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  1. Re:Notebook, laptop, netbook ... on 11.6" Netbooks Face Off · · Score: 1

    I was actually proposing rigid guides as to what each term means, because right now a netbook is whatever marketing says it is. Orange Crush's boundries seem to be better than mine.

  2. Notebook, laptop, netbook ... on 11.6" Netbooks Face Off · · Score: 1

    I think we need clearly defined sizes for terms or else we'll end up with 15 inch netbooks by the end of next year.

    I propose:

    • Portable: over 19.5in
    • Notebook: 16.1in-19.5in
    • Laptop: 11.1in-16.0in
    • Netbook: 8.0in-11.0in
    • Ultraportable: under 8.0in
  3. Re:Netbooks? on Cheap, Cross-Platform Electronic Circuit Simulation Software? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Legally you'd still have to buy windows to run it in a VM, a professor/teacher can't advocate piracy (well they could but the carious higher ups probably won't like it).

  4. Re:1984 on Student Suing Amazon For Book Deletions · · Score: 1

    I was 18 when I had to get permission (I was signing college forms by myself), the school administrators wouldn't accept my signature (I tried).

  5. Re:1984 on Student Suing Amazon For Book Deletions · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Bible-Belter here. 1984 was a required book in AP Lit.

    Of course a parent did get mad when a lower grade (10th) read Dante's Inferno (near the end of the year). Then my teacher had to get permission for The Things They Carried---strangely being over 18 didn't mean you didn't have to get permission. Which then pissed off my parents and the parents of everyone else.

  6. Re:1984 on Student Suing Amazon For Book Deletions · · Score: 1

    In my AP literature class the teacher picked 5 books to read (her theory was read a few good complex books and study them deeply, as appose to barely covering a bunch). She rotated most every year, the only constants were 1984 and King Lear.

    Only English class I felt like I learned anything, which is slightly depressing.

  7. Re:Hmm... on Prototype Vehicle For the Blind · · Score: 1

    Yes

  8. Re:Hmm... on Prototype Vehicle For the Blind · · Score: 1

    Blind people always have the right of way ...

  9. Re:There's lots of analysis... on Arizona Considers Selling Capitol Buildings · · Score: 1

    Ultimately the Government still ends up paying for the lawyers they need when they get sued (not the mention the judges and other court necessities).

  10. Re:But with WalMart on The Downsides to Digital Distribution · · Score: 1

    Didn't walmart a couple years ago recall dog food for basically poisoning dogs?

  11. Re:Bullshit on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 1

    I remember once reading the ideal body ratio is 3:2:3 (shoulders:waist:hips), which you provided.

  12. Re:Dirigible. on The Rocky Road To Wind Power · · Score: 1

    To be fair he was told to pick his favorite one.

  13. Re:slashdot demographics on Want to Eat Chocolate Every Day For a Year? · · Score: 1

    That's just the new car smell.

  14. Re:Confused on Cable Management To Defeat Clutter? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Even one computer has lots of cables.

    One Computer:
    1. Computer Tower Power Cable
    2. Monitor Power Cable
    3. Monitor VGA Cable
    4. Keyboard Cable
    5. Mouse Cable

    Extras for the computer that I have

    1. Speaker Cable, which splits into 2)
    2. USB Hub Cable (I have 2 usb ports, 1 in front 1 in back)
    3. USB Hub Power Cable
    4. Printer Power Cable
    5. Printer USB cable
    6. Ethernet Cable
    7. External Harddrive USB cable
    8. External Harddrive Power Cable

    Then don't forget the misc. cables.

    1. Lamp Power Cable
    2. Telephone Cable Cable
    3. Camera Charger Cable
    4. Camera USB Cable
    5. Phone Charger Cable

    And none of these are the perfect length so I end up have bunched up sections to take up the slack.

  15. Re:Summary? on Why OpenBSD's Release Process Works · · Score: 1

    If they defined the avg like that it would be the mode. It just happens that IQs are normally distributed so mode=median=mean.

  16. Re:I thought they.. on Wikipedia Debates Rorschach Censorship · · Score: 5, Funny

    She'd say: "Oh God, he's never going to move out is he?"

  17. Re:HEY! on Strong Passwords Not As Good As You Think · · Score: 1

    According to TFS you have a keylogger on your computer. I suggest you kill it with fire, but not in Soviet Russia, because "in Soviet Russia, keylogger fire kills with you.".

  18. Re:library of congress on How Heavy Is a Petabyte? · · Score: 1

    That raises another question. Would the library of congress still be the library of congress if you moved all the books into a different building (of a different mass)? Or is the library of congress perpetually tied to one building, even if all the books were destroyed and replaced with with different copies? What if you replaced each brick/beam/wire/ornament on the building one at a time till none of the original remained?

  19. Re:Oh well. on Microsoft Warns of New Video ActiveX Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    They do at work.

  20. Re:Why does this sound so familiar? on Unicellular "Enigma" Changes From Predator To Plant and Back · · Score: 1

    You're the youngest too?

  21. Re:HERE'S AN IDEA on Lenovo Tinkers With Larger Delete and Escape Keys · · Score: 1

    Try cleaning the laser inside the CD drive.

  22. Re:Trusting strangers vs. cicrle jerking on The Battle Between Google and Facebook · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For your astronomical example, what are the chances you have friends smart/knowledgeable enough to tell you correct information. If I want a fact my friends are unreliable, if I want recomendations/opinions for various things my friends are better because they know me.

    Google is good because it bypasses my friends' limitations of knowledge, Facebook is redundant because the only things my friend's could tell me I could simply ask in person.

  23. Re:Old adage. on The Path From Hacker To Security Consultant · · Score: 1

    Academia wise the worst students at my school dropped out (~20 from my class) or got expelled (1 from my class) and didn't graduate so there is no way they can become teachers.

  24. Re:Nokia / Siemens could provide an answer on Could We Beam Broadband Internet Into Iran? · · Score: 1

    You might be able to have a public vote, but some people would be pressured--one person loses their ability to vote for who they want and democracy has been destroyed.

  25. Re:Snarky indeed... on The Worst US Cities To Work In IT · · Score: 1

    Two people trying to merge into me at the same time, from each side, while a person tailgates me. The highway is terrible, of course it is in all states.