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  1. I don't see the issue? on Prototype Vehicle For the Blind · · Score: -1

    I seem to be unable to visualize the problem.

  2. Re:Not new - Article link on Chimpanzees Exchange Meat For Sex · · Score: 0, Interesting
  3. Re:Did they actually use all $10K? on World of Goo Ported To Linux · · Score: -1

    Most of the money was likely spent on paying the musician(s) and the graphic artist(s). If you note in the credits the game certainly doesn't consist of solely two guys work.

  4. Re:Where's my GM Strep Mutans? on Tooth Regeneration Coming Soon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Where are they? In the final stages of FDA clinical trials.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caries_vaccine

  5. Electricity over IP! on Home Generators (or How DTE Energy Ruined My Holidays) · · Score: -1

    If CmdrTaco is able to make these posts, he clearly has Internet access, so the obvious answer is RFC 3251, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3251.

  6. Netcraft on Is the Gaming PC Dead? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until Netcraft confirms it, I won't believe it.

  7. Re:::yawn:: nothing to see here, as usual. on Oops! Missed One Fix — Windows Attacks Under Way · · Score: -1

    The big deal, is Vista, Windows XP SP3 and Server 2003 ARE vulnerable. There's even exploits out in the wild for them.

    http://milw0rm.org/exploits/7410
    http://milw0rm.org/exploits/7403

  8. It does NOT need the user to open a file on Oops! Missed One Fix — Windows Attacks Under Way · · Score: -1

    TY for the random speculation /.

    It can be exploited via simple HTML, as detailed at http://milw0rm.org/exploits/7410

  9. Re:I'm slightly astonished on Players Furious Over Buggy GTA IV PC Release · · Score: -1

    It also needs you to upgrade to the latest Games For Windows release, which doesn't support Vista64 at the moment. So that's all the hardcore gamers with 4GB+ of ram out of the picture.

    Bullshit. I just upgraded myself, running Vista x64 with 8GB of RAM. Works fine.

  10. But can software prevent dupes? on Software Is Starting To Aid Mathematical Proofs · · Score: -1
  11. whoopdifriggindo on New MacBook Case Leak Rumors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    whoopdifriggindo.

  12. My clients are fat? on New York Times Says Thin Clients Are Making a Comeback · · Score: 5, Funny

    My clients are all obese, and show no intentions of slimming down; what am I doing wrong?

  13. There is a Linux Client! on Ask Blizzard Employees About Things That Matter · · Score: 1

    Directed at anyone who'll answer it - Why was the Linux client cut from the final release?

    Few know that there was a Linux client that shipped with the original beta versions of WoW (~0.9)

    file WowClient
    WowClient: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.0.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped

    ldd WowClient ./WowClient:
                    linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
                    libfmod-3.72.so => not found
                    libSDL-1.3.so.0 => not found
                    libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x55580000)
                    libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib32/libX11.so.6 (0x555e8000)
                    libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib32/libXext.so.6 (0x556b3000)
                    libexpat.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libexpat.so.0 (0x556c3000)
                    libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libfreetype.so.6 (0x556e2000)
                    libz.so.1 => /lib32/libz.so.1 (0x5574b000)
                    libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0x5575c000)
                    libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/gcc-lib/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/32/libstdc++.so.5 (0x557af000)
                    libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0x55889000)
                    libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.3/32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x558ac000)
                    libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0x558b5000)
                    libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (0x559cc000)
                    libnvidia-tls.so.1 => /usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.1 (0x560a4000)
                    libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0x560a6000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x55555000)

    So, to reiterate - why fight Linux when there was a working client?

  14. First on World's Oldest Rocks Found · · Score: 2, Funny

    They'll find proof I had first post!

  15. Re:It's too bad that you need a $2300 mac to make on Adobe Adds GPU Acceleration To Creative Suite 4 · · Score: 1

    The really sad thing is that the typical /. misinformation is, in fact, misinformation.

    The only Apple laptops which ship with the TN screen are the MacBooks... the consumer laptop.

    All the Pro laptops are 8bit (I tested this last week in an Apple store.)

    Idiots, amazingly self-righteous idiots.

  16. Re:I have a sneaking suspicion on Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices · · Score: 1

    Hardly. They pay for traffic out of their networks, and they don't pay for traffic within their networks...

    It's common practice here in Australia for an ISP to provide a large amount of unmetered content aside from the usual draconian caps.

  17. Re:Google Maps is way bigger... on The 1-Petabyte Barrier Is Crumbling · · Score: 1

    There's actually 20 zoom levels, but I'm approximating 16 as the average.

  18. Google Maps is way bigger... on The 1-Petabyte Barrier Is Crumbling · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google Maps' database is far bigger...

    A base of 8 tiles, with each becoming four more smaller tiles, in two modes (map/satellite), and 16 zoom levels.

    Each tile is approx. 30kB.

    (((0.03* (8 * (4^16)))/1024)/1024) == 983.04TB right there.

    My calculator doesn't handle numbers big enough for streetview. O_O

  19. Only a tiny percentage... of an ASSLOAD. on Japan Demands Probe of iPod Nano Flameouts · · Score: 1

    Let's do some simple statistics...

    170,000,000 iPods sold as of March 2008

    14 caught fire.

    4 Zune's sold as of March 2008

    0 caught fire.

    BUY A ZUNE, THEY'RE STATISTICALLY SAFER!

  20. No strings? on New Multi-GPU Technology With No Strings Attached · · Score: 5, Funny

    If there's no strings, how are they connected?

  21. Re:Hell has frozen over on The Duke Is Finally Back, For Real · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's in Microsoft's hands now, so all I'm seeing are chairs...

  22. How do I hammer a nail into a wall? on Secure File Storage Over Non-Trusted FTP? · · Score: 0

    When hammering a nail into a wall, should I use a shoe, or a glass bottle?

    Don't use FTP. Use something secure.

  23. My theme song? on Let Your Theme Song be Your Password · · Score: 3, Funny

    Something tells me a significant portion of the people who'll ever use this will pick "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al' as their theme song... which would kind of invalidate the whole system :>

  24. Ahh, China... on China to Build a Zero-Carbon Green City · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Dongtan ... is being built on a major wetland site that was formerly used for small-scale agriculture and by migrating water birds." - Wikipedia

    The only place where "eco-city" means millions of dead migratory birds...

  25. nannies on Fallout 3 Edited Version To Hit Australian Shelves · · Score: 5, Funny

    All in game characters have been replaced with nannies trying to feed you the Australian bottle of ignorance.