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  1. Re:Two? It's actually Three on Prince of Persia 2 On Store Shelves · · Score: 1

    Didn't you know if you held down the ALT key that the Prince would take a controlled step and would inch up to (and not fall down) an edge?

  2. Re:Domain Registry of America scam on Shielding Domain Registration Info? · · Score: 1

    Same thing with Domain Registry of Canada. Their envelopes and letterheads even look like it might come from the government.

  3. someone make a good co-op mod on Doom 3 Mod Seminar Hits QuakeCon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was waiting to upgrade my video card for Doom3 so I can play it in co-op with a couple of friends on nightmare mode like back in Doom2.

    Turns out there isn't a co-op mode. I can understand why they didn't include it. The gameplay probably has sequences where after you pass a certain point, the path behind is destroyed.

    But maybe someone can modify the single-player game to overcome these co-op obstacles.

  4. Booth babe in denial on E3 'Booth Babe' Interviews Reveal Comedy, Tragedy · · Score: 1

    The funniest part of the article was that Swedish chick wearing a futuristic, skin-tight outfit, and wig. She claimed she wasn't a booth babe and talked down on the other booth babes for selling their bodies.

  5. Re:Google Instant Messenger on Hotmail, Others Follow Gmail's Storage Boost · · Score: 1

    Agreed.

    Making a Google Instant Messenger would probably increase the number of Gmail users which is desirable since that gets them more potential ad views/click-throughs.

  6. Re:Many email addresses, one inbox, how? on Thunderbird 0.7 Released · · Score: 1

    I think the new multiple identities feature is not the same thing as what your thinking.

    I think there is only one Thunderbird-based account per server-based account. So if you have multiple accounts on different servers (or even multiple accounts on the same server) they will have to be separate Thunderbird accounts. You may be able to get around it by creating filtering rules that move the mail for all other Thunderbird accounts into a single TB account though.

    The multiple identities is just aliases for a single account. Basically a convenience feature as opposed to going into the Account Settings to alter your Email Address field everytime you want to change the From: field. Like if you create an alias for every mailing list you subscribe to, and wish to change to that identity before sending out your e-mail when sending e-mail to the mailing list (or else the list may reject you).

    However, I could be completely mistaken since I haven't downloaded TB 0.7 yet.

  7. dynamic html / javascript on Is E-Mail Obscuration Worth It? · · Score: 1

    For web-pages, would displaying your e-mail address via an embedded javascript function work (as long as your function doesn't have your address as a simple string)? I've thought of trying this and am assuming harvesters don't run the javascript code in a webpage.

  8. Re:Distributing Fire and Thunder on Mozilla 1.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Firebird actually does have an installer, and it adds the necessary registry keys (under Windows) to allow Sun's Java to detect it for installing the Java plugins.

    Be careful with the installer for the current stablization branch for 0.8 though. The safe upgrade deletes the install directory first, and if you accidentally set the install directory to be C:\Program Files you are going to be...annoyed.

  9. Tried the Super Webcam feature? on AOL Tests Video Instant Messaging · · Score: 1

    I just downloaded Yahoo! IM today to checkout it's videochatting capability. I noticed it has a "Super Webcam" mode where the resolution is double and framerates can go as high as 20fps.

  10. Re:Question on MySQL 4 Declared Production-Ready · · Score: 1

    Not the best way, but I could understand writing extra code in your program instead of letting the database handle it if this is a web-application with all the code being server-side.

    However, if you are writing client-side apps, then copying that single file you've changed to even just ten people spread across multiple timezones _could_ be a big headache.

    In a fairly large web-app project I just finished, there was also a client-side MS Access-based app that linked to/shared some parts of the database. I was heavily restricted to making even simple modifications to the database because that would sometimes require the Access app be updated and then redeployed to the various users in different timezones. Talk about a huge PITA!

    As for your question on the same query being used...do you mean for the VIEWs? You can still apply conditions to the VIEW's, just like you are querying a table. Also, a VIEW can be worthwhile even if it is used in a single instance of a single application...another poster gave an example dealing with security.

  11. Re:ac posting - be warned on Hic Hic Hooray: Hiccups Explained · · Score: 1

    I discovered this too but noone believed me. But I found it too hard (or I'm too lazy) to time it right. So I usually swallow a hiccup by accident.

  12. modulate state for TCP only on Remotely Counting Machines Behind A NAT Box · · Score: 1

    I think the "modulate state" only applies to TCP sequence numbers and not the IPid.

