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  1. Press SHIFT to se all commands! on Vista an Uneasy Sleeper · · Score: 1

    In XP's shutdown-menu you can press and hold SHIFT to see more options, -the standby becomes hibernate, if nothing else-; isn't this a possibility in Vista, aswell?

  2. "u"Torrent runs under (unmodified) Wine.. on BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires uTorrent · · Score: 1

    You can run "u"Torrent perfectly under Wine; even by just "wine uTorrent.exe", and nothing more. -"u"Torrent is free, -so is Wine-, so I don't see the problem at all..

  3. Japanese Mentality on Student Makes a Million Online, Gets Deported · · Score: 1

    Nah, they've (The Japanese) just seen the controversy surrounding selling the same kind of virtua-trinks in other countries, and so are somewhat stressed about not wanting to appear worse than anyone abroad; especially the U.S. [--So they had to build up anew in regards to industry, etc.; wouldn't you grow vigilant if you were in the same sit., and to some extent stay that way?]

    -I think this is a perpetual psychological lock they've been in since, *cough*, the bombs fell, and I doubt that will ever change.

    Can't you see at least some kind of pattern?

    -No, I don't imply "aping" primarily, just that they've obviously got a pretty strong feeling of order of ethics, in their peculiar way. (Which "is good," somehow.)

  4. It's relevant to the _PERSON_! on Interview With Spreadsheet Creator · · Score: 1

    "How is this relevant to the article?"

    Relevancy:

    -The article is only relevant _because_ of the person; -without the person, this article wouldn't "be itself"..

    ##

    -The "genious-versus-organizer" relevata, that people try to enrichen this post with, is relevant to the person, because of the person's already-made choices, and (what apparently is) the person's current monitary status..

    ##

    ..Modding this down is relevant to Slashdot, however; this bottom-disclaimer is _not_ (kinly) relevant to "..I'm probably gonna get modded down for this, but.."

  5. This is a "rip-off".. (and nothing new) on More A's, More Pay · · Score: 1

    This is more-or-less lifted straight from the book "Freakonomics," by Steven D. Levitt that came out last year; so what is new?..

    -Here is Levitt's homepage; here is his blog..

    ..Here is *cough*

  6. Off-Topic as HELL.. on Justin Long No Longer A Mac · · Score: 1

    "Flying-rhenquest"

    -Heh, that's the coolest name for a computer I've ever heard! :)

  7. Heh, imagine MSN Search =) on Google Used To Diagnose Disease · · Score: 1

    Damn, my friend is dying, and I need to know how to give him aid!

    "Welcome to MSN Search...here's the way to help someone with this-or-that:[cure]"

    DAMN; my friend died!

    MSN-S: was this information useful to you?

  8. it's possible to read deleted articles.. on Long-Term Wikipedia Vandalism Exposed · · Score: 1

    You can read deleted articles; -just go to the history tab on the far right(/top), and you'll get there..

    -I imagine the most "anti-social" things are deleted at some point, though..

  9. RedHat == RedHat on Red Hat Says They'll Be In Linux Long After Novell · · Score: 1

    So RedHat is going to be the last redhat vendor? BULLCARP!!!! I personally believe [...and so on; empasis mine..]

    Yeah, RedHat will most-likely remain the only REDHAT vendor, -linux-, however...

    =.:.:::.:::.

  10. WindBird on IceWeasel — Why Closed Source Wins · · Score: 1

    WindBird or EarthMole (or _whatever_) can't be worse than "IceWeasel" (wtf!?!); People who code make crappy names, and vice-versa?

    no offence, but.... jees!

    --I'm not saying the first two are good, but I'd never find myself agreeing the lattes is either.

  11. middle-click! on Firefox 2.0 RC2 Review · · Score: 1

    So, you cant middle-click an inactive tab to close it in Linux; -due to the paste function, or something?

    In Windows, you'd just middle-click that tab, and it's gone.

  12. AOL CDs.. on AOL Digs Up Yard for Spam Gold · · Score: 1

    Once they dig up the site they'll find an unstoppable cache of discarded Free Internet with AOL -CDs, anyway.. ;)

  13. sub-expectado.. on Sega Genesis Collection for PSP and PS2 · · Score: 1

    Collections such as these won't always meet your expectations; if for nothing else, modern controllers aren't close enough to what the original games used, and so it won't always work that well.

    "Midway Arcade Treasures 2" - Xbox(1):

    Mortal Kombat 2, Mortal Kombat 3, Gauntlet II, Spyhunter II, Xybots, NARC, APB, Cyberball 2072, Timber, Total Carnage, Pit Fighter, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, Primal Rage, Arch Rivals, Rampage World Tour, Kozmik Krooz'r, Championship Spirit, Hard Drivin', Wacko.

    -Of these, Timber is "the best;" works well, and is fun. Rampage W.T. actually works with the "modern" controller aswell, but there are limits to how fun that one is over time. - - - Most of the remaining titles doesn't quite work, sorry to say..

    (..evaluated with the "S"-controller series; "small", compared to bulky original controller..)

