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  1. Re:Qt on Qt 4.8.0 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Fair enough. In that case, I say "cute" because that's the way the Qt guys have said it is pronounced.

  2. Re:Qt on Qt 4.8.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Why can't you just say Q T? Why's it have to have to be pronounceable as a word?

    Because it's not an acronym. Do you pronounce "the" as T-H-E?

  3. Re:Bring back WebOS please on Sources Say Meg Whitman To Become HP CEO · · Score: 1

    webOS is still around, though it's clear they don't know what the hell to do with it. Bring back the hardware, maybe?

  4. Re:I have one. on Neuros Audio Releases Its Hardware Schematics · · Score: 1

    How was your experience jogging with the HD? In my experience HD based players tend to skip when I run, due to the jolt when my feet hit the ground.

    That's what the Neuros flash backpack is used for. The design totally rocks, you have a single player that can have a hard drive backpack for normal use, then switch to the flash backpack for doing high impact activities.

  5. Re:Upgrade Problem on Mozilla Releases Firefox 1.0 RC1 · · Score: 1

    What do you mean when you say "upgraded?" Did you uninstall the old version first? If not, that can lead to all sorts of weird problems.

  6. Re:if AAC and WMA are on the rise... on MP3 Going the Way of the 8-Track? · · Score: 1

    MP3 is the only thing I know of that will play on every device and every computer, period

    Not if you use Fedora Core. It is not included by default because of licensing and patent issues. Obviously you can go out and get it, but this just shows what an advantage free (as in beer) software can be, and what a PITA proprietary software can be.

  7. Re:Agreed, it's not ready. At least not on OS X. on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind that according to the roadmap, Firefox 1.0 for OS X is lagging behind 1.0 for the other platforms. So you're right, it's not ready on OS X, but they're not claiming that it is.

  8. Re:Public needs to change to make the change... on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm not so sure about that...

    File: index.html
    Encoding: utf-8
    Doctype: HTML 3.2
    Errors: 106

    No Character Encoding Found! Falling back to UTF-8
    .
    [snip]
    .
    This page is not Valid HTML 3.2!

  9. Re:Built in FM tuner, can you record? on Virgin's New iPod Rival · · Score: 1

    Get a Neuros. You can record from FM, the built in mic, or the line in jack. You have the option to record in 4 different MP3 and 3 different WAV quality settings. You also have the option of using a hard drive based backpack in sizes from 20GB - 80GB or using the 128MB or 256MB flash memory backpack.

    Not only that, but the customer support is phenominal, the user community is active and very helpful, the firmware is open source, and there are 4 (count 'em!) open source synchronization managers to choose from.

  10. Re:Update notification methods on Critical Mozilla, Thunderbird Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Right, hence Asa's comment that This is our first release with that feature working as expected.

    Give it a shot, it really does work in 0.10.

  11. Re:MAC OSX Complains on Security-Updated Versions Of Mozilla Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, Firefox 1.0 on OS X will be delayed a bit from the other platforms to clean up some issues such as this. The Expose thing you mentioned has been written up in Bugzilla (copy & paste the URL to see the bug.)

  12. News coverage... on Apollo 11's 35th Anniversary · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally, I prefer The Onion's coverage of the event. Fair and balanced, you might say.

  13. Re:M$ still employs IE engineers? on Microsoft Responds to IE Criticism · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe they are getting back to work on IE. After all, there are no more free towels at Microsoft's gym :)

  14. Re:Super DragAndGo on Building a Better Mozilla With Plugins · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, but with SuperDragAndGo, you can select anything on the page, and throw it to empty space. Middle clickikg only works with links.

  15. Why stop at corporate offices? on iPod: Your Portable Corporate Hellraiser · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just look at all the bad stuff you can do with an iPod... people really shouldn't be let out of the house with one of these things!

    Have iPod, Will Secretly Bootleg

  16. Re:Hydraulic on The Technology Behind Formula One · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you are right. I think they experimented with compressed air at one time.

    I believe they do use compressed air to close the valves, though. Doing it mechanically is too slow, especially when it has to happen like 300 times a second.

  17. Re:For the American audience on The Technology Behind Formula One · · Score: 1

    Can you say TiVo? :)

    --Nick

  18. Re:The buttons do a lot of stuff on The Technology Behind Formula One · · Score: 1

    Years ago, when a driver crashed, you would see him get out and throw his steering wheel against something. That doesn't happen any more because those steering wheels cost $50,000.

    And also because they get a hefty fine if they don't replace the steering wheel!

    --Nick

  19. Re:javascript on Another Zero-Day IE Scripting Exploit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How do you do that with HTTP?

    Well, you could do it with CSS

    --Nick

  20. Re:Not *quite* a replica... on Delorean Time Machine Replica Up For Auction · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, you're right... I remember Marty flooring the gas and dumping the clutch and thinking, wow, good thing he didn't stall :)

    Check out the pictures on eBay, though, it's clearly a manual transmission.

    --Nick

  21. Re:Ogg capable hardware on Portable MP3 Hardware Sales Up · · Score: 1

    I agree that that statement leaves the door open to interpretation. I can't point you to a press release or anything, but I assure you I use the hard drive backpack all day at work and the flash backpack several times a week at the gym. Believe me, all formats (ogg, wav, wma, mp3) are supported on both backpacks.

  22. Re:Carefull if you plan to jog... on Portable MP3 Hardware Sales Up · · Score: 1

    You could just get one Neuros bundle and switch backpacks based on your activity. That's what I do and it works perfectly.

  23. Re:Ogg capable hardware on Portable MP3 Hardware Sales Up · · Score: 1

    The 128MB Neuros costs $99. Cheap enough for you?

  24. Re:buy a neuros instead on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    How solidly is that "backpack" thing attached?

    More solidly that I would sometimes like, to be honest. They're not coming apart by accident, I can assure you.

    Any idea if it has iTunes support?

    Unfortunately, it does not. I don't know if AAC is on the to do list or not.

  25. Re:buy a neuros instead on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1
    Is anyone using one of these? Do you like it? Does it work as advertised?
    Yes, yes, and yes

    Any other questions? :)