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  1. Re:The Peoples' Hate Affair with Apple on Apple Quashes pBop · · Score: 1

    LOL! sorry about that. You may take my reply as directed at those same people.

  2. Re:The Peoples' Hate Affair with Apple on Apple Quashes pBop · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Mac doesn't have any software for it, it can't be any good.

    Bullshit. OS X has over 10,000 apps, many of them equivalent to or even better than comparable Windows versions.

  3. Re:Does anyone know if they fixed the Ox911 FW bug on Mac OS X 10.3.3 Update Released · · Score: 1

    I've used an external 911 Firewire drive since Panther came out. No problems with it.

    Yes there was a bug with 911 but in contrast to the one with 922 it affected only a very small number of users (which is probably why they didn't acknowledge it).

  4. Re:Mail.app bug on Mac OS X 10.3.3 Update Released · · Score: 1

    When I do that, as part of the output I get

    Server certificate
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    AiagAwIBAgIBADHRrVOVEGJ ... + more lines like this...
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

    However when I copy that portion to a file and try to import it, I get an error message.

  5. Re:Could be dangerous on New Draganflyer Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is only rated as being able to lift 16 ounces. Not nearly enough for a bomb.

  6. Re:SG-1 and Jack on Stargate Atlantis Coming This Summer · · Score: 1

    That means you're three weeks behind the UK which is extremely unusual.

    No it isn't. The US is usually three weeks behind the UK at this time of year. But then we get to see the whole first half of the next one first. :)

  7. Uh... No on Apple Now Debt Free, Says Internal Memo · · Score: 1

    They mean $4.8 billion, part of which is earmarked for salaries in the next quarter, part of which is for office space, maintainance, etc, part of which is for production of new units, part of which is for research and development

    Wrong. That money is not for operating expenses. Apple usually earns 1-2 billion in revenue every quarter. That's what they pay those things with. The 4.8 bil is reserve that is supposed to sit there to earn interest. Besides not all of it is cash anyway, some is in investments.

  8. Re:No problem at all on The State of Electronic Voting in Georgia · · Score: 1

    LMAO! Too bad I just used all my mod points.

  9. Going up on Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool Numbers · · Score: 1

    Up to almost $16,000 now.

  10. Something I had wondered about on Microsoft Brings Security Holes to the Mac · · Score: 1

    VPC has a shared folders feature, which allows you to access your entire hard drive as a networked drive in Windows. I usually keep this off anyway, but, if VPC runs as root, could a virus/hacker conceivably infect and delete things outside the VPC drive file using that if it was enabled?

  11. Whoa! on At Long Last, Mice Produce Sperm From Monkeys · · Score: 1

    "Mice have been used to produce viable monkey sperm using tissue transplanted from the testes of macaques. The U.S. scientists involved say their work might one day help to...

    I almost had a heart attack for a minute there.

  12. Re:my own experiences on PowerBook Performance for Java Development? · · Score: 1

    What do you mean IdeaJ doesn't look right? I use it all the time and it is by far my favorite app for Java development.

  13. Re:Use the "Fletch" Approach to disappear.... on Decode Your Barcode, Get Your Personal Info · · Score: 5, Informative

    Need a fake SSN for your long distance service? (Really they don't need this) use 078-05-1120. It's an Eisenhower era specimen number that works 99% of the time.

    LOL, not anymore.

  14. Re:Whew.. on Microsoft Security Patch Fixes URL Security Flaw · · Score: 1

    LOL, it's not remotely close to over. Very few users regularly update their systems. How do you think SQL slammer was able to affect so many systems months after M$ fixed it?

  15. You insensitive clod! on Ask About the Iraqi LUG · · Score: 1

    Why did the submitter feel it necessary to post the link to the Iraq LUG on the Slashdot homepage? Now they are just going to get a bunch of GNAA trolls signing up to spam them.

  16. Re:Eiffel is not bad, but... on EiffelStudio O-O Programming Suite for Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    LOL! I phrased my post in the past tense because I was under the impression their licensing model was now more reasonable. From the post above mine I can see I was badly mistaken. That is just ludicrous.

  17. Eiffel is not bad, but... on EiffelStudio O-O Programming Suite for Mac OS X · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They shot themselves in the foot with licensing. The Eiffel model and syntax is actually much more logical (and some would say better) than C and Java. But they made their compiler and dev kit obscenely expensive, while the others were free. I just don't see them ever recovering from that. C/Java type syntax has become the standard and switching to something completely different would be difficult.

  18. Re:Here are the IPs in question on RIAA Files 532 Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    I say we must redouble our efforts to get on this list

    Hah, after what happened with Buzzsearch, I think I will pass.

    OIT would probably do something inane like block all nonpriviliged ports.

  19. Re:L2 Issues? on Space Tug to Save the Hubble? · · Score: 1

    The distance to the L2 point is about 4 times the distance to the moon. This distance is great enough that the moon could, at most, obstruct transmissions to only a small portion of earth. The telescope could also communicate with many satellites in geostationary orbit which could then relay signals to specific points on earth.

  20. Re:L2 Issues? on Space Tug to Save the Hubble? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The L2 point is beyond the moon. We currently do not have the capabilities to launch manned missions that far out.

  21. Re:What about content filtering? on Commercials Come To The Net (After This Word) · · Score: 1

    Wow thanks. Great app. I just installed it.

  22. Boycott is the best method on Commercials Come To The Net (After This Word) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will refuse to visit any of these sites.

    If ESPN does it, I'll get my sports info from CBS Sportsline. If CNN does it, my default news page will be Fox, etc.

    If MSN does it, my default internet portal will be... oh wait I guess there's no problem there.

  23. thank you michael on The Future of NASA · · Score: 0

    for at least including that article here (i submitted that earlier)

  24. Re:1984 Commercial on Macintosh's 1984 Debut · · Score: 1

    Yeah but there's always still people like the one who posted below you. :)

  25. Re:Stephen E. Jobs writes... on Macintosh's 1984 Debut · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I can't believe someone actually modded that insightful. :)