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  1. Re:The Steve Jobs Factor on Steve Jobs to Sell Pixar and Join Disney Board? · · Score: 1

    As far as I've been told, he's pretty hands off with Pixar.

  2. Re:Huh? on iTunes Credited with Boosting Primetime Ratings · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously bittorrent users are not interested in watching the show, they simply download them to stick it to the man. Good point, though :)

  3. Re:Not Enough? on Earth's Copper Supply Inadequate For Development? · · Score: 1

    Also the 1.6 billion tons figure is what is available, *unused*, at the moment, whereas the 1.7 billion tons figure is what would be required, *total*. We probably use a bit more than 0.1 billion tons currently.

  4. Re:Europe? on Firefox Usage Climbing In Europe · · Score: 1

    I part time as supporter on the dorm network, and I install FF from a burned CD, as IE sometimes has problems even connecting to the dorm network.

  5. Re:Fat Binaries on Ars Technica Reviews Intel iMacs · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's required, I can imagine a scenario where you homecook the .app bundle, but it just seems like a boatload of work. Of course, if that boatload is lesser than the one required to make your app XCode compliant (or vice versa), it might be preferable.

  6. Re:Fat Binaries on Ars Technica Reviews Intel iMacs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Jobs cleared that up when he made the announcement last year. XCode can make universal ("fat") binaries outta the box. You don't need two computers to do it, only if you want to run extensive testing.

  7. Re:Yeech on New iMac disassembled · · Score: 0, Redundant

    TOTALLY! Just the idea of being albe to ruen windoze lol on my computarmac makes me so mad i am nevar goign to buy wonagain!!1 OLOLO

  8. Re:nVIR on Mac users 'too smug' Over Security? · · Score: 1

    I think 50% of my Amiga disks had the Saddam virus. Fucker stayed in memory between soft reboots and replaced the boot sectors. A true pain in the ass. Since then I've been quite careful, but there really isn't that much to protect against when you're running OS X with a firewall. Just for the hell of it I write angry emails to ISPs when their infected users fill up my httpd logs with cookie cutter attacks.

  9. Re:Brian, there's a message in my Alphabet. on Apple Sends Hidden Message to Hackers? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In the soundtrack for the Amiga game Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge 2, composed by Barry Leitch, there's a sample saying "you will not copy this game". It's practically impossible to hear while playing, but if you get ahold of the .mod file, it's sample 2 or 3 (it's been a while since I loaded that one up). I remember reading rumors that it was originally supposed to say "kill your parents" but in the end they chickened out and went with the anti-copying message.

    Ironically, the version I played back then was copied.

  10. Re:The Cycle on Ancestors of Homo Sapiens Hunted by Birds · · Score: 1

    WHAT

  11. Re:This wouldn't surprise me.... on iCell in the Works? · · Score: 1

    You might as well buy a cheap mp3 player for the meantime. I don't think we'll get anything worth using in the way of convergence for the next year or so. A cheap mp3 player (say 50 bucks?) isn't too expensive if you really want to use it anyway.

  12. Re:This wouldn't surprise me.... on iCell in the Works? · · Score: 1

    Sorry but that second sentence is astoundingly dumb. It kind of hurts my brain just to think about it. It's not like it's hard for the hypothetical iCell to auto-pause when a call comes in.

  13. Re:Could be that iPod owners... on iPod Owners Not Thieves · · Score: 1

    This is true; For a while I tried to teach my parents how to download music, but after a week or so I gave up and just showed them how to use the iTMS and how to import CDs. They don't really need anythign else.

  14. Re:I thought iPod was the lesser player... on iPod Owners Not Thieves · · Score: 1

    Also, you can totally hear the difference!

  15. Re:The worst drivers in the world, probably on High-tech Cars Replacing Driver Skill? · · Score: 1

    Have you ever been to mediterranean Europe? They're maniacs!

  16. Re:9 comments and already slashdotted on Scanjet Music · · Score: 1

    The video loaded fine for me just now.

  17. Re:Dual boot laptop on Macworld to Bring Updates to Laptop Lines? · · Score: 2, Informative

    We're not all idiots over here in the Mac camp. Please don't generalize so much.

    Just buy what you like and enjoy it.

  18. Re:45-50 on 50 Fun Things to Do With Your iPod · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Did you get it to work? It's kinda hard at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's easier. I did read that some percentage of the populace is unable to do it voluntarily, though. One way is to try yawning or swallowing (it's the same thing when you align pressure on an airplane).

  19. Re:45-50 on 50 Fun Things to Do With Your iPod · · Score: 5, Funny

    My favorite thing is putting the earbuds in my nose and opening my eustachian tubes. It's as if the music is coming from within your head (well, it is, really).

  20. Re:Why do you put up with this shit? on Microsoft Deal Limits Verizon MP3 Phones · · Score: 1

    So does Denmark (and I guess the rest of Scandinavia). My current rates are ~11 eurocents for talking & ~3 eurocents for SMSes, but that's one of the refill plans. It works for me as I don't really talk that much.

  21. Re:I realize this is a concept for cell providers. on Microsoft Deal Limits Verizon MP3 Phones · · Score: 1

    I really liked my Nokia 3510i, I am getting that one again next time I need to get a new one. The one I have now is worthless (one button for menu and dial? SO ANNOYING).

  22. Re:Fuck M$ on Microsoft Deal Limits Verizon MP3 Phones · · Score: 1

    That would never fly in Denmark, we have laws on anticompetitive behaviour here ;)

  23. Re:Why do you put up with this shit? on Microsoft Deal Limits Verizon MP3 Phones · · Score: 2, Informative

    While it's true that European cell rates are probably slightly higher than US ones (at least in my experience), I find the service as such to be orders of magnitude better. It's only in recent years that the US has even begun to compare to Europe in terms of coverage, interoperability, and legal issues (for instance, simlock removal has been required to be free by the service provider here in Denmark for years).

  24. Re:Google and the Braille hypocrisy on Slashback: Wikipedia, Netwosix, GooglePC · · Score: 1

    While it is indeed a shame that Google's current system is unfriendly towards blind users, I can't really think up a way that it would work without also being easily machine readable (and thus usable by spambots). Perhaps that is why I am not working at Google :)

  25. Re:Two questions: on Swedish Filesharers Start 'The Piracy Party' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Personally I like saippuakivikauppias just for the added palindrome :)