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  1. Re:Dear Ubuntu on Ubuntu Gets a New Visual Identity · · Score: 1

    (whenever people think XP they always think of the disney world theme for example).

    There, I fixed that for you...

    BTW, I hate that theme. Sheldon

    I think of "Fisher Price"

  2. Re:Still brown... on Ubuntu Gets a New Visual Identity · · Score: 1

    That is how I have it on my Ubuntu Laptop, But I am using the Emerald Windows Decorator. I wanted clear borders to see the conky on my desktop and I have the main "action" buttons on the left and the stick, shade and window menu buttons on the right. I have been using clear borders since early 2006 before Vista.

  3. Re:More Details & HTC Response on Apple Sues HTC For 20 Patent Violations In Phones · · Score: 1

    Some of them should be invalid for prior art, and some of them do not even belong to Apple.

  4. Re:Pacemakers? on An Exercise To Model a "Solar Radiation Katrina" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There would be almost no impact. The solar Storm would affect long pieces of conductive material 20+ meters in length.

  5. Re:Yes, you are being a jackass on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    I will take that as an joke, and not an insult. I am a amateur radio operator. Will not put my call here.

  6. Re:On the upside, no worries about poor reception on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    The point of source is just a larger area (or somewhere behind the antenna for the math)

  7. Re:The facts about urban wireless towers on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    Your AP probably transmits at 20-27dBm. A cellular AP probably transmits at 40dBm.

    because of the Inverse-square law the receive strength is very low. Wi-Fi can operate at -88dBm if the noise floor is -96dBm.

  8. Re:Manhattan, Not Kansas on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    Are you sure it is not is not Manhattan, Kansas?

    You are correct about the range (it probably covers multiple blocks), but there has to overlap so that there are fewer dropped calls

  9. Re:I'd pass on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    Cellphone antennas would not be uni-directional so there shouldn't be any focused beam or whatever it's called but who knows what other antennas will be installed in the future on the same pole.

    A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates greater power in one or more directions
    An omnidirectional antenna is an antenna system which radiates power uniformly in one plane with a directive pattern shape in a perpendicular plane

    Cell phone transmitters are directional. There are usually three sets of antennas (One transmitter per set and one or more receivers) facing in different directions.

  10. Re:not expensive to use wire mesh on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    the furniture would be small enough for the RF to go around, but a faraday cage the size of a apartment would be a bit too large at 20 feet

  11. Re:Yes, you are being a jackass on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 4, Informative

    800+ watts in the 2.4ghz band is a known killer.
    Most consumer devices run at under 5 watts.
    Amateur radio operators have been using devices that can put out 5 to 1500 watts since the 1930s (possibly earlier)

  12. Re:old phone on What Has Your Phone Survived? · · Score: 1

    My boss dropped his phone off of a tower at ~100 feet or higher three times and it survived two times.

    I have had my phone (HTC Wizard -- T-Mobile MDA) outside in pouring rain for ~2 hours and it was still on and working when I retrieved it. It still works today, but I am not using it.

  13. Re:improvements in Google's blurring technology on EU Says Google Street View Violates Privacy · · Score: 1

    you could get a photo of the world without people, cars, or digital road signs.

  14. Re:Police is investigating it too on EU Says Google Street View Violates Privacy · · Score: 1

    So, all they have to do is lower the cameras to ~6 feet AGL?

  15. Re:Awful ports? on When PC Ports of Console Games Go Wrong · · Score: 1

    Upper Side Band? oh wait, you mean the serial port "replacement", Universal Serial Bus.

  16. Re:Or. on Passive-Aggressive Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    better is upside-down-ternet + kittenwars

  17. Re:Monitor gamma? on Scaling Algorithm Bug In Gimp, Photoshop, Others · · Score: 1

    The responses that they post are also inaccurate it seems.

    From

    All four images in this page are the same one but your browser was instructed to scale it. The one below is scaled 1:2. On Opera and some versions of Internet Explorer it will show a gray rectangle.

    meanwhile, I see a grey rectangle in firefox, and I still don't get what that signifies.

    The first one I have a hard time seeing it, but I can.
    For the others have to scale the page to max to see anything other than a gray rectangle (using chrome)

  18. Re:So on Ars Analysis Calls Windows 7 Memory Usage Claims "Scaremongering" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "those who fail to understand Unix are doomed to re-implement it...poorly."

    lol.. like Linux "re-implemented" UNIX? Unless ofcource they used the same code, then the SCO lawsuit could be revived again ;)

    They understand UNIX and re implemented it appropriately, not poorly.

  19. Re:Doubly unreliable on iPhone's Liquid Sensors Can Be Triggered By Wintertime Use · · Score: 1

    or north of Nebraska

  20. Re:Open Web alternative to Newgrounds? on Five Years of YouTube and Forced Evolution · · Score: 1

    Yes, HTML5 can replace Flash for almost ALL uses, including games

  21. Re:Set 32 sectors per track on Linux Not Quite Ready For New 4K-Sector Drives · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the now-irrelevant concept of a terminal

    Speak for yourself sir, I for one like my rs-232 terminals to be handy for when ethernet is down and you can't ssh (and can't be assed hooking up keyboard and monitor). Seriously, anyone adept at the command line uses it far more than the gui to get things done, terminals will never disappear.

    or like on the SheevaPlug, Cobalt RaQ, or Cobalt Qube when you cannot hook up a keyboard and monitor

  22. Re:Diesel on UPS Setup For a Small/Mid-Size Company? · · Score: 1

    And propane is even better than diesel, but possibly slightly worse than natural gas depending on the location. It can sit for years, unlike diesel.

  23. Re:Have you tested the UPS lately? on UPS Setup For a Small/Mid-Size Company? · · Score: 2, Informative

    If it is a Linux (or BSD) box then he can use APCUPSD. It can send emails, has network feature to let other machines know the status of the UPS, and even has a web interface for monitoring the UPS.

  24. Re:Duh on SourceForge Removes Blanket Blocking · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It is not considered a "munition" any more. http://xkcd.com/504/

  25. Re:"independently funded"? on Studies Find Harm From Cellular and Wi-Fi Signals · · Score: 1

    Of course a 1Thz wave is 0.3mm where a 2.4Ghz wave is ~12cm.
    And 1Thz is near IR.