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  1. Re:I've done it...here's some advice on Rack Mounted PCs for the Home User? · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes. I've been a subscriber to the "I write C better then English" camp since my teens :)

    I suppose the flamer in me would say, "Learn to form complete sentences. Then we can compare styles." Although, I'm happy being me. Doctors have poor hand writing and good coders can't spell.

  2. I've done it...here's some advice on Rack Mounted PCs for the Home User? · · Score: 5, Informative

    My home rack has been working great.

    First, be carefull about where you put it. Mine is tucked away under the stairs in the basement. A 19" rack fit perfecly in the closet that I built around it. I have an automatic dehumidfier and some (motherboard based hacked) temperature sensors, and a bathroom ventalation fan. When I'm in the basement, I can't hear anything at all.

    Next, buy yourslef a CAT 5 KVM Extender. It is absolutly indespensable. I very rarely have to go down to manually press a button and the KVM extender has eliminated the need for an expensive rack mount keyboard and monitor. I just have a cheap KVM switch connected to my family rig in the den.

    I agree with other posters, go buy a 4U rackmount case and make sure that you have at least a couple of rack mount shelves for routers and other misc stuff.

    The neighbours all know that I work as a geek, but showing them my Rack when they come over demonstrates that I live like one too :)

  3. Free food MAKES UP the internet on Using the internet for free food? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ethernet Cable is quite tasty. I'm currently chewing on some right now.

  4. I was all excited until..... on DARPA Grand Challenge Kicks Off March 13th · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I read the articles and found out that there would be no hack-saw blades nor pneumatically controlled spike hammers.

    Now that would be an autonomous vehicle I'd pay to see.

  5. Researchers are wrong on DARPA Grand Challenge Kicks Off March 13th · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're looking in the wrong place. I see a half dozen idiots drive "autonomously" to work everyday while eating, reading the frickin news paper, shaving, applying make-up, etc.

    Researchers should be looking to these people for the artificial intelligence that they need!

  6. Re:Hypocrisy??? on Changing Jobs for Job Satisfaction? · · Score: 1

    Teaching Math and working in I.T. are completely different things. Teaching is a process that must be continually refined as new students enter your classroom. Teaching styles, content, social interaction are all fundamental factors of teaching. I find that people who use the "those who can" phrase have never really thought what it would be like to teach, let alone experienced it. I'd have to agree with the nit-wit comment posted by another user. Empathy is a skill learned through interaction and socialization.

  7. TELL ME THIS ISN"T THE PLACE on What (non-PC) Hardware Do You Hack? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    For the term Beowulf Orgy to be coined!

  8. Re:This is hardly groundbreaking on Mice In Space · · Score: 1

    And I just gave up my last couple of moderator points! Shoot, they're never there when you need them.

  9. I've had a fair bit of experience with AD/HD on Neural Feedback Training as Therapy for ADHD? · · Score: 1

    What I've believed for some time now is that we do not fully understand what is happening. Much in the same way that cartoon like mind-maps were drawn decades ago, we use drugs to try to diagnose and treat.

    I think that there is a place for medication, however, I also think that there isn't a place for medication. The trick really becomes figuring out what the person needs. Often, Doctors will prescribe drugs to quickly test theories and then only modify the dosage.

    I believe that in these situations, until we can figure AD/HD out, it is up to the parents. There will be some very tough times as an accurate diagnosis is made, however with the proper research and especially observation and love, many parents have the ability to accurately determine the best course of action.

  10. Here's a site on Broadband Pricing Across The World? · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.broadbandreports.com/ It has prices and speed statistics from people who test their machines.

  11. Re:Virgin Mobile have kept records... on Track People Using Their Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Good example!

    But who would be sober enough to speak that clearly? :)

  12. Re:Track anyone... on Track People Using Their Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Or toss the phone on a truck or in a bus after stealing a kid. You'd be looking in the wrong direction. This isn't reliable unless the phone was hidden.

  13. Re:Virgin Mobile have kept records... on Track People Using Their Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Traffic analysis is big money. Imagine being able to track auto traffic real time based on the cel phone usage on the highways.

    Other Good things: Resturant reservations and accurate wait times. The est. number of people in a club to avoid breaking fire code. The popularity of attractions and events in a city. And, a positive way for street cops to tell who is in the area, or who saw a crime.

  14. What about people who really don't want it? on Track People Using Their Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Will it ever be possible to block this sort of information. Imagine if someone that the U.S. was at war with was to obtain the location of someone in the gov't?

    Even better, what if I could find and track Justin Timberlake?

    Scary stuff here.

  15. This is going to get interesting on Track People Using Their Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    It will be interesting to see what happends when location information obtained from cell phones and other common devices can be used to advertize.

  16. Is the goal to try or to succeed? on What Might UserLinux Look Like? · · Score: 1

    With RedHat "giving up" on regular users, is the goal of this project simply to TRY in the hopes of pouding Microsoft into submission?

    Or, does this project mean to suceed?

  17. Why Not Just Do This? on SliMP3 Successor; Radio Station in a Box · · Score: 1

    I have a similar setup. I have an old computer serving up web pages, acting as a file server, and playing music through RoomJuice and MPG321. I just ran some speaker wire and a cut up RCA cord to my reciever. Works like a charm. And it was totally free.

  18. How Cool Would It Be To... on UCB, USC To Build (And Hack) A Model Internet · · Score: 1

    This would be a very cool project to get involved with. Imagine building the internet from scratch knowing what we know now. I bet that this project will be able to resovle many of the large problems associated with the public internet. Latenancy, DDOS, Spam, Virus'. If even one of these things could be effectively resolved think of the millions it would save businesses in the future.

  19. Research Humanity vs. P2P on Amazon Plan Would Allow Text Search Of Books · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This sounds like a good project that they could get some gov't funding for.

    Besides the obvious copywrite problems, if the gov't was to get involved and Amazon (or whoever) was allowed to permit searching an entire book for concepts / keywords but not be able to view the entire book without paying for it this would both increase sales and usefulness.

    If this was the origional model for online music, think of all the problems that would have been avoided. Perhaps a second look at this type of archiving will help the movie industry as bandwidth increases.

  20. I'd agree, but on Top Five Reliable Providers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd agree that server reliability depends on the O/S used, reliability has much more to do with the installation and setup of the server.

    So, congratulations should go out to the sys admins of those servers.

  21. Re:Blame Canada, blame Canada... *sings* on SARS Contained · · Score: 1

    You can blame us when you can identify either where Alberta is without the aid of a map or know the name of our Prime Minister.

    At least you can't blame us for being stupid.

    +1 Flaimbit...I know, I know.

  22. I Live 1 hour north of Toronto on SARS Contained · · Score: 1

    So this whole sars thing has effected me and my business. The apparent confusion that the world health organization has between declaring Toronto safe, not safe, and now safe until the next time comes down to simple marketing.

    It is no secret that the sars outbreak is a very serious thing brought to light by post-war news coverage that needs another headline. Much of the worry has been created by the media and really only effects tourisim.

  23. There's a bewolf cluster joke in here on dB Drag Racing · · Score: 1

    db....sound....lots of cars. Yah. There it is.

  24. Xbox Orgasmatron on A Shocking Controller For The Xbox · · Score: 1

    I've always wondered why the adult industry isn't making money with "adult" video games or a Playboy console.

    Why not build a female vibrator out of an xbox controller. Odd yes...million dollar idea...sure.

  25. Have they ever tried to search for *.mp3 on google on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It doesn't sound like there's much of a difference. Only the scope of the lawsuit.