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  1. Re:Bunker on Largest DDoS In History Reaches 300 Billion Bits Per Second · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Which hills, this in the Netherlands. A ditch is probably the best you gonna get!

  2. which method to destroy the media? on Connecticut Group Wants Your Violent Videogames — To Destroy Them · · Score: 1

    Will they be using guns to destroy the violent media?

  3. Thanks to Fatboy Slims track on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Slash_Dot_Dash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_Dot_Dash Got me intrigued and made me check out the site.

  4. Re:Single-purpose tools are good on Critical Vulnerability In Adobe Reader · · Score: 1

    hold shift, when launching reader, it disables all plugins on launch.

  5. Re:Jesus, that went on forever on U2's Manager Calls For Mandatory Disconnects For Music Downloaders · · Score: 1

    I know exactly what you mean, or rather Bill Bailey does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDuK46ZqFM Bill Bailey gives a demonstration of a massive technical failure at a U2 concert

  6. Improved VGA output is also very nice on Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard Update Hands-On · · Score: 1
    http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52 1205

    The Spring Update adds a new feature allowing users to tweak the IRE setting that the Xbox 360 sends out to the television. "Both Xbox 360 Elite and current Xbox 360 units will have a spring (console) update which adds support for different video levels for VGA output ("7.5 IRE vs 0") ... using this setting you should be able to use computer monitors in addition to TVs with resolutions all the way up to 1080p with high fidelity and no issues with HDCP handshaking," explained Amir Majidimehr, VP of Microsoft's Consumer Media Technology Group. "So for current users, I highly recommend trying this update with your VGA connection to see if it does the job for you. Note that this is a console update and will work for both games and of course, HD DVD.
  7. Re:facial hair on The Hidden Engineering Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    There are, but they don't look much different from the men, if you know what i mean. What? You mean engineers are all dwarves from Discworld?
  8. Re:Dogs of War on Best 2+ Player Video Games? · · Score: 1

    I remember. I always went for the M16 with grenade launcher first then trying to save up for the mini-gun!

  9. Re:Steel Battalion! on Don't Forget the First Xbox · · Score: 1

    You could still try and hook it up to your pc: http://cmcbride.tripod.com/vt_controller.html

  10. Re:I don't know-SH on Fraidy Cat Gamer · · Score: 1
    You would want to play resi 4 then. It basically allows you to fight back,with plenty of ammo, save points are well spaced out, and no need for ribbons either. Although there's still gems inthere, it's mostly used as treasure to be sold for cash which buys new weapons and/or weapon upgrades. Puzzles are simple and are more of the 'duplicate the pattern you seen somewhere before' design.

    In short it address all the issues you have ith the previous resident evil games and maintain the ambiance. Sofar it's the only single player game I've completed more than twice.

  11. Re: Adobe is screwed? Ha. on Acrobat-killer Submitted to Standards Body · · Score: 1
    I can raise the complexity of any drawing to the point the artwork ends up being rasterized because of PDF limitations. There are way to many examples to list them all. From node complexity to too many layers...

    Are you still talking about Illustrator or a different illustration program? Everything Illustrator can do will be saved in PDF format, which is Illustrators native file format after all. Using Illustrator and Indesign I never have to raterize/flatten artwork when exporting to pdf.

    It is indeed quite rare that a Printer can RIP a transparent 1.4 and up PDF without the need to flatten/ rasterize the pdf, aferall such RIPS are quite an investemnt for most Printers. However prefight tools, and tools such as Pitstop and of course the PDF/x standard go a long way to overcome any potential issue before actually going to the RIP. Also Adobe's new PDF print engine to be used in pre-press tools from the likes of Heidelberg and Agfa, will eliminate the need entirely for PDF files to be flattened/raterized.

    Basically PDF based workflows have an fairly big headstart on XPS and I don't see XPS suddenly taking over from PDF based pre-press workflows.

    regarding OS X PDF creation, OSx is perfectly capable of producing PDF/x compliant files as well(which needs all fonts to be embedded, not quite sure what you mean with your 'round-tripping fonts' comment tough), it's a bit hidden in previous versions of OS X but right there in 10.4. Advancedd and professional users will need the more control offered by the creative Suite software still. However I don't think most users buy a mac because of it's PDF capabilities though.

  12. Re: Adobe is screwed? Ha. on Acrobat-killer Submitted to Standards Body · · Score: 1
    Create a multi-point gradient fill, see how PDFs handle that...

