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  1. Re:And then? on New Laser System Targets Mosquitoes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The key word there is "known". in not to recent history (early 1900's) the pituitary gland was thought to be useless. Time and science proved otherwise. I'd rather leave the mosquitoes alone.

  2. Re:X-WRT? on Contest For a Better Open-WRT Wireless Router GUI · · Score: 1

    Crap! This is a user interface competition? I was hoping it was a theme competition, and was going to suggest a darkish green background with white lettering. I know, kick ass right?

  3. Re:Needless loss on Ma.gnolia User Data Is Gone For Good · · Score: 1

    Replication != Backup
    A backup is good, but worthless if not verified.

  4. Oh crap... on Senate Approves 4-Month Delay In Digital TV Switch · · Score: 1

    Not another four months of listening to the "Are you ready for the digital transition commercials?"...

  5. iPhone killer sure... on Palm Announces Killer New Phone · · Score: 1

    ...but does it run BSD?

  6. A few details on Ballmer Sets Loose Windows 7 Public Beta At CES · · Score: 1, Informative

    According to ComputerWorld.com this will be a DVD iso and require Vista SP1 to install. So it's an upgrade, not a full install. In my skimming, no mention of Live CD.

  7. Re:Saves Almost $19? on New Energy Efficiency Rules For TVs Sold In California · · Score: 1

    Source?

  8. Re:Just visit Manhattan on How the City Hurts Your Brain · · Score: 1

    My years in Florida also taught me to just agree with the loud New Yorkers...otherwise there will be a lot of crotch grabbing, shouting, chest thumping, and nose wiping with a thumb that you have to deal with. Good times...

    Much smaller subset of people, but western MI is the same way. After moving to Michigan from Florida and having never lived in Michigan, I was "welcomed back" by a life long Michigan resident.

  9. Re:Someone needs to be FIRED on Why Mirroring Is Not a Backup Solution · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think they are all fired now.

  10. Re:The Problem on How To Help Our Public Schools With Technology? · · Score: 1

    I work as an the lone person in the IT department at a school and what you say is true. We have clear standards of what we will accept due to the fact that we were a dumping ground in the past. If I can't use their donation, I give them the contact info for the local e-waste recyclers which accept discards from individuals for free. I also advise them about DBAN and give a copy if need be.

    The recycling aspect breaks down without e-waste recyclers in your vicinity.

    If recycling is a priority (it should be), have an e-exchange event and fill a truck with the leftovers and bring to an e-waste recycler. This gives you the opportunity to get a lot of parts for nothing and do some good at the same time.

  11. Re:I've found a better solution a few years ago on Silencing a Hard Drive Using Household Items · · Score: 2, Funny

    So in your case it's a "cool and quiet" swappable SCSI drive?

  12. Re:It's 2008 on Fraud Threat Halts Knuth's Hexadecimal-Dollar Checks · · Score: 1

    It's clear that many don't cash the checks, so PayPal would have the privilege of hanging on to $2.56 times the number of people who find mistakes, interest free until they are cashed and then PayPal can collect fees on that too.

    There is always the chance that PayPal will freeze his account, with little recourse, and seize the funds.

  13. Re:Probably because of java on OpenOffice.org V3.0 Sets Download Record, 80% Windows · · Score: 2, Informative

    About as bad as Safari / Quicktime & iTunes, except that it doesn't technically install OO, it just downloads the installer... On the otherhand, it does get the word out about OO.

  14. Re:What about the other .3% ? on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 2

    It's a GUI interface in Visual Basic to see if they can track an IP address. Yes that does take approximately 3000 lines of code, granted 2982 of them are comments explaining why vb was chosen.

  15. Re:Shenanigans? on Compromising Wired Keyboards · · Score: 1

    Good catch, I wondered about that too. But then again, the point is that it can be done.

    Also, why type so slow? Does reading the signal depend on it? Would you have less detectability if a person typed faster?

  16. Re:Cheney is right.... on National Debt Clock Overflowed, Extended By a Digit · · Score: 1

    This is a classic shoot someone else in the face to spite your nose situation.

    There, fixed it for you to more accurately reflect your Cheney reference

  17. Re:seems very pointless... on Tsunami Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 1

    /facepalm

    ......

  18. Re:simple on How Do I Talk To 4th Graders About IT? · · Score: 1

    Tell them that cookies contain little pieces of information about them and that when the cookies you are giving them are processed, the info can be used to track their activities. Kinda like tracer bullets...or sweet corn.

  19. Re:seems very pointless... on Tsunami Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 1

    I still can't figure out who would want to live in such a populated area that's below sea level and close to the...well...sea.... Those peoples in the Nethernlands is crazy....

  20. Re:today's NASA kids could learn from this. on Ulysses Spacecraft Not Dead Yet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $241,575.069 per day in US dollars.

  21. A phone conversation... on Photonic Switching to Boost Internet Speeds · · Score: 1

    What department at the University of Syndney?

    CUDOS? Must be an affirming place to work... Who's your department head?

    Stuart Smalley? Do people like you?

  22. Re:Names are not unique on How to Fight Name Scraping Scammers? · · Score: 1

    they're's nothing wrong with it that I can tell.

  23. Re:The Real Story is that... on Corporate Behemoth Keeps Ripping "Real" · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't. They have one of the most invasive programs next to adware/spyware. I guess it could be considered adware...

    I found this alternative that takes care of the basic streaming...

  24. Re:Herman Miller Aeron... on Best Chair For Desktop Coding? · · Score: 1

    Here's why she was pissed: she said she wanted a stove right? Wrong. She wanted someone else to do the cooking. She wanted a dishwasher right? No. She wanted someone else to do the dishes.

    That's why she was pissed. I'm here til Tuesday.

  25. Release Date and other inferred info on Apple Expected to Demo Leopard Successor Next Week · · Score: 1

    Clearly with a name like "Snow Leopard" it will:
    - be released in the winter.
    - be targeting the Central Asia market
    - given taxonomic debate surrounding the "Snow Leopard", there will be much debate whether this iteration is more closely aligned to the leopard family or the tiger family