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  1. Yes They Have on openSUSE 10.3 Public Release · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes they have fixed those very annoying bugs from 10.1 -- I have been using SUSE since 9.1 and you speak of my most hated release. It seemed Novell crammed a bunch of their Zen Management tools into the 10.1 release and they mostly came out broken. By 10.2, SUSE was back to its standard, highly-polished state.

    Sometimes you gotta go backwards before you can go forward. I am usually on top of new SUSE releases, but I'm so pleased with 10.2 I will stay put until a KDE4 version of SUSE is released.

  2. Re:Guys, the information is all really essential.. on WordPress 2.3 Does Not Spy On Users [UPDATED] · · Score: 1

    PHP_AUTH_USER and PHP_AUTH_PASS are incredibly private pieces of information.

    As a PHP developer myself, I must take extra caution so much as to not even print_r($_SERVER) when debugging my code with colleagues to prevent my username and password from being plastered across the screen.

  3. Re:IT's about time that some stands up for First-s on eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million · · Score: 1
    From the GP post:

    And the license only says that you can't use the same license you used for the host in guest machines unless it's Ultimate or Enterprise edition. Parent was pointing out the fact that this quote is inaccurate.

    You cannot use Vista under ANY type of virtualization unless it's Ultimate or Enterprise edition.
  4. Easy Win for Ad Defender on Microsoft Seeks Another OS-Level Adware Patent · · Score: 1

    So will this ad technology get a free pass from Windows Defender? I'm guessing the ads will be shoved all over the non-Windows Defender subscribing users.

    Extortion of your screen, pay us to make it go away.
  5. I'm From Ohio on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    ..and learned as a college student that in this state you are expected to show official ID to any officer who asks. It's not news to me when mouthy college students or anyone else for that matter is arrested for not providing identification. I think we have it on the law books, it really surprises me he was charged with 'obstructing official business' but that might be the law I have seen countless friends prosecuted under.

    Unfortunately, I don't think he's going to win any case against the officer. They are protected from almost every type of misconduct, intentional or not. The store manager though seems to have gone way beyond the boundaries of the law, maybe he will be the one who bears the burden of justice in this case. IANAL.

  6. Libel on Thompson and 2K Come To Blows Over Manhunt 2 · · Score: 1

    This is libel, I don't know anything about April's settlement (RTFA? Yeah, sure) but I smell a lawsuit lurking in Take-2's response.

  7. Re:Universal are smart and this is all they could on NBC Universal Drops iTunes · · Score: 1

    more than one service selling prime content and therefore a competitive market for selling content meaning better margin for them. Wouldn't pushing another service that competes with iTunes cause the prices (and profit margins) to go down?
  8. Re:Soon we will know on Sony Runs Out of 60GB PS3s · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, they might want to get Blu-ray players into as many homes as possible, given the recent adoption of HD-DVD by many film studios- even if it means absorbing a big short-term loss. I think you make an excellent point. My next video game system must also play one of the high-definition discs, I could care less which format. Microsoft isn't offering an integrated HDDVD package (yet) and I still think both systems are a bit pricey for my use, so the first company to the price-point punch wins my business.
  9. Re:ZOMG THE IRONY! on Google and Microsoft Help To Defend Fair Use · · Score: 1

    This is why I run Linux for everything except for client projects.
    Hey! Why screw your clients over?
  10. Re:I propose this become the new standard in batte on Sony Runs Walkman Off Sugar-Based Bio Battery · · Score: 1

    but sony brand SugarRay Rhino Records, the Warner Music Group and the RIAA resent this statement. Don't bother running, they've already released the lawyers on you.
  11. Re:Ever notice? on Karl Rove Resigning Aug 31 · · Score: 1

    But it doesn't have to be that way. [...] The key is whether the person will polarize or unite the center. Haven't we heard this rhetoric before? Something about being "a uniter not divider" comes to mind. You might need to update your propaganda I think it's a good four years out of date.
  12. I've wondered this... on Firstborn Get the Brains · · Score: 1

    While my situation isn't exactly comparable (I only have one younger sister) I have often wondered about this exact thing. I almost feel like as an infant that maybe I was given more attention, or read to more often, or maybe I just got more toys. As we grew up I accelled quickly through school while my younger sister had a bit more difficulty pulling a GPA that was lower.

    I always wondered if there were teeth to my theory that older siblings are on average smarter than the younger ones. I've always attributed it to geting more attention as a first child, the second time around parents may be less responsive to a crying baby or less willing to read for hours on end.

