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  1. Re:This is... on Simple Device Claimed To Boost Fuel Efficiency By Up To 20% · · Score: 2, Informative

    And a patent is certainly not evidence that the invention actually works.

  2. Re:I just ordered one!! on Run Mac OS X On Non-Apple Hardware, With a Dongle · · Score: 1

    Not really when Microsoft are themselves selling Parallels as part of one of their products

    http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/ProfessionalSubscription.aspx

  3. Re:I just ordered one!! on Run Mac OS X On Non-Apple Hardware, With a Dongle · · Score: 1

    Not really. Violating the EULA is a breach of contract, not a copyright infringement. Apple can sue for any losses they suffer as a result of the breach of contract, which may well be nil.

  4. Re:As long... on Windows 7 Trades Email and Photo Apps For Downloadable Ones · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most non-slashdotters use Internet Explorer for their email which is still shipping with Windows, or Outlook, which has never shipped with it.

  5. Re:Talk about a missed opportunity- Printer on fir on The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time · · Score: 1

    I get that here when a computer tries to print something on Letter paper, and the printer knows it only has A4 in stock.

    The main culprit is Word which defaults to Letter even when you select a locale that uses metric paper sizes.

  6. Re:Where's the keyboard error? on The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time · · Score: 2, Informative

    It was

    301 Keyboard Error: Press any key to continue

  7. Re:Nobody said unlimited... on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    It's 3GB per month, and it is very easy to download that amount. It is about 5 hours of BBC iPlayer.

  8. Re:What is broadband in this context? on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    I find it depends on the signal you get. If you have an HSDPA signal (cyan LED), then it is reasonably good. If you get a UTMS signal (blue LED), then it is just about bearable. If you get a GPRS or GSM signal (green LED) then it is completely useless.

  9. Re:Will the dongle work with my Eee PC? on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    All the networks, with the possible exception of O2, use the same modem.

  10. Re:Will the dongle work with my Eee PC? on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    Windows drivers are stored inside the modem in a virtual USB CD ROM drive. You can download drivers for Mac, and apparently Linux supports it out of the box.

  11. Re:The daily rate is outrageously expensive on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    As a business user, I only need mobile access when I'm out of the office; and I'm not out of the office all the time, maybe about 10 weeks per year. I use Three's PAYG and buy monthly vouchers as I need them. If I was only out for one week in a month, then TMobile would be cheaper than Three.

  12. Re:The daily rate is outrageously expensive on T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    I guess it is designed for occasional users. I pay £15 per month to Three for 3Gb per month, but for someone who uses it less than 7 days per month, TMobile would be cheaper.

  13. Re:False or fraudulent takedown notices on Nielsen Sends Wikipedia DMCA Takedown For Station Descriptions · · Score: 4, Informative

    It is a criminal offence.

    The notice contains the following statement:

    "I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am authorized to act on behalf of $copyrightholder, the copyright owner of the intellectual property rights. I have a good faith belief that none of the materials or activities listed above have been authorized by $copyrightholder, its agents, or the law."

  14. Re:Formation of facts? on Nielsen Sends Wikipedia DMCA Takedown For Station Descriptions · · Score: 4, Informative

    You might be thinking about the situation in Europe, where database compilations are copyrightable; but this doesn't apply in the US.

  15. Re:DOS. on Fast-Booting Text-Editor Operating System? · · Score: 1

    My iPAQ takes about 40 seconds to boot to the password screen, and about 55 seconds in total before I can use it.

    Of course I generally don't have to reboot it, and MS Word starts almost instantly.

  16. Re:Licensing isn't as expensive as you quote... on Drop-In Replacement For Exchange Now Open Source · · Score: 1

    Most people have MS Office on their computer anyway, and that comes with Outlook or Entourage.

  17. Re:how about Mccain? on Graduate Student Defends Right To Own Chicago2016.com · · Score: 1

    The McCain you are talking about is a Canadian company.

  18. Re:Looks Legit on Graduate Student Defends Right To Own Chicago2016.com · · Score: 1

    Apple didn't even try to call their TV thing an iTV, as a long established British Television company would almost certainly object.

  19. Re:Looks Legit on Graduate Student Defends Right To Own Chicago2016.com · · Score: 1

    And in any case, the Olympics is supposed to be non-commercial, so Chicago2016.org would be more appropriate.

  20. Re:Looks Legit on Graduate Student Defends Right To Own Chicago2016.com · · Score: 1

    McDonald is one of the most common names in Scotland. Just one of them moved over to America, and some years later, one of his ancestors set up a chain of burger bars, doesn't mean the rest of the family lose the right to their name.

  21. Re:New ads on Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads · · Score: 1

    The average person wants to use a computer for web browsing, emails (in most cases using webmail), word processing, and for managing and editing their photo collection.

    Macs are better than PCs for their photo collection, better for web browsing and emails because there is less concern about viruses, and just as good as PCs for word processing.

    Linux is just as good as Windows for word processing, better for web and email for the same reason as Macs, and probably not as good for photos.

  22. Re:New ads on Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Mac Ads, as well as portraying the different "characters" of the respective operating systems, each contained a different message about what Macs do.

    Eg, they run MS Office, you can share files with a PC, you don't have to worry about viruses, they come with a built in iSight camera, etc.

    These Windows ads don't tell you anything about the benefits of PCs. I guess it is trying to say that there as a much wider range of software available for all sorts of different tasks, but it doesn't really spell it out to the viewer.

  23. Re:crazy ... did they even think about global warm on Intel Shows Data Centers Can Get By (Mostly) With Little AC · · Score: 1

    Do you realise that AC requires electricity to make it work, and that

    1. That electricity ends up as extra heat
    2. The coal/gas/oil used to generate it releases CO2 into the atmosphere which causes global warming

  24. Re:Free Cooling on Intel Shows Data Centers Can Get By (Mostly) With Little AC · · Score: 1

    Things that are underground are more likely to get flooded?

  25. Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? on Unholy Matrimony? Microsoft and Cray · · Score: 1

    I was looking at the $25,000 model. Yes there may be other more expensive models that do these things.