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  1. Re:Where's the data stored? on Microsoft Releases Free Edition of OneNote · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It can be stored on OneDrive and doing so allows you to access your information from almost anyhwere using almost any device. But it can be stored locally as well (or on a network share), without any cloud servers.

  2. Legislate it on Ask Slashdot: Anti-Camera Device For Use In a Small Bus? · · Score: 1

    Step 1: Get congress to enact a law that requires all cameras to include a kill switch that can be triggered via Bluetooth message.
    Step 2: Transmit said signal within contents of the bus.
    viola.
    I wish you no luck whatsoever in this endeavor.

  3. Walt Disney World on What Are the Weirdest Places You've Spotted Linux? · · Score: 1

    Saw a Linux boot screen on one of the Toy Story Midway Mania displays.

  4. Windows Home Server 2011 on Ask Slashdot: It's World Backup Day; How Do You Back Up? · · Score: 2

    WHS works a lot like Time Machine (I suppose). All our machines are backed up automatically every day to a server (in another building). And most importantly, the restore works and is surprisingly fast! I've had two machines go belly up and didn't loose any data.

  5. You call 40 old?!? on Ask Slashdot: Am I Too Old To Learn New Programming Languages? · · Score: 2

    Hell I did some of my best programming/system design when I was 40! But I do find it odd that you would be asking about learning a new language... that's something you should have been doing all along. Part of the challenge of being a good developer is staying on top of the latest trends and development environments. In fact, some days, the only thing that keeps going/motivated is knowing that there is always an opportunity to learn new things.

  6. Re:Finally! on "David After Dentist" Made $150k For Family · · Score: 1

    1. Record a video of your drugged 7 year-old.
    2. ?????^H^H^H^H^HExploit him by putting video on Youtube.
    3. Profit!
    I've been searching for that second step for ages....

    You mean you'd been sitting on the first step for a long time and you couldn't figure out the second one?!? Dude, seriously.

  7. Missing remote access tool on Free Remote Access Tools For Windows and Mac Compared · · Score: 1

    Microsoft recently "released" Mesh. It is IE only though (and the reason I will probably stick with LogMeIn).

  8. More time online on Verizon CEO Says "We Will Hunt Heavy Users Down" · · Score: 1

    If you look at minutes of use, the average American uses their cell phone four times as much--four times as much--as the average European.

    Yeah, I used to spend more time on the internet back when I had dial-up.

  9. Re:In this litigious society... on Man Sues Neighbor Claiming Wi-Fi Made Him Sick · · Score: 1

    Oh! I smell a class action lawsuit coming on!

  10. This idea... on How To Guarantee Malware Detection · · Score: 1

    This idea has already been invented... by Shampoo

  11. Re:Don't bother on Best Smartphone Plan Covering US and Canada? · · Score: 1

    In my town, we would wrap our feet in barbed wire for traction.

    Barbed wire? You were lucky to have barbed wire. We used to have to strap two rabid squirrels to our feet!

  12. #if PATFORM on Microsoft Demos Three Platforms Running the Same Game · · Score: 1
    Ok, I actually think this is kind of cool. But I would quibble about the way they use #if's on the code. In general, you should avoid #if PLATFORM (the video shows #if WINDOWS_PHONE) and instead do the conditional on a particular feature. So instead:

    #if WINDOWS_PHONE
    #define ACCELEROMETER_SUPPORTED
    #define TOUCH_SUPPORTED
    #endif
    :
    #if ACCELEROMETER_SUPPORTED
    :
    #endif
    :
    #if TOUCH_SUPPORTED
    :
    #endif

    This makes life easier when touch becomes a popular feature on laptops and desktop computers, for example.

  13. Re:Makes sense really on Microsoft Behind Google Complaints To EC · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows it's the lack of search data that caused Bing to initially suggest (and probably still does) Windows when typing in something related to Ubuntu or Linux. I mean seriously, how are they supposed to know what you want from terms like Linux or Ubuntu. What do those even mean?

    Just for the record, Bing's first page of search results for Ubuntu and Linux are quite reasonable. Can't speak to what they returned in the past...

  14. Re:Interface Design on slashdot on How Do You Get Users To Read Error Messages? · · Score: 1

    I have no idea why they couldn't come up with a better solution for the door: Locking it would be very easy. Even better, by removing the door handles it would be very clear that the door can't be used.

    Because perhaps that door is the way to a safe exit during a fire (or rampaging co-worker). During which time it would be inconvenient to try to figure out who has the key or to find a door handle to open it.

