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  1. Re:my tech support friend on Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem · · Score: 1

    sometimes PEBKAC and spyware calls are one in the same

  2. Re:It's good that they didn't call this pentium 5 on Intel to Dump Pentium 4 in Favor of Pentium M · · Score: 1

    Correct prefixes: Pent Hex Hept Oct Non Dec Undec Dodec

  3. Re:Cola Contests on GPS Cell Phone in Soda Can Form · · Score: 1

    If I'm the 4th owner or a car and i sell it, the recipient still has to pay tax on it when they get it registered. The tax doesn't go to me, but to the state government. Laws on this vary by state.

  4. Re:one 'leet trader on NRF Calls SCO's Claims 'Meritless' · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here is a screenshot in case it goes away.

  5. Re:Mitnick Speaks In Third Person on Mitnick Helps Bust Bomb Hoaxer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, and I'm sure he'd admit to it.

  6. Slashdotted? on Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses · · Score: 1
    "United States Patent and Trademark Office is overwhelmed with incoming requests"

    Are you saying the US Patent office is the victim of a DOS?

  7. Re:Soft Power? on Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses · · Score: 1

    Additionally, you need a license for the button itself.

  8. Mac mice on Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Mac mice are known for their one buttonness. Hold down the button to achieve the same effect of a right-click. Hmmm...

  9. Re:Fsck Me on The War Of The Word · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone here actually do any work or just write on Slashdot?

  10. Re:Ok.. on AutoZone Responds To SCO · · Score: 1

    make sure to use a datatype that can handle that big a number :)

  11. point of comparison on OpenOffice.org, MS Office 2003 Compared, Evaluated · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only thing that matters to me is whether OO.o comes with Clippy or not!

  12. Re:virus hitting the hardware on Stretch Announces Chip That Rewires Itself On The Fly · · Score: 1

    ...or if you could tell it to overclock itself? You could melt down someone's PC remotely.

  13. Re:Backwards development? on TI-84 Plus Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    The TI-92 isn't allowed on SATs and some other tests because of the QWERTY keyboard. This one probably would be allowed by standardized tests and by teachers in school, so it's good that they're working to improve the TI-8x type calcs.

  14. "Hacking" in title on Hardware Hacking · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    When I saw the word "hacking" in the title, I should have guessed Kevin Mitnick would be involved in some way :)

  15. Re:PNG on 31 Lawsuits Filed Over Alleged JPEG Patent · · Score: 1

    Completely wrong. TIFF is the best for photos. It's not the best for the web because of file size, but for archiving images, TIFF is the way to go.

  16. Re:The other reason on A DIMM Future for RAM Bundles · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's sad that people need to reserve tons of memory for the OPERATING SYSTEM itself and not just the programs that run on top of it.

  17. I graduated just in time... on MPAA Infiltrating Campus Nets with Software · · Score: 1

    I'm done with college now and not a moment too soon. Everyone downloaded and shared tens of thousands of MP3s all the time when I attended school. No restrictions, no filters, no threats, no monitoring, no nothing. Great way to build up your music collection, but great way to get viruses too.

  18. Re:I need those headlights on Technology Makes New Cars Too Expensive to Fix · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Those headlights are annoying. It looks like you have your highbeams on all the time with those new type of headlights.

  19. Easy... on Save a Chatlog... Go to Prison? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have employees sign a paper saying they consent to email monitoring and the legal issues will disappear. Also, before entering a chat room, the user could have to check a box agreeing that conversations could be recorded. Maybe it's more complicated than that, I'm not sure if you need to acquire consent on a per-conversation basis or not.

  20. Re:Unusual punishment? on AOL to Give Away Spammer's Porsche · · Score: 0

    its funny. laugh.

  21. Re:OT (Kinda') on Auto-Censoring DVD Player · · Score: -1
    Yes, it's very off-topic.

    That comment is really uncalled for. Please at least respect Good Friday.

  22. Re:Why is this a Censorship story? on Auto-Censoring DVD Player · · Score: 1
    Censorship is a word used in reference to a Government office and Government behavior

    Wrong. You're thinking of a similar word:

    CENSURE

  23. Re:The Moon on Forget Mars. Should We Go To The Moon? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think the moon and Mars are different enough that using the moon as a Mars test ground is a bit like beta-testing Longhorn on a Pentium I.

  24. Re:withdrawl on Task Force Finds Blackout Was Preventable · · Score: 1

    if you visit slashdot too often, you probably weren't seeing visions, you were seeing monitor burn!

  25. Re:that's Longhorn? on Longhorn Skinning A Reality · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Clearly you are only interested in eye-candy. I would hope M$ is spending time on things other than the interface. I don't want Windows to waste my CPU cycles with hardware-accelerated graphics crap. I don't need fading menus and rotating icons.

    With my copy of XP the first thing I did was put the Start menu back to windows 2000 format and turn the blue task bar into the classic gray one.