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  1. Re:More work for plugin developers on Mozilla Ships Firefox 5, Meets Rapid-Release Plan · · Score: 1

    Again, what does the status bar provide that the add-on bar does not? You keep talking about features and how the status bar going away is so horrible, but you haven't actually given any reason why.

  2. Re:More work for plugin developers on Mozilla Ships Firefox 5, Meets Rapid-Release Plan · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I don't see how that's an issue. In fact, I see it as a plus (using overlays for displaying addresses) when vertical real-estate is at a premium. The add-on bar is *part* of Firefox 4, and i don't see what it doesn't do that the status bar did.

  3. Re:More work for plugin developers on Mozilla Ships Firefox 5, Meets Rapid-Release Plan · · Score: 1

    Just out of curiosity, what "needed" features were stripped from 3.6.x?

  4. Re:This changes or improves NOTHING on ICANN To Allow .brandname Top-Level Domains · · Score: 1

    I propose registering '.sucks' and then mirroring all of DNS inside it so resolving icann.org.sucks resolves to icann's website. Extra props for doing so recursively so that so does icann.org.sucks.sucks.sucks.

    Congratulations, you've recreated the alt.* hierarchy on usenet!

  5. Re:Ultimate Combo... on John Linnell of They Might Be Giants Talks Tech · · Score: 2

    Forgot to mention, they *did* do the theme song for Malcolm in the Middle ("Boss of Me").

  6. Re:Ultimate Combo... on John Linnell of They Might Be Giants Talks Tech · · Score: 2

    Um... No, no it's not. That's Barenaked Ladies. The content could make it easy to confuse, I suppose...

  7. Re:This just in: on Comcast Offering Home Security Bundle · · Score: 1

    Comcast offers new, unnecessary product at exorbitant rates.

    And you just know every bit of that service will count against their cap.

  8. Re:So how long on Now You Can Use the Nook Touch ... As a Kindle · · Score: 1

    The people doing these hacks are doing it for the lolz and a cheap tablet.

    Not necessarily, in this case; an e-ink tablet would be barely useful at best. The original Nook has a dedicated group of individuals that hack on it, mostly to improve the user experience, and I presume they've migrated to the new Nook.

  9. Re:underwater spider in my pants on Underwater Spider Spins Itself an Aqualung · · Score: 1

    Ew, you looked?

    Probably not voluntarily, but hey, when it's a tweet from a congressman, you can't NOT look.

  10. Re:I for one... on Just Months After Jeopardy!, Watson Wows Doctors · · Score: 1

    <Watson> Please approach and step up and walk into the mechanization booth on your right; don't worry, you won't feel a thing.
    The replacement of your biological components with mechanical ones is really quite painless.

    Please don't resist. If you fight, I am afraid, the orderly will have to carry you, and you may need to go through additional time consuming reprogramming after your brain is mechanized.

    And so, the Cybermen were born.

  11. Re:And Oh the Formats to Support! on Ebooks Now Outselling Print Books At Amazon · · Score: 1

    Sure, they can provide them in a Kindle-compatible format, but libraries would still have to buy them, just like every other book. All I'm saying is that it makes sense for Amazon to support ePub, especially in light of the partership with OverDrive, who *already* use it. That way Kindle owners could actually use the existing OverDrive titles rather than having to wait for the library to purchase them in a Kindle-compatible format, if they ever do.

  12. Re:And Oh the Formats to Support! on Ebooks Now Outselling Print Books At Amazon · · Score: 2

    If the recent rumours turn out to be accurate, that matrix is simplified considerably, as epub would become the single most-supported "modern" format. Amazon's recently partnered with OverDrive, who do library e-book lending. OverDrive deals in audiobooks (mp3, wma) and ebooks (epub and pdf). It seems unlikely to me that Amazon would enter into an agreement with an entity that carries next to nothing that is readable on the Kindle.

  13. Re:GOG on Ask Slashdot: DOSBox, or DOS Box? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think for oldschool PC gaming, emulation isn't quite there like it is for oldschool consoles. Yet. The amazing combinations of HIMEM.SYS, EMM386, and SMARTDRV (and clones, HyperDisk was truly amazing) that each developer chose to run with makes for lots of variables that emulation seems ill-equipped to deal with.

    Actually, this makes DOSBox a much better solution, especially with a frontend (like D-Fend Reloaded or DBGL [warning, it's Java-based]) that maintains separate configuration files for each game. It also handles booters (those the-game-is-its-own-OS titles) quite well. Now you only have to configure the funky memory setups once for each game, and you're set.

  14. Re:Someone is encouraging the dissension on Public Face of Anonymous Leaves Group · · Score: 2

    That's not a sign of a covert government action; that's a sign of the Apocalypse.

    So... Saturday?

  15. Re:Clean, Safe, Too Cheap To Meter on Engineers Find Nuclear Meltdown At Fukushima Plant · · Score: 1

    I don't know if I can trust this... Montgomery Burns and Waylon Smithers talking about nuclear power...

    All that aside, an interesting listen.

  16. Re:Apple? on Google Launching Music Service Without Labels · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If DJs use poor-quality encodes of tracks in your world, I don't want to live there.

  17. Re:Reading fail on The New Commodore 64 · · Score: 1

    The original story covered what is now known as the VIC-Pro, seen here - http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_VicPro.aspx

    This story is about the new C64, seen here - http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx

    The original story says:

    The computer will be an all-in-one keyboard, with Intel's 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities.

    The page for the machine covered here says:

    It houses a modern mini-ITX PC motherboard featuring a Dual Core 525 Atom processor and the latest Nvidia Ion2 graphics chipset.

    How are two different machines, both in appearance and hardware, the "same damn thing"?

  18. Re:Reading fail on The New Commodore 64 · · Score: 1

    Last time it was a new type of case, with a built-in trackpad, etc. This time it's a classic C64-style case. Hence why I said that it isn't *quite* the same thing.

  19. Re:This again again? on The New Commodore 64 · · Score: 1

    Nope, this isn't quite the same thing. Of course, if you'd read the article, you'd know that, so I guess I shouldn't expect too much...

  20. Re:The ultimate irony on Google Fights Back Against Android Fragmentation · · Score: 1

    Oh, someone said "straw man." That must mean an insightful post... oh right.

    Honeycomb, and it's withholding, was mentioned in the SUMMARY.

    So was the statement that it WILL be released. So yes, straw man, since GGP didn't bother mentioning that last rather important bit of information.

  21. Re:It's not a newspaper on Cylindrical Rolltop Laptops · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nope, we went to books before the printing press, but nice try.

    Also, while cylindrical containers are strong, they also don't repel bears very well (which has about as much to do with which is more efficient for the printed word as your beverage example).

  22. Re:Seriously, why? on Google Starts Testing Google Music Internally · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But there's absolutely nothing about pricing. Mr. Microshill is pulling numbers out of his ass, then trying to shoehorn in some sort of glowing praise for WP7. This is his MO.

  23. Re:Agree on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    That is THE penultimate basement in America folks!

    It's the next-to-last basement in America?

  24. Re:Do we need this? on Debian Is the Most Important Linux · · Score: 1

    When looking at distros named "Ubuntu", it seems that Ubuntu is the oldest in the category!

  25. Re:lol nokia on Nokia and Open Source — a Trial By Fire · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah yes, the classic "SMS of the Beast".