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  1. Re:Okay, I have a question on Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP · · Score: 1

    If it's like master pages in Expression Web, then that's not quite right... Instead of calling a separate file for the header/footer/etc when the page is generated, the page is kept static.

    When you modify the master page, there are areas of the page that you designate as editable regions, and so when anything outside these editable regions is updated in the master page, the change is replicated on to each associated page.

    This is assuming these master pages are similar in functionality to the 'dynamic web templates'...

  2. Re:Failure is likely on Microsoft and Google Duke It Out For the Future · · Score: 1

    FolderShare (link) could be what you're looking for. When any changes are detected between the shared folder on different machines, they're synced. And the data's not stored remotely.

  3. Earphones on Beamed Sonic Advertising Is Coming · · Score: 1

    Would those in-ear earphones work as a rather simple way of blocking the ad? I don't know how it works, but I'd rather listen to the worst band in the world (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=worst+band+in+the+world) than crappy intrusive advertisements.

  4. Re:No point in this. Get a laptop! on Meet the 5-Watt, Tiny, fit–PC · · Score: 3, Informative

    P IV Celeron

    There's no such thing as a Pentium 4 Celeron! Pentium 4, or Celeron, but not both...
  5. Re:Linux has always had "safe mode". on New Failsafe Graphics Mode For Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Umm... You might want to rephrase that. Ever built a PC? Ever noticed it doesn't have an OS straight away? Idiot.

  6. Re:Meh on New York Taxi Drivers To Strike Over GPS · · Score: 1

    AC, think before you post... You can log the GPS data!
    That's what we do at work for peak period traffic analysis. Duh!

  7. Re:Final Chapter? on Halo 3 Almost Done · · Score: 1

    They might do a prequel... Halo: The Beginning, or Halo: The Eternal Hunt for the real WMD...

  8. Re:Vista on Firewalls... on Vista Security Claims Debunked · · Score: 1

    Maybe the cost?

  9. Re:Good thinking on Holographic Storage Slated to Hit Market This Fall · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the 600Gb storage capacity is a dead giveaway...

  10. XP on The Laptop as an Instrument? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does the windows startup sound count?

  11. Most requested from those who care... on Pre-Installed Linux Tops Dell Customer Requests · · Score: 1

    This may be the most requested feature, but I'm sure there are many who don't care for Linux and can't be bothered to request that Linux be installed. It's not as though they've got every Dell customer to make a request; only those who want something changed...

    It's too early to make sense... What I'm trying to say is that the proportion of people who have gone to the feedback site is likely to be rather small from the total customer base.

  12. Re:DRM adds customer value ??? on Macrovision Responds to Steve Jobs on DRM · · Score: 1

    If it's DRM'd so that it only works on limited devices you have to buy it multiple times...

    That increases the value to someone anyway!

  13. Re:less proprietization, please... on Michael Dell Returns to CEO Role at Dell · · Score: 1

    What? I've replaced the power supply, installed an additional hard drive, DVD+/-RW drive, and a graphics card and TV card in my Dell PC. Oh, and upgraded the memory twice.

    My sister now has my "Proprietary" PSU in her computer I made from pretty standard parts.

  14. Re:Submitter has a problem with Firefox? on GMail Vulnerable To Contact List Hijacking · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm glad I've switched back to IE7!

  15. Security settings on Clipboard Data Theft Now Optional With IE7 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know if this has been commented on already, but there is an option in the IE settings that controls this setting. Does no-one on /. ever go through application settings first? Under scripting: "Allow programmatic clipboard access" I think it is.

    Unless this is something completely different... (Oh, and please fill in my survey for my dissertation! http://www.survey.flere.co.uk/ :) It's about online shopping and only takes less than 10 minutes! Thanks)

  16. Re:Major reason why GIMP will not replace Photosho on GIMP's Next-generation Imaging Core Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    That analogy with calculators does not apply because the GIMP is no 'better' than Photoshop/PaintShop Pro (whereas a calculator is better than an abacus IMO)....

  17. Re:Security and other Bluetooth bits on Bluetooth Headset Roundup · · Score: 1

    Don't forget though, that Class II bluetooth (which is the most commonly used form) only has a range of 10m.

    I think that's right anyway.

  18. Re:Before we get the usual FUD and Tinfoil Respons on ODF Plugins and a Microsoft Promise of Cooperation · · Score: 1

    Well, let's just go back to using Notepad then. I'm sure the functionality of Notepad is included in over 99.9% of Microsoft Office Word documents. The fact is, the features such as Ink and voice are there if necessary. I may have only used them once or twice, but they are there.

  19. Re:nyud.net on RIAA Approved mp3 Player Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Damn... Should have put line-breaks in...

    But the player looks awesome =/

  20. nyud.net on RIAA Approved mp3 Player Reviewed · · Score: 1

    The webpage has died already =/ Must be the RIAA trying to make it look popular They'll never win!!! http://www.prismdurosport.com.nyud.net:8090/produc ts/

  21. What if... on Microsoft FAT Patent Upheld · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well what's to stop manufacturers putting in the instructions that after purchasing such a device that the customer has to format it themselves? If the device needs software, surely that comes on a CD anyway?

  22. Re:Come back on Microsoft Challenges Linux's Legacy Claims · · Score: 1

    It runs fine on my ol' P133 :S Not on the P75 though but win95 didn't run properly on that either...

  23. Re:as in all new directions... on Ajax Sucks Most of the Time · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Also, notice if you click the link for "The Original" it was written December 1996...

    I mean -- look at these 'statistics' :

    The November 1996 browser statistics from Interse show the following distribution of browser usage:
    Netscape 2: 13% of users
    Netscape 3: 47% of users
    Internet Explorer 3: 28% of users
    Other browsers or earlier versions: 13% of users
    Percentages sum to 101% due to rounding. Thus, 13% of users would not even be able to see a site with frames.

    [Frames Suck Most of the Time (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox December 1996): Link: 9612.html , Dec07th, 2005]

  24. Re:Good for Open Document format on IBM To Support OpenDocument Next Year · · Score: 1

    I always thought that XML was supposed to by this mystical format that everything supported. Was I informed wrongly? And with this OpenDocument format, won't everyone simply go for the best word processor (for example) unless they have ties with a different one?

  25. This is a new thing? on Driving Away Teens With High Frequency Noise · · Score: 1

    This is not new. It was on the regional news a couple of months ago here in the UK. It was a constant high pitched noise and the idea is that as you get older, your hearing deteriates such that you can't hear it.