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  1. Re:Not gonna happen. on Give Mac Explorer to the People? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look at the Help -> About for IE. There's a load of licenced tech in there - what do these licences say about releasing the code?

  2. Re:A monopoly by the dictionary definition? on Is Microsoft Still a Monopoly? · · Score: 1

    This is no different to bulk discounts on, say, hard disks or CPUs. As someone else said, if you don't like it buy all the parts seperately.

    Dell sell ready-to-go computers, not assembled hardware.

  3. Re:Area 51 on India Forms Expert Group on Google Earth Images · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's also done in Google Earth. The White House has a 3D model as does a lot of Washington, but on photo view the roof is whited out completely.

  4. Re:printer friendly version link on 2005 Scientific Highlights · · Score: 1

    Actually, the web team over at SMH don't provide a printer friendly link. The 'print' button in the article will send a specifically formatted version to your printer, but it's not linkable directly. Sorry!

  5. Re:Merry X-mas! on Use Google Earth To Track Santa · · Score: 1

    Just to join in,

    Merry Christmas! May your presents be covered in blue LEDs!

  6. Re:The Church put the Santa in Santa Claus on Use Google Earth To Track Santa · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Interestingly enough, St. Nicholas is the patron saint against imprisonment, robberies and robbers.

    Also the patron saint of (deep breath) apothecaries; Apulia, Italy; bakers; Bari, Italy; barrel makers; boatmen; boot blacks; boys; brewers; brides; captives; children; coopers; dock workers; druggists; Duronia, Italy; fishermen; Fossalto, Italy; Greece; Greek Catholic Church in America; Greek Catholic Unionl grooms; judges; lawsuits lost unjustly; Limerick, Ireland; longshoremen; Lorraine; maidens; mariners; merchants; murderers; Naples, Italy; newlyweds; old maids; parish clerks; paupers; pawnbrokers; perfumeries; perfumers; pharmacists; pilgrims; poor people; Portsmouth, England; prisoners; Russia; sailors; Sassari, Italy; scholars; schoolchildren; shoe shiners; Sicily; spinsters; students; thieves; travellers; University of Paris; unmarried girls; watermen.

    Points of interest are thives, murderers, children and maidens. Surely not a good combination.

    Source: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintn01.htm

  7. Re:I don't get it.. on Metadata in Vista Could Be Too Helpful · · Score: 1

    XP has world readable folders, but in the Longhorn beta I got (Way back, so ymmv with new ones) the "Documents and Settings/Username" was locked to you and admins. There's a lot more emphasis put on forcing applications to work in least-priveledged account.

    As far as I can see, the big risk comes from things like Google Desktop which may use a single index for the whole system, with a cache. Although admittedly if the OS has a decent metadata search built in then there's less chance of Google Desktop even being installed to start with.

    We'll see what happens, doubtless /. will find a million things to bitch about anyway. Why let metadata indexing stand out from the crowd until we see the finished product?

  8. Re:Does this apply? on Technology-Based Social Change · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The next logical step would be turning those 3 emails, AIM, cellphone, myspace and so on into a single address.

    When there's a single address which *will* get hold of you if you are available, there's only one thing to turn off.

  9. Re:Maybe. on Ingredients of Life Found Around Sun-Like Star · · Score: 1

    The individual elements are around in abundance, the interesting bit is the combination of appropriate elements and molecules in the appropriate conditions to form and then amino acids.

  10. Re:I don't get it.. on Metadata in Vista Could Be Too Helpful · · Score: 1

    That's what I was going to leap in with. Surely 'public' metadata is just that by definition - naming something "Cybersex with Mistress Oct 2005" will not go down well if it's not user-specific, but if you keep it in My Documents (Vista security model treats this like the /home, so it's only you & admins who see it) then surely the metadata won't be visible.

  11. Re:Monopolistic? on Opera Purchase Rumour Control · · Score: 1

    What's the difference between the Power Nitro and just the plain Power?

    I use an M3 Power, and it seems to work quite well (Despite the crap naming). But to get back on topic, it is definatly the blades which make the money for Gilette.

  12. Re:Patent? on Visto Founder Blogs about Microsoft Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Hang on, I call prior art. Isn't Exchange/Outlook securely accessing global unified information in a network? How about Lotus?

  13. Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design on New Keyboard Has Just 53 Keys · · Score: 1

    I find it as more of a curiosity than any serious language, but I agree that the 'cultists' are over the top. You use whichever language is easiest at the time, it just so happens that Esperanto is one which isn't tied down to any physical location.

    Just speak the language which both of you find easiest to communicate in. May be English, may be Esperanto, may be German, who cares? I can pass in all of them (Although by no means flutent in German or Esperanto).

  14. Re:Just a question on Microsoft Set To Be Fined $2.4M a Day · · Score: 1

    If MS do that, it falls under a whole different set of laws which can carry their own fines as well. Charging more to dig out of that will simply result in higher and higher fines.

  15. Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design on New Keyboard Has Just 53 Keys · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Esperanto, please. No masculine/feminine/neuter, no irregular verbs, only one way to form plurals...

  16. Re:And The Answer on Cutting Through the Patent Thicket · · Score: 2, Informative

    Moded, so technically it's fine.

  17. Re:MOON Re:wait! on Beagle 2 Probe Spotted on Mars · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not from Earth, but give Google Moon (Seriously) a try:

    http://moon.google.com/

  18. Re:About Larry on Larry Wall on Perl 6 · · Score: 1

    But which animal would it use as the cover?

  19. Re:Radiation - Seems to be a recurring problem. on Robot Saves the Day at Radiation Lab · · Score: 1

    Nah, gamma radiation is technically a wave (EM wave, same as light and radio). However, through some funky wave-particle duality it can be treated as a particle for the reasons of energy calculations. E=hf, where E is energy in a photon, h is Planck's Constant and f is the frequency of the EM wave.

  20. Re:What, no AJAX? on Core Web Application Development with PHP & MySQL · · Score: 1

    I use a book for some things (Such as date widgets), and to pick up best practices, but learn how to build applications from ripping existing applications apart.

    I think it's down to the individual. Some need to see the whole thing laid out to see how it works, others can just frig existing things until they fit. But never underestimate the value of a reference book.

  21. Re:Unplesant environment on Gender Gap in Computer Science Growing · · Score: 1

    *Stands up and applauds common sense*

  22. Re:The trouble with OEM discs and copy protection on Dell XPS 'Gaming' PC Review · · Score: 1

    I thought it was a legal requirement that if you paid for an OEM version of say Windows, the company had to provide you with a licence key and clean version CD (Since that's what you paid for).

    Anyone with more experience in this field able to comment?

  23. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... on Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen · · Score: 1

    I think I've lost the thread of conversation somewhere...

    We were talking about bulges, not erect members. Bulges can be seen with next to no intention through swimming gear. And yes, it was me who reported I was above average but it wasn't me who did the measuring to start with.

    And, like my original post said, how the hell did we end up with an in-depth discussion about this?

  24. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... on Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen · · Score: 1

    a ntic>

    And it wasn't me doing the reporting.

  25. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... on Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen · · Score: 1

    Nah, 50% of people are. And you know damn well what I mean, you pedantic bastard ;)