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  1. Re:I think.... on Help Slashdot Test Our New Data Center · · Score: 4, Funny

    They just wanted to coin the term: "recursive slashdotting".

  2. Re:Melodramatic on The Effects of Censorship — a Tale of Two Websites · · Score: 3, Informative

    Better yet, the article is in the anti polygraph, and they are those that argue to have more posts. Is there an "objective" document somewhere, rather than complains of "And yeah.. they even removed our posts!".

  3. Re:Dual Boot on Securing Your Notebook Against US Customs · · Score: 1

    Dumb enough, I believe, that I don't need a laptop to move information. How many people moves tons, literally tons on data in a single iPod? Do they dump the whole content of an iPod?

    I really don't know what they are expecting to find looking into peoples laptops, when there are other million ways to transport information. iPods go up to 160G, probably bigger than many laptops. But, do they stop people with iPods?

  4. Re:Why not cellular? on Homemade VoIP Network Over Wi-Fi Routers · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I missed the point too, but, isn't keeping the power low what maintains this frequencies free? If someone attempts to exceed the power in those frequencies, the first thing a government will do, is regulate those frequencies to avoid people abusing from transmitting power.

    IMHO, that's what will happen if someone decides to transmit at high power in unregulated frequency bands.

  5. Re:facepalm on Researcher Discusses iPod Supercomputer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Better yet, why do they have to talk about iPods and not cellphones. There are plenty more cellphones in the world than iPods, all of them, connected to networks. Most of them, running already Java applications. The platform is already there.

  6. Re:One problem machine out of many installs on Windows XP SP3 Creating Havoc · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Problem is, you don't pay for open source. When you pay for something, and there's people behind, waiting for the right time to sue, then you have to label stuff in such way: "If you touch it, you may break it, so you better leave it alone". It amazes me that plastic bags have to come with a disclaimer because you can kill your self with them, and I bet that if someone got killed, they didn't know how to read anyways. That is, if you don't read the "readme" file and click every single "ok" without even looking what you're doing, well, don't expect that everything will go smoothly.

    Although I know /. is full of gurus that know everything about computer, I for one, believe that not everyone has to. Even though I know is important, I can't complain if my dad or my mom don't fully understand what the OS does for them, and I won't expect them to go mess with the /etc files either. And I don't expect them to read a confusing literature as the one provided in some manuals.

  7. Re:Stole it himself on Peter Gabriel's Web Server Stolen · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, it's just a marketing trick for the re-launch his album security.

  8. Re:Video probably prime reason... on Average Web Page Size Triples Since 2003 · · Score: 1

    You know, I haven't been into myspace recenlty, but if they still allow people to put and start several songs and videos at the same time, no wonder.

    We are relying on the fact that from 2003 (and before), people started to make webpages and upload tons of content, and some providers don't even limit the bandwidth they consume. That is, I can replicate tons of information, cause I think people will thank me for embedding 5 youtube videos, instead of people clicking on links to youtube. This concludes on:

    1. If there is more space available, people will tend to waste^W use it. 2. If there is more bandwidth available, people will tend to waste^W use it. 3. If there is more information available, people will try to replicate^W embed it to accomplish 1. and 2. 4. If there is more screen space, people will put as many pictures to cover the whole page. 5. If people think moving stuff is nice, they won't simply go with an animated GIF, they will go big for using flash, which accomplishes 1. and 2. 6. If anyone finds and extreme application that successfully accomplishes 1. and 2., they will think is cool, and needs to be replicated. 7. And the cycles continues.

  9. Re:eat my shorts slashdot !! on Average Web Page Size Triples Since 2003 · · Score: 1

    Besides of some reasons, there's also this reason!

    More people writing non-sense on forums, so your computer and NIC use resources downloading and presenting such quality posts as the parent.

  10. Re:Check out the size of the /. front page. on Average Web Page Size Triples Since 2003 · · Score: 1

    I think you missed that screen resolution also increases, so there is more space to waste.

  11. Re:Good for Vista stats on Dell Will Offer XP Past Cutoff Date · · Score: 1

    After all, you need to buy one of the most expensive OSs so they can give you another license for free. You don't think they just give licenses away to everyone, right? So you buy an expensive license for an OS, and they "give" you one for free. Although, even if you can use it on a different system, some part of the contract probably says you're only allowed to install it in one system.

    Still, would you get two licenses for the price of one? and is MS enforcing this?

