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  1. Re:This would be good news for KDE only if... on Safari Beta Takeup Tops Firefox, IE and Chrome · · Score: 1

    QT is planning on including WebKit as a standard feature at some point (they may already). When that happens, KDE will drop KHTML and use WebKit instead.

  2. Re:FAT translation on Analyzing Microsoft's Linux Lawsuit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's only for any operating system that wants to support FAT disks with long file names. Which is every OS within the last 15 years.

  3. Re:How far we've fallen on Scientists Build an Ark To Save Jungle Amphibians · · Score: 1

    so if owning a chimpanzee is illegal, you'd wouldn't mind if they arrested you for having too much back hair?

  4. Re:nice on Use Your iPhone To Get Out of a Ticket · · Score: 2, Informative

    1. They don't do denver. 2. The cities they do cover have a policy that if you contest the ticket, they'll offer to settle at 25-50% discount.

  5. Re:Welcome to Niggerbuntu on Use Your iPhone To Get Out of a Ticket · · Score: 2, Informative
    • Microsoft (at least) once DMCAd them. The story doesn't make it clear, but I'm pretty sure some comments were deleted.
    • When the onmouseover hack was discovered, they deleted some posts (and modded some down to -5)
    • They used to purge all score 0 and -1 comments when archiving.
  6. Re:Capitalism vs. Communism on Sun's McNealy Wants Obama to Push Open Source · · Score: 1

    Even if humans were never selfish and always worked for the betterment of everyone, communism/socialism doesn't adequately handle scarce resources.

  7. Without jobs, Open Source will flourish! on Without Jobs, Will Open Source Suffer? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every time I've been between jobs, I didn't sit around drinking 40s, eating doritos, and watching tv -- I worked on my own projects (websites and software) and some open source software. But when I spend all day working then come home and deal with dinner, running errands, other life stuf... that doesn't leave much time for working on open source software.

  8. Re:outsourcing cheaper: News at 11 on Why Kindle 2's Screen Took 12 Years and $150 Million · · Score: 1

    citation? They're not missing half their teeth and hopped up on meth.

  9. Re:Stupid on Music Industry Conflicted On Guitar Hero, Rock Band · · Score: 1

    He was a turd burglar.

  10. Re:IMDB was up on Jurassic Web · · Score: 1

    In 1994/5, I used lynx through a telnet gateway via the local community college bbs. Of course, i didn't know what to do or where to go. In 95,I had access to Mosaic (and then netscape). jpeg images needed a helper application. playboy.com and whitehouse.gov were the earliest sites I can think of, having read of them in newsweek, perhaps. And of course the university homepage.

  11. Re:Too bad "being an asshole" is not a crime on Terry Childs Case Puts All Admins In Danger · · Score: 2, Interesting

    it's called a bailment. Look into it.

  12. Re:What's it good for? on $100 Linux Wall-Wart Now Available · · Score: 1

    I have an nslu2 with debian. (I also have a qnap TS-409 raid box since 32Megs of ram wasn't enough to do all the interesting stuff I wanted to do). I wouldn't try to ssl tunnel to an X server running on the slug, but the wall-wart could handle it.

  13. Re:What's it good for? on $100 Linux Wall-Wart Now Available · · Score: 2, Informative
    Do you have no imagination? Put a thumb drive on it and use it for most anything you'd use a linux server for, but with no moving parts, negligible power usage, and less than negligible space.
    • Web/ftp/etc server
    • streaming media
    • download torrents in the background
    • tor node
    • proxy server
    • MUD server
    • fill it with kiddie porn and plug it into your boss's house
  14. Re:interesting times on EU Says MS Must Offer Other Browsers; Now What? · · Score: 1

    There was a time when IE was the best browser.

  15. Re:My Solution: The Tax on Cows on Steps Toward a Universal Flu Vaccine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What the fuck is wrong with slashdot?

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  16. Re:Come on.... on Microsoft Unveils "Elevate America" · · Score: 1

    Thanks to MSDNAA, I run Windows XP and 2K in virtual box on my iMac. Strictly for educational purposes, of course!

    (I graduated last century, but took an employer-paid graduate-level DB class last year. The professor never once recommended (or even mentioned) SQL Server)

  17. Re:Bourne Shell on BASH 4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    The debian installer uses dash. AIX uses ksh.

  18. Re:So? on BASH 4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    That's doubly interesting, given that a couple weeks ago in the portable shell scripting book review, some people were insisting that everyone should tell other shells (and portability) to fuck off and just use bash (and it's extensions).

  19. Re:New features be damned on BASH 4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    but you don't mind when cowboy neal tries?

  20. Re:I needed the money! on Vista Capable Lawsuit Loses Class-Action Status · · Score: 1

    maybe you should file a class action suit for that.

  21. Re:What's not to like? on Gnome, KDE, LXDE, IceWM All Working On Android · · Score: -1, Redundant

    X is short for X11 Window Manager. But on a device with that size screen, with no 3-button mouse, you don't want to manage windows, you want fullscreen apps. So using the frame buffer directly (with a simple layer on top, like SDL or QT) is better than wasting memory and cycles dicking around with X and wasting screen real estate with window borders and decorations.

  22. Re:Microsoft promising a secure system? on MS Publishes Papers For a Modern, Secure Browser · · Score: 1

    Fannie Mae. Freddie Mac. Bank of America. Citigroup. GM. Chrysler.

  23. Re:oh yizzo on Startup Threatened Into Settling Over Hyperlinking · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder if they have a proper license for all their software... I bet the BSA would like to know, too!

  24. Re:This just in.... on Startup Threatened Into Settling Over Hyperlinking · · Score: 1

    Slashdot adds a rel="nofollow" tag to all links in comments, so good search engines should ignore them.

  25. Re:That's it -we're fucked. on Wisconsin Passes Digital Download Tax · · Score: 3, Interesting

    interesting... let's say someone downloads something from the pirate bay. There's no sales tax involved, and that's not "fair".

    There are two solutions:

    • Tax you on all downloaded bytes (regardless of what it was)
    • Require you to list all downloaded media and pay a tax on it. Failing to do so is now a crime, and since it's tax court, things like "presumed innocence" or "exculpatory evidence" don't matter as much. And if you do list anything, the MPAA/RIAA lawyers will bend you over and cram a lawsuit up your ass.