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  1. Re:A few points kdawson doesn't quite comprehend.. on Mac Tax, Dell Tax, HP Tax · · Score: 1

    I guess that's nice, certainly not something I would pay for.

    Other computers and notebooks give you access to a hard drive with a standard SATA port by removing 2-4 Phillips screws.

  2. Re:No Mac Tax then on Mac Tax, Dell Tax, HP Tax · · Score: 1

    That and the stores you shop at pay a percent or two.

    Actually I hate both parts; economic parasites if you ask me.

  3. Re:Upgrading on Mac Tax, Dell Tax, HP Tax · · Score: 1

    Umm, I thought this was obvious. Just hang onto the stock stuff. If you have an issue you'd like fixed under warranty, put it back in. It's not like it's worth much for resale.

  4. Re:Were nerds here... use the f'ing metric system on The 100 Degree Data Center · · Score: 1

    Nope. Human average is 36.8 C (98.2 F). 98.6 F is an inappropriately accurate conversion from 37 C (itself a 19th century estimate) to Fahrenheit - exactly what the GP said.

  5. Re:I've been patiently waiting for 35 years. on Flying Car Passes First Flight Test · · Score: 1

    Self-driving cars shouldn't do things humans wouldn't, at least not a first. Safe following distances and more will be automatically followed by the car.

    We already have cars with self-following cruise control and lane departure avoidance (nudges you back in the lane). I think it will be a gradual transition.

  6. Re:A "Weapon" isn't what you think it is... on Suspect Freed After Exposing Cop's Facebook Status · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_Scare

    GP might have been referring to that. Two were arrested and charged with FELONYS! That is ruin your life shit right there. Seems a trend, eh?

  7. Re:Offsite backup on What To Do With Old USB Keys, Low-Capacity Hard Drives? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why RAID 6 though? I'd feel safer formatting them with an easy to access file system and duplicating important files as you see fit.

    RAID is great for preventing downtime on running systems; it's just another headache when it comes to data recovery on a different system.

  8. Re:That's just bad on State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe · · Score: 1

    No, this is just where they compiled it.

    aspx.vb must be compiled, and where it was compiled is not a problem. The problem was leaving debugging messages enabled in the .NET application which revealed all that info to the world.

  9. Re:How is this worth it? on Amazon.com To Accept Game Trade-Ins · · Score: 1

    Ok, you have to setup payment details once with Amazon, you make it sound like some impossible task. Bear in mind, that by performing this impossible task you get real money instead of a digital gift card.

    As for feedback, you don't NEED to do that. You can if you like I suppose.

    So you've half refuted one of my points. I'm not trying to be pedantic, but you made Amazon Marketplace sound identical to eBay when it's not.

  10. Re:How is this worth it? on Amazon.com To Accept Game Trade-Ins · · Score: 1

    I guess you don't know what Amazon Marketplace is.

    Your option B should read more like:

    B) Set a price based on other sellers prices and desire to sell then list it on Amazon.

    You don't need to work out delivery or payment details, you don't need to beg for feedback and you would have to package and ship the game regardless.

  11. Re:Here's hoping ... on Roundup of Microsoft Research At TechFest 2009 · · Score: 1

    Even with Automatic Reboot on you can see the BSOD, if just briefly.

    If you aren't at your desk, you will probably be logged out and when you do log in you'll get a Crash Recovery dialog. If you're on a server product, you'll be asked directly why the computer restarted. Frankly they've hidden nothing and in fact improved the product.

    For most situations, sitting on a BSOD indefinitely was the wrong thing to do.

  12. Re:Taxes or fees on Spectrum Fees May Preclude US Low-Cost Cellular · · Score: 1

    A tax imposed as a user fee is NOT a flat rate tax. It's regressive by definition.

    Now it is a bit of an assumption that this is how the cost of the tax will be passed on, but not much.

  13. Re:Newsworthy. Actuall news. on Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released · · Score: 1

    No, it doesn't flatten the image you're working on. It exports a flattened or merged copy, but it doesn't change the image you are working on - the layers are still there.

  14. Re:Newsworthy. Actuall news. on Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released · · Score: 1

    GIMP doesn't ask you to flatten the image, it offers to export a flattened image for you.

  15. Re:might as well guinea pig at that point on Doctors Will Test Gene Editing On HIV Patients · · Score: 1

    I'm not going for a line by line reply, but clearly you have an ideology about the role of government that I don't agree with. We could run down anecdotal reasoning forever.

    Anyway, I just want to make the point that universal health care is not something I'm opposed to - the idea that no one is allowed to fall through the cracks and become uncovered. I don't believe single payer is the best way to achieve that.

