this straight - your average Joe competes with Google when they own a copy of Microsoft Office. And if what they own at home is MS Office 2000, for example, they suddenly lost the war to Google?

    I bet you get a good number of takers on the $5 deal
    Yeah, that might even threaten that gigantic market that OpenOffice and Sun Java Desktop own.

    How many average Joe's think of 'Google'? when buying office software?
    Still not answered.

  25. Re:Google Conquers all on Google & Sun Planning Web Office · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How did $5/month suddenly become the sales quote of the day? Any pointers on that?

    And where do you find those average Joes who:
    (a) consistently buy every new version of Microsoft Office as soon as it comes out
    (b) are blissfully unaware that cheaper versions exist
    (c) think of GooSun when evaluating their spending rampage on office software