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  1. Re:Too Late? on RIM Announces Workaround in NTP Case · · Score: 0

    With a BES you should be able to roll it out wireless and transparent to the end user. It doesn't have to be unplanned. RIM is notifying companies now with this press release and they have mentioned this work around for a while now.

  2. Re:You're kidding, right? on Study Finds Regulation Good For Telecom Customers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That is just so...sad. I hope to god you're making a joke.

  3. Re:Need for on off switch on Smart Mouse with E-Mail and IM Alerts · · Score: 1

    That's not one of the mobile specific mice. Like these: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/product list/US/EN,crid=2140,categoryid=415

  4. Re:Need for on off switch on Smart Mouse with E-Mail and IM Alerts · · Score: 1

    Mobile wireless mice (the kind meant for laptops) have on/off switches.

  5. Re:simplicity and capacity on Why Have PDAs Failed In The iPod Era? · · Score: 1

    Show me statistics saying 99% of the users of an iPod fill it up anywhere near that.

  6. Re:Japan and France on France and Japan Planning New Supersonic Jet · · Score: 1

    So where is there mention of EU in the article? I see France France France, but no EU. So what are you talking about?

  7. Re:Americans talk about freedom on Press freedom · · Score: 1

    " 2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: a) freedom of conscience and religion; b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and d) freedom of association. " looks like they were trying to be very specific

  8. Re:Americans talk about freedom on Press freedom · · Score: 1

    with that quote on the bottom and how you were just mentioning how other countries are "nonspecific" i would suggest you go look at others constitution/charter/etc. canada's for example is very SPECIFIC and has definite wording for their "freedom of speeach"

  9. Re:New Feature: Spotlight on Tiger Slideshow: Pretty Mac OS X Pictures · · Score: 1

    this is nothing new; beos had this

  10. Re:Congratulations, Linus! on Linus Torvalds Moving to the Silicon Forest · · Score: 1

    small block sizes downtown help too :)

  11. Re:Congratulations, Linus! on Linus Torvalds Moving to the Silicon Forest · · Score: 1

    Actually the city is well over 400,000 (I know, still small to a lot of places) and nearing 500,000 (I think). The metro area is somewhere around 1.5 million (again, I think).

  12. Re:Apple? on SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year, And More · · Score: 1

    Apple labels Mach and some of the BSD stuff as the "Kernel Enviroment." That doesn't mean the BSD stuff is the kernel. When talking about the actual kernel Apple talks about Mach. Apple doesn't use BSD drivers according to their docs. The programs that your everyday user uses are not the commandline tools but the gui ones.

  13. nasa and starbridge on End of The Von Neumann Computing Age? · · Score: 1

    i remember this being referenced on slashdot a few months ago. there was a link to a NASA website that explained what they were doing with the computer that was loaned to them. the site had a presentation and video if i remember correctly. *shrug*

  14. Re:Hypocrisy on New Windows Worm Inching Around Internet · · Score: 1

    last time i checked most linux distro's install with wizard like programs: linux is just as easy or nearly as easy to set up/install. there is little to no tweaking and configuring needed. aw wtf...this is troll and the post im replying to is troll...what am i doing?

  15. Re:This might be... on More on 64-bit Gaming · · Score: 1

    its good for companies who host game servers and need to host multiple game servers per physical box.

  16. Re:explanation needed, please on Significant Interactivity Boost in Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    -90% of slashdot readers are karma whores or trolls

  17. Re:Arbitrary addition? on Sir Isaac Newton: The world Will End In 2060 · · Score: 1

    well i think it was mentioned in another post that if you could read, would have found your answer.

