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  1. Re:Except people's intrinsic motivations still rul on A 'Star Trek' Economic System May Be Closer Than You Think · · Score: 1

    Mod points. I needed it. Now.
    This is exactly how I think, neverthless I too still believe. Why is that? Elton John? "Imagine all the people"? :D

  2. Re:ballsy move on Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet · · Score: 1

    It's commonly accepted that on our brazilian portuguese language we do not change the gender if the article is sufficient to identify it -- "a piloto", "a gerente". Portuguese is sufficiently complicated and too many words as it is.

    And yes, she made a law forcing to "genderize" words, at least on school certificates. Presidenta, yuck.

    If you are jornalista or humorista, you are female now. How nice of her :D

  3. Re:Total Commander on Ask Slashdot: Best Free and Open Source Apps For Android? · · Score: 1

    I am used to TC in windows, and in Android I use Ghost Commander. Didn't see TC on android though, will search for it. And will give Altap Salamander a try someday, maybe it's better than TC somehow -- I like TC a lot, but feel that it is "aging out" somehow, I like breadcrumbs and shiny new things to try are always cool.

  4. UltraVNC single click on Ask Slashdot: Options For FOSS Remote Support Software? · · Score: 1

    UltraVNC Single Click. I have a binary in my public dropbox for all buddies to download and run. Just a matter of starting the listener in my side.
    OK, windows-only, but you can make a OSX shell script to do the same thing there; at least you have a full-featured shell.
    And for security, UVNC have a DSM plugin, if you don't really care about full compatibility

  5. Re:Already done in 4KB of Java on Wolfenstein 3-D Celebrates 20 Years With Free Browser-Based Version · · Score: 1

    As of this posting, the port linked in the article doesn't work on Opera 11.64 (Win 32).

    Worked fine in my Win32 11.62 build 1347, just got in two levels finished. Maybe they were just slashdotted when you tried :)

  6. Re:If Opera implemented other things right,I'd use on Opera 10.60 Released, With Faster JS, WebM Video Support · · Score: 1

    Oh god, another extension.
    To do this, this, or this? Meh.

  7. Re:If Opera implemented other things right,I'd use on Opera 10.60 Released, With Faster JS, WebM Video Support · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll bite.
    NoScript: disable scripting and enable it selectively using the F12 "site preferences" shortcut.
    AdBlockPlus: You can get various urlfilter.ini if you really want to. I really dont need this, just block the most annoying ones with right-click:block_content. Some sites need the "normal" advertising, and once you block the top-10, you don't have much to complain about. Anyway, I will give you that point.
    Flashblock: Here. Myself I just "enable plugins" (F12 again) on sites I want. *And* you can block the flash content with the normal "block content" too.
    Firebug: Meh. Have you worked with dragon fly?
    RefControl: Hmpf. F12, disable "send referrer information". Maybe it is just me, but I never needed to spoof referrers.

    And yes, I use every one of these extensions on firefox, because it is not there as default. And some more. In a *memory-limited VM* just so it does not goes haywire and swaps the hell out of my current apps to oblivion. Lucky me.

  8. Only for the out-of-basement guys on Stay Off the Grid, Win $10,000 · · Score: 1

    "Applicants must include at least 3 recent pictures and 2 minutes of video of themselves taken within the past year."

    That alone disqualifies me :)

  9. Re:echo is good enough for me. on 7 of the Best Free Linux Calculators · · Score: 1

    Still can be simplified with s/echo/sed/ if you cheat with an input file :)

    IIRC I use something that could be translated to:
    $ function math { sed "{s|^.*|scale=2; $*|; s|x|*|g; s|,||g;q;}" /proc/uptime | bc -l; }

    As always, there is a bunch of ways of skin the cat with shell commands.

  10. Re:Do the studies apply? on Programming With Proportional Fonts? · · Score: 1

    My opinion is like the parent's, I really can't stand the lack of vertical alignment, same length text should display in same width.
    This code should have the same width no matter what:
    arrayOne[1010] = 'lll'
    arrayTwo[1010] = '111'

    I personally use DeJavu Sans Mono, on all OSes. The (0,O) and (1,l) distinctions are very clear to me, and I like the curves it have.

    I actually had to put it on my pendrive, along with gVim portable, as I will not stand notepad with his blocky console font.

  11. Just slashdot? on Your Browser History Is Showing · · Score: 1

    Mine showed just four slashdot favicons in a square...
    Should I start to go on other web2.0 websites? :)
    http://web2.0collage.com/app/;((%22k%22%20.%20%22(1014%205%2031402284)%22))

  12. Re:Efficiency? on Intel Demos Wireless "Resonant" Recharging · · Score: 1

    From TFA:
    "For the Intel project, the large coil was hooked up to electronics that produced a current oscillating at seven megahertz. The receiving coil was tuned to the same frequency, and thus is able to accept an energy transfer with about 80 percent efficiency within a range of about a meter, says Josh Smith, the lead researcher on the project."

