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  1. It'a about time! on Discussion of Internet Addiction as Mental Illness Resurfaces · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For a while, I was worried that the medical establishment would NOT provide another excuse for people with poor impulse control who refuse to take responsibility for their lives.

    Whew!

  2. Fantastic! on Boys with Longer Ring Fingers are Better at Math · · Score: 5, Funny

    A little different that my usual pickup line, but what the heck!

  3. Apples? on Microsoft Patches 19 Flaws, 6 in Vista · · Score: 1

    The last bulletin in this month's batch apples to CAPICOM

    Is that some sort of dig?
  4. Re:AJAX? on Advanced Requests and Responses in Ajax · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not the most definitve source, but this should give you an adequate overview:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX

  5. Re:Trillian AND GoogleTalk? on Google Unveils The Google Pack · · Score: 1

    Just one...gaim

    http://gaim.sourceforge.net/about.php

  6. Exposed!!! on Your Cell Records For Sale Online, Cheap · · Score: 1, Funny

    My records show 400+ late night calls to Cowboy Neal...now he'll never answer!

  7. Product Development Strategy on Competing to Work for Microsoft · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like the final push to get Vista out the door is on! Winner gets to stay on as scapegoat for any problems encountered.

  8. Re:It may not help you, but on Google Declares War on Microsoft · · Score: 1

    While I had not anticipated a semantics issue, I will conceed the point (I should have been more clear). If laptop employees are *in one of our buildings*, then they have a choice...the connectivity is always there (both physical and wireless), but I agree if they choose not to connect, they would not be on the network. If they are not in one of our buildings, I can make no claim as to the availability of a connection.

  9. It may not help you, but on Google Declares War on Microsoft · · Score: 1

    it could certainly represent a boon to businesses and individuals with constant network connectivity.

    The company for which I work has over 30,000 employees, and I've not seen a newtork disconnect lasting more than 10 minutes in the last 5 years...that's potentially a lot of licenses (or Enterprise licenses) that will not have to be purchased.

  10. Re:Is it a "real" database yet? on MySQL 5.0 Candidate Released · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd say so...despite the detractors, I've been able to use MySQL for many highly trafficed sites, and heavily used applications. Does it have the full robustness of Oracle? Of course not, but it also does not come with the accompanying price tag. Choice of db software is just that...a choice. I can envisage situations in which I may prefer having Oracle, but to be honest, MySQL addresses most day to day situations more than adequately. It's a real db, IMO.

  11. Patent a medium? on Google Patents RSS Advertising · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can one really patent a medium? I'm not convinced that such a patent would stand up to what I'm sure would be numerous legal challenges. It is not as direct as attempting to patent advertising in other mediums (pick your poison), but it seems to be skirting the edge.

  12. Re:Ask Slashdot: Ubuntu vs. Mandriva on Mandriva Linux 2006 Beta Underway · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'd go with Ubuntu...I've run it on less, with no problems.

  13. Vigilantism?!?! on Spam Haters Given Right of Reply · · Score: 1

    "It's the worst kind of vigilante approach," Mr Levine told the AP news service. "Deliberate attacks against people's websites are illegal."

    To be honest, I'm not that concerned with the rights of spammers. Although there are some problems with this approach, it may have have the desired effect to a certain degree...have at it!

  14. Sure there's spyware, but... on Spyware Floods in Through BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    I'm downloading it at a fantastic rate, and it's available as soon as it's been designed!

  15. System Reccomendations on MS Unveils Beta of New Image Editing Program · · Score: 1

    Those are some pretty high end specs being reccomended, including a

    pressure-sensitive graphics tablet supporting the WinTab interface....

    How many takers is that going to get?

  16. NM on Launch Date for First Solar Sail due Monday · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I guess the degradation could not have been solved in this manner, as it's the sunlight itself that is causing it.

  17. Degradation? on Launch Date for First Solar Sail due Monday · · Score: 2, Interesting

    To combat this, and see how it performed out of orbit, could it not have been launched from orbit? In any case, this is pretty interesting...I'm keen to see the results.

  18. Obligatory Trek on Data Suggests Early Universe was Superfluid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fluidic Space? I knew I saw species 8472 around here the other day!

  19. Re:Typecast?!??!?!? on David Tennant Cast as New Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    My apologies...I'd not seen the retraction.

  20. Typecast?!??!?!? on David Tennant Cast as New Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    Eccleston, whose first appearance as the ninth Doctor attracted 10 million viewers, said he feared being typecast.

    Can one really be typecast as the sole surviving Time Lord? Did he think his next gig would be in a sitcom of a similar premise? :)

  21. Re:Acceptance on Naturally Occurring Standards · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or the proliferation of moronic, grammar related replies on /. Both good examples.

  22. Acceptance on Naturally Occurring Standards · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've found that a 'standard' is often something that is found to be merely acceptable by the majority, not specifically desired or due to it's excellence. Standards are commonly just that...the minimal acceptable process/result.

  23. Whoa...whoa...whoa on Microsoft Silently Backs Favorable Presentation at RSA · · Score: 0

    Are you saying that Microsoft funded a study that came to a M$ favourable conclusion? I'm shocked...oh wait...

  24. BEFORE applying settings!!!!! on Firefox Breaks 25 Million Downloads · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm sure many people know about this, but please read the following before applying the settings mentioned in the parent article. There are other things to consider. The following is an excerpt

    The dearly beloved "run the turbines at Military Power 'til they blow up" Scribner on your staff who suggests sticking their foot through the floorboards by tweaking Firefox & setting "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to "30" connections (This means it will make 30 requests at once.)
    Said Scribner, who is obviously a gamer & overclocker freak, _FORGOT_ to read the comments section at th4e bottom of the posting http://forevergeek.com/open_source/make_firefox_fa ster.php#comments
    "#13 Great little tips, but only one problem, and that's that you're breaking servers by doing this. 3-5 requests is fine, but trying to do 30 requests at once puts some strain on the server. If two people try to access the same page at once with this set, that's 60 connections. Most httpd's are set to cut off after there are 100 connections made. So, 4 people with this set could not access the same site. I urge you to think things through before setting something like this and killing the websites you browse."

  25. Re:Okay that's a start... on Microsoft Anti-Spyware to Be Free of Charge · · Score: 1

    What about producing any app for linux?

    You've got some valid points, but I've got to say that as a linux user, I'd be a little leery of of anything they developed for linux, at least until I had a chance to dissect it.