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  1. Average users wont know on David Pogue Takes On Vista · · Score: 1

    The average PC user wont know or care that things were stolen from Apple OS X. They dont even know about IE7 ripping off Firefox, or all the other things that were innovated elsewhere but then copied into Windows over the years.

  2. Wash clothes early and hang to dry on Appliances Hog More Energy Than High-Tech Gadgets · · Score: 1

    If you can and have space, hang your clothes up to dry. I know not many people do that outside nowdays, but if you have a laundry room or a garage where your washer/dryer are, you can hang them up in there. Use the dryer for things that need to dry really fast or you need pronto.

  3. Re:The Best Predictions From The Article.... on 2007 Java Predictions · · Score: 1
    Overnight the term morphs into "IT 2.0," ...
    You know what this means dont you? You coined the phrase, its all over now. It will be submitted on Wikipedia pretty soon and we'll all start seeing articles on Slashdot every 3 days using that phrase. I guess IT 2.0 refers to tech support people that use a triple boot system on their MacBooks (linux, windows, os x).
  4. Re:Java's dead! on 2007 Java Predictions · · Score: 1

    Well they were right in one respect, people don't use Applets very often anymore. JavaScript and Flash took over all the small useful stuff. Applets are mostly games and chat rooms. Whether or not JSP will end up being used more often for websites is anyones guess, but I think it would be several years before we can really tell. I'm not into Application Development, so I wont talk about that aspect of Java. :p

  5. SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 2 ??? on Vista Not Compatible With SQL Server · · Score: 1

    Kinda reminds me of Super Street Fighter Turbo 2 Zero EX : Third Strike

  6. Re:Front End? Hardly on Firefox 3 In Alpha · · Score: 1

    1) quickfind can be turned back on by typing in the settings *) as people always say, if you dont like something you can always contribute some code/artwork...

  7. Summer of Code and now FreeServing on Wikipedia Founder to Give Away Web Hosting · · Score: 1

    Wow, all we need is 3 days of Python and (iPod) Music (in Silicon Valley).

  8. Take enough pictures and a few will be good on The Demise of the Professional Photojournalist · · Score: 1

    If you take about 100 pictures, usually 1 of them is worthwhile. Although having someone that can get it right with 1-5 shots is better. I'm sure user submitted stuff is changing things up a bit, but someone has to sit around and edit those things. Raw photos need to go through photoshop, raw videos need to be edited, shortened and made more interesting than 15 minutes of a lighting storm.

  9. There are different kinds of smartness on Is Google Too Smart For Its Own Good? · · Score: 1

    Some people are smarter in specific areas, some people have design genious, others people smartness (knowing when someone is ripping you off, lying, ...) Its too broad a term to really define.

  10. Sounds like a great way to deal with Piracy on Microsoft Issues Zero-Day Attack Alert For Word · · Score: 1

    for any people that share their apps with relatives and can't update. :p

  11. They will get banned just like bugmenot on Easy Throw-Away Email Addresses · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It will just be a matter of time before people that write forms make these email addresses not available to be registered with. I've seen some apps that already block some of the other fake email generators.

  12. Whats wrong with the smells and noise on How To Get Rid of the Cubicle? · · Score: 1

    And miss out when your coworker in the next cubile farts or belches. I wouldnt know what time of day it was without someones radio playing and hearing the same commercials everyday. If your cubicle is next to a very busy area, where lots of people gather, then you dont have to watch the news cuz you hear everyone everyone talk about current events, sports and what they did over the weekend 8hrs a day. And you know its near lunch time when you can smell popcorn (regular or burnt), greasy burgers, stinky seafood, or whatever else they blew up in the microwave. It only encourages you to leave for lunch for awhile so the smells can subside.

  13. Bandwidth test from Slashdot and Digg on Purdue Streams a Movie At 7.5Gb/sec · · Score: 1

    If they can handle that kind of bandwidth then its pretty much worthwhile :p

  14. Not until a IE version supports SVG on How Would You Usurp the Web Browser? · · Score: 1

    I think SVG and CSS3 (possibly even version 4) along with more AJAX/JavaScript/OpenLazlo/Flash/Flex are what Web 3.0 would be about.

    Although unless the most popular browser (IE) supports SVG and CSS3 by default I dont see it happening.

    I've seen some impressive things with SVG and JavaScript.

  15. They are trying to get local news & resources on Yahoo! Goes To Print · · Score: 1

    Thats the real reason they are doing this. Think about it, when it comes to local news, local advertising and local classifieds, the local newspapers beat them hands down. This partnership helps strengthen them in the local markets. I'm just wondering if they are going to backstab the newspapers and get the "keys" to the local market when the deal is over.

  16. Just how much Web 2.0? on Saving Democracy With Web 2.0 · · Score: 1

    What we really want to know is what framework they are going to develop in and what AJAX library they are going to use to save democracy.

  17. Its an attempt to get back online viewers on Mainstream Media To Start "Crowdsourcing" · · Score: 1

    Newspapers are trying to get back some of their lost audience by allowing "citizen journalism" as corporations call it. They know the future of the newspaper is online, so they need to get people back to visit their website. Fact is unless they really start to tell the news and not censor it, it will never work.

    They lost a lot of people and will never get them back, simply because we cannot trust them anymore.

    In the meantime I'll stick to indy and underground news sources such as Guerrilla News Network. They tell the stories the corporate media wont tell and wont let "citizen journalists" report.

  18. eyeOS is a free PHP app that does this on Blake Ross Working on Parakey Web OS · · Score: 1

    Check it out eyeOS, its open source also :)

  19. The site is Vista ugly now on Firefox 2.0 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    Is there a reason why they copied Vista's / IE7s look? The guy that designed mozilla.com (also did Digg) did a good job but now it looks like crap. I understand they wanted it updated a bit to show off somethings changed but why did they copy Microsoft?

  20. Test out several on opensourcecms.com on Best Weblog Application for Posting Source Code? · · Score: 1

    opensourcecms.com They let you try out blogs also, not just CMSes

  21. Zap makes electric cars on Electric Vehicle Kits for the Masses? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You might take a look at some of the used ones they have: http://www.zapworld.com/cars/salecars.asp

  22. Re:Google LAUNCHED Trends on Google Launches Trends · · Score: 1

    This one puts all those into perspective

  23. This is a GOOD thing on Snakes on The Net Fail to Put Butts in the Seats · · Score: 1

    otherwise hollywood would be spamming sites like digg or slashdot to promote their movies, although I'm sure they plan to anyway, cuz they know it will get a few more sales

  24. Re:Sure, they want to make money on Why Google's New Products Need Not Succeed · · Score: 1

    It maybe free now. Yahoo used to offer free POP3 mail access also and they also had free auctions before 2001. A lot of Yahoo's initial offerings were free but then they had to figure out some ways to pay for these services and get strict on somethings and so they made some options premium.

  25. Mozilla has fixes within days, what more do u want on Thunderbird 2.0 Alpha 1, Firefox 1.5.0.5 Available · · Score: 0

    unlike Microsoft who takes weeks, months, years...