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  1. Re:Is this a good thing? on Check Boxes and Radio Buttons Conquered by DHTML · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ideally, the context of your page would make the function obvious. The ability to change it to fit any page style is the major benefit. Sure it's nice to see the standard checkbox, but if it completely messes up an otherwise "clean" or different looking interface why not change it?

  2. Re:The write up is indeed, bollocks! on The Internet Archive Sued Over Stored Pages · · Score: 1

    Upon closer inspection of the article, it looks like Hardley Earley is not doing any suing. I think part of the confusion comes from the fact that Health Advocate and Healthcare Advocates seem to be 2 different companies, as explained (poorly) in the article.

  3. Re:Notes on The Floating PowerBook · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't trust my PowerBook to the cardboard backing on a desk.

    Not to mention the fact that he seems to have attached the brackets over part of the cardboard that is perforated so it can be popped out to fit a monitor. I imagine after a bit of strain from typing, this will fall apart.

  4. Re:what's new? on Advanced Programming in the UNIX Env, 2nd Ed. · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Intel is perpetrating a cover up... on AMD Alleges Intel Compilers Create Slower AMD Code · · Score: 1

    Fool! My cubicle is covered in tinfoil!

  6. Re:Nintendo's online approach on Nintendo Releasing Wireless Router for Revolution · · Score: 1

    I believe at E3 they announced that playing Revolution games online would be free.

  7. Re:Wow. on Leaked Screenshots Show Netflix Downloads · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but "Leaked Screenshots Show Netflix Logon Screen" is hardly sensational news.

  8. Mod parent insightful on Big Screen Viewing Effect For Mobile Phone Videos · · Score: 1

    With all the new features, you'd think they could improve reception to something reasonable all the time.

  9. In other news... on Big Screen Viewing Effect For Mobile Phone Videos · · Score: 3, Funny

    mugging is up 500%, as many don't even see the attacker coming...

  10. Re:Overkill? on Big Screen Viewing Effect For Mobile Phone Videos · · Score: 1

    Not when you're dialing with Picture-In-Picture :)

  11. Re:Picture of the actual 3D images? on More Info on Google's 3D Maps · · Score: 5, Informative

    As described in the page you linked (http://www-video.eecs.berkeley.edu/~frueh/3d/), that is done by merging the street level data gathered from drive-thrus with aerial data gathered from fly-bys. You can see a picture on the same page where only street level data was used and what the result looks like.

  12. old PC on FireWire for 75% Better Mac mini Disk Performance · · Score: 1

    I ended up trying a FireWire attached storage enclosure and using an older 80GB drive I had in my closet from a dead PC.

    You must have a lot of skeletons in your closet :)

  13. Re:fork on Revamping Freenet · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, road forks you! Peter: "Man, that gets old fast."

  14. Step 1? on Google Acquires Dodgeball · · Score: 1

    When Google takes over the world, we can get rid Step 1 (and maybe even 3).

  15. Re:"expand-e6-expand-expand" dept? on Seeing Around Corners With Dual Photography · · Score: 1
  16. Re:An alternative on 2 Firefox Security Flaws Lead to Exploit Potential · · Score: 1

    They're not "a corporation". It's a collection of news sources. If one's biased, you can find many other articles on the same topic. THat's not to say that all bias is removed, there's just less of it, and certainly less opinion being touted as news. As for the /. posters, I was addressing the top parent's comment that the posts on Slashdot weren't insightful. This is not an opinion I agree with, but it's what made me make that suggestion. It's a suggestion, and nothing more. After all, I'm still on Slashdot.

  17. Re:Business Plan? on Finding Sponsors for an Open Source Project? · · Score: 1

    Well, there is no mention of any proposed methods that failed, or alternatives that might have been considered, but that's just a wild guess.

  18. Re:Business Plan? on Finding Sponsors for an Open Source Project? · · Score: 1

    My "zing" was referring to the same person you were addressing, who is presumably without a business plan, as otherwise it does not seem like such a problem would arise to begin with.

  19. Timeline? on Motorola Debuts Nano-Emissive Flat Screen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sure, it sounds great. And there's even a working prototype and cost estimate for a 40" model. But how far off is that possibility? No mention in the article.

  20. Re:Business Plan? on Finding Sponsors for an Open Source Project? · · Score: 1

    Zing!

  21. An alternative on 2 Firefox Security Flaws Lead to Exploit Potential · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why not try this? http://news.google.com/?ned=us&topic=t

    It actually covers many of the headlines seen recently on Slashdot, but without the dupes, and generally without the bias.

  22. ...obligatory on 2 Firefox Security Flaws Lead to Exploit Potential · · Score: 4, Funny

    Welcome to Slashdot, you must be new here.

  23. eaten by whaaa? on Mars Express' 2nd Boom Deployment Postponed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lets just hope segment 10 wasn't eaten by fthe Martians!

    Yeah, those fthe Martians. They're the worst kind...

  24. Re:Proofread, damn it! on Dell Founder Dropped $100M Onto Red Hat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    By the way... Analysists? droped? Spellcheck!

    Oh, please....they clearly misspelled it Analyists :P

  25. Re:Ban Internet hunting! on Internet Hunting Banned in California · · Score: 1

    alias humor "lame joke"