  14. web? on Botnet Attack Shuts Down Hospital Network · · Score: 1

    Look, just because some app would be Java, ("web"-app; through a browser,) it doesn't automatically make it _depend_ on the internet.

    So if they'd gone with a java-pager or whatever you meant in your post, it'd been insane to run it on the internet, anyways..

    -I'm sure (atleast in the reply to this post) you meant something "completely else", so; sorry..

  15. No Turning _Back_ on Firefox Users Surf Safer · · Score: 1

    ..Firefox "beams on" faster; as

    option {BurnAllBridges: on;}, and, -alas-; there's no

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=176645&cid=146 67513 Turning Back(tm)..

    [ Never trolling, but not quite serious either.. ]

  16. Re:Duh on How Songs Get Popular · · Score: 1

    You're damn right here, man.. -And.. if I were trying to "adjust" myself to the spirit of this specific thread, it doesn't help much to have Zappa blazing it the adjoining room..

  17. "Perhaps" it isn't "quite" like that.. on How Songs Get Popular · · Score: 1

    ..Reading these "perhaps'es," I grow more-and-more assured of what are the most-probable reasons some people should cease "thinking" (so/too) much, and why "research" takes so bloody damn long in many aspects.

    ok:

    The reason people write "I'll prob. get mod'ed down.." etc., is because they assume everyone will fall for their quasi-psychopathic -schemes, and followingly, that every mod-point -holder is a bona-fide sucker, just because there's a massive (visible) precense of mee-too'ers on here, -think again; people aren't all idiots just because the idiots are the easier to spot.

    -It works _too often_, even though it obviously shouldnt. -That kind of "reward tactics" shouldn't _ever_ be rewarded, if for nothing else; in case the same scheme-maker applies this style to other aspects in life; which would suck for the real people caught up in the tide. -The "following the wind"-ism, when it comes to "hate MS", (etc.,) doesn't matter that much, but this kind of crap _really does_.

  18. I know(!) =) on Opera 9 with Widgets and BitTorrent Now Available · · Score: 1

    Yeah! Forgot to mention that/those..

    In case I've missed something in your tips; a simple hold_ALT + [left/right] (keyboard keys) will also do the trick.

    Nice to see another dedicated Opera-user! -way to GO!!

  19. back/forward on Opera 9 with Widgets and BitTorrent Now Available · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can't even imagine how Firefox users can stand the inferior back/forward navigation buttons, and how much delay they present.

    With Opera, (pre 9.x, even,) you just click back, and the previous page jumps right up; fully rendered and ready. --With Firefox, you have to wait, and get to listen to the processor throttling up, as if this was Java 1.2 on Win95..

    Firef*cks be gone..

  20. sorry on Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML · · Score: 1

    Yeah, in hindsight I saw what you really meant; my apologies. It just initially seemed like a dash to "deny" IE of the things it _can_ do, and I was a bit quick on the 'ol triggy there.. all pardons

  21. FUD! - open _this_ page in IE on Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML · · Score: 1

    IE can do more than just fonts (I'm not saying this to support IE; Personally, I think it sucks,) check the page beneath my nick. -There _could_ be xhtml errors there, (I doubt it,) but IE renders it just fine, or; just like Firefox..

    And yeah; I haven't tested it in IE7, as that browser is not complete yet.

    (Never-mind the content, and, yes; the page is simple..)

  22. Snowball Delivery Service on Duke Nukem Forever in Production · · Score: 1

    They've ran into some slight delays, as the budget for developing the game depends heavily on how well their "Snowballs from Hell"-delivery service works out..

  23. ASSUMING: on Kama Sutra Worm Could Make For A Bad Friday · · Score: 1

    Only assuming that the so-called "stupid person" understands that it was _this specific virus_ that did it, and remember what was done _on his part_ for it to end up this or that way.

  24. Chip off the old block on Rootkits Head for Your BIOS · · Score: 1

    And there should be a third read only chip containing the original bios, which could somehow be loaded in the case of an emergency/mistake. BIOS chips can't really be that expensive, so putting extra security measures in place to not get your system hosed are important.

    Gigabyte have had this for a few years now. They call it Dual Bios.

    I'm thinking it would probably be a good idea to contact the supplier or motherboard (or BIOS) manufacturer specifying your wish for a "spare" bios chip, so as to atleast have one clean chip "offline," just in case something should happen to the one being on-line.

    -After all, if they truly are inexpensive, and the supplier is cool about peddling loose chips, then why not say "thank you; may I have another," and get crackin'?

    If the new BIOS'es haven't physically changed their form-factor from "good 'ol pinlegs of the past," and the ROM-size is >/= the "modern" one's, maybe it'd been a good sparetime activity to flash some of those chips that you have lying around in your old computers, so as to have multiple offline backups of "whatever turns her on"..

  25. Re:So... on Need for Speed Unconnected to Fatal Crash · · Score: 1
    When can we blame Bush's war in Iraq on Call of Duty or SOCOM?

    Never , because Bush himself sits somewhere in America, with no sand up his nostrils nor experiencing any of the stresses from being in a war situation.

    A more appropriate simily, in his case, would be Power Monger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Monger)