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  1. Re:The issue explained on Should Google Be Forced To Pay For News? · · Score: 1

    I don't think they can be called a freeloader. They are doing the same thing other sites do to get the agencies news feed. They pay for it.

  2. Re:Worse yet. on If We Have Free Will, Then So Do Electrons · · Score: 1

    OK so to take it to the extreme, go try and shoot yourself. If you succeed it was meant to happen if it doesn't then it wasn't. If you won't do it, you don't believe what you are saying.

  3. Re:Worse yet. on If We Have Free Will, Then So Do Electrons · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If free will doesn't exist why bother with anything? Everything has already been "decided" for you and you are just following a path. In essence everything we worry about or fight over is totally pointless as it doesn't matter who or what is right or wrong, one of them will happen regardless of the what we think. I pity someone with that outlook.

  4. Re:Any Comerical like this would be fitting. on Linux Foundation Asks Who Says "I'm Linux" Best · · Score: 1

    [fanboi whine]
    but this is different, its not
    I am a Linux
    its
    I am Linux
    [/fanboi whine]

  5. Re:Let me see if I got this right on Flying Car Passes First Flight Test · · Score: 2, Insightful

    actually i think he's saying that it's a driving plane

  6. Re:Now this... on BBC Hijacks 22,000 PCs In Botnet Demonstration · · Score: 1

    They installed a program, which participated in a DDoS, I think any decent lawyer could get them charged with something.

  7. Re:20 vacuum cleaners... on New Electrode Lets Batteries Charge In 10 Seconds · · Score: 1

    The fast discharge times and battery life aren't the same thing. These batteries are able to discharge quickly because they are able to supply more amps than previous batteries. They are capable of outputting all of their energy in 10 seconds. That doesn't mean they will only last 10 seconds. Usually you wouldn't need the maximum power from the battery so it would last much longer, but there is a lot of overhead for when you do need the power.

  8. Re:Three problems on Self-Encrypting Hard Drives and the New Security · · Score: 1

    For #1, wouldn't putting the drive in another of the same model laptop work?

  9. Re:Stop overselling on Canadian ISPs Speak Out Against Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    I think it is a little more black and white than you paint it to be. If ISPs had a reasonable uplink they wouldn't have quite the issues. It really doesn't take an enormous amount of capacity to support people's connections at even 5Mbs. From my time at Georgia Tech I got to see a good bit about the network. For starters they had gigabit to most dorms and 100mb to the rest. Considering that it is a technology based school usage would be much higher than normal. With around 8000 students in dorms the max usage over the entire year was only 1Gbps. The average was 350Mbps. To say that it would be hard for an ISP to support typical users at 5Mbs seems naive. They would just have to actually put a little money into their infrastructure.

  10. Re:Not the end of the world on SSLStrip Now In the Wild · · Score: 1

    That would be easy to get around as well. Just append junk to the end of the domain. Such as:

    www.paypal.com/foo/bar/...341/do.myevildomain.com/?page=securelogin&more=ramdomcrap&people=fallforanything

    Then the domain would not be visible and we are back to square one.

  11. Re:And easily hacked on Post-Beta Windows 7 Build Leaked With New IE8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How to hack Win7:

    1. Search Registry for "MAX_APPS"
    2. Change from 3 to 0

  12. Re:Who wants net neutrality NOW? on ESPN's Play To Make ISPs Pay · · Score: 1

    I doubt it as ISPs would just add any content they had to pay for as a new "fee" on your bill, and make more money off of that.

  13. Re:More gear! on Sniping Could Be the Next Killer iPod App · · Score: 1

    Guess its back to sliderules and a flash light. Oh wait...

  14. Re:More gear! on Sniping Could Be the Next Killer iPod App · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There is no reason for these to be on the internet, so apple can't do anything to them. It looks like they just found a cheap system capable of crunching some numbers with a good interface.

  15. Re:Is there a way to get this with Alltel? on Get Out of Sprint Free · · Score: 1

    The only times I have had an issue with that was with an older phone. If I ever called my voicemail to check, they were there, but the phone never alerted me to them.

  16. Re:Odd... on Get Out of Sprint Free · · Score: 1

    The assumption is that if you continue paying for your service the following month, you agreed to the change in contract, thus creating a new contract.

  17. Georgia Tech Senior Design Projects on Cornell University FPGA Class Projects for 2008 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The websites for Georgia Tech's senior design projects can be found here:

    http://www.ece.gatech.edu/academic/courses/ece4007/web/index.html

  18. Re:HOWEVER on Urine Passes NASA Taste Test · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that by this point all of earth's water has been in and come out of some living creature as waste. Sorry if that causes you a psychological breakdown.

  19. Re:Typical Cogent on Behind the Cogent-Sprint Depeering · · Score: 1
    In case you missed it in the article Cogent was depeered because they didn't have enough traffic for the agreement.

    Cogent did not meet the minimum traffic exchange criteria agreed to by both parties.

  20. Re:Blocks vs. sub-blocks. on China To Run Out of IPv4 Addresses In 830 Days · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't be too hard to figure out, just watch out for honeypots.

  21. Re:Blocks vs. sub-blocks. on China To Run Out of IPv4 Addresses In 830 Days · · Score: 1

    Or why a college or university needs to put every last workstation, printer, AP, and toaster on a public IP address?

    At my university we give everything apart from managed APs a public IP, pretty much because we can.

  22. Re:Look at the titles on Bad Signs For Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    The Planet Earth series is absolutely amazing in HD.

  23. Re:Right Now, In the U.S. Vista Cost You $349 on Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund · · Score: 2, Informative

    I followed his instructions and got $420 difference and I selected Home Premium instead of Ultimate, the only difference between the two is the wireless adapter. Both are XPS M1330

    Ubuntu Configuration Subtotal $1,029
    SYSTEM COLOR Tuxedo Black
    PROCESSOR Intel® Coreâ 2 Duo T5850 (2.16GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
    OPERATING SYSTEM Ubuntu 8.04 with DVD Playback
    LCD AND CAMERA Standard Display with 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
    MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
    HARD DRIVE Speed: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensor
    INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
    VIDEO CARD Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
    WIRELESS CARDS Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card
    BATTERY OPTIONS 37Whr Lithium Ion Battery (4 cell)
    SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0


    Vista Home Premium Configuration Sub Total $1,449.00
    SYSTEM COLOR Tuxedo Black
    PROCESSOR Intel® Coreâ 2 Duo T5850 (2.16GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
    LCD AND CAMERA Standard Display with 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
    MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
    HARD DRIVE Speed: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensor
    INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
    VIDEO CARD Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
    WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card
    BATTERY OPTIONS 37Whr Lithium Ion Battery (4 cell)
    SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0

  24. Re:Abuse of what trademarks are for... on Google To Be Sued in UK For Trademark-Linked Ads · · Score: 1

    What were you referring to then?

  25. Re:Where are the mods? on Unix Group Takes UK Standards Body To Court Over OOXML · · Score: 1

    Or there could be a lack of intelligent comments...