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  1. Re:Correct Answer on When Should You Buy Your Kid A Laptop? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tuesday, April 10th 2007 between the hours of 9 AM and 11 AM local time.

    Just about the time OSX 10.5 should be released, and it's even a Tuesday! Is that you Steve?

  2. Re:Level of care on Shuttle Delayed Due to Cloudy Skies · · Score: 1

    well, if you had R'd TFA you would know that the backup landing sites are in California and New Mexico, and if Florida still has bad weather they want to try and land somewhere tomorrow.

  3. Re:Where does Sharp mention the GPL. on Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 Today? · · Score: 1

    I sold my SL-5500 a couple years ago, but IIRC it was mentioned on one of the first pages of the user's manual that came in the box, with a link to their website where you can download the source.

  4. Re:Backup connection? Maybe GPRS? on Dialup Redeemed: The WiFlyer Modem+Hotspot · · Score: 1

    It's even better when you've got Bluetooth, because there no need for the self-made data cable. Powerbook + Sony/Erricson T637 + GPRS = wireless backup internet connection!

  5. Re:The Apple Store on 400,000 Windows Users Switch To Mac · · Score: 1

    Little bit different here. From the first time my wife used my laptop until I bought her a new one I lost access to it.

  6. Re:The real question is on Check Boxes and Radio Buttons Conquered by DHTML · · Score: 1

    `links -g` is your friend in such cases(added in version 2 I think)

  7. Re:Now if only.... on iTunes Sells 500 Millionth Song · · Score: 1

    Either you are really thick headed, or you're trolling. If you do like the GP says, you will de-authorize all the other "authorized" computers. That means your previous installs. After that, you've got 5 open spaces again. Just authorize your current computer and you can listen to that $90 worth of music again.

  8. Re:Seems obvious enough... on Another Theory on Apple's Move To Intel · · Score: 2, Informative

    It was all about laptops. Just before the merger was announced, a study was released showing that something like 40% of new PC purchases were laptops, rather than desktops. For Apple, the ratio is probably even more heavily-skewed in favor of portables.

    Actually, according to their quarterly earning's report, Apple laptops were 42% of there Mac sales, so just about even with your quoted industry average. Now, I agree laptops are a huge reason for Apple jumping ship to Intel, and they're probably hoping that percentage keeps going up.

  9. Re:speed limits, safety? on Solar-Powered Cars Race fron Austin to Calgary · · Score: 1

    Time for Solar Miner IV to win a second race!

    Looks like I should have checked the page before I submitted. The current car is Solar Miner V, not IV!

  10. Re:speed limits, safety? on Solar-Powered Cars Race fron Austin to Calgary · · Score: 2, Informative

    There hasn't been a Federal Interstate speed lmit in, oh, 10 years now. Each state is allowed to set their own Interstate speed limits. For example, it's 70mph through most of MO, and 75 in CO I think. Interestingly, the last time I drove through KS to CO, everyone slowed down when crossing the border, even though the speed limit went up! I think it had something to do with the sign that said "Speed limits are enforced."

    Back On-topic: Go UMR! Time for Solar Miner IV to win a second race!

  11. Re:Let's do a Slashdot ISP rating. on PC World's ISP Service Rankings, as of June 2005 · · Score: 1

    Centurytel DSL, 2/10

    It took over a month of constant hassling to get them to hook it up correctly (after my original installation date). It took another month to get it to the proper speed. Service frequently drops out. It uses PPPoE so my IP address changes every couple of days. 5MB webspace limit, 5GB/mo usenet limit. $50/mo for 1.5M/256k service. The only non-Charter provider in the area, but I'm not switching to charter because my wife's parents say it's even worse!

  12. Re:All your Rhapsody are belong to us... on All Your Base Are Turned Five · · Score: 1

    ahhh! After watching that it feels like my brain just shrunk. Give me my 5 minutes back!

  13. Re:bothersome on Comparing Linux and BSD, Diplomatically · · Score: 4, Informative

    If he looks at BSD internals, anything he comes up with relation to those internals might be considered derivative works and would need to be BSD licensed.

    I was going to mod you down since I've got the points, but there isn't an "Incorrect, -1" moderation.

