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  1. Re:Pretty Sweet on 1977 Star Wars Computer Graphics · · Score: 1

    In this context CGI = Computer Generated Imagery.

    Those images of the wireframe in Star Wars were generated by a Computer, hence CGI.

    CGI is when a computer is used to render the final image projected in the theater.

    That seems to be limiting the scope of CGI to simply "Computer animation".

  2. Re:Count the hoops - go on, count 'em. on Bing Gains 10% Marketshare · · Score: 1

    Bing could make it easy if they so cared. The OpenSearch specification allows adding a search to Firefox (and presumably IE7+) with a click. I've seen this applied on countless sites including Amazon, Yahoo, Twitter, Dictionary.com, and so on.

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Creating_OpenSearch_plugins_for_Firefox

  3. Re:Is it trickery? on Bing Gains 10% Marketshare · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Is it trickery? on Bing Gains 10% Marketshare · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In my experience the bing results have been reasonably fair, but the bing suggested searches have been laughably skewed.

    Just look at this example of searching for "linux": http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3604/3585051300_d23a37a32e_o.png

    And yes, that is not a photochop, those were the real suggestions from bing. More recently they seem to have cleaned up their suggestions for Linux but who knows what other underhanded tactics they are using or what other search terms are "poisoned".

  5. Re:You're accidentally correct on Can We Really Tell Lossless From MP3? · · Score: 1

    I suspect a good quality DAC and Preamp, and a significant amount of snake oil. Both of which are rendered moot if you use the digital output of a cd player.

  6. Re:You're accidentally correct on Can We Really Tell Lossless From MP3? · · Score: 1

    Vinyl is the only format of the three that contains very high and very low frequency data that you cannot hear. You can't hear this data, but you can feel it, physically with your body. This sensation enhances the realness of the recording and makes it feel more engaging and more alive.

    Let me guess, you're using some of those "danceable" speaker cables?

    What I don't get is why audiophiles are so into claiming vinyl sounds better than CD because it has greater frequency range, but at the same time ignore other digital recording formats support up to 96kHz (such as SACD/DVD-Audio)?

  7. Re:I'd never do it, but on Moving Away From the IT Field? · · Score: 1

    That made my (Fri)day.

    Thanks.

  8. Re:Just say no to wikipedia on NCSU's Fingernail-Size Chip Can Hold 1TB · · Score: 1

    I may still call it a terabyte, but I damn well will write/display it as "TiB".

    So bite me.

  9. Re:This is bad, how? on AU Classification Board To Censor Mobile Apps · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile in Australia, even if there was a theater that would show an NC-17 (equiv.) movie, it would never happen because their government has decided that the Australian people are too big of pussies to handle anything remotely as scary and shocking as profane language and dead bodies.

    Kill Bill Vol.1 was rated R18+, and it was shown at Australian (mainstream) theatres. There are more examples but I've already proven you wrong.

  10. Re:Go censorship! on AU Classification Board To Censor Mobile Apps · · Score: 1

    The creator or distributor of the media has to *pay* the Classification Board to review your material.

    This model only works because of laws that say anything that is unclassified is "banned" from sale.

  11. Re:Are you fucking serious. on Wi-Fi Patent Victory Earns CSIRO $200 Million · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From TFA:

    HP, Apple, Intel, Dell, Microsoft and Netgear bringing cases against CSIRO in an attempt to have the research organisation's patent invalidated.

    Does anyone else think these companies are the real trolls?

  12. Re:Another idea: on Bootkit Bypasses TrueCrypt Encryption · · Score: 1

    Easy. I've taken hard drives through security, it's even easier than taking a whole laptop through security.

    OTOH who would be crazy enough to put their laptop in checked baggage? You've seen what they do to guitars...

  13. Re:Peace on CentOS Project Administrator Goes AWOL · · Score: 1

    There is a big difference.

    If you chose a free linux for your company's servers, and this happens, then your company only has YOU to blame.

    If you chose another company's product for your servers (such as RHEL) and entered into a service contract, then your company has someone to blame other than you.

  14. Re:'People' don't understand computers on Security Certificate Warnings Don't Work · · Score: 1

    What is the value of a bank that tells its customers to ignore security warnings?

  15. Re:'People' don't understand computers on Security Certificate Warnings Don't Work · · Score: 1

    Show me a clueless person who can get around the self-signed SSL warning in Firefox, and I'll show you a person who is actually quite cluey.

  16. Re:"Could this all be a hoax...?" on AT&T Blocks Part of 4chan · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm preheating the microwave now to prep some popcorn.

    Preheating the Microwave? Do you use tinfoil or lightbulbs?

  17. Re:meh on Software Glitch Leads To $23,148,855,308,184,500 Visa Charges · · Score: 1

    At McDonald's we will have to buy Big Macs using mackerel for currency.

    One plasma TV will Equal 10 cases of mackerel.

    FTFY

  18. Re:Overweight is symptom, not cause on Swine Flu Kills Obese People Disproportionately · · Score: 1

    That's not "fat", that is bloating due to malnutrition.

  19. Re:Hell yeah! on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm not sure where you got the "fastest *road legal* car on earth", because the post that I was replying to didn't mention road or legal or even car.

    But well, this is /. after all where we argue about pointless points (myself included).

    I could mention that the Veyron appears to have been superseded as the fastest road legal car a few years ago, but that would spoil all our fun.

  20. Re:Hell yeah! on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 0

    A top speed of only 245mph (408kph)? That must be a definition of "Fastest" that I was previously unfamiliar with.

  21. Re:Real RAID is cheap on RAID Trust Issues — Windows Or a Cheap Controller? · · Score: 1

    Fakeraid it may be, but in my experience the RocketRAID 2300 series performs significantly better than using onboard RAID. I have only compared it to Gigabyte and Intel IHCR9 onboard RAID but I could not recommend either of these.

    Another advantage of using a RAID addon card is that it is completely painless to replace or transplant into another computer should anything happen to your motherboard/cpu/etc.

    The only downside is the linux drivers for RocketRAID suck.

  22. Re:Another thread, another flamewar on Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome · · Score: 1

    Firefox 1.0 just called, they want you to stop reopening old bugs without supplying any evidence or test cases.

  23. Re:Another thread, another flamewar on Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My Mac can play Apple's QuickTime h.264 clips, even those larger than the screen.

    They only play larger than the screen when the reality distortion field is enabled.

  24. Re:Robocopy? on Guaranteed Transmission Protocols For Windows? · · Score: 1

    For first-timers there are some GUI's that will help users select the options they need, such as Robocopy GUI and RichCopy

  25. Re:Maxell? on 13-Year-Old Trades iPod For a Walkman For a Week · · Score: 1

    No one wanted to hear that their ears are alight.