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  1. Re:The differance on Google to Continue Storing Search Requests · · Score: 1

    Of course Google logs by IP.
    It certaily logs every possible data.

    And I think it's their right to do it.
    If you don't like, don't use.

    We need a p2p search system to be free from it.
    Maybe will never be as fast and complete as Google's, but the important thing is to have it working.

  2. download on Borland Announces the Return of the Turbo Products, with Video · · Score: 1

    Are these available for download?

    I can't see any working download link on the site.
    Or is it a firewall or browser compatibility problem?

  3. Turbo C on Borland Announces the Return of the Turbo Products, with Video · · Score: 2, Informative

    Me too.
    I still keep a copy of Borland C++ 3.1 (the last DOS version).

    It was an awesome IDE, very productive.
    Good old days.

    (Not that today is less bright, Vim/gcc/gdb has it all, too.)

  4. Re:I dont get why should we get 'excited' on Has Steve Jobs Lost His Magic? · · Score: 1
    Are there really people whose heartbeat rises when some new tech is introduced?


    I felt that way when Vim 7.0 was released with yummy yummy nice new features.
    Oh, and Google Earth for Linux too.
  5. Re:More trouble... on Discover the Anatomy of initrd · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you want to know better, install a LFS system.
    I did it once, and even used it on my machine at home for many months, before I went back to Slackware.

    It's really instructive, if you want to know how Linux is organized.
    I, for one, feel unconfortable having lots of software running in my system that I don't know what it is, what's their purpose, and if I can turn it off nor not. LFS made me know which is which. Also, it gives great understanding of the boot process.
    I highly recommend it: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

  6. Re:Wiki works, but it shouldn't be the only 'Sourc on Stephen Colbert Wikipedia Prank Backfires · · Score: 2, Funny

    But Wikipedia itself has million sources (contributors)!

  7. Re:Terrible Age on HD DVD vs Blu-ray Direct Comparisons · · Score: 1
    I'll stick with DVDs. Probably for another decade at least.


    I'll stick with downloading movies from the net, and watching them on my 19" CRT monitor.

    Yesterday I watched a 1280 pixel wide Blade Runner, which had amazing quality (it was a 3.8GB .avi).
  8. Re:Getting soft on Image Recognition on Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Bar code scanning is waaaaaaaaaayyy simpler than sensing a real 3D environment.

    In fact, making sense of a real 3D environment is not here yet, and gadgets (not full computers, mind you) that read bar code are common-place for decades.

  9. Re:Parents need to get their children to read more on It's OK to keep AIMing · · Score: 1
    I do not claim to be a fan of books (unless they are the O'rielly type)


    O RLY?
  10. better yet! on Spyware Disguises Itself as Firefox Extension · · Score: 1

    I love using only the keyboard, and I tried many FF extensions for this, including numbered links, and the one you mentioned.

    I finally came to Hit a Hint, and loved it.
    It's specially good cause it doesn't interfere with the page appearance, let's you access more clickable elements, and have configurable shortcuts.

    A must!

  11. Re:A typical VACUUM draws MUCH more power than PC on Graphics State of the Union · · Score: 1

    But the vacuum or toaster doesn't run for hours and hours per day, does them?

  12. Re:All the cool stuff comes out after I grow up on Hydrogen Powered Toy Car · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Just kidding.


    You just ruined the otherwise fine joke.
  13. Re:OK, but... on Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Set for December · · Score: 3, Funny

    No.

    It runs GNU/Linux.

  14. Re:FPS icon on Prey Review · · Score: 1

    It's the best weapon (rocket launcher) of the best multiplayer FPS ever (Quake III Arena).

  15. lol on Linux-powered Robots From France? Oui! · · Score: 2, Informative
  16. Re:Yes, but... on Linux-powered Robots From France? Oui! · · Score: 3, Informative
    If you don't understand it, google for "World Cup", "Zidane" and "Head-butt"


    Simply head-butt is enough: http://images.google.com/images?q=head-butt
  17. Re:Google Doodles on The Man Behind Google Artwork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not fair this "-1, Redundant".

    If you note the time of the comment, it's exactly the same minute of the previous (@17:36 -0300).

  18. slashdotting on The Man Behind Google Artwork · · Score: 2, Funny

    From TFA: "Sometimes we unfortunately take some sites down, so we have to cycle through different search queries midday,"

    Have you heard of Google Cache? Just link to it instead if the site goes down.

  19. Re:Finally... on 'Laser Tweezers' Used to Sort Atoms · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where's my "+1, Disgusting" moderatation when I most need it?

  20. Re:Searching from the address bar on Browser Comparison - Firefox 2 b1, IE7 b3, Opera 9 · · Score: 4, Informative
    One of the things that kept me with the original Mozilla suite for so long, rather than switching to Firefox was the ability to trigger a search from the address bar.


    You should learn to use Quick Searches.

    I don't use the search bar in firefox (custumise toolbar and drag it off), rather search directly from the address bar.

    These are some I have (removed http:/// so /. won't create links and mess the % char).


    g: www.google.com/search?q=%s
    img: images.google.com/images?q=%s
    w: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
    man: www.linuxpakistan.net/man.php?query=%s
    fm: freshmeat.net/search/?section=projects&q=%s
    ext: addons.mozilla.org/search.php?app=firefox&type=E&q =%s
    sf: sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words= %s
    sl: slackware.it/en/pb/search.php?v=current&t=1&q=%s
    pkg: www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?by=name&name =%s
  21. Re:Stupid Politics on OpenSSL loses FIPS 140-2 Certification (Or Not) · · Score: 0
    Stupid politics.


    More like "stupid microsoft money".
  22. Re:Why? on Microsoft Acquires Winternals and Sysinternals · · Score: 1

    s/Microsoft/non-free/

  23. Re:Someone on Microsoft Acquires Winternals and Sysinternals · · Score: 2, Informative
    all the tools and all the versions


    You don't need to download all the versions.

    At least of ProcessExplorer (the only one I cared to download, as I don't even use windows, but who knows where I'll be working tomorrow..). From the ProcessExplorer page:

    Note that the zip files are identical, and Process Explorer runs on all Windows platforms.
  24. Re:I guess I don't understand on Open Source Malware Search Engine · · Score: 2, Informative
    I do this on a daily basis for my Windows laptop, I search through my running processes to find strange things, search them on Google


    You really should try the excelent ProcessExplorer from SysInternals.
  25. Re:Tech Chat on The Tech Support of the Crowds · · Score: 1
    Is there something I am missing here?


    Yes. The right rooms to go. :)

    ##slackware, #vim are #postfix are examples of excelent rooms that came to mind now, with helpful people (almost) always ready to help.