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  1. Dell support - MS Critical Update video issue on MS Patch Train Leaves the Station · · Score: 2, Informative
  2. XP stupid activation tricks on Half Of Businesses Still Use Windows 2000 · · Score: 1

    I don't mind the activation when it works. When it doesn't I mind a lot. We image new and re-image existing Dell PCs here using ghost and every 5 PCs we get one where the (stuck on) licence key "doesn't work" and we have to call. There is no pattern to which will work (model, when purchased, etc.)

    Except the stupid voice recognition system, which tells me my entries are "all right" and gives me little "ding" tones has NEVER worked for me. I end up talking to someone in India and in fairness they get the job done but the call usually costs me 15 minutes.

    That said, it would be worse if we had to pay $150 for a service pack, like OS X.

  3. Javascript is at 1.5, post misleading on Mozilla Extending Javascript? · · Score: 1

    Mozilla have not "extended" the spec, merely their implementation of Javascript to take in 1.5 features.

    See here:
    http://developer-test.mozilla.org/docs/JavaScript

  4. "Black Buck" didn't get cancelled on Voyager 1 Crosses The Termination Shock · · Score: 1

    I think you mean Black Knight from the Wiki article.

    "Black Buck" was the ultra long range RAF bombing raid on the Falklands from Ascension Island in 1982.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck

  5. Interference on BPL: The Internet's Fool's Gold · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interference

    Total cancellation would happen but so would constructive interference. Also, you're not talking about rigid wires but about catenaries. Noise may vary more given the distance between the catenaries than might be acceptable for differential signalling. However, what little I recall of wave theory is coasting to a halt at this point :)

  6. webcore port - why didn't K think of that??? on Safari vs. KHTML · · Score: 1

    Yeah if I was a KHTML I would really feel good about:

    "Okay so we forked your code coz we wanted to do things a different way. We won't provide patches in a way that makes it easy for you to integrate them into the KHTML source. So instead of trying to figure out the patchdump, why not use Webcore instead. Sure it isn't the way you want KHTML to be but WC passes Acid2! (kewl eh?)"

    Wow, it's amazing K hasn't jumped all over that!

    So then what? K-WC gets forked again and we replay the argument in another OS X release or two and it's SVG or something else Safari makes work because Dave Hyatt goes on a coding binge?

  7. Not really about Windows and not the young either on UK Schools Told to Dump Microsoft · · Score: 1

    We just reimaged PCs with XPSP2, Firefox 1.0.3 and Notes 6.5 (migrating from SP1, Mozilla 1.7.7 and CorporateTime).

    Every Windows/MS Word problem the middle aged user reports begins with "I have a problem with Notes..."

  8. But if the webpage isn't at *.mozilla.org... on New Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Exploit · · Score: 1

    then how is it going to take advantage of the default? Or have they found a way of spoofing FF to think it is? Because that is not clear from TFA.

  9. Re:RIM will still do well - but let's have BES/Lin on Microsoft to Attack RIM with Magneto · · Score: 1

    nope, box singular. Only one BES for now, 2 x clustered Domino/Linux boxes dedicated to mail/calendar.

  10. RIM will still do well - but let's have BES/Linux! on Microsoft to Attack RIM with Magneto · · Score: 1

    My job is at a Blackberry/Domino/SUSE site but we have to run a Win2003/Domino server for Blackberry Enterprise Server.

    We run Domino because Exchange vulnerabilities are plenty scary and we don't want Active Directory either.

    Time for Blackberry to help us retire that box!

  11. Movies about Christianity - always a ruckus. on Chronicles of Narnia Trailer · · Score: 1

    The problem with them (and I say this as a baptised Catholic) is that Christians only tolerate them when they show positive aspects of Christianity. Any other interpretation (Last Temptation of Christ) or raking over past Church misdeeds (Magdalene Sisters) and the "Christian" "Right" goes nutty.

    Something that annoys me as a Christian fiscal conservative to be lumped in with the Jerry Falwells, and that someone else's vision could be considered to interfere with mine.

    It's a sign of lack of faith, not faith, when the self appointed censors get suited up on movie censor battles.

  12. Disable all functionality now to feel safe. on New Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Exploit · · Score: 1

    WTF Secunia

    All you have to do is ensure trusted sites can be, you know, *trusted*, before you add them.

    That said, Google's DNS spoof episode doesn't help in that regard.

  13. Don't you mean New Haven, CT's idiot? on Al Gore to Receive Internet Achievement Award · · Score: 1

    You know, where GWB actually came from?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush

  14. Bob Young - one smart cookie! on Red Hat Founder Offers Help in Apple vs.Tiger Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    1. Buy a CFL franchise in Rustbucket, Ont.
    2. Upgrade the facilities (a better big screen, sweep up trash)
    3. Install Apache/Fedora on ticats.ca (Netcraft)
    4. Try and figure out how to drive more hits to ticats.ca
    5. Get involved in stupid fight but which involves Linux (RH, his ex-company) AND Apple.
    6. Slashdot-profit!!!!

