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  1. Re:Product merger perhaps? on Google Testing Voice Calling In Gmail · · Score: 1

    GMail, docs and other google products are being reworked to have wave technology under the hood, and companies are starting to use the wave protocol and its technologies to deliver rich collaboration.

    *Citation Needed*

  2. Re:What about for those who haven't seen it? on Lost Ends · · Score: 1

    The series, in it's entirety, it available to watch on Hulu for the rest of the year. That is, if you happen to live in the USA

  3. Re:Microsoft versus Sun's Java and JavaScript on No More Firefox For Windows Mobile · · Score: 1

    I always liked "Java is to Javascript as car is to carpet"

  4. Re:Of course on Bing Gaining Market Share Faster · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Two(?) words:
    Windows 7

  5. Re:Sphinx Search on Attractive Open Source Search Interfaces? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right. Slashdot search is HORRIBLE. I've better luck finding old articles with Google

  6. Re:The 90s called... on FSF Attacks Windows 7's "Sins" In New Campaign · · Score: 1

    They probably wrote it using a combination of Emacs macros and LaTex.

    Ohh, so the same way my parents created me.

  7. Re:Launched or not? on "Terminator Vision" Is Here For the iPhone · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of apps that won't install on my 1G Touch because they "Require features not available"

    I'm assuming they make a similar distinction between 3G/3GS

  8. Re:From a typical web surfer's point of view on Bell Starts Hijacking NX Domain Queries · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I work a corporate help desk and experience calls like this every so often.

    Annoying..

  9. Hardware on Goodbye Apple, Hello Music Production On Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Hardware has kept me from Ubuntu in this regard. I have an old Steinberg VSL ADAT card that has no drivers on linux or even OS X.

    Honestly, I don't know the state of pro audio on linux past this, but it is keeping me for now.

  10. Re:And MSDN Too on Windows 7 Hits RTM At Build 7600.16385 · · Score: 1

    MSDNAA has Vista Business

  11. Re:err, why? on iPhone 3GS Finally Hacked · · Score: 1

    iphone OS upgrades are free and 3.0 will still run on the original EDGE iphone.

    The 3GS was a hardware upgrade. "The "S" Stands for Speed!!"

  12. A year? on iPhone Shakes Up the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    "with a year under its belt and an installed base of iPhone and iPod Touch owners at around forty million"

    iPhone OS 2 has only been out for a year. Has everyone already forgotten then the iphone itself has been out for 2 solid years?

  13. Re:158MB update!!!! on Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's "dial-up"?

  14. Re:For those who are wondering: on Apple Removes Nearly All Reference To ZFS · · Score: 1

    You misspelled 'douche'

  15. Re:The movies didn't work on Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central · · Score: 1

    I agree. I thought Bender's Big Score was brilliant, but the other movies just seemed a little drawn out.

  16. Remote Wiping on Apple's WWDC Unveils iPhone 3.0, OpenCL, Laptop Updates, and More · · Score: 1

    IIRC, you have always been able to wipe the iphone remotely using the enterprise iphone configuration tool. Basically group policy for iphones.
    Although I haven't used it.

  17. Re:Linux on Solution For College's Bad Network Policy? · · Score: 4, Informative

    My university(Ohio State), tried implementing similar policies last year. They rolled it out to some portion of the student population and said at the forefront that anyone running Mac or Linux was exempt.

    Turns out, a couple weeks in and they completely dropped the policy.

    On a related note: Some how, when you connect to the residential network, they can detect some botnet signatures on your machine and will deny you access. Your mac address is blacklisted until you reformat. It runs some utility to make sure you actually have reinstalled before they restore your access.

  18. Re:Real Time? on The Deceptive Perfection of Auto-Tune · · Score: 1

    You can use Autotune live just as easily as you can in the studio.

    In the studio, you can here what it sounds like before cutting it, while live, unless you sing exactly the same every time, it's not perfectly predictable. I supposed if you adjusted the plugin to your average level of crappiness you could probably sing pretty well with it.

  19. Re:Why not linux wins then? on If Windows 7 Fails, Citrix (Not Linux) Wins · · Score: 1

    I work at a public IT help desk for students at a large university in the US. Most students come in with assistence with wireless configuration(we use enterprise user/pass auth).

    We probably get more macs then windows boxes.

  20. Re:Flawed theory on After Monty Python Goes YouTube, Big Jump In DVD Sales · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree completely. Places like the pirate bay allow me to "try" out music so I don't have to buy sound-unheard. If I find an album I like, I'll often buy it and stick the unopened CD in my collection; I'm supporting the artist and keeping a mint version of the original packaging

  21. A Warning would be nice on Protection From Online Eviction? · · Score: 1

    I think it would be nice(and not too much trouble) for free sites like this to let there users know some time in advance so they are prepared. The law certainly has no reason to be involved here.

    Now a pay service, that's completely different of course.

  22. Re:Piracy is the result of human nature on An In-Depth Look At Game Piracy · · Score: 5, Insightful
  23. Re:I'm guessing that wasn't on their radar screen on The Economist Suggests Linux For Netbooks · · Score: 1

    I would have figured the same thing. This past spring I was in a first English class at University and everyone was assumingly using Office 2007. I asked the instructor if it was alright to submit my papers as PDF, to avoid compatibility issues, and he asked me "Just send me a doc, wouldn't sending me a PDF be more work for you?"

    Actually, no...

    Oh, and I think you are referring to XPS(why?!) from Microsoft.

  24. Re:I would like to see my work... on Best Open Source Alternatives To Enterprise Apps · · Score: 1

    My university uses a proprietary LMS, while the Math department in particular uses Moodle.
    I think Moodle is fine and all, especially for being GPL, but I can't for the life of me figure out why those math guys don't use the superior product they have at their disposal.

  25. Sun must have some massive servers on OpenSolaris 2008.11 Released, Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I was looking for a torrent, figuring that the servers would be dead.

    I'm pulling 2.5Mb/sec right now

    Nevermind...it's done.