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  1. Re:A few angles... on Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player · · Score: 1

    It's just as fun searching for four-letter words in the linux sourcecode as well.

  2. Re:fiiiinally on Fedora Core Release 3 Released · · Score: 1

    Assuming you want to buy from a store that uses pirated software. Hell, even GameDude now has a better customer dissatisfaction rating.

  3. Re:flamebait on Java 1.5 vs C# · · Score: 1

    Yes, a DataGrid can be populated by anything that implements IList, unfortunately, that interface is utterly impoverished - it provides no way to do simple things like re-order elements, get selection events etc....

    You can reorder it as long as your willing (and sadistic enough) to write a complete method for providing it with the correctly sorted rows that you ask for (Complete 1 yr old hand holding).

    Another example: Action pattern (shared action handler between button and menus) - Delphi implements this, Java implements this, .NET doesn't. And it's BASIC. Utterly primitive UI stuff that .NET *doesn't* support.

    What are you trying to say? That a single action handler cannot handle being called from more than one location in the GUI? .NET can do it. It works fine (except for the odd case where it seems to "forget" that there was an action to perform but that's probably in some other part of VS.NET that "forgets" some vital code.

    I ended up having to write an entire Table component from scratch.

    Don't suppose you have that component freely available for others?

  4. Re:flamebait on Java 1.5 vs C# · · Score: 1

    .NET doesn't even have a table component for christ's sake (Datagrid doesn't count, it's only for use with a DB)

    And what pray tell do you use to populate a JTable (or equivalent) in Java? A Vector of row data and a Vector of column names.

    The Datagrid in .NET can take anything that implements the IList interface. This includes the ArrayList (effectvely a Vector in Java) as well as DataSets.

  5. This patent more closely resembles su on Microsoft Patents sudo · · Score: 1

    Isn't this patent more closely associated with su? Since Run As.. requires the destination user's password (so does su [unless you're root]) and sudo requires the source user's password and checks the command against a list of valid commands the user is allowed to perform.

  6. Re:Thank you Fujitsu And Afilias. on PostgreSQL 8.0 Enters Beta · · Score: 1

    The MySQL website uses microfonts, and good luck finding documentation without resorting to google site:mysql.com; there's links to it on some pages and not others, and most notably not on the front page. The MySQL website is, apparently, trying to be oracle.com, only worse.

    Hell, not even Microsoft have a link to their documentation on their front page!! Let's whinge about them too.

    Not everyone interested in MySQL is interested in its documentation, which is a) conveniently located under the Developer Zone tab and b) www.mysql.org redirects to dev.mysql.com anyway.

    Shock, horror if a web developer wants to keep the site clean and organised.

  7. Re:835732 breaks it, 841382 fixes - IF YOU CAN GET on Windows Users Fear Korgo Virus · · Score: 1

    This sounds just like the treatment I get for SQL Server 2000. I have it installed on Win2k3 EE and patched to SP3. That's fine and dandy. Installing SQL Reporting services requires you to install an update to SQL Server 2000, which subsequently breaks a lot of the features in SQL Server Enterprise Manager, including being able to modify a table design. Quite useful for a development box. Anyway, the patch that mentions the fix to the exact error I am getting is only available if you contact MS about it. They might even waive the support charge too. This is totally rediculous.

  8. Re:Well, you know what they say... on Hotmail Loses Customer Files · · Score: 1

    Since they made changes to their spam filters a while ago (4 or 5 months ago maybe?) I've had maybe 1 spam a week in my inbox, and a few a day in my junk mail folder. I used to get dozens a day in my inbox.
    What changes? My SPAM levels have never decreased.

  9. Re:Don't look only for Fedora support on Red Hat Linux 9 Reaches End-of-Life · · Score: 1

    I tried that but I kept getting errors with Oracle 9i's JVM trying to run and failing with libc errors when loading the Universal Installer.

  10. Re:Not just time... on Java Evangelist Leaves Sun After MS Settlement · · Score: 1

    JSP is burrowed from ASP Classic, and CFM imho, and ASP.Net does this a little better imo.
    Considering CFM runs on J2EE and can run Java servlets I'd say that CFM borrows from Java more than JSP borrows from CFM.

  11. Telstra Mail Server reliability on Australia's Largest ISP Redefines Spam · · Score: 1

    As if Telstra's Mail servers will stay up long enough for people to send 20 emails in 10 minutes. And, given the recent problems, what spammer in their right mind would use Telstra's mail servers if their spam will take up to 2 weeks or a month to get out to everyone?

  12. Re:Do you even work on servers? on Red Hat Pushes For CC Certification By Year's End · · Score: 1

    It's not like you have a choice in installing IE or not.

