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  1. Re:Probably not colors on Best Color Scheme For Coding, Easiest On the Eyes? · · Score: 1

    This is just due to the refresh rate of the monitors. If you have the option to set your monitor to a higher refresh rate do it. As far as eye strain is concerned the higher the better.

  2. Windows 7 built on Vista on No XP Reprieve; Windows 7 Release Set · · Score: 2, Informative

    I like this part of his announcement.

    "As a result, our approach with Windows 7 is to build off the same core architecture as Windows Vista so the investments you and our partners have made in Windows Vista will continue to pay off with Windows 7. Our goal is to ensure the migration process from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is straightforward."

    In other words they are going to finish Vista.

  3. Re:Who knew? on First Image of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo · · Score: 1

    The people's spaceship?

  4. Confused? on Net Neutrality vs. Technical Reality · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I think this guy is confused over what most net neutrality advocates are trying to achieve. We don't want to say that you can't give voice packets priority. We are trying to ensure that all packet of the same type receive the same quality of service; that certain people don't receive better service while the rest of us get shoved into the slow lane.

  5. Re:FCC definition of broadband on VoIP As a Solution To Rural Broadband · · Score: 1

    It gets really annoying when companies call fiber optic services broadband. Unless they are going to run an OC-96 or better to your house that fiber is going to be a baseband line.

  6. Think about the keyboard on The End of Non-Widescreen Laptops? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One thing to consider in this is the keyboard. As laptop manufacturers make their laptops smaller and smaller they are almost required to use widescreens in order to keep the device wide enough to have a useable keyboard.

  7. Obsolete? on A Fond Look at Some Obsolete Ports · · Score: 1

    I don't think many of these ports are really obsolete. But I may be biased since I work for the government (Who hangs on to technology way past when it stopped being: manufactured, supported or even remembered by anyone else.) We retired some computers built in the 60's about three years ago.

  8. It's not just management on The Disconnect Between Management and the Value of IT · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No one (management or not) ever recognizes the value of IT until they don't have it.

  9. QoS limits on Comcast Cheating On Bandwidth Testing? · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is a result of "burst rate" which is an asignable property in QoS. The idea is to allow small files like web pages to load much quicker then large file transfers. Most ISP's are doing this now as a means to speed up web browsing. The best way to get an acurate speed mesurment for file transfers is to download a large file while using bandwidth monitoring software.

  10. Servers vs Network on Is the IT Department Dead? · · Score: 1

    Most corporate IT is composed of two parts Servers/Applications and Networks. Although applications could be restructured to use a centralized model; users still need: switches, routers and access points to connect to those applications. To continue the electric power analogy, just because you buy your power from a utility doesn't mean you won't still need electricians on staff to fix your wiring and junction boxes.

  11. Oh no on Western Digital Service Restricts Use of Network Drives · · Score: 1

    This means that I will have to zip my files before illegally posting them up on the internet. That is way too much inconvenience so I just won't do it.

  12. WTF? on First Use of RIPA to Demand Encryption Keys · · Score: 1

    I hope we don't start putting people in jail for not knowing things, in the US. We would have to designate half the country as a prison.

  13. Wow! on Know How To Use a Slide Rule? · · Score: 1

    I have concluded while trying to read this thread that posting a slid rule question on Slashdot is akin to throwing gasoline on a fire. You're going to get lots of flames and you won't be able to control it.

  14. No on Does 802.11n Spell the 'End of Ethernet'? · · Score: 1

    All wireless systems operate on the same principal as any other bus type network with only a single medium to use to transfer data there are no device to segment collision domains. Although the N standard allows for up to a 300Mbps connection speed that speed is shared among all clients, as opposed to even 100Mb Ethernet witch allows 100Mbps speed to each individual client. A 48 port 100Mb switch thereby has a theoretical speed of 4.8 Gbps well in excess of an N access point. This is compounded by the fact that the N standard uses MIMO and occupies all three available non-interfering channels in the 2.4 GHz spectrum meaning that you can't install very many access points in the same area without causing allot of interference to the other access points.

  15. Cleaning can be costly on Slobs Found To Be More Productive Than Neatniks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    About 3 months ago our boss tagged us to get our office and network lab spotless and to throw out all the "junk we don't need." So far I have found that in our need to be really clean we threw away at least $5000 worth of stuff that was needed for future projects. Has anyone eles had problems like this.