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  1. Re:IE6 on Aussie Online Retailer Impose IE7 Tax · · Score: 2

    As I can tell so far, using IE 3.0 doesn't (I just tried). The "BUY NOW" button doesn't work, though.
    Same stuff for Mosaic 1.0 and 3.0 (crash). The site seems to work in Lynx but I was unable to find the shopping cart in the 23 pages of rubbish.

    The fancy JavaScript doesn't work in SeaMonkey 2.13a1 nightly (build 20120613003002) for some reason. Too bad, I won't buy anything then (here in Europe)...

  2. Re:Europlug sockets is the best on Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best? · · Score: 1

    The europlug is only for Class II (double-insulation) devices up to 2.5 A. It's perfect for things like bedside lamps or wall warts.
    If you need more than 2.5 A and still have a Class II device, you may use the CEE 7/17 plug. Fits both Schuko and type E sockets. A rectangular variation of this type (usually found on power tools like drills) is still quite small and durable.
    For the rest of appliances, there's this CEE 7/7 E/F hybrid plug.

    I'm glad all this plugs fit both Schuko and type E sockets so you can use your gadgets around Europe (okay, *central* Europe) easily.

  3. Re:Know your market. on Microsoft Poland Photoshops Black Guy To White One · · Score: 1

    It's obvious! They've run out of white in MS Paint (cue General Protection Fault).

    Seriously, there's not much Asians in Poland either but the skin color difference of an Asian and Pole is not that striking IMHO.

  4. Pffft... on One Fifth of World's Population Can't See Milky Way At Night · · Score: 1

    I can't see the Milky Way even at DAY!

    ...murmurs something about insensitive clods...

  5. Teh horrors! on Gates Foundation Funds "Altruistic Vaccine" · · Score: 4, Funny

    Won't anybody think of the mosquitoes?

  6. Re:Carbon-13 storage on Stanford's Quantum Hologram Sets Storage Record · · Score: 5, Funny

    Radioactive storage anyone?

    Then all your pr0n collection would decay after some time. Not a viable solution.

  7. Duh! on Get Ready For ... Nanosoccer! · · Score: 1

    Misread the title as Nanosorcerer.

    Now this would be cool...

  8. Re:Consise and entertaining on Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund · · Score: 1

    I had apparently a high enough level (of being annoying? Persistent?) as several rounds of telephonce calls resulted.

    Exactly. The article main importance is that it's the *first documented* case of (sort of) successfully returned Vista in the Czech Republic.

    That is the point and the article should work now as a guide to others how to do it.

  9. Land of the Free on DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Welcome to the Land of the Free. We're now going to free you of your laptop, cellphone, ..."

  10. Re:1 TB of memory... on How To Use a Terabyte of RAM · · Score: 1

    A beowulf cluster, of course!

  11. Re:Free... on Microsoft Giving Away Vista Ultimate, With a Catch · · Score: 1

    I don't qualify either: "Participation is currently limited to US residents of 18 years and older."

    Not that I own a machine that would be capable of running Vista for that matter...

  12. Re:Hey Editor! on Geek Stars From Atkinson to Zappa · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's the reason the story got posted, methinks.

  13. Re:Here ya go: on Help To Map Light Pollution · · Score: 1

    Not only that! They also managed to capture the exceptional, once in a lifetime moment when the Earth is all flat!

  14. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor? on First New Nuclear Plant in US in 30 years · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just call... vaporware!

  15. What about heat? on First Look At Final OLPC Design · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just wondering... What happens when somebody forgets the thing on direct sunlight (which is IMHO quite likely with kids)? Won't it damage the LCD or battery if left there for a while?

  16. Re:You might try some alternate shells... on Virtual Desktops on Windows? · · Score: 1

    I use LiteStep some two years and like it, although it has some bugs. The most serious for me is the infamous "lost windows" one (the window gets somewhere out of the viewable area and it's impossible to get it back - you need the DeskLite utility for that).

    Otherwise, it's lightweight, nice, clean, customizable and there's quite a lot of themes available.
    Just my $0.02.

  17. Re:Tomato seed? on HP Provides Alternate Technology to RFID · · Score: 1

    Millimeters? That's waaay too technical.
    What about five billionths of Libraries of Congress?

  18. Ah, memories on The Multi-Pointer X server · · Score: 2, Funny

    This reminds me of "mice fight" we used to do sometimes with my friend.
    We plugged PS/2 and a serial mouse into one Windows 95 or 98 box and then moved both the mice simultaneously. Great fun, you bet! Duh...

  19. Oh great on Windows Vista Beta 2 Available for Download · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ho hum. 3GB of something that expires July 1st. Great.

    I, for one, won't waste bandwidth with that.

  20. Re:Irfanview on Dvorak on 'Rinky-Dink' Software Rant · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's named after the author - Irfan Skiljan. Is that weird?
    But yeah, it's a really great program. Too bad it's windoze-only and free-as-in-beer for personal use only.

  21. Re:Oregan? on Rural Oregon Leads the Way for Large-Scale WiFi · · Score: 1

    Never heard of where Oregano came from, you insensitive clod?!

  22. For example... on What's On Your Tech Bench? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In random order:

    1. Something to remove dust from the computers' inside and from the workbench (compressed air, vacuum cleaner, both...)
    2. Voltmeter
    3. Spare PSU
    4. Air conditioning (posibly in conjunction with 1)
    5. Trash bin

  23. Re:Cure worse than condition still? on First Successful Cell Transplant Cures Diabetes · · Score: 1

    Yup, true enough. But: The worse thing is: you cannot eat all the sweets you'll like to (or none). And the worst thing: you may not drink any booze, or a just very little of it...

  24. Re:No thanks, we are just fine w/o you. on UN Wants To Regulate Internet · · Score: 1

    But finding un-biased opinions is becoming increasingly difficult.

    You want UN-biased opinions? http://www.un.org/