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  1. Re:OSX on Unifying Linux Package Management · · Score: 2

    Wasting a little hd space is much better than wasting my (and possibly countless other users') time.

  2. Re:Blaming the tool. on The Lessons of Software Monoculture · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be better if not-so-good coders could avoid buffer overrun easily? I agree with you 100% but, I think tools can be on blame sometimes.

  3. Re:Erm, what's this now? on Konfabulator Coming to Windows · · Score: 1

    Well, many s/w solutions overaps, but only a few prevail. For example, Apple tried something similar to Spotlight even before Mac OS X 10.0 (Sherlock 2). Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (if not 10.2) has indexed file content search, but it's slow and not reliable. Konfabulator, which I have never bothered to try and is said to have its own quirks, might have its own strengh. I think because it looks cool and dendy, at least to a clueless user like me. Bottom line: having same feature doesn't mean it's equvalant.

  4. Visor Edge on palmOne Announces Tungsten T5 · · Score: 1

    Then the Visor Edge should have been sold like pancakes, but it didn't. Obviously, you (and I) are not mojority. |-(

  5. Re:GPL concerns? on Evolution Bounty Stirs GPL Concerns · · Score: 1

    Well, I believe what GPL asks for is freedom (and code), not money per se.

  6. Re:hash.c uses sprintf which is very slow on Java Faster Than C++? · · Score: 1

    Wow, how long has coding been a public service? Tell me your number and I'll give you enough bunch of code to fiddle with for months ;-)

  7. Is that gonna be useful at all? on Programming For Terrified Adults? · · Score: 1

    Learning a programming language to useful extent requires quite a long time and energy. I would rathar give my mom iPhoto and a digital camera (or equvalant Windows s/w like Photoshop Album) and teach how to order a custom postcard or a mug cup.

  8. Re:BFD on GNOME for Grandma · · Score: 1

    For those audience, Apple had a product called "Macintosh Easy Access", later merged into OS itself as a feature called 'Simple Finder', which still exists in OS X in somewhat similar fashion.

  9. Re:Wrong emphasis on Six Months Old, Eight New Organs · · Score: 1

    What always annoys me is people like this saying a baby is not human being until s/he is out of the mother's womb. Obviously it's defected, not that s/he is disabled (or handicaped). Oh, well... some people even call baby-kill partial-birth. What can I say?

  10. Re:Quality versus Speed on ExtremeTech Wages War of the Codecs · · Score: 1

    Speed is important for live broadcasting (ex: QT Broadcaster -> Darwin Streaming Server)

  11. Am I the only one who think... on Japanese Government Raids Microsoft Offices · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It might not have happened if MS were Japanese company?

  12. Re:Google + Hushmail on Google to Launch Free Mail Service? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Skeptical. If people really wanted e-mail encryption, PGP/GPG would have been widely spread and the mail service providers would have already implenented it. But people don't care, so far. It's 'good enough', just as good as Win98.

  13. Re:X again on X.org and XFree86 Reform · · Score: 1

    [I]I can't seriously think of any reason why you'd actually want to switch back and forth between refresh rates in normal PC usage. That said it most likely can be done using the RnR extension, which allows you to change resolution on the fly (another pointless Windows concept).[/I] You don't want a full screen mode, do you? Mac programmers had to *hack* in order to implement fullscreen mode just because the Mac OS in its early days was written by people who shares your way of thinking.

  14. Re:When the iPod will come with bluetooth or WIFI? on New iMacs (and iPods) · · Score: 1

    maybe in the future, but I don't think current BT or WIFI can feed iPods with GBs of songs within practical (or endurable) time. There's charging issue, too.

  15. Re:MSX? Xenix? on Microsoft's Forgotten Mistakes · · Score: 1

    I don't think MSX was a failure. Although it was virtually unknown to the North America(which is not the center of the whole world, btw), it had huge market share in Japan, Korea, Russia, and some countries in Europe. In 80's Korea, it was almost 50:50 with Apple II(+/e).

  16. Ok, but what matters is... on AAC vs. OGG vs. MP3 · · Score: 1

    my(and your) ears, IMHO. What sounds the best will be my cup of tea. Fine, isn't it?

  17. Re:Hey, I just bought a Mac, let me tell ya... on Apple Updates Professional Video Lineup · · Score: 1

    Don't forget cmd+p for 'Print'.

  18. The point is that... on Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away' Wins Best Animated Picture · · Score: 1

    logout is explaining what the movie is talking about, wheter it is right or not.

  19. loot at the figure. on Copy-Protected CDs Going Mainstream · · Score: 1

    "The total percentage of albums last year that were copied for legitimate purposes: .00000023%"

    Even before that, hey, it's not 0%.

    I don't care what RIAA is doing to protect THEIR rights, I'm fine with that UNLESS they don't bother the cd buyers.

    I'm using my iMac as a jukebox, and I have more than 100 cds. Don't tell me I have to change cds every few minuts or so, or have to carry bunch of cds whenever I go to listen to my music I BOUGHT. THAT IS MY FAIR RIGHT.