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  1. Re:The tragedy of CSS on CSS Proposed 20 Years Ago Today · · Score: 1

    Layout is not a trivial problem. Particularly when the layout needs to react to the viewport.

    Yes, because layouts have never had to react to a viewport before browsers came along. All those windows apps that had to respond to whatever resolution they were resized to never existed. There were also absolutely zero solutions for this problem, definitely not solutions provided by Visual Studio or other RAD development tools that made things measurably easier than CSS.

  2. Re:Garbage in Garbage out on U.S. Drone Attack Strategy Against Al-Qaeda May Be Wrong · · Score: 1

    This study assumes they know who they are killing. Considering the number of wedding parties they have struck and also admissions that they sometimes do not even know the names of who they are killing there is an alternative conclusion.

    Come on, sometimes people just look like they need killing. Only pansies need names to act, true heroes go with their gut!

  3. Re:People forget the massive power in numbers on Lessig Launches a Super PAC To End All Super PACs · · Score: 1

    That's all well and good if the general population was just up against Bill Gates. However, the wealth distribution in the US is such that the top 1% control 34% of the wealth, the next 4% controls 27.3% and the next 5% controls 11.2%. All told the top 10% controls 73.1% of the wealth. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...

    Those figures are from 2007 and given the fact that the gap has been widening since then it's probably 75% of more by now. So how exactly are the non-wealthy with 25% of the wealth in the US going to outspend those with 75% of the wealth?

  4. Re:It can count... on Spider Discovered That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys · · Score: 1

    Wow, you deserve to spend some time at the punitentiary.

  5. Re:This is already the case with in-dash GPS. on The Coming Wave of In-Dash Auto System Obsolescence · · Score: 2

    AppRadio 2 is out now with support for Android phones as well as iPhones. Also, with a rooted Android phone you can run ARLiberator and it mirrors your phone entirely on the AppRadio 2 including multi-touch support. Steering wheel controls still work as well, so using this in combo with Car Home Ultra (to give a large car-centric UI) and Pandora or Slacker, etc.. works great so you're not messing with the touch screen when on the road.

    See this demo on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYFTjMkBCpY

  6. Re:watch this video on Japan Raises Nuclear Plant Crisis Severity To 7 · · Score: 4, Informative

    100uS/hr = 2.4mSv per day = 876mSv/year

    So while the journalists didn't risk their lives with that dose, it's definitely not a livable area at those radiation levels. However, depending on the source of the radiation those levels could go down fairly quickly or it could remain at those levels for quite a long time. Of course that assumes no further contamination from the plant.

  7. Re:Not surprising on Sharks Seen Swimming Down Australian Streets · · Score: 1

    Wish I had mod points for this. Sharks are in river, river overflows into town, sharks are now in town. Surprised? No.

  8. Re:Cheapest on New XBMC Port Promises ARM-Powered HD In the Palm of Your Hand · · Score: 1

    There's an open SODIMM slot inside and you can expand to 2 or possibly 3GB (I have 2GB in mine). There also appears to be an open mini-pci slot inside where a wifi card could be installed. Looks like you could pretty easily swap out the HD for a large one as well.

  9. Re:Cheapest on New XBMC Port Promises ARM-Powered HD In the Palm of Your Hand · · Score: 1

    Acer Aspire Revo. You can pick one up for $200 at Best Buy in store or buy online at Newegg, Amazon, etc.

    Specs: Atom 230, nVidia ION LE, 1GB RAM (expandable to 2 or 3), 160GB HD, HDMI & VGA, 6 USB 2.0, 1 eSATA, 1 Gigabit ethernet port, SD slot. Pulls 65 watts max and physical size is 7.1"x7.1"x1.2".

    This can play back full 1080p without dropping frames and will run XBMC or Boxee under both Windows and Linux.

    I purchased one yesterday and so far I've run XBMC under Linux and Boxee under both Windows and Linux and will be sticking with Boxee running under Ubuntu 9.10. The performance is great and currently the only down side is that flash playback isn't very good but Flash 10.1 will fix that.

  10. Re:Chuck Norris Is Evolution on Britons Unconvinced on Evolution · · Score: 1

    Stop posting Chuck.

  11. For the love of God, think of the children!!! on Copy Machines At Greater Risk During Holidays · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're lighter and won't break the glass.

  12. Re:I think.... on Sought for MGM v. Grokster: Non-Infringing P2P Use · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Should such a religious change to our laws (basically the "Am I not my brother's keeper?" question) should never be allowed into our laws or court system.