  16. Re:Another thing to look out for on Input Lag, Or Why Faster Isn't Always Better · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I think 25fps as acceptable is a myth. I cannot stand 24/25 fps and I wish the cinematic types who keep pushing this atrocity on us would hurry up and pass on. :)

    Seriously, I go see a new release in film, pay $20 for my wife and I and all I see is film grain, film damage and choppy pans and movement. Why the hell did I leave the house again?

  17. Re:Win+R on HP Releases New Netbook GUI For Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why would I bend my thumb for WIN+R? I put my left pinky on WIN and my left index on R. Easy. Just like CTRL+F, which I use constantly.

    This would all be well and good if F2 was an easy key to touch type or hunt and peck. It's not. Even if I can see my keyboard, hunting and pecking F keys take forever and the F keys are located in slightly different locations on every keyboard and notebook.

    I really don't care, I don't know why I wrote this, but I don't feel like deleting it now... cool.

  18. Re:might as well guinea pig at that point on Doctors Will Test Gene Editing On HIV Patients · · Score: 1

    I won't try to defend people being denied preventative treatment, but single payer isn't the only solution. Even in a single payer system, hard decisions will be made about what is covered. Government insurance will be limited in what it can afford to cover, just like private - i.e. not utopia.

    I don't think I need to explain myself when I say I don't want the government taking control of the entire health industry. It can do a much better job of regulating health care without making half of the country a federal employee or federal contractor. Profits will still be made on health care in that situation, and the government will be the sole arbiter of who gets them - a bad situation if you ask me.

    Let me ask you a question, do profits explain the fact that it's cheaper, faster, easier and safer for me to send a package via UPS or FedEx than the US Postal Service? Does USPS have some profit motive for giving me crappy service?

  19. Re:Be honest, its not health, its freedom on Doctors Will Test Gene Editing On HIV Patients · · Score: 1

    Wait, so they are dumb asses if they got the disease, but if the manage to pass it on to others, those people are innocent and it's societies fault?

    I'm sorry, but society doesn't take on all responsibility for people when it decides to help them in one situation. Do you think public schools are to blame for school shootings? Should we put brands on psychopaths? (Before you answer that, know their are a lot more of them than you know).

  20. Re:might as well guinea pig at that point on Doctors Will Test Gene Editing On HIV Patients · · Score: 1

    He's probably referring to poor countries; contrary to popular belief, we don't just let sick people die in the US.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid#HIV

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninsured_in_the_United_States#Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act_.28EMTALA.29

    PS I don't like the US health care system, but it isn't the wild wild west out here either. And fully socialized medicine isn't the only solution; I much prefer a mandatory level of insurance for those that can afford it.

  21. Re:No Ads on NFL's IT Chief Gears Up For His 25th Super Bowl · · Score: 1

    I don't know about everyone else, but this doesn't seem so insightful after the game last night.

    I mean, your second point is right, but the game was far from unwatchable.

  22. Re:Hack your AP on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 1

    I think you should ask for support on the OpenWRT boards. Yes, mine show 127 as well, but from what I understand, wl is for changing settings while running and is not all that accurate either.

    The wireless driver (not written by OpenWRT) sets TX power at boot from NVRAM, and supposedly, this value is not changed by OpenWRT.

    Try running wl txpwr1, odd numbers there.

    Then just try iwconfig, I get TX power: 19 dbm, within spec for the chip (24 dbm is supposedly max).

  23. Re:Windows 7 should go back to home and pro setup on Windows 7's Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista's · · Score: 1

    It's just called Vista Home Premium. This isn't exact but...

    XP Home -> Vista Home Basic
    XP MCE -> Vista Home Premium
    XP Pro -> Vista Business

    Enterprise is Business with extra somewhat random features, Ultimate is Enterprise and Home Premium combined.

    I would like to see successors to just Home Premium and Ultimate, personally.

  24. Re:Hack your AP on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Too bad the default Kamikaze 7.09 OpenWRT firmwares kills any and all (six!) WRT54GL routers that I put it on (previously ran White Russian brilliantly).

    Hrmm, considering I have 12 WRT54GLs installed in commercial locations with 7.09, I feel the urge to call BS. Perhaps you got the wrong package.

  25. Re:you don't understand how it's bad for hiring? on Google Challenging Proposition 8 · · Score: 1

    What good do you do for yourself or society by moving to a place where the people are just like you?

    I'm guessing that wasn't your only reason for moving, but I just can't stand that reasoning from people of any persuasion. Being a Texan myself, I know I could run in a circle of friends almost regardless of my faith or lack there-of, orientation or music preference, while not self segregating to some other part of the country.