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  1. Re:Assuming this is true.... on Sophos Free A-V For Mac May Kill Time Machine Backups · · Score: 1

    No, each time machine backup is a folder that mirrors the root of your hard drive. Each file is separate on the time machine drive. Space is shared for unchanged files and folders between backups using hard links.

  2. Re:They don't complain on A New Tool From Google Worries Brand-Name Sites · · Score: 1

    This "new tool" is the site: feature that they've always had. What's new is a convenient way to access it. If you search for, eg, "target", underneath the result for target.com is another search box that automatically adds site:target.com to whatever you enter in it.

  3. Re:Not a computer on Water Logic Gates Built at MIT · · Score: 1

    AND and NOT alone are enough (because A NAND B = NOT (A AND B) ). Also, A XOR T = NOT A, so just hook one side of the gate straight to the water source, and you've got yourself a NOT gate on the other input, and thus a complete set of operations.

  4. Re:Nice on Slashdot CSS Redesign Contest Update · · Score: 1

    This was my first thought as well. The footer with the "Read More" link is by far the strongest element in the flow of the articles, which makes it look like a header. That tends to make it visually attach to what's below it rather than above it. If the article titles were as strong or stronger, it would hold together a lot better. For example, a 180 degree rotation of the footer might work great as the header.

  5. Not just one page on Apple Sics Lawyers on SomethingAwful · · Score: 5, Informative

    The post includes a brief excerpt from Apple's Service Source Manual which Apple wants removed.

    I have mod points, but I couldn't find anyone pointing this out to mod up. The post includes a link to the entire service manual. Apple's complaint is NOT about the single page showing the thermal grease, it's about the posting of a PDF of their copyrighted service manual in its entirety. Now, they're still threatening the wrong person, since the file is hosted somewhere else, but there is real infringement going on.

  6. Re:"Mac" botnets are nothing more than *NIX botnet on Slashback: Vista Rewrite, Tuttle Travesty, Mac Botnets · · Score: 1

    How hard is that?

    It's made somewhat harder by the fact that PHP doesn't have proper closures. Instead, it has create_function, which takes its code as a string. So if you want to do any sort of lambda type programming, you're stuck using the moral equivalent of eval, and if you want your function to use values from the containing scope, you have to munge strings to get them in there.

  7. MS not on top on Xbox Live More Popular than iTunes? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft isn't at the top of the heap, though. Also released today were figures showing that ball-point pens outsold both XBox live and iTunes.

  8. Re:That's what I call ugly!!! on The Surprising Truth About Ugly Websites · · Score: 1

    The error actually just suggests that he's connecting to his database as the db user root, which is independent of the system user root. It's still probably not a good idea, though.

  9. -1 False on Was Thomas Edison Right about DC Power? · · Score: 1

    This is simply not true.

  10. Re:But does it run... on Ars Technica Reviews Intel iMacs · · Score: 1

    Not to mention System 7 got rid of the option to turn off MultiFinder. Nothing sucks up resources like having programs open when you're not using them!

  11. Re:Why are BT mice and keyboards so damn expensive on Bluetooth Mouse That Stores And Charges In PC Slot · · Score: 1

    http://www.macally.com/spec/bluetooth/btmouse.html
    Macally has 3 models, each with $50 MSRP, but yeah, that's still pretty expensive compared to the non-bt mice out there.

  12. Re:self-selected study on Apple Laptop Reliability Survey · · Score: 1
    As much as people like to quote the macintouch surveys, they are still self-selected unverified Internet studies. As such, they are not useful for any real-world decision making, any more than Slashdot polls.

    Macintouch claims that this is not a problem, but they have no way to support that claim.

    Here's one way they could support it:

    Is the self-selected nature of our polls a problem?
    [ ] Yes ( 20% )
    [x] No ( 80% )
  13. You keep using that word... on Microsoft Ends IE for Mac · · Score: 1

    I do not think it means what you think it means. Unless you have the weirdest job ever, you were in no way obligated to make that joke. It doesn't even make sense on this article! "In Soviet Russia, IE for Mac stops supporting Microsoft," maybe, but "I, for one, welcome our non-supporting M$ overlords?" No.

