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  1. Re:Look in your glove box. on What Should People Understand About Computers? · · Score: 1

    That's actually a very good idea. It wouldn't limit information - think about it. All the end user would have to do is get a 'permit' and show that they can be safe on the internet and what not.

  2. well on In Search of Compact Keyboard That Doesn't Suck? · · Score: 1

    Don't those keyboards that they make for laptops usually come sans numpad? I thought they did...

  3. Re:the B&O of computers and computer design on "Bookshelf" Computer Wins Design Contest · · Score: 1

    you're an idiot - leverage can be used as a verb OR a noun

  4. Re:Do not worry on The Softening of a Software Man · · Score: 1

    this isn't a spelling mistake so much as it is a grammatical error

  5. Um... on The Softening of a Software Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    Um... Perhaps Bill Gates really ISN'T the antichrist...



    Which leaves only Steve Ballmer.

  6. Re:Shock, horror... on Computer Makers Cater to Big Business, IT Depts. · · Score: 1

    I would think the margins on high-end hardware would be pretty fat. So they're making more money off each item sold... so it probably balances out

  7. Re:Sounds like... on Peter Quinn Resigns · · Score: 1

    It is the newspaper's job to NOT present opinion mixed with fact - then the opinion gets taken as fact

  8. Re:-5, Redundant on 2005 Foot In Mouth Awards · · Score: 1

    or there's always the happy medium of going to slashdot, finding an interesting article and reading the comments, while looking at digg in another tab on Firefox. I RARELY read the comments on digg. I will usually read at least the first page of comments here on slashdot. Really, there is such a thing as the middle road.

  9. Re:Slashdot on The Truth About Suprnova Shutdown · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Admittedly, the quality of comments on digg is rather poor at times.
    On the other hand, you can't forget that the stories on digg's front page can't be that god-awful for someone to want them to show up on the first page you see.

  10. Re:FUCK GAMES FOR CHARITY, FEED A STARVING AFRICAN on Child's Play Approaches Half a Million Dollars · · Score: 1

    Erm... i think that he CAN sue the poster now...

  11. Re:regression analysis has nothing to do with AI on Software Predicts Movie Success · · Score: 1

    Which consistently kicked my zerg ass

  12. Re:How silly of them on G4TV Cancels More Shows · · Score: 1

    I would -- if i was the one in charge of the television here.

  13. Re:How are these calculated on Yahoo Tops Portal Market In Visitors · · Score: 1

    logs

  14. Two sides on White Box, Or Big Names for Lower-End Servers? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    there are two sides the issue here

    big name - warranty (saving your ass)

    white box - if you build it yourself you know what's in there. It's cheaper. But you don't have a warranty.

  15. Re:idiots on 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD · · Score: 1

    I was going to say the same thing. "Hey! I spend thousands of dollars on this tv, so it must be better. Who care i don't know how to use it?"

  16. Hm on IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Testing? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Something you might want to look into is finding (or writing) a way to grab every bit that passes through the firewire port. I remember once i found a way to split the output from /dev/hda to go to both it's intended location along with /dev/dsp. Interesting result, and doing something similar might be useful for you.

  17. Re:IMHO... on Repercussions of Legislation on the Gaming Industry · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is this... first amendment of which you speak? The name sounds familiar... but... I can't remember what it is. Could you please tell me?

  18. Re:Sheesh! on The ESRB Gets An 'F' · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This really is bullshit. Did they look at any games at all? I mean, really. I've seen a FEW games this years that should have been rated higher, but not that many. But if the movie industry does the same thing, they get excused. I call bullshit.

    Anyway. They probably only looked at the GTA scandal, and based their entire 'grade' off of ONE news item. Didn't bother to look at the ratings of other games.

  19. hm on ICANN/Verisign Sued For Monopoly Abuse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The way I see it, there should only be one entity in charge of assigning of names for the internet. With millions of people on the internet, having multiple organizations in charge of domains and such would make the internet so much less efficient.

  20. Re:Handy with a screen-saver on Smart Mouse with E-Mail and IM Alerts · · Score: 1

    The mouse or the flashing taskbar? Because I know that the flashing taskbar works fine in GAIM (but you need to enable it)

  21. Irresistable on Cray Co-Founder Joins Microsoft · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just a few things
    First, didn't someone say that Cray was bought out, and it's only the name and reputation of Cray that survives, but some other company actually does it now?

    second, Microsoft might as well not even bother with clustering - they're so far behind the game that there's almost no way they can catch up.

    Third, the obligatory comment
    A thousand BSODs a thousand times faster!

  22. Re:Good on The Economics of P2P File-Sharing · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've seen some great musicians go completely without notice.
    Here in the states, they only want you to buy the music that THEY can make a profit on. They don't want you buying anything other than the top sellers, so that they can sell more, and make MORE people think that the CD must be awesome. The notion of "It sells well, so it MUST be better" is bullshit, but society buys into it. Once we get rid of that, things will be just fine, because people will actually find new music they like, rather than this pop shit they push out.

    And yes, I know how hard it is to play an instrument. But most of today's popular artists don't even do THAT. Basically all they do is sit there and look pretty, and maybe sing a bit. That's about the extent of it.

  23. Re:Hopes on The Economics of P2P File-Sharing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hm. I always thought using Britney Spears to sell CD's was kind of like putting porn pictures in a crappy poetry book to make it a best seller.

  24. Re:Extra Disk on A Storage Solution for Lots of Digital Photos? · · Score: 1

    SInce when does 5% failure rate (which is higher than most DVDs) 'suck shit'?

  25. Extra Disk on A Storage Solution for Lots of Digital Photos? · · Score: 1

    Get an extra hard drive and use it. Hard drives take a lot to kill... at least for me they do. ANyway, do something like that. SHould work. Eventually you'll run out of room, but you can always swap out/add another one