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  1. Re:Doesn't even need to be patent encumbered on Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - But Not OOXML · · Score: 1

    And the real winners of the battle were Macromedia (now Adobe) Flash.

    Very few people have Java on their computers these days, while most have Flash Player.

  2. Re:Sinking Ship. on Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - But Not OOXML · · Score: 1

    2) It's not what Office 2007 can't open. It's the fact that other people have to install a new plugin to read the .docx and .xlsx files it produces.

    Yes, you can change the defaults to save in the old format.

  3. Re:you know what that means .... on NYTimes Speculates On the Next iPhone · · Score: 1

    Blackberry and HTC are the main competitors in the segment of the market Apple are targeting, not Nokia; but nevertheless, Apple's share is pretty small.

  4. Re:I'll tell you why on NYTimes Speculates On the Next iPhone · · Score: 1

    I don't think the subsidy thing is the answer. In the UK, it is provided through O2 (Telefonica). In other European countries, it is provided through a different carrier, and isn't available through Telefonica/O2.

  5. Re:WTF ? The Web 2.0 approach to hardware? on What Web 2.0 Means for Hardware and the Datacenter · · Score: 2, Informative

    Web 2.0 is a corporate buzzword that PHBs throw into discussions to make it sound like they are really up to date.

  6. Re:I don't really get all the Vista hatred on Ballmer Says Vista Selling Really Well · · Score: 1

    When I run MacOS, Sudo very rarely asks me for my password. Likewise with Mandriva, KDEsu hardly ever pops up. With Vista, UAC pops up when I try to run most programs, delete icons from the desktop, or do just about anything else.

  7. Re:Odd statistics on Ballmer Says Vista Selling Really Well · · Score: 1

    And also to assume that Apple and Asus Eee PC have a very insignificant market share.

  8. Re:Bad Vista on Ballmer Says Vista Selling Really Well · · Score: 1

    If they know that there's stuff in the recycle bin, and it is possible to empty it, then they know a lot more than most people.

  9. Re:I don't really get all the Vista hatred on Ballmer Says Vista Selling Really Well · · Score: 1

    Have you used it?

    The reason people hate it is because it is so badly implemented.

  10. Re:Idiocy on Oil Billionaire Building World's Largest Wind Farm · · Score: 1

    Also because, on a bus, you have about 60 people sharing the cost of a driver, whereas on a taxi, you have to pay for it yourself.

    A bus driver will be more expensive than a taxi driver, because they need a more advanced qualification, and the bus & fuel are more expensive because they are bigger, but not 60 times more expensive.

  11. Re:Idiocy on Oil Billionaire Building World's Largest Wind Farm · · Score: 2, Informative

    In most of Britain outside of London, the buses are run by private companies who make profits from the fares alone, and pay lots of tax to the government on the diesel they fuel the buses with.

  12. Re:In other news on Oil Billionaire Building World's Largest Wind Farm · · Score: 1

    Wind is not everywhere. For example, around a third of the wind in Europe is in Britain, and a large proportion of that is in Scotland.

  13. Re:In other news on Oil Billionaire Building World's Largest Wind Farm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They are in the business of selling energy. Why should they not want to move into selling different types of energy?

  14. Re:Honestly, these problems are solveable on The Most Annoying Software Out There · · Score: 1

    ClamAV is mostly for cleaning out Windows viruses from mail spools before they get to a Windows machine, or as a sort of anti-spam measure to stop you from having to look at them.

  15. Re:Tracking information on Shopping Centers Track Customers Via Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    But do they need cell phone companies to give them that information?

    If it is accurate to 2 meters, they can figure out when you are at the till, and they can get your credit card / loyalty card details from the till to match the phone to you.

  16. Re:yes there are on Shopping Centers Track Customers Via Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    But this isn't listening to the contents of any communications ie the phone calls or text messages. It is just picking up the signal the phone sends to the base station to say where it is.

  17. Re:Unauthorized signal reception on Shopping Centers Track Customers Via Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    In England, the analogue cell phone network was switched off about 10 years ago.

  18. Re:Unauthorized signal reception on Shopping Centers Track Customers Via Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    No. I believe they only cover unauthorised transmission of radio signals, and unauthorised phone tapping, which this doesn't do.

  19. Re:GUI is ready, hw on Getting Past "Ready For the Desktop" · · Score: 1

    I have the opposite problem from you. Evolution (and Entourage) will quite happily talk to my Exchange Server at work, but Outlook flat out refuses to do so.

  20. Re:Mixed Causes on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 1

    No, because Indian corn is a lot cheaper than American or European corn.

  21. Re:Mixed Causes on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Another measure they use it to see if your waist is less than half of your height. If it is, then you are fine. If it is more than half your height, you are too fat.

  22. Re:I've been there on Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin · · Score: 1

    If you RTFA, the huts are also protected.

    Of course, what usually happens in these circumstances is that they mysteriously burn down and are damaged beyond repair.

  23. Re:Why would they expect Gates Foundation funding? on Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin · · Score: 1

    As a charity, it will be exempt from rates.

  24. Re:Why would they expect Gates Foundation funding? on Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But it is near Milton Keynes, and therefore impossible for anyone other than a local to find.

  25. Re:Dual Boot on Securing Your Notebook Against US Customs · · Score: 1

    Maybe you only mix with Slashdotters.

    The nearest most people would get to encrypting stuff is copy/paste into word and password protect the word file.