  14. Re:Always remember... on Microsoft Ends IE for Mac · · Score: 1
    its *never* a Firefox problem.
    Right. It's not like Firefox has any six year old css deficiencies or anything like that.
  15. Re:Interesteing Problems on Microsoft Ends IE for Mac · · Score: 1

    They had larger bank accounts, but then they bought Macs.

  16. Re:No need to beat around the bush on Why You Can't Buy A 360 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    People who are buying Xboxes on eBay are going to be in exactly that situation two months from now. More than that, they already know that they will, and it doesn't seem to bother them enough to keep them from buying. If Microsoft were doing the same thing, everyone would still know that the high price would only last as long as the supply shortages. The only difference is whether the extra money goes to Microsoft, or some random person who was lucky enough to be able to buy one early. I can't claim much insight into the minds of the people who would pay an extra $400 to have an Xbox a few months earlier, but if they're not mad at the eBayers they're buying from, it's hard to imagine they'd be mad at Microsoft, since they'd obviously rather have an Xbox now than an Xbox and $400 two months from now.

  17. Re:No need to beat around the bush on Why You Can't Buy A 360 · · Score: 1

    The whole point of the article is that this argument makes no sense. Microsoft is producing consoles as fast as they can, and every single one of those consoles is getting into the hands of a consumer as fast as their supply chain can manage it. The same would still be true if the consoles were priced at $500, and maybe even at $700. If they can build up their monopoly just as quickly, but with money coming in instead of going out, why aren't they doing it?

  18. Re:Pah on Podcasting Officially a Word · · Score: 1

    you still have to check back periodically, barring an RSS feed

    I don't understand what the attraction of these new-fangled "automobiles" is! It's just a fancy looking carriage. Barring some sort of engine, you still have to have your horse pull it.

  19. Re:has anyone bothered to keep up with the times? on Beginners Guide to Search Engine Optimization · · Score: 1

    People have been posting about content for one simple reason. Content generates links. Sure, you could build link farms with hundreds of sites, and fool Google into thinking you're popular, but if you have good content, people will link to your site without you having to do anything else.

  20. Re:fundamental on Beginners Guide to Search Engine Optimization · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Step 1: Write better content.

    No kidding. My website, Gullible.Info, is the #1 google result for "gullible", and we didn't do any of this "search engine optimization" stuff. We just wrote amusing stuff, and people linked to us.

  21. Re:Say it with me on Will MacIntel Hardware Open The Door for Mac OS X CAD? · · Score: 1

    hap.py :)

  22. inline-block? on Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They've jumped up half a version and still no display:inline-block? Shouldn't they finish CSS 2.1 before they start on CSS 3? Every other major browser out there supports it, so it can't be that hard. Even IE, with it's dismal standards support, has inline-block.

  23. More Tips on Teaching Computers to See with Games · · Score: 1

    If you get a word that's possibly inappropriate for children (boobs is the mot common one, but also tits, gay, sex, ass, etc), pass immediately. There is a filter that will prevent your partner from guessing these words, but it will still give you pictures labeled with them.

    Seconding the use of labels. They're worth 300 points over the course of a full game. If none of them apply, because, for example, the word is an adjective, select "text". It's the least likely to be misleading to your partner.

    Common labels:
    man, men, woman, women, people, building, buildings, sky, water, grass, tree, trees, airplane, leopard. If you see something that could be one of these, guess it quickly.

    Try various levels of specificity. Many of the pictures have very generic labels, others are very specific. If you see a duck, try "bird", "animal", and "mallard" as well.

    Some pictures have labels that describe the picture itself, rather than it's content, such as: picture, photo, drawing, page, rectangle(!), etc. If your partner seems to be trying to uncover the whole image, try some of these kinds of words.

    Finally, this was mentioned in the parent, but cannot get enough emphasis. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO PASS. If you get a clue that you don't think you can show, pass. If your parter passes, pass. If you can't think of any more synonyms for the words your partner has marked as hot, pass. Passing costs you nothing more than the few seconds it takes to start a new image. Do not waste time on an image you're not going to get.

  24. Re:Bah on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    It really explains the origins of the "Flower Power" iMac.

  25. Re:From TFA on 10.4 Widget Site Opens Doors · · Score: 1

    5. A stupid liberal zapper.

    Eh... fuck you. You win; your advertisement worked; I'll never look at your page again. Zap away.


    It's hard to be sure, but I'd bet this was in response to:

    3. A Stupid Republican Quote Widget.