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  1. Re:Whatever happened to no taxation on Telecommute Tax Relief Gathers Steam · · Score: 1

    You control the representation(or lack of) by choosing not to work where you live.
    If you lived some place and did not get representation that would be different.

  2. Re:Power of Apple on Apple Dumps PortalPlayer Chip · · Score: 1

    This is what happens when you rely on 1 customer for a majority of your business.

  3. Re:Linux on Apple Releases Bonjour for Windows 1.0.3 · · Score: 1

    That can be accomplished via multicast dns.
    There are mdns implimentations out there.

  4. Re:This doesn't surprise me at all! on FCC Commissioner Wants To Push For DRM · · Score: 2, Funny

    They did side with the consumer, when they fined Janet Jackson for exposing her crusty 50 year old boob on public tv.

  5. Re:How many letters are in the alphabet? on Mafia Boss Using Crook Crypto Captured · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The Italian alphabet only uses 24 letters.

  6. Re:NPR and advertising on NPR & The Modern Media Distribution · · Score: 1

    Same here. However the shows I want to listen to on the go dont have podcasts(TAL).
    So I utilize the local npr stations free(for now) mp3 stream, and use podcastamatic to form a podcast from it.
    I start recording on the hour, the local station does commercial/announcement on the hour, so I pick up 30-60seconds of it before TAL starts.
    And someone posted about podcast listeners probably not fastforwarding thru commercials cuz they are busy, and in my case this is true.

  7. I'm a Scientist.. on Lapinator and Lapinator Plus, a Closer Look · · Score: 2, Interesting
  8. Re:OS/2 I used it today! on Keeping the OS/2 Flame Alive · · Score: 1

    Nortell DASH systems used OS2 for management.
    Also BOA did use os2 on ATM's prior to moving to linux a few years ago.

  9. Dvorak on Opera Purchase Rumour Control · · Score: 0

    People actually listen to that diseased gadfly?
    To me the verbage he spews, is much like that of Darl McBride, diarrhea.

  10. Lack of content on 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD · · Score: 1

    With the lack of HD content it's not suprising.
    It's sort of like when USB first came out, everyone needed a computer with USB ports, however very few people actually made USB devices.
    I imagine in 2-3 years the ammount of HD content will increase greatly.
    The FCC mandate of shutting off analog tv broadcasts will only help this.
    As for the people who don't own HD equipped tv's(Myself included). Most dont care
    the tv shows, news I watch will probably never be HD, with the exception of maybe some educational shows, travel shows etc...
    Do most people want to watch "Thats So Raven" in HD, doubtful.

  11. Re:How much? on Blazing Dual Channel Thumb Drive · · Score: 1

    I created a login for slashdot specificly so I could filter out the shitbag editors.
    I haven't seen a Jon Katz post in years.

  12. Re:Time For A Class Action Suit Against Apple & on Intel Mac OS X Catches Up With Older Brother · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually they are not restricting with you do with the hardware.
    TPM only ensures you can run OSX on validly TPM'ed machines, not restrict you from running other OSes.

  13. Dvorak = Darl McBride on Are Media Writers Biased Towards Apple? · · Score: 1

    Anyone see a simalarity in the verbal feces they spew?

  14. Help shows stick arround? on Network TV Downloadable Via iTunes · · Score: 1

    In the case of "Thats so raven", lets hope it is not true.
    I was actually supprised to hear its still on the air.

  15. OS a/v protection myth on Ready For the Big Mac Virus? · · Score: 1

    This is why you should not rely on your OS alone(Unix/OSX/Linux/*BSD) for antivirus/antimalware.
    You need signature based checking for virii and malware.
    If you think just because you run $OS then you are safe, you are as dumb as the average MS user with a spambot running on his/her pc.

  16. Re:urban legend? -- sad, but no. on Secretaries Sacked After Flamewar at Work · · Score: 1

    That does not explain why some of the other text is changed.
    Floor numbers etc.. Both also have some different messages entirely.

  17. Re:Install iTunes 5, repurchase Quicktime Pro? on iPod nano, iTunes 5, iTunes Phone · · Score: 1

    Same thing as owning QTP6 then upgrading to Tiger.
    You are required to use the new version, and thus buy a new key. :(
    I wish upgrades were free.

