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  1. Re:Bummer... on New Crossover Release With Improved Compatibility · · Score: 3, Informative
  2. Re:What about 6,7 and 8? on Adobe Fixes Recent PDF Flaw, But Not Before Auto Exploit · · Score: 1

    You might be screwed on 6 but 7 and 8 are going to be fixed.

    FTA: Adobe is planning to make available updates for Adobe Reader 7 and 8, and Acrobat 7 and 8, by March 18.
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-03.html

  3. Re:HTTP Proxy? on Beef Up Your Wireless Router · · Score: 1

    Should be quite easy based on the HoTTProxy website:

    Since HoTTProxy is pure Perl, it can run on any computer that has a Perl interpreter. This article tells how to run HoTTProxy in its native Perl script form.

    OpenWRT has a microperl package, and I believe there are full blown Perl packages as well.

  4. so... on Vista Exploit Surfaces on Russian Hacker Site · · Score: 1

    This affects a total of what? 15 people? I don't see why anyone would pay cold hard cash for Vista exploits when 99% of the internet still runs XP or previous..

  5. Re:Smart enough to notice that green toolbar on Small Businesses Worry About MS Anti-Phishing · · Score: 1

    it's pretty hard not to notice it. when you start IE7 for the first time it asks you if you want to turn it on, and yes is the default. it's not hidden away in an obscure menu system or anything like that.

  6. tort on Wiimote Straps Result in Class Action Suit · · Score: 1

    only in the USA could a lawsuit like this even be considered..

  7. Re:OTA Install? on Opera Mini 3.0 Now Available · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you visit http://www.operamini.com/ on your blackberry it automatically detects your device type and gives you a download option. It recommended Opera Mini - International for me, but it was easy to switch that to Opera Mini - US.

  8. Re:My website sucks on this browser... on Opera Mini 3.0 Now Available · · Score: 3, Funny

    It looks horrible in Firefox and IE7 as well, perhaps it's not the browsers fault..

  9. Re:MP3 Player on Acoustic Levitation Works On Small Animals · · Score: 1

    Yes, pink ipods do have a tendency to make their owners feel a bit lighter in the loafers

  10. Now if only.. on Google CEO — Take Your Data and Run · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I could take my data and run TO google. I love their gmail hosted for domains, but when I can't import mail it's a bit of a pain in the ass... Yes I know I can use cheesy programs to transfer to gmail, but I like being able to sort by date.

  11. this is the best I've found.. on Viral Videos That Really Are Viral · · Score: 1

    The DefilerPak is a minimalist collection of video and audio codecs designed to keep you up to date with the latest developments. http://hellninjacommando.com/defilerpak/ What's included? ffdshow: Rapidly making codec packs obsolete. Plays almost everything. Haali Media filter: Supports the Matroska, MP4, and OGM A/V container formats. VSFilter: Supports a wide variety of subtitle formats. DivX ;-) Audio: Just in case. AC3 XForm filter: Makes life a little easier for folks with external Dolby Digital decoders. HDTVPump: Support for HD/ATSC transport streams.

  12. Re:Real importance beyond jewelry? on Lab Created Diamonds Come to Market · · Score: 4, Informative

    the story of the most successful marketing campaign in history

    Right you are.. and here's the book to prove it:

    The Diamond Invention

  13. in other news.. on Hubble Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus · · Score: 4, Funny

    One camp of scientists believe the dark spot is raised in elevation and are thus vying to name it "the turtlehead" whereas another group believes that it is actually a hole, and is fighting to name the spot "puckered starfish". More to follow.

  14. Re:I wonder who leaked that on Boardroom Spying Debacle at HP · · Score: 1

    Article summaries are very hard to read...

    Perkins, who helped launch HP's computer division in the 60's, has asked the FTC, FCC and the Justice Department to investigate.

    So are articles...

    According to Tom Perkins, an HP director who was present, Dunn laid out the surveillance scheme and pointed out the offending director, who acknowledged being the CNET leaker.

  15. uhoh! on Contagious Cancer Found in Dogs · · Score: 1

    What happens when one of those weirdo ladies "accidentally falls asleep" on her couch and wakes up to her [infected] dog licking her? Is it contained to dogs, or do we have the next human version of cancer on our hands?

  16. Re:Quote on Microsoft Invites Black Hats into Vista · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You speak a lot of sense.. I would think that doing this with "White Hats" would make more sense. Realistically all the Black Hats would already have a cracked beta copy that they've downloaded anyways. I'm sure they all would want to have their name attached to the first 0 day exploit. This is all just more press for Microsoft's attempts at security.

  17. Re:Silhouetted dance shapes? on Full Body Dance Dance Revolution · · Score: 1

    and of course from Lugz

  18. Telus.. on Microsoft Patent Envisions Free Computing · · Score: 1

    In BC (and maybe other provinces) Telus (ADSL ISP/Telco) is giving away a free Dell computer if you sign up for 3 years of High speed internet.. sure the internet is $40 a month, and you have to have a phone line on top of that.. but it's a FREE COMPUTER!

    http://promo.telus.com/tm/06/q3/highspeed/?BAC-cs0 6q3HSpeed&link=flames

  19. great... on Inflatable Private Space Station Launched · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see the title now.. Robert Bigelow, Interplanetary Gigolo

  20. Re:I use freedos on a daily basis on FreeDOS Not Dead; 1.0 Release Imminent · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Floppies are dead. Put BartPE on a USBkey or on a creditcard cdrom and you have way more functionality and you can add any driver with ease (if there's not already a plugin built, which there are a LOT of)

  21. Marvel? Perfect! on Intel Ditches Mobile Phone Processors · · Score: 1

    Now to figure out how to pick the cellphone that has mutated and has special powers..

  22. Re:Exactly why I don't bother with eBay ... on How to Win on Ebay: Snipe · · Score: 1

    quite the opposite for me, it's the reason I do bother with eBay. I have an item I want, I set up a multisnipe at a price that I'd be happy to pay for that item, and wait. Eventually I'll get the item for X number of dollars less than the average sale price and it takes very little effort on my part. I've donated to the author of jbidwatcher love his product.

  23. Re:I'd call this a 'debate', but.... on String Theory a Disaster for Physics? · · Score: 1

    It's worked for years with religion, why not with science?

  24. talk about timing.. on Earth's Temperature at Highest Levels in 400 Years · · Score: 1

    Wow, this is on the tip of my brain right now. Great timing for once slashdot. I watched An Inconvinient Truth last night.. I highly recommend it. It's scary, and disturbing.. time to research the facts..

  25. mono? on Wireless Spectrum Analyzer on the Cheap · · Score: 1

    the fact that this requires .NET 2.0 does that mean that it would potentially work on linux with Mono?