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  1. Re:What's the point? on TomTom Releases iPhone Navigation App · · Score: 0, Troll

    It duplicates an iPhone feature! How did it get through the approval process?

  2. Re:No different than Dell/McAfee on AOL Tries New Tactic to Keep Customers · · Score: 1

    I remove it from Dell computers all the time. If the AV services are running the uninstall will warn you they need to be stopped prior to uninstallation.

  3. Re:Why not? on OpenOffice.Org in a Corporate Environment? · · Score: 1

    I do take your point. But this only solves the problem for documents I control. Others in the org have no idea what filesystem permissions are, even though they may be Excel black belts.

  4. Re:Why not? on OpenOffice.Org in a Corporate Environment? · · Score: 1

    That would work for 'Word' docs, but not very useful for spreadsheets I control that others need access to.

  5. Re:Why not? on OpenOffice.Org in a Corporate Environment? · · Score: 1

    Will do. (i.e. Stay with MS Office)
    I was gung ho to personally switch to OOo as a prelude to saving the company a bunch of licensing money, when I discovered I couldn't save an OOo doc in MS format as 'read only'. Major show stopper! Without that it ain't (can't) gonna happen.

  6. Re:perspective. on BBC Reviews Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · · Score: 2, Informative

    I thought the radio series predated the books?

  7. What a moronic post on Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player · · Score: 1

    'Nuff said! Did anything interesting happen today?

  8. Re:hotmail OR popups on Microsoft Says Firefox Not a Threat to IE · · Score: 1

    > install Flash plugin, java, QT plugin, etc

    etc is the problem. As soon as they go to a site that requires an unanticipated plugin the phone will ring for more free support.

    Let 'em rot I say. Leave 'em on IE and WE can reclaim the 'net!

  9. Re:The catch is.. on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    I tried - it bounced. Not very (.com) obvious.

  10. Re:The catch is.. on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    You supply email address - I send invite.

  11. Re:p2p is dying. on Interview With Lucas Gonze of Webjay · · Score: 1

    Mod points where art thou? Or are you just being sarcastic?

  12. Re:Sick of gmail on A GMail-based blog With 1000 MB of entries · · Score: 1

    I don't know how 'privileged' I am, but as soon as I send out my invites I get more, so they are ramping up the beta. I get more than I can give to people I know. If you want one, I have 11 to give away right now. Let me know.

  13. Re:About your warning... on Internet Babylon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will NEVER click on a link in a /. post again.
    Poor lad.

  14. Re:Macs need not apply on Microsoft Opens MSN Music Store · · Score: 1

    Where would you like me to send it?

  15. Re:Macs need not apply on Microsoft Opens MSN Music Store · · Score: 1

    I have 8 invites to give away

  16. Case closed on Busted For Using Library Wi-Fi Outside The Library · · Score: 1

    If you read further on his site, on August 25th, he posted;

    The Atheneum has just now posted a policy stating that the wifi connection is available only between a half-hour after they open to a half-hour before they close, on days that they're open. The stated reasonn is "for better maintenance and operation."
    Case closed.

    FWIW I think the cop was in the wrong, and AKMA did the right thing by not causing a fuss.

  17. Re:Invites on How Google Could Overthrow AIM · · Score: 1

    I don't do IM so you'll have to do better than that.
    Hint - email.
    Obfusticate if you wish
    Two left!

  18. Invites on How Google Could Overthrow AIM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OT but...
    I have Gmail invites for the first 3 replies.

  19. Re:My Spyware Experience on The Spyware Inferno · · Score: 1

    Task Manager is configurable, and this behaviour is normal. If you double click on the empty area to right of the tabs, the tabs, menus, and title will dissapear. Double clicking at the top of the window, above the column headers, will restore Taskbar to it's usual appearance.
    I doubt any malware did this.

  20. Re:503 : DELETE YOUR COOKIE on IBM Donates Java Database App. to Apache Foundation · · Score: 1

    I have only had this problem with Firebird. IE works fine.

  21. Re:And Maybe Some Day... on Hollywood and NFL Fight TiVo · · Score: 1

    What the heck are 'repercutions'?
    'repercussions' perhaps?
    Pedantically yours.

  22. Re:Bzzt on Former Windows Chief on Microsoft Vs. Open-Source · · Score: 1

    I can garantee you that for most Windows applications I can find at least one Open Source application to match it in terms of usability

    How about Outlook with Exchange Server?

  23. Re:Firefox doesn't know it's been upgraded on Firefox 0.9.1 and Thunderbird 0.7.1 Released · · Score: 1

    I think we may be talking about two different things. Once you check for updates a notification icon appears in the Status bar. What I was referring to was how to get rid of that icon. This doesn't mean this is the simplest solution, only that it was the only one I could find.

  24. Re:Firefox doesn't know it's been upgraded on Firefox 0.9.1 and Thunderbird 0.7.1 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Specifically...
    Browse to 'about:config'.
    In the filter box type 'update'.
    Double click 'update.app.updatesAvailable' and change the value from 'true' to false.
    Restart Browser.

  25. Re:Knoppix is great for the KDE crowd... on Next Knoppix Release to Feature GPL'd FreeNX · · Score: 1

    I use it for 'cloning' Windows system (much like Ghost). I use included partimage to save a drive image to our network, and then restore it to a similar box.