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  1. Re:Installed on OpenSUSE 11.4 Released · · Score: 1

    For me OpenSUSE was the easiest to install on my old PC during my first try of linux a while ago (10.4?). Perhaps the bloat allows for installing on many different hardware configurations that a user could trim down once installed, whereas Ubuntu would just hang during install after multiple CD burn attemps, versions, etc.
    Yast was pretty easy to use and overall I liked the user experience.

  2. but not yet for Mac....??? on Google Chrome Extensions Are Now Available · · Score: 1

    Works fine on my Mac with the latest build of Chromium and the enable extension Inst bookmark.

  3. Re:What browser? on Comparing Microsoft and Apple Websites' Usability · · Score: 1

    They're waiting for people to lose their patience, and your loose tongue shows that there are some who are frustrated with the site (you're not the only one.)

  4. Re: Praetorians on New Mega-Botnet Discovered · · Score: 1

    The government probably installed Cathedral software to initially protect themselves. Who would have thought there was a backdoor?

  5. Re:Sweet on Ubuntu 9.04 Released · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is, you are on Slashdot, and this is where power users that have to troubleshoot problems for their less aware friends and co-workers convene. You can probably get a better idea of what's going on in the real world here than by talking to Uncle Oblivious.
    Most people do care about boot up times especially when they are so egregious, as in the case of Vista.

  6. Re:For small appetites on Scientists Discover World's Smallest Fish · · Score: 1

    I'm Crying!!!! That was hilarious

  7. Re:First Post on Yahoo Launches Dashboard · · Score: 1

    Nice Try at the first post, you were only off by 30 Minutes. ;)

  8. Re: No Thanks on Yahoo Launches Dashboard · · Score: 1

    Konfabulator 2.1 works great for me, and I don't have to opt out of installing a million Yahoo add-ons with Dashboard.

  9. Re:Reactive vs Proactive on Microsoft to Patch WMF Exploit Early · · Score: 2, Informative

    it co-exists well with Ilfak's unofficial patch as well as the REGSVR32 workaround.

    And if you did the REGSVR32 workaround, you can now get back the functionality of Windows Picture and Fax viewer.
    Click Start, Run, Type "regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll" (without the quotation marks) then OK.

    This info was kind of buried here.

  10. In related news on Self-Assembling DNA Pyramids · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Scion worked quickly to trademark a new catch phrase - "You can get a lot of mileage out of building things with tetrahedra" hoping to appeal to nano-nerds everywhere.
    In other news:
    Slashdot users everywhere used the "Free day pass" overwhelming the servers, leaving the site stagnant. Users who thought they could increase there Karma by posting semi-witty comments to stories early, found themselves unable to post for the last 20 minutes and mocked by the message "This story is currently under construction".

  11. Re:Actually if you read the HARDOCP review on Xbox 360 Launches In U.S. · · Score: 1

    Link is toast....
    here you go....

  12. Save Money on Using Gravity To Tow Asteroids · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just send Kristie Alley up there. That should work.

  13. Re:No mention of the rumors? on New iPods on the Horizon · · Score: 1

    Apple update it's home page but it's been Slashdotted (or is really slow), so here's the Coral Cache

  14. Re:No mention of the rumors? on New iPods on the Horizon · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's the info so far: - iMac: faster, larger disk, built in iSight. Includes FrontRow (app)
    - iPod: 30GB/60GB with Video - realtime decoding of MPEG4 and H.264. 260,000 colors. Video out.
    - FrontRow and PhotoBooth Apps.
    - 30GB iPod: $299 - 31% thinner than current 20GB; - 60GB iPod: $399.
    - New iPods avail next week. Comes with case
    - iMac: $1299 for 17" model with 1.5GHz, $1799 for 20" model with 2.1GHz
    - iTunes 6 to be released
    - Front Row - comes with new iMacs. Lets you enjoy video/music/pictures from sofa. Everything
    still displayed on iMac screen. iPod-like remote. 6 button remote.
    - Photobooth - appears to be slide show application.
    - Music Videos. 2000 available to buy. $1.99 each.
    - Can "gift" music to other people. Peer reviews and recommendation service.
    They keep updating and aren't /. yet at macrumors.com

  15. Re:Video on the iPod on New iPods on the Horizon · · Score: 1

    So let it be written, so let it be done.

    Updates from the Media Event

    iPod: 30GB/60GB with Video - realtime decoding of MPEG4 and H.264. 260,000 colors. Video out

  16. Re:Well, that was a HUGE letdown on Google & Sun Planning Web Office · · Score: 1

    Wow, I can't believe you made it through that whole webcast! Sorry but that was a boring webcast, especially compared to the ones Apple puts out.

  17. Re:SPONSORS on X Prize Founder Launches Rocket Racing League · · Score: 1

    Nope, Google!

    They already did a mock up of one of the racers with Google's logo plastered across the wingspan. (That's not to say Google actually signed up for that.)

    Link

  18. Re:well, not that simple on Do-Not-Call List, Two Years Later · · Score: 1

    how do you do it to recorded calls?

    You made me think of a wired article a read a long time ago on this very subject. Here it is: (scroll to the bottom) http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.11/start.htm l?pg=9
    I personally haven't tried it since I rarely get calls now thanks to the DNC list.

  19. The Man Weighs in on The Company Everyone Loves To Hate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft are the greatest company in the world and managed by a genius.
    Bill, Seattle


    You would think he would let his legal department come up with a better reply than that.

  20. Re:1.1 x 1077 possible keys on Skype Security and Privacy Concerns · · Score: 2, Informative
    Actually, here is the break down..
    • 128-bit key = 3.4 x 1038 keys
    • 192-bit key = 6.2 x 1057 keys
    • 256-bit key = 1.1 x 1077 keys

    AES-128 has 1021 more keys than DES-56
    At one DES key recover per second, AES key recovery would take 149 trillion years.
  21. Re:1.1 x 1077 possible keys on Skype Security and Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    at 1 key per second, 149 Trillion years.

  22. Space Command Website on U.S. Deploys Orbital Communications Jammer · · Score: 1

    If their communication jamming technology is as up to date as the code on their website, we have nothing to fear.

    Air Force Space Command

  23. Re:Anyone else on VirtuSphere Immersive Virtual Reality · · Score: 2

    Wait a sec, Profanity is the crutch of the inarticulate. You just said ass....
    (just messing with you)

    You're a good man...I call a truce.

  24. Re:Anyone else on VirtuSphere Immersive Virtual Reality · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the tip, I'll update my sig, can I quote you?.....

    Obviously it's a joke, yes it's paraphrased, of course I'm trying to look smarter than I am.

    Actually, I would like to see an Irish Samurai shoot a tennis ball gun.

  25. Re:Anyone else on VirtuSphere Immersive Virtual Reality · · Score: 1

    no,no,no American Gladiators... God I miss that show...