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  1. On linux wifi support on Ask Slashdot: GNU/Linux Laptops? · · Score: 1

    As someone who writes automated tests for wireless routers that stress the hell out of the linux wifi stack, I would highly reccomend going with an Intel based wifi card.

    The Centrino 6300N is a beautiful 3x3 card with 5ghz support and has been rock solid especially compared to broadcom or ralink chipsets.

    I would love to see this chipset in a desktop package but sadly, there isn't a real good solution.

  2. Re:easy as...rocket science. on Ask Slashdot: Best Connect Scheme For a 2-ISP Household? · · Score: 1

    Cradlepoint is going to allow you to have multiple WAN ports on devices with multiple ethernet ports on their newer products in a future firmware update. I'd recommend the MBR95. That should allow the OP to do what he wants to do.

  3. Re:Platforms that run only .NET bytecode on Why the Arduino Won and Why It's Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    But...why would you do such a thing? Nevermind the fact that Java is broken in so many ways.

    I don't *hate* java, I use it every day in my work, but why can't they just say "We're breaking the JVM for this release so we can implement proper generics without the type erasure hack"

    I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if the compiler handled them properly, but ArrayList != ArrayList, I don't care what happens during compilation.

  4. Re:Actually.. on Sometimes It's OK To Steal My Games · · Score: 1

    Actually, you have to authenticate with Battle.net once every 30 days or so to keep offline mode offline.

    See http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/launch?ref=/sc2/en/forum/topic/112311280

    Which I think is a stupid decision on Blizzard's part. I'd really like to see them only require online access once, otherwise offline mode is just a waste.

  5. Re:Yessiree! on Android Ported To iPhone · · Score: 1

    I get asked to moderate all the time, and I almost NEVER post.
    It's all decided by magic!

  6. Re:Unfortunately? on Microsoft Demos "Deep Zoom" Technology · · Score: 1

    Seemed to work just fine for me in Firefox 3rc2

    *shrug*

  7. Soooo.... on AMD's Personal Internet Communicator · · Score: 1

    Where is my $200 WinTerminal?

    If they can build a machine like this with a 10gb HDD in it for $250, why can't I get a think client running CE for $150 or $200?

  8. Well, thats not really publishing, just porting on Amateurs Pushing the Dreamcast's Boundaries · · Score: 4, Informative
    I mean, they are rather technically impressive, but there is more to the Dreamcast Dev scene than just ports.

    Me and my cohorts at S+F Software are getting a game published via the Goat Store, if they can get the pressing details worked out. It's a addictive four player puzzle game called Inhabitants, also available on Lik-Sang

    The nice thing about the DC is that it is quite easy to code for using open tools. The KallistOS library gives you easy access to the hardware. It even has a openGL library that does a decent job for simple 3d stuff, and a badass object oriented 2d library.

  9. Re:Sony not good for digital cameras on Sony Shoots For 4-Filter CCD, 8 Megapixel Camera · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It could be that the video camera's ccd dosent even have to be 1mp to take good looking miniDV video. Why put a 3mp sensor into a camera who's primary purpose is to take lower resolution video. They are not crippling anything, it's just the difference between still and video.

    Anyways

  10. Uhh.. on Time Warner Cable NYC Begins DVR Distribution · · Score: 1

    Well, I've had the SA 8000 for a while with Cox in Northern VA.

    What sucks is that it re-compresses everything that it records. It could be that none of the channels are truly digital. The picture quality is just OK, DirectTivo is loads better.

    If you hold down the select button while powering you can get a status screen to see what's going on behind the scenes.

  11. Re:pure flame on Warcraft III Gone Gold · · Score: 1

    iD makes engines. (Albeit damn good ones)

    Blizzard makes games. (damn good ones, too)