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  1. Re:More work for plugin developers on Mozilla Ships Firefox 5, Meets Rapid-Release Plan · · Score: 1

    Mozilla forces developers to pick a max version, and if I remember correctly, does not allow a max version greater than the current major version (eg 4.*.*).

  2. Re:Customer service on Valve Apologizes For 12,000 Erroneous Anti-Cheating Bans · · Score: 1

    Exactly the problem. Up until this point, Valve's claim was that VAC was "infallible". Mass bans of obviously innocent people are one thing, but if VAC can screw up a bunch of people at once it can just as easily screw one person over, and he won't have the leverage to get it fixed.

  3. Re:Where is 3.6.5? on Mozilla Updates Firefox To Appease FarmVille Users · · Score: 1

    They were already working on 3.6.5 but wanted to push this out right away, so they made a new branch and fixed it there. 3.6.5 will be merged into 3.6.7.

  4. Re:I will never upgrade my IE6. on Microsoft Sends Flowers To Internet Explorer 6 Funeral · · Score: 1

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    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\] “ITBar7Position”=dword:00000001

  5. Re:Wrong on Calling B.S. On Amazon's Taxation Arguments · · Score: 1

    I don't know about NH/MA, but in western ND most retailers have a sign saying something like "If you are from Montana, please show your identification before the clerk rings your order up" and visiting Montanans don't pay the sales tax.

  6. Re:Why is that legal? on Wii Update 4.2 Tries (and Fails) To Block Homebrew · · Score: 1

    That requires a modchip.

    Actually, the Wii can be softmodded to play burned games or games off a hard drive.

  7. Re:What a great fiction! on Facebook Will Shut Down Beacon To Settle Lawsuit · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't really think this is a concern. AES, for example, was vetted by a lot of very smart independent mathematicians and cryptologists who didn't find a secret back door. And brute-forcing it is impractical even if they have computers 10 Moore's law jumps ahead of ours. You should be much more concerned about being forced to give up your key.

  8. Re:My experience on Microsoft Interns Still Feel the Love · · Score: 1

    Oh wow, that does sound bad. Sorry you had such a bad time there.

  9. Re:telling nugget on Microsoft Interns Still Feel the Love · · Score: 1

    MBA interns are likely program managers - these are the people in Microsoft who go and talk to the client, figure out requirements, and write them up for the developers. It's not really a technical job, although these people do have to at least ave a concept of what is possible within the system. I would also remind you that Microsoft has a business division.

  10. Re:Is this for real? on Microsoft Interns Still Feel the Love · · Score: 1

    Because Microsoft relies very heavily on finding and keeping good people. Finding a highly-qualified college kid and having him intern for the summer is expensive, why throw that all away by treating him badly and making him not want to come back?

  11. Re:My experience on Microsoft Interns Still Feel the Love · · Score: 1

    Hey, you sound pretty much like me. I worked on AX in Fargo, and despite going way above and beyond my commitments, I was not extended an offer because my boss felt I "didn't have a passion for business". I did have a good time interning and was paid very well, including the low end of the salary described in the article, a relocation bonus, and the free Xbox.

  12. Re:Does that mean... on US Court Tells Microsoft To Stop Selling Word · · Score: 2, Informative

    See this: i4i has been around for a while. They made custom XML document editing stuff for Word 97 and 2000, and when Microsoft added this functionality to 2003 and 2007 their business model went away.

  13. Re:Does that mean... on US Court Tells Microsoft To Stop Selling Word · · Score: 1

    No. i4i has been around for a while. They developed tools to edit custom XML documents for Word 97 and 2000, and our now suing because the XML editing in Word 2003 and 2007 has pretty much destroyed their business.

  14. Re:Posner on Judge Thinks Linking To Copyrighted Material Should Be Illegal · · Score: 1

    Let's soundly reject this concept, right now, that it is the role of government to determine who wins and who loses in the business world.

    I'm afraid it's too late for that. Look at the bank and auto bailouts.

  15. Re:So this implies... on Judge Thinks Linking To Copyrighted Material Should Be Illegal · · Score: 1

    Mod_rewrite will do that - it would be pretty similar to this.

  16. Re:Then its not insurance... on US House Democrats Unveil a Health Care Plan · · Score: 1

    Productive in this sense means "produces more for society than they cost", which is not the case for someone who doesn't work and has huge medical bills.

  17. Re:Then its not insurance... on US House Democrats Unveil a Health Care Plan · · Score: 1

    They sound like a net negative to society then. Why should the productive people support them?

  18. Re:Then its not insurance... on US House Democrats Unveil a Health Care Plan · · Score: 1

    The problem is that people can opt out right now: if you are a young, healthy, nonsmoker, it's probably a better deal for you to skip the health insurance and just have a decent emergency savings account. If you move this to taxing everybody, then the person who is always healthy and never seeks medical care is supporting the hypochondriac who goes to the emergency room every month.

  19. Re:Links are helpful on NoScript Adds Subscriptions To Adblock Plus · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually, it raises the question.

  20. Re:Still... on CFLs Causing Utility Woes · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Crack one open, you will find a couple of power transistors, an IC, some capacitors, and a rectifier bridge.

    Crack one open, die of mercury poisoning.

  21. Re:Why are we going in debt over CONVERTER BOXES? on DTV Converters In Short Supply · · Score: 1

    Removing bad mod, sorry.

  22. Re:Piracy is the result of human nature on An In-Depth Look At Game Piracy · · Score: 1

    I think you're talking about this image. It's quite useful to make a point to people who don't understand this.

  23. Re:Can of worms. on What Restrictions Should Student Laptops Have? · · Score: 1

    I think you need to buy better laptops... I bought my Thinkpad T40 used and it's lasted me three years so far. I'm a student, so it's in my backpack all day and gets a bit of abuse.

  24. Re:Good for them... on Psystar "Definitely Still Shipping" Mac Clones · · Score: 1

    Except Psystar isn't pirating any software - they buy a copy of OS X for each copy they sell.

  25. Re:Please return this post ... or I'll sue you! on EFF Wins Promo CD Resale Case · · Score: 1

    Actually, it raises the question.