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  1. Re:Another... on Beginning Of the End For PC Noise · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My 200mhz arm in my zaurus decodes divx just fine. ARM proccessors are in virtually all the handheld computers now, mostly XScales, but they're still based on the arm cores.

  2. Re:Data loss will always be a possibility on Archiving Digital History at the NARA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Heh, I always thought the whole point of christianity was you didn't need to worry about the 10 commandments as long as you accepted Jesus, but then again, that woulda ruined your troll so feel free to ignore.

  3. Re:Wait a minute... on Identity Thieves Drain Unemployment Benefit Funds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, but the UI Benefits line sure is. I'm still pissed that I put over 10k into UI, however I was limited to getting 3k out. I wish there was a way to opt out of the whole UI thing.

  4. Re:WinXP 10/10 ; Linux 2/10 on Linux HiFi: The Sonos Digital Music System · · Score: 1

    one line in exports versus 5-10 in smb.conf + making sure the users permisions are setup right? Yeah, nfs is a lot easier

  5. Re:Don't forget the importance of keepalived on Building a Linux Virtual Server · · Score: 1

    You know, I see 2 posts on the first quarter page with your bitching about moderation, however both posts have high points, I think you need to stop being so anal about your mod points and let it sort itself out, or post your bitching anonymously.

  6. Re:Exactly! on The Horror Of British Telecom · · Score: 1

    Interesting story about that too, there was a guy who made several providers with names like, Who cares, I don't care and such. So whenever someone would say those, the operator would simply switch it to that service which charged a 200% premium.

  7. Re:Bittorrent on Initial ROTS Reviews Hit the Internet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Reminds me of the time I went to see Bad Santa, I was carded for the movie, all my friends were carded for the movie. There were big signs saying that it was not a childrens movie and it was not appropriate for kids in the slightest. We go in and there were at least 10-12 little kids in the 3-6 age group. Whats bad is that some of them ended staying through the whole movie while bawling their eyes out. Thats when I realized that some people should not be allowed to have kids.

  8. Re:Is this really that hard? on Handling Viruses in an Uncontrolled Network? · · Score: 1

    I don't know of ANY dhcp servers that don't have a lease time that can be set in minutes. Once the lease time's up, the onyl way they get on is if they manually setup the ip info. Which most people don't really know how to do, and those that do, generally know the basics of preventing stuff like this.

  9. Re:Let 'em do what they want... on Verizon Pulling Plug on Free Wi-Fi in NYC · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They never gave the network, they provided the network, they provided the bandwidth, the maintenance, they provided everything. If they decide they no longer want to provide somthing, hey thats their right. The public was getting access to somthing for nothing, in the real world theres no such thing as a free lunch.

  10. Re:"Small" correction on First Image of Extrasolar Planet Confirmed · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You know I've often wondered about why these big planets are failed suns. I seem to remeber hearing somewhere that anything much bigger than jupiter would collapse in on itself due to gravitation. I wonder if theres not some form of fusion going on in the core that exerts an outward pressure on these big planets.

  11. Re:bad reason for a space program on Sea Life Wiped Out by Neutron Star Collision? · · Score: 1

    The earth uh rotates, so it would bake evenly on all sides, sorta like a rotiserre, unless the even was due up or due south of the poles.

  12. Re:Sounds like an interesting idea, BUT on The House Building Machine · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Cept they are destroying the economy by taking those jobs. It's difficult to afford to pay reasonable salries when all your competitors fired their legal workers and now pay less than minimum wage to illegals, and when noone is hiring you unless you're an illegal it makes it damn difficult to get a job.

  13. Re:If Rutan had NASA's budget on Astronauts Face Bleak Odds For Spaceflight · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Off you're quoted website
    In the spaceship Vostok 1, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin orbited earth one time at an altitude of 187 3/4 miles (302 kilometers) for 108 minutes at 18,000 miles an hour

    Spaceship one went to 100 kilometers, for 2 minutes? and went maybe a few hundred miles/hour. In other words not even close. NASA didn't do it, because theres no point.
    Is it a vital first step in a private space program, yes.
    Is it important to the worlds space program, no.

  14. Re:math genius on Astronauts Face Bleak Odds For Spaceflight · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just like to point out that the richer are not taxed more. When I made 150k a year, I paid about 5000 in taxes and 2000 to my taxman. Now that I make 20k a year I paid 6k in taxes and 500 to a taxman(admitidally a diffrent taxman)

    PS I know admitidally is spelled wrong, I just really don't care at the moment

  15. Re:Bush won't let this happen on Build Your Own TV Without Broadcast Flags · · Score: 1

    If noone can record their mistakes, did they ever happen? Remeber, he who controls the past, controls the future, he who controls the future controls the present, he who controls the present controls the past.

