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  1. Re:Storage size limit? on Samsung Unveils 64-Gbit Flash Memory Chip · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to the IEC standard the binary equivalent of Zillion would be Zibibyte.

  2. Re:Close calls on What NASA Won't Tell You About Air Safety · · Score: 2, Funny

    Score:2, Troll Someone reboot the server, groupthink has crashed again.
  3. Re:Lots of links, zero content on Porn Spammers Get Five Years Each · · Score: 3, Funny

    Go to image search and search for anything.
    Google complies with Rule 34.
  4. Re:Isn't... on Blog Action Day · · Score: 1

    Today is the day for those who have courage to sit down and be counted!

  5. Re:Tetsuo... on Pentagon Urges Space-Based Solar Power · · Score: 1

    Kiiiiiiinnnnnaaaaaayyyyyyyyyydddddddaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!! You managed to capture the over-the-top American pronunciation of that dub in a single text comment.

    I tip my hat to you sir.
  6. Re:Saw it done 10 years ago on Hitachi Develops New Visual Search · · Score: 1

    I've tried this but instead matching a lake I get:
    blue sky
    blue bus
    bluish sunset
    snowy mountains
    a flower (with blue background)
    etc...

    I wonder if the aforementioned NEC program was any more useful...

  7. Re:pr0n on Hitachi Develops New Visual Search · · Score: 1

    it should have a box where the user can clumsily draw the symbol, and then display close matches

    That is already possible. I have not specifically tested it with the symbol font but it works with asian fonts.

    For example the IME in WinXP allows you to scrawl a character and it narrows down the matching choices as you draw. Unlike the Hitachi version, however, the IME matches based on stroke order and direction.

  8. Re:Not "the" but "a lesser known" on Magnetic Wobbles Cause Hard Drive Failure · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Information provided by some hardware vendors (3Ware for example) says RAID-6 protects against data loss potentially caused by data rot. Reason given that in RAID-6 there is a second parity set.

    I guess the likelihood of an undetected media failure when you have 2 sets of parity must be very low.

    For those on RAID-5: remember to run periodic Verify processes and make frequent backups!

  9. Re:Genius! on Minisode Network Condenses TV Shows to Under Six Minutes · · Score: 1

    No one has time to watch OVER 9000 episodes anyway.

  10. Re:Linux is a better target for new developers. on Windows Loses Ground With Developers · · Score: 1

    Windows is satrated with third party apps.
    Yet they have still not embedded a Spelling & Grammar app.
  11. Re:EU regulators out of control on Blu-ray, HD DVD Target of EU Antitrust Probe · · Score: 1

    Just like there is no technical reason a Nintendo game can't run on a XBOX. It's all 1's and 0's right?
    Just like there is no technical reason why a man can't mate with a sheep. It's all just Deoxyribonucleic acid right?
  12. CRT for the win on Blu-ray, HD DVD Target of EU Antitrust Probe · · Score: 1

    CRTs can be surprisingly good for watching HD on your computer. The DRM is designed to prevent you from viewing full HD on a VGA connection, however its usually not hard to make *ahem* a DRM free version of the video. Even a 5 year old 19" CRT can do up to 2048 x 1536 @ 61Hz. (1536p!?)

  13. Somethings wrong... on Best Places To Work In IT · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was expecting to see Computerworld in that list.

  14. Re:Very Bad News on Blockbuster Chooses Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Amazingly the Mayans already predicted the format war would end in the year 2012.

  15. If the show was worth watching... on Closed Captioning In Web Video? · · Score: 1

    it would be subtitled for free.
    </sarcasm>

    But seriously, trawling through the junk on YouTube it is hard to find anything worth captioning.

  16. In Soviet London... on Is Videotaping the Police a Felony? · · Score: 1