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  1. Re:One button mouse flamage here on Will Mac mini Lead the Charge to Smaller Desktops? · · Score: 1
    Which could be done by hold the first button on the link, and waiting for the pop up menu.

    LOL!! Dude.. that rocks.. I just got my mac a few weeks ago and I couldn't get round the one button trackpad.. so bad I actually got me a MS notebook wirellessintellithingy.... Guess I can leave that at home now..
    i admit this one is RTFM.. wait.. there is no FM in the box...the FM is at O'reilly and they ahve yet to deliver.. gatt gatt gatt!!
  2. Re:Real on Real Pays For Legal MP3 Playback On Linux · · Score: 1

    gee .. I was just thinking about submitting a story about my old 8-track tape deck...

  3. Real on Real Pays For Legal MP3 Playback On Linux · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Noble of them.. however we prefer to use non-proprietary stuff though.. So, ogg-vorbis is the way.. Now if Real were to use ogg in their commercial products so (and maybe challenge the ipod with ogg player hooked up to their online music store???) we wouldn't need proprietary licenses then we would all bow down and hail the penguin lova!

  4. Re:One exception? on Microsoft to Sell Outlook Subscription Service · · Score: 1

    I actually think that many companies would be interestedd in renting their mail services from MS. Just think of the overhead providing a spam free and virus free mail/calendar/adressbook?

    The alternative is to have your own system. NovellSuse are selling this solution but it demands a dedicated IT staff. For SME's I would suggest renting such a service. I would prefer to see a comapany presenting these services from a different platform but then again I have ABM'itis (ABM=AnythingButMicrosoft).

    I agree with MS' strategy I differ on the platform. But then again if I had a gazillion potential users using my trademark product then I guess I would do the same. Anyone for e-groupware accounts ;)

  5. Re:No excuse on Centrino-based Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    You are absolutely right! I have just recently got a I book for the same reason. I don't trust lenovo any further than I can throw it... I must say that the apple is a better deal than the IBM for $ , I paid 999 with 50 bucks for the extra ram. I am currently "wardriving" from a local bar grace a airport extreme..... Indeed OSX is funky doodles yet it ain't linux. Whilst I am learning to appreciate darwin I still like a good ol linux box, but no worries here either as we can just boot from firewire drives so a nifty lacie or even an ipod and linus your uncle..

  6. Re:No excuse on Centrino-based Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    Yes I can. It is the source article which is linked in the slashdot post.
    Please read these things before crapflooding.

  7. Re:Business opportunity on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 1
    I feel really sorry for you.

    There's no reason to...

    So howz that anonymous thing going for ya?
    impressed not!
  8. Re:No excuse on Centrino-based Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    I disagree. The problem with most laptops is the dodgy quality of the manufacture. Linux as kernel for an OS is very suitable for a laptop. There are a variety of great distros out there and many of them cater perfectly to the mobile worker. Featuring everything from group calendars and addressbooks to MS-compatible wordprocessing, mediafile playback, wireless connectivity and this with good security potential and stability.. so really your post seems a little out of whack.. To get back to the issue dodgy manufacture... As Intel has mentioned they are now happy with the support for centrino specific technology in the kernel perhaps they could take issue with the manufaturers taking care to build decent machines. I have had horrible experience with most laptops I have used ranging from IBM to Acer spotting a sony and a toshiba along the way. They all sucked. Things broke, they were noisy and had the battery life of an amoeba. Now I have found a decent manufacturer and they ain't even all that expensive.. Stink different, that's right, Apple.. runs like a charm and Yellow Dog is pretty nifty (coming from Redhat on x86-32). These puppys have far superior battery performance and build quality than anything twice their cost is available in x86-32... so.. I hope that Centrino delivers but i doubt sincerely...

  9. Re:No excuse on Centrino-based Linux Laptops · · Score: 5, Informative
    Actually Intel reports a pretty interesting reason for the "ban" and also as to why they now allow it..


    Karen Regis, manager of mobile programs and promotions at the chipmaker said the reason for the change was that with the release of the 2.6.8 Linux kernel, the open source operating system's power management abilities now meet Intel's requirements for Centrino notebook battery life.


  10. Business opportunity on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 1

    Design a printer (can't be too tough) and make the standard for the parts and consumables an open and free standard so anyone can produce the consumables. Open source the drivers and Voila! Bye Bye HP!

  11. Re:Copyleft Illegal? on Jail Time For P2P Developers? · · Score: 1

    Well you see... if I assert my copyright on your code (which you neglected to assert under your copyright), I become the claimant.. isn't that silly?
    (c) Copyright DenDave 2005

  12. Re:Copyleft Illegal? Let's have a witch burning! on Jail Time For P2P Developers? · · Score: 1

    yep.. lets ban the internet.. again (sigh)

  13. Re:The key word for lawyers... on Jail Time For P2P Developers? · · Score: 1

    Which means I "may" sue you for a kid publishing his high-school garageband mp3's on a blog system you put on sourceforge.... Whether the courts will through me out or not is not germane here.. Your lawyer will bill you anyway...

  14. Copyleft Illegal? on Jail Time For P2P Developers? · · Score: 3, Informative

    (e) As used in this section,"commercial recording or audiovisual
    work" means a recording or audiovisual work whose copyright owner, or
    assignee, authorized agent, or licensee, has made or intends to make
    available for sale, rental, or for performance or exhibition to the
    public under license, but does not include an excerpt consisting of
    less than substantially all of a recording or audiovisual work. A
    recording or audiovisual work may be commercial regardless of whether
    the person who electronically disseminates it seeks commercial
    advantage or private financial gain from that dissemination.


    And hence no more copyleft/creative commons in california..

    Oh, and that just made Magnatune.com illegal for californians as well... (or is it californianasswell)
  15. Re:What a Heartthrob! on Bill Gates in 1983 Teen Beat Magazine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    only a fiver?

  16. Re:What a Heartthrob! on Bill Gates in 1983 Teen Beat Magazine · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Anyone notice the Mac in the back?

    Gates didn't age well but he didn't start off all that good either... dang what freak...

  17. Re:Guideline 1 on On The Durability Of Usability Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Would you like to play a game?

  18. Re:LSB and rpm on LSB Submitted To ISO/IEEE · · Score: 1

    You should check LSB compliance from a distro perspective and not vice versa.

    ftp://ftp.freestandards.org/pub/lsb/test_results

  19. Re:Wow! on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1

    LOL! I just ordered it!

  20. Re:Headless Alternative for Less on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1

    Ever owned a Porsche?
    now that's high maintenance...

  21. Re:Fucking shit NO!!! on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1

    Awe dude, well at least you have G5 CPU but I guess that isn't much consolation... Oh well I got an Ibook last week and they just slashed the prices in Europe so I feel a bit Appled as well.. Used to be the same back in the early 90's... DenDave would get a mac and a week later prices would drop or something else came out... I am just glad that Tiger didn't come out yet, cuz that would've peeved me mucho...

  22. Re:Samzenpus? Slashdot hacked? on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dunno but I see meta moderation yet when I click it doesn't work so I fear Fear FEAR something is amock!!! MALDA GET YOUR BUMSICKLE OVER HERE!!!!

  23. Re:Headless Alternative for Less on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Fucking shit NO!!! on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1

    Don't tell me you dished out on a G5 imac? Awe that would hurt.. Anyone notice how for 1500 you get the Mini and a 20 Inch (sexy) cinema display? Dang that's why they hacked the price of those monitors last week!!

  25. Re:Wow! on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 0, Redundant

    yeah, somthing like the Ipod Shuffle?