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  1. Re:Redundancy on Slashdot Bookmarks · · Score: 0

    .Mac takes care of #1. Keeps Safari bookmarks synced across computers, or accessible from the mac.com site when you log in from any machine.

    Not sure about the other two.

  2. Re:Strong encryption on Military Secrets for Sale on Stolen USB Drives · · Score: 3, Informative

    By reading as many differing sources as possible, and making your own conclusions.

  3. Re:IE and Firefox only for now on Google Calendar · · Score: 0

    I don't think so. Spelling should not be an problem for any large company. Perhaps they need a GDictionary. Google define, I guess they're not using it.

  4. IE and Firefox only for now on Google Calendar · · Score: 0, Troll

    John Gruber over at Daring Fireball made me laugh with this.

    "Scheduled to be in beta for the next four years.

    Also, it doesn't (yet?) support Safari, and informs you of this with a JavaScript alert that reads:

    'Sorry, Google Calendar does not support your browser yet, so things may break in unexpected ways. Press OK to see a list of browsers that we support. Or cancel to try to use it anyways.'

    $121 billion market cap and they have someone writing error messages who thinks "anyways" is acceptable English."

  5. Re:First generation iBook over here... on Apple Begins Fixing MacBook Pro Issues · · Score: 1

    The G3's fine for most stuff under Jag or Panther and it flies under 9. Also has wireless.

  6. Re:Security? on PayPal Goes Mobile · · Score: 0

    looks like a 4-digit PIN.

  7. More info on PayPal site on PayPal Goes Mobile · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Info from the PayPal site, since there's only a screen capture at mobilecrunch:

    How do I activate my phone to send and receive mobile payments?
    You can activate your phone for use with PayPal by following these steps:

        Here's How:

    Go to https://www.paypal.com/mobile
    Click the Activate button.
    Log in to your PayPal account or sign up for a PayPal account.
    Select or add a phone and create a mobile PIN.
    Click Continue.
    PayPal will call and prompt you to enter your mobile PIN to confirm that you have possession of your phone.

  8. Re:DRM has gone... on DRM Reduces Battery Life · · Score: 0

    AFAIK, iTunes DRM isn't checked by the iPod in any way, only by iTunes. Hence the ability to copy your purchased iTMS files to an unlimited number of iPods. That would mean no extra processor usage.

    Seems like it's a problem that's limited to WMA devices.

  9. AIR on College Students Lack Literacy · · Score: 0

    "American Institutes for Research" I'm guessing that means the study was limited to American schools? I'd be interested to see how Canadian or British students fared.

  10. Re:Troll, but I'll bite on Newest Audio CD DRM Proves Ineffective · · Score: 0

    If you were joking, it should have been a bit more clear. You came off sounding like a mindless child. Stop bickering guys, we all know the Mac is better in all respects for anyone who actually wants to get stuff done without the computer getting in your way.

    ;)

  11. WHITE STRIPES BLOW SHEEP on Escher Paintings with Lego Bricks · · Score: 0

    no-talent losers, along with THE STROKES, THE VINES, and THE HIVES. Please let this horrendous trend pass us by quickly.. please.

  12. God Help Us on The Rise and Fall of the Geek · · Score: 0

    We're losing our rights and I'm scared.

  13. Re:YOUR TESTS not so great on iPod on Linux... with GPLed software · · Score: 0

    AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

    If you think you can go from an (compressed) MP3 to a (uncompressed) wav and have it sound as good as the original wav from the CD, you're whole experiment is moot, because it shows you don't know what to listen for, and/or don't have an ear for music whatsoever.

    You should EASILY be able to hear the difference between 1 and 3. Don't try any more tests please.

    Thanks

  14. very important on Hitchhikers Guide To Be Made Into A Movie · · Score: 1

    I think we underestimate how important it is to keep his memory, and moreso, his "humour ethic" in mind as we face daily life..
    I should have a HHG desktop wallpaper up soon here.

  15. good stuff on Nokia 7650 Modified to Record Video Clips · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    glad to hear it, that about says it.. authoring for this format is definitely the way to go.

    Face The Crowd : : Portfolio : Video

    Here you will find some of my work with digital video. All work is in Quicktime format
    and was created using Final Cut Pro, 3D Studio Max, and Flash.
    Any and all feedback is welcome.

  16. Re:This isn't surprising on Students Outpacing Teachers With Online Skills · · Score: 1

    just sad, your attitude. It's useless IT fucks like you that ruin the experience students have in school.

  17. inept college tech dept. on Students Outpacing Teachers With Online Skills · · Score: 1

    First off, Christian Science is neither Christian nor Science.

    From the article,

    "Students said the single greatest barrier to Internet use at school is the quality of access to the Internet - they say it's too slow and often, there's too much censorship. They complained about filtering software, saying it prevented them from reaching legitimate educational materials."

    it's sad how often the tech support dept. at the school (I worked in one) makes poor decisions regarding the level of security on the school equipment.

    At Humber College here in Toronto:

    -you would have to upload your work every 2 minutes or so, as the pc's all had GoBack on them, set up to get rid of anything left anywhere on the hard drive. People with multiple GB of digital video footage would find that Windoze would freeze, leaving them with no choice but to reboot, and once back in Windows would have a clear desktop, with no evidence of the hours of footage they had just captured.

    -when making anything more than a straight HTML site, no plug-ins, etc. you would have to FIND a tech person (about an hour) then wait for him/her to actually show up at the lab (another hour) to let you download the plugs and updated codecs necessary for your work.

    -making a CD-ROM was hell, though.. god, running between two labs, back and forth, PRAYING they wouldn't crash, because the Macs needed admin access (which came from hunting down the techs until they came and typed in the password, something i did NOT want to do repeatedly, but had to time and time again) to create a disk image or copy an application (both are things you need to do if you are making a run-time program for distribution on CD-ROM)

    I could go on and on, and if I get some more time later, I will fill you in on the rest of my godawful tech adventures at Humber.

  18. Re:Windoze is reliable!!!! on Penguin Airlines · · Score: 1

    "I've never had an overnight or over the weekend process interrupted because of Windows stability or lack of. It's been quite reliable. "

    Bullshit.
    And BTW, Lightwave blows goats.

  19. Re:Some Sony Cameras use it as a standard on Death to the 3.5" Floppy? · · Score: 1

    Boot from ZIP once in a while, i get to have a decent system folder with a few utilities.. it's great.

  20. Re:BWAHAHAHA windows = flashy on GUIs for Everyone · · Score: 1

    "Win 3.1 and 95wer flashy for their time"

    Sorry, I very much disagree.. At the point they were at, the Mac OS had looked like for over 10 years.. it's pretty sad when there's no recognition for where the whole gui that we all use (whether it be some form of Win, KDE, whatever..) came from..

  21. Nope... on iVillage Renounces Pop-up Advertising · · Score: 1

    Wish i did tho.. seems like chimera / mozilla would kill anything that popped up. :D

    I've thought about expecting people to do that, seen sites where the webmaster is essentially begging people to do it, and I don't think I ever have.

    er, except to feed starving kids..

    ;)

  22. Re:Alice on Wanna Work for Dave Taylor & American McGee? · · Score: 1

    too true.. hoping there would be a much better ending to it... thinking that there should have been something cooler AT LEAST when you finished it on "Nightmare"..

    oh well.

  23. Meetup was fun. on Spafford On Infrastructure Risks · · Score: 1

    Meetup in Toronto was fun last night.

  24. Meetup was fun on Best Computer Books For The Smart · · Score: 1

    Meetup in Toronto was fun last night.

  25. Meetup was fun. on Switch Different · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Meetup was fun.