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  1. Re:You want to play games or show off your 3DMarks on Are nVidia's SLI Cards Worth the Investment? · · Score: 1

    Games? Nah. Some MAME stuff.

    GL capable for music eye candy and such.

    nvidia's HUGE driver is the first to get the finger pointed at it whenever anything hiccups on a system, you know?

    I think I reasoned it out for myself above that I'll sit and wait for the open graphics card.

  2. Re:You want to play games or show off your 3DMarks on Are nVidia's SLI Cards Worth the Investment? · · Score: 1

    My GeForce2 MX 400 is looking long in the tooth too.
    It's perfectly adequate for pumping mythtv to my widescreen ( with a line doubler ), so I'd like to dedicate it to that.

    That said, the 6800LE is $250?! What's the best sub $75 3d card for x.org? Still the GeForce2?

    I did pledge $100 to the Open Graphics Project
    slashdot articles

    I think I'll just sit on my wallet till it comes out.

  3. the google way on How To Manage Your Home Directory? · · Score: 4, Interesting
    put it all in ~/public_html, and find stuff with google site://my_host/~myname

    Sooner or later, google will be right, you won't be able to keep up with all the accumulated crap that TiB hard drives and uber-pipe broadband and "smart" agents and tivo-like p2p this crap was downloaded because it's like the other crap you've searched for

    And we will love it.

  4. Re:For all registrars, or just some? on Faster Updates for DNS Root Servers Arrive · · Score: 1
    perl -e 'print scalar localtime '
    returns:
    Thu Sep 9 10:19:44 2004
    whereas
    date +%s
    returns:
    1094739487
  5. Re:Someone point Mr. Ford to opengov on Hacking Congress · · Score: 1

    It's funny, laugh.

    www.opengov.us currently miss-gurgitates XML, instead of HTML, to your browser.

  6. Someone point Mr. Ford to opengov on Hacking Congress · · Score: 2, Informative
  7. Re:ummm.... on Workplace Monotony? · · Score: 1

    Here here!
    Exactly the post I was about to make.

  8. Re:Consider 3ware... on Hardware Selection for AMD64 + Linux? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Please elaborate.
    I just deplowyed two Tyan Thunder K8W workstations equiped with Escalade 7500 RAID controllers.

    Its on a research vessel ready to SAT and deport by mid next month. I've never heard anything about this.

    *suddenly nervous*

  9. Re:Like building a plane on Linus Adopts Enhanced Tracking Process · · Score: 1

    Kinda like building a bullet too.
    US Marines fire marine built bullets, which is auditable.

    -dan

  10. Linux From Scratch .org on Linux Admininstration Resources? · · Score: 1

    I'm a redhat man. I've used debian, used to be a slackware zealot.

    Then I built three boxes from source, by hand. LinuxFromScratch.org is a book + source code. It's like buying a kit plane, but you get instructions to make the tools too.

    Building my third box, I realized I had to start over again because of the lack of package management, so I built it using checkinstall ( google it ). The result? A redhat box. I just use Fedora/Workstation now, but....

    You learn so much from the LFS, and more importantly the mailing list/IRC channel, it really should be job #1 for anyone wanting to 'learn linux'. I've read dozens of books, been to college courses. I've even 'man /usr/bin/*' from time to time. Nothing compares to LFS, and that maniacal crew of lfs-users.

    I recommened it to any linux neophyte that really wants to be an admisitrator. If I had my way, it would be a mandatory requisite before letting anyone work on my servers.

    Second to that: Nemith's Linux Administration Handbook. (prentice hall)
    Third: Google. (google)
    Fourth: Mastering Regular Expressions (o'reilly)

  11. Re:The holy grail of solar power on Solar Cells Get Boost · · Score: 1

    I'm with newbie, er, n1ywb. And I'm just as jaded. But "I want to believe" in this one.

  12. Its just a megabudget marketing campaing. on Nanobacteria Discovered? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe it was called: midichlorians

  13. Re:Some solutions to spyware on Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem · · Score: 1

    Anyone care to post a .reg to automate this.

    Please!

  14. Sleep on Entertaining Your Brain? · · Score: 1
    Random Google pull on this topic

    The difference is huge, and dramatic. Takes more discipline than you first think. Those 30 hour coding binges and test crams do more harm than good on your productivity.

    Just cutting caffeine after 4pm changed my life.

  15. contact your attorney general on What to do When Technical Support Fails? · · Score: 4, Informative
    And the one in the state the company is incorporated in. They keep the lists on complaints.

    Better Business Bureau, I think, will recommend the same.

  16. I thought this one out aloud on Imminent Mandrake Name Change? · · Score: 4, Funny

    And my office buddy heard it.

    Me: *shakes head* Mumbles to himself, "France is making Mandrake change it's name, some trademark infringement."

    Buddy: "France? Screw France. Tell'em they should rename it 'france'."

    There ya go, francesoft. Fitting. I doubt he knows it's a product of frenchies.

  17. Re:Keeping warm on An Ignition Interlock In Every Car? · · Score: 1

    I think I left off: ... because of ignition interlock malfunction.

    Remember, these will be integrated to RF ignition systems, auto starters, etc. Can be buggy == Will be buggy,

    But, thanks for the insight.

  18. Re:Yes and it's Pentium 4-M in the PC104 form fact on Is the x86 Ready for Consumer Appliances? · · Score: 1
    Mod parent up.

    I'll put forth AMP's PC104 Transmeta Crusoe. Fanless 1ghz fun complete with dual display and embedded mpeg2 acceleration. 5v and 2amp max.

    I'm working with/on one of these now, if you have any questions.

    Model: Tiny886ULP Better buy in bulk, not cheap.

  19. .... NIMBY on An Ignition Interlock In Every Car? · · Score: 1

    Not a chance in the northeast. Or the north at all.

    A day like yesterday, you _will_ die if you can't keep the car running in -9 degree weather "until you sober up".

    Guaranteed to happen to someone, somewhere.

  20. port blocking on Online Patching Systems? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Port blocking is RAMPANT now.

    It *has* to work over either port 80 or 443, or it is a non-viable option. Period.

    I'd go with xdelta or rsync, compiled/configured for port 443, and a good web frontend.

  21. Re:Slashdot wrong about Iraq Liberation on Answers On LUGs, Life, and Linux in Iraq · · Score: 1
    Ummm. Slashdot is a comunity of many people with different opinons. The only thing that the people on slashdot agree on is computers are cool.
    Ummm. Many of us have been around computers long enough to hate them, but this just soundly proves your point. b)

    BTW: this is one of the better /. interviews ever.

  22. Re:Who gets the money? on EU Finds Microsoft Guilty Of Abusing Monopoly · · Score: 1

    I'm amazed iut just how /unique/ that sounds.... government salaried layers...

    over here we call them legislatureres

  23. Re:Got a toshiba widescreen on Videogames, HDTV and Widescreen 16:9? · · Score: 1

    Dude, thank you.
    I didn't know, I DIDN'T KNOW.

    b)

    Kain is the only series that comes close to my love of Zelda.

  24. Got a toshiba widescreen on Videogames, HDTV and Widescreen 16:9? · · Score: 1

    Xbox games have decent -> good support for 16:9.

    MechAssualt come to mind, although the graphics don't stand up they offer vertical split multiplayer.

    I haven't bought the additional hardware for my ZeldaCube, the cartoon Link looks just fine a little stretched.

  25. Re:Top ten Windows apps to install. on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    I won't deny PuTTY is venerable. I use it myself on machines that don't have cygwin. Does it support SSH v3 yet?

    "It fixes windows."