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  1. Re:3rd-World ISPs on Google Web Accelerator · · Score: 1

    I don't think GWA is doing it but there are other products like GWA that re-compress JPGs at a lower quality, and decreasing the number of colors in GIFs to achieve higher compression. I used one for a while and my average surfing bandwidth reduced to one third of original.

  2. Re:2120 MB on E-mail As the New Database · · Score: 1

    Since they started that counter, they always put a limit (first it was 2075) and then increased that limit before it was hit. I believe they only want to be on the safe side since the counter counts on client-side time, not server side. That way, you never see something like 10,000 MB even if your system date is way off.

  3. Re:What we need is one universal standard on USB Flash Drive Round-up · · Score: 1

    XP can't install directly on SATA

    Change your choice of mainboard. Lately an MSI board required XP setup to load SATA drivers from floppy, whereas an Asus emulated IDE and didn't require a driver to be loaded.

  4. Re:SWT on New Desktop Features Of Next Java · · Score: 2, Informative

    The poster means that it is not using native OS widgets but depends on its own XUL controls.

  5. Re:Isn't is kinda scary? on Google's Impact on the Internet · · Score: 1

    It is actually Open Directory sorted by PageRank.

  6. Re:Flac for sure on Which Lossless Audio Codec, and Why? · · Score: 1

    IIRC RAR has a special audio compression mode that compresses nearly as much as FLAC. It may be worth a try.

  7. Re:MUSIC on Yahoo Fights Back in Battle With Google · · Score: 1

    Any music store can use the Google AdWords API for this. Just feed Google with every song you have through the API and your ad would come up for every search. It is technically not much different than an affiliation program, apart from you pay for every click-through, not every sale.

  8. Re:Ah Gmail, now if only... on Google Weather Service And GMail Improvements · · Score: 1

    And how do you create hierarchical labels?

  9. Re:comodo.com on Free SSL Certificate Project · · Score: 1

    Your $50 certificate is "InstantSSL". Those certificates do not contain your actual contact information, but only your hostname. That is, the visitor knows that he is actually communicating with www.neilblender.com but there is no way he can see who that domain actually belongs to (such as "Blender Ltd").

    More expensive certificates actually verify (or at least they should) your identity, company name, address etc. and include it in the certificate such that the visitor can see them by clicking the padlock icon.

    If it is enough for you to have this kind of certificate, UserTrust certificates are even cheaper. Last time I checked ev1.net was selling them (they call it StarterSSL) for about 10 bucks a year.

  10. Re:They're called singletons now on Object-Oriented 'Save Game' Techniques? · · Score: 1

    I don't know about C++ but in Java, static methods are not thread-safe, while singleton methods can be made thread-safe.

  11. Re:You don't understand the problem on x86 Assembly on Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Cross-compiling comment is added by the editor, not the poster. Poster seems to know what he/she is talking about.

  12. Re:And who on French Court Orders Google to Stop Competing Ad Displays · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Google is an international company. What happens if Google wants to launch an EU office in the future and France vetoes them? They have to be politically correct.

  13. Re:Gmail is ready for public launch on Can Microsoft Beat Google? · · Score: 1

    I like label system too (it is almost exactly the same system Lotus Notes have been using for ten years). But we really need hierarchical labels...

  14. Re:The possibilities... on Google Eyes Domain Registration Market · · Score: 3, Informative

    But this time Google may not pay you for the income.

  15. Re:On the "computer programming" question on Introducing Children to Computers? · · Score: 1

    Where was that command shortening with "dot"? Atari 800XL?

    Nitpicking: You can always substitute ? for PRINT, which is shorter than P.

  16. Re:Mozilla/Firefox Workaround on New Vulnerability Affects All Browsers · · Score: 1

    It seems that you already know this, but for those who don't know: If you are using Mozilla Suite/Firefox, it is possible to prevent sites from hiding the location bar. Just type "about:config" in your location bar and set dom.disable_window_open_feature.location to true.

  17. Re:For the uninitiated... on Given Up to Spyware? · · Score: 1

    Not everything is a spyware. Flashget, for example, shows a banner when unregistered (using an embedded IE control). These banners can sometimes popup another window. Spybot or Ad-aware cannot do anything about such things, because they are technically web pages that you intentionally visit (by using Flashget).

  18. Re:Wiki on How Do You Deal w/ User Induced Stress? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A related idea is to launch an issue tracking system (ala Bugzilla). Delay requests that they submit to you via other methods (phone etc) and even the toughest ones will eventually begin to use it.

  19. Re:Nice Journalistic Integrity, there. on Microsoft Offers Beta of Visual Studio 2005 · · Score: 1

    It's better to use Google instead of Slashdot's own search engine.

  20. Re:What? on Google Index Doubles · · Score: 0

    There is no (+) operator to use with Google. It is being used by other search engines, but not the way you wrote it.

  21. Re:This is bad? on New Ceramic Lensed Exilim Ex-S100 · · Score: 1

    If you need to resample your 5 MB pictures to make them "barely acceptable", you have a very bad lense or a "fake" 5 MP camera. Some cameras advertise as being "software interpolated" 4 MP whereas their sensor is only 1-2 MP.

  22. Re:Beating keystroke loggers on New Worm Installs Sniffer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Once you know the characters that the password consists of, the possible combinations are very limited. You can try every combination in a few seconds.

  23. Re:Appears to work well on New Google Toolbar Brings Browse By Name · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is easier now with FireFox. Just right click any form field and choose "Add a keyword for this search...". It automatically creates the bookmark (with %s and all) and assigns the keyword. This method even seems to work with POST searches as well...

  24. Re:I dont know if he really *uses* firefox... on Windows Not Expected Secure Until 2011, Says MS · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the latest update (0.9.3) also included the fix for libPNG exploit? It is hardly a Windows problem (not that it is a Mozilla problem, either).

  25. Re:Does It Fix This Problem? on Logitech Gives A Mouse A Laser · · Score: 1

    I am still using a first generation IntelliMouse Explorer and it works great with both USB and PS/2. Yours must have had a problem.

    Actually first generation seems to be better than the later builds. I also have a later one, and the side buttons stopped working. I once tried a wireless one (somewhat differently shaped, but still an explorer) and its accuracy was horrible. You could never move the mouse just 1 pixel. I returned it and bought a corded one.