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  1. Re:They pay more to scrap fuel efficient cars on Feds To Offer Cash For Your Clunker · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If I turn in my 1996 vehicle to them, I get less money than I can get selling it privately. Why exactly would I want to participate in this program?

  2. Re:it's a blow to us all. on Psystar Antitrust Claim Against Apple Dismissed · · Score: 1

    You do realize that OS X has fancy multiple desktops, free updates, and a built in package manager?(Spaces, Software Update, APT GET or my favorite the Trash Can.)

    Before any one tries to refute the free updates, security fixes and other obvious updates(Web Browser, Codecs) come free from software update. New paid releases of OS X really only include fancy new features that people can live with out.

  3. Re:Location snooping is only the beginning on Speculation On Large-Scale Phone Location Snooping · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This has been possible for a long time already. The Nokia 5160i released in 1998 could be used to eavesdrop. Simply short the answer button to the light up key pad. Toss it in a room and call it at your convenience. The phone will answer immediately without ringing.

  4. Re:Slow websites on Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow? · · Score: 1

    http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

    Breaks every thing down and shows HTML, HTML Images, Images called by CSS, etcetera.

  5. Re:Slow websites on Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow? · · Score: 1

    Minus the Javascript for the fancy image display that I am highly considering taking out, I get concerned when my home page goes over 50kbs. This is not counting the pages with gallery images on them because it is expected they will be much larger. The gallery thumbnail pages are about 100kbs which does not include the Javascript.

    I think I am just going remove that Javasript.

  6. Re:Shortage of PHP Developers in SoCal, definately on The Web Development Skills Crisis · · Score: 1

    I wish I could find more people looking for those kind of requirements in my area. I can program beautifully in PHP, XHTML, CSS, and I know MySQL, RSS, and other various langauges(C, VB, LUA, Java). Once you know a programming language, learning the quirks of another language is fairly simple. If you make a mistake, pull out the manual or Google for the answer. I even work in Photoshop and Illustrator along side other graphic design applications. However, every job posting I look at requires some insane set of skills or so many years of experience well over that most have.

    I believe in beautiful coding that is easy to manage. http://www.nonamestudios.com/ (Feel free to view the source.) - All the XHTML output by the PHP coding validates as 100% XHTML 1.0 Strict. The XHTML is properly tabbed for readability as is the PHP coding as well. The MySQL database was designed by myself from the ground up.(I actually took a course in database design and I learned tons. I love databases now, before I hated them.) I even purposely built in extra security with extra tables with appropriate user access controls to minimize the chance of compromise or the damage that could be done.

    Number of job interviews I have been selected for? Zero. I see plenty of job postings around the country and not as much in my local area, but none of them seem to know what exactly they need.

  7. May the... on A Yottabyte of Storage Per Year by 2013 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    May the force be with you. More amusing is the fact this story was submitted by Lucas123.

  8. So very different... on Microsoft to Allow PC Makers to Downgrade to XP · · Score: 1

    I look at Windows Vista and realize how vastly different it looks from Windows XP. The same goes to my customers that I speak with, they are confused as well with all of the graphical and placement changes. Windows XP started a very solid trend on what the look of Windows is, but Vista shattered that.

    Take a look at Mac OS X. The interface is pretty much the same for more than ten years. There have been improvements, but the basic functionality has stayed the same with some graphical upgrades.

  9. Appletalk? on Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista, The Rematch · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Do people still use Appletalk?

    I have two Macs at home and I can not remember using it.

  10. Re:Intel Mac Only on Public Betas For CrossOver Mac and Linux · · Score: 1

    However, Qemu only emulates a 12mhz CPU. I don't think that meets the minimum requirements for Windows!

  11. Re:But audio recording was the problem on Photograph the Police, Get Arrested · · Score: 1

    Ah... those fandangled cell phone things... I think mine makes phone calls if I type numbers in. Oh wait? The home security system? Erm... yes, audio recording is a problem. It is interesting hold recording of a visual medium can be legal and a audio medium is not without concent.

  12. Re:Photographers' Rights on Photograph the Police, Get Arrested · · Score: 1

    It should be still legal, but I am not the lawyer here.

  13. Photographers' Rights on Photograph the Police, Get Arrested · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is a great document put together by a lawyer called Photographers' Rights. http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

    Basically, it is 100% legal to photograph any emergency personal in the line of duty as long as you are not interferring with their work. As well, no one can confiscate your film or digital media. However, both of that is null and void if you do get in the way of emergency personel. If you are on private property, such as a shopping mall, they can ask you not to take photos, but you can't be penalized for it unless you continue against their will.

  14. Re:Public? Server on D-Link Settles Danish Time Dispute · · Score: 0

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/07/13 0209 http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=182481&cid =15084265 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_vandalism#D-Link_ incident D-Link was connecting to stratum-1 time server, basically the best of the best time servers. Not even my time is synchronized with a stratum-1, it starts at least 2 or lower.(I imagine it is probably 3, but I can't tell.) Basically D-Link firmware was connecting up to this high end time server that was stated in their policy as only being allowed to be used within the DIX network and D-Link was using a lot of traffic.

  15. Re:A not An on I, Woz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, the summary totally had me fooled as well. How could they screw up spelling copmputer?

  16. Another Dupe... on Another Sony Format Bites the Dust · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...bites the dust!

  17. Re:They're at it again. on Windows Vista 5342 Screenshots · · Score: 1

    The Firefox search bar doesn't use my search history from Google.com. That makes it less useful to me. As far as I know, there is no key press to set the cursor focus to the search bar. That is another part that makes it less useful to me.

  18. Open Source help... on How to Write Comments · · Score: 1

    I had a friend ask me to help him fix a bug in an open source program so he could make it run on his system. I downloaded the code and it didn't have any commenting anywhere in the entire project. I couldn't even figure out where to start looking for the bug. Similiar to my very early complex programming projects. I had to reread the code completely to figure what some of the functions did. I also ended up commenting as I went.

  19. Re:Community effort is tough/Blame the promoters on Is There Too Much Enthusiasm Over Wireless? · · Score: 1

    The default for Linksys products is just admin for the password. :) The username field is left blank. That would explain the part about the password being "changed."

  20. Re:I want to see... on Apple Planning Intel iBook Debut for January? · · Score: 1

    They have it mostly covered. My x86 laptop with OS X on it comes out of sleep instantly most of the time. It has not been done for Windows XP simply because Microsoft is not competing that well.

  21. Re:Maybe I am in the minority on The Profit Margin on the iPod nano · · Score: 1

    I bought an iPod in February. I bought an iBook last month. My roommate bought both last month. We're both in college, but the buying iPod, then an Apple computer does happen. I wanted a PowerMac G5, but I knew the price was ridiculous. I have a nice AMD tower at the moment anyway.