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  1. Re: Why is this news? on DNS Stressed From Financial Maneuverings · · Score: 1

    You seem to missing something - squatters & speculators aside, the .com registration market is run by high-volume, low-margin resellers. So many people are desperate to save a buck or two by shaving off 'service' that a service-oriented registar, like you describe, would get eaten alive by GoDaddy and all the other more cut-rate outfits.

    I forget the name but, in the last few months some large discount domain reseller folded & screwed a bunch of their customers. Hearing something like this is like hearing somebody complain about having problems getting service when buying a Dell - how can you be surprised?

  2. Re:OT RAM prices on AMD Cuts X2 Processor Prices · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Memory failure is memory failure, period. The application you're running doesn't change the fact that it's not working, it just accentuates it.

    If you can't run memtest86 overnight on new RAM, you should return it. End of story.

  3. Prank or Dis? on Python On Planes Supersunday Release · · Score: 1

    This looks more like a dig at the RoR "wow, it's all so simple, I'm 1000x more productive than I have ever been in my life" hype than just a prank.

  4. Re:Try and get some facts on Washington State Encourages Internet Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Maybe he got his mathematics degree 4 years ago? Going from poor student to working professional has been known to significantly increase one's tax burden.

  5. Re:Washington State residents don't file returns on Washington State Encourages Internet Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    ...you mean "Seattle metropolitan area", right? Seattle-proper is only about 1/8 of the population of the metro area (which is something like 80% of the state population).

  6. Re:I guess if money were no object, I'd buy myself on What Would Be Your Dream Machine? · · Score: 1

    What, exactly, would you do with this other than make sure your accountant gets the depreciation right on it every year? It looks like you just picked the most expensive server you could get from Dell. If you're going to be boring like that, at least find somebody that'll sell you something exciting - like... maybe something with a graphics card? ...or something OSHA would allow you to sit next to without hearing protecton.

  7. Re:Uh, maybe it's because Doom III sucked? on Piracy Forced id's Hand To Multiplatform Gaming · · Score: 1

    How about the unrealistic hardware requirements when it was release? How about the fact that it brought nothing new to the table other than a new graphics engine (and the complete absence of lighting). ...those couldn't have impacted sales at all.

  8. Re:Bullshit on Why Dell Won't Offer Linux On Its PCs · · Score: 1

    I lived in Washington state around that time and remember mint tea. I haven't seen it sold for several years but Snapple's website seems to list it as one of their current flavors.

  9. Re:This has been answered many times on Why Dell Won't Offer Linux On Its PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Honestly, I think the best thing to do would be to not bother installing Linux and simply certifying that all the devices are supported and will boot a standard kernel. Outside of unsophisticated home users and very small businesses, nobody bothers using the original OEM install of the OS anyways.

  10. Re:Ballpark estimate: 15 minutes on Schools Banning Homework? · · Score: 1

    Just remember, the Bay Area is the home of the "Hyphy Movement" - a hip-hop genre that actively promotes "going dumb", in many cases in a very literal sense. "Hey, I have an idea, let's all go get intoxicated in public and then do donuts in our cars in the middle of a crowd of people that, being even more intoxicated than we are, are going to enjoy this".

  11. Re:etc stands for... on Define - /etc? · · Score: 1

    I think the point is that anyone who says "structured query language" outside the context of the most basic of SQL introductions is a complete & total asshat.

  12. Re:maybe their network/OS sucks like iPhone/Cingul on T-Mobile Bans Others' Apps On Their Phones · · Score: 1

    My guess is that the clause is simply in the TOS so that, if a buggy program messes up a user's phone, they can simply say "Sorry, you're no longer covered".

  13. It's probably for the best. on Getting in to a Top Tier College? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Have you ever thought that there's a reason these places are selective and have their admissions standards set how they are for a reason? If, by the midpoint of your senior year of HS, the admissions board doesn't think you're cut out for them, maybe there's a chance they're right? 4 months away from graduation is a little too late to change your academic course significantly. The very fact that you've put this off as long as you have long might, in itself, be an argument for why you might not be cut out for a top-tier school.

  14. Re:Don't forget ModPlug on OSS Music Composer Gaining Attention · · Score: 1

    You probably won't recognize it but here's a video of a Venetian Snares song that was done with Renoise (a modern tracker)

  15. Re:Editorial board... on Is Wikipedia Failing? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If I were to write hundreds of innane, but interesting, articles on fluffy pop-culture bits to build up my 'cred', I could then weigh in on a serious topic & expect my earned credibility to carry over? Alternately, if I'm a newcomer and all the 'low-hanging fruit' have already been picked up, how am I supposed to get my initial reputation in order to lend any sort of permanence to my writings?

  16. Re:Ma-Fi??? on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date Announced · · Score: 1

    Close - that's "delusional".

  17. Re:8GHZ and still not as fast on Pentium 4 631 Overclocked to 8 GHz · · Score: 1

    Yeah - if you notice, this system is only running with a 533MHz memory bus. As we all know, the P4 architecture is heavily dependent upon memory bandwidth.

    They don't have any benches but I'm pretty sure this is past the point of diminishing returns for core multipliers.

  18. Re:Wrong Way on Expert Wants to Decertify Global Warming Skeptics · · Score: 1

    I would assume that there's a line between a rational, reasoned argument and simply sticking your fingers in your ears and screaming "LA LA LA".

    The latter is pure childishness & not at all scientific.

  19. Re:hottest name? on Did Producer Timbaland Steal From the Demoscene? · · Score: 1

    Timbaland is "producer" in the hip-hop sense, meaning that he's the guy that's creating all the non-lyrical parts of a song. As such, the completely ignorant often fail to realize they're listening to his work - the producer pushes the spotlight onto the vocalist.

    Now, to justify calling him one of "the hottest names in american music" - I remember at one point in the late-90s or early-00s he had 3 or 4 songs, simultaneously, in the top-10 (of the mainstream top-40 chart) and has been putting out a steady stream of successful tracks since then.

  20. Re:The thing to watch:hybrid full size truck platf on GM Working on Feasible Electric Car · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...not to mention that every mechanic in the country would have to learn how to work on a fundamentally different type of power plant.

  21. Re:Ethically valid on Second Life Mogul Challenges Press Freedom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did you even look at the video? She was _on_stage_ with CNet and an audience at a press conference/interview. There's no reasonable grounds for her to expect any sort of privacy in this context.

  22. Re:Wired is a contra indicator on Wild Predictions for a Wired 2007 · · Score: 1

    Have you ever played Second Life?

    Neither have I but the people I know that play it are -exactly- the type that would get wrapped up in a virtual world, commit adultery & then kill as a result of it.

  23. Re:But They Won't Breed with an Elephant... on China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig · · Score: 1

    Glowing green pigs with tentacles? /me waits for live-action hentai.

  24. Re:Doesn't seem that bad on The Great Firewall of Canada · · Score: 1

    I think they'd be doing much of the rest of the world if they were to publicly publish the list. I would, personally, undertake the duty of reviewing every offensive site that gets posted.

  25. Re:For nerds at least on Leopard Vs. Vista · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hard : You getting someone naked.
    Easy : Someone naked getting you hard.