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  1. Re:I posted this earlier today on Large User Groups Cause Spontaneous Greying · · Score: 1

    It seems to work with any domain name. It looks like ICANN or Verisign is up to their redirect/hijacking tricks again...

  2. Re:They are welcome to it! on Microsoft Patents Grouped Taskbar Buttons · · Score: 1

    For everyone that replied about using Moz/Firefox/et all... Yes. I know. I use them too. That wasn't my point.

    My statement applies to ANY program, not just IE.

  3. Re:They are welcome to it! on Microsoft Patents Grouped Taskbar Buttons · · Score: 4, Insightful

    so you'd rather have 30 buttons all with the IE logo and the text truncated so you can't tell which is which?

    please....

  4. Problem for Microsoft? on Microsoft's Rush To Xbox 2 A Danger? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We can only hope...

  5. Re:Downside of convergence on Big Bang of Convergence · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I may only want a cell phone that can make phone calls - not a mini PDA / game machine. With the current rush, some manufacturers and developers are forgetting to leave the basic product available

    Oh no they haven't forgotten. But if they give you one device that works perfectly well for the one need you have, they can't sell you another one a year from now.

  6. Figure out what rendering engine first! on Renderfarm Setup Tips? · · Score: 1

    Everything you have mentioned is dependent on what render engine you are using.

    First, figure that out, then go to the forums for that engine and ask your question there.

    I just built an 8-node renderfarm for using Vray, which means 3D Studio, which means Win2k and it was a piece of cake.

    6-8 nodes is tiny. Figure your use, then ask on the right forum. Many, many people have done this already.

  7. Re:The FBI doesn't stand a chance on Saudi Webmaster Acquitted of Terrorism Charges · · Score: 1

    He couldn't earn money. He was on a student visa which only allows him to go to school here, not to work. Thats why there was a "visa fraud" charge against him because he accepted money to work on websites.

  8. Re:Can i ask a serious question.. on More on the Swedish Stealth Ship · · Score: 1

    Lets say you were looking for smugglers, drug or otherwise. (Sweden does have a lot of waterfront). Which is gonna be better at finding them, sting operations, etc....a huge, loud, diesel tuna boat or this thing?

  9. Re:Thinking of Switching to a OSX for a laptop on Fix a Troubled Mac · · Score: 1

    A beige G3 is a supported system for OSX. But if you replaced your CDRom with a 3rd party one because the original died...good luck getting OSX installed.

  10. Re:Prediction ... on Microsoft, Sony Announce iPod Competitors · · Score: 1

    Yep, the Gateway PIII-200 I bought in 1997 had USB onboard, standard. But I had to wait untill Windows 98 (which still came out before the iMac) to use it.

  11. Re:Prediction ... on Microsoft, Sony Announce iPod Competitors · · Score: 0, Troll

    You mean like Mac Zealots think that Steve Jobs created the mp3 player market with the iPod?

  12. Re:Why diss Linux? on Review of the Roku HD1000 Media Player · · Score: 1

    To the end user, the GUI is the same as the operating system.

  13. Re:Kill 'em all and let the market sort 'em out. on AgroWaste Oil Plant Starts Production · · Score: 1

    Because requiring 10% of all cars sold in CA by 2001 to be zero-emission (read electric) worked well didn't it?

  14. RTFA on Microsoft Drops Next-Generation Security Project [updated] · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is Palladium, and it has not been "dropped", only shelved because it was too ambitious. They say they've invested too much on this not take advantage of it.

  15. Re:Logic Board Extension Program on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Preview at WWDC · · Score: 1

    It will let you do a clean install inlcuding reformatting the drive, but only if it can see an OSX install already there

  16. Re:Logic Board Extension Program on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Preview at WWDC · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apple is charging the $130 for each "upgrade" of their operating systems (they are not upgrades but full versions only)

    Try taking the Panther updgrade disc and putting it into a machine that doesn't already have OSX on it. It won't allow you to install.

  17. Re:Why send it up? on 'Einstein Probe' Delayed · · Score: 0, Troll

    To the stupid mods who dragged the parent down. Get a sense of humor. It's for measuring frame dragging or lag, and a joke about it being delayed is -1 Troll??

  18. Re:'pricey' on Nvidia Releases Hardware-Accelerated Film Renderer · · Score: 1

    I work for a smaller graphics house that is part of an architecture firm and does mostly (but not all) architecture work.

    This product is competing against other rendering engines like MentalRay, Vray, Renderman, etc. And at $2750 per license it's deffinately not for smaller developers or architects. There are plenty of other rendering engines out there that are significantly cheaper and dont require a video card that costs as much as an entire x86 rendernode.

  19. Why send it up? on 'Einstein Probe' Delayed · · Score: -1, Troll

    It works already!

  20. Some NPR already does it. on Real Problems · · Score: 1

    KCRW, a leading NPR station (they create or are involved in quite a bit of the national programming) streams all of their stuff via the web in Real or MP3. They are listed in ShoutCast, ITunes Radio, and AOL Radio as well as their own website.

  21. Re:Dell?? on Better Business Bureau Targets Apple's G5 Ads · · Score: 1

    My point is that a Dual G5 is in no way simply just a "personal computer" meant for home email/word/quicken use. That's why Apple makes the iMac. And if you are going to claim that somehow a workstation and a desktop are different things, then you're buying into marketing bullshit.

  22. Re:This looks cool, however.... on Google Offers Personalized Search · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other words, "we're about to get slashdotted".

    Anyone have the link to the google cache?

  23. Re:Dell?? on Better Business Bureau Targets Apple's G5 Ads · · Score: 1

    You want to explain to me what the difference is between a Dual-proc G5 and a "workstation"? Because there isn't any.

  24. Re:Dell?? on Better Business Bureau Targets Apple's G5 Ads · · Score: 2, Informative

    At the time of Apple's G5 announcement (3 months before they even started shipping) Boxx had already been shipping dual Opteron machines for about a month.

  25. Re:Could someone... on Linux the Tortoise to Microsoft's Hare? · · Score: 1

    umm....

    I think they mean that MS is the percieved champion that no-one can beat, and Linux is the suprising underdog that can embarass MS because they overestimated their abilities.