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  1. Re:That's just plain stupid on Has Google Redefined Beta? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because people who are using the term beta "traditionally" are being subject to the expectations that Google product users that their work will be of the same quality as Google's betas... when In reality, I think we can say that most of Google's beta stuff is a fine product already.

  2. Re:Screw FF3... on Firefox To Get a Nag Screen For Upgrades · · Score: 1

    I failed to mention that I use this. If you read the comments, you'll see that this is not FF3 compatible. Thus my complaint.

  3. Re:Screw FF3... on Firefox To Get a Nag Screen For Upgrades · · Score: 1

    Unsurprisingly. Hence the quotes. What's yours?

  4. Re:Screw FF3... on Firefox To Get a Nag Screen For Upgrades · · Score: 1

    "Column bookmarks"? What exactly do you mean by that? Ctrl-B opens the bookmark sidebar, and the bookmarks menu works like it always has.

    Multiple columns... pretty much just like Windows Start Menu.

  5. Screw FF3... on Firefox To Get a Nag Screen For Upgrades · · Score: 1

    I've got FF2 tricked out fairly extremely. At least ten of my addons in use didn't work with FF3 (when it was released at least), and some of those never will without someone else rewriting them (i.e. abandoned). There are also various GUI/display modifications that didn't covert to FF3 well/at all either.

    Maybe someday I'll find the time to look real hard into how various css hacks were done and try redoing them for FF3...

    My biggest bitching point currently is the lack of column bookmarks (My first columns-worth is all folders...). Even Netscape or some other old browser had these.

    "Power-user"-friendly upgrades plz.

  6. Redhat? on Google News Has Russian Army Invading Savannah, GA · · Score: 4, Funny

    Black Hats and White Hats?

    I think this is definitely a Red Hat problem.

  7. Re:an interesting point of the rules... on American Solar Challenge Racers Head For Canada · · Score: 1

    Battery capacity is limited... so indeed efficiency of electrical systems is something to strive for.

    Efficiency of the solar cells, however, is not limited. The more money, the better you can get.

  8. Re:UMich didn't even make the start in 1995 on American Solar Challenge Racers Head For Canada · · Score: 1

    2005, not 1995... UM won the Sunrayce in 91 and 93, iirc. 95 and 03 were our problem cars.

  9. A thought I had... on ICANN to Add Anti Front Running Charge? · · Score: 1

    I still don't understand:

    Why ICANN no haz .XXX?

  10. Re:Forrest Mims kits from Radio Shack on Best Electronics Kits For Adults? · · Score: 1

    And don't buy a 9v rechargeable at Radioshaft... $14 9v I have from there is larger (physically), and of lower capacity than a cheaper one from elsewhere. Both NiMH.

  11. Be wary of Logitech... on Long-Range Wireless Keyboard/Mouse? · · Score: 1

    Read their support forums... you'll find quite a few people have problems with connectivity of some of their products (if not all... I've mostly only checked mice)... and that Logitech has never fixed these problems, and they appear in new products too.

    My personal experience of problems has been with the V270 bluetooth mouse, and the exact same problem is reported with the newer V470. I also have a DiNovo MediaPad (bluetooth numpad, with a small LCD display)... it doen't get used much, but I don't think I've had problems with it. The bluetooth items are otherwise great, of course.

  12. Re:I was expecting more to see Opera 9.5 news... on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Funny thing is, only opera has the /. easter egg in it... Yep, type /. in the address bar to come here. Talk about cool easter eggs... Little known feature: Bookmark /. Edit bookmark properties Enter /. as a keyword Voila.
  13. Creativity loves junk... on A Home Lab/Shop For Kids? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Make sure they know how to use the basic tools... (basics include soldering iron, dremel, exactoknife, glue, drill) Make sure they know how to improvise with what tools they have (witness me stripping wire with teeth or exacto-knife)

    The type I think you're thinking of is me. And It seems to be rare outside of /. ... Though the two guys like me that come to mind also have the same first name x_x

    As for furnishings? Maybe that's something the kid will know themselves. I'm 20, and it's really only in the past few years that I've started salvaging stuff from broken stuff (saving that stuff from being thrown out, of course) and building cool stuff...

    So *give your kid the broken stuff in the basement for his birthday*... cd player/radio boombox, VCR, electric blender, broken plastic containers for raw material...

  14. Re:Patch Tuesday on Firefox Goes for World Download Record · · Score: 1

    What about torrents with multiple parts? Is "completed" sent with each part, or after the user-determined wanted parts are all complete, or only if every single part is complete?

  15. Re:Amazing how short sighted ppl are on The Phoenix Has Landed · · Score: 1

    Actually, we don't have that much plutonium on hand for NASA's use.
    http://www.space.com/news/080306-nasa-plutonium-shortage-fin.html

  16. Re:Big Red on Big Rigs Go High Tech · · Score: 1

    Do we even want to know what happened to your other neighbors?

    I'm not implying anything, oh no, definitely not. :)

  17. Re:6-bit colors make gradients look awful. on New 20" iMac Screens Show 98% Fewer Colors · · Score: 1

    So on a 6bit monitor, would I see those stripes on all gradients?

    Your explanation was good and clear for understanding how the number of colors is calculated; thanks.

  18. Re:There goes my job on IBM Suspended From US Federal Contracts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone want to offer me a new job? Find me new confusing April 1st stories.

    Or if you're a haxxor, fix slashdot. I want my pink ponies!

    OMG.
  19. Re:Excellent on US Plans "Disposable" Nuclear Batteries · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nuclear reactors have a lot of waste heat. Might as well use that heat directly for desalination, rather than using the generated electricity.

    Not that I've ever bothered to look at how modern desalination is accomplished.

  20. Re:Fossil fuels != oil on Government Report Examines Alternative Energy Research · · Score: 1

    You're looking at the wrong graph.

    Energy usage != Electricity usage

    Try this one, small though it is.

  21. Re:5 reactors? on Reactor Shutdown Darkens South Florida · · Score: 1

    Whoops, thanks for that :)

  22. Re:5 reactors? on Reactor Shutdown Darkens South Florida · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One does *not* currently try to break up generation into smaller parts for nuclear reactors...

    For nuclear, the economics of initial construction and design requirements make much more sense to do huge reactors. A reactor has to have huge amounts of shielding for protection in case of mishap (it's mostly not for the regular reaction from the core). We're talking shells of concrete several feet thick. And steel too. It's cheaper the larger your volume/power ratio and such is.

    None of the reactors listed here are below 1 MW of electric power.

  23. MOD PARENT UP on Reactor Shutdown Darkens South Florida · · Score: 1

    In fact, I don't believe any US nuclear power plant has more than three reactors on one site.

  24. Re:Not an "unprecedented" number of chars on Smash Bros. Delayed Until March 9th · · Score: 1

    Of course I don't assume that everything's revealed. I religiously follow my RSS feed for Brawl. :)

  25. Not an "unprecedented" number of chars on Smash Bros. Delayed Until March 9th · · Score: 1, Informative

    Currently there are 24 known characters for SSBB. Previous game had 25. [/nitpick]

    For some reason I seemed to be thinking it was coming out in March anyways... I still need to preorder a copy if/when that's possible.