    The BSD license is about as liberal as it gets, basically saying "Do what you want with the code but leave my copyright notice." This includes sticking the BSD code into GPL'd code, XYZ'd code, or even closed, proprietary code.

    GPL is the license that says what is open must stay open, and even with that, only if you copy the actual code. "Ideas" are not protected by copyright, just expression. Protecting designs and more recently ideas is what patent law is for.

  14. Re:This story is very likely made up.. on Identity Theft Victim Gets Last Laugh · · Score: 1

    Where to begin.....

    First of all, anti-terrorism legislation requires hotels retain a photocopy of your driver's license.

    Nope, I just stayed at a Holiday Inn in AL, and a Days Inn in CO, both within the last month. Neither asked for a driver's license.

    Second, credit card companies don't get details about a charge for 2-3 days after the charge is made,

    BS here too. I can make a purchase anywhere in town, and by the time I get back to my computer, the Name of the store, location, and amount charged are already in my online visa statement through BoA.

    I went through similar credit card theft 2 years ago

    A lot can change in two years.

  15. Re:What's next? on iTunes User Sues Apple Over Lock-In · · Score: 1

    Yes, a closer analogy would be suing Sony because you bought music on a minidisc, and now you have to buy a portable minidisc player to take it with you.

  16. Re:This is what happens in today's "free market". on Transmeta Mulls Exit From Processor Market · · Score: 1

    Nike and Reebok for sneakers.

    I got an ITBS injury with Nikes. Now I use New Balance for running.

    Amen. Nike's killed my legs. Knees, shins, hips, you name it, the shoes broke it. I went to a real shoe store and was fitted with a proper pair New Balance running shoes, and haven't had leg problems since.

  17. Re:mit has single sign-on using kerberos on Linux+Windows Single Sign-on · · Score: 2, Informative

    UMR has also had SSO with kerberos for a long time now.

  18. Re:OS X on What's Wrong with Unix? · · Score: 1

    What project are you on, and do you have any open Level 1 or 2 positions for me to transfer in to? I've been on two projects in the last few years, and both were using a combination of Fortran, Ada, and VB6 with COM on Windows 2k. I use my powerbook exclusively at home, and would LOVE to use OSX at work too!

  19. Re:How many times do I have to tell you? on When Malware Authors Combine Efforts · · Score: 1

    Take off and firewall it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

    Wow, talk about an obscure Clerks reference. That episode never even aired did it?

  20. Re:Perfect Example..... on Thin CRTs to Challenge LCDs in 2005 · · Score: 2, Informative

    That depends on your definition of "few". I bought a 19" CRT at WorstBuy for $189 4 years ago, and at that point the price was already pretty steady.

  21. Re:Updates on Mac OS X 10.3.6 Update Available · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Close actually. Now 9533.24-.1=9533.14, rather than 9533.1399999999

    linky

  22. Re:We were USED! on CherryOS Not All It's Cracked Up To Be · · Score: 1

    Looks like we were stress testing Yet more stolen code. Not PearPC, Not pdf2html, but Ogg Theora's java port.

  23. Re:EFL and the road to E17 on Enlightenment Lives · · Score: 1

    evas is still "on the way"?!?! Rasterman showed us his embedded work and evas2 and told us it (and E17) were "just around the corner" two years ago at a conference at UIUC. It seemed cool then, but now it's old news.

  24. Re:FireFox on MSIE 7 May Beat Longhorn Out The Gate · · Score: 1

    Actually, I have used IE on all 4 of of those platforms. True, it was IE5, but it was there. Native for first 3, and through Wine for the penguin.

  25. Re:6 month life cycle...good or bad? on Is The 6-Month Product Cycle Upon Us? · · Score: 1

    Retail Store - although I'm sure all major electronic stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, etc, have excellent supply chain management, I still gotta believe they get stuck holding the bag a little when new cameras are announced every six months, and suddenly all of the current cameras they had in stock suddenly become devalued...

    I'm not sure how Best Buy treats all of their suppliers, but with software you don't see a dime until your software sells from their shelf, so it's the manufacturer who get's stuck with the cost of the old product if it's devalued.