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  1. Re:CenturyLink on Ask Slashdot: What Is an Acceptable Broadband Latency? · · Score: 1

    60ms here for a 1.5Mbps CenturyLink DSL connection and they have a few repeaters thrown in there to get it to my house (12 miles from town).

  2. Re:Matthew Garrett explains secure boot implicatio on Demystifying UEFI, the Overdue BIOS Replacement · · Score: 0

    What are the chances that the secure boot is a simple switch that we can change? Enable secure boot to support whatever keys are in the system or disable to support anything else? I would actually be surprised if UEFI didn't support this.

  3. Re:I can answer that! on Windows 8 Roundup · · Score: 1

    The typical computer user thinks that if he drags the small icon from the URL bar in IE/Firefox/Chrome to his desktop he has "saved" the webpage to his computer, he doesn't know the difference between a link, a shortcut and a document.

    I didn't know you could drag the favicon to the desktop to create a shortcut to the page. huh, learn something every day.

  4. Re:The only problem with Microsoft... on It's Not a New Ballmer Microsoft Needs; It's a New Gates · · Score: 1

    On the other side, how come copy in OSX doesn't merge with any folders that already exist in the destination. The default action is to delete everything that exists and then copy the folders over.

  5. Re:All this effort, just to avoid the real problem on US Contemplating 'Vehicle Miles Traveled' Tax · · Score: 1

    Would you cut spending on military and defense?

    Yes. Then maybe we can keep our nose out of everyone elses business and focus on just this country. There is no need for our military to be this big. We should go back to being a neutral country and be happy with it.

  6. Re:Classy on RIAA Wants 'Net Neutrality' To Include Filtering · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't being pro-child-porn be using child porn for your benefits?

  7. Re:Yeah on The 'Net Generation' Isn't · · Score: 0

    Grammar and spelling are not my strong points. Math and science are. I went to college for a computer major, not an English major, so ehh.

  8. Yeah on The 'Net Generation' Isn't · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Today's kids have grown up with the net. It is so in-graved into today's society for most that most kids don't even think about it. The net is nothing special now like it was years ago. I remember years ago when the net first came around to everyone. It was something special and new then. I used to spend hours just looking around and finding new and different things. Now I mainly go to the few websites I like. It went from a new fascinating thing to simply a tool to get the job done. The magic is gone from the net now that it is everywhere and used by almost everyone. Just comes with the times.

  9. Re:False assumption on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 0

    4 spaces
    2 spaces doesn't offset the code enough for me to see it well
    8 spaces uses up too much real estate
    so 4 spaces it is

  10. Re:No... on Data Storage Capacity Mostly Wasted In Data Center · · Score: 0

    Hitachi actually has this. You can create a large thin provisioned volume on a dynamic pool and Hitachi can grow and shrink it as needed. It's true that the OS will only see the large volume but it's a start in the right direction to reclaim extra space when it's not used.
    Also, we just purchased a 50TB Hitachi SAN with Fibrechannel and iSCSI for only $110,000. Enterprise can be had for less but that is educational cost also.

  11. Re:"Presumption of innocence"? on Tennessee Town Releases Red Light Camera Stats · · Score: 0

    Innocent until proven guilty.

    Exactly. That's how red light cameras where found to be unconstitutional in Missouri and now all cameras have been deactivated. :)

  12. Re:Don't throw Bill under the bus on BSOD Issues On Deepwater Horizon · · Score: 0

    And people wonder why open source is sometimes looked at like a little kid trying to play in a big world. I like open source and I try to push it as much as I can, it's people like this that makes it look bad.

  13. We already know about it on Dell Says 90% of Recorded Business Data Is Never Read · · Score: 0

    Businesses already know that most data is stored once and never looked at again. The simple solution would be to offer multiple locations to store data, one for frequently accessed data and one for archival, etc. The problem comes down to is training. There are a lot of people that can barely use a computer and the whole concept of the multiple folders would confuse them. Another solution is to solve the issue with software. There are several archival solutions that will look at the file accessed date and either move it to cheaper disk or even tape. It leaves a stub file in place in the original location and if a user tries to access the file, it will pop up a box saying "please wait while the file is restored". This solution is nice in where the users don't have to change how they save data but it is harder to manage. You have your data spread across multiple systems instead of one and backups could become harder. Overall, it just depends on which direction you want to go with your data and what makes the most sense.

  14. Re:I say let them cheat on Colleges Stepping Up Anti-Cheating Technology · · Score: 0

    And that is usually done through tests

  15. Re:FAT32 -NOT on Best Format For OS X and Linux HDD? · · Score: 0

    Are we saying FAT32 is not so FAT after all?

  16. Re:What are the percentages? on Regular Domains Have More Malware Than Porn Sites · · Score: 0

    but but but...The Internet is for porn, or at least that's what the song said

  17. Re:as common as $4 coffees on Apple Hires Antenna Engineers. Really. · · Score: 0

    $4 for plain black 12oz coffee?????
    around here it only costs $.50 for the same thing. Talk about a big markup.
    Anyways, I think the plain black coffee tastes better anyways.

  18. Re:Bluff City is south of Bristol Motor Speedway on Anti-Speed Camera Activist Buys Police Department's Web Domain · · Score: 0

    "Traffic cameras are a slap in the face of freedom."

    Why?

    Because you are innocent until proven guilty. All the traffic cameras and red light cameras treat you as guilty until proven innocent. If a traffic camera captures my car speeding, how can it tell if I was driving, I let a friend drive, or it was stolen? Here in Missouri, all red light cameras where ruled to be against the constitution and banned from use.

  19. Re:Want one so bad but won't buy on Apple Announces iPhone 4 · · Score: 0

    umm $199 for 16GB or $299 for 32GB, dunno where you got $600 for a phone

  20. Re:No Verizon but.... T-Mobile? on Apple Announces iPhone 4 · · Score: 0

    It was nice when people started yelling out for support for T-mobile and others

  21. Re:I wish they would like money less on Time For Universal Data Plans? · · Score: 0

    In this case, I would think unlimited would mean that I can go drive the 1 car as much as I want, not an unlimited number of cars

  22. Re:Skepticism warranted? on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 2, Funny

    The cake is a lie *you knew someone would have to say it*

  23. Privacy on Best Alternatives To the Big Name Social Media? · · Score: 0

    I don't worry about the privacy much on Facebook. I always assume that they will share my data out with anyone and everyone. That's why I don't put any private data there. I just have my name and a few basics that a simple Google search would turn up anyway.

  24. Re:Microsoft's response on IE8's XSS Filter Exposes Sites To XSS Attacks · · Score: 0

    Now that was a spicy meatball

  25. Re:A hypothetical question. on Open Source Deduplication For Linux With Opendedup · · Score: 0

    I don't believe so. The main way to dedup files that I know of is on the block level. The file system can keep a record of what blocks are recorded on the HDD. Now if they do a checksum or equivalent on the blocks, they can determine which blocks are identical. Then it's as simple as recording 2 pointers to the same block. If it shows up that one of the records needs to change, then simply remove the pointer and save the changed record to a new block.