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  1. Re:Compatibility on Quality Open Source Calendaring / Scheduling? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    you can just put them in the calendar yourself. that's what i do.

    if my dentist sent me a meeting invite, it will not be how i want it. he'll likely mark it as "busy" or "out of office" for the exact time of the meeting, with the default 15 mins reminder. that's not how i want it. i'll need it to expand much further than that, because it takes at least an hour to get from work to there; and i'll want a 1 week reminder.

    i agree with the GP. sender-created meeting invites work fine for the office, but not for anything else.

  2. Re:Sensationalist FUD on U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've never seen any terrorist propaganda in the web and I don't think any american has ever become a terrorist because of the internet...
    i agree, but it depends on your definition of terrorist.

    going by most peoples' definitions, e.g. Al Qaeda, then probably not. but if you include anarchist groups, earth first, etc, then there are plenty of examples. and i'm pretty sure the government's definition is the latter.
  3. alphabetical order on US Control of Internet Remains an Issue · · Score: 1

    the list is in alphabetical order. that's why the US is at the bottom. there's 3 categories, and France is listed in the same category as the US.

  4. Re:Perspective on Intel Core 2 'Penryn' and Linux · · Score: 1

    actually, it's only Windows 2008 Server, not Vista. Bill Laing's "a server guy", and his announcement was about the server versions, but the media misapplied it to Vista. http://apcmag.com/6121/windows_server_gets_vista_version_itis

  5. Re:Nonsense on The Duel Between Gaming Magazines and Websites · · Score: 2, Informative

    because of that incident (it might have been a different game but same situation) , PC Gamer now only reviews the final copies of games, and not pre-release versions. the pre-release may make it into the "Previews" section though, which doesnt have ratings.

  6. Re:Won't Work on Encrypted Torrents Growing Fast In the UK · · Score: 1

    no, they cant see the URL because that isnt exchanged until after the connection is encrypted. they can, however, see what server you're connecting to. so a google search would be meaningless, but going to www.howtomakeabomb.com could still be incriminating.

  7. Re:Maybe... on Encrypted Torrents Growing Fast In the UK · · Score: 1

    look at the top 100 lists at the popular torrent sites, how many linux distros do you see there?
    that's because that's not what those sites are used for. bittorrent was intended to be a file distributing protocol, not a file sharing protocol. those sites exist in order to use bittorrent as a file sharing protocol.

    a legitimate torrent is less likely to be found on one of those sites; it will be found on the file owner's site. you dont go to isohunt to find an ubuntu torrent, you go to ubuntu.com.

    i'm not claiming that bittorrent isnt primarily used for copyright infringement, but the statistics of torrents on torrents sites mean precisely bupkes.
  8. Re:Won't Work on Encrypted Torrents Growing Fast In the UK · · Score: 1

    The ISP can afford to purchase a crypto key that the typical browser will accept without question.
    from what certificate authority? the CA is only supposed to issue a certificate for www.yourbank.com to your bank, and not your bank's ISP. someone cant just get their own certificate and use it in place of someone else's, because the common name (domain name) wont match. the CA would have to issue you a certificate with a forged common name. if a CA is actually doing this, it should be shut down.
  9. Re:Is encryption private? on Encrypted Torrents Growing Fast In the UK · · Score: 1

    interesting. but if the police knew you were using truecrypt, couldnt they force you to give them both keys?

  10. phosphor on What Are The Best Free Games Online? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Phosphor. a shockwave based FPS. yes, that's right, an FPS. pretty good graphics too.

  11. Re:upgradeability? on $200 Linux PCs On Sale At Wal-Mart · · Score: 1

    1 for the tuner card, the other for a video card w/ tv-out. the PVR-500 has s-video in, but not out.

  12. Re:upgradeability? on $200 Linux PCs On Sale At Wal-Mart · · Score: 1

    being a mini itx mobo, it probably only has 1 PCI slot. if you got a USB tuner, maybe.

  13. Re:Who the heck is buying these cards? on Cheap New GeForce 8800 GT Challenges $400 Cards · · Score: 1

    me. i bought a 640mb one shortly after they came out for around $400. and you know what? i may be getting a second soon, because i'm getting sub-25fps on certain parts of Quake Wars (but first i'm gonna test SLI using a friend's, to see if it would actually fix it).

    why? because i have the money, and i dont buy much else. and i play FPS games like crazy.

    and i/we bought a 360 recently because my roommate was already going to get one for rock band, so we figured we'd get it early. and that was a waste of money. after all the crap, it was $600. and we never use it, because the good games are also available on PC, so it would make no sense to get them for the 360.

