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  1. Easy way for Tesla to make money on Tesla Will Discontinue the Roadster · · Score: 1

    All they have to do is start selling the electric motor they put in the Roadster.

    Anyone who has looked into doing an electric car conversion can tell you the motor in the roadster is much better than anything else on the market in terms of size to power output. They have the market locked down though so you can't buy them.

  2. Developers = Managers?? on Ballmer Turns To Geeks For Salvation · · Score: 1

    While on the surface this sounds like a great idea, I can't help but look back on 15 years of developing software and realize that the people who were the best at with the technical issue were usually the worst at handling the personell and political issues. Just because you good at something doesn't mean you are good at getting other people to do the same thing. It seems that there is a balance point somewhere between business people and tech savy people they need to find.

  3. Re:What'll you bet... on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 1

    it's so instead of just getting annoying script errors you will get a BSOD when a web page has errors.

  4. Re:They force you to lease software on California Student Arrested For Console Hacking · · Score: 1

    It sounds like he was modding consoles for other people. The article states:
    Last May, ICE agents executed a federal search warrant at Crippen's home, where they seized more than a dozen Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony video game consoles.

    People were paying him to mod their consoles.

  5. Nutrient Value on UK's FSA Finds No Health Benefits To Organic Food · · Score: 1

    One of the best things I read in Michael Pollans "In Defense of Food" was that an apple grown today has only about 30% of the nutrients of one grow 50 years ago probably because the spend so much less time on the vine and in very nutrient stared soil. This is probably one of the reason we are all getting so fat, we are eating 3 times as much to get the same nutrients.

  6. Re:Painfully Subjective Review on A Mac Fan's Take On Vista · · Score: 1

    Almost correct, BEOS actually had widgets before the Konfabulator did. I forget the actual name of them but, BEOS certinally was ahead of it's time.

  7. Simple Question... Why? on WinXP on a Mac, Hoax? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why do you want to put a crappy OS on MAC hardware? If you want an intel machine just go buy one.....

  8. Re:So much for Mac support on Google Hiring Programmers to Work on OpenOffice · · Score: 1
  9. The Missing quote from article.... on IE More Secure Than Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    There is one caveat: Symantec counts only those security flaws that have been confirmed by the vendor. According to security monitoring company Secunia, there are 19 security issues that Microsoft still has to deal with for Internet Explorer, while there are only three for Firefox.

    So I wonder if they updated their article once M$FT confirms the other 19 issues they are researching

    Also wonder how much M$FT Paid them to write the article.....

  10. Apache XML config file would be nice on IIS 7.0 Learns a Few Tricks from Apache · · Score: 1

    I believe this was removed just prior to the 2.0 release. I would be much nicer to have an xml config file for apache.

  11. Re:In bed with Microsoft on Comparing Tiger and Vista Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    Ditto, The guy is a bit of a windows zealot. He has a very narrow MS point of view.

  12. There's always fuel cell motorcycles on General Motor's EV1 Electric Cars Scrapped · · Score: 1
  13. Re:I'll be the first to quote Bash... on Java Application Development on Linux · · Score: 1

    I can remember when basic was 'cross platform', does that make me an antique?

  14. Integrate with Goodle DeskBar on Google Launches Desktop Search Tool · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know how to integrate the Google Desktop with the Google Deskbar?

  15. I wish I could install it!! on Have a Nice Steaming Cup of Java 5 · · Score: 1

    I tried installing JDK1.5 on my workstation but, the installshield recognizes drive's with large free space( >4gb) as negative drive space and won't install it.....!!! DOH! I wish there was a zip file I could just DL.

  16. Re:Secure communications? on Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors · · Score: 1

    what is probably missing is and the ability to decode non-quantum encrypted conversations...

  17. So Far so good. on Suse 9.1 Reviews? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The install is a breeze.

    Both Gome2.4 and KDE3.2 work very well.

    I've had some issues with my Haupauge card though.

    The 2.6 kernel seems to be working fine.

    I can see myself using this quite a bit.

  18. Don't have anything better to do on Nit-Pickers Guide to Deviations in Jackson's LotR · · Score: 1

    Seriously, Some of this stuff is extremely nit picky, Don't you guys have anything better to do?

  19. Do you mean Like HP does? on SCO Responds to OSDL Legal Aid Announcement · · Score: 2, Informative

    HP imdenifies it's customers against any and all claims by SCO if you purchase a linux system from HP.

  20. Apache 1.3.22 needs SSLCertificateChainFile on Verisign Certificate Expiration Causes Multiple Problems · · Score: 1

    We run Apache 1.3.22 and had to add the SSLCertificateChanFile directive in each virtual server. This was the only way to get Internet Explorer to update the Intermediate Cert the way it was supposed to.

  21. Better Late than never on Dell Moves Call Center Back to US · · Score: 1

    I posted this on Monday morning. I guess it's better late than never for /.

  22. Cheap price to rid themselves of competition on Microsoft Settles Be Antitrust Suit for $23.25M · · Score: 1

    This is a pretty cheap price for Micro$oft to rid them selves of a competitor. I think they are getting off real cheap.

  23. This is eve scarier..........!!! on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    They call this music http://www.hatchmusic.com/

  24. Nice if it worked around firewalls on Trepia: A Buddy List Of Strangers · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if it would work around firewalls, do the whole dynamic port thing.

  25. All properties become property of Microsoft!?!?!?? on Fishing for Ideas · · Score: 1

    I like that little detail in the contest rules.

    Hey, if you can't inovate, then buy...... that's the Micro$oft way.