  13. Re:OT I know... but.. on Mozilla Project Hurt by Apple's Decision to use KH · · Score: 1

    Hmm...I've never actually tried this myself. I basically got the info from here:

    http://mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#prefs

    It looks like you put the user.js in the same directory as your prefs.js and is used for settings that override those in prefs.js that you don't want to keep getting reset and lost.

  14. Re:OT I know... but.. on Mozilla Project Hurt by Apple's Decision to use KH · · Score: 1

    Try putting this line in user.js:

    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/4.0
    (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)");

  15. Re:$Revision$ on Multi-User Subversion · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry, it was basically a wording slip-up on my part (probably because of my cvs-thinking influence). I knew Subversion uses the global revision number that applies to the entire filesystem tree in that repository.

    Without going into all the details of how I currently do things, another user, xlv, has already pointed out to me, the LastChangedRevision is what I was looking for.

    I'm actually reading the docs at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/book.html to increase my understanding of Subversion right now.

  16. Thanks! on Multi-User Subversion · · Score: 1

    That sounds like exactly what I wanted!

    Hmm...I better go read that manual. I thought I had gone over everything already. It was a while ago during the whole Linux kernel and Bitkeeper licensing "debate", but I probably skimmed it too fast as well.

    Thanks.

  17. $Revision$ on Multi-User Subversion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One thing I like to do is put in the CVS $Revision$ substition variable in each of my text-based project files. I use them to help me know which version I've got on my live site...for if I've made bugfixes to that branch, etc.

    If there aren't any changes to the file in my new tagged & branched release, that $Revision$ variable will stay the same between releases. This is irrelvent for all my other files that aren't web-related, but the ones that are can remain cached in a user's browser as long as there haven't been changes to the file (this is especially helpful if I have large javascript library files that would otherwise slow down loadtimes a lot).

    However, I don't see how I can do this using Subversion. It looks like the version for all project files is incremented everytime a single file checked-in.

    Is there an alternative or better technique than what I'm doing by using Subversion? I like its advantages over CVS and would like to experiment with it more!

  18. Re:Affect the folding how? on Searching for Life's Blueprints · · Score: 1

    Someone more qualified (like say a grad student or above) could give you a much better answer. But, differences in content in the introns will affect the folding/unfolding differently. That's one of the reasons why everyone's slightly different. The DNA is slightly folded differently so the ability to translate the exons are slightly different.

  19. and that's why introns are important on Searching for Life's Blueprints · · Score: 1

    ...forgot to say this in the parent post.

  20. introns affect DNA folding on Searching for Life's Blueprints · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I learnt this in undergrad so it can't be that amazing of a discovery, except the part about fractal patterns...

    The DNA bases in the introns affect how the DNA is folded, and that determines whether or not the exons in that folded region are exposed enough to be translated or not.

    At least some regulatory mechanisms manipulate the folding/unfolding to turn on or off the production of various enzymes/proteins.

  21. delete compreg.dat file on Mozilla: The Good And The Bad · · Score: 1

    I already posted this in the last Mozilla discussion. If you're using Mozilla under Windows,
    find and delete the file called "compreg.dat" under your mozilla.org directory (it's in one of the sub-dirs).

  22. Re:Some Tricks To Make Upgrading Easier on Mozilla 1.2 Beta Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Right-click "My Computer", go to the "Advanced" tab and there should be a button for Environment variables.

  23. MI 3 & 4 and DirectX on LucasArts announces Sam & Max sequel · · Score: 1

    I just ordered Monkey Island 3 and 4 for my sister
    for her birthday coming up. But when I tried the demo, it complained that I didn't have DirectX installed. I have DirectX 8.1 installed. I was wondering if anyone has those games and know that it will run fine with DX8 so I don't have to install DX5 that the CD comes with.

    Thanks!

  24. export registry branch to file on SSH, The Secure Shell · · Score: 1

    If you need the config as a file so that you can
    transfer all your configuration details just export
    the entire PuTTY registry branch into a file.

    I had to help another developer setup an ssh session
    with a bunch of tunnels setup and it was easiest for
    me to just export the branch (in this case, just for
    the particular session) for them to import into their
    own registry.

  25. licensing fees on De Icaza Responds on Mono and GNOME · · Score: 1

    It's my understanding that J2EE is free for use even in commercial programming. Is this not the case?