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  1. Re:Can you give us some links on China to Pioneer Melt-Down Proof Reactors · · Score: 1

    Anyone who responds with "cite?" has actually received an education, where they learn how to conduct research and how to use the research of others. Just because you believe random stuff you read on the net doesn't mean that others should too.

  2. Re:Eh, mediocre at best. on Knuth's Art of Computer Programming Vol. 4 · · Score: 0
    And how did "Knuth" become "Bluth" halfway through? If it's a joke about the Mormon animator, follow it through.
    Knuth, a talented animator in his spare time, clearly knew a thing or two about art, so quite why he chose to bring the word "art" into the title of a wholly non-artistic computer manual is beyond me.
    Well I thought it was amusing :)
  3. Re:And I always thought amazon US would be all fre on Amazon Offers 2-Day Shipping For $79/Year · · Score: 1
    and well germany isn't that large

    Exactly--the US is slightly larger than Germany; hence, it takes more time and money to ship things.

  4. Re:Also on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Heh, someone just modded me Overrated. Oh noes!!!

  5. Re:Also on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 0

    And those at the karma kap have plenty to karma to burn. Like me. Why care about karma anyway?

  6. Re:Va te faire voir chez les grecs Re:NITPICK Re:D on The Forgotten Huygens Experiment · · Score: 1

    suce ma queue

  7. Re:Cox Rox on Comcast Raises Bandwidth in Shot at DSL · · Score: 0

    Have you been to http://www.cox.com/info/? I don't know where you're located, but the upgrade is not automatic for "Middle America" customers.

  8. Re:Crippling DNS? How much does DNS suck? on Spammers' Upend DNS · · Score: 1
    IPv6 uses a different DNS system, dopey.

    GO Away, Troll

  9. Re:Dual Booting Linux & Windows in 64bit on 64-bit Windows XP Tested And Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I know what it was meant to be... but using an ASCII representation of a company's logo in a piece of writing, rather than the company's name (Digital Equipment Corporation), or a commonly-used abbreviation (Digital or DEC), is silly. Not that there's anything wrong with being silly... but then when it's done wrong, that silliness turns into stupidity. The old DEC logo is lowercase. If IcarusMoth really had an Alpha, perhaps he could've looked at the logo on the case and gotten it right.

  10. Re:I'm holding out for 802.3 on Belkin Offering Pre-802.11N Products · · Score: 1, Funny

    802.3 is awesome! Not only does it have excellent range, it doesn't even require line-of-sight! Some shady guy under an overpass offered to sell me a "3Com Etherlink II" that he had somehow "obtained." I didn't dare ask where he got it from, but it was only $1, so I bought it. Works great!

  11. Texas too on CT High Court Rules GIS Data Can Be Kept Secret [UPDATED] · · Score: 1
    The Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex area has dfwmaps.com, providing 6-inch(!) resolution aerial photos of the area, among other things.

    And for the rest of Texas, the Texas Natural Resources Information System makes various GIS data available for download.

  12. Re:Dual Booting Linux & Windows in 64bit on 64-bit Windows XP Tested And Reviewed · · Score: 1

    What in the world is "|D|I|G|I|T|A|L|"??

  13. Re:BSOD on Microsoft's Technical Glitches at CES Explained · · Score: 1
    Ok I will bite on this one and for the uninformed listen closely.

    You're the uninformed one. What makes you think there was any sort of kernel failure? Do you cry "kernel failure!" every time some app on your Gentoo Linux box dumps core?

    $ cat>assertfailed.c
    #include <assert.h>
    int main(void){assert(0);return 0;}
    $ cc -o assertfailed assertfailed.c
    $ ./assertfailed
    assertion "0" failed: file "assertfailed.c", line 2, function "main"
    Abort (core dumped)

    OH NOES! MY KERNEL FAILED! LOONIX IS TEH SUX!!11!ELEVENTYONE!1

  14. Re:What, no remote exploit?!? on Local Root Exploit in Linux 2.4 and 2.6 · · Score: 1
    Yeah, those guys running the root DNS servers are mad crazy insane!!

    $ for l in a b c d e f g h i j k l m; do
    > printf "${l}: "; host -c chaos -t txt version.bind ${l}.root-servers.net | tail -1
    > done
    a: VERSION.BIND text "VGRS2"
    b: VERSION.BIND text "8.4.1-REL"
    c: VERSION.BIND text "8.4.2"
    d: VERSION.BIND text "8.4.4"
    e: version.bind text "9.2.3"
    f: version.bind text "9.3.0"
    g: Host version.bind not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
    h: version.bind text "NSD 1.2.3"
    i: version.bind text "contact info@netnod.se"
    j: VERSION.BIND text "VGRS2"
    k: version.bind text "NSD 1.2.4"
    l: VERSION.BIND text "named-8.4.1"
    m: VERSION.BIND text "8.4.5-REL"

    Looks like about half of them are running BIND.

