Slashdot Mirror


User: arose

arose's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
4,445
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 4,445

  1. Re:Why? on 13.1 Surround Sound Coming to a Home near you? · · Score: 2, Informative

    All you need are two channels and headphones.

  2. Re:death and taxes on U.S. Scientists Create Zombie Dogs · · Score: 1

    I think you can avoid taxes for "a couple of hours".

  3. Re:I have a dumb question on Japan Tests New Bullet Train · · Score: 1

    What's the advantage of airplanes over super-fast trains?

  4. Re:Gutenberg doesnt have the geek classics on Amazon's 1,082-volume Classics Collection: $7,989 · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Gutenberg doesnt have the geek classics on Amazon's 1,082-volume Classics Collection: $7,989 · · Score: 1
    Some should be here:
  6. Re:gnome? on Google Summer of Code Project Breakdown · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Gaim also integrates with Nautilus and Evolution. IMHO at least some of those Gaim projects are about Gnome integration.

  7. Re:popup ads, not the same as newspaper ads on DoubleClick Warns Against Ad-Blocking Browsers · · Score: 1

    So what if someone makes an ad blocker that downloads all or some of the ads but does not display them?

  8. Warning! on DoubleClick Warns Against Ad-Blocking Browsers · · Score: 1
    Your free internet content is in danger.

    [ OK ]
  9. Re:Irresponsible as hell on Opera: Firefox User Figures 'Inflated' · · Score: 1
    They're just doing the same old, same old.
    That's what I was saying.
  10. Re:Blech on The SwordQuest Saga · · Score: 4, Funny

    80s.slashdot.org
    News for Dudes. Stuff that's rad.

  11. Re:Irresponsible as hell on Opera: Firefox User Figures 'Inflated' · · Score: 2, Informative

    Compatible or not, historical reasons or not IE7 would be the time ti finaly do the right thing, guess they are going to do. At least they aren't sticking Mozilla/5.0 there...

  12. Re:Irresponsible as hell on Opera: Firefox User Figures 'Inflated' · · Score: 4, Informative
    That is very underhanded and irresponsible of the company to make it's product report that it's IE.
    Yes it is. Did you know that IE reports as Mozilla?
  13. Re:I agree... on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What if you would pay someone to lock your door and he forgot?

  14. Re:Good Thing(TM) on OpenUsability and KDE: Cooperating on KPDF · · Score: 1
    From Wikipedia:
    Used originally in the OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems [..]
  15. Re:Orwell just rolled over in his grave on EFF: 48 Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag · · Score: 1

    We have ALLWAYS been rolling Orwell in his grave...

  16. Re:Good Thing(TM) on OpenUsability and KDE: Cooperating on KPDF · · Score: 2, Informative
  17. Re:I want a black and white digital camera on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1

    It's not about what the eye can perceive, it's about recording more information to do better post-processing.

  18. Re:Image editing.. on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1

    I was thinking more in terms of doing it by hand, but I don't know the nuances of film grain.

  19. Re:YRO??!! on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 1

    Which part of the word "Censored" in the story do you find difficult to relate to your rights online?

  20. Re:MacArthur on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 1

    Thats 4 reasons that don't matter when you drop firesticks.

  21. Re:MacArthur on Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found · · Score: 1

    Dresden was FIREbombed. Carpet bombing almost pales against those flames.

  22. Re:Image editing.. on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1

    Half-joking, you can probably simulate the effect digitaly. The point is that if you can get same effect with more control (it's not noise anymore) there is no advantage there. Dynamic range is in favor of films for the time beeing though.

  23. Re:Giving away the store on Programming Jobs Losing Luster in U.S. · · Score: 1
    My point still stands fewer people pay for real UNIX systems out there.
    Are you a "Real UNIX" vendor?
    I don't need to work for Oracle they are laying developers off thus saturating the market thus hurting me.
    Welcome to capitalism, enjoy your stay.
    People willing to pay for PS are not going to be using GIMP but they have more pieces of graphic software than just PS and GIMP is cutting into that revenue.
    GIMP is the best free software alternative to PS so other graphic software has nothing to do with your point.
  24. Re:Giving away the store on Programming Jobs Losing Luster in U.S. · · Score: 1

    Of course he is logic impaired, he stoped buying Chess software after GNU Chess showed up, not after internet chess showed up...

  25. Re:Cost on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1

    My Powershot S60 has focus lock, but which metering do you mean?