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  1. Re:Stupid! on Could Apple Kill Off Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    I not 100% certain, since I don't have an iOS device to hand, but that was the impression that I got from talking to Apple engineers. If it's not, then it's something else providing exactly the same programatic interface and fulfilling the same function, and I'd be very surprised if Apple did that, although it's possible that they moved the code into the running GUI process for efficiency, since every app runs full-screen. In that case, the windowserver binary would just be a dylib that everything linked to, rather than a separate app (but would still be the same code).

    The window server is a completely different binary (it's the PurpleEventServer), but it's still Quartz and CoreGraphics backed.

  2. Full text of the document... on UN Attacks Free Speech · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Tsar or Tsaritsa? on Obama To Name Melissa Hathaway Cybersecurity Chief · · Score: 5, Funny

    Neither. Cyber-Dominatrix.

    She'll need to wear spiked heeled boots and a leather corset.

    I think I have issues.

    Mod -1 Creepy?

  4. LaTeX... on Microsoft Invents $1.15/Hour Homework Fee For Kids · · Score: 1

    Screw Office. LaTeX is where it's at. No, it's not graphical, but it produces far prettier documents than Office ever can.

  5. Re:Wow... on Court Nixes National Security Letter Gag Provision · · Score: 1

    That's the entire point: It has always been in the realm of the courts to decide things: Is a law constitutional/fair/etc? Is this information going to do more harm or more good if public? (ever hear of a gag order on a case? Happens all the time.)

    Actually, the right of judicial review wasn't established until 1803 in Marbury v. Madison. If it weren't for chief justice John Marshall and his court, the precedent as we know it would never have been set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison

    Some people are still upset that the judicial branch has so much power, particularly because they are unelected officials. (I'm not one of them; I think the Supreme Court's power of judicial review is probably one of the most critical parts of our government). Regardless, the process of judicial review wasn't established until the Supreme Court interpreted (i.e. judicially reviewed) the Constitution to give them that power. Laws have no effect without meaning.

  6. Re:I don't get it. on Maine Rejects Federally Mandated ID Cards · · Score: 1

    Currently, we have 50 different standards for ID cards. Once you leave California, your ID is invalid. You could be prevented from cashing a check, opening a bank account, getting a job or even buying a friggin beer! The way I see it, with this standard, my state ID works in 50 states rather than just one. It actually INCREASES my rights and what I can do, and I don't have to change a thing since I have to carry a driver's license anyway.
    Unlikely because your ID should be valid in other states (otherwise how would people buy beer on vacation in another state?) due to the full faith and credit clause. Failing that, you should have already have a national ID--your passport. So really, this proposed new ID is really just redundant and a way for the federal government to intrude more into our lives than really necessary.
  7. Re:People usually prefer What they're used to... on Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    Right-click on desktop. Menu comes up. Check.

    No, it doesn't. OS X by default does not have the right-click enabled.

    Control + Click is the same thing as right-clicking with a mouse, and that has been true since pre-OS X days.
  8. Re:Enable Cut & Paste of Files on Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    When dragging a file in the finder, you can use these modifiers to change the action that is performed by the drag:
    Option/Alt: Copy the specified file to new location.
    Apple/Command: Move the file to the new location.
    Apple + Option: Alias/link the file to the new location.

  9. Re:Thank you Wired.... on Wired Releases Full Text of AT&T NSA Document · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Except the public has a right to the information. If tax dollars are being spent to spy on the people that pay them, then shouldn't the public know the whole scope of the activities? There's even a little blurb in the Constitution about that... something about disclosure of expenditures, right? I'm not saying that all court seals were meant to be broken, but this is a different case. This is the government trying to protect itself from disclosing the scope of a possible egregious violation of Constitutional rights. And so, in this case, the people have their rights on the line: a right to know about their government's expenditures, a right to privacy, a right to personal liberties, and most importantly, a right to freedom.

    It may be lofty, but it's what I think.

  10. Re:Crime detection on Ready to Test a 'SmartShirt'? · · Score: 5, Funny
    Then a hot chick tackles you and starts ripping off your clothes...and the authorities kick in your door...
    You know you're on Slashdot, right?
  11. Re:Fuck. on U.S. Government Intervenes in EFF vs. AT&T · · Score: 1
    Sorry, but the word "accountability" is not in the current administration's dictionary.
    Sure it is... I hear it being used all the time in various talking points. However, the word doesn't carry any meaning or weight.
  12. Re:Never Mind on Apple iTunes to End Flat Fee Pricing? · · Score: 1

    But there is something both you and I can do: don't buy top-100 songs.

  13. Re:sorry i have to on Carnegie Mellon Resists FBI Tapping Requirement · · Score: 1

    No; campuses is correct in English. However, if you want to treat it as a Latin word, it'd be campus (singular) and campi (plural).

  14. Re:Grand Moff Ballmer on Update on Standards and CSS in IE7 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Compiling WebKit takes little to no effort at all. After the initial checkout from CVS, all you have to do is type two commands to update and build your source. See http://webkit.opendarwin.org/building/checkout.htm l for more information

  15. Re:Students? on Apple Offers Discounts to Adobe Premiere Users · · Score: 1

    I was able to get the educational version trough my university's book store for only $300.

    I'm not complaining or anything.... but it did strike me as odd.