  18. Re:DRM changes in 5.0? on iPod nano, iTunes 5, iTunes Phone · · Score: 1

    Then they can't complain about DRM.
    So they CHOOSE to buy drm'ed content then bitch that it is drm'ed.

    This related to a post I made the other day.
    When you are given a EULA, you have a choice, agree to it and it's terms, or use something else. That is why we have OSS slashdot!
    Choose wisely...

  19. Re:In the word of the Black Eyed Peas... on Apple Is Accused of Violating Software Patent · · Score: 1

    No the BEP are sell outs and changed the lyrics for consumer consumption. They have been corrupted by PCness.

  20. Re:Simple solution on Flash EULA Doesn't Fit the Times · · Score: 1

    1: Convince a lawyer of what you just told us.
    2: Give him a bunch of money
    3: Get the case to one of the major courts
    4: TEH WIN!!!!
    5: Do whatever you want with the software.

    Until all those steps have been completed, reguardless of what you assert, you have either abide by a EULA, or not accept it. Else you are the one doing wrong, nomatter how draconian it sounds.
    Now this is the exact reasons you should use OSS, so rather than use restrictive licensed software, use OSS.

  21. Re:RTFA, Vista is not a total rip-off on Comparing Tiger and Vista Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    You speak of Vista like it is a GA released piece of software. But then you mentioned "Planned" And "Communicated". So someone beat M$ to their own concepts? "WAHH!!!!!!!" Maybe M$ either needs to speed up its development cycle, or keep its mouth shut. Don't bitch about people "stealing" your plan if you went and bragged about the plan and spilled the beans before you even had it implimented.

  22. It's FUD on Comparing Tiger and Vista Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    Really I didnt read all TFA.
    I stopped when he told me that every desktop search is free except Apples. Sure it has a min requirement of 10.4, but so do all the other features of the OS. So saying it is not free is like saying Internet Explorer is not free because you have to have Windows for it. It's a value added feature, not something you have to pay for, therefor it is free.
    Honestly how can you compare an unreleased OS that mostlikey will be changed 500 times before its released, to an already released OS that came out 6 months ago. That is not fair. Maybe he should have ponied up to Apple for a beta of their next OS like he did Billyboy.
    He also says that Apple impliments features after M$ legitimises them, and took advantage of the closer release period for Tiger. Well that maybe, but if they can integrate it into an OS release before the people who announced it, good for them. What I took from his comment was that M$ takes a long ass time to do something, where someone else can do it in a fraction of the time and make it to market, and M$ actually had a jumpstart on it, since they hadn't announced it yet. I don't think it was his intention to lead me to believe that. He wanted us to think that Apple essentially store M$'s idea and rushed it to market. But really, who is to say that Apple wasn't already working on these, and they act before they speak, unlike M$ and all these features they are gonna have, that don.t show up untill 2 releases down the line.

  23. Simple solution on Flash EULA Doesn't Fit the Times · · Score: 1

    Don't accept the EULA.
    Delete the product you downloaded, and don't use it.
    If you don't like the license, don't use it.
    This is not YRO it is CRTDWETPWTP "a companys right to do whatever they please with their product"

  24. Re:Engadget? on Apple Rumored to Be After Samsung Flash Memory · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here is the flochart for this type of news.

    Some sweaty dude in (pick a technology producing country japan,korea,taiwan,china) posts on his blog that the company he works at for USD $0.50/hr is demo'ing some product.
    Gizmodo posts it first 50% of the time
    Engadget posts it first 50% of the time

    Once the later of those 2 post it(usually 24hours).
    Some sweaty slashdot reader submits it to slashdot.
    Later that day after 3 other sweaty slashdot readers submissions havge been rejected.
    Roland Piquepalle rings Roblimo on the telly and gets it posted on slashdot.

  25. Re:For all ages? on World of Warcraft Card Game Coming Soon · · Score: 2, Funny

    I seen a middle aged white guy playing yughio(or whatever it is) with a middle aged foreigner at the game story one day.
    I bet the 10year old kids thought he was the coolest because he didnt have a bed time and could play said retarded cardgame all night w/o his mom telling him to goto bed because its a school night.
    Truth be told, he probably still lives with his mother, and she yells at him to goto bed.