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  1. Re:Yes, especially the File dialog on Torvalds Says 'Use KDE' · · Score: 1

    Like I said in another post. Non-intuative. "Average" users will never be able to move towards being a "power" user if the gnome developers hide powerful features attempting to coddle the "average" user to make sure they... don't cry?

  2. Re:Linux is wrong on one thing at least. on Torvalds Says 'Use KDE' · · Score: 1

    I know of what you speak and it took me a week to figure it out. Non-intuative to just start typing with no text area whatsoever. The reason it's hidden is to not confuse the "average" user. But it makes no sense because hiding the textbox will simply keep the "average" user average and never allow them to improve in ability. Gnome really blows chunks sometimes, and the file dialog is one of those chunk blowing times.

  3. Re:What's wrong with GNOME anyway? on Torvalds Says 'Use KDE' · · Score: 1

    I'm a gnome user and metacity is my big gripe. I replaced it now with xfce's window manager, xfwm4. xfwm4 is better in so many ways. Metacity replaced sawfish i believe and sawfish was incredibly powerful doing anything you wanted. Metacity now does.... nothing but put a box around your windows and makes a dumbass minimizing animation.

  4. Re:Ever notice . . . on Mastering Ajax Websites · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ajax is a fad and it isn't. All the hype about it is of course, generated because it's the awesome new fad. But it is an incredibly useful tool. Digg.com does a great job of using AJAX the proper, no intrusive way. GMAIL too. It's great for some things and won't be going away soon. But soon there won't be 20 stories a week posted about it.

  5. Re:So? on BitComet Banned From Private Trackers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That doesn't mean that it will be banned. As long as Azureus follows the private flag, all will be well. Azureus can use the trackerless system all it wants as long as the tracker isn't marked as private.

  6. Re:Great Solution on Court Rules Ellison Must Donate $100M to Charity · · Score: 1

    Because by him putting money into the company he increases the value of the oracle stocks and therefore he would be increasing his own wealth.

  7. Re:open on Linksys Adds Linux WRT54G Model Back · · Score: 1

    MTA that doesn't go down when you shut your computer off at night. A nice ssh gateway between the outside and internal network and blah blah blah

  8. Global Warming! on Failing Ocean Current Raises Fears of Mini Ice Age · · Score: 4, Funny

    But the earth isn't supposed to regulate itself! We're making it hotter! OH NOES!!!1 Seriously, who wouldn't expect something like this to happen. The temperature differential that drives that current has shrunk slightly and therefore as lost some momentum. Then Europe gets cold for a while, things even out, and everyone is happy. Except 50 cent. because his game is stupid.

  9. Re:Pretty sweet on Firefox 1.5 Final Now Available · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because no web developer ever writes invalid CSS....

  10. Re:In Other news.. on Scientists Discover Singing Iceberg · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can download the ringtone for $4.00 or buy the entire album for $18.

  11. Re:uh, low flush toilets are often REQUIRED... on To Flush Or Not To Flush · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I know this is just anecdotal story from living in my dorm but I'd figure i should share. 25 guys shared one bathroom which had three toilets (and two urinals). One toilet stall was for handicapped people so it was nice, large and comfortable. This poor toilet saw the waste of ever gentlemen every day and invariably it would clog during the weekend, every weekend. Just didn't have the power to deal. RUM+COKE

  12. Re:Ohh yeah... on Einstein's Biggest Blunder That Wasn't · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You might only be joking but the quote about God throwing dice is interesting. The idea that something can be truely random was absurd to Einstiein and he might be right. Eventually it might be possible to completely predict object intereaction in a closed system with enough variables. Or crazily, matter/energy interaction anywhere in the galaxy.

  13. Re:Filet-O-Fish on Jack Thompson Tossed Out Of Court · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I accidentally ordered the fish instead of the chicken sandwich. I went to eat it and unfortunately it looks exactly like the chicken to the unsuspecting. I took a nice giant bite and almost vomited because of the taste difference. I've never been able to order one since.

  14. Hire a kid from high school on Batch Cataloging of Scanned Documents via OCR? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Pay a kid $8 an hour to scan the forms and process them. You will get much better accuracy and you can put them to other uses as well. A kid from high school will cost you... $5,000 a year or something depending on how many forms you've got. Hell, the kid could do the work from home if you set up the computer post the images in an accessible way. Hire a kid and give him a future in data processing!

  15. Re:Scary on Google's Secret Plans For All That Dark Fiber? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They don't have control. As long as there is one search company in business Google will not have control. You give them control but competition is so low barrier that google will not be "The One"

  16. Re:500 kw aint that $$ on Google's Secret Plans For All That Dark Fiber? · · Score: 1

    It isn't irony but I always feel a little weird when you use google to find information relating to google. "But what if the computer knows it's wrong and is just pretending it's right?"

  17. Re:call the discovery channel on Cow Tipping is a Myth · · Score: 1

    Or just use a fake cow...

  18. Re:A few points on Vatican Rejects Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    That's great to know. I actually feel better about the church reading your post and in conjunction with the topic of this news story I've go to say, The Catholic church deserves some respect.

  19. Custom object on Overloading and Smooth Operators · · Score: 1
    CustomObject1.multiplyBy(CustomObject2.subtract(Cu stomObject3.raisedTo(10)))

    or

    CustomObject1 * (CustomObject2 - CustomObject3 ^ 10)

  20. Re:Is NAT Better? on The exhaustion of IPv4 address space · · Score: 4, Informative

    NAT is not defense. The stateful firewall is defense. You can use stateful firewalls on IPV6 also and there is no reason that consumer grade routers would not include the firewall.

  21. card reader on Hardware for a Paperless Business? · · Score: 1

    program a serial card reader to accept the employee ID cards and send to the printer the directory to save the scan to. The card reader can even be updated via ethernet.

  22. Re:Perfect! on 5 km Range Commercial Wi-Fi Available · · Score: 1

    I can't wait to see 50,000 available wirelress networks in my city come online next year with no WPA.

  23. To Clarify Gates's Quote on Bill Gates Speaks Out · · Score: 5, Informative

    (Google has) this slogan that they are going to organize the world's information. Our slogan is that we are going to give people tools to let them organize the world's information.

    The slashdot blurb wants to you to think that gates is disagreeing with the do no evil slogan. Silly decepticons running slashdot.

  24. Re:Unconstitutional, unnecessary, and unacceptable on Lockheed Chosen For Electronic Records Archives · · Score: 1

    blah blah blah the federal government is supposed to provide for the general welfare of the nation, and i'd say important information about this nation is part of it's welfare.

  25. Re:Computer Scientist != Code Monkey on Computer Science Curriculum in College · · Score: 1

    Thank you! That quote always sums up the answer to these repetative "Computer Science isn't teaching me the things I need to get a job." articles.

    I like to call the CS major Computing Science because really, computers do not have to be involved in any way, and in most of the classes, they aren't.