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  1. Re:Metric or US? on Copy Protection On CDs Is 'Worthless' · · Score: 1

    There are three separate graphs in that box-out - 20% answered yes to copying software, 20% to copying games, and 100% to copying audio. The questions aren't exclusive, and people who copy software can also answer yes to copying audio.

    Although it is perhaps redundant to display "CD audio" with a 100% bar and then put a little legend at the bottom stating "CD: the most copied medium"... :-)

  2. Re:Nice display, but how does it sound? on USB Key-Sized MP3 Player With LCD Display · · Score: 0

    The Nomad has a SNR [slashdot.org] ratio of 98dB. Experimentally it is 89dB [extremetech.com]. Can anyone give us the SNR for the iPod while we're at it?

    The iPod has a SNR of 104dB.

  3. Re:Could be a great device if.. on USB Key-Sized MP3 Player With LCD Display · · Score: 0

    Several in-car kits for cell phones (at least in Europe) also do this - when the phone rings, it suppresses the car radio signal (in the same way traffic alerts do) so that you know you've got a call/SMS coming through.

    I would not be at all surprised if the Bluetooth enabled phones established a common "something just happened" standard in the future, and devices like car stereos/iPods reacted accordingly.

    I could definitely see Apple doing something like this with a future iPod, and it would certainly beat having to stick your phone in your hip pocket and relying on the vibration alert (since they tend to make you do a Frink-style "Mm-hai!" when they go off unexpectedly while you're listening to something else).

  4. Re:Article is from MAY 22!! on Mozilla: The Good And The Bad · · Score: 0

    Uh, change your regional settings, and you'll see how the rest of the planet formats their dates... :-)

  5. Re:Well, on "Seamless" Integration of Mac OS X w/ Active Directory · · Score: 0

    I mean, they managed to get an SMB implementation (in 10.2, finally) for their operating system only a few years after the SAMBA project did the same thing for Unix
    The SMB implementation in 10.2 is SAMBA - see /usr/bin/smb*.

  6. Re:Well it's not that hard to fix. on "Seamless" Integration of Mac OS X w/ Active Directory · · Score: 1

    Getting MAC clients to work
    Why do people persist in writing "MAC" as if it was some kind of acronym? It's an abbreviation - it doesn't need to be capitalised!

    Would you write "WINDOWS"? Or "linUX"?

  7. Re:Can Microsoft Pull a "Fast One"? on Ask a Legal Expert How MS Ruling Affects Open Source · · Score: 0

    People can also go to jail for committing perjury - and yet MS execs were quite happy to submit known-to-be-faked video as part of their depositions...

    The simple reality is that MS have been found guilty, yet escaped any real punishment or restraints on their behaviour. As far as MS is concerned, they're now untouchable.

  8. Re:yay codebitch... on Apple Details CSS Bugs in Internet Explorer for Mac · · Score: 0, Informative

    The official name is a "toolbar widget", as it is used to hide/reveal toolbars. You can also get the same effect by hitting Cmd-B twice (which does the same thing), but it's very annoying...

  9. Re:Two notes on QuickTime 6.0.2 Released · · Score: 0

    have seen a lot of people using the built in XML parse

    QuickTime does not include an XML parser API - you might be thinking of the CoreFoundation parser (sits under both Carbon and Cocoa).

  10. Re:so... on Commerce Dep't to Hold Public Workshop on DRM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    6.

  11. Textbook Error! on Bogus Harry Potter Book In China · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >I never apologise, I'm sorry but thats just the way I am - Homer

    "thats" is spelt "that's".

  12. Re:Figures this is newsworthy on Bogus Harry Potter Book In China · · Score: 2, Informative
    The entire country is blocked by a huge firewall censoring the entire internet. All forms of news and entertainment media are controlled by the government. The country is ran by a one party dictatorship. People have minimal human rights. More than 60% of the country is impoverished.
    Sounds like America in 10 years time - if you disagree, you're not a patriot... Did you know our poverty rate was currently at around 14%, with 25% of all women living below the poverty line? See here.
  13. Re:Textbook Error! on Good Morning, Professor Romero · · Score: 0

    >Unless you are one of the greatest writers

    Bah, Shaw's rubbish. If his evil scheme had triumphed, we'd all be speaking Esperanto and our textbooks would be full of errors.

  14. Textbook Error! on Overpeer Spewing Bogus Files on P2P Networks · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "bandwith" is spelt "bandwidth" (both times).
    "opperators" is spelt "operators".
    "Unviersal" is spelt "Universal".
    "comercial" is spelt "commercial".

  15. Textbook Error! on Good Morning, Professor Romero · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "thats" is spelt "that's".
    "im" is spelt "I'm".
    ". but" is spelt ". But".
    "theres" is spelt "There's".
    "alot" is spelt "a lot".

  16. Textbook Errror! on Beyond Dvorak via Genetic Algorithm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >you need iso-8859-7 and respecive font to view that correctly

    "respecive" is spelt "respective"

  17. Textbook Error! on Affordable, Homebrewed Optical Networking? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "obscessed" is spelt "obsessed"
    "transcievers" is spelt "transceivers"