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  1. Via what method? on VIA Releases 800 Pages of Documentation For Linux · · Score: -1

    I just suggest that if you use Windows (any kind), give up MS manufactured drivers and get a WHQL certified chipset driver from Via instead.For some reason (!) the Wintel manufacturer keeps shipping buggy drivers on Windows.I tested this on a laptop and even a high end AMD based video workstation. Something really good happens right after installing them (hyperion or something) and rebooting. Instantly.Of course, Linux like open source OS'es doesn't have such evil tricks etc.

  2. Re: on Programmer's File Editor With Change Tracking? · · Score: -1

    I didn't get the impression that most of the users were to be programmers, and apparently he was explicitly instructed to find a text editor with version tracking. Naturally that's basically impossible.What would probably be acceptable, if it could be found, would be a programmer's editor that had it's own file format which kept track of changes, and a *really good* export feature which turned the current version into export text (in your choice of ASCII, UTF-8,-16, or -32).Version control is a good choice

  3. I hear that they have... on NASA Opens Space Image Library · · Score: -1

    ... I doubt they'll shwo the alien pictures too.

  4. Re: on How To Deal With Internet Bullies? · · Score: -1

    Am I the only one that is completely confused?

  5. Re: on UK Facebook User's Name Appropriation Draws Huge Libel Suit · · Score: -1

    Im all for freespeech but impersonating someone isn't freespeech it's identity theft.

  6. Re: on Practical Django Projects · · Score: -1

    Look it up! From Wikipedia:Django is a Romany term meaning "I awake". It is best known as the nickname of Belgian jazz guitarist Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt, whose fame has led to its use throughout music..

  7. Re: on Putting Fable II Through Its Paces · · Score: -1

    He was. You see, a whole bunch of uptight Christians got butthurt when Kevin McCullough railed against the (incredibly tame) sex scenes in Mass Effect.

  8. Re:"Community" ? on Vector Graphics Lead Wish List For Future Browsers · · Score: -1

    not to mention that 222 votes is statistically irrelevant. Only a fool would base any business decision on such a woefully small sample size.

  9. Economics 101. on Speculation On a Second Internet Economy Collapse · · Score: -1

    That's probably the most cynical way I've heard it described, but no, there is no other point. The general idea, though, is to buy it when it's undervalued so that you can sell at its proper price when the market corrects itself, rather than just buying at random and hope that somebody doing the same is willing to pay more than you did.The reason that so few people do well is because it takes knowledge and diligence to recognize the true value of stock and make sure that it's sufficiently undervalued when y

  10. Re: on How To Encourage a Young Teen To Learn Programming? · · Score: -1

    So no, if he doesn't have the drive to learn and problem solve he's better off outside playing with a ball ... or girls since he's a teen.

  11. Re: on It's Not Just O2 Leaking MMS Messages · · Score: -1

    "and how many plumbers have MMS phones? Why is THAT expectation more rational than email?"that is my point. I just know he had a colour screen phone and with my provider, everyone gets MMS configuration automatically, I know he will be able to receive it. I got his number, there is a thing called "MMS standard", I send him a basic graphic that _I_ pay to send without causing inconvenience.It is really absurd to defend a standard like MMS. It is _minimum_ standard, it is convenient, designed by Telcos and GS

  12. Re: on It's Not Just O2 Leaking MMS Messages · · Score: -1

    Oops! It started with me almost quoting and replying to the wrong post and ended with me not trimming the quote properly, which I then cut and pasted into a reply to the CORRECT post.I guess you all know what I value most, now. :)

  13. Re: on FBI Fights Testing For False DNA Matches · · Score: -1

    Racist attitudes?The bottom line is the US has a problem with black violent crime, the victims of which are predominately also black.When a black male is 7 times more likely to commit a homicide than his white peer (and 7 times more likely to be a homicide victim), the problem isn't racist attitudes or a top down approach to police enforcement, it's endemic violence within the black community.Another poster quoted Chris Rock. I'll do the same. You don't see people getting in brawls, getting stabbed, or ge

  14. Re: on A Look At ACTA Wish Lists For RIAA, BSA, Others · · Score: -1

    And when you don't face those things you will have it too good to go looking for trouble. It is the perfect setup for authoritarians and they know it. Only thing they have to worry about is going too far, because you don't want to add the straw that breaks the camel's back.

  15. Re: on Ubisoft Steals 'No-CD Crack' To Fix Rainbow 6: Vegas 2 · · Score: -1

    remember that the crack was made to circumvent anti-piracy schemes.

  16. Re: on Radiohead Open Sources Music Video · · Score: -1

    Radiohead is making some fantastic steps for the open source community, now if they only go back 10 years and start putting out good music again....

  17. Re:Bread and circuses, minus the bread on Russia To Study Martian Moons Once Again · · Score: -1

    I study minority languages of Russia and travel to many areas of the country outside the big, internationally known cities. There is desparate poverty everywhere. I'm not one of those killjoys who think you have to completely solve all human ills before launching anything into space, but it's a big mystery how Russia can come up with money for space, and yet can't seem to raise the standard of living enough to stop its demographic implosion and high rates of unemployment and deadly alcoholism. The country's priorities are so much more mixed up than the homelands of NASA or the ESA that they should seriously put this on hold.

  18. Re: on GPS Tracking Device Beats Radar Gun in Court · · Score: -1

    independence comes later in life when you are older and wiser. Your parents have been there and done that, and know when you are heading for trouble before you do.There are lots of traps out there in society for young, innocent, gullible kids. We all bemoan how easy it is for someone new to teh interwebs to get attacked with spam, malware, adware and viruses. The same is true for someone new to society in general. There are lots of scams and bad decision options out there.

  19. Re: on EU Proposes Retroactive Copyright Extension · · Score: -1
  20. Re:Lies about Libertarianism on McCain Campaign Uses Spider/Diff Against Obama · · Score: -1

    Good/Bad (they'll assign one of those to Republican or Democrat, and the other to the left over party)Maybe I'm just one of those simplistic morons... but what if one of the parties actually is evil?While you're considering that, consider this:What if BOTH of those parties actually are evil?

  21. If you're gonna be semantic pedants, do it right. on NASA Drone's Sensors Battle California Wildfires · · Score: -1

    NASA's Ikhana is the same aircraft as the Predator, except it's being used here to save lives."

  22. Re: on Mars Lander's Robot Arm Shuts Down To Save Itself · · Score: -1

    I was just reading yesterday that when the scientists dumped too much material to be processed and then subsequently shook the lab to get some material, they may have caused the short that caused other delays. It was that first oven test that led to the problematic electrical short. The scoop dumped so much soil that it clogged a mesh screen filter over the oven. To break up the dirt, technicians shook the instrument for several days. Engineers think the shaking caused the short circuit,

  23. Re:Backups? on Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System · · Score: -1

    What's more, if he choose a REALLY good password, brute force decrypt might take a *long* time... Most of the password circumventions I've seen for windows don't actually crack the password but let you overwrite it with a new one. It's not so great for undetected access but it's just fine for taking control of a system that has been locked up by a disgruntled employee.I worked at a school district once where an art teacher got canned due to budget cuts. Before she left, she changed the passwords to a bunch

  24. Re:Good News for Blizzard, bad news for copyright on Blizzard Wins Major Lawsuit Against Bot Developers · · Score: -1

    But that's how it will be interpreted. It doesn't matter anymore on what a court case means, but rather what it says. The USA has had a long history of interpreting various court rulings different ways to prosecute/defend and to push an agenda.

  25. Re:Not surprising. on Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express Numbers · · Score: -1

    I thought it was second hand smoke.