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  1. let me get this straight on Microsoft Answers Vista DRM Critics' Claims · · Score: 1

    if i pay $250 for vista, and obtain my media through the zune store or other legal channels, there is still a chance that it will play in downgraded quality. if i download ubuntu and get my media through torrents, i have nothing to worry about. hmmm, i wonder which option i should choose

  2. Re:Is flash player 8 available for linux? on Video Interview With Linus On Linux 2.7 · · Score: 1

    but not on a 64-bit operating system, or at least not a 64-bit version of firefox

  3. Re:What do other people do? on Plastic Packages Cause Injuries, Revolt · · Score: 2, Informative

    i use a small utility knife. cut around the border of the packaging, from the back, just inside the seam. you only need to cut through one layer of plastic, and only about halfway around. then you can just fold down the back and pull out the product.

  4. Re:No business case for TV on No Business Case for HDTV? · · Score: 1
  5. Re:That's a bad idea... on First Company Logo Visible From Space · · Score: 2, Informative

    yeah, i think there's plenty more logos than that visible from space. like this one http://www.masteroni.com/show.php?itemId=12203175

  6. Re:How about the original Mickey Mouse cartoon? on Wikipedia's $100 Million Dream · · Score: 1

    how would freeing disney content from copyright help society? it is an iconic disney creation, exactly the type of thing that copyright was designed to protect. liberating academic materials containing ideas that anyone should be able to access would be much more beneficial to many more people

  7. Re:Actually it seems fairly luggable. on How Practical are 20-inch Laptops? · · Score: 1

    i'm pretty sure this machine was announced before alienware's purchase

  8. Re:Cut. Try another scene. on Teens Don't Think CD Copying is a Crime · · Score: 1

    what if green day says to the kid: "thanks, i'm glad you like us, and we're really proud of this album. we just want as many people as possible to listen to it. we're already millionaires, so just enjoy the music, spread it's message around, and if you get a chance to buy our cd later, that's cool"

  9. Re:What a concept! on Viral Marketing to Become the Norm? · · Score: 1

    you don't need hygiene products, hygiene products need advertising. if you truly have a unique product, and there is a reason that a customer should buy it over a competitor, it is very easy to create a successful advertising campaign. if you are selling a product that really has no difference to a cheaper product, then you need to advertise eg: if pantene pro-v didn't advertise, what would distinguish them from the half as expensive generic shampoo? hence they don't have any real content to put in their ads, so their ads will probably suck. if apple didn't have ipod commercials, the ipod would still be more stylish than the next best mp3 player, and yet i actually want to watch their commercials.

  10. Re:I would say IDEs on Should Students Be Taught With or Without an IDE? · · Score: 1

    i completely agree. i took an introductory java course last year using netbeans, and enjoyed it, and learned how to write some decent code. this year i had to take the same course over again due to some credit transfer screwups, and it was taught using textpad. i found that programming without the ide taught me to understand why my program was working, not just what keywords to enter onto the screen. also, programming without the help of any debugging tools is very helpful

  11. Re:Serious question on Canadian Music Stars Fight Against DRM · · Score: 2, Informative

    yeah, just because the artists hate drm, doesn't mean they don't have to use it. i sent a nasty email to the trews, another canadian band, complaining about their new cd having mediamax. they sent me back a nice letter saying that they were just as pissed off about it as i was, and there was nothing they could do. sony put the drm on the cd at the last minute without telling them, and they had no say in the matter.

  12. Re:Disappointment.. on Cops Walking the MySpace Beat · · Score: 2, Funny

    i am a racist. i hate these people

  13. Re:I disagree on I, Woz · · Score: 1

    i think it's pretty telling that even in a thread about woz, the majority of the posts are about jobs

  14. Re:same trick as msn search on Microsoft Claims Worlds Best Search Engine Soon · · Score: 1

    oogle.com redirects to pcsafe.com, offereing a free spyware scam

  15. Re:Slashdot: News for Nerds. Stuff that ... on UK Government Confiscates Firefox CDs · · Score: 1

    and the people who miss the comments can read the repeats of those comments further down the page

  16. Re:I wonder... on Family Guy's Stewie to Host Talk Show · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    STFU the reason that i stopped reading digg is that everybody on there cant stop masturbating over how they are better than slashdot. please leave that stuff on digg, and keep posting intelligent comments on /.

  17. Re:No tears for either patent troll on Another NTP Patent Invalidated · · Score: 1

    i think parasuits is my new favorite word. if i had mod points i would give them to you

  18. Re:Hrmm.. on X Prize Founder Launches Rocket Racing League · · Score: 1

    that's what i thought of when i saw the headline. i'm really surprised it took this long for somebody to say it.

  19. Re:Check out the OpenDocument author... on Open Source In Public Sector Meeting Opposition · · Score: 1

    wait a minute. the small business survival comittee and microsoft cooperated on something? this does not make sense

  20. Re:Wow! on Can Microsoft Out-Google Google? · · Score: 1

    no one uses their messenger service? since when? i think in the states maybe a lot more people use aim and stuff, but in canada msn messenger is really the only im service anybody uses

  21. Re:Wow on iTunes Might Lose Labels · · Score: 1

    yup, it works for me. the hot new singles are the ones that are all over the p2p networks, while the golden oldies are the ones that are harder to find so i have to buy them

  22. Re:Pepsi Challenge on Majority Of Customers Prefer Blu-Ray · · Score: 1

    the pepsi challenge failed because most people could tell the difference, and picked pepsi because they thought it was the "right" answer, not necessarily because the drink they liked better.

  23. Re:Single Signon and Passport on Coping with the Avalanche of IDs and Passwords? · · Score: 1

    slashdot uses passport????

  24. Re:Don't give her a computer. End of story. on Protecting My Daughter's Notebook? · · Score: 1

    exactly the advice i was going to give. i got through first year computer science with no computer for most of the year. bought a desktop a couple months ago, but you really don't need a laptop. If she really wants one, make her buy it herself, she will damn sure not get it stolen then

  25. Re:When they say "screenshots"... on Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7 · · Score: 1

    it's not a monitor. somebody took pics of the wall they were projecting the image onto