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  1. Pandora on Spotify Will Soon Let You Mute, Block Artists (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Pandora could really use this feature as well.

  2. Live Bookmarks on New Firefox Suggests Ways To Get More Out of the Web (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    This version kills Live Bookmarks. Some of us FF old-timers are hopelessly reliant on these things, and it's, as far as I have found, the fastest way to quickly scan lists of headlines from all your favorite sites at once. Seriously, one click and you can quickly mouse over the sites on your bookmarks toolbar to consume hundreds of headlines.

    I really, REALLY hate that they're killing this feature, but this addon promises to restore it: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/07...

    Here's the official GitHub: https://github.com/nt1m/livema...

  3. I've switched to Vivaldi on Mozilla Will Deprecate XUL Add-ons Before the End of 2017 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Mozilla has forgotten what made Firefox great. Vivaldi is my new default browser. There are still some things missing that I used from Firefox (Live bookmarks, the DownloadThemAll plugin), but the performance is better and they care about the power user.

  4. As a daily visitor for the last 15 years... on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    No. Terrible design that makes it look like a cheap WordPress site using a free theme because /. was too cheap to spend $40 for a premium theme. What are you thinking?

  5. Facebook? on Gmail Takes Largest Webmail Service Crown · · Score: 2

    With Facebook creating email addresses for all of its 700 million+ users, does that not immediately make Facebook the largest webmail service?

  6. Repost on Napster Being Shut Down · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on guys, this was posted 11 years ago now.

  7. Remove McAfee Completely on Firefox Advises Users To Disable McAfee Plugin · · Score: 1

    McAfee offers a removal tool to cleanly uninstall their products. I use it any time I clean up a system: http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

  8. Credit on 'Canadian DMCA' Copyright Bill Dead Again · · Score: 2

    Gotta credit Canadian politicians for not selling out wholesale like they do in the US.

  9. Re:"Doom creator"? on Doom Creator Says Direct3D Is Now Better Than OpenGL · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Things sure have changed around here.

    For reference, check out this /. Q&A with Carmack in 1999: http://slashdot.org/story/99/10/15/1012230/John-Carmack-Answers

    One miscellaneous observation; quickly scroll through the thread. Posters put a lot more into their comments back then.

  10. Re:priority? on Quake Live Dev Says Mac and Linux Are "Top Priority" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sure it does. Catering to the Linux community creates good will. The geeks that use Linux often have influence over the technology selections of others and are more likely to recommend products from a company that, in their eyes, has done something good. Every business decision does not have to equal measurable profits. Some decisions may have no effect on the bottom line today, but by doing The Right Thing by some, will reap rewards in the future.

    ... Or maybe Carmack just wants to play a little FFA on his Linux box. :)

  11. Another reason to support term limits on Ted "A Series of Tubes" Stevens Found Guilty · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This guy has been in office since the late 60's. That's 50 frekin' years in the Senate. With the number of lobbyists in Washington, there's just too much temptation to compromise your beliefs and the needs of your constituents. With term limits, lobbyists can only get their meat hooks so deep into a Senator before they're forced to leave office, having to start the process all over again. It's not a foolproof solution for Washington corruption, but I certainly think it would help.

  12. Pick any two on Reliable, Free Anti-Virus Software? · · Score: 1

    Reliable, Free, Anti-Virus software -- pick any two.

  13. Looks like Zuckerberg stole the "Facebook" name on Google, Circa 2001 · · Score: 1

    From another directory type thing at Harvard: http://www.google.com/search2001/search?q=facebook&hl=en&btnG=Search

  14. Re:Nice to see what's missing on Google, Circa 2001 · · Score: 1

    10th result -- Remember 9/11 .... the date when Dr. Laura makes her TV debut. Yeah, I think times have changed since then.

  15. Just imagine on How To See In Four Dimensions · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just imagine how incredible the true nature of the universe must be if current theories hold true that 10, 11, or even possibly 26 dimensions exist in our universe.
    To think about it is mind bending, awe-inspiring, and dream provoking.

  16. obviously on Why the Olympics Didn't Melt the Internet · · Score: -1, Troll

    it didn't melt the Internet because Silverlight is a steaming pile of shit. Why is my video jumpy on Silverlight, and smooth on every other flash player on the Internet? Denied. Rejected. Checkmate. Break point. False Start. Foul. Interception. Belly flop. Armbared. Epic Fail. Divide by zero. PWND. Please Try Again Microsoft.

  17. Just Now? on Vista Pirates To Get "Black Screen of Darkness" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft has just turned on Reduced Functionality mode, worldwide
    I thought they already did that with the release of Vista?

    Sorry, it was too easy.
  18. Re:Um... on How Microsoft Takes a Name · · Score: 1

    Incorrect. Windows is indeed a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Here is the entire list of their trademarks and registered trademarks: Microsoft Trademarks

  19. Re:FIST SPORT! on When to Leave That First Tech Job · · Score: 5, Funny

    They already fired you, you just don't know it yet.

    Bob Slydell: Milton Waddams.
    Bill Lumbergh: Who's he?
    Bob Porter: You know, squirrely looking guy, mumbles a lot.
    Bill Lumbergh: Oh, yeah.
    Bob Slydell: Yeah, we can't actually find a record of him being a current employee here.
    Bob Porter: I looked into it more deeply and I found that apparently what happened is that he was laid off five years ago and no one ever told him, but through some kind of glitch in the payroll department, he still gets a paycheck.
    Bob Slydell: So we just went a ahead and fixed the glitch.
    Bill Lumbergh: Great.
    Dom Portwood: So um, Milton has been let go?
    Bob Slydell: Well just a second there, professor. We uh, we fixed the *glitch*. So he won't be receiving a paycheck anymore, so it will just work itself out naturally.
    Bob Porter: We always like to avoid confrontation, whenever possible. Problem solved from your end.

  20. Is it just me... on Real-ID Passes U.S. Senate 100-0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or do these post-it notes tacked on to unrelated bills need to be stopped?

  21. Sign the Petition on Microsoft Remains Firm On Ending VB6 Support · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For those of you that wish for Microsoft to continue developing classic VB, Sign the Petition! It's too popular a language to just toss aside and break everyones existing code.

  22. And with Record Turnout! on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 0

    So much for the democrat theory that record turnouts would obviously mean good news for Kerry. Bush won more votes than any other President in our Nation's history. The American people have spoken, and spoken loudly.

  23. Named Tomorrow? on Chemical Element 110 To Be Named · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's already on the webelements.com page, with some interesting info on the chemical makeup.

  24. Re:Third Time's a Charm? on Surviving Slashdotting with a Small Server · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... begin repeatedly pressing the refresh button like a maniac..... NOW!!!

  25. It's what mom used to say on Is the SCO Lawsuit a Good Thing for Linux? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What doesn't kill you will make you stronger. Same thing here.