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  1. Re:Ummmm, no on Microsoft Discloses 14,000 Pages of Coding Secrets · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wasn't the JPEG vulnerability discovered after the source code leak?

  2. Re:auto-complete is at fault? on A $1 Billion Email Gaffe · · Score: 2, Informative

    IF it helps, Shift + Del will remove an entry from the autocomplete list.

    But yeah, sort by most used would have been wise...

  3. Re:Urgh. on Why ISS Computers Failed · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I had actually freudian typo'd that and caught it in preview. But I figured it was just a little bit too cheesy to let that one through.

    Though someone seems to have modded me funny anyway... life goes on.

  4. Urgh. on Why ISS Computers Failed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The article reeked of condesension towards the Russians. It's no way to report on your partners in space.

  5. Re:I said the same thing 10 years ago on User Created Content is Key for New Games · · Score: 1

    I don't see where he said it was easy... but for what it's worth, DOOM Builder is a recent level editor with the ability to edit the world in 3D. Makes texturing, ceiling/floor heights and all that stuff a lot easier to fiddle. And gives a better sense of perspective as well.

    That is of course, assuming you still care for level editing.

  6. Oh no! on Remains of James Doohan Lost in New Mexico · · Score: 1

    Welshy!! :(

  7. Arac / Spiderbot for the C64 on What is Your Desert Island Game? · · Score: 1

    So I can finally figure out how to finish that damn game...

  8. Re:How about human rights for humans? on Should Chimps Have Human Rights? · · Score: 1

    Brian Egan. And here is the transscript.

  9. Re:Potentially VERY useful for EMS on NYC 911 to Accept Cellphone Pics and Video · · Score: 1

    Just curious...

    I don't know how you get your emergency calls right now, but do you already have computers directly connected to the emergency services systems to even have pictures or other useful information sent to you? You know, something other than an e-mail address?

  10. Re:In reply to the story... on Give an Internet Freedom Disk · · Score: 1

    Heresy!

  11. Scores wern't overly impressive on NVIDIA's 680i SLI Chipset Ready for Primetime · · Score: 1

    It seems in the majority of benchmarks that any lead this new mainboard had was very slight. The best things the article had to say about the reference board was the arrangement of components to prevent clutter/collision and the array of options available in the BIOS. Good things, but all a little meh. Maybe I just like seeing CPU / Video card reviews because the difference in scores tend to be more obvious.

  12. Yuri Gagarin on Microsoft's Charles Simonyi to be 1st Nerd in Space · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wouldn't he qualify as first geek in space? I mean, the Russians didn't send a painter up did they?

  13. Re:Zune?? on Microsoft Zune MP3 Player Interface Revealed · · Score: 1

    Wtf? Zune? With a name like that, why would anybody even care to buy?

    I thought the same thing when I heard the name iPod for the first time, and when I heard the PlayStation announced.

    "Duh, PlayStation. It's a station, that you play. Get a real name like GameBoy or Funvision."

  14. Cheaper system... on Tsunami Warning System Up and Running · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Put tracking devices in various animals in the area. Dogs, goats, sloths... whatever. If they all inexplicably go berzerk and start heading for the hills, follow them.

    Seriously, it was well reported that the local wildlife at the locations where the Tsunami hit were safe in the hills away from the disaster. What were they sensing?

  15. Re:idclip! on Defeating China's National Firewall · · Score: 1

    idspispopd for DOOM1. idclip for DOOM2, and maybe others. It does have some significance that I've forgotten.

  16. Re:It's just language! on Is Corporate Speak Invading Your IT Department? · · Score: 1

    I think there's another issue here, in regards to your "realignment" example. Having an ambiguous synomym for layoffs or getting fired means it's difficult for the victim to send the lawyers out on you.

    "Oh no, she wasn't fired, we've restructured."

    In Australia, workplace laws have been changed that employers of a certain category can essentially fire people on the premise that the company is restructuring or whatever. Suddenly, businesses are staging impromptu restructuring exercises. :) Using direct language like "you're fired" or "layoffs" means the message is clear and you're accountable for it, which most businesses don't want to be.

  17. Re:Telstra on Australian Rules to Crackdown on Spam · · Score: 1

    the government still owns 51% of telescum, what's your point ?

    Thanks to the Liberal Party gaining control of the Senate in the last election, they've passed the legislation needed to sell their remaining share. So that 51% won't last the end of this year.

  18. Telstra on Australian Rules to Crackdown on Spam · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'm wondering if this would have gone ahead if Telstra was still owned by the Government. They're our biggest ISP.

  19. Geek chic on Ask About Life, Blogging and Linux in the Middle East · · Score: 1

    In the western world, things that were considered geeky in years gone past, like computers and gadgetry, have shifted into mainstream culture. Basically everyone plays computer games, blogs about their iPod... etc. The geek stigma attached to things/people is less of an issue nowadays too.

    Have you seen that same trend on your side of the world?

  20. Whoa on Tech Support to the Stars · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's bad enough having good natured people on the other end of the phone line, can you imagine what it would be like with a total ego-maniac? For sanity's sake son, run like hell.

  21. Re:A few guys' blog or true journalism? on On the Subject of Slashdot Article Formatting · · Score: 1

    Journalism suggests original research by the owners of the site. On the surface of it, it's more like a link farm. :)

  22. Re:compassionate Filipina? on Japanese Find Robots Less Intimidating Than People · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a reference to the first paragraph, about the girl named Marie from the Phillipines who can't get a job in hospitality.

  23. Patch Descent 3 on Review: Serious Sam II · · Score: 1

    If you're going to install Descent 3, make sure you get the patches for the game. The first release is buggy and has serious memory haemorrhage issues. Other than that, it's good advice - grab the bastard.

  24. Seen it before in Australia on Internet Partitioning - Cogent vs Level 3? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Reminds me on an incident that happened in Australia a couple of years back. Telstra and Optus were pretty much owned all the links outside of Australia, but Telstra lost their major one in a shipping incident. (Sharp anchors?) With nowhere for their data to go they rerouted everything through Optus to let them handle it.

    Optus didn't appreciate that and promptly blocked all data between themselves and Telstra. Customers with Telstra were pretty much screwed because they couldn't contact anything and with their network going nuts even sites within Telstra sucked a lot. Still, for a couple of days there, it was two halves of an internet available in here. Was amusing to watch really.

  25. Nintendo's "entry"? on Sony Describes DS As Gimmick · · Score: 1

    Nintendo have been doing hand-helds for a damn long time... even before the Gameboy. Give them a little credit.