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  1. Re:Here's an idea on The Living Room Candidate · · Score: 1

    Zapp: I hate these filthy Neutrals Kif. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me!

  2. it's 900MHz on One-Watt Wireless Radio Modem Reaches 40 Miles · · Score: 3, Informative

    40 miles alone is not impressive, HAMs talk all over the world on less than a watt (QRP) routinely, on HF bands off-course

    But than I read this modem works on 900MHz, so that's quite a feat, worthy of a "Pringles can award"

  3. Re:While I sympathize, this is going to far. on Independent Developers Fight Piracy & Lose · · Score: 1

    I'm no webmaster and I haven't tried the app in question. But the grandparent is charging $20 for it; sure if someone found it usefull, they should drop the change for it, it's not that expensive afterall ...

    My only suggestion on that realm would be two-fold:

    - accept paypal, as many people don't like to do credit transactions with whom they don't know well ...

    - perhaps you could open-source the software (full GPL) and open a paypal donnation account to help pay for development. OSS would cather for a more "mature" (most of the time) user base, and generally a more "giving" one, specially if your product scratch their itch.

    cheers!

  4. Re:From the article on 20,000 Zombie PCs -- $3000 · · Score: 1

    that's a bad analogy, is like she's saying that is the water company's fault if a broken pipe floods her home ...

  5. Re:(Partial) mirror on Kite Aerial Photography · · Score: 1

    So, since the original site is dead, what area the details ni building something like this? Many "normal" images stitched together? Fish-eye lenses as another poster suggested? Software to generate the quick-time VR files?

  6. Only third? on Muppets Named Top Scientists · · Score: 1

    Doctor who came in third. (sigh)

  7. He does got a point on Ballmer on Linux · · Score: 5, Informative

    'In the Linux world, nobody stands behind patent claims'

    He does got a point here. And that's one of the (many) reasons why software patents are evil. Read more here.

  8. Re:Phone Quality on Nokia 6820 Wireless Messaging Handset Reviewed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What the public wants now is quality, better reception, and higher reliability

    And who provides that are carriers, not phone manufacturers like Nokia ...

    But I understand your point.

  9. Link to the manufacturer on Nokia 6820 Wireless Messaging Handset Reviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    was it too much to ask that this was included?

    http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/6820

  10. Re:Track editing? on GPS Toolkit (GPSTk) 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Take a look at this option:

    www.gpstm.com

    It's not open source, but at least its free (the professional version is the one intended for cartographers)

    The interface could improve a bit, but you get used to it

  11. Re:More sources from my personal Web site... on Super Ant Colony in Australia · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only on slashdot you see an article on ants and a very informative post on the same article by one "antdude" with ID on the lowest 100K.

    Ok, I'll call it a day, happy weekend you all :)

  12. Re:We/they may be better off alone for now on Are We Alone in the Universe? · · Score: 1

    Yes, just like the whole arab world united when they got invaded by the cruzades in the middle ages, right? oops, but thei *didn't* unite, even after 100 years of invasion. (*)

    Do not underestimate our differences, we were born throwing stones at each other, it does not look like that's gonna change anytime soon.

    (*) The final defeat and purging of the Franc by the Arabs was more of an act of good strategy and luck than any big united action by the Arab world of the time.

  13. Re:Nitpicking Symantics on Northface University - Computer Science in Half the Time? · · Score: 1

    Learning to program or to operate a specific set of programs if valuable, don't get me wrong there. But that is not the same thing as understanding the workings of a computer (which I consider Computer Science).

    Computing science has little to do with computers. Computers are tools; computing science is math.

  14. Re:Unfair test on Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, the key is, a legit email should not ask you to click a link, but rather to "go to our website" (but not provide the link).
    Let the user login as usual, and he/she will be safer.

    That logic gave me a 10/10 result on the test.

  15. Slayer on IT's Musical Habits · · Score: 1

    Headbangers, uh? Funny I read the blurb while Slayers' "Decade of Aggression" is screaming out of my stereo ...

  16. Any chance of a local distro? on Ask the Egyptian Installfest Organizers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Conectiva is the biggest linux player in Brazil and it also has some recognition around the world - you probably remember Marcelo Tosatti worked there, right?

    Well, being a Brazilian company and having a heavily localized distro has helped them get a strong hold in the market here, but it works twofold, as it also helped spread linux among people and business that would not try a non-localized distro.

    Any company in Egypt pursuing this marked opportunity currently? Or you think it would not work there (and if so, why?)

    Thanks!

  17. Re:polarizers on The Venus Transit 2004 · · Score: 1

    Are you sure it blocks non-visible light?

    Looking at the sun is usually not safe unless using an approved filter at the objective of the instrument (and never at occular) or by projecting it's image onto a screen.

  18. Re:msdn on Five Fundamental Problems with Open Source? · · Score: 1


    The first wone is tricky, because many process and services can be the result of non-microsoft running apps. Still, a "all in one place" summary for services and background processes would be a handy tool!

    As for the second, although it is not MSDN, it's almost the same; here's your link:

    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=234562

    I've been using this technique successfully in several flavors of Win2K for a while. I believe it works the same on XP.

    Cheers,

  19. msdn on Five Fundamental Problems with Open Source? · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/

    Seriously. All the documentation you could ask for, and then more.

  20. Sign the petition: on Demonstration Against Software Patents in Europe · · Score: 4, Informative

    Take a look at this demo of things to come w/ software patents:

    http://webshop.ffii.org/

    And if you're an European citizen, please sign the petition:

    http://petition.eurolinux.org/

  21. Re:It needs to be there on Cisco Products Have Backdoors · · Score: 1

    You can allways have a "reset" switch that sets your pwd back to factory default, so if the user lost it, just reset it - and have the equipment log the fact.

    Then, instead of guarding a globally unique pwd, tell your users to phisically secure the equipment. Makes sense in allot of applications, like routers by the way.

  22. European software patents on Code Copying Survey for Developers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't forget to look at this demo of things to come w/ software patents:

    http://webshop.ffii.org/

    And if you're an European citizen, please sign the petition:

    http://petition.eurolinux.org/

  23. Fasttracker 2 on WinAmp Security Hole Discovered, Patched · · Score: 1

    Because of the type of files affected by this bug, this thread may be the most appropriate to ask it: being that FastTracker 2 is a bit outdated, what tracker software are people currently using?

    I'm no music composer, so expensive packages are but. I just want something to have some fun in the spare time, kinda like FT2, just a bit easier on newer hardware and (Gor forgive-me) that runs under Windows.

    Thanks!

  24. Re:Don't load in startup on WinAmp Security Hole Discovered, Patched · · Score: 1

    what's with the .XM files? .XM files are one of the common extentions for "modules", music files with sampled instruments - the music is not in audio format, but in the form of instruments and several "tracks", telling which note to play at any given time (that's a generalization)

    Modules are quite popular in the electronic scene, and if you got the right player, usually sound much better than the equivalent MP3.

    Plus, if you are into MAKING electronic music, with a module you have the actual SOURCE for it (the module file), so just open it on your favorite tracker and start playing with it (pun intended)

  25. This is also what Microsoft is trying on Zero Install: The Future of Linux on the Desktop? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Flame as you want, but .Net assemblies not published to the GAC (Global Assembly Cache) are exactely like that: all of the application files are kept under a single directory and all you need to setup the app is a "xcopy" of its files.

    Delete the directoty and the app is gone.

    This is here now, and altough .Net still have to catch on into the desktop, it is very much real on the server side. Gotta love it!