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  1. Re:Did that 14 times last weekend... on Fighting Back Against Ghost Calls · · Score: 1

    I had the same problem on my previous (Panasonic) phone. And solved it the same way as you.

    On my new phone, the process is different : it takes a photo (of the inside of my pocket !) and sends it in MMS to the last person I called.

  2. Re:hm on Video-on-Demand Success in France Deters Piracy · · Score: 1

    I guess 24h is not enough to dub it, so it is subbed.

    And while it is unfortunalety true that major networks almost never use subs and always dubs, Heroes is kinda an exception: while the classic analog broadcasted version was dubbed, it was possible for people receiving the new digital broadcast to choose between subbed and dubbed version.

    Some show like Friends used to be subbed on some cable channels.

    (Oh, and France just defeated the New Zealand)

  3. Re:Well --- Why Not?? on Texas Family 'Sues Creative Commons' · · Score: 1
    My guess is that the Adidas logo was removed mainly because
    • it would prove that the picture was flipped
    • Virgin does not want to give Adidas a free ad

  4. Re:THAT certainly scared me! on Your Own Mini-Stalker · · Score: 1

    What about F and G?

  5. Re:Do not use password managers on Holes Remain Open in Firefox Password Manager · · Score: 1

    How is it a problem?

    Also, I generally use the same (spam) e-mail address as a contact anyway. (well, I noticed other people use my e-mail address as well to register to some sites). And I connect from the same IP address too.

  6. Do not use password managers on Holes Remain Open in Firefox Password Manager · · Score: 2, Interesting
    the resultant need to remember passwords often induces users to choose simplistic passwords and use them on multiple sites.

    I rarely use a password manager, because I do not really trust them but also because, just as when using cookies to stay logged on a site, you just do not have to remember your password. This means that when you occasionnally want to log from another computer, for some urgent matter, you cannot find what your password was!

    On the other hand, I generally use the same simplistic password on many sites just because there is no critical information on them. On some game sites, the most important information may be my real name and address if there is some incentive for this (read: prizes to win).

    Strangely, one really critical site (my banking account) uses a not-so-hard password (6 digits), but this is constrained by the bank itself.

  7. Re:Artificial Intelligence? on Text Compressor 1% Away From AI Threshold · · Score: 1

    My very own algorithm, which I just experiment on the first 100 thousand lines of the provided wikipedia file, while only based on word proximity (within the file), returned four results as words similar to "the" (together with the associated scores - yes, the last one is sqrt(2) ) :

    1.10496 my
    1.26491 lunch
    1.29099 multiplying
    1.41421 hovercraft

    This is clearly AI !

    Now I just wonder what "my lunch multiplying hovercraft" may actually mean.

  8. Re:These are pretty dumb on Did We Really Need Seven New Wonders? · · Score: 1

    I am not sure what you mean by "glorified radio tower", but the Eiffel Tower was not designed to be a radio tower, the initial goal was to have a 300 m tower for the World Fair in Paris. Some years later an antenna was added, and this is what stopped the Tower from being dismantled : it was useful (although it was considered ugly by most Parisians, and did not appear to be a successful tourist attraction at the time)

  9. Re:Legitimate Case? on Google Loses Gmail Trademark Case · · Score: 1

    Of course, the next logical step after removing the usual dot, is to add unnecessary dots. Guess what, it still works. Well, it worked in the particular case I tested, at least.

    I mailed at m.yna.me@gmail.com and received the email!

    This is great news because it means I can now have 32 thousands different addresses which I can use for registering and then filter out quite easily if they get spammed.
    Damn, I just gave everyone a hint about how many characters are in my personal address.

    Thank you for the info.

  10. Re:Legitimate Case? on Google Loses Gmail Trademark Case · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google Mail itself still says it is Beta as well.
    Actually I am wondering whether the word Beta is not a trademark registered by google :)

  11. Re:Legitimate Case? on Google Loses Gmail Trademark Case · · Score: 1

    I just tried sending myself (from Yahoo Mail account) to example@googlemail.com instead of example@gmail.com (sorry for the spamming, Mr. Example) and it worked perfectly. Nevertheless, the reply was indeed sent using the example@gmail.com address.

    So I guess switching to the name googlemail would not be that difficult.

  12. Re:Geeks on Myspace? on American Class Divisions Through Facebook and MySpace · · Score: 1

    I just created an account on myspace.

    I did constantly avoid going to myspace in the past months/years, but I eventually gave in, for only one reason :
    there are a lot of bands/singers who use myspace as a place to announce their next shows. It has become a de facto homepage for many of them. And I wanted to be able to know automatically about their concerts.

    I thought -and it was indeed an overrated thought- that by having my own account there would be a tool that would take all the information from my favorite bands' myspace-schedules and summarize them for me. It turns out either it is not possible or I was just unable to find how to do that.

    So I guess I will just try to make a script that will use wget to retrieve the schedule pages and do what I expected was already done in myspace.

  13. Re:Heinz forgot the critical first step... on Free Ads Can Be Really Expensive · · Score: 1

    I don't know if this was the English or American catch phrase (both, maybe?), but I clearly remember "Beanz meanz Heinz".
    Though I'm French.
    Though I've only seen the ads a couple of times a long time ago (probably in the "Culture Pub" tv show, which used to display the "best" worldwide commercials).
    And though I've never eaten those beans.

    Oh, the power of advertising!

  14. Re:Analogy on Click Here To Infect Your PC! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like the girl who was sweeping and accidentally smashed her hand through a window.


    This is why people should stop using windows!
  15. Re:I know Slashdot is USA-oriented, but still on French Train Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    The new record is actually 574.8 km/h (357.18 mi/h)

  16. Re:Yawn on French Train Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    And I guess you're not in France. Imagine how it had been here. Live coverage of the event on TV in a special show that lasted more than 30 minutes. Top story of each news report...

    Of course I am happy that they did this, all the more because I will benefit of it, as a user, but this looks like propaganda.

  17. Re:slashdottit!ed on World's First Gold Farming RPG · · Score: 1

    Of course it is a joke!

    I've learnt it the hard way: I actually did click the link, and guess what?
    NO TITS! Not a bit of a tit!

  18. How to shoot yourself in the foot on Star Trek "DeMastered" Video Service to Launch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Moderators: Mod this post insightful too, please.

    Meta-moderators: Mod the moderation unfair, please.

  19. Re:Opera ? on Mozilla Foundation Sues Microsoft Over Tabbed Browsing · · Score: 1
    btw, did you look at today's date? :)


    yes I did, and the tags too

    but I like hoaxes to be realistic

    Otherwise, okay, I missed this part of the summary! I didn't know that patents would follow the inventor when he switches companies
  20. Re:ATTN: Windows/Linux refugees! on Top 10 April Fools Stories · · Score: 1

    Posting it thrice ? (just presuming)

  21. Opera ? on Mozilla Foundation Sues Microsoft Over Tabbed Browsing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I discovered tabbed browsing with Opera. Was Mozilla really the first to implement it?

  22. Re:See you Monday on Wireless Power Now A Reality · · Score: 1

    As if there was something worth of interest on other days...

  23. Re:huh? on Godwin's Law Invoked in Linus/Gnome Spat · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they (or you) can use a FAMAS rifle in the fight, in this case.

  24. Wrong! on Why Software is Hard · · Score: 1

    The title is nonsensical.

    Hardware is hard, but software is soft !

  25. Re:Does anyone in the US care about Ultraman? on 40 Years of Ultraman · · Score: 1

    well, that's still better than hugely ridiculous