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  1. Re:Obligatory XKCD on Ten Features To Love About Android 1.5 · · Score: 1

    Useful tip I found the other day: middle clicking the url bar favicon does that regardless of what the config variable's set to. It won't open in a tab but you can use alt/whatever it is to do that.

  2. Re:Meh, hackintosh will support i7 + 1gb 4870 by t on Windows 7 RCs Shut Down To Force Updates · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember seeing a Linux ATI client but it was ages ago, so I'm probably wrong or it might've been cancelled. Shouldn't matter soon, since OpenCL is a few months/weeks from being usable.

  3. "simply by showing it to them" on Mobile Wi-Fi Hot Spot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And what do you do when you no longer want to let them have access?

  4. Re:What is this LegOS? on What Data Center Designers Can Learn From Legos · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Certainly nothing to do with LEGO which are little plastic bricks, that aren't good for halon delivery systems.

    No, u.

  5. Re:What did we expect? on Office 2007SP2 ODF Interoperability Very Bad · · Score: 1

    Oh. I'd always thought the only major compatibility things on the MS side were moving between DOS/NT and different IE versions.

  6. Re:Dell Mini 9 + OSX = win on First Look At Windows 7 On an Entry-Level Netbook · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seems to me that the best answer would be to lay out the package manager like Amazon's review pages, showing one of each of the top voted good/bad user reviews, a link to the package homepage and maybe a link to its screenshot page.

  7. Re:Interesting possibilities... on Apple Snags Former Xbox Exec · · Score: 1

    Ever tried swapping batteries out on a DS?

  8. Re:What did we expect? on Office 2007SP2 ODF Interoperability Very Bad · · Score: 1

    Why would any (windows-trapped) business go through the effort to turn server 2k3 into a desktop OS when they can buy volume licensing for Vista and just turn the damn theme off?

  9. Re:Taxing growth industries ... as opposed to? on UK Possibly Exploring "Google Tax" · · Score: 1

    I thought the TV license was mandatory to watch those TV programmes regardless of how they're accessed. If they need to enforce that, then they can distribute login credentials with the license itself instead of gouging the internet-using public.

    Maybe they're worried that people are realising they can do without broadcast TV.

  10. Re:Nope on Would You Pay For YouTube Videos? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, I have a better idea - make them pay to post comments. And then put up a dedicated forum for complaining about it and charge to post there too.
    They'll be rolling in cash within hours.

  11. Re:One saw the same thing in ancient Rome on Canadian Pirates Sell Spurious Songs — In 1897 · · Score: 1

    You should at the very least slap a CC by-nc-sa or similar on those albums, so the RIAA can't steal your work and sell it for a profit with minor modifications.

  12. Re:where have I heard this before? on Canadian Pirates Sell Spurious Songs — In 1897 · · Score: 1

    The thing is that two groups of people sell the same thing under the same name - there are the creators, who tend to get screwed, and there are corporations that make a business out of stealing or ripping off creative works and passing them off as new and their own. You'd be surprised how many mainstream tracks are just covers of dead musicians, and let's not get started on Disney.

    It's the latter group that most people would think nothing of stealing twice from, the bad thing is that the former group doesn't have a big enough collective voice to protect themselves, so they get screwed by both the labels and the warez kiddies.

  13. Re:I used to be in that 1% on Linux Reaches 1% Usage Share · · Score: 1

    Oh man, that brings back nightmares. I could figure out how to set up a winmodem on Slackware back in 2002 with zero linux knowledge, but the state of BlueZ in debian is a sick, sadistic practical joke. I've wasted half a year trying to get a fscking keyboard to work and got nowhere.

  14. Re:Is there any point? on Intel Faces $1.3B Fine In Europe · · Score: 1

    Seems a bit of a waste. Why don't they just sell them normally?

  15. Re:Ads and queues in your FREE GAME on ioquake3 1.36 Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    It's only fair that id Software should tell people how to block Slashdot's ads in retaliation.

    Fortunately, they don't stoop to Soulskill's level.

  16. Re:A garbagebag full? on ioquake3 1.36 Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    It could be much worse. At least they managed to spell "garbage" correctly.

  17. Re:Netbooks also? on IE8 Released As Critical Update For XP · · Score: 1

    If a 60MB browser is a space issue to you, why are you even using XP?

  18. Re:Still using IE6 on IE8 Released As Critical Update For XP · · Score: 1

    If a site requires IE to use, then I just don't use it.

  19. Re:at home 37% leave computer ON to support IM/Ema on USB-Based NIC Torrents While Your PC Sleeps · · Score: 1

    Never mind the fact that emails are saved on the server

    Most IM services do too. XMPP does, and AIM started doing it a few months ago as well.

  20. Re:OS fixes itself already on Europe Funds Secure Operating System Research · · Score: 2, Insightful

    30 seconds when you're sat on your ass in front of your PC.

    Try power-cycling a weather satellite in 30 seconds.

  21. Re:Wait a second... on Europe Funds Secure Operating System Research · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought Windows was secure. Why not use that? *cough* *cough*

    I thought OpenBSD was secure. Why not use that?

    I thought DOS was secure. Why not use that?

    I thought stone tablets were secure. Why not use them?

    Because none of these suggestions is compatable with my abacus.

    Ah. Another NetBSD user.

  22. Re:How much is your time worth on Handmade vs. Commercially Produced Ethernet Cables · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points for that. Could've saved me hours of headache.

  23. Re:does not compute on Taser International Sues Second Life Creator Over Virtual Replicas · · Score: 1

    Basically, a few people in Second Life make some digital replicas of Taser's products that do not have the same function as Taser's products, or props that have the Taser name, but do not have any functions or resemblance similar to Taser products.

    relevant part in bold

  24. Re:Seems like karma to me. on California Family Fights For Privacy, Relief From Cyber-Harassment · · Score: 1

    Explain to me how you are supposed to stop "easy access to coke"

    Show the would-be substance abusers these pictures.

  25. Re:I dream not of a netbook... on First Android/ARM Netbook To Cost $250, Maker Says · · Score: 1

    Good luck getting linux running on that nVidia hardware.