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  1. Re:Faster than Vista! on Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    All you have to do is look at the wireless poll at ubuntuforums.org

    Most users there can not get wireless to function at all.

    Hours of following every guide with ndiswrapper, fwcutter, MadWiFi, wpa_supplicant, etc. have not lead to a solution for most.

  2. The Message Is Clear on LittleBigPlanet Delayed Due To Qur'an-Sampling Audio · · Score: 1

    If you want a large corporation to respect your wishes you must present a clear and present danger to their personal safety.

    Sadly, I am sure other fringe groups are receiving this message loud and clear.

  3. Not a Nobel Prize! on Paul Krugman Awarded Nobel Prize For Economics · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It should be noted that this prize is NOT awarded by the Nobel Foundation.

    The actual title of this award is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel and it is awarded by a bank.

    http://nobelprize.org/nomination/economics/nominators.html

    "The Prize in Economics is not a Nobel Prize."

  4. Re:Fear? Perhaps misweighted utility fxn? on Political Viewpoints Linked To Fear · · Score: 1

    Just look at all of the recent hysteria of treating American children like VIPs that need to be protected 24/7.

    In reality there are only ~50 children per year (out of 70,000,000) who are kidnapped and murdered by strangers.

    http://www.smh.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2008/04/25/1208743246526.html

    They are twice as likely to be struck by lightning (~100 children struck per year).

       

  5. Re:One book: Effective Java on Java, Where To Start? · · Score: 2, Informative

    That version on Google Books is the first edition, from 2001. It only covers feature from 1.3 and earlier.(Only a handful of 1.4 features were touched on).

    The second edition was released last month and now covers up through 1.6.

    http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-2nd-Joshua-Bloch/dp/0321356683

  6. Re:Just get a business acct... on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    The residential 12/2 connection from Comcast is $43/month.
    The "Business Class" 6/2 connection is $99/month.

  7. Re:This is offensive. Stupidity is not a crime. on Jail 'Greedy' Scam Victims, Says Nigerian Diplomat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "How is this any different to saying that a girl that goes into a rough neighbourhood in a mini-skirt and is raped should also be jailed?"

    TFA:

    In one version, the scammer poses as a government worker who has embezzled millions of dollars and is offering victims a percentage if they help retrieve the money by providing a relatively small amount of money for bribes or other charges.

    Professor Olu Agbi said "greedy" Australians who tried to partake in these crimes - even though they are scams - should be arrested as well.

    Wearing a mini-skirt is not illegal. International money laundering and bribing foreign officials are both illegal. There is the difference.

  8. Re:he should not be beholden to those outside on Kansas Nerd Uses Net To Shake Up Political Fundraising · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked candidates were elected based on the number of votes they received, not by the size of their campaign war chest.

    The story states that over 93% of political campaigns are won by the person with the most money.

  9. Re:You just know there's a class action out there. on Laptops With Certain NVidia Chips Failing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yup, a $150-200 million charge oughta do it

    More like $50 million for trial lawyer fees and a $5 coupon for each consumer to use towards any new G84/86 equipped laptop.

  10. Re:HD channels w/ no HD programming on Lack of Bandwidth Oversight Damages HDTV Quality · · Score: 3, Informative

    On Disney about 10 shows (~6 hours per day) are 720p right now.

  11. Re:How about *asking* the user if they want to sha on Data Harvesting From a Developer's Perspective · · Score: 5, Informative

    Speaking from experience I can tell you that an "opt-in" program would never collect enough data to be useful.

    Valve would disagree.

    http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html
    http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52707

    1,728,662 Steam users have voluntarily agreed to participate in their semi-annual hardware survey by having detailed specification of their PC hardware cataloged.

  12. Re:The sad thing... on Private Donor Saves Fermilab · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Look at the US Congress. 60% lawyers, 20% lifetime politicians, 1% scientists and engineers.

  13. IGN Review on Five Days Locked in a Room With GTA IV · · Score: 4, Informative

    IGN has the first video review.

    http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/827005/grand-theft-auto-4/videos/gta4_review_042508.html

    They have proclaimed it the best game of the decade.

