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  1. Re:Bram Moolenaar... on Unsung Heroes of Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    GVIM keeps my world sane as it enables me to write code on Sun, Linux and Windows. Works like a champ.

    Following scripts are really useful :
    - taglist.vim
    - wintagexplorer.vim
    - winmanager.vim
    - winfileexplorer.vim
    - SearchComplete.vim
    - selectbuf.vim
    - bufexplorer.vim
    - python.vim
    - cppcomplete.vim

  2. Re:ogg on Windows Media Player 10 Reviewed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does it support Ogg files in your playlist yet?
    It does not and it never will. Infact, I wont be surprised if they totally drop the support for MP3. MP3 encoding has been intentionally crippled to force the users to encode in WMA

  3. Re:Linux to Ballmer on Ballmer on Linux · · Score: 1

    He was actually saying, "Give it up for ME"
    Windows-ME.

  4. Re:I just got a new pc... on The Cost of Computer Naivete · · Score: 1

    AutoPatcher 4.6 is currently in it's Alpha Stage, but is progressing nicely.

    You are suggesting that people install a third party alpha stage software in their PC?

  5. Dont hate the player ... on States Threaten P2P Companies · · Score: 1

    if its the game you dont like.

    p2p is a file sharing technology. Dont blame the technology, if its the "sharing" you dont want people to do.

  6. Young Adult Novel on Feed · · Score: 5, Funny

    is NOT a porno.

    Sorry!

  7. Re:In other news... on First Linux-only Retail Store? · · Score: 1

    and here is the monster-remix of the same tape !!
    ballmer-remix

  8. Spamassassin uses collaborative spam-tracking on Spamassassin Beats CRM-114 In Anti-Spam Shootout · · Score: 2, Informative


    Razor: Vipul's Razor is a collaborative spam-tracking database, which works by taking a signature of spam messages. Since spam typically operates by sending an identical message to hundreds of people, Razor short-circuits this by allowing the first person to receive a spam to add it to the database -- at which point everyone else will automatically block it.

    This is a really cool.

  9. get a free gmail account by signing this on 'Open MS Passport': MyUID Goes Beta · · Score: 4, Informative

    From their website

    MyUID is giving out three Gmail invitations to it's users. Three MyUID users will be chosen at random on Monday, June 21st at 10:00 PM PDT (GMT minus seven) to receive the invites. Good luck.

  10. This is how Microsoft fixes bugs on Joel On Microsoft's API Mistakes · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Quote from the article ...
    I first heard about this from one of the developers of the hit game SimCity, who told me that there was a critical bug in his application: it used memory right after freeing it, a major no-no that happened to work OK on DOS but would not work under Windows where memory that is freed is likely to be snatched up by another running application right away. The testers on the Windows team were going through various popular applications, testing them to make sure they worked OK, but SimCity kept crashing. They reported this to the Windows developers, who disassembled SimCity, stepped through it in a debugger, found the bug, and added special code that checked if SimCity was running, and if it did, ran the memory allocator in a special mode in which you could still use memory after freeing it.

  11. Re:I miss from Mozilla... on Mozilla Project Officially Releases Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1

    MOD Parent up

    (and thanx RedVortex for asking this).

    I was sorely missing this feature in firefox. Firefox by default had set the value of keyword.URL such that it only googles under "I am feeling lucky option" which is useless.

  12. why pay for free downloads? on Buy Lindows, Get Fedora and Mandrake Too? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Bill Claybrook vice president at market research firm Harvard Research Group, said he can't see the point to Lindows' three-in-one packaging. "Who is going to pay money to download three Linux distributions?"

    Retail-box is also useless because one order mandrake and fedore CD from chapbytes.com and host of other websites for less $$

    Looks like lindows is having hard time selling their *own* product ...

  13. Re:Handtops on Are PDAs Simply Finished? · · Score: 1

    PDAs have a very good battery life. These devices will be useless unless they have comparable battery life.

    From OQO website
    "Battery life 2-6 hours, depending on usage "

    2 hrs is bullshit.

  14. Re:I think what it implies is: on AMD Announces New Low-End Processor Line · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I do video encoding using Duron 1.3 Ghz. I can rip and encode a whole DVD movie in about 4-6 Hrs. These new processors will be definetely faster than a Duron 1.3Ghz, which IMHO is fast enuf.

  15. Re:sony just didn't see the big picture on Sony Exits US Handheld Market · · Score: 1

    And most importantly, very good battery life (10-12 hours)

  16. three levels of security on CNN Notices that WiFi is Insecure · · Score: 1

    The following three levels of security are good enough for most cases:

    1) Never broadcast SSID
    2) Use a 64 bit encryption
    3) and use MAC filters

    Most of the routers have a web-based interface for setting these things up.

  17. Re:yet more bloat on Mozilla 1.8 Alpha Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What you call as "bloat" are useful features for other users. If you dont like/use these features, use firefox.

  18. Improvements in Mozilla Mail on Mozilla 1.8 Alpha Released · · Score: 4, Informative
    Some interesting new features in Mozilla Mail
    • Mozilla 1.8 Alpha1 has UI for multiple identity support.
    • Users now have an option to mark incoming junk mail as read.
    • Preferred mail format (plain text or HTML) is collected and remembered in the Personal Address Book.
    • The Mail window menus have been adjusted to improve usability and resizing the mail window no longer resizes the folderpane.
    • Addressbook auto-completion has been improved.
    • 1.8a1 fixes an issue with listboxes that caused mail to display multiple attachments incorrectly. Additionally, mail sorting scrolls to keep the currently selected message in view.
  19. Re:Once the tech gets cheap enough... on Koolio, the Beer Delivery Robot · · Score: 1

    For those who missed the phenomenon, scantily clad girls are hired for $65 an hour to wait hand and foot on groups of thirsty fans, allowing them to enjoy the cricket.Then, for an extra fee the wenches, or another girl from the same company, would do a private strip away from the ground for those fans who had had their fill of sun, drink and cricket. The wenches enraged sections of the community earlier this year and NSW Gaming and Racing Minister Grant McBride raised concerns about them.

    For a moment I thought that Darl McBride was in Australia, and he doesnt like hot scantily clad girls !!

  20. Re:Qt is almost a like a language on A Taste of Qt 4 · · Score: 4, Informative

    You are right. QT is more than just a GUI. QT XML Module provides a very neat XML solution (both DOM and SAX), but unfortunately their implementation is really slow

  21. is there a free UML tool on UML Fever · · Score: 1

    available for non-commercial/personal use?

  22. Re:WTF?!?! on Microsoft Clips Longhorn · · Score: 1

    In this new version of windows, you would be able to order food online. Here is the demo

  23. Re:Well duh. on Dan Gillmor Reconsiders Linux on the Desktop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe it's not as elegant or easy as M$ Windows, but it's not that bad

    Have you seen KDE3.2? It is more elegant and much easier to use than any versiion of windows IMHO

  24. Update only ... on WinAmp Security Hole Discovered, Patched · · Score: 1

    if you see a version and date matching 'v5.02 (x86) - Feb 4 2004' or older, it is highly recommended that you update as soon as possible.

  25. What does Sun stand for, now? on Java Evangelist Leaves Sun After MS Settlement · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What could Sun achieve by proceeding with its 2002 lawsuit? McNealy had presented the fight in apocalyptic terms: Mankind vs Microsoft.

    Sun staff must be wondering if the company, which defined itself by its opposition to Microsoft, has a reason to exist.

    What does Sun stand for, now?