  13. Re:Notable Achievements of Alston's on Australian IT Minister Alston Replaced · · Score: 5, Informative

    You may want to fix up your links so that they refer to Whirlpool.net.au rather than the non-existant coldfusion pages on Slashdot.

    Decreeing that consumers should be kept in the dark about their phone line = http://www.whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm?id=765

    Allowing his department to spend $4,000,000 on a small and poorly developed website = http://www.whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm?id=1107

    Linking the takeup of broadband to pornography =
    http://www.whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm?id=956

    Initially dismissing broadband as a gaming platform = http://www.whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm?id=566

  14. Re:hey steve on Telstra To Put Linux On Desktop · · Score: 1

    Steve had already tried that but it was like talking to a brick wall since the leader of the project is a Sun supporter.

  15. Re:Hmmmm on NVidia Accused of Inflating Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    What about software vendors that prohibit you from publishing benchmarks unless they are in the company's favour?

  16. Re:I used to follow mozilla on Mozilla 1.4b Loosed · · Score: 1

    I'm running 1.3 and I have that little icon near the padlock that tells me if popups have been blocked. You can also click on it to for more options.

  17. Re:Off-topic, but interesting observation on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    Flight Of The Navigator was a very good movie. One I watched again and again one school holidays.

  18. Re:That one movie... on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    Although I haven't seen the movie/documentary, I'd believe what u said about it. But I disagree with you about Mozilla. Clearly defined layers of code (gecko, etc..) makes for easier development. The gecko rendering engine is used in a lot of other projects. Despite what you say, I don't think Mozilla is "bloated/huge/ugly/complicated". It's smaller than IE and yes it is larger than Opera. You can theme it natively to make it most pleasing to you and if you think it's complicated, then you must think that you need a Master's degree to use Notepad.

  19. Re:Strange things are afoot at the Circle K on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    A classic movie

    Ted: Excuse me. Do you know when the Monguls ruled China

    Circle K Employee: I don't know I just work here.

    AND

    B & T: The Princesses, no way!

    Rufus: Yes way. I got them out of England before they had to marry those Royal Ugly Dudes.

    AND

    Bill: Capt Logan, this is Deputy Van Halen down at the station.

    Ted's Dad: Deputy Van Halen?

    Bill: I'm new dude.. sir.. Look we found your keys, if you want em, better come and get em.

    AND

    Bill: You killed Ted you medieval dickweed!

    AND others too numerous to mention.

    Bogus Journey was also very funny.

    DEATH to Smoking guy: See you real soon.
    Smoking guy immediately puts out cigarette.

  20. Re:The Wizard on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    I was wondering whether anyone would remember it. I just didn't want to be the only one who remembered.

  21. Re:Interesting... on How Fast Too Slow? A Study Of Quake Pings · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the highest framerate people can distinguish proved to be around 30 fps? TV looks smooth at 24fps.

  22. Re:150 is very HIGH on How Fast Too Slow? A Study Of Quake Pings · · Score: 1

    Back in Australia before cable and DSL was introduced. I would get sub 130ms pings to my local q2 and q3 and tribes servers, on a 56k modem. Those were the days. Now that cable has been introduced, my ping times have doubled due to all the cable users. I liked the sub 130 pings but now I get 300 ms pings and everyone else gets 40. I liked it better when it was a more even ping spread.

  23. Re:Did Slashdot Layout change? on TrustedBSD Supports Windows NT ACLs With Samba · · Score: 1

    No, Netscape only displays what the webpage designer told it to display. If the webpage designer can't close off what he wants in italics with the tag then of course the whole page is shown in italics. What we need is better web designers not slask-assed gits who program for IE and it's slack attitude towards HTML. Even Opera displays it all in Italics. If web page designers could write webpages properly instead of expecting the browser to know exactly what you want. Then we'll all see this kind of incompatibility.

  24. Re:ObStarWars on Mir: Rest in Pieces · · Score: 1

    Is it a bird, is it a plane, it's Supe.... no wait, it's Mir

  25. Re:Finally... on On Microsoft Porting to Linux/Unix · · Score: 2

    I've been using Netscape for about as long as I've been using Internet Explorer in Windows. Apart from the fact that Win98 does everything it can to get Netscape to crash, it runs better than IE and seems to cooperate effectively with my local proxy server. When I decided to dual boot with Linux, I was glad that Netscape was there for me to use. Also I don't like the way IE is 'integrated' into the OS. When Netscape crashes, that's all that dies, when IE crashes, so does the system.

    PS. Have you ever tried to visit www.netscape.com in IE?