  14. Re:https and login on Slashdot's Setup, Part 2- Software · · Score: 4, Insightful

    when you have outsourced ads on an HTTPS page, you'll often find that. (it's on my company's too, and i hate it.) even if you change your side of the code so that it accesses the first javascript file over HTTPS, that javascript file might write a script tag (or img, etc) for another that doesnt use HTTPS.

    i've experimented with a way to fix this by overloading document.write, regexing for script tags and replacing the source HTTP with HTTPS, but i'm hesitant to make it live.

  15. Re:My take on it on Vista Vs. Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1

    I've done it several times.
    as have I, and i've found it works sometimes. when it doesnt, it blue screens immediately at the first sign of the windows loading screen. and then it restarts before you have time to read the error message. this is consistent and reproducible (specifically, the latest was my GFs HDD from an Alienware AMD DDR1 will not boot in my AMD X2 DDR2).

    i've only found this to happen when it's the motherboard that changes. video card, sound card, nic, those are never a problem, but if you change the motherboard prepare to reinstall windows.

    also, this was just in an issue of PC Format (from the UK). the response to reader's letter explained that you cannot take a HDD from one windows machine and expect it to boot from another.
  16. Re:Consoles just as great though on The Orange Box Review · · Score: 1

    with an HD set and a game even at 720P, you get just as good resolution as you ever got with PC gaming
    no you cant. my monitor is at 1920x1200, slightly higher than 1080p. and larger monitors can do 2560x1600.

    Only now you get it on a larger screen, with a better sound system attached, and can also use all that screen and sound goodness for movies and TV - a Wife/Family approved expenditure!
    i'll give you larger screen, as that's usually the case, but better sound system? perhaps for you. but my klipsch 4.1 and x-fi blow my TV out of the water. to paraphrase PC Gamer, dont dump on PC gaming because you gimped your own setup.

    And of course some console games also support mouse and keyboard so you still get accuracy (I also dislike console controllers for FPS games).
    and, unless i'm mistaken, most FPS games on consoles dont support it.
  17. Re:Platform standardization? - Not likely. on AMD Ships First DTX Form Factor Prototypes · · Score: 1

    you can actually test the PSU by shorting two pins. this describes which ones. yes, it's not user friendly but you can do it.

    i havent tried this myself, and the site says "do this at your own risk".

  18. Re:HDTV Tuners? on XBox Adding HD Tuners Next Year · · Score: 1

    AFAIK, generally the only encrypted channels are the premium ones. the standard cable channels use unencrypted QAM. otherwise, there wouldnt be QAM tuners on the market.

  19. Re:I was just coming here to say that on Comcast Confirmed as Discriminating Against FileSharing Traffic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but that can be done by the user at their end, if they want to. it doesnt have to be a universal policy enforced by the ISP. what if, today, i dont care if my calls get dropped because i really want this torrent to finish ASAP?

  20. "mandatory"? on Standard Web Fonts 'Updated' In Vista · · Score: 5, Insightful

    if you're a web designer and not using Vista then this download is mandatory since it will let you see your page as your Vista users see it.
    no, it's not mandatory. what's mandatory is that you understand that what you see, especially with regard to fonts, is not what others see.

    if getting these fonts is mandatory, then you better get bitstream vera sans too, because that's what i'm seeing.
  21. Re:Interesting on Slashdot's Setup, Part 1- Hardware · · Score: 1

    where are you seeing that? all i see is 2 for static content and 4 for logged-in users for the home page.

  22. Re:Sounds feasible on Neuro-Reckoning May Reduce MMOG Time Lag · · Score: 2, Funny

    i can see it now:

    "the neural net has figured out that i'm a gold farmer, so all i have to do is unplug my net connection and it continues smacking down elves even while i'm at work!"

  23. Re:The Commonwealth of Massachusetts? on Seven States Extend Microsoft Antitrust Judgment · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that sees the irony of that paragraph, vis-a-vis the "fascist/fundamentalist right wing" bit. From Wikipedia: "Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the interests of the state." This seems to follow more closely with a socialist viewpoint than with the free-market ideology of the American right.

    the political compass is 2-dimensional*. 1 dimension is personal freedom, the other is economic freedom, and the axes are turned 45%. the top (or you could call bottom) middle is 100% of both, and the bottom middle is 0% of both. socialism is at the bottom left. technically, fascism is the very bottom middle, but it's often used to describe the bottom right. the free market right is either the middle right or the top right.

    *you could even add a 3rd and forth dimension for political freedom and state sovereignty, but few do.

  24. Re:Oh, come on on Seven States Extend Microsoft Antitrust Judgment · · Score: 1

    my old company did that on their intranet and i had no problem with typing my username and password once every morning. it took me all of <5 seconds per day.

  25. Re:7 States? on Seven States Extend Microsoft Antitrust Judgment · · Score: 1

    DC is a district but Washington is a city. Hence "Washington comma D.C."