  16. Re:I just did ... on Fuel Loss May Cut Short GlobalFlyer's Journey · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's flying at 40,000 to 60,000 feet. Thats the standard altitude for most commercial/private jets. You don't need special addiditives to prevent it from freezing at that altitude. It's already pretty damn hard to freeze. It seems like avgas is generally a little cheaper than what I end up having to pay for anyway in my car 2.20 vs 1.90 last time I checked at Glendale Municipal.

  17. Re:A level of sophistication? on SysInternals Releases RootkitRevealer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, but at the moment this is a BIG help for people, plus I'm sure that as new rootkits become availible they'll update this puppy. But it's not like linux doesn't have it's own rootkit detector http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkps/. Any server operating system is eventully going to have exploits if it's got any use, it's a fact of life, this tool helps find out if you got rooted, no more no less.

  18. Re:been seeing this a while on The Return Of The Pop-Up Ad · · Score: 1

    I don't know if it's the one time in a hundred, I remeber when I first started grocery shopping for myself, when I was 16, no matter what time of day I don't think I ever waited more than 5 minutes in line. Now days, no matter when I go I expect to wait at least 15 minutes in line. The diffrence is before there would be 10 cashiers, and if it wasn't busy they'd go do other stuff. Now, they have 2 cashiers that get paid 15 bucks an hour and 20 stockers who get paid minimum wage and can't do checkout. To alleviate this they're moving to those shit automated setups where it misscans stuff, it can't hold a full shopping cart, and can't accuratly tell if you put a product in a bag. (Home depot is the worst btw, no open registers except for contractors so I had to try and use the machine to buy 5 bags or mortar, think I broke it permanatly). Bottom line is that the stores need to have more cashiers that can go do stuff besides cashiering and if theres a line everyone gets there ass to the checkout.

  19. Re:Ummm... what about the HDs? on 5 Simple Steps to a Quieter PC · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Curious here, it only took one IBM drive that was actively recalled to make you swear off the brand, even though everyother series of drives has been among the top. But it took you 3 drive failures to make you swear off Maxtor who has long been known for making shit drives?

  20. Re:Massachusettes isn't a state. on Microsoft Office Formats Not Really Being Opened · · Score: 1

    An extra 7 letters.

  21. Re:Umm.. on Car RFID Security System Cracked · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, theres not much of one, I mean they still need to burn it to a chip or somehow get that same signal over the wire, plus they also need to have the key to start it. I mean, modern cars arn't exactly easy to hotwire(not saying a pro can't do it fast). Basically this stuff means that the hightech thieves have a possible tool, but hitech thieves account for very little actual theft. Most autotheft is more of the smash and go, or the steal the keys and run.

  22. Re:The boards look great, except... on NVIDIA's nForce Professional and Tyan's Words · · Score: 1

    What world are you living in that sata drives are faster than scsi? The connector may be able to provide more throughput but it's kinda liking hooking a firehose up to a normal spigot instead of a garden hose. The drives just can't push the data through fast enough.

  23. Re:Form factor had nothing to do with it for me... on Will Mac mini Lead the Charge to Smaller Desktops? · · Score: 1

    problem is that it's illegal for them to do that. They simply don't warranty the memory you put in. Federal law, and state law says that the manufacturer cannot deny warranty claims to unrelated components if a component was modified or upgraded. Basically you can add memory and if your proccessor goes poof, they'll replace the proccessor for you, but you're memory, thats your problem.

  24. Re:Democracy. on Pentagon To Send Robot Soldiers to Iraq · · Score: 1

    How in the hell would bin laden rule Iraq?!? He has a completely diffrent belief system and is a family member of the Saudi's. Al Quaida doesn't even perform ops in Iraq, they're mostly outta Afghanistan, which is the reason why we bombed the shit outta that country.
    Now these people, the terrorists are doing the exact same thing Americans would do if we were invaded. Don't kid yourself, if say China invaded, err liberated us, there wouldn't be a chinese ally safe. You have to remeber, for the most part the people didn't want to be liberated, and for the most part they view themselves as still not being liberated.
    My suggestion to you would be to take a close look at exactly what has been accomplished in this war, you may be a little amazed.

  25. Re:The real question on Apple Explains How to Run X11 on Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but thats the funniest thing I've read in a friggin long time.