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  1. Re:Just more stupid iHype on Rent an iPad For Inflight Entertainment · · Score: 1

    Yes, live TV on an airplane (as opposed to pre-recorded content) is via satellite. The satellite receiver is a round unit mounted on the top of the fuselage, as seen here: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Frontier-Airlines/Airbus-A319-111/1686613/L/

  2. Re:And will the standard rates apply? on Rent an iPad For Inflight Entertainment · · Score: 1

    The first class suite aboard a Singapore Airlines A380, perhaps?

  3. Re:Watch out on Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization · · Score: 1

    Every time Keith Olbermann shows a video of Rush Limbaugh doing his radio show saying something stupid and I catch a glimpse of what looks like the OS X desktop with a dock full of icons on the bottom on his monitor, I die inside a little.

  4. Re:No MacBook mini on iPhone SDK Agreement Shuts Out HyperCard Clone · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember that either AT&T or a netbook maker ran a TV ad about a netbook (in flight mode) fitting into a coach airplane seat, while the seat in front got in the way of a larger laptop's screen.

    You don't think that a netbook ad would be filmed is such a way to maximize the apparent advantage of their product? In this case, selecting a larger laptop that didn't fit well.

    Apple's laptop hinges are designed in such a way that when the laptop is opened, the screen sits behind the base of the unit, rather than above it, reducing the height of the screen. Plus, a widescreen notebook like a MacBook Pro doesn't have as tall of a screen as a 4:3 "standard" laptop, meaning both the screen isn't as tall and the base isn't as deep.

  5. Re:It's a design problem. on Please Do Not Change Your Password · · Score: 1

    Who said smart cards had to be RFID?

  6. Re:Very first impression on Apple Approves Opera Mini For iPhone · · Score: 1

    However, I definitely like the "long click" (click and hold) to get the option to open in a new tab

    Mobile Safari does this. Press and hold on a link and a box with options appears, including one to open the link in a new window. Safari's multiple windows are effectively the same as multiple tabs, except there's no tab bar taking up the very limited on-screen space.

  7. Re:damn that was one of my "big" ideas... on Google Rebuilds Docs Platform · · Score: 1

    SubEthaEdit has been offering it for years. Google Wave can do it too.

  8. Re:Fedora is not more popular than Ubuntu on Ubuntu Claims 12 Million Users — Before Lucid · · Score: 1

    The map you linked to shows hits for EPEL 5, which is their add on package repository for Red Hat Enterprise 5 (and clones like CentOS). Since Red Hat tends to be more server-oriented, the popularity of 64-bit makes sense.

    It looks like nobody's done any back-end changes for the maps in a while, since they only have them for Fedora 7, 8, and 9, in addition to EPEL 4 and 5.

  9. Re:Google needs to catch up... on Facebook Attracting More Visitors Than Google.com · · Score: 1

    Perhaps teleporting goats would be an adequate substitute for throwing cows?

  10. Re:The hidden perk of 3D... on The Movie Studios' Big 3D Scam · · Score: 1

    Plus we might get digital media that allows us to "look around" during a live movie.

    You mean kind of like Disney's Circle-Vision 360?

  11. Re:In all seriousness... on USPTO Won't Accept Upside Down Faxes · · Score: 1
  12. Re:c:\Windows\System32\ on IE Flaw Gives Hackers Access To User Files · · Score: 3, Insightful

    C:\windows\system32\config\sam

    Read-only access is all you need...

  13. Re:No flash support on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    It also apparently doesn't support Firefox, even though HTML 5 is supported by Firefox 3.5.x. Bummer.

    From what I read elsewhere, this is because Firefox doesn't support H.264 video with HTML5, only Theora.

  14. Re:Frankly, I was disappointed on Reviews: Star Trek · · Score: 1

    And as the last negative point, they also changed the iconic 'Space...the final frontier' speech. Two small changes - 'continuing mission' to 'on-going mission', and 'strange new life' to 'strange new lifeforms' - but they add nothing to the speech, and merely serve to again show that nothing is sacred when JJ Abrams is at the helm.

    Both of these wording changes came from the version of the speech Leonard Nimoy did at the end of Star Trek II.

  15. Re:In other words on Why Text Messages Are Limited To 160 Characters · · Score: 1

    You can call Verizon and ask them to block SMS on your phone. My brother's done it.

  16. Re:Even in death they sucked on The Last Will and Testament of Circuit City · · Score: 1

    Didn't Gateway try this with their Gateway Country stores? From what I recall hearing, you could check them out, but then had to order the computer and wait for delivery.

  17. Re:But they told Congress... on Verizon Wants To Share Your Personal Information · · Score: 1

    Verizon Wireless is a joint venture, 55% owned by Verizon Communications (the landline/Internet company) and 45% owned by Vodafone (the UK-based cellular provider).

  18. Re:This seems abrupt on Windows 7 To Skip Straight To a Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    XP ended up being what 2000 was supposed to be: An NT-based replacement for both NT and Win9x. When 2000 didn't quite cut it (IIRC there were some game related issues), ME was rushed out as a warmed over, bug ridden update to 98. Notice that the basic version of Windows 2000 is the Professional version; Home never appeared.

  19. Re:which on Perfect MITM Attacks With No-Check SSL Certs · · Score: 1

    Based on this post, it looks like "AddTrust External CA Root" is the one in question.

    To disable it in Safari (and anything else that uses the Mac OS X keychain, such as Mail.app), open the Keychain Access program, which should be found in the Utilities folder in you Applications folder. In the keychains box in the upper left, click on System Roots. Double-click on the AddTrust External CA Root certificate, click the triangle next to Trust to expand that section, and in the popup menu next to "When using this certificate", change it to Never Trust. Close the window, and if you're prompted for your Administrator password, enter it. You should see the little certificate graphic in the left column of the list next to the name get a red X on top of it, and the status near the top should change from "This certificate is valid" to "This certificate is marked as not trusted for all users".

  20. Re:Also played Dancing Green Alien in Credits on Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76 · · Score: 1

    As pointed out just above, that was Susan Oliver. You're not far off though; Majel did the screen tests for the green makeup. http://www.tv.com/star-trek/the-cage/episode/24885/summary.html

  21. Re:I should patent ==, !=, etc. on Russian Hopes To Cash In On Emoticons · · Score: 1

    And suddenly, AppleScript gains popularity.

  22. Re:80% on OpenOffice.org V3.0 Sets Download Record, 80% Windows · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've used NeoOffice for several months, and didn't notice it being significantly different than OO.o on Fedora.

  23. Re:80% on OpenOffice.org V3.0 Sets Download Record, 80% Windows · · Score: 1

    It's been years and years now that Mac users haven't had a decent version of OOo to catch their interest.

    It was called NeoOffice, a third-party project that took the OpenOffice.org code and added some sort of Java layer to allow it to run natively in Aqua.

  24. Re:MAC OS for Virtualization? on OS X On the MSI Wind · · Score: 1

    VMware Workstation and Server are free products; Fusion is not.

    VMware Server and Player are free. Workstation (which runs on Windows and Linux hosts) is $189. Fusion (which is essentially Workstation for OS X hosts) is $79.99.

  25. Re:tv? on Is the US Ready For the Switch To DTV? · · Score: 1

    It's that box you connect your Wii to so you can actually see the game you're playing.