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  1. Re:No Surprise on 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD · · Score: 1

    I'm with the other 30%.

  2. Re:Let me guess on 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD · · Score: 3, Funny

    You tried to switch to "ABC". That channel cannot be displayed on this television set. Would you try to switch to "MSNBC" instead?

  3. Funny? on Intel to Develop Hardware Rootkit Detection · · Score: 1

    Mod parent Insightful (or Scary). It's just not Funny.

  4. Re:The eternal what if...... on South Korea Fines Microsoft $32 Million · · Score: 1

    > but for all intents and purposes, it's gone.

    No it isn't. That was my point exactly. You can only make pretend it isn't there.

    If you use:

    - A file open dialog
    - The quick launch bar
    - MSOffice
    - Most of the Windows built in functions

    you are in fact using IE. You are then still vulnerable for the exploits and all.

    Try removing iexplore.exe and then try "explorer.exe www.microsoft.com" -> that's an awfully nice IE window isn't it?

  5. Including rootkit would be more consistent on Podcasting Officially a Word · · Score: 5, Funny

    > ... but we found that not enough people were using it, or were even familiar with the concept ...

    Thanks to Sony and the like, there are more than enough people running a rootkit, so include the word already...

  6. Re:The eternal what if...... on South Korea Fines Microsoft $32 Million · · Score: 1

    > Consumers expect a certain minimum level

    Then offer a minimum level. Deliver software with a minimum functionality and allow them to be replaced without having to jump through hoops (try actually replacing IE).

  7. Re:Google is like the Beatles on Google's Ten Golden Rules · · Score: 1

    Yup. Based on googling for their names, Google (732000000) is more popular than Jesus (at 160000000). By far.

  8. Re:Thanks for Fixing the Problem on Google Fixes IE Bug · · Score: 1
    > By the way, I am now on the market for a good cross-browser in-line WYSIWYG HTML editor. A flash version would be great too.

    What was slashdot trying to teach you about open standards all this time? Flash is not open!

    nitty gritty detail: you cannot make a program that plays flash stuff without a license from Macromedia

  9. Re:Repeat after me on Caffeine Prevents Liver Disease · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot does not make you a good speller.

    Repeat because it's necessary. (try causality instead of causation).

  10. Re:stats we'd like to see... on Searchable C/C++ DB surpasses 275 million lines · · Score: 1

    Non-numerical numerical constants:

    0xCAFE
    0xBABE
    0xDEAD
    0xC0DE
    0xBEEF
    0xFADE
    0xDEAF
    0xBEAD

  11. Re:Ahem... on Wasps Better Than Dogs At Sniffing Out Bombs · · Score: 1

    Well... given your socks, it might be hard to train them for a smell that kills.

  12. Re:Ahem... on Wasps Better Than Dogs At Sniffing Out Bombs · · Score: 1

    The problem with bees is not training them but keeping them alive.

  13. Just like a kid on The Letter That Won US Internet Control · · Score: 0

    That's got to be the longest and most unreadable way to say "But I want it... *whine*" I've ever seen.

  14. Re:Article messed up the latin square on A Solution for the Ten Letter Acrostic Puzzle? · · Score: 1

    Why would greeks gain immortality by making a solution in latin anyway?

  15. Re:Article messed up the latin square on A Solution for the Ten Letter Acrostic Puzzle? · · Score: 5, Informative

    And the 10-word squares can be found at http://www.gtoal.com/wordgames/wordsquare/BENCHMAR K

    The probable solve:

    discu ssing
    incan tator
    scarl atina
    carni tines
    unlik eness

    state swren
    satin weave
    itine rates
    nones event
    grass nests

    What's up with slashdots lameness filter? The solution is lame now?

  16. Article messed up the latin square on A Solution for the Ten Letter Acrostic Puzzle? · · Score: 5, Informative

    The actual square is:

    SATOR
    AREPO
    TENET
    OPERA
    ROTAS

    Which is the vertical flip of the stories' version. This one spells out the sentence in the same direction as Latin would be written (top to bottom). Also, this one generates more hits on google, with 19900 versus 1320 hits (with "SATOR AREPO" versus "AREPO SATOR").

  17. Re:What about Vim? on PCWorld Dubs Firefox Best Product of 2005 · · Score: 1

    If you ever see an award for the most-improved torture device, I'm sure Vim would win.

  18. Re:Litmus test on Company Claims Development of True AI · · Score: 1

    Mmmmm.... That's a really nice set of transformers you've got there...

  19. Re:ICANN is US. on ICANN Plays Down U.S. Influence · · Score: 1

    well... .us would suffice to determine it (within this earth).

    Better yet, make the .us part implicit in the US only. Make website owners always use the .us extension for linking and make your browser implicitly post-pending the .us. Then, you can change that to another country and it'll still work, with local government, education, military and so on!...

    If only the ICANN and the entire internet was mine to command.

  20. Re:ICANN is US. on ICANN Plays Down U.S. Influence · · Score: 1

    You're missing the point. .gov is only for the US government. .edu is a US university. .mil is the US military.

    What's not-US about that? It's like implicitly stating "Since everybody is in .us you don't have to type that. Even when you're not in it.".

  21. Re:ICANN is US. on ICANN Plays Down U.S. Influence · · Score: 1

    Before you send that proposal to ICANN, let me buy a few shares in TinyURL...

  22. ICANN is US. on ICANN Plays Down U.S. Influence · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From the article: "CANN's board of directors appears to favor a proposal for a new set of Internet addresses that end in .Asia, which would more easily identify Asia-focused Web sites."

    So... if I understand correctly, the closer people are to the USA, the easier their domain names will be. Compare:

    XYZ.com -> US company
    XYZ.co.uk -> UK company
    XYZ.co.cn.asia -> Chinese company

    What about universities in other countries? Governments? Militaries?

    ICANN: Start getting a little bit international, postfix all .com, .gov, .edu etc. domains with .us. That at least makes it fair for the rest of the world. What's the point of .asia btw? just keep using .cn.

  23. Re:A few more.. on First Quantum Byte Created · · Score: 1

    The Goatse guy, Tubgirl and so on quantum-entangled with my good porn? I really don't want that.

  24. Re:In other news on Court Rules Ellison Must Donate $100M to Charity · · Score: 1

    > Me Ellison

    Was that a slip of the tongue?

  25. Re:Comment every conditional branch or loop on How to Write Comments · · Score: 1

    > I once read that a good comment will appear on every conditional branch or loop, and a good comment will also state the INTENTION for doing something,

    well...

    } // AND with 0xFF1234 because that is the first set of bytes in the file header
    if (u & 0xFF1234)

    that doesn't check whether the first four bytes are 0x00FF1234. It checks whether one of the 13 set bits is set, and if so, it's ok. Try a file starting with 0x0C 0x00 0x00 0x00, and it'll pass.

    Comments should detail the functional path and algorithm, code should do what the comments say.