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  1. Re:I wonder... on ASUS Designs Monster Dual-GTX285 4GB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    closer to 4GB max 32bit RAM -~700MB of misc device reservations -4GB of video RAM..

    your calculation was slightly off, but this is the first thing that popped into my head as well.

  2. Re:Fine by me on Wikipedia Bans Church of Scientology · · Score: 1

    They ruin it for those of us in real cults!

    No, I'm not trying to joke, I've happily been in a cult for 3 years now, as are many of my friends.
    There's be more of us in there except it's hard to join, and you're not allowed to sponsor your significant other for membership.

    Not all cults are bad things, Scientology is.

  3. Re:Kind of like... on MPAA Says Teachers Should Camcord For Fair Use · · Score: 1

    actually, it has nothing to do with cross breeding. once a pig is let loose, it rather quickly goes through a drastic physical change and regains it's "wildness" pigs are very interesting that way. http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/outdoors/2007/11/domestic_pigs_quickly_revert_t.html yeah, i'm lazy, that's just the first link google came up with.

  4. Re:Taste on Nuclear Testing Helps Identify Fake Vintage Whiskey · · Score: 1

    To be fair, Ardbeg's 10year old that they've been selling for the the last 12 years while they waited for the new production to catch up (they closed in 1981 and reopened in 1997) is no longer remotely a 10 year old scotch. Having tasted the new batch of 10 year old "Renaissance" I have to say it's completely different, and a good bit peatier/rougher. completely different, but still quite tasty. I imagine, to keep some amount of consistency, they will be blending the two for quite some time. now, if only i didn't live on this continent so i could order some of their new expression that's peated at over 100ppm!

  5. xp support? on Windows 7's Virtual XP Mode a Support Nightmare? · · Score: 1

    I think this is a great idea on Microsoft's part.. They get everyone to pay for a copy of windows 7, just so they can still run their XP programs. The wonderful thing is that Microsoft doesn't have to worry about patching the XP VM at all since they no longer support it. It's up to the users to deal with issues that arise.

  6. Re:How much is your time worth on Handmade vs. Commercially Produced Ethernet Cables · · Score: 1

    I believe that A is proprietary.. hence the creation of B to get around it.

  7. Re:Dying industry on Gamefly Complains of Poor Treatment From USPS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    on the other hand.. I ordered a package over a month ago that was shipped via usps. for some random reason, they decided that my address did not exist (i found this out via their nearly useless tracking function for certain shipments) after i saw that it had been rejected (it had never actually left the post office to go on a delivery, they said they had rejected it before it made it on a truck) i went in, and showed them a package that ups had delivered with the exact same address. i was told that there was nothing that they could do and that the package was already on route to the sender. 3 days later, the tracking info AGAIN said that they had tried to deliver it but it was undeliverable as addressed. after i went back in, they searched for it, couldn't find it and i was told that it had been returned. that was 3 weeks ago, neither the shipper nor the local post office has seen it. it doesn't matter how cheap something is if they can't actually manage to do the job they're hired for. it's generally worth sending packages via any route but the usps since at least it's not a lottery as to if it'll get there or not.

  8. Re:Smart enough... on "Good Enough" Computers Are the Future · · Score: 1

    I know plenty of typesetters, and Photoshop is not what they use... Photoshop is for editing photos etc... Illustrator is for drawing etc... (seeing a theme here) for doing layouts etc they'd use Quark, Pagemaker or Indesign. that said, i agree completely on itunes. wtf can't i just drag files over to an ipod like almost any other mp3 player?

  9. Re:Why do people get all in a tizzy about this stu on Time Warner Shelves Plans For Tiered Pricing · · Score: 1

    well, if i had healthcare, and it sucked, i'd bitch about that too. as is, i don't, and this isn't a post about crappy healthcare.

  10. likely? on Work Progresses On 10,000 Year Clock · · Score: 1

    Am i the only one who was a bit thrown by them saying "likely to span several generations..." I should really hope so! There's a few cheap clocks at my house that have already accomplished that.

  11. Re:Causality on Quantum Setback For Warp Drives · · Score: 1

    The problem with that argument is that while a perpetual energy machine is a device that creates infinite energy, a FTL drive does not make you go infinitely fast. time still passes. if you were to warp X distance away, have a smoke, and warp back, the time passing to people on earth would still be ~5 mins. now if you could just get a perpetual motion machine to supply the power for the FTL drive...

  12. Re:Oh my god... on Billy West Says Futurama Might Return To Fox For 6th Season · · Score: 2, Informative

    He also scored with her in this reality.. He just skipped past it because of the cronotron radiation.

  13. Re:As a fan, I hate to say this on Billy West Says Futurama Might Return To Fox For 6th Season · · Score: 1

    Would those "good parts" have been the beast's uhm... "tentacles"?

  14. Re:As a fan, I hate to say this on Billy West Says Futurama Might Return To Fox For 6th Season · · Score: 1

    Same thing happened with Family Guy. The movie they put out sucked really really hard. The new shows are better than that, but still worse than the original run. The nice thing about Futurama is that they still have ALL of the same people.

  15. Let em! on Bill Would Require ISPs, Wi-Fi Users To Keep Logs · · Score: 1

    I say we let them pass this law under one condition:
    Whoever wrote the damn bill show that they know how to configure their own router to save the logs for 2 years.

  16. Re:I'm sick fo CATCHA on Audio CAPTCHAs Cracked; ReCAPTCHA Remains Strong · · Score: 1

    DVDA. that's about it.

  17. Re:same here on Handling Caller ID Spoofing? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've asked, they said it could not be changed.

  18. Re:same here on Handling Caller ID Spoofing? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know that the way AT&T is set up, if you call a call phone and your caller ID is the number for that cell, it will not ask you for a password to check the voicemail. I've mentioned it numerous times to CSRs but they really don't seem to care. Seems like a pretty big security hole.

  19. Re:this article blows on Cost-Effective Server Room Air Conditioning? · · Score: 1

    I've had it in there running for about a year now. We're less than a block from the ocean so we have plenty of moisture to deal with. I've never once drained the unit.

  20. Re:this article blows on Cost-Effective Server Room Air Conditioning? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have a similar setup and have had to go into it with a very low budget. I have a ~$400 portable LG air conditioner. No worries on draining it since it's smart enough to use the hot air of the exhaust to evaporate the moisture and send it out the warm air duct. I leave the unit on the "Dry" setting which tends to keep the room plenty cool.

  21. Re:Police thugs on "War On Terror" Board Game Confiscated In UK · · Score: 1

    Umm, most police in the UK don't have guns.

  22. Re:The worst part on DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely · · Score: 1

    truecrypt already has that option

  23. Re:Oh lord on Free SMS On IPhone 3G Via AOL IM Client · · Score: 1

    On Verizon if you use the AIM client, it charges you standard txt rates for each message sent. While your argument holds water for less draconian providers, it's not the case for all of them.

  24. Re:Oh yes! on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    i just came back from a meeting, hit refresh and the ff3 page popped up nice and fast. download went quickly as well, looks like they may have their problems fixed (or i just got lucky)

  25. Re:All I know on Will the Earth's Tail Fry Moon Visitors? · · Score: 1

    If you are indeed so secure, why are you posting AC? the people you're complaining about didn't.