  15. Re:Clarification? Here you go. on Maui X-Stream at it Again? · · Score: 1

    If you don't use the software, you aren't bound by the licence. As Tridge didn't use BK he didn't feel himself bound by the licence. BK felt he was because he did work for a company which did accept the licence even if he personally didn't use BK.

    The post refers to the use of software by a company and rebranding it. The use creates the licence link, leading to the violation thereof.

    What's so hard about this?

  16. Power point:Want 110V? Buy a Toyota (or a Pontiac) on New Computer Powered By PoE · · Score: 1

    I charge my cellphone from the 110V outlet in my Pontiac Vibe, which has a console mounted plug socket owing to the fact that it is the twin of the Toyota Matrix, and apparently Toyota put 110V in! Very handy, and you have a separate ciggie lighter too if you smoke :)

  17. So the guys who distribute the Oscar DVDs on Bush Signs Law Targeting P2P Pirates · · Score: 1

    how many years will they get? Oh I forgot, when you hand it over to someone in a brown envelope it isn't d'innernet so that's okay.

  18. OH yes they CAN! (oh dear this sounds like panto) on Airbus A380 Completes Maiden Test Flight · · Score: 1

    The 787 will do similarly unpopular evening departures West bound. West bound deps tend to be early since you only lose about 2-3hrs with a 5hr timezone change and 7-8hr flight time to east coast US/Can.

    A380 arrives 0600 (LHR opening time) and leaves 1000. B787 arrives 2000 and leaves 2230 (quicker turnaround for smaller plane assumed)

  19. Re:Budget? what budget? on Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff · · Score: 1

    that's odd, optimus, since both Paul Martin and Jack Layton have referred to "passing the budget" in recent interviews. I don't think it matters what happens Budget Implementation in the Senate since it is a money bill traditionally the purview of the lower house. So I think we are both right and both wrong here.

  20. AA587 - not an FBW failure. on Airbus A380 Completes Maiden Test Flight · · Score: 1

    sorry to burst your conspiracy theory, but AA587 (an A300-600R) did not operate using the kind of FBW regime the A380 uses. The first aircraft using FBW in the way described here was the A320-100. It did crash in disputed circumstances when being displayed.

    AA587 went down when experiencing wake turbulence from a preceding aircraft. The pilot used heavy rudder input which Airbus claim was contrary to SOP. The forces the rudder generated caused the tailfin to fail. The dispute is whether delamination found in the tail would have caused a crash even if the rudder inputs were not as severe.

  21. 787 and 380 can co-exist - even on the same route! on Airbus A380 Completes Maiden Test Flight · · Score: 1

    Look at major transatlantic routes like JFK-LHR or YYZ-LHR. Eastbound flights during daytime are not popular and tend to use smaller aircraft (like a 757/767 or now 787) because you lose working time (local time goes forward). However, some people need to fly then.

    Night flights/redeyes are more popular because you arrive the following morning and don't "lose a day travelling". These flights have 777s, 330-300s, 747-400s. These are the flights 380 will operate.

  22. You definitely wouldn't like the A380-900 then... on Airbus A380 Completes Maiden Test Flight · · Score: 1

    the stretch version which Emirates have already said they will order if Airbus launch it.

    Depends on the facilities at the airport. If the airport can load two sided or with an upper deck airbridge it could possibly be quicker to load than a 747-400.

    As for how many people are at check-in etc. - if the route can fill a 380 it can probably fill 2 x 777 at least. So at peak times the airport is likely to be just as crowded.

  23. No way they will hijack this sucker... on Airbus A380 Completes Maiden Test Flight · · Score: 1

    Not with the TSA confiscating your tweezers!

    CATSA staffers tested my (bought at liquor store) Nova Scotia wine at Halifax NS to see if it was homebrew. WTF?

  24. Airport changes? Already happening. on Airbus A380 Completes Maiden Test Flight · · Score: 1

    As has been pointed out, A3XX initial development started in 1994 and while design freeze came later, airports have had quite a bit of notice. LHR T5 will accomodate it (Qantas) and LAX is already moving forward, voting to approve spending last week. Even Dublin Airport's new 10L/28R will be 60m wide to give best suitability even though A380 will only be in Dublin for rugby charters in the short term.

    A340-600 and 777-300 have already pushed the boundaries of length and width of stands to the point where accomodating 380s is less of a trauma. The main area of concern is taxiways, where the 380s wingspan will infringe neighbouring taxiways.

    For slashdotters who actually want to research this stuff (if it's ain't Boeing-ers can stop reading now) look at the Airport Planning Document produced by Airbus:
    http://www.content.airbusworld.com/SITES/ Technical _Data/docs/AC/DATA_CONSULT/AC_A380.pdf

  25. Budget? what budget? on Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff · · Score: 1

    Hasn't been passed yet - nor has C-38. (Legalisation of gay marriage recognising the decisions of most of the Provincial Courts)

    Ironic that the Libs may need separatists to keep them alive.