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  1. To use a baseball analogy... on iPod nano, iTunes 5, iTunes Phone · · Score: 1

    I see this as much more of a single than a home run.

    The phone. If I could run iTunes on my phone and download somge over-the-air directly to it, that would be a potential killer app.

    iTunes version 5. I'm sure it has some nifty ne features, but it's just a new release of existing software.

    iPod nano. It's cool. Cooler that what it replaces. They'll sell a bunch. It's not terribly innovative though.

  2. Re:popularity on Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL 2 · · Score: 1

    he responded "yes, well, it's the most popular database on the planet".

    If you don't need transactionm support or stored procedures; two things a lot of large-scale, high transaction databases cannot live without.

    It's like saying legos are the most popular building material in the world.

  3. Battery life? on Nikon Releases WiFi Digital Camera · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can't help but think that adding wifi will seriously hurt battery life.

  4. They're doing this the wrong way on IBM Reports Indicate Linux TCO Is Lower · · Score: 1

    They need to hire an IT consultancy, call them The Dixie Group, to issue the report on their behalf.

    1/2:)

  5. Full mirror of article on Plugin Lets Users Turn IE into Firefox · · Score: 4, Informative

    here

    It wasn't obvious to me if you needed to be admin to install. If so, it kind of blows the argument of giving corporate types who are locked to IE an alternative.

  6. Re:Doesn't work well in motorhomes on GM Claims Advanced Cruise Control By 2008 · · Score: 1

    Citation?

  7. Re:Doesn't work well in motorhomes on GM Claims Advanced Cruise Control By 2008 · · Score: 1

    Urban legend. The story makes the round of RV forums from time to time.

  8. Re:I still want him to answer why we are filtering on Jonathan Zdziarski Answers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    not when it the words can be properly interpreted even when improperly spelled.

  9. Re:I still want him to answer why we are filtering on Jonathan Zdziarski Answers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, it wasn't worthless to me, and it looks like the editors thought that my question was a bit more coherent than a improperly written href.

    If there's something that you really want to know, have you considered contacting him using this newfangled technoloigy called email?

  10. Give them a way to keep score on Interview with SETI@home Director David Anderson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seems that many of us are competitive enough to donate cpu time and only get back a scorecard.

  11. Re:Degree Vs DropOut on What's the Point of IT Certifications? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The point is so you don't have to work so hard that you succeed in spite of the lack of a degree.

  12. To get a job, of course on What's the Point of IT Certifications? · · Score: 1

    That's the only real reason to get a cert. To get a job where either HR or the PHB has decided that you need the cert to get hired.

  13. Full article mirror on Technology Behind Plasma Displays · · Score: 1

    Mirrordot only has the 1st page. If you want a mirror of all the pages, look here.

  14. Re:WSJ written article and it shows on Self-Governing Online Worker Communities · · Score: 1

    Do you mean nuke-u-lure?

    People forget that Jimmy Carter was a nuclear engineer and he pronounced it the same way.

  15. You are not alone, not by a long shot on Uneducated IT Managers, and How to Deal? · · Score: 1

    I've been invloved with SAGE, the
    professional organization for sysadmins, since it was created in 1992
    and have been a PHB for a while longer. Year after year, one of the top
    three complaints that sysadmins have about their boss is that the boss
    doesn't understand what they do. (Bear in mind that having a boss that
    does understand what you do is a two-edged sword :) ).

    If having a clueless boss bugs you that much, I'm afraid that your only
    professional alternative is to find a new job. You can try "shooting"
    your boss by going to the top, explaining the situation and trying to get
    him replaced, but if you fail, you're likely to get shot yourself.

    Good luck.

  16. Three words: on Apple Rumored to Be After Samsung Flash Memory · · Score: 1

    Different business units.

    One make mp3 players. another makes flash memory. While the mp3 player biz will probably get some preferential treatment, the flash guys have revenue quotas, just like everybody else.

  17. How do you pronounce your last name? on Ask Jonathan Zdziarski · · Score: 3, Funny

    that's my question.

  18. Re:Link to actual review on Enlightenment DR17 On the Linux Desktop · · Score: 1

    Actually, mirrordot won't get it because the review wasn't referenced in the original posting.

  19. Link to actual review on Enlightenment DR17 On the Linux Desktop · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here.

  20. full mirrors available of videos on Shape Changing Plane In Development · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here.

    A plane that flaps its wings. Hunh.

  21. Re:What Captcha is... on Defeating Captcha · · Score: 1

    A test for humanness will not be convincing until it cuts out 70% of AOL users and 58.2% of Belgium. (58.2% of Belgian users would work, too.)

    It would also have to be impossible for lawyers, tax collectors, marketroids and politicians to use. (Taxes are important, I'm just not convinced anyone in the IRS is biologically related to life on this planet.)


    You mean like desktop Linux?

  22. Re:Evil is as Evil does on Google's Turn To Be The Villain · · Score: 1

    The two are as different as anchovies and ice cream.

    Orkut is primarily a social networking site populated (more and more) by Brazillians.

    LinkedIn is a professional networking site primarily intended for business.

  23. Re:Another Google buyout? on Google, Skype and the Future of IM · · Score: 1

    If the time cones and they give you a reason not to trust them, it will be too late to do anything about it.

  24. Much ado about nothing on RSS Wins, Signals Atom's Death Toll? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As you point out, only a tiny percentage of users actually use some form of syndication. Doesn't this really boil down to, "who cares?"

  25. Amazing what you can do with on Scientists Speed up Light · · Score: 1

    a coffee-can exhaust and a NOSx kit