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  1. Re:What use for a BD-ROM or BD-R drive? on iMac Gets Thunderbolt I/O, Quad-core · · Score: 1

    In any dvd rips I make for my personal archival use, I ensure that all audio tracks and all subtitles are included in the final MKV file, complete with language tags. I don't see why anybody else can't do the same.

  2. Re:ok but how is dtmf detection? on Next-Gen Low-Latency Open Codec Beats HE-AAC · · Score: 1

    Why does the codec care about dtmf detection? All the codec does is compress and decompress audio. It doesn't care what audio you give it, it does its job and compresses it, then later reproduces it as closely as possible. It's the responsibility of a different piece of software entirely to determine the meaning of some special sounds in the stream.

  3. Available for purchase on 92,000 LEGO Robots To Take Over Peruvian Schools Alongside OLPC · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When will these OLPC XO-1.75 be ready for general consumers to buy? I have decided that this 2W laptop with 20 hours of battery shall be my next purchase, but when will Amazon or any other store carry them?

  4. Re:have they even considered RFI on Electromagnetic Automobile Suspension Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    It probably won't affect anything, because magnets don't create radio waves.

  5. Re:It worked well enough for me. on 3D Cinema Doesn't Work and Never Will · · Score: 1

    Correction: blue cat

  6. Re:More sensible option on Wireless GeForce Graphics Card Announced · · Score: 1

    But nobody makes CDs anymore, which is why Sony has to shut its manufacturing plant down!
    Alternatively, you could use a digitally downloaded copy.
    Or an ISO virtual drive.
    Or a CD crack.

  7. Re:Okay, here's a question ... on New IE Zero Day · · Score: 1

    If the software you're developing only works in IE, someone somewhere made a bad decision. Also, how does my Aunt Bertha know you? ;)

  8. Re:Why only Ti-83/4 on Calculator Networking With CALCnet and Doors CS · · Score: 1

    Because high school students, the main target of calculator hacking, will be using the cheaper algebra-oriented TI-8[34], instead of the more expensive calculus-oriented TI-89.

  9. Re:400M ? on Closing In On 1Gbps Using DSL · · Score: 1

    The problem with DMZ Plus is that connections through it still fill up the UVerse NAT table, which has a maximum size of 1024. Random people portscanning you will be passed through DMZ Plus, placed in the NAT table, and potentially boot off normal connections. This is why I take the effort to double-port-forward everything I use through my Netgear.
    If anyone else offered more than half of the upload that UVerse provides, I'd switch. I'd pay several hundred dollars to replace my UVerse router with a UVerse modem. Verizon said they don't dare come to Milwaukee because AT&T has the entire county bought, so FIOS won't be available ever.
    But yet, America's Internet Service market has lots of competition, somewhere. I wish I lived in that magical place.

  10. Re:Bluetooth is gone eh? on Wi-Fi Direct Gets Real With Product Certification · · Score: 1

    Also PS3 controllers, which communicate over the USB charging cable to establish the pairing and then magically work forever.

  11. Re:VitrtuaBox on Recommendations For Home Virtualization? · · Score: 1

    Both editions of VirtualBox are free. The Open Source Edition doesn't come with USB or RDP support.

  12. Re:So? on Devs Grapple With 100+ Versions of Android · · Score: 2, Informative

    XP Mode is not at all suitable for video games. It is implemented as an application-level Remote Desktop into the XP virtual machine, and Remote Desktop does not have any support for graphical acceleration.

  13. Re:...what ? on Narcissists, Insecure People Flock To Facebook · · Score: 2, Funny

    So all we have to do is reduce the risk of death! We can live forever!

  14. Re:Bluetooth HID? on Android Fork Brings Froyo To 12 Smartphones · · Score: 1

    It means you can pair a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard to it.

  15. Re:Here's an idea on Linux Wall Warts Small On Size, Big On Possibilities · · Score: 1

    It's not even saving much power. It runs at about 5W, while my new Gumstix runs at 0.5W and comes with OpenGL and an FPU. I honestly have no idea why they left out something so standard these days.

  16. Re:Here's an idea on Linux Wall Warts Small On Size, Big On Possibilities · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have a Sheevaplug, and the problem I've encountered is the lack of hardware FPU. The article even recommends using them as an SSH server, and from my experience, it makes a poor fit in that role. You can SSH into it decently fast, but the lack of a hardware math unit adds around 5-10 seconds of delay when sshing from it to another computer. Your renderfarm idea would fail miserably, since 3D rendering is all about math, especially with angles and other floating-point usages. Maaaybe I could see a Quake server. Depending on how much math the server has to do.

  17. Re:Simple answer on Made-For-Torrents Sci-Fi Drama "Pioneer One" Debuts · · Score: 1

    I believe Spartacus succeeds because of sex and drama, not because of Internet exposure. It is a soap opera for men.

  18. Re:Those two guys on Is OS/2 Coming Back? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or both

  19. Re:So Many Questions on Gaming in the 4th Dimension · · Score: 1

    Thank you! I didn't have a clue what he was talking about, so thank you very much for explaining it :)

  20. Re:Don't drivers cause all crashes on Computer Vision Tech Grabs Humans In Real-Time 3D · · Score: 1

    There's other causes of car driving accidents, such as when wildlife forget to not look both ways before crossing traffic in front of heavy traffic. Also, icy roads occasionally cause problems. But yes, most problems are because the drivers are allowed out of their houses.

  21. Re:Tastes great on Indian Military Hopes to Weaponize the Searing "Ghost Pepper" · · Score: 1

    Mystbusters already proved that milk cures the burn. They didn't say why, I believe, but they still did it. http://mythbustersresults.com/episode91

  22. What changed? on Brinksmanship Continues In Google-China Row Over Censorship · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What changed? They used to be fine with censoring their results. Surely a little bit of hacking wouldn't change morals that much; what else has changed?

  23. Re:Turbo! on Swiss Firm Claims Boost In Android App Performance · · Score: 1

    Where does it install the Turbo button?

  24. Re:Venus on ESA Conducts Mars Terraforming Experiments On ISS · · Score: 1

    But all the hot women are on Venus. Why are we not directing our efforts towards Paradise?

  25. Re:IE8 performs awesome, as usual on Freeciv As Benchmark of HTML5 Canvas Javascript Performance · · Score: 1

    How is neckbeard an insult? Are we seriously starting to discriminate based on the pattern of someone's facial hair? Wow...