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  1. Re:I guess my wife and I are a rare breed... on The Economist, DVD Jon On Apple's DRM Stand · · Score: 1

    I agree with you, but the issue here is this: let's say some other MP3 player comes out and blows the iPod away in your opinion. It's been a few years since you bought your iPod so you want to get this new player - but all the tracks you bought on the iTunes Store can ONLY be played back on an iPod. So you have to do the burn & rip dance for however many gigs and gigs of music files you have, or you're just stuck with Apple.

  2. Re:These discs may open some doors on A Triple-Standard Disk · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and if you choose the format that looses, you could use a lot of these discs to STOP doors, too!

  3. Re:Shocking Interface Change on Apple Announces iTunes 7, Movies, Set-Top Box · · Score: 1

    Use Smart Playlists. I've had trouble finding other uses for Smart Folders/lists elsewhere in my mac, but for iTunes it's an incredibly easy way to organize your content.

  4. Re:Shocking Interface Change on Apple Announces iTunes 7, Movies, Set-Top Box · · Score: 1

    I'm really curious - what exactly was people's problem with the brushed metal theme? I keep reading people's posts that they're so glad it's gone from iTunes, etc., but I liked it! It matched my iPod Mini. Where does all this backlash come from?

  5. Toilet OS on Ladies and Gentlemen, the Electronic Toilet · · Score: 1

    But does it run Linux?

  6. Re:Now they've got Apple by the corones.. on No Virtual PC for Intel-based Macs · · Score: 1
    "no IT manager in his right mind will go with an office suite that doesn't support scripting"

    Yeah, but:

    "Microsoft also indicates that it is discontinuing support of Visual Basic scripting in the next version of Office for Mac, but on the flip side, the company said it's going to increase support for standard Mac scripting methods like AppleScript and Automator."
    http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/07/msuniversa l/index.php

    Stick that in your FUD pipe and smoke it!

  7. Harry Potter: Nothing to see here on Canadian Scientists Regrow Teeth · · Score: 1

    In the wizarding world, they've been able to re-grow bones for ages. But I hear it's nasty business.

  8. Could be bad... on Honda Robot Controlled By Brain Waves · · Score: 1

    There are some hand gestures that flash through my head that I'd rather not have a robot execute...

  9. In a related story, on Microsoft Employees May Lose Admin Rights · · Score: 1
    Microsoft Employees May Lose Admin Rights

    In a related story, Microsoft employees' bragging rights are pretty much gone.

  10. Re:Underpowered Little Machine on Understanding OS X Kernel Internals · · Score: 2, Informative

    "I noticed that my system out of the box with 512 of RAM was dog slow when you start loading iPhoto, or any more then 2 apps." You know, for the first several hours of uptime after starting Tiger for the first time, depending on how much data you have, the Spotlight is indexing all your drives in the background and the system is SLOW AS MOLASSES. Like, painfully so. But it speeds back up after it finishes all that initial indexing.

  11. That's really too bad... on ICANN Finally Rejects .xxx Domain · · Score: 1

    I was hoping .xxx would be established, thereby freeing up hornyteensluts.com for a legitimate, non-porn business.

  12. The straight dope on Wal-Mart Trying to Trademark the Smiley Face · · Score: 1

    on the smiley face: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_031.html[s traightdope.com] No mention of France...