  12. Re:Ubuntu Instead? on Dell Will Offer XP Past Cutoff Date · · Score: 1

    If Dell is in the business of installing unsupported operating systems, why not instead redirect the customers to their Ubuntu offerings instead?
    Perhaps, because what people want is not to change their OS. So why would you send them to, yet another OS, when they can keep working with the one they are used to?
  13. Re:I don't believe it on Predicting Human Errors From Brain Activity · · Score: 1

    That depends on what an "error" means. I bet several people would loved to have at least a 6 second in advance notification to avoid saying: "I do".

  14. Re:And with this... on Negroponte Says Windows 'Runs Well' On XO Laptop · · Score: 1

    The camera can record brief bits of video
    Are you talking about a flash for the camera? Then maybe next versions of XOs can come with a hot shoe so people can put the one they want!
  15. Aren't Bluetooth devices for communication? on Bluetooth Surveillance Tested In the UK · · Score: 1

    Why not giving cellphones to the prisoners?
    I mean, what kind of devices you give to prisoners so they are not able to hack and communicate without being close to each other?

  16. Re:Can anyone tell me... on IBM Demonstrates High-k/Metal Gate Chips · · Score: 1

    Thanks, yeah, I saw it, but it said to be manufacturing processors only until 2009. That's why I got confused.

  17. Re:Can anyone tell me... on IBM Demonstrates High-k/Metal Gate Chips · · Score: 1

    What link are you talking about? Did I miss any "apple" or "intel" link to 32nm?

  18. Re:Can anyone tell me... on IBM Demonstrates High-k/Metal Gate Chips · · Score: 1

    If this is true, what's news on testing a 32nm chip, if Intel would be already producing them. Do you have references?

  19. Can anyone tell me... on IBM Demonstrates High-k/Metal Gate Chips · · Score: 1

    because I have an ongoing discussion about this topic, and I want to know, in what part of that spectrum (45 - 32 - 29 nm) is Intel at this moment? Are they already manufacturing chips with such technology?

  20. Re:It's the last mile which is holding it back on "Exaflood" Disaster Appears Unlikely · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In my opinion, that's what's holding the growth of traffic.

    The last mile in many places is still limited. However, I think that as the time passes, people is more aware of the different services that they can find and use online. I remember not too long ago, we stressed the networks, sending 40MB emails with videos with my friends, as we start finding sites like youtube, we stopped abusing the email system, replicating mails. There's still people sending huge powerpoint presentations through mail, but chances are that now, people rather send a link to a centralized system than wasting 30 mins trying to figure out why the email didn't go through.

    With limited access to the network (i.e. dial-up), you wont download the 30MB video your friend sent, and as people realizes that it doesn't make any sense using inappropriate methods to reach a goal, but use the right one, the network usage will converge, and again people will be claiming for more last-mile bandwidth, which is, at the end, what makes your services flow in a better way.

    Note that people now, is more aware of what they want to see, and more selective. They look for particular videos, or particular news, and if they need some information, they go to their trusted sources.

  21. Re:Energy saving on Movement Sensors a Less Invasive Alternative To CCTV · · Score: 1

    I would say it requires some sort of intelligent sensors. If you are based only on motion sensors, it would be a pain having to move to activate them when you are working late at night.

    On the other hand, if you say you can adjust them to be more sensitive, then any mosquito will keep the lights on.

    So I guess, this sort of intelligent system can keep a log of people that it's still in their offices and not turning their lights off... but... is that again a privacy concern?

  22. Re:Why isn't it treated lake any other utility? on BBC and ISPs Clash over iPlayer · · Score: 1

    Sincerely, I don't think is a bad example.

    Moreover, what about being charged for downloading spam when you check your email? It's like paying to get AOL CDs! If ISPs can equate how to remove advertisement AND spam, so customers don't have to pay for it, then it would be a fairly good idea.

  23. Re:Blue on Black on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I seriously I always thought, Word Perfect's old combination white on blue was the result of such sort of study, and was included in Word for several years.

    I normally try to set my windows to either white (or gray) on blue (or black). I increase the bright of the foreground depending of how light is the background (i.e. if I use light blue for background, I put white as foreground, but I use gray if the background is dark blue or black, the reason to pick each, depends on the flexibility of the editor for modifying colors when they have sintax highlight).

  24. Re:Two things from the article on Computer Games Make Players Less Violent · · Score: 1

    Besides, I was wondering if, besides those 83 yo, the rest of them were young and hot teens that want to chat with you.

  25. Re:The "old" administrator... on 11-Year-Old Becomes Network Admin for Alabama School · · Score: 1

    The old administrator graduated from middle school, someone had to take over!