  13. Re:Its not going to work on Manhunt 2 Banned In Britain · · Score: 3, Insightful

    but usually there has to be some value to what is being said, in this case published, and i just dont see that from this game Um, have you ever watched television? 200 channels and not one thing of value.
  14. Re:And what's to stop them from... on AT&T Quietly Introduces $10/Month DSL · · Score: 1

    I used to have Sprint DSL with a Zyxel modem. The Zyxel acted as a DHCP server all the time and gave my PC an internal 192.168.* address, even though it didn't stay connected all the time. When I opened Firefox it would negotiate some kind of PPP session in much less than a second - I never knew if the modem was up or down and I didn't need to. Like most good technology, it just worked.

  15. Logical Fallacy on Boston University Student Challenges RIAA · · Score: 1

    I say good for him, the RIAA bears the burden of proof and if they don't have proof anyone downloaded the music, then he didn't break any laws. Correction** Lack of proof is not the same as not breaking the law. He very well could have broken the law but he is innocent until proven guilty.

    That almost sounds like a joke these days.
  16. Re:I say... on Boston University Student Challenges RIAA · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Are you breaking the law by putting it out there in the open, where anyone can access it trivially?

    As a few examples:
    Illegal narcotics
    Pornography
    Guns (regular or automatic)
    Perscription medications
    etc. etc. There are laws that regulate the posession of narcotics, guns, prescription medications and porn. They are illegal when found in the hands of the wrong people. These same rules do not apply to music.

    I say good for him, the RIAA bears the burden of proof and if they don't have proof anyone downloaded the music, then he didn't break any laws.
  17. Re:We need more people filming the police on Is Videotaping the Police a Felony? · · Score: 1

    Why shouldn't you be permitted to stand in a riot zone? You aren't hurting anyone else, only risking your own life.
    Riot zones are meant to be evacuated. If you're blocking the safe passage of hundreds of other people who need to leave the scene, then you are risking much more than just your own life.
  18. Re:5G iPod Stinks, Too on Syncing Music Players In Linux? · · Score: 1

    Thank you sir! Somebody give this man some +1 Informative please!

    Last time I checked about a year ago, Rockbox did not or would barely run on the 5G iPods. Now it appears they've got something usable for it, Rockbox looks like it will work for my USB Mass Storage demands. I think it will even go one step further by scanning and "importing" all of the music already loaded on it.

  19. 5G iPod Stinks, Too on Syncing Music Players In Linux? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    5G iPod support stinks for me in Linux as well. I love my ability to rip any MP3s from an iPod with KDE by typing "ipod:/" and having everything sorted nicely. On the other hand, synching is terribly broken. Last night I tried using both the ipod:/ kioslave AND Amarok (which probably uses the ipod kioslave) with mostly poor results. 16GB of music was copied to my device, but only 350 of my 2500 songs "registered" on the iPod. The rest were in the appropriate folders, but the iPod stated 15GB of its data were "Other" files and could not play them.

    I have finally reached the point where I regret buying my iPod Video. I loved my old 30GB Photo but iTunes has become more bloated and buggy instead of getting better like I always thought it would. They've obscured the internal iPod library beyond usability, I really wish my player appeared as a "USB Mass Storage" device and simply played the files I dropped to it.

  20. Bad Thing? on Microsoft To Dump 32-Bit After Vista · · Score: 1

    It might take 3 more years to get to SP2
    And giving system admins more time between applying Service Packs is a bad thing?
  21. Re:Sampling? on Hybrid Cars to Get New Mileage Ratings · · Score: 1

    Their estimates ARE based on sampling of test model mileage. The "estimation" comes in guessing how close YOU will drive like the conditions used in sampling. Unfortunately, the driving conditions don't represent those of real life conditions. As an added bonus: manufacturers are allowed to hand pick which models they send to the EPA for testing. This allows them to bend the rules a bit by tweaking the cars they send in as opposed to picking them off the production line just as they are shipped to dealers.

  22. Re:"A Chip on DVDs Could Prevent Theft" on A Chip on DVDs Could Prevent Theft · · Score: 1

    Professional thieves will have access to the method of activation because that's what they do. The professional thieves you speak of are also professionals at their local retail store. An overwhelming amount of theft comes from the inside, and they're arming the cash registers with the ability to disable the protection. Most stolen discs won't require an alternative method of activation because many thieves will already be armed with the tools to remove the protection.
  23. Re:4 Channels, not 4 Cables on Comcast CEO Shows Off Superfast Modem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most Slashdot articles are neither new nor revolutionary, just be happy it's not a dupe (yet)!

  24. Re:umm on Student, Denied Degree For MySpace Photo, Sues · · Score: 1

    The fact that she got drunk and someone snapped a photo is no big deal. The fact that she thought it would be a good idea to publish that photo to the entire world is a completely different matter. How do you figure this is a completely different matter? She published a picture of herself drinking and having fun, it's not like she was nude and smoking a bong.
  25. RTFL -- Are you serious? on Intel Opens Its Front-Side Bus · · Score: -1, Troll

    We don't even RTFA around here and you expect us to follow your links? Next time, save me the response and copy / paste a tasty quote or two so I can just mod you down instead.