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  1. Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss on Mozilla Foundation Seeking Switch Success Stories · · Score: 1

    Yup, the Portable FireFox package has it all set to go, including disabled browser history and cache to minimize impact to your USB key.

  2. Re:Disagree on Is A Catch-All Address Worth The Spam? · · Score: 1
    Go to something like directnic.com, get your domain for $15/yr and get mail forwarding included (including wildcard)!

    Why are you advertising directnic.com? In this age of domain registrar competition, $15 is expensive. domainsite.com is less than half the price ($6.99/year). Run your own nameservers and mail server, or get it hosted for about $10/year from any number of shared web hosts.

  3. Traffic Ranking on Network Solutions Overhauls Whois Results · · Score: 1

    I don't see a correlation between Network Solutions' Traffic Ranking and Alexa Ranks.

    Slashdot is ranked 1,270 on Alexa and has a Traffic Rank of 1 on whois. That makes sense.

    gizmobytes.com has a Traffic Rank of 2. That's pretty good for a site which is ranked 968,786 on Alexa!

    sizzly.com is ranked 854,289 on Alexa, but has a Traffic Ranking of 5 -- quite a bit lower than gizmobytes.com, if a lower number is better.

  4. This is news? on New Google Groups in Beta · · Score: 1

    Google Groups beta has been around for well over two months. Slashdot even reported on it at one point.

  5. Re:still too many on Software Companies - Merge or Die? · · Score: 1
    Microprocessors: Intel, IBM, Sun, Motorola, VIA, Texas Instruments, Transmeta, and others.

    You didn't mention AMD. You put Motorola and VIA in there, but lumped AMD into "others". Why?

  6. Re:Funding - situation, what we spent the money on on Wikipedia Hits 300,000 Articles · · Score: 1

    I suggest partnering with Google and displaying their text advertisements (AdSense/AdWords)

  7. slashdotted on Spider-Man 2 Has Over 30 Mistakes · · Score: 2, Informative
  8. New York on Spider-Man 2 Has Over 30 Mistakes · · Score: 1
    On the way to the theater Peter Parker intercepts policeman chasing a couple of bad guys. At the end of that scene one of the police cars has a tremendous wreck that swings the car sideways. There is a clear shot of the driver with a black helmet on.

    you didnt know cops in new york always wear helmets?

  9. Re:Semantic Key For The Clueless on Taiwanese Makers Will Squeeze DVD Recorder Prices · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised that computers with DVD burners themselves haven't squeezed DVD recorder prices.

  10. Re:Accuracy on Microsoft Offers A Peek At New Search Engine · · Score: 1

    Ha, and the URL is sco.com/?sco=litigious+bastards too.

  11. Re:Yeah, but Gmail's better on Hotmail, Others Follow Gmail's Storage Boost · · Score: 1
    The "conversations" aren't exactly what I want as I would prefer standard folders.

    The Gmail equivalent to folders are labels. Conversations is something else - a way of organizing subsequent replies to messages.

  12. Re:Chasing the Windows Rainbow... on Windows Compatability on the Linux Desktop · · Score: 1

    WTH? This is like dual-booting without the booting. You're still using Windows and you're still tempted to use those "wonderful programs like Outlook".

  13. Cable on 200mbps DSL On Its Way? · · Score: 1

    How will cable internet providers respond? But I suppose they're still king at farther distances. Are cable lines maxed out with ~8mpbs service?

  14. Google partnership on Turning Up The Heat On On-Line Registration · · Score: 1
    Hope they partner with Google/Google News and allow reg-free links as various Slashdotters have provided for previous stories.

    Looks like they broke it, though.. isn't there a new version?

  15. California on When Lightning Strikes · · Score: 1

    Clear skies and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Darn, wish I was on the East Coast.

  16. Re:23 Comments and the video is pulled. on Nintendo Pokemon Mini LCD Game Hacked · · Score: 1

    Downloading at 200kpbs. Thanks dude.

  17. Re:'system events.' on Hotmail Loses Customer Files · · Score: 1
    Are you saying the blue screen of death doesn't happen on Windows 2k?

    Far from it! I've used Windows NT, 2000, and XP, and the BSOD is alive and well. It doesn't happen nearly as often, but it still crashes you here and there with KMODE_EXCEPTIONs and whatnot.

  18. Re:Vice Versa on Phone As Your Next Computer? · · Score: 1

    In that case, they will be both one and the same.

  19. Re:Wow on Shareaza 2.0 Released Under GPL · · Score: 1

    Imation SuperDisk. 120 megs.

  20. Use a Typical C++ Programming Book on Learning C++ for Java Programmers? · · Score: 1

    What I did was simply buy and read a C++ programming book, the same way many C++ programmers learned C++. The only difference is that with my knowledge of Java, I was able to skip (or quickly review) the parts of C++ that are similar to Java (and there are quite a few). The rest I learned like any other person. Knowing Java just helps you to pick up the same stuff faster.

  21. Re:Thank "The Doors.".. on Royal Bank of Canada Cashes Out of SCO; SCO Begins Layoffs · · Score: 1, Informative
    Are you saying the deficit is bad? Baloney. That's the media for you - they do anything for a big story.

    On average, the Clinton deficits over the first three years of that administration were much larger than Bush's. The 2004 deficit, adjusted for inflation, is ranked 12th since 1940. The 2004 deficit, as a percent of GDP, is ranked 21st since 1940.

    The media has compared a forecast of surpluses that was calculated while Clinton was president to a forecast of deficits which is being calculated now that Bush is president. However, in the real world, we find that the Bush deficits, when compared in inflation-adjusted terms, are relatively mild. And more importantly, since these deficits are being criticized because of their alleged effect on the overall American economy, when the deficits are presented as a percentage of GDP they are very small. For instance, the projected 2004 deficit as a proportion of GDP is 90% lower than FDR's deficit in the year 1943.

  22. Re:Flagship Show Already Ruined on Comcast Fires TechTV Staff · · Score: 1
    I don't know the guy personally or anything, but I really feel that TSS is ruined without Leo there

    Leo left and then came back. Any publicity is good publicity, right?

  23. Re:following Yahoo's footsteps on Microsoft Will Sell Whitelist Services For Hotmail · · Score: 1
    I am betting that ALL free email sites will do this within this year.

    Including Google Gmail?

  24. easy; half multiple choice, half coding on First Java AP Computer Science Exam Complete · · Score: 1

    the exam was easier than i expected. it was multiple choice and short answer. a majority of the multiple choice questions were about java, but there were a couple more general ones, such as converting hexadecimal to decimal. the short answer, or written part of the exam was worth half the grade and was all about writing java code. however, it was fairly simple classes and methods, mainly about using for loops and arrays. there was also adding on to the MBS (marine biology case study) program. they included a ~30 page appendix with method definitions and much of the source code from MBS classes - a lot more than you need. nothing needed to be memorized; you could do it with basic programming logic and the reference book which we were allowed to use during the test.

  25. Re:Of course on Gmail Addresses For Sale · · Score: 1
    Couldn't Google just wipe out all of the beta accounts when the service starts up?

    Actually, no. Google has said that beta accounts are permanent and will not be deleted.