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  1. Re:Not gonna happen on Vista the End of An Era? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why run DOS? Just use the neural port of DOSBox.

  2. Re:How to tell on How To Tell If Your Cell Phone Is Bugged · · Score: 1

    Well, the easiest way to tell if you're phone's bugged is to be a law-abiding citizen. If you fit the description, then yes, you've probably been bugged. Now excuse me while I improve my tinfoil hat.

  3. Re:FUD! on Zune Not Compatible With Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    Well no, not yet they're not. Just wait until they buy their fancy new Dell (or HP, or Gateway, or any other package PC that has a deal with MS). Within a year, the "average user" WILL be using Vista. And by then the Zune issue will be fixed, rendering this article even more pointless than it already is.

  4. Re:Browser compatability? on How to Prevent Form Spam Without Captchas · · Score: 1
    They might stop spammers, but it might make the contact form difficult to navigate for users of everyone's favorite browser...
    Agreed, I hate it when forms are difficult to navigate in Lynx.
  5. Re:Centrifugal force on Cringely's Shameless Self-Promotion · · Score: 1
    The Reynolds number for flow between platters in a disk drive is going to be something like 30 m/s * 0.001 m / 2E-5 m^2/s = 1500 >> 1, so vortices will be shed off the back of the arm. Which basically means turbulence.
    An article about essentially using aluminum foil for the platters, and this comes up. I can't be the only one chuckling here.
  6. Re:Or... on New York Bar May Crack Down on Blogging Lawyers · · Score: 1

    IANAL (how appropriate), but by "large" I assume you mean "better known", and the associates handle a lot more cases than the partners -- not to mention do a fair amount of the partners' work for them. Unless you're a high-profile or disgustingly rich client, you'll probably end up with a non-partner handling your case. So yes, I can see associates billing $500 an hour, while partners would be billing a lot more than that. That's just my take on the system, I could be way off base here.

  7. Re:Yet reason to avoid the PS3! on High-Def Format Wars - Battle of the Freebies · · Score: 1
    What will they be giving away next? A remastered copy of Ishtar?
    Isn't that the only movie still available on Betamax?
  8. Re:OK, I'll say it on Sony Announces Global Battery Recall · · Score: 1

    You've got to give him credit though - positive score + flamebait mod, that's not seen very often.

  9. Re:LORD on Tales from a BBS Junkie · · Score: 1

    I actually just recently got a copy of Synchronet and LORD running... What a way to revisit some good times. Strangely enough, that's one of the few games that hasn't lost its luster in the decade or more since it was one of *the* games to play.

  10. Re:The default password is... on Googling for ATM Master Passwords · · Score: 1

    Only if you want a two-player game.

  11. Re:It quite funny!!! on Windows Monoculture Myopia Revisited · · Score: 1

    Wait a second... you see ads?

  12. Re:dual boot? on Inside Vista's Image-Based Install Process · · Score: 1
    I for one don't enjoy spending hours cleaning after spyware and viruses,
    Use common sense.

    and I don't enjoy having a powerful CPU just to have half its cycles wasted by an anti-virus.
    Use a better AV package.

    Windows also provides software to listen to music...
    Linux doesn't, it's just a kernel.

    said software has a very strange EULA that allows Microsoft to basically do whatever it like with it and there's nothing you can do about it.

    So go the linux route, install a third-party player.

  13. Re:Why ask slashdot? on Should freedb's Data Be Public Domain? · · Score: 1

    I was actually making a vague jab at the /.s that claim to not be lawyers, then go on to give shoddy advice, but thank you anyway.

  14. Re:Why ask slashdot? on Should freedb's Data Be Public Domain? · · Score: 3, Funny

    IANAL, but I think that'll get you sued for slander. Or was it libel. I always get the two confused.

  15. Re:Off topic? on Microsoft Releases IE7 Beta 3 · · Score: 1

    "Joke over head" ASCII and any other /. memes that indicate that you completely missed the point.

  16. Re:What is wrong with being child-like on Immaturity Level Rising in Adults · · Score: 1
    Here's a clue for you, you don't talk to invading generals. You don't talk to people committing genocides. You only talk when you lack means or courage.
    President Bush? I didn't know you read /.!
  17. Re:Privacy? on Google Releases Picasa for Linux · · Score: 1
    Are you worried about that "special" folder in your Pics directory?
    No, I'm worried about the "special" 200 GB hard drive...
  18. Re:Not laws, you the reality will stop this nonsen on Hardware Firms Go Against Crowd on Net Neutrality · · Score: 1
    Instead of Wikipedia we'll have soap operas.
    I think you misspelled Myspace.
  19. Re:It's Too Hard!!! on Do Kids Still Program? · · Score: 1
    Complexity has gone up, but it is by no means beyond someone who is interested and dedicated.
    In my age group (I'm 26), how many people became "interested and dedicated" without turning on their (or their parents') //e, C64, or, God forbid, CoCo? No, it's not beyond them, but you have to give them somewhere to start. Since Windows doesn't come with anything in that area (yes, I actually miss QBasic), offering the VS 2005 Express Edition for free isn't such a bad idea. It even gives them a head start, because contrary to Slashdot groupthink, a lot of companies use Windows, and don't plan to switch anytime soon. It's still a couple steps removed from "turn it on and start coding", but it's better than nothing.
  20. Re:Windows monopoly is secure on Financials Indicate Microsoft Prepping for War · · Score: 1
    My current XP machine, "professionally" managed and maintained by a battalion of Windows maintenance guys, with the very latest patches and virus scanners, must be rebooted daily -- and I use it to read email. Go figure...
    Daily? You, sir, need to fire some of that "battalion". I run XP on one of my machines - for gaming and other more intensive tasks. It's patched and clean, and I need to reboot *at the most* once a week - still more often than the machine running Ubuntu, but better than daily. Back in the days of Win98, I could see daily reboots, but, love it or hate it, 2k/XP has done a lot for stability, and if you can't keep it running for more than a day, chances are it's your fault, not Microsoft's.
  21. Re:*~shudder~* on Linspire Announces Freespire Distribution · · Score: 1
    But I thought that à la was French, not German... :-/
    What a difference a few months could have made.
  22. Re:just a question here on Tim Berners-Lee on the Web · · Score: 1

    A chair in the middle of China can be totally different from most or all of the chairs from any given store in the western world.

    Sooo... huh? The peoples' legs are on backwards or something equally disturbing that necessitates "totally different" chairs?

  23. Re:Bad plot line... on SpaceX Successful Static Fire · · Score: 3, Funny
    (this was the main plot line of a cheezoid TV series in the early 80's)
    Selling things on Ebay in the early 80's? Talk about being ahead of their time...
  24. Re:It's Official Dell Acquired Alienware on It's Official Dell Acquired Alienware · · Score: 1

    With the sheer amount of crap Dell's got out there, isn't it obvious that they already have (at least) one?

  25. Re:CentOS? on CentOS 4.3 Multi-Platform Release · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was under the impression that when you buy a RHEL license, you're paying for the support, not the OS. Anyone care to correct me?