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  1. Re:What we want? Isn't it? on Campaign to Open Source IBM's Notes/Domino · · Score: 1

    As far as I understand (from third-hand experience only), the biggest problem with Notes is that it does way more than Outlook, which justifies the insane complexity.

    PS: I believe Notes already has something along the lines of Sharepoint, but you'd be better asking someone who's actually used it.

  2. Re:No Idea what the techspecs are on this but on First Look At Windows 7 Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    Many new computers with 4+ gb of RAM have Vista 64bit by default.

    You do realize that 4+ GB of ram would be useless without 64-bit, right?

  3. Re:why is this surprising? on First Look At Windows 7 Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    At least part of the issue falls on the fact that the Win9x line was built as a single-user system. When XP (based on NT/2K) came along and replaced 9x, if they had forced non-admin accounts, all sorts of programs designed for 9x would be very confused when they found out they couldn't write to certain places.

    So, part of the problem is users, part is lazy developers, and part is Microsoft not providing a solution to allow legacy apps to run with restricted rights, without modification

  4. Re:It makes absolutely no sense on Quicken 2007 For Mac Lacks EV Cert Support · · Score: 1

    I don't use either, but the words "Java" and "nimble" are enough to describe how bad Quicken is.

  5. Re:Intuit's Mac support stinks anyway, these days. on Quicken 2007 For Mac Lacks EV Cert Support · · Score: 1

    Actually, Entourage* in my situation has one advantage over Outlook. My school's email is Exchange, and the only way to access it is over Outlook Web Access. Entourage hooks in to it (and my other email accounts) no problem. On the other hand, I've been totally unable to get Outlook to do the same.

    *Evolution also supported this, but it's not compatible with Exchange '07.

  6. Re:Ministry of Censorship on Australia To Block BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    No, 1984 would be Ministry of Speech

  7. Re:Outlaw encryption on UK Cops Want "Breathalyzers" For PCs · · Score: 1

    The fact you've used TrueCrypt would be enough to convince the authorities that you might have a hidden volume, as that's TrueCrypt's defining feature. And they wouldn't have a problem convincing your average (technically-inept) judge of this.

  8. Re:Outlaw encryption on UK Cops Want "Breathalyzers" For PCs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That scheme falls apart when the investigators know what TrueCrypt does.

    "Give me your password. No, the one for the hidden volume."

  9. Re:Question... on Google To Sell Truly Open Android Dev Phone · · Score: 1

    Yes, it can take any SIM. But, keep in mind it only has 3G support for the 1700MHz (T-Mo USA) and 2100MHz (Europe) bands, so think twice if you're on AT&T or Rogers.

  10. Re:Yes, but! on Google To Sell Truly Open Android Dev Phone · · Score: 4, Informative

    T-Mobile has (in my experience) not given two shits what phone I've stuck my SIM in, from my t-mo issued Pearl, to various HTC phones, to an unlocked iPhone, to a junk Nokia. And from what I've been told, AT&T is the same way. Sprint and Verizon are different, but that's at least partly b/c of CDMA (no SIM cards) and Verizon's control urges.

  11. Re:Fantastic but... on IBM Launches Microsoft-Free Linux Virtual Desktop · · Score: 1

    Which is the unholy offspring of OpenOffice.org 1.1.x and Lotus Notes. Which are both lean, lightweight, and easy to use~

  12. Re:No surprise on Grey Lines Mar MacBook Air Displays · · Score: 4, Informative

    LED-lit.  The display itself is LCD.

  13. Re:Hey! on Python 3.0 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    For the lazy (or those who don't have python installed at work):

    >>> from __future__ import braces
      File "<stdin>", line 1
    SyntaxError: not a chance

  14. And as a precaution... on Ballmer Ordered To Testify In 'Vista Capable' Case · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...all courtroom furniture will be bolted down.

  15. Re:No crossplatform client == no go on Multi Theft Auto - San Andreas Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    And thanks to the copy protecion, they'd be slapped with a DMCA takedown. Even still (if you want to go full idealist), the resources aren't freely usable, so you'd have to replace them. At that point, you're better off just cloning GTA instead of trying to reverse engineer it, and you probably don't want to use these hacks as part of it

  16. Re:Microsoft and Apple on Apple DMCAs iPodHash Project · · Score: 1

    And this is an action done to protect their monopoly in the portable music market, nothing to do with their OS

    Not quite. This doesn't protect Apple's monopoly in the portable music player market. It's an attempt to extend that monopoly to the sync software for their music players, and to some extent the music store as well.

    If you recall, Microsoft was sued for similar practices: leveraging their monopoly in the OS market to gain a foothold in the browser market, and using private APIs to gain an unfair advantage against competitors

  17. Re:Finally... on Adobe Releases Preview of 64-bit Flash For Linux · · Score: 1

    Just as soon as the 64-bit lemon-scented paper napkins have been loaded

  18. Re:Read or Purchase? on On the Economics of the Kindle · · Score: 1

    Amazon has a converter that will convert your *free* material into Kindle format. It's free if you don't mind copying them over by hand, and I think 0.10 if you send it straight to the Kindle OTA.

  19. Re:Dead in the water until file format sorted on On the Economics of the Kindle · · Score: 1

    Give ISO 32000-1:2008 a shot.

  20. Re:And when you lose it .... on On the Economics of the Kindle · · Score: 1

    The Kindle is a single-user device.

    So is a book. That's the point.

  21. Re:i like the idea of the kindle on On the Economics of the Kindle · · Score: 1

    I believe it has to do with the fact that the iLiad has wi-fi and a touch screen, and is made by a smaller company. I don't think that justifies the $300 jump in price though.

  22. Re:ThinkGeek?? on Gadgets For a Budding Geek? · · Score: 1

    http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSAK
    Arduino starter kit. Comes with an Arduino (ATMega168 made all novice-friendly), breadboard, LEDs, buttons, wires, resistors, and a book to tell you how it works.

  23. Re:OLS on Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks · · Score: 1

    I know I'm killing the mood, but Lego actually seems to be sorta OSS friendly, they opened up the firmware for the Mindstorms NXT bricks and you can program them in nearly anything

  24. Re:Lose some weight, stick with the BlackBerry on Where Have All the Pagers Gone? · · Score: 1

    I barely notice my BlackBerry vibrate most of the time.

    What I DO notice however, is the *WAH*WAH*WAH* it pumps out when I get messages from certain people

  25. Re:Pagers are absolutely still out there on Where Have All the Pagers Gone? · · Score: 1

    It does here in the States as well, but phone support varies. My BlackBerry has it (surprise), but the RAZRs the rest of my family carries don't.