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Comment Re:Stability (Score 1) 891

Ironically, that's one of the problems that drives me nuts with Windows--resolution switching. Perhaps the Mac has solved it, but I switch resolutions a lot to deal with different projectors when I travel to give talks and I end up with the same problem--the stupid OK button is off the screen so you have to reboot into safe mode to fix things.

Not true. Alt+Space then "m" for move or "s" for resize then use the arrow keys. Standard Windows keyboard shortcuts for a window control menu. The mouse will work in place of the arrow keys if you can get to the corners/edges you need.

Comment Re:Send me! (Score 1) 489

Most of the reviews I've seen so far rate the movie as mediocre, even fans. A couple of reviewers severely panned it, like Colin Covert of the Star Tribune - one star, contains the second worst sex scene in cinema (or something like that - maybe it was just this year...) followed by it also contains the worst (and others round out the top 5), quotes like "Who watches the watchmen? Nobody."

I'd never heard of it before the TV ads. Saw it at a matinee yesterday. $7.25 for the ticket and $5.50 for a Cherry Coke. The Coke was more satisfying. The movie wasn't totally terrible but I'll never watch it again. Visually appealing but overly long and convoluted. I thought Coverts review nailed it.
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/40792717.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnc5PDiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr
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Submission + - Windows Shares-- Fixing Permissions?

An anonymous reader writes: I was wondering what people are using to get a handle on Windows file share permissions. Figuring out what a given person or group has access to is a bit of a pain, and figuring out if anyone actually uses the data is also an exercise. Any suggestions?
The Internet

Submission + - Hack DNS for lightning-fast Web browsing

jcatcw writes: Preston Gralla provides instructions on a simple way to get to Web sites faster by changing the way your PC uses the Domain Name System (DNS). He begins with OpenDNS, but also suggests editing the HOSTS file or adjusting DNS cache. In a companion piece, Fix your DNS problems, he recommends pinging sites to verify they are live when you have trouble reaching them through the browser. If the site is live, but you can't reach it, it might be because of an error in your HOSTS file or your OpenDNS configuration, an outdated item in DNS cache, or a problem at your ISP.

Feed Ads police say 128Kbps AAC is CD quality (theregister.com)

Nokia 1, Consumers 0

Nokia - unlike Creative - has been allowed by UK advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to claim that its Nokia 5300 Xpress Music phone can deliver CD quality sound from compressed, lossy audio formats.


Feed Thunderbird 2.0 final released (slashdot.org)

Better late than never. The Thunderbird 2.0 release is finally ready for release. Builds of Thunderbird 2.0 have appeared on the Mozilla Web site ahead of an official announcement scheduled for Thursday that the release is available.
Privacy

Submission + - NCSU encourages students to push back RIAA

EB writes: North Carolina State University (NCSU) is reportedly advising students that have been targeted by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to fight back. The University's Student Legal Services department has been advising students to fight back all the way to federal court. NCSU is one of many Universities in the U.S. that received pre-litigation notices from the RIAA in February.

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