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  1. Font on Google Planning Web Browser? · · Score: 1

    I meant the font in the logo.

  2. Moderation on Google Planning Web Browser? · · Score: 1

    I'd accept if this was moderated Troll or Offtopic, but I object to it being called Flamebait.

  3. Offtopic on Google Planning Web Browser? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Both this story and the last were dupes of dupes of...

    I now understand the trolls, Slashdot is indeed shit and useless as a news source.

    I think I'l go read some real news. Like Wikinews. Or The Sun.

    I do, however, really like the /. font. Anyone know where I can get a copy or what it's called?

  4. OGG = lossy on Music Download Service Targets Linux Desktops · · Score: 1

    OGG is lossy, FLAC is lossless.

  5. Amiga on The VHS is Dead · · Score: 1

    I seem to recall these being available for Amiga back in the day, though I can't remember if they attached to the parallel port or the Amiga's own RF modulator.

  6. Adblock on Valve Cracks Down on 20,000 Users · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Adblock can block images, flash objects, or just anything from a particular server(eg: ads.osdn.com).

    Not just that, but also the spaces they occupied, so you don't get big annoying blanks where the big annoying adverts are traditionally.

    Is compatible with Firefox 1.0 on Windows and Linux.

  7. Last Post! on Nielsen Will Measure TV ratings Among DVR Users · · Score: 1

    Last Post!

  8. Perpetual copyright? Say it ain't so! on Several Publishers Sued for Infringing 3D Patent · · Score: 1

    Copyright is not perpetual anywhere, and this is laid down in the US in the constitution IIRC.

    In theory they last until 30/50/90 years after the author's death, although with extensions pushed through every time Steamboat Willie or That's All Right looks in danger of entering the public domain, the current limit is effectively forever -1day

  9. Update the lameness filter on Time Lapse of Lunar Eclipse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why does this exact post get put up every time anything involving a torrent is mentioned? If the poser wasn't AC I'd presume t'was karma whoring, is it in fact some kind of subtle troll joke? Shouldn't stuff like this be blocked along with "frist p0st"

  10. Flying by brain on Flying By Brain · · Score: 1

    "It's called mescalin, the only way to fly" --bald guy with "white rabbit" girlfriend from The Matrix

  11. no problemo on Holiday Competition For iPod Dollars · · Score: 1

    Glad to be of service, ma'm.

  12. Screwy cache? on Holiday Competition For iPod Dollars · · Score: 1

    Does the image look familiar to you? Do you use a dial-up accelerator? It could a corruption in your or its cache.

  13. Trademark law on Lucasfilms Nixes Star Wars Live Screening · · Score: 1

    ...states that unless you actively use and protect a trademarked term against ALL infringements, you lose the right trademark. I'm sure if anyone with a half-decent legal team would win if leant on by Lucas for something like "android", though maybe not "'droid"...which is most likely why he doesn't threaten anyone with a half-decent legal team.

    Apart from anything, "android" massively pre-dates Star Wars and Lucas himself, unless he finished the first draft sometime during the mid-19th century! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android/

  14. Survivors? on BMW Shows Off World's Fastest Hydrogen Car · · Score: 1

    Can you show me one site that says anyone survived the Hindenburg? IMO that's just a whole load of too much fire + big fall to be survivable.

  15. You don't need hotmail for MSN on Hotmail Begins to Upgrade Free Accounts · · Score: 1

    I personally use my .tk address, and have also used hotpop.com and others. You just need to go to passport.com and attach your address to a passport. Using GAIM or the like you could even be logged onto both accounts at the same time to give everyone your new address.

  16. Do you have any idea... on Hotmail Begins to Upgrade Free Accounts · · Score: 1

    ...how much fish they have to feed each mnemonic monkey to increase its capacity to 250MB.

    I know this is /. but cut Microsoft some slack, people!

  17. Sorry... on Hawaii Puts Old Computers To Work in Linux Labs · · Score: 1

    ...that was horribly off-topic, but I just can't stand you blasted yanks taking all the credit for everything. [/nationalistic fervour]

  18. The computer was actually invented in Britain... on Hawaii Puts Old Computers To Work in Linux Labs · · Score: 2, Interesting
  19. Confused on Cleansing Hardware Of Dead Pig Odors? · · Score: 1

    I am a vegetarian yet I find that hilarious, should I feel guilty or just say 20 "hail daisy"s?

  20. You fool! on End Of The Line For Alpha · · Score: 1

    That quote has been hidden for five years, and now you'v blown their cover! I hope you'r happy mister....

  21. Re:freeshell on End Of The Line For Alpha · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one, do. It runs on NetBSD on DEC Alphas. Dead OS on dead chips. :)

  22. True random numbers from commodity webcam on SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken · · Score: 1

    LavaRND uses a lens-capped webcam on high-gain to generate provably random numbers, /dev/random is only pseudo-random, and not suitable for mission-critical randomness, IE: One-time pads for important data.

    LavaRND is bullet-proof, weapons grade true random, for all the cost of a £20 web-cam.

  23. Re:Huh? on Stunning, Classic Computer Console, from 1958? · · Score: 1

    I don't care if its legal, working, or likely to microwave my dog, where can I get one of these Commodore MP3 players?

  24. ebay on Debian Installer RC1 Is Out · · Score: 1

    I always get my *nix CDs from ebay, it's much cheaper than the official sets, and there are loads of people who burn in bulk and sell cheap.

  25. Scale on Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors · · Score: 1

    They use these rather than SI units(if there are such things for data) to give an idea of scale.

    I think most people reading that sentence will get the impression of it being "a bloody lot". It's more data than we can usefully express in our units. Like measuring the width of the galaxy in metres(the SI unit of distance)