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  1. More detail... on Skype Officially Available For Android · · Score: 4, Informative
    • If you're in the US, only WiFi for you (presumably doesn't apply if you have a Verizon device with their bundled version)
    • If you're in China or Japan, no Skype for you!
    • Android 2.1+ required
    • Minimum screen res of 320x480 required

    Also, it's 9MB, there's a link to the .apk for those of us with metered data plans: com.skype.raider.apk.

  2. Re:Can a nettop that can run media centre software on XBMC Discontinues Xbox Support · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, Zotac ION boards do it exceptionally well according to pretty much every review I've read. I'm going to build a HTPC based on one of these.

  3. Re:If you play enough, you will ALWAYS lose. on Computer-Based System To Crack Down On Casino Card Counters · · Score: 2, Informative

    Card counting is used when playing blackjack and similar games, it has nothing to do with poker.

  4. Re:Mom might have been right.... on 1080p, Human Vision, and Reality · · Score: 1

    whooooooosh!

  5. Re:Just Wait till Vista on 2006 Software War Map between FOSS and Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Holy shit! You mean installing 2 beta apps on a beta operating system isn't rock-solid stable?

    well, damn!

  6. Re:Slashdot's new advertising section... on VMWare Rolls Out Their Largest Product Release · · Score: 1

    The vendor's section isn't new it's been there for ages.

  7. Re:This is gonna suck. on Dell Installs Google Software at Factory · · Score: 1

    *whoosh*

  8. Re:Headline? on Rain Drops Signal Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Dear Mr. High-And-Mighty

    That's they're, not their. Perhaps you should follow your own advice?

    :-)

  9. Re:You know, I just don't feel sorry... on The Simpsons Come to Life · · Score: 1

    Perhaps that was supposed to be "boobies"? :-)

  10. Re:The Poor Man's RAID Array on Home Network Data Storage Device · · Score: 1

    DLT?
    LTO?
    AIT?

  11. Re:The Poor Man's RAID Array on Home Network Data Storage Device · · Score: 1

    The Deathstar was a 75GB model. Sure, other Deskstars died but they weren't *the* Deathstar. And don't kid yourself, all hard disks die eventually. Pick 5 geeks and chances are each will have a different favourite.

  12. Re:So many clueless Apple users. on Give Mac Explorer to the People? · · Score: 1
    AFAIK, only Safari passes the ACID test.
    FWIW, Konqueror does too, as of KDE 3.5.

    From http://www.kde.org/announcements/visualguide-3.5.p hp:
    Konqueror has now become the second browser to pass the arduous 'Acid2' css compliance test. Apple's Safari browser was the first, which makes use of Konqueror's advanced rendering engine KHTML. Thanks to some fixes that were integrated back into Konqueror from Safari improvements, and the hard work of the KHTML programmers, Konqueror can now boast a high level of CSS compliance.
  13. Re:Certainly not going to be used in cars on Car Paint Changes With Temperature · · Score: 1

    That's not a problem with the paint job, it's a problem with the driver/s who should be watching the road and not rubbernecking.

  14. Re:"it's"? on GMail Adds Virus Protection · · Score: 1

    "grammar" :-)

    Slow Down Cowboy!

    Slashdot requires you to wait between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.

    It's been 17 weeks since you last successfully posted a comment

  15. Re:"it's"? on GMail Adds Virus Protection · · Score: 1


    "Proofreader", not "Proof Reader".
    <PEDANTRY>

    That is all.

  16. Re:So we metric system users... on King Kong Lived? · · Score: 1

    So how's that PhD in Pedantry coming along?

  17. Re:Birth of a Legend on King Kong Lived? · · Score: 1

    See here and here.

  18. Re:No need to ask on Man Cures Himself of HIV? · · Score: 1

    I imagine that whoever administers the test/s would draw a fresh batch of blood.

  19. Re:Science subject on Man Cures Himself of HIV? · · Score: 1

    How old is "old enough"? I'm 27 and I caught on immediately. Of course my father has several old Tony Hancock LPs which I would listen to while I was growing up. Lots of Goon Show LPs as well.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be off to warm myself by my woman. She's just coming to the boil.

  20. Re:The Animated Series!? on The Ultimate Star Trek Collection · · Score: 2, Insightful

    5. Voyager.
    6. Enterprise.

    :-)

  21. Re:It isn't going to work on Solaris Now an Option for IBM Blades · · Score: 1

    Right now, Volkswagen and Audi offer conventional cars that offer 3 liters/100km fuel efficiencyDo you have a URL? Not trying to doscredit you, just curious.

  22. Re:Mirror? on GORM 1.0 Release to Take on GNOME/KDE? · · Score: 2, Informative
  23. Re:DoS on Looking Back On Looking Forward · · Score: 1

    Well since it happens on a regular basis, that would be scheduled downtime.

  24. Re:oh that's easy on M.I.T. Explains Why Bad Habits Are Hard to Break · · Score: 1

    Err, no. He played Merry, not Pippin.

  25. Re:FreeBSD Ports on A Comparison of Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD Kernel · · Score: 1

    Package Building

    On FreeBSD Ports and Gentoo Portage, you have to figure out and specify runtime dependencies yourself.

    ??? I don't understand this sentence. Portupgrade handles everything for me just fine.

    I'm almost sure GP was describing the situation faced by a port/package creator/maintainer, not the user.