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  1. Re:Hardware Orientation Lock on Apple Releases IOS 4.3 Beta To Developers · · Score: 1

    Or you could just disable those annoying keyboard and unlock sounds in Settings, Sounds.

  2. Obligatory on Windows Phone 7 Lacks Copy-and-Paste · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No copy and paste. Fewer apps than an iPhone. Lame.

  3. Re:No proof on Apple Bans Jailbreakers From the App Store · · Score: 1

    "... you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."

  4. Re:Yes, Kindle DRM on Lulu Introduces DRM · · Score: 1

    1984 is available on the Kindle. 1984 has always been available on the Kindle.

  5. Re:NO! Try Alfresco on What Desktop Search Engine For a Shared Volume? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Full text search in Alfresco uses Lucene. Or at least it did when I deployed it on Debian with PostgreSQL.

  6. Re:Next its an Android in everyones Fridge on Android Applications Soon To Run On MIPS32 Chips · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Should have stayed on Linux on What Did You Do First With Linux? · · Score: 1

    Fun fact: Up until a couple of months ago I was still using the pegasus module on my MythTV box because I ran out of PCI slots.

  8. Re:"Override Back Button Event"??? on Vector Graphics Lead Wish List For Future Browsers · · Score: 1

    I've found TargetKiller to be quite useful. I also have a disliking of pages that insist on opening things in new tabs. It's my browser after all.

    A sibling post mentioned TabMixPlus. I have avoided this addon since the mid Fx 2.x days as it has become rather bloaty for my liking. TargetKiller and Focus Last Selected Tab add all the tab functionally I want/need for Fx 3.

  9. Re:No no no, Number Five is Alive! on Mars Lander's Robot Arm Shuts Down To Save Itself · · Score: 1

    Number 5: Number 5 stupid name... want to be Kevin or Dave!

  10. Re:Shut down before it could damage itself? on Mars Lander's Robot Arm Shuts Down To Save Itself · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, at least law #3. Maybe the rover would switch into "kill all humans" mode on the first manned mission to Mars?

  11. Open the pod bay doors, HAL. on Mars Lander's Robot Arm Shuts Down To Save Itself · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

  12. Re:Weight in minutes? on Mozilla Firefox 3 Features Screencast · · Score: 1

    $ units "1.017e52 Hz h / c^2"
    Definition: 74.978282 kg
    Cool. I even managed to get Google to evaluate the expression as well. Thanks for posting this.
  13. Re:Location, location, ... on Comparing 3G Networks · · Score: 1

    All 4 major networks here (Telstra, Optus, Vodaphone, Three) are GSM and HSDPA enabled.

    AT&T would certainly have a roaming agreement with at least one of our providers here, probably Telstra. But yes, roaming charges are generally quite outrageous.

  14. Re:Location, location, ... on Comparing 3G Networks · · Score: 2, Funny

    My signal bars go up to eleven!

  15. Location, location, ... on Comparing 3G Networks · · Score: 1

    Anyone thinking of trying out AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon should check their coverage maps carefully. I have great difficultly in getting a reliable connection here in Australia.

  16. Re:Get PostgreSQL! No, shut up! YOU shut up! on MySQL 5.1 Improves Performance, Partitioning, Bug Fixes · · Score: 1

    http://www.kottke.org/98/11/my-mac-sucks would be the link you're after.

    I found it somewhat amusing that I'm reading this thread as I'm working on a project that uses Postgres on Mac. I came here to post the same joke but you beat me by a long shot.

    todo: insert joke about my Mac taking over 20 minutes to post a comment

  17. Re:Stupid but obvious on Mars Rover Spirit Reaches Winter Tilt · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think that would be a safe bet considering how long these 2 have lasted.

    They have already been working on a few ideas in the labs.

  18. Re:Stupid but obvious on Mars Rover Spirit Reaches Winter Tilt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A quick Google isn't turning up anything authoritative, but from memory:

    For the original 90 day mission length, running out of juice due to dusty panels would not have been a concern. It would have just been another thing to break and would have added to the mass of the rover, quite possibly costing valuable capacity for other scientific tools.

    [insert rant about how some of that war budget could do wonders for NASA]

  19. Thanks for the update on Mars Rover Spirit Reaches Winter Tilt · · Score: 1

    I was wondering what was happening with these two guys. Neither spiritrover nor opportunitygrrl have posted to their LJs for a while now.

  20. Re:That's nice. on ZFS For Mac OS X Source Code Available · · Score: 1

    May I ask what you would expect people to be using on their Linux boxes instead of ReiserFS?

  21. Re:First post on Playing With Atomic Clocks At Home · · Score: 1

    First posts do not work that way!

  22. beep beep beep on Unusual Data Disaster Horror Stories · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... and it was like, a really good paper!

  23. Re:Mechanical Wear on Vinyl To Signal the End for CDs? · · Score: 1

    Should I rip my vinyl to DAT tapes? :P

  24. Mechanical Wear on Vinyl To Signal the End for CDs? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Too bad you'd need a US$10000 player to prevent your vinyl from wearing out. I for one would prefer properly mastered losslessly compressed audio files (or CDs if need be).

  25. Cache-Control: no-render on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 5, Funny

    Frankly, I'm surprised they permit browsers to render their precious markup.