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  1. Re:How to go to jail on Viewing Files on the Web Considered Possession? · · Score: 1

    "Aaah, but I just got so flustered and just started clicking trying to close it as quick as I could..."

    It's difficult to prove things with computers. Even with the alleged 4 hours of viewing time, computers aren't perfect. "The clock was running oddly fast that night..."

  2. Re:Common logical fallacy in the article on Is Apple & Community Evangelizing Into Uncoolness? · · Score: 1

    The only thing I'm worried about is older applications like some games being able to still run. I'm betting most of them won't run. Even with the emulation. At least not run at a reasonable speed.

  3. Re:Safari does what? on Konqueror Passes the Acid2 Test Too · · Score: 3, Informative

    In a word, yes. The version of Webcore that renders Acid2 correctly, is not in the released versions of Safari yet. It'll probably come as an update sometime in the next year or so.

  4. Re:What kind of zombies on Europe Home to Majority of Zombies · · Score: 1

    Judging by the URL (I'm not clicking!), it's not safe for human viewing, period.

  5. Re:This proves only one thing on Windows Nearly Ready For Desktop Use · · Score: 1

    The uses for OSes...

    OS X - desktop for almost anyone
    Linux - server, desktop for confident users
    Windows - ... I seriously can't think of a use for it that doesn't have an equivalent on OSX or Linux.

  6. Re:WTF is he talking about? on Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac · · Score: 0, Troll

    As a note, the 12" Powerbook overheating is the BATTERIES only, and only a SMALL NUMBER of them.

    I've got a PB 12", and two batteries for it, and neither is affected by the recall.

    And it's not as if PCs don't have their share of major hardware flaws.

    And at least Apple has recalls, to CORRECT the problems.

  7. Re:I didn't have high hopes about this but... on Review: Star Wars Episode III · · Score: 1

    Actually, I believe that some of the earlier books suggested that at least some of the stormtroopers are clones.

    i.e. Some are left over from the Republic army - the ones who survived the Clone Wars, and the newer ones are actual normal recruits.

  8. Re:Ask yourself: why is a high school using SSNs? on HS Students Steal SSNs to Prove They Can · · Score: 1

    What if a student in high school doesn't have a SSN? I'm in high school and I don't have a SSN yet.

  9. Re:Pr0n==cheap on RFID Tags for Digital Rights Management · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Bad analogy. If you pay that $1000 for the litter, at least the rest of the litter will be cleaned up.

    For a movie star, if one gets $0.10, and the other gets $1000, then it's not even split up. The one with $1000 gets the (almost full - minus agents, etc.) $1000, and the one with $0.10 is stuck with $0.10.

  10. Re:Mirrodot has it on Mapping the Internet Evolution · · Score: 1

    That's the weakness of Mirrordot... Only mirrors what's linked directly from the ./ main page, as far as I can tell...

    Maybe there's a torrent somewhere?

  11. Mirrodot has it on Mapping the Internet Evolution · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://mirrordot.org/

    All the links mirrored. :-)

  12. Re:These robots are missing out on Self-Replicating Robots · · Score: 1

    Except the robots can actually make new robots...

  13. Re:Well... on Morse Code Faster Than SMS · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, this AC makes a good point...

    That is quite typical of people my age, and how they type, and, sometimes, even speak. While they (most of the time) do not literally mispronounce/misspell words, but they do speak in quite broken English.

    Considering how I cannot stand that sort of thing, it's no wonder I spend much of my time on the internet, talking with people half-way around the globe, most of whom are quite intelligent.

  14. Re:I got your value on A Review of GCC 4.0 · · Score: 1

    Lucky Canadians only have to wait until 14.

    Incentive to move?

  15. Re:What do you mean? on What Ever Happened to Virtual Reality? · · Score: 3, Funny

    We need a "+/-1 Bad Joke" moderation...

  16. Re:The urgent one: OOo / Oasis plugin for Spotligh on Third Parties Already Taking Advantage of Tiger · · Score: 1

    Read this comment.

  17. Re:NeoOffice/OpenOffice.org Spotlight Plugin on Third Parties Already Taking Advantage of Tiger · · Score: 1

    Thank you so very much. I was hoping someone would write this soon - I plan on using NeoOffice/J exclusively on Tiger (when I get it - probably tonight!). It's to that point where it's good on it's own. And the Spotlight plugin makes it even better, so I can use the native file format.

    Once again, thank you very much.

  18. Re:Call me cynical... on Bacteria Made to Behave as Computers · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...also known as "The Government of the United States of America"...

  19. Re:Proper comparison on Rave Reviews for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger · · Score: 1

    http://www.neooffice.org/

    It's a Java/Aqua version of OpenOffice. It works, but it's not entirely perfect yet. The main missing feature in my opinion is using the standard Aqua interface for the main toolbars, etc.

    The menus are already Aqua. :)

  20. Re:I must have missed something on Petition To Get OS/2 Open Source · · Score: 1

    Whoops, read the time wrong.

    Disregard my comment...

  21. Re:Slashdot is definitely making a difference on Petition To Get OS/2 Open Source · · Score: 1

    ~200 more in 3.5 hours... Wow, considering how many people visit Slashdot (the /. effect...), that's not a whole lot..

  22. Re:*BSD versions? on Bastille Adds Reporting, Grabs Fed Attention · · Score: 1

    I don't think this would really make a difference to security on OpenBSD. It's quite secure as-is.

    I suppose their reasoning was that Macs have a larger percentage of the market share than *BSD. Or maybe someone just felt like porting to OSX, and no one was motivated to port to *BSD.

  23. Re:Lets just hope it isn't too revolutionary on Nintendo Revolution Under Wraps Past E3 · · Score: 1

    As far as I know, no NGC games exist with more than two discs. And the only ones I know of with two discs are Tales of Symphonia and Baten Kaitos (both RPGs). (There probably are more though, that I just don't know about.)

    And in my opinion, both are great games. I've spent many hours at Baten Kaitos, and since getting ToS on Sunday (only managed to get some extra cash for it recently), I've played 7 hours, in-between school and other things. And neither of those games uses a huge amount of FMV sequences.

  24. Re:so we can forget about the 32bit Unixtime thing on Asteroid 2004 MN4 May Hit Earth After All · · Score: 1

    That happened to me a while back too.

    Then I realized, while the guy had some good points about the present, it was most likely complete bullshit.

    But, indeed, insightful bullshit.

  25. Re:Okay now... on Michael Robertson Says Root is Safe · · Score: 1

    While that was an attempt to be funny, may I remind you why that will not happen by simply removing files: Any currently used programs are in RAM or in swap. The only case where it would cut off the program is if it tried to access something later that had been deleted, and was needed, and the program crashed on itself because it couldn't access the expected file. But that wouldn't happen in most programs. At most they'd spit an error or two out.

    For example, if you remove the rm binary while running rm, it won't magically stop. It'll continue until that command is finished, and then, once done, it will not be able to use it again, until you restore your binary or install a new one.