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  1. Re:Why must my government stymy me again and again on Canadians [Will] Pay Levy on MP3 Players - Updated · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. It should be the focus of the issue - if it's illegal, don't profit from it. profit from it, it implies we'll be free to do what we want.

  2. Results of dumbing down UI on New IE Bug Hides Real Site Address · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If MS browser actually displays everything on the address bar without filtering of any sort, problem would not have existed.

    Just another example of a solution that solves a problem that doesn't exist and creates security holes.

  3. Re:Pentax K-1000 on Best 35mm SLR Camera for Beginners? · · Score: 1

    If you're talking about split-image focusing then yes KX has it too.

  4. Re:Pentax K-1000 on Best 35mm SLR Camera for Beginners? · · Score: 2, Informative

    No. The ones you're talking about is the M series IIRC.

    The KX is a more solidly-built K1000 with SPD metering cells, mirror lock-up, DOF preview, self-timer, shutter lock, and aperture/shutter speed shown in viewfinder.

    In a sense a K1000-plus.

    Compare them here:
    http://mcfaddenphoto.com/kx.htm
    http://mcf addenphoto.com/k1000.htm

  5. Re:Pentax K-1000 on Best 35mm SLR Camera for Beginners? · · Score: 1

    It might be a good learner's camera. However, if you can find a KX, get a KX instead, because it has more features - it's just like a "K-1000 Pro".

  6. Re:Gnome i18n is great on Linux Localization And E-governance · · Score: 1

    Asian language IM modules is what GTK is missing. Is there anything in the plans? Getting SCIM or XCIM to work is an extreme headache.

    IM-JA is a good start. How about Chinese?

  7. Re:Ugh. Nice idea but... on First Nintendo IQue Reviews · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's the thing. When I saw the US version of the SNES I went "WTF is this ugly box".

    To me the Japanese design of the SNES box is way more aesthetical.

  8. Robot postings? on The Robots are Coming · · Score: 1

    Is there some sort of auto comments generator that automatically generates comments on Slashdot?

    How about a challenge - can anyone make a robot that produces, without hardcoded input, a +5 comment?

  9. Re:Serious answer on Need... More... Power... · · Score: 1

    Seriously, I consider hamster wheels a vastly superior form of power source than bicycles.

    1. You don't have to work it out.
    2. Hamsters are cheap.
    3. Excretions and dead bodies can be burnt for power.
    4. Geez, they're FAST!! Just take a look at how they work at the wheels and be excited at how much power they'll generate.

  10. Re:Are end users liable at all? on SCO Letter to Fortune 1500 Now Online · · Score: 3, Funny

    >Imagine if Microsoft added some copyrighted code
    >to Windows and they didn't license the use of
    >that code from the owner. Would the code owner
    >be able to sue end users of Windows for license
    >payments?

    It cannot happen. If MS added some copyrighted code it'll buy the other entity up. :)

  11. Re:If they spam you... on Spammers Pleased with 'Anti'-Spam Act · · Score: 1

    Relax and read between the lines.

    I guess it's simply suggesting that we use wget or something like that, to automatically retrieve stuffs for later viewing....

    And it may happen that, due to packet losses, we might have to do it again and again, like 100 times a second, to ensure the information we need is downloaded. ;)

  12. Re:Loopholes, eh? on Spammers Pleased with 'Anti'-Spam Act · · Score: 1

    Death threats don't work. C&D letters that make you sound like a lawyer do.

    Alternatively, we can put contacts of companies who hire spammers onto spam lists to let them taste their own medicine.

  13. How about on Internationalized Domain Names Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Base64-ed UTF-8? String comparisons can still be carried out in the encoded form anyway. Nothing except the browsers needs to be updated?

  14. Re:GNOME _still_ isn't integrated on Freedesktop.org on KDE/Gnome, New Goals · · Score: 1

    I agree - let's talk about the GTK input modules...I cannot believe that there are built-in input modules for most other less-used languages EXCEPT Chinese. Where's the resource for places where it is needed most?

  15. Easy on How to Handle an Internet Outage · · Score: 1

    for (;;) {
    if (Internet.Up()) break;
    bed.sleep(3600);
    }

  16. Re:Autovacuum on PostgreSQL 7.4 Released · · Score: 1

    The issue is, once you've determined a "good" fsm setting, somebody changes the usage pattern that makes your fsm too low. Changing this setting requires a restart, which is downtime.

    Dynamically adjustable (or better, self-adjusting) fsm would be good, and I guess it is much easier to achieve.

  17. PostgreSQL on Genetic Algorithms and Compiler Optimizations · · Score: 1

    The PostgreSQL optimizer has been based on GA for some time now.

  18. Who cares on Kasparov Draws Game 4 and Match Against X3D Fritz · · Score: 1

    >We are now on the verge of machines beating us
    >at our own game so to speak

    Or rather, the designers and operators of these machines beating us.

    Machines are tools. A tool can only "beat" other tools in terms of usefulness.

    Unless you lower your level to some tool, you're still above the machines, because you use the tool, not the other way round.

  19. Re:Never used PostgreSQL on PostgreSQL 7.4 Released · · Score: 1

    You'll not be disappointed...I made the switch a while back and have never looked back.

  20. Let's branch PostgreSQL on PostgreSQL 7.4 Released · · Score: 1

    I believe calling it "YourSQL" will make more developers aware of it...

  21. Re:Autovacuum on PostgreSQL 7.4 Released · · Score: 1

    However, there's still a need to VACUUM FULL once in a while.

    I'm still looking towards the day that VACUUM FULL, and the downtime it carries can totally be eliminated.

  22. Tex on Microsoft Word Document ML Schemas Published · · Score: 1

    After many episodes with MS Word and OOo, you know what I've found? Lyx and Latex are still the champ.

  23. Tex on Microsoft Word Document ML Schemas Published · · Score: 0

    After many episodes with MS Word and OOo, you know what I've found? Lyx and Latex are still the champ.

  24. Re:Looking forward to the new sys. on Nintendo To Launch New Machine Next Year? · · Score: 1

    >So you are saying what? "GameCube Pro" in
    >essence?

    "GameCube Advance" is a much plausible name, I think.

  25. Someone from the Linux camp needs to on Security FUD On Linux · · Score: 1

    Write an article to loudly *teach* MS how to secure Windows.

    They can choose to accept it, then the Linux camp take the credit.

    Or they can choose to ignore it to save face, and continue to have security problem. People will migrate away from MS.

    A WIN either way.