Slashdot Mirror


User: 0x20

0x20's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
235
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 235

  1. Re:Linux is better for games than vista on Transgaming Introduces Cedega 6.0 · · Score: 1

    I'm running Office 2003 in linux right now (via Crossover Office) and it works perfectly. (Perfectly meaning "the same as it works in Windows", of course)

  2. 'If you think open source is a minefield on Open Source Could Learn from Capitalism · · Score: 2, Funny
    ... you're doing it wrong.
    i.e. stepping on mines?
  3. Re:advert on Viiv 1.5 May End Traditional Media PCs · · Score: 1

    I'd like to believe that, but the story sort of advocates having less Intel hardware around. Also CNET does not really have a reputation for being any sort of Intel mouthpiece.

  4. Re:I love Slashdot, but.. on RFID, Sign of the (End) Times? · · Score: 1

    You must be new around here.

  5. Re:More than 3 are unbroken on Help Break Original Enigma Messages · · Score: 1

    Oh, I don't know, maybe the point lies in the historical significance of the encoded documents?

  6. Tokyoflash on Interesting Wrist Watches? · · Score: 1

    http://www.tokyoflash.com

    Always has interesting stuff.

  7. Re:Google launches? on Search Engine For Coders to Launch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's not what's going on here. The post (before it was 'edited for accuracy') claimed that google was launching krugle, not just that krugle was like google.

  8. Re:Google launches? on Search Engine For Coders to Launch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Offtopic?? Did you even read the post, let alone the article?

    According to Wired, Google is going to launch Krugle next month.

    No. Wired does not say that. Krugle does not say that. I read the krugle site, I searched the krugle blog. It's just not true.

    To be fair, it's clear that the poster didn't read the article either.

  9. Google launches? on Search Engine For Coders to Launch · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'm sorry, i can't find anything on Krugle.com or in the Wired article that states that Google has anything to do with this.

  10. Re:Now thats cool on Rocket Science on Two Wheels · · Score: 1

    Grandparent: Am I the only person left [that objects to increasing safety]?

    Parent: No. [You are not the only person left that objects to increasing safety.]

    You: Why do you want to increase safety?!?!?!1

  11. Re:Save SEVEN ($7) Bucks! on Core Web Application Development with PHP & MySQL · · Score: 1

    hey, thanks, kaleidojewel-20^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HAnonymous Coward! what a generous, and completely selfless, act of hotlinking.

  12. "Ajax is more than just the latest fad" on Mastering Ajax Websites · · Score: 2, Funny

    Somebody should break this news to Hani.

    (It's not going to be me.)

  13. Re:Not really "wherever there's Wi-Fi available"? on Wifi Camera Uploads without Computer · · Score: 1

    I did read TFA. The article that I linked states directly that it *has* to be a T-Mobile hotspot. So if you're paying for hotspot access through a provider other than T-Mobile, you won't be able to connect. If you are out in public and the only hot spot available is *not* a T-Mobile hot spot, even if it's a hotspot from your provider, you're screwed. According to that article.

    That said, I read the product manual and it doesn't mention T-Mobile anywhere, so I don't know what to believe.

  14. Not really "wherever there's Wi-Fi available"? on Wifi Camera Uploads without Computer · · Score: 1

    According to this and other articles I've read about the camera, it's restricted to T-Mobile (subscription-based) hotspots: "subscribers to other Wi-Fi services will not be able to connect an EasyShare-One to those wireless accounts." The T-Mobile subscription price is $4.99/month. The article linked in the original post does not get this point across very well.

  15. Re:What's deviant? on FBI Agents Put New Focus on Deviant Porn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't listen to me. Read the Bible But if I read the Bible, then I'd be listening to you, which you just told me not to do. I've become confused. I'll stay here and await further instruction.

  16. Re:Ridiculous. on Eminent Domain Applied to IP Due To State Secrets · · Score: 1

    Well, then, the agency could just say "nay", even if they were using it, and the case could go no further because nobody's allowed to divulge the details. So what would be the point?

  17. Re:You are HALF right. Not more. on Fuddruckers Called Out on Hotlinking · · Score: 1

    if i go out and make written copies of a book written by someone else, and give myself author credit on the covers of my new copies, and distribute it on the street, and then i find out that another person is making copies of my copies, would i have grounds for a copyright infringement suit against that person? no.

    a clone is not a derivative work, at least not in the eyes of US law. it's nothing but a port to flash.

    do you think if i started, say, porting current nintendo games to cellphone OSes, keeping the original game titles but putting my name on them, that i would not be subject to a lawsuit by nintendo?

    he didn't change the name of the game, or the gameplay. he didn't change the character of the game. maybe he updated the graphics a little. that doesn't give him the right to call it "Burgertime" without asking the authors, and especially not to scream "copyright infringement!" when someone does something similar to him.

  18. Re:This is genius on Fuddruckers Called Out on Hotlinking · · Score: 1

    You seem to be missing the point that he didn't "create" anything. Burgertime is a 23-year-old game. He took someone else's work and put his URL and email address on it.

  19. Re:Insensitive clod... on Fuddruckers Called Out on Hotlinking · · Score: 1

    No, it's not his choice at all. He didn't invent Burgertime. He cloned it. It was made by Bally Midway/Data East back in the 80s and was still being produced as of 2000. The copyright has not even expired. He has not the right nor the option to license it commercially. In fact, if the Burgertime copyright holders found about his clone, they'd probably take action against him. He stole someone else's game, didn't even bother to change the name, and then got pissed at Fuddruckers for stealing his stolen game.

  20. Re:Stuff that sucks on PBS on BBC Views Content Piracy As Wake-Up Call · · Score: 1

    Benny Hill was gay?

  21. Re:How much? If everyone GZipped, a lot less! on How Much Bandwidth is Required to Aggregate Blogs? · · Score: 1

    You're missing what is meant by "gzip". The above posters are referring to on-the-fly gzip compression of the http stream by the web server as the pages are requested. They're not talking about gzipping the individual files and offering them for download that way.

    Anyone running Apache can install mod_gzip, which compresses the served content and sends it to the browser, which decompresses and renders it. for further info, see this rather old article.

  22. Re:Those who don't learn from history... on Butterfly Unlocks Evolution Secret · · Score: 1

    Please mod parent up!

  23. Re:Here come the christians... on Cloning In The Animal Kingdom · · Score: 1

    I don't think Christians believe that animals have souls whether or not they're clones.

  24. Re:Shouldn't it be called a on Building the WallTop · · Score: 1

    (But if you live in southern California, it soon may be...)

  25. Slightly offtopic... on Double Your Fun with DoubleSight · · Score: 1

    Is there a way, with monitor setups like this, to run 3d games such that one part of the display runs on each monitor? Like a flight simulator with front and side windows, for example?