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  1. Re:maybe in USA on Why Developers Are Switching To Macs · · Score: 2, Informative

    there are no keyboard shortcuts for the little red / yellow / green window buttons

    Red (close) - Cmd + W
    Yellow (minimize) - Cmd + M
    Green - yeah, no kb shortcut, but I personally never use the zoom button anyway.

  2. Re:Strange Complaints on Why Developers Are Switching To Macs · · Score: 1

    - Finder can't give you path

    This is true enough - it can be difficult to get a path string from the finder into the clipboard, but if you need a path from the finder in the terminal, you can just drag and drop the file/folder in question into the terminal.

    - Finder doesn't support SVN like tortoiseSVN

    Try this

    - Intenet Explorer (yes, customers :( test needs windows in Parallels)

    No argument there - I'm a web developer, and unfortunately have to run Explorer in vmware for testing purposes.

  3. Re:Hmmmm on 3 Firms Confess To Fixing LCD Prices, Agree To Pay $585M Fine · · Score: 1

    Must be the one everyone is familiar with. You know, Phone Booth...:P

  4. Re:I actually quite like the trackball on T-Mobile G1 Faster Than iPhone 3G · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sure is. I have it on my iphone and have identified a couple of new (to me) bands that I'm very fond of that would have taken me forever to identify any other way. It's definitely one of the apps I don't want to be without, ever again.

  5. Re:yet another wtf on PHP Gets Namespace Separators, With a Twist · · Score: 1

    The rfc [php.net] claims that typing "**" is easier than typing "%%" or "^^".

    But it is! ... if your right shift key is broken...

  6. Re:I'd go iPhone: on Which Phone To Develop For? · · Score: 1

    I don't think that unlocking the phone is a DMCA violation though.

    Indeed, unlocking is explicitly *protected* by the DMCA.

  7. Re:Athiest, Atypical on Al-Qaeda Web Sites Go Offline · · Score: 1

    Atheist is spelled like that. The GP's point is that the troll has spelled it "athiest," which is just incorrect.

  8. Re:Sony could have learned from Microsoft on "Iron Man" Release Brings Down Paramount's Servers · · Score: 1

    Read the surrounding context. He means that VOIP "landlines" are less reliable than their POTS counterparts, yet are sold to replace POTS installations. Thus, VOIP has downgraded the average reliability of landlines installed across the world, as it has replaced some percentage of POTS landlines.

  9. Re:In other news, steve jobs is dead on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 1

    They certainly did. In fact, they noted Woz's notable appreciation for latin - the first words of every quote were "Lorem ipsum."

  10. Re:Go Lynx! on Alarm Raised For "Clickjacking" Browser Exploit · · Score: 1

    But as always this is my 02c,YMMV

    You say that so frequently that you may want to consider putting it into your signature.

  11. Re:Unlocking cellphones is legal. on Apple Attempts to Patent Pre-Existing Display Software Idea · · Score: 1

    Quite right - but jailbroken != unlocked.

  12. Re:My 3d browser on 3D Web Browser Draws Lukewarm Review · · Score: 3, Funny

    By your definition, every time I leave a room I enter a new dimension.

    Depending upon who built your house, that could be true...

  13. Re:Visuals, Smisuals on How Nvidia Wants To Bring 3D Glasses Back · · Score: 1

    a BFG, and a flask of whiskey

    You must be from the south.

  14. Re:Here what it really is... on Unholy Matrimony? Microsoft and Cray · · Score: 1

    So if you call eight PCs connected to a network a "supper computer" then this is it.

    I'd prefer to call it a "dinner computer".

  15. Re:Well duh! It's not sexy on Spy Agencies Turn To Online Sources For Info · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hate to be a language usage/spelling nazi, but fuchsia is spelled that way, and the phrase you're looking for in your sig is "For all intents and purposes" - whether or not the purposes are intensive is irrelevant.

  16. Re:Does that mean it can run on BIOdiesel? on Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can someone explain the logic in taking a fast speed, slowing it down to just a slightly slower but still fast speed, and making people slow down when the construction itself is over a 100 feet from the interstate, with concrete barriers blocking the interstate from the construction?

    Sure. A union. That's half a dozen *more* jobs at that particular construction site (unnecessary people directing traffic).

  17. Re:I want a leaner Yahoo! Mail on Yahoo! Opens Its Website To Third-Party Developers · · Score: 1

    The tools you're looking for are readily (and freely) available at gmail.com

  18. Re:Is it the fault of Apple or Adobe? on iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    s/it's/its/g

  19. Re:Is it the fault of Apple or Adobe? on iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK · · Score: 2, Informative

    Really - the problem is that Adobe/Macromedia created a piece of crap in the flash client. The fact that my 2GHz C2D can have 60-70% (of one core) in use by a site with 3 or 4 flash ads on it is a testament to how grossly inefficient the software is. Putting flash (in it's desktop incarnation) on the iphone would peg it's little ARM proc and drain the battery in no time flat.

    Frankly - i like the lack of flash on my iphone - it, in fact, acts as an ad-blocker of sorts.

  20. Re:In a word... on Psystar Will Countersue Apple · · Score: 1

    I believe that BootCamp installs a BIOS emulator/compatibility layer to allow windows to run.

  21. Re:In a word... on Psystar Will Countersue Apple · · Score: 1

    I can't say for sure - but I think the switching is actually in the hardware - some MacBooks had a problem whereby they got stuck in the optical mode, necessitating the jack being replaced (there's actually a little switch in there that controls the optical). What probably is in the driver though is another nifty audio feature, which is that the machine remembers the level setting based on whether or not headphones are plugged in (the iPhone does the same thing). Very handy.

  22. Re:The battle on Interview With MIT Subway Hacker Zack Anderson · · Score: 0

    He wasn't making the claim that adapt or perish was new - his last sentence was just missing a couple of commas.

    "Sorry, the world follows different dynamics now, adapt or perish"

  23. Re:Government Accounting on FEMA Phones Hacked, Calls Made To Mideast and Asia · · Score: 1

    DHS is a superset of FEMA, now, so you're not wrong.

  24. Re:Who is valuing these minutes? on FEMA Phones Hacked, Calls Made To Mideast and Asia · · Score: 4, Informative

    Personally I've always thought people stupid enough to call weed "schwag" would be stupid enough to pay 50 grand for a quarter of it.

    "Schwag" refers to the quality of the weed, like "middies", "kind" and "dank". "Schwag" refers to brownish, dry, shakey crap with seeds and stems (usually outdoor bud grown in Mexico). A quarter of schwag isn't worth much more than $20-$30 (at least on the east coast).

  25. Re:Oh, come on on Apple's IPhone 3G Firmware Update Bombs · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Comparing a $20 candy bar Nokia with an iPhone is much like comparing a sundial with an atomic clock. With added complexity comes added problems. Now, if you were to compare a similarly priced Nokia smartphone with the iPhone - you might have a point. But not surprisingly Nokia has had their fair share of issues with their higher-end smartphone line as well.