    Just fine. To prevent flattening save as PDF 1.4, but Illustrator also flattens this just fine. btw I'm using Illustrator CS2. What problems are you getting?

    Re the Quark comment, you are quite right, not everything should go through a page layout program, however lot of printers do use Quark to imposition their pdf files for example, this process can mangle PDF files quite badly, sometimes resulting in the issues you were describing in your previous post.

  13. Re:1999 called.... on Today's Best Dreamcast Games · · Score: 1
    That was the XBox, not the PS2.
    No no, Sony did say it in when explaining the graphical prowess of the emotion engine of the PS 2. see here
  14. Re: Adobe is screwed? Ha. on Acrobat-killer Submitted to Standards Body · · Score: 1
    For example I can create Brochure now in AI or CorelDraw that will output with clipping problems when it goes to PDF format because PDF just doesn't handle all the features that full scale vector/layer illustration software offers.
    So how come Illustrators native format is PDF, if PDF doesn't handle all the features of AI? How is it I can save a PDF with AI layers intact, if PDF doesn't handle all the features of AI? How can I save this PDF from Illustrator, open it in Acrobat, save it again and reopen it in Illustrator with all editing capabilities still intact, if PDF doesn't handle all the features of AI? the rest of your post seems to describe a printer who is still using an old Quak/PS level 1 or 2 based workflow as well. In the end Printers who fail to implement/update a PDF workflow successfully, will most likely also fail to implement/update to a XPS based workflow successfully. (update from an old Quark PS 1/2 based workflow). )
  15. Re:Adobe is screwed on Acrobat-killer Submitted to Standards Body · · Score: 1

    Version 7 of the reader does support overprint preview, you can select it under the PAge display preferences.

  16. Re:Expense, Intrusion & Innovation on Get Buff While Geeking Out · · Score: 1

    However the constant motion will get rid of campers and spawn camping me thinks.

  17. Re:...umm... on Do Gamers Really Need HDTV? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Just for a moment there, I thought you were going to say for HD Hockey broadcasts. I had my first experience with HD hockey on the weekend, and now I can't think of a better use of the technology.

    HD ladies Beach Volleyball

  18. Re:Apple next? on Software Makers Lobby EU Against Microsoft · · Score: 1

    No because Adobe go after MS for wanting to bundle XPS stuff, not PDF.

  19. Re:This was not good to start with on Swedish Voters Keelhaul Pirate Party · · Score: 1
    As valid as your point is regarding the marxist party, there are other parties, too. there is a northern country (forgot which) who has a party, which wants to legalize sex with children. That Northern cou ntry would be the Netherlands. Heck there even is an English wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naastenliefde,_Vrijhe id_&_Diversiteit
  20. Re:Firefox on Windows XP is sane on Hacker Finds Multiple PDF Backdoors · · Score: 1

    In the Windows version you can check this list under edit>preferences>trustmanager

  21. Re:Drug Prohibition... on U.S. Arrests Online Gambling Company Chairman · · Score: 1

    I very much doubt that smoking a pack (of 20) ciggies a month is that bad for you. You probably breath in more toxic fumes from taffic and other air polluters than those few ciggs. (Unless your name is Heidi and live somehwere in the Swiss Alps where air is still pure and clean, I hope) Problem is that most smokers will smoke way more than a pack a month.

  22. Re:oblig on Steve Irwin Dead · · Score: 1
    Imagine if one of the actors from a Jackass TV show died in one of their stunts. Sad, tradgic, et al -- and, again, funny.

    Not funny, but more like poetic justice!

  23. Re:Its about time... on 'Stargate: SG-1' Cancelled · · Score: 1

    Have the snakeheads infect the wraith, now that would be cool. A wraith Goa'ld.

  24. we'll all be like Harry Potter... on The Future & History of the User Interface · · Score: 1

    if we get a new device to replace the mouse, inshape of a magic wand. Making gestures to get things done, it'll be almost like casting a spell. Also they might find UI uses for the magicians hat and cape and the lovely assistant.

  25. Re:Which is all great... on The Doom of Wired Peripherals · · Score: 1
    A wireless monitor would be great because then I could take it with me to someplace a little more comfortable, like those times when I'm just clicking on stuff (wireless mouse would come in handy here too) like reading webcomics or some long files. Those times when I really don't need to be sitting at a desk, don't need to be typing, and can just go lie down and relax somewhere.

    Hmm I'm thinking you need a laptop, non?