    Text review: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/869/869381p1.html

  14. Happens Every Week on Amazon Erases Orders To Cover Up Pricing Mistake · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seriously. Visit SlickDeals or FatWallet and you will see that there is a thread for every single pricing mistake, followed shortly by posters bragging about ordering the maximum amount of product allowed. 99% of the time the orders are canceled.

  15. Re:Don't Hire Any Florida Graduates on 12 Florida Schools Pass Anti-Evolution Resolutions · · Score: 1

    "why should anyone discriminate based on the paper?"

    We receive an average of 350 applicants per opening. We have to use the CV to discriminate against 99%. Interviews that allow managers to "show them real problems and let them find a solution" can only be performed on the top 1%.

    Forwarding applicants who have been taught that energy conservation is unimportant because Jesus is going to ride a dinosaur onto the scene any year now is a waste of our time and resources.

  16. Re:Stoopid scientists get sailors killed. on New Software Could Warn Sailors of Rogue Waves · · Score: 1

    "During this entire time, numerous eye witness reports were ignored, and even the odd photograph was dismissed as a fluke."

    I guarantee there are more eyewitness reports and photographs of alien abductions and lake monsters than rogue waves.

    How can elitist scientists ignore this mountain of evidence at our peril? //sarcasm

  17. Re:Has she offended since? on Database Finds Fugitive After 35 Years · · Score: 1

    It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

  18. Re:Actually, that's the scary part on Hitachi Promises 4-TB Hard Drives By 2011 · · Score: 1

    The simple fact is that you can buy 20GB of server RAM for less than two days of salary+benefits for a quality programmer or enable two more (virtual)cpus on the mainframe for less than a weeks compensation. It is hard to make a business case.

  19. Re:Wrong solution on Microwind Generator For Low Power Systems · · Score: 1

    Why would any industrialized nation willingly become dependent on an import as critical as food from nations that are just one Mugabe away from total collapse(Breadbasket to Dustbowl etc.)?

  20. Re:Could not find any mention of height/weight on New Dinosaur Species Discovery In Utah Released · · Score: 1
    http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/10/03/duckbilldino_din.html?category=dinosaurs&guid=20071003120000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

    The 30-foot-long dinosaur, which stood about 10-12 feet tall at the hips and weighed several tons[natch], is believed to be the largest specimen recovered from the site's 75-million-year-old Kaiparowits Formation. A description of the dino appears in this month's Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.


    Here is the full journal article: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00349.x

  21. Re:More bad news on PS3 Unreal Tournament 3 Delayed · · Score: 1

    Almost every cross-platform Unreal Engine 3 game has been delayed for the PS3 version: Stranglehold, Rainbow Six: Vegas, BlackSite: Area 51, GRAW 2, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Fatal Inertia, etc.

    Wikipedia has a list of upcoming games using this engine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_engine#Unreal_Engine_3_2

  22. Re:No loading screens, just long waits... on The Making of Dungeon Siege · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is the same technique that Metroid Prime has used. Large areas are connected by small hallways to allow the next area to begin loading. Sometimes you reach the next door before the area behind it is loaded and it refuses to open for several seconds. The same thing still occurs on the 3rd installation for the Wii released last week. It actually seems like a bug if you do not know why the doors fail to always open immediately.

  23. Re:Wifi monopolies on San Francisco Free Wi-Fi Plan Fails · · Score: 2, Informative

    "And without public schools, only the rich could afford to go to school at all."

    No, funds could be tied to individual students as opposed to monolithic government institutions and private entities could compete to attract these students. That model seems to outperform the US model according to OECD metrics.

    It seems ironic that countries such as Belgium and France rely on free enterprise and competition to improve the quality of education while the US is locked into a poorly run socialist system that outspends these countries 2:1 per pupil with such abysmal results.

  24. Re:X-Box only on Mass Effect Launch Date Announced · · Score: 1

    Unlikely. KOTOR was a third party game published by LA. Mass Effect is being published by Microsoft. This title will probably follow the path of other MS published titles and not show up on Windows for a minimum of 12 months.

  25. Re:What's the issue? on ESRB Refuses To Detail Manhunt 2 Re-Rating Logic · · Score: 2, Funny

    They use a 100 point scale with 0==EC and 100==AO.

    Since this is the US every shotgun blast to the face is penalized 0.1 points while a nipple equates to 75 points.