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  1. Mine are safe on Your Old CD Collection Is Dying · · Score: 1

    I used a green magic marker on the edges.

  2. Re:Programming books by the inventors on Ask Slashdot: Prioritizing Saleable Used Computer Books? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pascal? I'm not sure it's Wirth it.

  3. Scheme in .NET on Love and Hate For Java 8 · · Score: 2

    In case you weren't aware of it: http://ironscheme.codeplex.com/

  4. Re:Most idiotic keyboard feature ever on Man Campaigns For Addition of 'Th' Key To Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Not to bring down your butthurt level, but you know you can turn that off right?

  5. Re:Someone should do this coal power on Windfarm Sickness Spreads By Word of Mouth · · Score: 1

    That sounds more like a capacity issue than a "nimbleness" one.

  6. Re:INFORMATION on Multi-State AT&T U-Verse Outage Enters Third Day · · Score: 1

    as a precaution NO ONE should attempt to powercycle or reset their gateway for any reason.

    Which is fine until your existing lease expires at which point you're SOL (like me). I've also heard that they're trying to reduce load by dropping MTU sizes which is preventing things like Netflix and XBox Live from working for people who actually still have connections. Of course that's just making things even worse from a customer service perspective. Any clues on what the triggering event was?

  7. Re:My god, slashdot editors are retarded on Leak Hints Windows 8 Tablets May Be Dearer Than Makes Sense · · Score: 1

    Wait, so it won't run on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_6150_RT? Now I am confused.

  8. JTRS on Software-Defined Radio: the Apple I of Broadcast? · · Score: 1

    The DoD should have kicked in a few bucks to this project instead of wasting billions on, and then cancelling, JTRS (Joint Tactical Radio System).

  9. Re:30 Minutes? Try One Week on No Patent Infringement Found In Oracle vs. Google · · Score: 1

    for -> got. Slashcode needs a keyboard transposition checker.

  10. Re:Didn't take long, did it? on No Patent Infringement Found In Oracle vs. Google · · Score: 4, Informative

    They were deliberating since last week. Summary was wrong.

  11. 30 Minutes? Try One Week on No Patent Infringement Found In Oracle vs. Google · · Score: 4, Informative

    The jury has been deliberating on the patent infringement since last Wednesday. Not sure where the submitter for the 30 minutes from.

  12. Suing Apple? Really? Ever hear of HyperCard? on Eolas Sues World + Dog For AJAX Patent · · Score: 5, Informative

    You know, HyperCard? The program that in 1986 allowed you to "embed external content in a hypermedia document". Eight years before you filed this patent.

    In the late 80's did a photo/video search interface in HyperCard that pulled visual content from an external database program (4D), as well as interacting with a full-text index apllication over a network running on a PC.

    Hear's to hoping that Apple spanks them by filing for a re-examination of their patent.

  13. Re:Ridiculous counting on In Test, Windows 7 Vulnerable To 8 Out of 10 Viruses · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's a kdawson summary. What did you expect? Accuracy?

  14. Re:Old news on Unfinished Windows 7 Hotspot Feature Exploited · · Score: 1

    If you did actually bother to read the actual article you would find the correct answer to your question is no. This isn't ICS with WiFi in ad-hoc mode, this turns windows into an infrastructure access point.

  15. Re:Let me fix that foryou.. on No App Store For Microsoft's Zune HD · · Score: 1

    Done in one.

  16. Re:Another kdawson special... on Behind the 4GB Memory Limit In 32-Bit Windows · · Score: 1

    This is a bad analogy, as restricting someone from addressing over 4 GB of RAM is not a legal issue.

    That was my point. But the guy who wrote the article is claiming that it's some huge conspiracy.

    From TFA: (emphasis mine)

    It is an abuse that consumers should not have to tolerate. Someone with authority over Microsoft ought investigate whether Microsoftâ(TM)s descriptions of 32-bit Windows Vista as being incapable of using memory above 4GB are misleading or illegal.

  17. Another kdawson special... on Behind the 4GB Memory Limit In 32-Bit Windows · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is /. greenlighting yet another article just for the sake of MS-bashing? Other posters have already pointed out the remaining process memory limits and consumer driver issues that make this a non-starter technically. Not to mention that there's not much (any?) consumer-level 32-bit hardware that has BIOS/Northbridge support for more than 4GB of RAM. Since the 64-bit versions don't cost any more, who cares?

    But this guy is saying that Microsoft is doing something "illegal" because he was able to hack his system and enable PAE, even though MS charges extra for that in their server OSes. Is it "illegal" for Ford to sell me a car that's computer governed to 105 MPH even though the engine can get it up over 130? Can I complain to the FTC if I chip the car to remove the limit and then destroy the transmission?

  18. Yeah, let's do the math... on English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Exactly. Microwaves are allowed leak up to 5 mW/cm2 at 5 cm according to the FCC. Half that leakage (2.5mW/cm2), is almost exactly the same output as a typical wi-fi access point. Which means if he can stand next to the microwave while he nukes his burrito, he shouldn't have any issues with wi-fi.

    So unless he's actually 802.11b/g sensitive, I call BS.

  19. Re:SGI 1600sw on Small, High-Resolution LCD Monitors? · · Score: 1

    I'm working on one right now. It's a great display, real 24-bit color, great dot pitch (110 DPI), and decent pixel response for a monitor as old as it is. They were selling for big bucks on eBay a few years ago (along with the multilink that connected them to DVI). It looks like they've dropped off though, but there are some there for around $300 including the DVI adapter. I've got one with the old SGI cube logo. It's a cool reminder of the heyday of specialized graphics boxes.

  20. Re:lucky guy on Fisherman Hooks Live 8-Foot Missile · · Score: 1

    That's a Sidewinder, not a Tomahawk. He wouldn't have been able to get a Tomahawk out of the water, let alone on top of his boat.

  21. Re:Pagemaker over both Photoshop and Quark Xpress on Ten Applications That Changed Computing · · Score: 1

    Came here to say this. I assumed that any killer app list would have (Aldus) PageMaker on it. Putting Quark on there without even a nod to PageMaker is really just sloppy.

  22. Linux + hibernate on Fast-Booting OS for Usually-Off Appliance PCs? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Linux + hibernate (swsusp, TuxOnIce) functionality.

  23. Try Carrier on Games Come to Pidgin · · Score: 3, Informative

    (Formerly FunPidgin) Forked after the resize box debacle. http://funpidgin.sourceforge.net/

  24. Re:Fanbois, have you actually tried one? on Review of the Model M-Inspired Unicomp Customizer Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Yes, I do prefer the Alps-type switches over the buckling spring (as I type this from my 15-year-old Northgate OmniKey 101). I had a model M that I used off and on for a while (one of the old ones w/o the LED indicators). And I definitely prefer the feel and noise level of the Northgate.

  25. Re:freedb on Sony to Buy Gracenote · · Score: 1

    One difference though. You can go right now and download the GPL2-licensed freedb data to fork the service if you wish.