    I'm not disagreeing with your claim that a sign is not going to work, just pointing out that a simple solution isn't always feasible.

  15. Re:This is par for the course for Italy on Google Italy Execs Convicted Over YouTube Bullying Video · · Score: 1

    And in justice the Italian way, they ended up feeling sorry for all of them and made all of the ones they convicted eventually eligible for work release.

    Didn't work out that way for Amanda Knox.

  16. Windows 7 makes maximum use of unused memory on 86% of Windows 7 PCs Maxing Out Memory · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I guess that headline doesn't sound as sensational...

  17. It makes no sense on Students Failing Because of Poor Grammar · · Score: 1

    I don't understand what the economic status of one's grandparents has to do with academic achievement.

  18. I don't get it on Microsoft Wants To Participate In SVG Development · · Score: 1
    This whole SVG versus XAML thing never made sense to me. The two seem incredibly similar.

    Consider SVG:

    path d="M153 334 C153 334 151 334 151 334 C151 339 153 344 156 344 C164 344 171 339 171 334 C171 322 164 314 156 314 C142 314 131 322 131 334 C131 350 142 364 156 364 C175 364 191 350 191 334 C191 311 175 294 156 294 C131 294 111 311 111 334 C111 361 131 384 156 384 C186 384 211 361 211 334 C211 300 186 274 156 274" style="fill:white;stroke:red;stroke-width:2" /

    and the equivalent XAML:

    Path Data="M153 334 C153 334 151 334 151 334 C151 339 153 344 156 344 C164 344 171 339 171 334 C171 322 164 314 156 314 C142 314 131 322 131 334 C131 350 142 364 156 364 C175 364 191 350 191 334 C191 311 175 294 156 294 C131 294 111 311 111 334 C111 361 131 384 156 384 C186 384 211 361 211 334 C211 300 186 274 156 274" Fill="White" Stroke="Red" StrokeThickness="2" /

    The two are so similar a simple Perl script could easily do the conversion. So why the resistance to support SVG by Microsoft? (Certainly the implementation is trivial given the Silverlight codebase). And why the hating on XAML? It seems obvious that its feature set was heavily influenced by SVG.

    Let's merge the two (or not) and move on to more important things.

  19. Re:Ok, give me a list on MPAA Asks Again For Control Of TV Analog Ports · · Score: 1

    Oh man! You wouldn't believe the absolutely amazing incredible movies they have waiting for distribution... once, of course, they can ensure that they won't be pirated. Because once you see the fantastic shit they got waiting for us, you're going to want a copy. Hell, everyone is going to want a copy -- it's that good! But of course, we first have to make sure that everyone who worked on the projects (from the actors to the janitors) get properly compensated. It will all be worth it! Honest! Trust them.

  20. Obligatory on Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA · · Score: 1

    My God! It's full of stars!

  21. Re:But UAC works perfectly fine at frustrating me! on In Test, Windows 7 Vulnerable To 8 Out of 10 Viruses · · Score: 1

    Just recently had to edit the Host file. (Local DNS file). Could not save it because of UAC, and didn't get a UAC prompt either, had to give up and disable UAC first.

    No need to do that. Right click on the editor program of choice and choose Run As Administrator. You can now edit (and save!) your hosts file.

    If this is something you do often you can create a shortcut (click Advanced on the Shortcut tab to set run as admin).

  22. Yet another embarassment... on Yahoo Offered Lap Dances At Hack Event · · Score: 1

    for Microsoft marketing... Yahoo! gives developers lap dances, but what do they get from Microsoft? They get Steve Balmer prancing around the stage yelling "developers, developers, developers". I guess it could have been worse -- MS could have given them lap dances... from Steve Balmer!

  23. Re:Morons! on ELF Knocks Down AM Towers To Save Earth, Intercoms · · Score: 1

    Are they going to blow up the sun next?

    "If you have the solarbonite, you have nothing!"

  24. Re:No reason Microsoft couldn't do it on Google Brings SVG Support To IE · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how you get from "a lot of things that resemble SVG" to "trivial for MS to support". Just because the output has similar features doesn't mean the back-end is anything alike.

    Except that you can take SVG data, change the formatting slightly (e.g. with a Perl script), feed it into XamlPad and get your vector output displayed. I'd say that was fairly trivial.

  25. No reason Microsoft couldn't do it on Google Brings SVG Support To IE · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you look at Silverlight (or XAML or XPS) you'll see a lot of things that resemble SVG. It would be trivial for MS to support SVG, but they choose not too. The probably don't want anything to compete with Silverlight adoption.