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  1. Re:I used to do this stuff on GPS Trackers Find Novel Applications · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thanks to Google maps half the work is done.
    It does take bare latitude and longitude coordinates and displays you a map.

  2. She is suing the web site not her ISP! on Important Court Decisions Chip Away At ISP Liability Shield · · Score: 1

    Both the Article and post have it wrong.
    She is suing the web site operators not her/their ISP!

    If these cases do affect ISPs then:
    -You can sue AT&T/Verison when you get scammed over the phone.
    -You can sue the state who provided the road that you had an accident on, even if it was the another car's fault.

    It would never end.

  3. Re:Good basis for Riaa taxes on California Lawmaker Proposes Music Download Tax · · Score: 1

    They're already going to jail for longer terms than murderers and retail store thieves, You MAFIAA mole.

  4. Re:What is this guy smoking on California Lawmaker Proposes Music Download Tax · · Score: 1

    They would call it an "Excise tax" or a "Sin Tax".
    They apply this type of tax on cigarettes and alcohol in Canada.

    Besides, if the government would do this, their biggest problem would come from the gangs trying to takeout the legitimate marijuana stores in drive-bys and bombings, not competition from the illegal sales on the streets.

  5. ISO is now irrelevant on EU's Anti-Trust Investigation of OOXML Continues · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The OOXML Standard was bought and the ISO stood idly by, hand extended.

    Therefore the ISO is now irrelevant; so who cares about the ISO.

  6. Re:Web 2.0? on Should IT Shops Let Users Manage Their Own PCs? · · Score: 1

    With 2 stories in a row with "web 2.0" in them, I guess that's what's needed to be posted on /.

  7. Re:Firefox development should fork on Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition · · Score: 1

    don't like it? pay someone to build you your own browser. Or stay with the old version and wait for a fork or common sense to set in.

  8. Re:Firefox development should fork on Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition · · Score: 1

    Why can't they just let choose.

    Make 2 versions:

    1-Light Browser with extensions (awesome bar as an OPTIONAL extension)

    2-Bloated browser with OS integration/Web integration and Bloat-bar.

  9. Re:Sounds like an OS on Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition · · Score: 1

    Sounds a bit like Java or .Net...

  10. Re:It already happens in a way on Red Hat to Coax Code Contributions From Companies · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points to give you!

    I see this happen all the time.

  11. Re:Can ISO de-recognise standards? on ODF Editor Says ODF Loses If OOXML Does · · Score: 1

    I doubt they can.
    All they could really do is sue MS to stop them from saying they are using an ISO standard.

  12. Re:A bit risky? on Windows 7 Likely Going Modular, Subscription-based · · Score: 1

    Replacement modules would only work in country where DMCA is NOT the law.
    (Ever tried to refill an Epson ink cartridge or Lexmark laser cartridge...)
    So the US and Australia would be SOL.

  13. Re:Macro Recorder? on An Early Look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Help files on macros are close to worthless.

    No, They ARE worthless.
    They go on about how to use the Organizer when simplifying the layout and popup would do.

    I'm trying to create a cut-n-Paste macro that select stuff based on content.
    It is brutally painful since you cannot use the macro recorder to record the selection process because you can't search AND select text at the same time!

    Also, you don't have a way to discover what commands exists without using the macro recorder.

  14. Still no Comment/Uncomment button in Macro editor on An Early Look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Am I the only one who thinks the Macro editor should have a button to comment or uncomment a selection of lines?
    The things has a full fledged debugger with breakpoints and everything but they expect you to comment out code manually one line at a time?

  15. Re:FF won't win on Firefox 3 May Be More Memory Efficient Than Either IE or Opera · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And they are running the test in Windows? Who knows whether there's not an undocumented feature of IE which is telling it's O$ to swap *all* FF's RAM into disk? Or even freeing FF's memory? The predator always wins.

    MS has done something like this in the past and got caught.
    http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=drdos+windows+crash&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

  16. Re:Sorry to say... on Novell's 2004 Case Against Microsoft Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    As I recall, Novell was also slow about producing a GUI version of WordPerfect.
    BTW: WordPerfect Corp. (before Novell bought them out) was the one dragging its heals on the GUI.
    Why?
    Because they though Windows 3.0 was going to flop.
    When Windows 3.1 came out and caught on big, WPC released WordPerfect 5.2 for windows.
    WordPerfect 5.2 was a dog and the rest is marketing...

  17. Re:how about a compromise... on $5 Per Month Fee Proposed For Legal Music P2P · · Score: 1

    This service exists and they are still unhappy because what they really want control.
    With control comes big $.

  18. Re:Forcing IE on Windows 7 Eyed For Antitrust Violations · · Score: 1

    FYI: In any .NET application, you click an URL, IE is used. This is regardless if you have FF (or what have you) set as the default browser.

  19. Re:Ineffective on Aussie Cops Want Powers To Search Any Computer · · Score: 1

    Also look up "civil forfeiture" which gives the government the right to steal your property for its own profit without a crime having occurred. And the "DHS discount" was born.
  20. Re:Ineffective on Aussie Cops Want Powers To Search Any Computer · · Score: 4, Informative

    Then just clone the drives and give the suspect the copy and not the original HD.

  21. Re:Safety Filter (continued) on Internet Explorer 8 Beta Features Revealed · · Score: 1

    I Say, we follow standards if we wannoo
    A thing we call "the embrace"
    And we extend them 'til they gonna break
    Leaving the real standards far behind
    And we can innovate (Yea, right..)

  22. Re:Huge assumption in the title on IE8 Will Be Standards-Compliant By Default · · Score: 0

    You must be new here and under 25.

  23. Re:Sweet on Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos Currently In Testing · · Score: 1

    wrong site. try youpr0n.com...

  24. Re:do they apply? on The Beckoning Promise of Personal Fabrication · · Score: 1

    Too bad they canceled Century city ( http://imdb.com/title/tt0377153/ )
      This could have been the basis of a good episode.

  25. Re:Of course it's coming! on RIAA Not Sharing Settlement Money With Artists · · Score: 1

    I wish someone would ask:

    Hey, Avril Lavigne, have you gotten your cheque for your share of the CD levy tax?