Pliep - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Quite revealing... (Score 1) 662

by Pliep on Friday February 29 2008, @03:42AM (#22598030) Attached to: Microsoft Internal Emails Show Dismay With Vista

he uses no interpunction puts a couple of spaces to indicate that a new sentence has started and always ends with thanks what a prat thanks

Apple confirms Time Machine defect in OS X 10.5-> 0

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Pliep

on Tuesday November 06 2007, @05:53AM

Pliep writes "In a new support document released yesterday, Apple confirms that Leopard's new backup feature called Time Machine may stop working after about 10 GB of data has been backed up. The solution may be to re-format the backup drive and make sure it does not have a Master Boot Record (MBR) partition type. Apple of course warns users to make sure they have a backup copy before reformatting their drive."
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Slashdot polls -- good idea, or useless? 0

Submitted by posterlogo on Thursday July 12 2007, @01:59AM

posterlogo writes "Do people find the tagging system to be useful? How frequently do you make use of it? Often I find stories tagged "haha", which doesn't seem to be all that useful for finding something specific, since more than half the stories get this tag. Worse, lately there's been a lot of politicizing — tags like "liberalpropaganda" or "republicansarefuckingfacists". These appear to be just another way to make an anonymous coward statement. Do you like the tagging system?"

New Nintendo Wii Accessory and game - Wii Fit 0

Submitted by sien on Wednesday July 11 2007, @11:51PM

sien writes "Nintendo have announced a new accessory for the Wii, a balance board. The balance board will come with a new game, Wii Fit. More from Ars Technica. Will this be a new Nintendo Power Glove or will it increase the sales of the Wii and turning into the most successful of the new generation of consoles?"

iPhone AT&T deal under scrutiny by US governme-> 0

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tsa

on Wednesday July 11 2007, @11:44PM

tsa writes "Apple's multi-year iPhone contract with AT&T has become the poster child for the ills of the cellphone industry in a US House committee debate, with Verizon also casting its own doubts on the device. Here's what AppleInsider has to say about it."
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Dangers of the Nintendo Wii-> 0

Submitted by Bobodie on Wednesday July 11 2007, @04:13PM

Bobodie writes "The folks over at the Land of Randomness have put up a humorous story about a wii player and an injury caused by being too enthusiastic. The article is meant for entertainment but brings a few thoughts to mind regarding up and coming safety issues as gaming evolves. A direct link to the article is here."
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