TwilightSentry - Slashdot User

Submission + - Making the Case for Firefox 1

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TwilightSentry

on Sunday September 23, 2007 @01:15AM

TwilightSentry writes: "I'm a student in a small private high-school (~500 students) with a network of mostly Windows computers (We've got some Macs and a Linux server). Our IT administrator favors IE over Firefox, primarily because it can be controlled through Active Directory. I've shown him Firefox ADM, which allows such control of Firefox, and espoused the benefits of AdBlock Plus and Firefox's greater security (Along with the thousand-eyes, fewer bugs idea). His response has been that ads are blocked by our web-filter, and as Firefox and IE7 now pretty much have UI parity, there wouldn't be enough improvement for users to justify taking the time to implement the change.

So, I ask the Slashdot crowd: How would you justify such a switch to your IT admin., if at all?"

Submission + - Six degree of freedom head tracking

Submitted by pATCheS on Saturday March 10, 2007 @06:29PM

pATCheS writes: Imagine what it would be like to be able to use your head to look around in today's PC games. Sound cool? The kids over at Natural Point thought so too, and they set forth to produce TrackIR. While this technology has been around for some years now (and has seen Slashdot fame before), it has the potential to significantly increase immersion in interactive 3D games and applications at a moderate cost. This YouTube video shows off the latest TrackIR's capabilities.

Submission + - Canadian Music Industry Says Its Never Sued Anyone

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10, 2007 @05:39PM

An anonymous reader writes: Lies from the recording industry probably doesn't count as news, but this whopper from the Canadian Recording Industry Association is striking for how deluded the industry has become. More than two years after it filed suit against 29 alleged file sharers, CRIA President Graham Henderson told an industry conference that "we've never sued anyone."

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