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  1. Re:Exactly right on Australian Senate Hears Open Source Is Too Expensive · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing you're in the States. Have you ever tried a SIP/IAX call where the latency is >100ms? It's not fun.

  2. Re:That'll teach 'em. on Hackers Attack AU Websites To Protest Censorship · · Score: 2, Informative

    Which Senator Joyce would that be? I only know of one, and he's batshit insane.

  3. Re:Depends. on A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux · · Score: 1

    Novell uptime contest from 2001: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/103.html

  4. Re:Is it time to look yet? on KDE 4.4 Released Alongside Website Redesign · · Score: 1

    Given (unfortunately) that Ubuntu is becoming a synonym for Linux in the minds of many, can we get some help over there to get the Kubuntu packages up to scratch?

  5. Re:Hey if it extends battery life... on NVIDIA Shows Off "Optimus" Switchable Graphics For Notebooks · · Score: 1

    Actually, with my newest desktop using 350W under full load I could use this.

  6. Re:This just in on 95% of User-Generated Content Is Bogus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry to hijack this, but http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Assets/WSL_ReportQ3Q4FNL.PDF seems to be the direct link to the paper.

  7. Re:Symbian is a dead end. on Symbian Completes Transition To Open Source · · Score: 1

    I'm just frustrated there's no way to access /dev/gps (the location API will *not* provide NMEA data)

  8. Re:http://maemo.org/ on Symbian Completes Transition To Open Source · · Score: 1

    As a happy owner of a brand new N900, I'd wait for the 901 or whatever. Maemo is open, but Nokia certainly isn't - and there's already signs that the N900 will be abandoned when Maemo 6 comes out.

  9. Re:I want one... on Firefox Mobile Reaches 1.0 · · Score: 1

    Wait. From what I see in the community, it looks like Nokia will be dropping the N900 in favour of a yet unreleased Maemo 6 device.

  10. Re:Another Slashdot Ad? on Crazy Firewall Log Activity — What Does It Mean? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The correct response to spam like this is to start and develop a Sourceforge project that contains most, if not all of Glasshouse's features.

  11. Re:No love for the N900? on Nokia To Make GPS Navigation Free On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Yet

  12. Re:foot.shoot(); on HandBrake Abandons DivX As an Output Format · · Score: 1

    Windows 7 will play H.264 but does not natively recognise the Matroska container.

  13. Re:I want multithreading! on Firefox 3.7 Dropped In Favor of Feature Updates · · Score: 1

    Yeah, someone's been slack. You can see the progress, albeit via bug reports: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=478976&hide_resolved=1

  14. Re:Welcome to reality. on Nexus One Owners Report Spotty 3G Signals On T-Mobile · · Score: 1

    And not just in the US either. Here in Australia I am constantly setting the band on my N95 to stop it either a) locking on to the 1-bar 3G signal when the 2G network is fine, or b) locking on to the 5-bar 2G signal when the 3-bar 3G signal would work fine.

  15. Re:Could outsource less on Rudolph the Cadmium-Nosed Reindeer · · Score: 1

    But then the jewelery would cost $5.99 instead of $1.99!

  16. Re:yes on Does a Lame E-Mail Address Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    Would you consider voltagex at voltagex dot org or will I need to try to buy firstnamelastname.com?

  17. Re:Jade Empire on Framerates Matter · · Score: 1

    Replying so I can remember to do the same when I get around to installing it. What kind of machine are you running it on?

  18. Re:I'll take Sovereign Immunity for the block on China Faces Piracy Suit Over Censorship Software · · Score: 1

    Ah, but do they give back to the open source community? My experience with the AF9015/35 TV tuner drivers says no.

  19. Re:Free TV in Aus on Bringing Free Television To Phones In America · · Score: 1

    It's not free - Three used to offer the cricket on certain post-paid plans.

  20. Re:Acoustic coupler era and POTS! on A Brief History of Modems · · Score: 1

    Come out to the bush in Australia, where 28.8k links can still be found where the telephone lines are bad enough. Luckily the national telephone monopoly has started rolling out HSPA services, although on a different band to its competitors so only its equipment will work...

  21. Re:Let me be the first to say on A Brief History of Modems · · Score: 1

    You can experience the same thing today with a 3G modem. The common one is by a company called Huwaei, and as much as they claim "trade secrets", it understands normal AT commands - albeit with some GSM extensions to deal with cell network registration

  22. Re:Quick Question on The Nuking of Duke Nukem · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting question, and now that it's all but dashed I could almost see someone like Telltale picking it up.

  23. Re:Join the club, China on The Chinese Route To a Web Free of Porn · · Score: 1

    also, connecting to proxy.australia.gov.au:3128 is going to get old, really fast.

  24. Re:Another Genuine Advantage ? on Windows 7 May Finally Get IPv6 Deployed · · Score: 1

    No, NAP is more like making sure you've deployed the patches from last Tuesday. And from reading about it ages ago, I thought it was fairly configurable

  25. Re:i think.. on Aussie Scientists Find Coconut-Carrying Octopus · · Score: 1

    Speak for yourself. Those of us with 8 arms are very interested.