  13. Re:Now for a better scheduler on Google Chrome Developers On Browser Security · · Score: 1

    Here goes... If *I* know how to add a scheduled task to windows scheduler at install time (when I have the god-admin-rights) - how google does not? Oh yes, it knows... but it does not want it to be simple. Do no evil. I always put a (unchecked) .CMD file backup task to the whathever-install that I make. Could not google do the same? Yes.

  14. Re:Got me excited there for a minute. on Free IMAP On Gmail · · Score: 1

    Here too, all my @gmail (two) and hosted accounts (two more domains) where in portuguese and no IMAP showing. When put to english-US, IMAP for all! hooray!
    Now to start uploading/syncing folders...

  15. Re:Yes but... on Mac OS X on x86 Videos Get Apple's Attention · · Score: 1

    I would still buy another Power Mac over anything put out by Dell. Just open the cases of each and tell me which one you'd rather have.

    Erm... Why I thought "dell is cheaper, so I can have more beers" in the first glance?

  16. Re:Cool! Where's the "download quilt" button? on iCE's Modern Version Of Old-Fashioned Quilting Bee · · Score: 1

    If you use mozilla/firefox, you can go on the page properties and download it from the "media" tab.

    Or you can just download it from here as I just did that job to you ;)

  17. Re:What's the Point? on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    I've not used the option yet, but you have three choices when POPping the message:
    - Delete it from the inbox;
    - Leave it on inbox;
    - Archive it (on the "all mail" folder).

    I suppose that once you move your message out of the all mail folder to the inbox, you could POP it like it's a new message again.
    If it comes to be true, it's what you want.
    The IMAP thing would be good, but it's a very resource eater thing. Maybe *when* the gmail account goes paid they'll offer it.
    IMHO, I would not go to IMAP because all I would get would be the folders, which doesn't make sense in the gmail way of life.

  18. Re:What's the Point? on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can configure gmail to archive your email when you pull it off via pop3. That way, you end with a very large backup of all your mail.
    And a SMTP server, which I think is the best thing they've added.
    I will start to forward all my addresses to gmail right now :)

  19. fat family on New Ad Technology Tracks Consumer Movement · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Human Locator can't yet identify, say, obese pedestrians and then bombard them with images of a cheeseburger and fries.

    They already do that, it's called TV ads. Maybe it can go a way ahead targeting the dud that got outside to buy more cheeseburger and fries.

  20. Bacula on Remote Backup of Windows Boxes w/o Samba? · · Score: 1

    Bacula has a binary to work with windows. Of course, there WILL be some system files that you'll not be able to back up while the thing is running, but the majority of windows files should be backed up flawlessly.

    Don't know if it goes through the net encrypted, tough. The security I would use is the (not default, heh) hash pass"phrase", compression, and VPN.

  21. Re:Mods... on Cancelling Out CPU Fan Noise · · Score: 1

    Look at this project.

    Build your own noise-cancelling headphone and save your bucks.

    Don't know if the circuitry would be the same for the fan, tough.

  22. Re:It said FREE SOFTWARE, not open source on Brazilian Government Continues Push For Free Software · · Score: 5, Informative

    In portuguese, we have TWO words to mean FREE. Simply the translation doesn't help. The "software livre" and "software gratis".
    That's the catch: the original article has "livre" which means "freedom", as in speech.

  23. Re:Story in The Register on MandrakeSoft Files for Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    asdf

  24. It's going partner now. on Love Says Caldera's Doing Fine, Despite Losses · · Score: 1

    Conectiva announced this week that it's going to sell Caldera products here in Brazil.

    Use the fish, luke.

  25. Re:Yours looks EASY on What Does Your Command Prompt Look Like? · · Score: 1

    If you have lots of Xterms open on lots of machines, the colors really save
    your skin everytime. I've got used to just see the color of my prompt to know
    the machine I'm in.

    -> you really doesn't have to cut here. it'll destroy your monitor.
    # common .bashrc for every machine
    # 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white
    case $HOSTNAME in
    first.machine) fgcolor="31";;
    2nd.machine) fgcolor="33";;
    3rd.machine) fgcolor="34";;
    esac
    if [ "$TERM" = "xterm" ]
    then export PS1='\033];terminal at $PWD^G\033[$fgcolor;01m\$\033[m '
    elif [ "$TERM" = "vt100" ]
    then export PS1='[\u@\h] $PWD\$ '
    else export PS1='[\u@\033[$fgcolor;01m\h\033[m] $PWD\$ '
    fi
    <- you really doesn't have to cut here. it'll destroy your monitor.

    When in Xterm, shows info on titlebar, saving you some space in the screen.
    If you're in a really poor old terminal, don't try to show colors.
    Else, show a hostname-colored to warn you that you're at the wrong machine.

    --