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  1. Unfamilliarity on Mozilla Foundation Seeking Switch Success Stories · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The reason why you only see IE on public computers is b/c it is the most compatible browser in terms of usability (I mean in the case of it actually functioning, even so that is rare). I bet that any library with public computers that uses mozilla would have to hire an extra person to show people the advantages. Now if some people from the /. crowd would volunteer an hour every week and do this, I'm sure you will find some open arms somewhere in your community. What a great way to spread open source!

  2. Re:Space and weight... on Computer Gaming PCs Try To Stack Up To Consoles · · Score: 1

    I can attest to Kirby-meister's willingness to go the extra mile to get some smash brother's loving! For years he tried to get me to play, and only rarely has he succeeded. When he did, he kicked my ass.

  3. Buffering issue on Remixing News Video On The Fly · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm trying to watch some of those video playlists. Unfortunately, there is always this buffer time between videos. It would be a lot more enjoyable if it started buffering the next video while it showes the current one. Also, every time the clip changes, the player popos into the forgound, which is also annoying. Nontheless, a very neat way to epxress some ideas!

  4. Re:Humanoid Robots on LivingCreatures- The Beginning Of 'I, Robot?' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ah, that's why they are humaniod! In today's world, everything we design, we design for humans. Doorhandls, Cars, Switches, Dishwashers, Phones, Pens, Steps, Ladders, ... all designed for humans. If you want ONE robot to use all the things that allready exist, then that robot will look very similar to us.

  5. Voice on Software Usability As A Technical Problem · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know of any applications that are nativly voice activated (other than games)? It would be kind of cool to have "voice activaited dialing" in a browser to go to your bookmarks, or lets say a voice activated calculater. Once those apps become more standard, we can think of doing more complex tasks.

  6. Re:Defending Freedom? on 1984 Comes To Boston · · Score: 1

    You said it yourself! It is america's freedom, and in particular, its intention of spreading that freedom to all the people around the globe, that gives terrorists their motivation. If the US has any rights to go to Israel or the Persian Gulf, or any other place in the world to spread democracy and human rights is a good thing or not, doesn't matter here. The terrorists goal is to stop that action by extinquishing it at its roots, and we are almost "helping" them do so. This is very much like the plot in 1984, actually!

  7. Re:Defending Freedom? on 1984 Comes To Boston · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So all you are saying is that the terrorists didn't need to do anything to win.

  8. Hats on 1984 Comes To Boston · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So will you still be allowed to wear hats or other facial coverings, so that you can't be identified by those cameras? Or would that be ruled as "unpatriotic" and grounds to be arrested?

  9. Defending Freedom? on 1984 Comes To Boston · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "will be able to zoom in from their work stations to gather details of facial descriptions or read license plates""

    Somehow this tells me the terrorists won

  10. Re:Spelling Nazi on NBC Aims For Stability Through Redundancy In Athens · · Score: 1

    I'm german, but not a Nazi. And maybe that explains why my english isn't up to paar. At least I don't go around assuming everyone speaks englsih as their first lanquage, and call them Nazis. I think that's rude.

  11. Re:Your shouldn't worry about that on Is A Catch-All Address Worth The Spam? · · Score: 1

    why don't you post your E-mail addy here, and that should be good enough of a try!

  12. Your shouldn't worry about that on Is A Catch-All Address Worth The Spam? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you use a spam filter, you sould not have to worry about it. You are not exposed to more kinds of spam, just more instances. And since spam filters currently have no issue with volume, you should be ok.

  13. NBC has the backbone on NBC Aims For Stability Through Redundancy In Athens · · Score: 5, Interesting

    NBC is owned by GE, which in turn owns GE Energy. With the resent history of power outages on July 13 in Grece, I wonder how they back up against that?

  14. Re:Subjective view follows (hilarity ensues) on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1

    And I was saying:
    Isn't it mathimatically flawed to use mathematical terms such as subset when trying to show how math relate to games?
    The only mathematical method I know where using the premise during a logical argument is valid, is in an induction proof, and that's what I asked to begin with.

  15. Beer Pong on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1

    if you RTFA, you find this quote:

    What about beer pong

    The article actually explores a whole bunch of other claimed "sports" and the thin line that seems to seperate sports from games.

    Personally, I want to see Beer Pong in the olympics, but with NO BLOWING!

  16. Re:Subjective view follows (hilarity ensues) on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1

    it is at least a subset of games
    Are you doing some proof by induction here or what?

  17. Re:Monday Night Math on CBC on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1

    ESPN actually covered MATHCOUNTS for an entire hour, and also had reruns of the same. So by your own example, it would mean that math IS a sport.

  18. Re:The answer is no! on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 2, Informative
    And don't even think about saying that Chess is a sport!

    Chess:
    A board game for two players, each beginning with 16 pieces of six kinds that are moved according to individual rules, with the objective of checkmating the opposing king.

  19. The answer is no! on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 3, Informative
    Math by definition is not a Sport.

    Math:
    The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols.

    Sport:
    An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

  20. Re:Uhh on The Stealth Desktop: Sight and Sound With Slackware · · Score: 1

    Remember, he says this is for desktip USE not for "OS compilation fun"

  21. More Phones == More Market Share? on Nokia Losing its Cell Phone Dominance · · Score: 1

    I don't know if you can increase your market share by just increasing the number of phones you offer. Sure you become more customiced to different market segments, but I doubt that's why they have been loosing those 5% market share in recent years. Things like warranty, reputation, simplicity (including available selection!), and customer centricity are more likely to have contributed to Nokia's recent slide, and more phones only fixes a few of those problems.

  22. Re:Uhh on The Stealth Desktop: Sight and Sound With Slackware · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes,

    if ANY OS needs sound configured when it comes out of the box, it is not newbie friendly. That is exacly what I said.

  23. Uhh on The Stealth Desktop: Sight and Sound With Slackware · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Any OS that I have to configure sound myself, I don't consider newbie-friendly!

    just my 2 cents

  24. Phishing on Globalwin Jefi Watercooling Kit Reviewed · · Score: 3, Funny

    That will give a whole new meaning when someone goes Phising on your computer!

  25. Swiss Chees on NASA Preps Mars Underground Mole · · Score: 0, Redundant

    While NASA attempts to make swiss chese out of MARS, slashdot has allready successfully completed its own swiss cheese project by linking to this article via science.example.com instead of science.slashdot.com.