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  1. Re:Overkill on RFID Tags To Track Foreigners, Identify Dead · · Score: 1

    They're in the skull?

  2. Re:Cell Phones are not new on Can Cell Phones Damage Our Eyes? · · Score: 1

    You still use analog mobiles?

  3. Re:Not just Linux on Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar Go Linux · · Score: 1
    Of course they will try to pitch their platform:
    Shake is available as a render-only license on Linux and for free on Mac OS X.
  4. Re:Apps? on Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar Go Linux · · Score: 1
    I was delighted to notice that one of the heros showed briefly in The Incredibles had a POV-Ray logo on his costume.
    Can someone verify this? The POV-Ray newsgroups don't seem to have anything on this.
  5. Re:Replacing? on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 1

    Strike that. You can just set them to 'Utility window' instead of 'Keep above' and toggle the panels with Tab.

  6. Re:Replacing? on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 1

    Also most X11 window managers have some kind of roll-up functionality, you just need to tell GIMP to use 'Utility window' or 'Keep above' hints for the dialogs. If you use MS Windows I can't help you -- haven't used GIMP there for years.

  7. Re:Replacing? on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 1

    I hate all kinds of auto-hide.

  8. Re:If this is the "The Ultimate Answer" on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 2, Informative

    "How do I draw a circle in the GIMP?"

  9. Re:Panning tool problem on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 2, Informative
    Middle-drag and ctrl+arrows may suit _you_, but try them while using a tablet.
    I do all the time, the second button of my stylus acts as the equivalent of the middle mouse button.
  10. Re:Replacing? on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 1
    It is, however, the GIMP's fault that it makes such a half-assed attempt at running on Windows
    No, it's not the windows port isn't done by the main developers of GIMP.
  11. Re:Replacing? on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 1

    No plugin under Gnome, go to 'File/Preferences/Window Management' and change the 'Window Manager Hints' to 'Keep above'. If you want to be able to bring the image in front of the panels you will need a shortcut for Metacity's 'On Top', you can define it with gconf-editor by changing '/apps/metacity/window_keybindings/toggle_above'.

  12. Re:Replacing? on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 1

    How can you work on a picture if there is something on top of it?!

  13. Re:Nothing Vista can do about it. on Windows Vista Faces Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    They should release a GNU/Linux distro.

  14. Re:Whoops on Why I Hate the Apache Web Server · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, it was supposed to read, "Why I hate Comic Sans."

  15. Re:Zero G[ravity]? on Exploding Water Balloons In Zero G · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or maybe I just should get some coffee before posting, mod parent down before somone can see it please.

  16. Zero G[ravity]? on Exploding Water Balloons In Zero G · · Score: 0

    You would expect correct, not popular, terms used on Slashdot...

  17. Re:harmony / kaffe on IBM Collaborating With Open Source Java Project · · Score: 1

    More reading suggests that this is not quite accurate, however the ASF and the FSF are apparently trying to remove any hurdles to cooperation.

  18. Re:harmony / kaffe on IBM Collaborating With Open Source Java Project · · Score: 1

    According to this mail the ASF is ok with the current GNU Classpath licensing, whatever that means is a different question.

  19. Re:The Force 8-ball says... on Google and Microsoft Lob More Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Unless you're a merce^Wlawyer.

  20. Re:Name confusion? on Longhorn's Offical Name is Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    But most of us will, sadly, warez it anyway.

  21. The Force 8-ball says... on Google and Microsoft Lob More Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Begun the IP-wars have.

  22. Re:Scoreboard on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    There are several methods to make restaurants and bars voluntary choose to be smoke free. You could give tax breaks to smoke-free establishments, restrict the advertisment of smoker establishments, make smoker resaurants adult-only so they have to choose between families and smokers, etc. Smoke-free establishments still could have smoke-rooms for your smoker friend. I'm not against marginalising smoking, I'm just saying that it does not have to be done in a B&W manner.

  23. Re:Scoreboard on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    The room is to smoke in, so the smokers don't have to go out into the rain or snow. The main facilities are smoke-free.

  24. Re:Scoreboard on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 1
    That doesn't work in bars or most resturants with one single space. And if they do have the space, it's always going to be inferior to the "normal" = smoking area.
    Why not? Make a third door where the WCs are, the room does not have to be big. It may be inferior, but it's still better than a complete smoking ban.
    Unfortunately, it only takes one heavy smoker to effectively convert any room to "smoking", and many seem to chain smoke when they drink. Given that smokers are addicted and are compelled to light up in the sure knowledge it's killing them, anything less than complete prohibition is ineffective.
    The second point has no relation with the first, you can ban smoking in some places and not others, there is no need for a prohibition. Also not everyone who smokes is addicted.
  25. Re:Scoreboard on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    What about an optional smoking room? Either no smoking at all or smoking just in a designated room. Another method would be some benefits to restaurants that voluntary ban smoking. I'm sure there is a whole range of options between the two extremes. Usualy the only parties that are involved are radical anti-smokers (who want to force their views on everyone) and heavy smokers (who can't go 10 minutes without a cigarete).