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  1. "Floating Cities On Venus " on Floating Cities On Venus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...that turn to goo in a few months!

  2. Re:How many are IE6? on Internet Users Not Updating Browser · · Score: 1

    In deed. I love SAV 10. You have to keep a reign on the scheduler. I have it set to scan incoming and outgoing files and then a total system scan every night about 2 hours after everyone leaves. I really don't have any problems with it. It doesn't bother anyone like McAfee used to. :-P

  3. Re:How many are IE6? on Internet Users Not Updating Browser · · Score: 1

    Thanks to Vista (thanks work) I'm getting this: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; InfoPath.2)

  4. Re:How many are IE6? on Internet Users Not Updating Browser · · Score: 1

    Oh really? Try uninstalling IE... or anything that came with Windows for that matter, in Windows Vista. I would have to re-run v-lite, make a new iso sans IE burn the DVD, reinstall Windows. But I really don't want to do that. I just want a simple uninstaller.

  5. Re:Security? on The Ideal, Non-Proprietary Cloud · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Am I missing something, or does the article make no mention of security?

    Or some sort of business model where someone makes money to run all of this.

  6. Re:How many are IE6? on Internet Users Not Updating Browser · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even if you do not explicitly use Internet Explorer for browsing, you should upgrade it as it is a core part of the Windows Kernel.

    That is another part about IE that I have issues with. Why make a web browser part of the OS? It makes very little sense. It should, at most, be a bloated application that I could uninstall at whim. But no! It has to totally screw with everything else. As it is now, I specify Firefox as the default browser and disable access to IE. It doesn't matter which version of IE, I'm still not using it.

    Not that I recommend Norton products, still...

    Thanks to a run-in with their overly-aggressive virus scanning process (that can't be turned off) I no longer use Norton home products. Their corporate/enterprise software that I use at work is waaaaaay better.

  7. Re:How many are IE6? on Internet Users Not Updating Browser · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder how many of those are IE6, which a lot of people use because they CAN'T upgrade to IE7.

    Can't? More like won't for me.

    I really don't know what it was. May its the fact that IE7 always ran sluggish for me or the fact that Firefox and Opera run so much quicker and with fewer crashes.

    IE7 was my last straw when it came to Microsoft applications.

  8. Re:Been there, done that on Liquid Metal CPU Heatsink Beats Water Cooling · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, the Fiero was put out by Pontiac (GM) and not Ford.

  9. Re:huh? on USAF Counter-Terror Funds Buy "Comfort Capsules" · · Score: 1

    I'm still picturing some sort of goiter hanging from the bottom of the plane.

  10. Re:RTFA mate? on USAF Counter-Terror Funds Buy "Comfort Capsules" · · Score: 1

    I did RTFA, but I still can't picture it. The picture definitely didn't match the description(s).

  11. huh? on USAF Counter-Terror Funds Buy "Comfort Capsules" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've read several articles and I still have no clue what the hell a "comfort capsule" is. Is it a whole plane? Is it an add-on to a plane? Is it one of those napping pods like you can find here? Am I alone in this one?

  12. Re:Diebold == Premier Election Solutions on Diebold Patch May Be Evidence of '02 Election Tampering · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but here in Canton, Ohio, (Diebold World HQ) it's still known as Diebold.

  13. To what end will ISPs stop blocking things that could be used legitimately? I mean, some block or throttle P2P traffic because their infrastructure is out of touch with the 21st century and as a kowtow to the **AA. Now they're blocking newsgroups which have more uses than just porn. What next? Are they going to start blocking all porn sites in general just because it's impossible to verify that all sites aren't disseminating smut of an illegal nature?

  14. Think of the masses on Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You · · Score: 1

    If an online community is large enough, there will always be some huckster out there wanting to exploit the masses somehow. In this case, it sounds like consumer surveys administered for free, without consent and without knowledge. This is unethical on many levels.

  15. Re:Citywide Wireless on A DIYer's Quick Guide To Cheap Wireless Extension · · Score: 1

    You wouldn't happen to have a link? I searched and all I could find is something by Cory Doctorow.

  16. Re:With XP? How about without Windows? on What Does It Take To Get a PC With XP? · · Score: 1

    I was able to get 16 Y510s from TigerDirect without an OS on them. Of course, that was the corporate account and I think they were sold out of them the last time I checked. They work beautifully with Ubuntu right out of the box!

  17. Re:Higher Internet Access Prices on P2P Set-top Boxes To Revolutionize Internet · · Score: 1

    I will gladly take the opportunity cost of mod points for that rant. You are getting hosed big time. Have you narrowed the probable cause of your anemic connection? I don't know about the laws across the pond and IANAL, but in the United States, if the ISP is to blame, you have a solid case. That is totally not fair advertising if it is as if you say. You're on the European Continent for crying out loud! Your connection speeds should be pwning mine!

  18. Re:Just how personal is this new spam on Gmail Reveals the Names of All Users · · Score: 1

    Penis enlargement? Mortgage re-fi? V!@gra? I always wondered.... HOW'D IT KNOW?!

  19. Re:Everyone Wins! on AOL In Talks With Microsoft to Merge Online Divisions, Says WSJ · · Score: 1

    Jeeze... Where did the sense of humor go around here? If I wanted to hear a comment like that, I would go back to business school.

  20. Everyone Wins! on AOL In Talks With Microsoft to Merge Online Divisions, Says WSJ · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Despite AOL being in the twilight of its existence, I think it would be an absolutely shrewd move on the executive's part to merge/sell-out to another company. That way, they have their buy-out packages as a between job buffer. Microsoft can gut the company and use their data centers and such. I won't have to deal with AOL as a browser or dial-up service on people's computers anymore. Everyone wins! [except the employees of AOL]

  21. Re:Why? on Inside Steve's Brain · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter who they are, you can still learn something from everyone. In Hitler's case, it's what not to do in order to be a good human being.

  22. Re:hmmm on NASA Contractor Needs Urine · · Score: 1

    I think I will avoid dinner at your place as long as you are cooking.

    Ha! I'm a vegitarian. Most people already do!

  23. hmmm on NASA Contractor Needs Urine · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why not test the toilets with something that flows with a bit more difficulty in microgravity? If it could dispose of something thick, like canola oil, why not use that? That way when it goes up, it's guaranteed to suck down whatever the astronauts can throw at it.

  24. huh? on Toshiba Launches First Cell-based Laptop · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else parse Qosmio as Quasimodo?

  25. Re:Shocked! on Inside Steve's Brain · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One may not agree with him. One may not like him. But, anyone who claims that there's nothing to learn from the man is an idiot.

    Same could be said about Hitler.