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  1. Re:And? on MPAA Goes After More Bittorrent Site Operators · · Score: 1


    I love how people get so uppity about incorrect wording. Yes, you can get a correct result from a false assumption, however, this result has not been proven to be LOGICALLY SOUND.

  2. Re:Big deal on TV Over Phone Lines To Arrive In 2005 · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Have you actually contacted Sasktel about this? I've had rock solid service for years from them, and can't actually remember there being an outage (except for when someone broke into the phone cabinet in my building and ripped out the patches).

    You do have a completely valid point about artifacting though. This is inherent to all digital cable systems, not just the DSL ones.

  3. Re:Consumer Reports pays cash on Truth in Advertising? · · Score: 1


    Just a satisfied customer testimonial: We had a click-type ratchet that started not clicking anymore. We went to Sears and asked them about it. They gave us a bearing-replacement kit and offered to install it for us, to pick back up tomorrow. We looked at the instructions and did it ourselves in about 10 minutes.

    Very satisfied with their lifetime deal. They didn't even ask for a receipt, because you can't really buy Craftsman tools anywhere else.

  4. Re:Holy Junk Math! on Biodegradable Cell Phones Sprout Into Flowers · · Score: 2, Informative


    Close :).

    Watts is measured in Joules (energy) / second. If you multiply by time, you can either get Joules, or Watt-Hours (depending on how you scale it).

    Still 100 watts for 3 hours != 300 watts.

  5. Re:My Favorite Splash Screen on GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Competition · · Score: 1
  6. Been done before :) on Wireless Mouse with no Batteries · · Score: 1

    http://www.afrotechmods.com/cheap/arnoldpad/arnold pad.htm

    This mouse is also induction charged, although it seems this new one may have some of the bugs worked out, like the pad-heating problem...

  7. Re:ok - you are wrong! on Is The Lone Coder Dead? · · Score: 1

    The problem with doing patent searches is that if you KNOWINGLY violate a patent (in the US), then you are subject to treble damages. IANAL, IANAA (I am not an American), but this is my understanding of the situation. In many companies you are expressly forbidden from doing any kind of patent research.

  8. Re:your code should read like a novel on Programming Assignment Guide For CS Students · · Score: 1

    Americans complain about having to master dribble like C++.

    Do you mean drivel?

  9. Re:Reality Distortion Fields ON! on IE Shines On Broken Code · · Score: 1


    Local root vulnerabilities, while bad, are still not AS bad as remote root vulnerabilities. When you can spam a few packets at a machine and be given back a root shell, that's when you have serious issues.

  10. Re:An important security sidenote on IE Shines On Broken Code · · Score: 1


    ca.ingrammicro.com has this horrible javascript. Here's the double-bad part. They detect if you're running Netscape 6, and return proper javascript if you are. Otherwise, it returns IE dependant javascript that uses non-existant parts of the mozilla DOM.

  11. Re:An important security sidenote on IE Shines On Broken Code · · Score: 2, Insightful


    That's why you have to do it over and over :). Make some noise. Get the problem noticed. If it's a commercial site, and they start believing they're losing customers over it, then they might take notice. Or they might lose you as a customer.

  12. Re:theres a name for this: Attention Whore on Car With A Mind Of Its Own -- Part 2 · · Score: 1


    It would hurt the engine terribly if it were stuck with the accelerator to the floor.

  13. Re:Now might be the time for ANts on UK Record Industry Sues 'Major Filesharers' · · Score: 1


    Indeed they are. However, if you want to participate in a huge act of civil disobedience, you should damn well know what you are facing for consequences, and be prepared to accept them.

  14. Re:Never attempt to turn off the ignition. on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 1


    Being a manual, you would not have had to crank the engine again. Simply by leaving it in gear would keep turning the engine over much faster than the starter ever could.

  15. Re:Now might be the time for ANts on UK Record Industry Sues 'Major Filesharers' · · Score: 1


    This part of the argument always makes me smile. I'm not targetting you, but this was the first post I saw that mentioned Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is NOT a valid legal excuse. The nature of Civil Disobedience is this: you disagree with a law, and are willing to accept the consequences (arrest) to try to illustrate the problems with it. The part that most people miss regarding copyright is the fact that they must STILL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.

  16. Re:what?? on Space Station Turning Into a Trash Heap · · Score: 1


    That probably was the plan... Problem is, there are no shuttles coming up anymore.

  17. Re:Lots and lots of... on What's in Your Billfold? · · Score: 1



    WOW! That's amazingly cheap! In Canada, you'd need two 5 "guilder" coins and some extra change!

  18. Re:tf2 on CS: Source Half-Life's Only Multiplayer · · Score: 1


    I second that motion! Man, was that awesome!

  19. Re:CAS on Single Sign on Solutions on the (Very) Cheap? · · Score: 1


    My university is using it just fine!

  20. Re:Surely you must be joking Mr Feynman on Steel Bolt Hacking · · Score: 1


    Not necessarily. Let's say my father has a brother, Bob. Bob marries Margaret. Margaret is my aunt. Margaret's father is not my grandfather.

  21. Re:No, a really really bad one would modify your M on New Worm Installs Sniffer · · Score: 1


    Completely remove.... means... COMPLETELY REMOVE. :)

    99% of the time when you're trying to get rid of Grub, you've already decided that you don't want to use Linux. This would make your drive perfectly suitable to run Windows again.

    Every time I've heard someone complain about Grub not disappearing was after removing their linux installs and try to re-install Windows, while finding that Grub still wants to load.

  22. Re:No, a really really bad one would modify your M on New Worm Installs Sniffer · · Score: 1


    What are you trying to replace it with?

    Windows 95/98: fdisk /mbr
    Windows XP: from a recovery console, use fixmbr
    Linux: if you want to completely remove it: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

  23. Re:Please.... on Two Years Before the Prompt: A Linux Odyssey · · Score: 1


    That's why new users should have to start on Macs. A mouse with a single button. Point at it and hit the big button :D

  24. Re:Please.... on Two Years Before the Prompt: A Linux Odyssey · · Score: 1


    Of course, because that's blatantly obvious to a new user.

  25. Re:Of course not! on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 1

    Emm Er deux sounds more like merdeux, but to my rusty French, I believe that would translate to "shitty".