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  1. Re:Sample size of 45 users... on Microsoft Workers Prefer Google · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And measured taken over a 6 month period.

    Hmm indeed.

  2. Apparently they made making a lot of money on FirefoxFlicks Winners Announced · · Score: 0, Redundant
  3. Re:It does work on Firefox on Windows Live Goes to College · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The article makes no mention about IE6.
    The slashdot poster must have added his just added the extra spice to get posted on slashdot.

    As far as your 'in other words' interpretation please go check out the channel9 presentations on windows live wherein they talk about their support for firefox.

  4. It does work on Firefox on Windows Live Goes to College · · Score: 4, Informative

    I am not sure were that IE6 only blurb came from.

  5. Re:and YOUR comment reminds ME... on Married In Oblivion · · Score: 1

    Big fan of Larry. Larry 6 was my first -- ended up playing the previous versions.
    Tried VMs?

  6. Re:Funny you should mention it... on Married In Oblivion · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of Fable where in you can have flirt with and have sex with different wemen.

    If you are caught cheating your other 'girlfriends' have throw a fit.

  7. Re:No 16bit Compatibility = Instant Failure on How Vista Disappoints · · Score: 1

    You can still run 16-application in a VM provided by Virtual PC or et al.

  8. Re:Live By The Sword, Die By The Sword on Microsoft, Autodesk Guilty of Patent Infringement · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sure. But Microsoft Patents are defensive patents.
    They have never sued anyone for patent infringement. But have beenm on the recieving end for the stupidest of patent.

  9. Accuracy on GPS for the Windows Mobile 5? · · Score: 3, Informative

    As far as accuracy is concerned I doubt these small devices can provide accurate voice instructions.
    I have driven around the country (US) using a tablet PC and using a voice addin to Mappoint 2004. It is by a huge measure the most reliable navigation system that is commericially available.

    Mappoint 2006 comes with built-in Voice-Prompted Driving Guidance -- but I have not tried it.

    Just my 2 cents.

  10. Re:My 2cents on IBM Challenges Microsoft With an Ad Campaign · · Score: 1
  11. Re:No way on IBM Challenges Microsoft With an Ad Campaign · · Score: 1

    A mail client written in Java...
    I am going to hate Notes even more than I do now.

  12. Re:An MCE proponent speaks about problems on Mac Mini vs. Media Center · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My network was slow when I have a 802.11g router.
    Even though connection speed was reported as 54Mbps I was only able to get much less than 6Mbps (with WPA enabled). I had the same issues as you did when watching videos remotely. It was very jerky.
    I just moved to a 802.11a router (with WPA2 to boot) since then the slowness has completely disappered.

  13. Prototype first on A .Net 2.0 Migration Strategy? · · Score: 1

    Get a couple of crackshot dev to compile your apps.
    Test the apps in a test bed envoirnment.
    Your 90% of your stragegies will come out off the problems you encounter in your test-bed.

    Second don't try to do too many things at once. For example, it would be tempting to move to 64-bit with 2.0

    MSDN and TechEd videos are good resources for code migation issues. Some resources you can checkout are
    Migrating ASP.Net
    Microsoft .NET Pet Shop 4

  14. I was this Bill Gates' demo on HP Developing Hybrid Tablet PC / Coffee Table · · Score: 2, Interesting

    at Comdex.
    Looks cool. But thats about it.

    I don't think there is a any market for this.
    I would not feel comfortable placing my coffee cup on this table.

  15. Looks like asp.net Atlas stuff on Yahoo! Releases OSS Ajax and Design Tools · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This looks like asp.net Atlas might be worth investigating though.



  16. Re:Live.com Custom Domain is great on Google Beta Testing "Gmail For Your Domain" · · Score: 1

    2GB if you signup for live mail beta at the same time.
    And unlimited accounts if you signup with offive live beta.

  17. Re:Excellent on Google Beta Testing "Gmail For Your Domain" · · Score: 1

    Wow you are routing your business email through gmail.
    With google's reputation for logging and tracking everything for posterity I would be very afraid to send my business communication that way.

  18. Re:Emmanuelle in Space on Space.com's Top 10 Space Movies of All Time · · Score: 1

    That would be Krista Allen.

  19. Emmanuelle in Space on Space.com's Top 10 Space Movies of All Time · · Score: 1

    Staring Krita Allen. Hot stuff.

  20. Re:Change the Title on 'NBC Nightly News' to Be Shown on Internet · · Score: 1

    Clips of MSNBC/NBC news have been available via video.msn.com for several years now.
    This is the first time the full content is available.

  21. Re:Windows Media? Over Corp LAN on Webcasting, Windows Media or Quicktime? · · Score: 1

    I am waiting for the new encoder from Microsoft that will be releasing in Jan 2006 -- according to the one of the Microsoft chats.
    The new encoder will suposedly will have more accurate bitrate calculations and will introduce two pass encoding to Advanced codec profile.

  22. Re:Slowly But Surely on MySQL Moves to Prime Time · · Score: 1

    There are much larger non-tech forums on the net.
    For example: http://fray.slate.msn.com/?id=3936 has more users and more posts than this forum.

  23. Re:Don't grouse here - tell the BBC what you think on BBC Releases P2P TV Client Test · · Score: 1

    I like Windows Media Player.
    I rather have Windows Media than some format like Real.
    Take off your hate cap.

  24. I wouldn't follow Steve Jobs advice. on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 4, Informative

    He cheated his friend and partner Steve Wozniak out of money before the early days of Apple.
    And when Wozniak set up his own company in 1986, Jobs threatened Wozniak's suppliers against doing business with Wozniak.

    Just because Jobs did something in his past doesn't mean that is a good path to follow.

  25. Re:Graphing Calculator on Detailed Review of Mac OS X Tiger's New Features · · Score: 1

    A better one is in Encarta Student.

    Now beat that Paperweight!