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  1. Re:Should surpass realplayer? on iTunes Use Surges Past QuickTime, RealPlayer · · Score: 1

    The only nag I can think of is the QuickTime Pro crap that comes up when you open QuickTime Player, but I've never seen that with iTunes.

  2. Re:Should surpass realplayer? on iTunes Use Surges Past QuickTime, RealPlayer · · Score: 2, Informative

    At what point does iTunes nag or present ads? You can turn off the ministore with a mouse click.

  3. Re:MacBook Pro on Windows XP on Intel Mac Confirmed · · Score: 1

    SideTrack replaces the MacOS trackpad driver. Are they planning to port it to Windows too?

  4. Re:Screw That on Review of OWC Mercury On the Go Portable Disk · · Score: 1

    You can actually shave some bucks off that price just by buying the individual components from OWC. They sell plenty of 2.5" hard drive mechanisms and an array of FireFire enclosures. I haven't been able to find 3.5" drives that are bus-powered for FireWire at all, which is the thing I need most.

  5. Re:Discrimination on 1001 Islamic Inventions · · Score: 1

    OK, yes, I'm used to seeing 90% of advertising targeted to whites. I'm used to 90% of fashion advertising using white models. I'm used to 90% of media using whites as good guys and blacks as sidekicks. Thankfully most of the advertising I see on the way to work features either no people or iPod people.

  6. Re:Not just startups- on Under 30 and On The Cutting Edge · · Score: 1

    You have a dorkier sig than any of your tech friends though.

  7. Re:Discrimination on 1001 Islamic Inventions · · Score: 1

    Everything you post is a new reason for our relationship to stay that way.

  8. Re:Discrimination on 1001 Islamic Inventions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    White people get recognition every day. You're just used to it.

  9. Re:But, a rebellion against all companies is going on Google Faces Wall Street Revolt · · Score: 1

    Start saving up some Euros then.

  10. Re:But, a rebellion against all companies is going on Google Faces Wall Street Revolt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The US borrows in its own currency unlike the rest of the world, so if the currency is devalued, the guy we borrowed the money from suddenly gets paid a lot less.

  11. Re:invitation only on Boxxet, a Tool for Automatic Webpage Generation · · Score: 1

    Did you forget to read the summary? It says invite-only in the last sentence. That goes for whoever modded you up, too.

  12. More importantly on Similicio.us a New Relevancy Based Blog Finder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Although I am tired of the foolicio.us things, I really dig Flickrlicio.us (maybe NSFW)

  13. Re:Alesis loves lawsuits on Legal Issues of Opening Up Proprietary Standards? · · Score: 1

    I agree. Cumberland is a boring town. I grew up there :)

  14. Re:What are these "Channels" on Mac Mini and iPod Hi-Fi Over-Hyped? · · Score: 1

    Well, by Channel I don't necessarily mean an arbitrarily determined number. It could be named, and curated, if you will, or merely filtered programmatically. Radio programmers still have a use in the digital age, either by evaluating content for a search engine or recommender, or by assisting the model that the search engine uses, or by manually putting the content in there.

  15. Re:What are these "Channels" on Mac Mini and iPod Hi-Fi Over-Hyped? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The concept of Channels is for when there is so much content that anyone who is not 100% dedicated to evaluating it is overwhelmed.

  16. Map24 on Google Maps vs the Rest · · Score: 1

    Although they don't do satellite imagery, I find Map24's directions to be much better than anyone else's. I can set waypoints and avoid toll roads, and their 'fly-along'the-route' thingy is excellent. It's Java-based, not AJAX, but I don't think an AJAX app could do the spiffy 3D stuff at all.

  17. Re:Great! Programming no longer requires thinking! on Let Joe Average Help You Code · · Score: 1

    But the ZDNet article has the highest hype per paragraph ratio of anything I've read for a while. Web 2.0? Is that the buzzword replace Internet2?

    The Internet2 is a real network. Perhaps you're thinking of DHTML?

  18. Re:Currently not worth the educational investment on U.S. Science Gap Fictional? · · Score: 1

    All it takes to sell real estate is to pass a test and pay $600. Any monkey can (and does) do it. Greediest bunch of mouth-breathers you are likely to ever meet...

    The laws of real estate licensing vary incredibly from state to state. In some states, the training is extensive and agents can actually be expected to arbitrate disputes!

  19. Re:Lotta loot on iTunes Music Store hits Billionth Download · · Score: 1

    What can I say? I really love black girls.

  20. Re:Lotta loot on iTunes Music Store hits Billionth Download · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's the top of the line iMac, and the highest-end Mac with an Intel CPU.

    The 10 iPods is weird though. I'd rather have one of the iPod commercial girls.

  21. Consultants? on Phantom Console Put on Hold · · Score: 1

    Did these guys hire the Boo.com crew for their business plan?

  22. Re:Workaround: Camino on Mac OS X Struck By Severe Security Hole · · Score: 1

    Camino has absorbed some of the features of those plugins. It can now block ads and flash and other things. Unfortunately, no Abe Vigoda tracker is available.

  23. Re:Linux on Choosing an Embedded OS for Sustainability? · · Score: 1

    There's a pretty nice RTOS called uCos-II from Micrium that's not as ridiculously expensive. No per-seat licenses, but you may need to purchase the book. The license fee is per product line.

  24. Re:Nice - this is what I was looking for on Linux beats Windows to Intel iMac · · Score: 1

    How did you manage that? I thought 68K linux required an FPU and didn't offer an emulator?

  25. Re:More Incentive required to make this worthwhile on $10k Bounty for Critical Windows Flaws · · Score: 1

    My apologies, but I would've thought ANYONE on Slashdot would know it's illegal and immoral and runs the risk of prision? That's common knowledge?

    OK, in the root of this thread, in the subject line, you say that more incentive is required to make this offer worthwhile. My reply and the GP state that there is, in fact, a possibility that there are security researchers who would rather have bugs fixed and get a smaller reward than risk prison time for a larger purse that may end up being nothing. This may be a result of a risk vs. reward calculation, OR it may be a result of actual honesty.

    The fact that you see this so often suggests that it is NOT common knowledge that blackmail is illegal.