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  1. Re:Can't say I was too impressed with the upgrade on Upgrading to Ubuntu Edgy Eft a "Nightmare" · · Score: 1

    I have a TiBook, and it upgraded with no problem at all.

  2. Re:Also... on Skype Offering SkypeOut Service for Free · · Score: 1

    It didn't work for me also, but using tsocks(http://tsocks.sourceforge.net/) to connect to a SOCKS proxy server with a different IP works fine. Tried calling my own cellphone, sound quality is nice, but the 0.5-1 second delay makes me feel a little weird.

  3. Re:still no invisible login for yahoo?! on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    Change your status to invisible, then the next time you start gaim it will remain as invisible (it remembers your last status)

  4. Re:Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    It is not. Talk to the adium developers.

  5. Re:Don't bother installing if... on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    No.

  6. Re:No! on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    How is gaim 2.0.0 more like gaim than 1.5.0?

  7. Re:For WIndows users on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    1) How large is large?
    2) You can still set different status for each account
    3) It should work already, I still have logs from years ago
    4) It looks nice for me
    5) Works for me generally. Couple days ago an ICQ buddy wanted to send me a file and I told her to send it to me via email. She insisted to try and it worked.
    6) List buddies based on log size was implemented a long time ago.

  8. Re:Sounds per user on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    Right click a user->add buddy pounce.

  9. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1
  10. Re:No sweat... on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    If you don't trust root, there's nothing that you can do. You don't know for sure the kernel doesn't do anything funny, do you?

  11. Re:encryption on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    It's not that the developers chose not to implement AIM encryption by design, the fact is that all of them have a job, and they do whatever out of whatever time they have.

  12. Re:Idle Time Reporting Option Removed on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    A developer has said that this will likely come back because a lot of people complained and their arguments are reasonable.

  13. Re:how beta is it? on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    It's generally good enough. I've been running cvs for a couple weeks and no crash yet (I am not a heavy user though)

  14. Re:Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Rather than saying that, it would be better for you to be more specific on what the problems are.
    Couple projects have tried to fork gaim, now you don't really hear any of them. I think that speaks for itself.

  15. It's my 21st birthday as well on Amazon's Special Thank-You · · Score: 1

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  16. Re:Better for the Linux User on On the Horizon: an Apache-License Version of Java · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe that gcjwebplugin actually uses gij to interpret the byte code. The standard libraries are compiled to native code, but the applet classes aren't.

  17. Re:Apple is already there on Intel Dual-Core Systems Begin Shipping Monday · · Score: 1

    Read the article, with the display it costs $3999.

  18. Re:Politics on Unifying Linux Package Management · · Score: 1
    6) Configuration options are handled by a standard mechanism and answers stored in a database. This all makes reconfiguration, reinstallation, transferring installation, etc. much easier. Similarly, when you upgrade, you are shown diffs of your configuration files and (new feature) can even have your modifications automatically added to the new version. RPM doesn't bother with this very much at all.
    Ehh, how do I do this (merge modification to new version)?
  19. Re:Grrr... on Red Hat Launches Online Red Hat Magazine · · Score: 1

    Then use a png/gif/jpg...

  20. Re:Wallace's "former" partner is into spyware, too on FTC Files Spyware Case Against Sanford Wallace · · Score: 1

    What's more, it actually says it's a spyware:

    VI -The user understands, acknowledges and agrees that the application and associated components may alter Internet browsing and/or computer user experiences in a manner acceptable to Odysseus Marketing Inc, in its sole discretion, including but not limited to, search engine query results, display of pop-up window messages, highlighting and hyperlinking of words on web pages, redirection of error message pages, changing of user home page, addition of bookmarks to user's browser, and/or other alterations/modifications.

    It's self contradicting as well:

    IV -The user understands that the application does NOT collect bank account/credit card information at any time from the user, and never has any access to personal financial account information.

    VII -The user understands, acknowledges, and gives express permission for the application and/or associated components to collect personal information, including, but not limited to, name, demographic data, interests, profession, education, marital status, sex, age, income, and any other information Odysseus Marketing, Inc. decides to collect regarding user, at its sole discretion.

  21. Atom on Gmail Adds Features · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I saw the Atom link, but upon clicking on it, only a skeleton atom file is shown. It could be that I didn't have any unread mail...

  22. Re:why 1.0? on Gaim Releases Version 1.0.0 · · Score: 1

    You quoted me.
    The reason why I said it was because of the way it's worked in the past. I simply _know_ that people will post it to slashdot, not because I think there's anything special, but I know someone will make a big deal out of it.
    FYI I am still running a month old gaim.

  23. Re:Coincidental... on AOL IM 'Away' Message Security Hole Found · · Score: 1

    Gaim's protocol plugins have been clean of any GTK code for at least several months now. And Jabber's "built-in" SSL support is not always secure, since it does not ensure that the other party is also connected to a SSL enabled Jabber server.

  24. Re:Google is doing fine for regular searches... on Latest MyDoom Variant Gives Google Problems · · Score: 1

    I don't get the same string.

  25. Re:Just a bit biased.... on Ars Technica Tours Mono · · Score: 1
    More importantly, imagine 5.ToString() in .NET - in the IL, ToString is a method on the value-type itself, and no additional allocation is needed (in fact, ToString in the int case is also inlined, so there's not even much work on the stack). In Java, 5.toString() is silently converted to (new Integer(5)).toString() which is one allocation, an eventual garbage collection and one virtual method call more than the same .NET code. Its not much faster in .NET, but that stuff adds up fast.
    Actually Integer.toString is final, so it's not a virtual call. Also I remember reading somewhere that Integers smaller than some value (I don't remember what that value is) are pooled, so there's no allocation as well.