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  1. Re:Multiple audio director? on Ask Slashdot: Overhauling an Amusement Park's Multi-Zone Audio Player? · · Score: 1

    And in the good old fashioned open source sense you shared links to all your documentation..... and your control panel..... oh wait. :/

  2. Re:In defense ofAlso correcma Word headers/footers on 12 Ways LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sigh :(

  3. ...running the latest software... on End of Windows XP Support Era Signals Beginning of Security Nightmare · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm all for bashing Microsoft but how can you say

    "When Microsoft cuts the chord on XP in two years it will effectively leave millions of existing Windows-based computers vulnerable to continued and undeterred cyberattacks, many of which hold the potential to find their way into consumer, enterprise and even industrial systems running the latest software"

    while talking about XP? Its over 10 years old. Microsoft have been trying to push people away for two versions of windows. While their upgrade cycle might be very clunky, I don't think the blame can fall fully on them for people who run software which is 10 years out of date, and now out of support.

  4. Re:Why? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Test Storage Media? · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, except the clicking is commonly caused by a lack of oil between the ball bearings in the motor.

    No such failure.

  5. Re:Why just Apple? on Ask Slashdot: Any Smart Phones Made Under Worker-Friendly Conditions? · · Score: 1

    Inflated prices would be my guess, along with a well known product.

    Oh and difficulty in following the supply chain of other manufacturers. Apple are an easy target as they have everything "in house".

  6. Re:Just a thought... on Lawsuit Claims NASA Specialist Was Fired Over Intelligent Design Belief · · Score: 1

    Elephants all the way down...

  7. This reminds me of.... on Microsoft Seeks Patent For "Search By Sketch" · · Score: 1

    some weird application that appears while ago where you could draw a "shape" and name it - i.e. "Car" and then somewhere else on teh canvas you'd do "sun", "cloud" etc....

    Once you'd done it it'd attempt to search and find images to make up your "master" image.

  8. It should already be documented. on Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Leaving an IT Admin Position? · · Score: 2

    You should of documented everything as you went along.

    Now it bites you in the ass, lucky for your replacement you haven't just been run over / killed some how and they CAN question you.

  9. Re:Sell it or be copied...btw this was me on Ask Slashdot: Freedom From DRM, In the Social Gaming Arena? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...... on wifes laptop and my password is too random to rmemeber :D

  10. Re:The One Show on Almost a Million UK Homes Will Suffer 4G TV interference · · Score: 1

    I don't know if your trolling, but your ignorance is amusing.

    You think that mobile signals will need less bandwidth than a static TV signal? Ok they are totally different frequencies currently, but the idea that a one way transmission of a image can use more bandwidth than a 2 way transmission by a mobile device is laughable.

  11. Re:Really? on Almost a Million UK Homes Will Suffer 4G TV interference · · Score: 1

    For the person living in said rented apartment currently the cost of refund might be that yes.

    But try renting out a flat with no TV reception and suddenly you looking at a loss of earnings for the next 5-10-30 years while they "update the technology".

  12. Re:Really? on Almost a Million UK Homes Will Suffer 4G TV interference · · Score: 1

    Because people turn their phones off?

    Oh wait, that was your arguement against TV.

    More people have TV's than Phones?

  13. Re:Really? on Almost a Million UK Homes Will Suffer 4G TV interference · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can make the case that you don't use / have an aerial and so can't recieve TV on your television. Have fun convincing them of this fact tho.

    Oh and you'd then legally be obliged not to watch any live TV via other devices (xbox, ps3, iplayer etc - though I don't actually recall ever seeing live tv on any of these devices.)

  14. Is it illegal yet? on Secret UK Network Hunts GPS Jammers · · Score: 1

    Don't GPS also have that nice sticker that says it must accept any interference blah blah blah.

    Basically, is it illegal currently, because if it isn't, they aren't criminals :D

  15. Search via voice is something..... on Apple Launches New Legal Attack On Samsung · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That google has had for a long time, and they had search by image. Please apple try and infringe on this. I hope google sue you into oblivion.

  16. Re:I have to agree on No Pardon For Turing · · Score: 1

    Actually, they said he was gay.

    Theres a difference between being branded gay, and being branded a pevert.

    Is he suddenly not gay anymore?

  17. Re:Good luck getting the protestors to support tha on Some Critics Suggest Apple Boycott Over Chinese Working Conditions · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Heath and safety is expensive.

    In china, someone dies, you have a funeral.

    In the USA, someone dies, you have a court case, a huge investigation going on for months, and the media turns and bites you.

  18. Re:Griefing on Dutch Court Forces ISPs To Block the Pirate Bay · · Score: 2

    This is how it'll play out

    Pirate bay has a "down day" - its publicised and everyone giggles

    pirate bay sets their A name record to the IP of the dutch goverment webserver chosen at random. They wait long enough, it gets banned. They then set the A record to another dutch goverment webserver.... etc

    Unless theres some other way of getting the IP of a website, other than DNS this is the only way I can see they will block it, and so tpb can _Easily_ and rather amusingly abuse this.

    Block google? Block hotmail, block anything they like simply by using the IP. Trolololol. :D

  19. Re:No, not really on IBM Snags Patent On Half-Day Off of Work Notifications · · Score: 1

    Ok, zimbra (mail server app) has the ability to set, to the second! (i believe) your out of office message.

    So hm, yup, that'll send an out of office message, and you can set to to any text you like "Hi, i'm out of the office for the next 32 minutes and 42 seconds!"

  20. Re:another bogus patent from Apple on Apple Patents Power Adapter That Recovers Lost Passwords · · Score: 1

    You've never worked in my office then..

    day in day out users "forget" their chargers. What happens infact is they leave it at home because they are a lazy slob and don't want to carry it / lean over and unplug it. I know this, because I offered some users a spare charger and then they explained how much better it is now they don't need to carry / lean over.

  21. Re:And in one move on Apple Patents Power Adapter That Recovers Lost Passwords · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to mention the extra sale this can add to a mac book sale

    Sir, you also want our "mobile adapter" - it allows you to charge your mac book anywhere, and if someone was to steal it, they wouldn't be able to reset your password using it! Brilliant isn't it? We do it in black, or white.

  22. Re:And in one move on Apple Patents Power Adapter That Recovers Lost Passwords · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Someone mod this guy up.

  23. xfce4.... on Ask Slashdot: Assembling a Linux Desktop Environment From Parts? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I use xfce4 with gnome-terminal. I don't mind other terminal emulators but gnome-terminal is nice.

    And thats about all the customization I do.... I don't want my WM to do anything "clever" if I want some application I'll install it directly....

    Then again, thats why I run gentoo and not some prepackaged distro which decides what I want to run.

  24. Re:Competitive Overclocking != all Overclocking on Is Overclocking Over? · · Score: 2

    OMG You've just reminded me of the hell in a kettle overclocked kettle video on youtube.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGL67coOdOk for those wondering.

  25. Re:The law of diminishing returns applies on Is Overclocking Over? · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm 5 years ago I was running a single core 1.4ghz

    Now I'm running 6 cores at 2.4 ghz.

    But, yes, your point is valid ;)