    P.S. I run BIND and sendmail on a server at the office, and BIND and postfix on a server at home.

  15. Re:What about Ogg Vorbis? on Comparing Codecs for 2004 · · Score: 1

    AHA! I knew Koizumi had a thing for futanari!

  16. Re:Winner on Comparing Codecs for 2004 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Um, libavcodec isn't a codec. It's a library implementing various codecs. So which codec in libavcodec did you want to test?

    MPEG1
    MPEG2
    MPEG4
    MSMPEG4 V1
    MSMPEG4 V2
    MSMPEG4 V3
    WMV7
    WMV8
    H.261
    H.263(+)
    MJPEG
    Lossless MJPEG
    DV
    Huff YUV
    FFmpeg Video 1
    FFmpeg Snow
    Asus v1
    Asus v2
    Sorenson Video 1
    FLV
    ZLIB

    Those are the video codecs that libavcodec currently implements an encoder for.

    It sounds like you've confused the codecs with specific implementations of those codecs.

  17. Re:And they're NOT a monopoly? on Microsoft Not Worried about FireFox · · Score: 1
    See, it's comments like this that ought to make the DOJ convict Microsoft.

    NEWSFLASH! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Microsoft has been found to be a monopoly and was convicted of abusing its monopoly power.

    Oh wait... that was from June 2000... so what are you going on about again? Sounds like what you're asking for was done years ago.
  18. Re:Complaints about it already on Texas State Parks Offer Wi-Fi · · Score: 0

    Your math skills are impeccable.

  19. Re:Everything is bigger in TX even wifi charges! on Texas State Parks Offer Wi-Fi · · Score: 0

    Woot! I'll bring the Shiner!

  20. Re:Stupid HTML filters ate my clause on Re-Pet a Reality · · Score: 0

    BTW, did you know that if you change the dropdown under the comment box to "Extrans", you can use without doing anything special? I don't know why "Plain Old Text" doesn't do the same thing.

  21. Re:C3 makes for a terrible laptop on Walmart Offers Sub-$500 laptop With Linspire · · Score: 1

    Hmm, got a cite? I've always viewed it as a well-known rumor, in that everyone says it, and that there are very good reasons to believe it's the case, but as far as I know, Intel has never confirmed it.

  22. Re:Requiem for the FUD on FreeBSD Foundation Needs Cash For 501(c)3 Status · · Score: 1
    OK, m68k is one of the architectures listed. So what's this then? Not exactly kernel.org or linux.bkbits.net, is it? And then the Mac68k group forked their own tree off the generic m68k code. (FWIW, the generic m68k seems to be more up-to-date; if you want to run Linux on a 68k Mac, I'd recommend going with that than the mac68k-specific fork).

    I think Linux is great and all, but I don't think its portability matches that of NetBSD.

  23. Re:Here's a dumb question - why not a runoff? on Democrat Takes 10-Vote Lead in WA Governor Race · · Score: 1
    Hi, I don't live in Washington, don't have any particular interest in its laws, and had never been to its website before. What I mean is that, honestly, the info you're looking for isn't difficult to find.

    First, go to http://www.state.wa.us/, then click on Locate state laws and rules (RCWs and WACs), then click on Revised Code of Washington by Title, then click on Title 29A - Elections, then click on 29A.64 Recounts.

    And there you are.

  24. Re:Requiem for the FUD on FreeBSD Foundation Needs Cash For 501(c)3 Status · · Score: 1

    Yes it is. Many of the Linux ports are in their own private source trees. You can't claim that the Linux source is portable to all those different platforms if it's not even the same source. NetBSD has a single source tree for all its ports, with the core kernel code and the majority of the device drivers shared.

  25. Re:C3 makes for a terrible laptop on Walmart Offers Sub-$500 laptop With Linspire · · Score: 1
    In fact, if I was getting an x86 notebook, I wouldn't accept anything except a PIII.

    If I were getting an x86 notebook, I'd go for the Pentium M (part of Intel's Centrino package). It's rumored that the design is based off the Pentium III, and not only does it perform quite well, it stays cool too.