Slashdot Mirror


User: mattkinabrewmindspri

mattkinabrewmindspri's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
408
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 408

  1. Re:Obligatory Porn Post on BBC Reports 38% Jump In U.S. Broadband Use · · Score: 1

    What? You prefer JPEGs?

  2. Re:Err, umm, who cares? on Blu-Ray/Standard DVD Hybrids Planned · · Score: 1
    I agree. BD-ROM holds more than HD-DVD, so

    BD-ROM > HD-DVD

  3. Re:Behold. on Blu-Ray/Standard DVD Hybrids Planned · · Score: 2, Funny
    If history has proven anything, it's that:
    1. Timmy does have porn.
    2. Timmy doesn't care if that porn is illegal.
  4. Re:Price on CCC Mods Rent-a-Bike To Allow Free Rides · · Score: 1

    What other form of transportation can you rent for $5 an hour?

  5. Re:This sucks. on Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    You may want to read your parent again. It looks like sarcasm, to me.

  6. Re:No "Open a new tab" button on Mozilla 1.7.5 Released · · Score: 1
    Bingo.

    bloat == bad

  7. Re:Mozilla Suite for me on Mozilla 1.7.5 Released · · Score: 1
    I use it frequently.

    When I'm searching for something online, I open a whole bunch of tabs for possible leads. When I finally find what I want, I use "Close Other Tabs" to get rid of all but the current tab.

    I find it very useful.

  8. Re:Underexposed on 3D User Interfaces · · Score: 1
    Which document are you reading?

    I'd like to see a 197-page document that would only let me hit page down once.

    I hit page down all of the time when I'm reading multi-page electronic documents, and I have never been "only allowed to press it once".

  9. Re:Underexposed on 3D User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    "Page Down"?

  10. Re:Underexposed on 3D User Interfaces · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Bingo. Is it easier to read a piece of paper, or to read writing all over the walls?

    It is easier to get information from something that is two-dimensional.

  11. Re:what still is buggy (in Mac version)... on Firefox Reaches 10 Million Downloads · · Score: 1

    I *prefer* Firefox to handle it. I don't want to have to mess with another program like Preview opening. It's easier to just view in Firefox.

  12. Re:Odds Are Against It on The Threat From Life on Mars · · Score: 1
    Martian life may very well predate Terran life.

    If so, there's a possibility that Mars' bacteria has had millions or billions of years head start on our own, in which case I might be curious how our microbes could compete.

  13. Re:Rumsfeldian poetry on The Threat From Life on Mars · · Score: 1

    I think that was the point.

  14. Re:Consequences? on Kyoto Treaty to Enter Into Force · · Score: 1

    C: None of the above?

  15. Re:Statistics on Creative, Apple Battle for MP3 Player Market · · Score: 4, Insightful
    So the iPod lost 3.6% of marketshare to HP's iPod?

    Will someone please tell the writer of that article that the HP iPod is literally a rebranded Apple iPod? That puts Apple's marketshare at 91%.

  16. Re:Spotlight anyone? on Microsoft's Upcoming Desktop Search Tool · · Score: 1
    Timeline:
    1. June 2004: (Worldwide Developers Conference) Apple shows off Spotlight, a feature arriving in Mac OS X 10.4 early next year.
    2. July 2004: Microsoft buys Lookout Software, a company that is designing software that is similar to Spotlight.
    3. December 2004: Microsoft releases MSN Toolbar Suite, which is based on search technology bought by Microsoft after Apple showed off Spotlight.
    4. Early 2005: Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4, as scheduled, including Spotlight, which was shown off a month before Microsoft bought a company that was designing similar technology.
    So yeah, it sure looks to me like Microsoft is copying Apple.
  17. Re:SAFE! on U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns · · Score: 3, Funny

    So he's a shoe-in then?

  18. Re:No on Does Redskins Loss Presage A Kerry Win? · · Score: 1
    approval voting with direct election

    It's arguably simpler than our current system. Just circle everyone you would be okay with, and the person with the most votes wins.

    Third party candidates would have a chance, and there would be little or no need to have primaries. You wanted Dean? Great. He'd be on the ballot with Bush and Kerry. Badnarik ? Nader? All on the ballot.

    There's no complaining about difficult ballots with approval voting. You can vote for every single person on the ballot if it suits you. If someone didn't vote for the guy he liked, he's an idiot, because circling things you like on a list is not hard. You have to circle things to get through a single year of middle or high school.

  19. Re:No, it just means on Changing Use of Internet? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe that, and/or people are still looking for the same amount of porn, but are just searching for other stuff more frequently.

  20. Re:One thing wrong in OS X on Jef Raskin On The Mac · · Score: 1
    Keeping the application active after all windows have been closed means you don't have to relaunch a bunch of programs. It also means that in the off chance that you do close all windows in one application that you can get back to work quickly by going to the application menu and choosing "New" or "Open Recent".

    It may be harder to learn than Windows(which is rare for the Mac OS), but it's much easier once it's learned. Clicking once on an application you can already see is easier than searching for an application that has either quit or moved to the back of all others and doesn't have any windows open to click on.

  21. Re:design... on Virgin's New iPod Rival · · Score: 1

    That would definitely kill your iPod.

  22. Re:Reverse that... on Bruce Sterling says: Marry the UN and the Net · · Score: 1
    That's exactly why we shouldn't add another form of government. The internet should be unregulated by any new body.

    The laws of the country you are connected in already apply. More crooked politicians is one of the last things this world needs.

  23. Re:A bit confused? on Would You Bid for a Job? · · Score: 1
    Think about it this way:

    Joe normally gets paid $15/hour. He participates in this system, and wins with a bid of $9/hour. He is out $6/hour, and the company he works for saves $6 for every hour he works.

    That seems like paying to me.

  24. Re:Illegal? on Independent Developers Fight Piracy & Lose · · Score: 1

    It definitely qualifies as a trojan horse.

  25. Re:lucky on New Google Toolbar Brings Browse By Name · · Score: 1

    Did you type "New York Times" or "N.Y. Times"? The error you got is the error Firefox gives if there's a period in the text you type.