    There is no religious implication here. Your quote is incorrect. The original quote is from Genesis 4:9 and says "Am I my brother's keeper?" and is simply a response from Cain to God when God asks where Cain's brother is. The implied answer is no though no answer is actually given and the purpose of the statement was to say that Cain did not know where his brother was and wasn't responsible for knowing.

    A quick search on Google brought all this up, please stop trying to read religion into everything. This is about money, nothing else.

  13. Re:Oh lordie on EQ2 Voiced By Hollywood Actors · · Score: 1

    Girlfriend? Pffft... I'm going to have to put my wife in suspended animation.

  14. I prefer Professor Frink's prediction: on Thirty Years in Computing · · Score: 1

    Frink: Well, sure, the Frinkiac-7 looks impressive, don't touch it, but I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.
    Apu: Could it be used for dating?
    Frink: Well, theoretically, yes. But the computer matches would be so perfect as to eliminate the thrill of romantic conquest. Mw-hurgn-whey.

  15. Re:Sirius - The Good and the Bad on Satellite Radio Subscriptions Rising · · Score: 1

    The problem is that you installed it using a FM modulator. That immediately ruins the sound. You need it installed via an auxilary input or a radio that directly supports Sirius. Most after-market units support auxilary inputs now (through an optional component usually). You'll have the same problem with XM if you install it through a FM modulator.

    The FM modulator is what makes you tune into a specific channel in order to hear Sirius. FM Modulators ALWAYS suck.

  16. Re:Mod Idea on Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New Inventions · · Score: 1

    So does this device bitch-slap you when you're modded down as well? :)

  17. Watch out Mars! on European Moon Mission Ready for Launch · · Score: 1

    Their next probe is headed your way! Due to be launched in 2005 it should be able to make it there by mid 2379.

  18. Re:Use the trustworthy stuff on Linux Crypto Packages Demolished · · Score: 1

    I only use the Cyrillic Projector code. No one ever will crack that.

    The original poster must be a /. editor. :)

  19. No DVD Player.. Uh... I'll take XBMP. on Prisimq MediaServer Support For Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    DVD-ROMs can be had for ~$30 or less retail now. I'd buy the unit right now if it could do everything it claims (well) and play media off of a DVD or CD (including true DVDs). As it is right now I'd still have to have two boxes to do virtually the same thing.

    Know what can accomplish all this for $200 or less? The X-Box with XBMP (X-Box Media Player) and the DVD remote can do everything this unit can AND it can play DVDs (even in progressive scan mode with some hacking) and it can be done with software hacks. I bought an X-Box specifically for this and it works wonderfully. I just don't play any games on it or use X-Box live so I avoid MS patching their wonderful dashboard holes. :)

  20. Re:Here's that comment in a 1984 Usenet posting! on "Stolen" SCO Linux Code Snippets Leaked · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And notice that it's BSD code, which lends credence to the belief that some (if not all) of the "infringing" code is actually BSD code used in both Linux and SCO. I'm not sure of BSD's licensing but wouldn't that mean that SCO is the one breaking the law here?

    Who'd actually be surprised to find that SCO is using open source code improperly/illegaly? :)

  21. Re:Killer App for PDA's on Holographic Keypads Float Into View · · Score: 1

    Watch "Time Traxx" much? The secondary character in the show was S.E.L.M.A... A credit-card sized (and shaped) PDA with a holographic display and voice/visual recognition (among other things).

  22. Re:Micro-engines in cell phones? on Nanotech Pinball and Miniature Engines · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, the phone would just get in the way of their cigarette anyway.

  23. Welcome to America... on Penny Arcade vs. American Greetings Revisited · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...where things are only legal if you can afford to pay as much as the ass suing you to defend yourself in court.

  24. Juice = BAD! on Lose Weight The Slow, Boring Way · · Score: 1

    Most juices have a ton of sugar and almost as many calories as soda. An 8oz. serving of OJ generally contains 110 calories. An 8oz. serving of Coke is about 95 calories.

    The ONLY way juices are better than sodas are the vitamins and nutrients you get.

  25. Re:He may spell like a drunken 5 year old... on Lose Weight The Slow, Boring Way · · Score: 1

    Your goal (for men) should be to drop your body fat percentage to well under 10% (under 15% for women).

    That's very wrong. Pro body builders have BF percentages in the 5-9% range, and then only for competitions generally. Most males should have a BF% between 10-15% and women should be between 15-20%.