  18. Re:"You wouldn't think of using a processor..." on Dell Dropping The Floppy · · Score: 1

    ya who needs a new computer...this 386sx laptop with 2megs of ram and 20 meg hard drive is perfectly useful...i can even install a new/recent linux distro with no trouble... its kind of like that c64/128 with GEOS on it that is sitting over there in the closet. i dont need these new fangled gui's! i want a gui that i have to swap floppy disks in order for it to boot. i dont like watching movies, listening to music, making any digital art, or viewing any digital art at all. in fact i only use my computer like as a glorified typewriter. that is why i only need 1-16mhz and 128k to 2megs of ram. i ignore all the advances in computers so i can use my computer like a fschkin' typewriter! stop taking away perfectly usable features, like 1.44meg floppy drives! just 'cause YOU cannot even fit ONE mp3 on it, don't take it from me! furthermore I DEMAND my old kb connector! you know, those large ones that came before ps2. i don't want 64bit, i dont need 32bit. 8bits is plenty, 'cause my gloriefied typewriter works fine with 8bits. I HATE CHANGE!!! I HATE NEW THINGS!!! GIVE ME MY 8bits AND MY 128kbytes of RAM!!! NEW TECHNOLOGY SUX!!! MY C64/128 WAS NEVER NEW TECHNOLOGY!!!

  19. Re:Shorter Credits on George Lucas Consolidates his Empire · · Score: 1

    as some one mentioned earlier...i think they are private companies and don't have to release earnings reports.

  20. Re:64Bit data movements... on AMD's 64-bit Plot · · Score: 1

    what does booting have to do with the amount of processing power that you have?

    why do you even need to turn your computer off? Linux can run for months with out being rebooted...sometimes years. XP isn't as stable, however rebooting it every few days and worrying about losing precious seconds on bootup is crazy.

    one more question: how well does windows 3.x recover from errors? when i used it "back in the day" it didn't. was your experience different?

  21. "Adults" to "Children" on Gov't Report on Youth, Pornography, And The Internet · · Score: 1

    Kids these days...can't trust them. Turn your back and their faces are glued to porn, they are attempting to light buildings on fire, or are shooting each other. Children are completely incompetent and the government should protect them from the big scary world and some how allow them only to view *.kids.us sites on the internet.

    Children will love *.kids.us because it is completely hand filtered/checked by adults. Children love regurgitated garbage, they want you to feed them more garbage (school just isn't enough for them).

    Children don't want to learn useful things. It's impossible that they would want to know how the world works. What they really want to know is how to light buildings on fire and shoot each other. The reason they want to know these things is because they are bad. Just like humans and adults. We cannot let them know these bad things.

    Children are not to be confused with adults. They are very different. In fact they aren't even considered human, which is why the adults don't apply the United States Constitution like the adults apply it to themselves.

    The internet is one big filthy pot that corrupts these sub-humans. We must protect the children.

  22. Largest Casualties on X-45 Makes Debut Flight · · Score: 1

    From the perspective that friendly fire casualties should be more important in this time, I agree. As enemy fire casualties become fewer and fewer, friendly fire obviously becomes more important (as you said). However I (still) believe to say that friendly fire casualties are on the rise is inaccurate. I (still) think a better way to tell if friendly fire is on the rise is by percentage of overall troops.

  23. Re:Sure, I trust the Americans... on X-45 Makes Debut Flight · · Score: 1

    Percentage wise friendly fire is not on the rise. It's ridiculous to count the number of casualties from friendly fire as a percentage of overall casualties.

    With an army near 100,000 that fought in a war consider the following: 500 friendly fire casualties / 1000 casualties overall = 50% of casualties from friendly fire.

    With an army near 100,000 that fought in a war consider the following: 10,000 friendly fire casualties / 30,000 casualties overall = 30% of casualties from friendly fire.

    Now a different way of determining if friendly fire is on the rise.

    With an army near 100,000 that fought in a war consider the following: 500 friendly fire casualties / 100,000 casualties overall = .5% troops lost from friendly fire.

    With an army near 100,000 that fought in a war consider the following: 10,000 friendly fire casualties / 100,000 casualties overall = 10% troops lost from friendly fire.

    As percentage of our overall troops the percentage lost from friendly fire most likely is down.

    To respond to "Then again: is the percentage of friendly fire incidents being raise because we're so good are keeping the bad guys from killing us?" we are not necesarily good at keeping the "bad guys" from killing us as we are good at winning quickly.

    All IMHO.

  24. Re:Sure, I trust the Americans... on X-45 Makes Debut Flight · · Score: 1

    Friendly fire, seems to be an inevitablity of war (its part of that death and destruction thing)...it has happened historically in virtually every major war, however it is less of a problem now then it used to be.