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  1. Re:Why would anyone buy either? on New Larger TVs Favor LCD Over Plasma · · Score: 1

    And to get the best out of a projector you need a screen (which means the "blank wall" thing goes out of the window) and lower light levels than an LCD or flatscreen - which means curtains during the day or watching at night.

  2. Re:Yup - secure... on New Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Exploit · · Score: 1

    That is accepted. Even by the Firefox devs.

  3. Re:back/forward on Firefox 1.1 Boasts New Features · · Score: 1

    This is off by default in current builds. I don't think it's been decided if it will be switched on for the final version - I think it will depend on what sort of bug reports come in from beta testers.

    I'm using it at home and work and it operates exactly as advertised.

  4. Good good on David Tennant Cast as New Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    I don't really like Ecclestone's Dr. Who, but having see David Tennant in Cassanova, I think he'll be excellent. He is very bright and witty but his training shows through, and I think that he will bring some gravitas to the role.

  5. US Job Market on IT Salaries to Grow 0.5% in 2005 · · Score: 1

    How do the /. feel the US job market is going these days?

    As someone who recently explored the UK market, it seems like there are a lot of options for programmers here. What makes the US so different?

  6. Disappointing on WiMax Delayed for more Testing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anything that delays the deployment of wifi is bad in my books. In the UK we're seeing it proliferate - in transport hubs, trains, cafes. I'd really like to start seeing it used on a city-wide project here.

  7. Dish 'Em Out on Apple and Pepsi Do it Again · · Score: 1
    They'll even notify you by email when it starts. Odds: 1 in 3.

    They may as well just give them away! I mean, come on - most of us will be gulping down this stuff from the vending machines at work.

    Apple is so far ahead of the competition it's unreal. This sort of stuff has the iTunes and iPod brands on everyone's lips. I don't see anyone catching them anytime soon.

  8. Ref Attribute already in use.... on Google Cans Comment Spam · · Score: 1

    XFN already uses the ref attribute to establish relationships to people you are linking to.

  9. Re:What does it do differently? on Learning PHP 5 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Absolutely not. ASP is a scripting language. PHP is a scripting language with string OOP features. ASP.net is a framework for the web, which allows you to use a fully featured OOP language such as C#.

    To be honest, if you've never used ASP.net, then it is difficult to explain the differences. But for the web, nothing else comes close.

  10. Re:Team Fortress 2? on Half-Life 2 Retail to Require Steam Activation · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you really that stupid? TF2 will be *huge*, the fact that you don't like Valve will make no difference, believe it or not.

  11. Re:I've seen that before on IE Shines On Broken Code · · Score: 1

    That's strange, because that very thing happened to me this morning and after about ten seconds of unresponsive behaviour, IE6 popped up a little box asking if I wanted to stop the script.

  12. Urgh. on Would You Pay for Steam? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Speculation. I'd pay for Steam - because it will deliver me the games I want to play in a timely fashion. I'm not interested in game packaging. Buying CS:CZ was flawless for me, the whole interface and procedure was excellent. If I do have to subscribe, I'm not bothered. I'll work out the pricing and see whether it works out better for me. Otherwise I won't bother. You may remember that Valve has previously talked about two Steam payment methods - subscription (all Valve products within your sub period) or product by product. This would seem to still make sense.

    Also, you have to bear in mind that I'm not an idiot and I know how to use my online banking service to check what's going out of my account.

  13. Re:Not to complain... on Firefox 1.0 Preview Release Candidates Available · · Score: 2, Informative

    "The problem is fixed on the trunk, which is why the status says "fixed". It is known not to be fixed on the Firefox 1.0 branch or Mozilla 1.7 branch (which is clear if you read the previous comments)."

    From Michael Lefevre in the bug comments. It's marked FIXED for the trunk, not the aviary branch.

  14. Re:Not to complain... on Firefox 1.0 Preview Release Candidates Available · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217527

    That's the bug. It's fixed on the main trunk but not on the Firefox 1.0 branch... yet.

  15. Re:Wouldn't it be cool on BBC Launches Downloaded Music Charts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Jesus Fucking Christ, I'm sick of you indie kids. Just because something is "manufactured" doesn't make it BAD. Half the shit that you listen to will be as contrived as Avril or Britney, and the thing is you don't even realise it!

    Meanwhile Avril releases Don't Tell me and Britney releases Toxic and obliterates virtually every release this year that meets your cool quotient but you've got your head stuck too far up your ass to realise it.

  16. Re:Stupid Question on Presenting APNG: Like MNG, Only Better · · Score: 1

    I've seen talk about using them for themes in Mozilla. Don't forget that though animated screams flashy images, you can simply think of it as a collection of states for a feature. For example, a single image could contain graphics for ready, busy and error states.

    Whether that is of any use is another matter :)

  17. Re:Warning... on Ghost in the Shell 2 in Theaters Late This Summer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, "crippled". Imagine how crippled it would be if you tried to do such a dynamic, visually strong site in HTML you idiot.

  18. Re:WYSIWYG, why webmonkey? on Zombie Webmonkey: Back From the Dead? · · Score: 1

    You missed out a step - how does one get from one stage to the other?

  19. Re:Perhaps It Belongs in the OS on Microsoft Plans To Sell Anti-Virus Software · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unfortunately there isn't a program to stop the user being stupid. No matter which e-mail client is used, they all allow attachments, and without a virus scanner screening those attachments, computer illiterate users are going to get virii.

  20. Re:Not a single reason on Mozilla Project Officially Releases Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1
    Try this:
    var a = 10;
    a = 9;
    var b = 10;

    switch(b)
    {
    case eval(a):
    alert('got it');
    break;
    default:
    alert('passed');
    }
  21. Re:Bookmarks (Mac OS X) on Mozilla Project Officially Releases Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1

    Open the bookmark manager, go to File, then Export. HTML Bookmarks are now yours to do with what you will.

  22. Re:Nowhere near finished, but due out soon? on Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes. All extensions and themes which have not been updated for 0.9 WILL NOT work. You must wait for the theme you want to be updated before it will correctly work in this new version.

    This was necessary because the theme and extension system in Firefox has been pretty badly broken since the project started. For example, you couldn't uninstall extensions.

    0.9 will see automatic updates of extensions and a Mozilla.org extension repository.

  23. huh. on A New Look For Firefox · · Score: 1

    You've totally missed the point. I fully agree that an inline element can contain a block level element.

    What I am trying to get across, and what the original poster missed, is that div elements contained within an inline element will be block level elements unless explicitly told otherwise.

    In fact, I fail to see what you think you have proved with your quote.

  24. Re:for actually using a computer (writing document on Is Caps Lock Dead? · · Score: 1

    Then obviously he should be using his tongue to type with while his uni-digit holds down shift.

  25. Interesting on A New Look For Firefox · · Score: 1

    It will be interesting to see the Mozilla reaction to this - the response to the new theme has been mostly negative. I certainly haven't seen anyone raving about as they did with the recent Firefox application icons.

    Will Mozilla make some kind of pretence at listening to the community here?