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  1. Re:On the move on The Fate of The Free Newspaper · · Score: 1

    What about people who read the paper on the train or bus?

    In the future you will be "beamed" to the office. :)

  2. The overall effect on Women Leaving I.T. · · Score: 1

    what are the overall effects of such a mass departure?

    Workplace getting boring??

  3. Re:Irony. on Long-Awaited BitTorrent 4.0 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's probably because bittorrent isn't very efficient for small files.

  4. Re:now, to try and get tech favor again on Lexmark's DMCA-Abuse Case Coming To An End · · Score: 1

    And Dell is moving away from Lexmark.
    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=140209&cid =11740070

  5. Re:Heh on Los Angeles to Consider Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    You are comparing cost for one seat of MS Office with cost for 26,000 seat of OpenOffice. Don't you think it's a little unfair?

  6. Re:Improbability drive? on Unpredictability in Future Microprocessors · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. A future you will come back to destroy the borg and get you home. :)

  7. Re:Firefox's search box is bad UI design on Yahoo! Releases Firefox version of Toolbar · · Score: 1

    Mozilla's integration of a search tool into the address bar is also very google in nature.

    Also FYI, Firefox will goto Google's first search result if you input a search term instead of an address in the location box. (much like Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button)

    The main advantage of a separate search box, as I see it, is that you can setup multiple search engine.

  8. Re:Firefox's search box is bad UI design on Yahoo! Releases Firefox version of Toolbar · · Score: 2, Informative

    The point is, by creating two text bars they have added unneeded complexity to the interface. More control does not have to mean more clutter. This is a major tenet of Apple design.

    FYI, Apple's Safari browser does have a separate search box.

  9. Re:About damn time on Students and Bodies Tracked Via RFID Tags · · Score: 1

    Furthermore, we should put some kind of tag on the president that'll report to the public if he (possibly she) have sex in the office.

  10. Re:Firefox's search box is bad UI design on Yahoo! Releases Firefox version of Toolbar · · Score: 2, Informative

    As others have already pointed out, you can use hotkeys to focus the location box (Ctrl-L) and search box (Ctrl-K). This also automatically selects the existing text in the box so you can just press "Delete" to clear it.

    In Mozilla's location box, it's only setup for one search engine. In Firefox, you can setup multiple search engines for the search box and use "Ctrl-Up" and "Ctrl-Down" to select them.

    However, personally I am more used to Custom Keywords. For example, when I search for "slashdot", I do: Ctrl-L, "g slashdot", then [Enter].

  11. Re:visual cortex is still stimulated on Patients get Solar Implants in Eyes · · Score: 1

    Yes. Imagine sending a signal from your DVD player directly to your "eye".
    Ohh... Yes!

  12. Re:The incredible shrinking flashcard on M-Flash, Yet Another Flash Memory Format · · Score: 1

    He's talking about the old Motorola analog phone.
    The whole thing (phone and battery) is about 2.5"(W)x6.5"(H)x1.5"(D).

  13. Re:Hope he gets the sysadmin locked up on Man Reportedly Jailed for Using Lynx · · Score: 1

    But, does the compensation include OT?

  14. Re:who would by this on No Pictures, Thanks · · Score: 1

    Agree. But I am a little curious about this scenario:

    If somehow some idiots managed to pass a law to require this on every camera, can other manufacturers refuse to pay royalty to HP? After all, they are forced to implement that technology. It's not even naturally required by a camera.

  15. Re:Who needs 53 keys? on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Who needs 28 keys? Just type in binary. :)

  16. Re:Yep. A Standard. on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Internationalisation is also a problem.

    If the layout of the keyboard is changed, many non-alphabetic input methods (such as many asian languages) will also be affected.

  17. Re:one simple solution on SMS Text Messaging & Youth Debt One · · Score: 1

    The biggest problem, I found, with an infrequently used pay-as-you-go phone, is that it's too easy to forget to recharge the phone monthly

    In Canada, some providers (Rogers and Telus AFAIK) give you an option to automatically recharge your PAYG account with credit card every month. This way you don't need to manually keep track of the expiry date.

  18. Re:Well by definitions is where it might fail? on California Sets Fines for Spyware · · Score: 1

    any software which is installed without the user's knowledge and/or consent, and once installed, actively resists being uninstalled.

    Oh dear! IE falls under this category. :)

  19. Re:Cookies on California Sets Fines for Spyware · · Score: 1

    Actually, there probably are some very expensive 'dollars' out there.
    For example, the 'defective' ones that has two heads or two tails. :)

  20. Re:"Automagically?" on RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious Adware Trojans · · Score: 1

    It's a jargon.
    According to this, it has a rather long history, too.

  21. Re:Really? on Wireless Mouse with no Batteries · · Score: 1
    The point is not about using mousepad, but using this mousepad.

    The mousepad provides power to the mouse so you cannot just replace it with a regular mousepad.

    The mousepad is connected to the computer with wire so you cannot just move it, either.

    No cable attached directly to the mouse is a good thing, though.

  22. Re:RFID Mouse on Innovative Uses of RFID Tags · · Score: 1

    Interesting, but I wonder how far can I move the mouse away from the mousepad. Come to think about Independence Day, where the alien shuttles are powered by the mother ship remotely.

  23. Re:Terminator? on US Army Testing Robots with Shotguns · · Score: 1

    That's my first thought, too. :)

  24. Re:HAL 9000. on Hibernating to Mars · · Score: 1

    Many of you probably already know this: HAL becomes IBM if you advance each letter by one.

  25. Re:Evidence on Good Bad Attitude · · Score: 1

    Umm... I am curious, in the book, does the boy say "It's a UNIX system! I know this!"? ;-)