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  1. Stolen Design... on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 1

    I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but it's designed almost precisely like an old PC design. Everything but the keyboard and mouse were in one unit on those, and they were flat just like this. I last remember seeing them 6 years ago at a CompUSA.

  2. Re:Winamp's or IE's fault? on Winamp Skin Exploit in the Wild · · Score: 1

    Since Nullsoft is adding a patch for this in a future version, I would say it's their fault and not IE's.

  3. Re:Your system isn't normal yet. on Windows Laptops Ship With Linux Media Player · · Score: 1

    Those wont slow down standby / hibernation....

  4. Re:Proof of concept? on Microsoft Patents sudo · · Score: 1

    That is not how the host OS handles it, as I have installed applications that do as you describe as well. Their child process that did the actual installing was given Administrator access as well.

  5. Re:Proof of concept? on Microsoft Patents sudo · · Score: 1

    It's not MS's fault your CD recording software was written poorly. I myself have run as an unprivelidged user for a month to see what all the fuss was about. It's not all that hard, and I could most certainly write CDs with no trouble. My drive came with Nero, and that's what I use.

  6. Re:Currect track record on Latest SP2 News · · Score: 1

    Heh.... Where I come from Amiga was never available. It seems to me that the Amiga failed because it wasn't very widespread, something that Windows had over Apple.

  7. Re:I'm going to be laughing at this one for days on XP Starter Edition Examined · · Score: 1

    Most people can't even play DOOM 3 in that high resolution ;)

  8. Re:What should I buy then? on Nvidia 6600 Series Examined · · Score: 1

    Everyone gets a boost from that, not just ATI card owners. It has to do with keeping a cache of the decompressed images around longer. Since DOOM3 loads images in as needed from the compressed archive, keeping a cache in RAM around helps out quite a bit.

  9. Slashdot 1, Servers 0 on Online Replacements for Desktop Apps? · · Score: 1

    It appears the ol' Slash has shown why one shouldn't be dependant on web based applications. Hopefully it'll clear up soon so the rest of us can check them out.

  10. Re:Not only a danger to Open & Free software on City of Munich Freezes Its Linux Migration · · Score: 1

    I disagree... If a company wishes to develop something that is patented, they can work out a deal with the patent holder. Also, some patents are made so that no one else can patent it. Then the patent is given to a group that holds the patent and all are free to use it.

  11. Re:You gotta be kidding on HP Releases Linux-Based Notebook · · Score: 1

    That's interesting because on the Win2K system I have, I have not re-installed since it was first installed. I have gone through all the updates at the time they were available. It still runs much like new. I've installed some source management software, an ftp server, and a handfull of games on it. As long as you don't install junk, you don't get junk.

  12. Re:Switch to OS X on Moving To Linux · · Score: 1

    Looks like Steve is still busy at work.

  13. Re:Netcraft confirms... on Intel Announces New Chips, Chipsets · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't think 64bit is ready yet in the Windows world, which is probably where most of Intel's purchases come from anyways. Drivers are still lacking, Windows 64 is still not ready, etc.

  14. Re:Smartmedia still fragile on Memory Card Torture Tests · · Score: 1

    They cannot be read because the early Rio's used a proprietary disk format. I had one of the early Rio players too and the format it used was incompatible with my camera that uses a FAT file system.

  15. Re:Wow. This is amazing. on Longhorn's Windows Graphics Foundation Examined · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wow, a comment that doesn't bash on anybody but instead incites hope into the public. It's so rare I see an example of this here. I hope people follow what you say as I belive 2D/3D games have shown how they can better that genre, as hopefully 2D gui's in 3D hardware can better themselves.

  16. Re:DRM... on Behind The Coolest Gadgets - Linux or Windows? · · Score: 1

    You'd favor something that didn't let you play files with the DRM as opposed to something that did. Just because the device is DRM capable doesn't mean it's forced on you. Nobody makes you click the button to enable DRM on wma encoding.

  17. Re:Myths about Open Source myths. on Examining Some Open Source Myths · · Score: 1

    What package is MS shipping that contains GCC?

  18. Re:10 years... on New Numbers on Linux Market Share Soon · · Score: 1

    My DOS 2.0 machine can run old games at the correct speed with no hassle. The Windows 3.1 machine can play the less-older DOS games flawlessly with it's Sound Blaster 16 and such. The DOS 2.0 machine can also perform cad calculations with its upgraded math co-processor. ;)

    They may not seem usefull to you, but they are more than usefull to me.

  19. Re:Proof that Linux makes one more effecient: on New Numbers on Linux Market Share Soon · · Score: 1

    I have all of those programs NATIVELY for Windows... It's available if you look up Unix Utils for Windows or smth on Google. Wget is good every now and then.

  20. Re:10 years... on New Numbers on Linux Market Share Soon · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a Windows 3.1 machine that still runs. I have a DOS 2.0 computer that still works.

  21. Re:The other way around? on New Numbers on Linux Market Share Soon · · Score: 1

    How about people who can get it from the MS store for really cheap.

  22. Re:This is why i love iD on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Did you set everything to maximum or did you lower it? I found that terrain could be on high or normal and everything else needed to be normal except characters. Characters needed to be on low.

  23. Re:Enjoying it... I think on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 1

    It's amaizing that you are a) playing DOOM 3 even thoough it's not available at retail yet, and b) playing it on a 68K processor... I always knew those things were great.

  24. Re:Look at the hardware they use to run it on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 1

    4GB is the limit in Windows XP Pro.
    Windows XP Pro Features

  25. Re:This is why i love iD on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 1

    It's interesting to note that you should be able to play Unreal Tournament 2003 on that setup just fine, as I have played it on a P2-450 with 256MB of RAM and a GF2MX.