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  1. Re:Is it me? on One Year Later, USPS Looks Into Gamefly Complaint · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now I did say supposed to break even, but as of late, they are turning a net profit in the low billions range each year...so it makes you wonder why the price of stamps keeps going up...something smells very fishy.

  2. Re:Is it me? on One Year Later, USPS Looks Into Gamefly Complaint · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No, semi quasi true, but no on the profit... Until 1970, the U.S. Postal Service functioned as a regular, tax-supported, agency of the federal government. Now, under the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, the U.S. Postal Service is a semi-independent federal agency, mandated to be revenue-neutral. That is, it is supposed to break even, not make a profit.

  3. Re:IBM? on Rest In Peas — the Death of Speech Recognition · · Score: 1

    They used it to make a better chess playing AI instead.

  4. Re:4tb != 512gb on Scientist Uses Nanodots To Create 4Tb Storage Chip · · Score: 1

    I think this is where they lost you b=bits, B=bytes...it takes 8 bits to make a byte They did not say 4TB, they said 4Tb (4Tbits) = 512GBytes

  5. Re:File a complaint, don't just talk on Sony Sued Over PS3 "Other OS" Removal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not the same thing. Dell may no longer sell OS/2 on their new systems, but you bet your bottom dollar that if Dell did something to wipe out OS/2 on a still working system...or a closer analogy, break a useful feature of OS/2 on all running systems sold by dell, it would be grounds for a lawsuit.

  6. OK this may be flaimbait but...sounds good on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    Sounds great to me, immigration is overworked and will never catch up to all the illegals so any help at the state level should be welcomed, and it will probably open up the door for some US citizens to get tech jobs in their own country while the foreigners are being carted off to jail. And I know what you are gonna say, "this is a free country", yes it is, for the citizens anyway. I live in an area where illegals are the norm for regular jobs such as farming and timber, so I would like to see this take hold. I watched as companies are put out of business by one legal with a crew of illegals, happens all the time (some of which they brought upon themselves by hiring a few illegals and training them in the industry...not they are paying for using that cheap labor). Now of course this is mostly illegals from Mexico, but I would love for this to happen here in the south.

  7. Re:Microsoft will love this on Apple To Buy ARM? · · Score: 1

    ARM processor aware, I am aware of them, but that don't mean I know much about them :). Why does an admin have to be aware of what runs under the hood?

  8. Intel has ported Android n their Atom processors on Apple To Buy ARM? · · Score: 1
  9. Re:your first sentence is technically flawed on Ubuntu on a Dime · · Score: 1

    Yes, AC. But they were talking about $200 for hardware and the software, you are talking about just the software.

  10. Re:Normally, I'd say let them do what they want on Sony Refuses To Sanction PS3 "Other OS" Refunds · · Score: 1

    Lawyers will buy some nice new rides.

  11. Re:WinXP on Bank Employee Plants Malware on ATMs · · Score: 1

    Not really a security issue, nothing fishy in that statement, just don't want to get anyone in trouble.

  12. Re:WinXP on Bank Employee Plants Malware on ATMs · · Score: 1

    I am sure they made modifications to them, but not to the extent that it is noticeable to the worms and viruses.

  13. Re:WinXP on Bank Employee Plants Malware on ATMs · · Score: 1

    As I recall, Nachia infected several of them.

  14. Re:WinXP on Bank Employee Plants Malware on ATMs · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well as an aside, it is windows XP embedded kiosk edition, but other than that, its the stock banana, so all the viruses and back doors will still work as written.

  15. Re:WinXP on Bank Employee Plants Malware on ATMs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    NO AC, it is not special, it is the regular plan vanilla. It is stock XP with branding done on it with the Diebold name (just like DELL and all the others do to their XP to make them look special)...and yea its installed with a script that leaves out some windows stuff that you don't need...but again this is not special either. I can't say how I know, but trust me I know.

  16. Pogoplug ad, nothing to see here, lets move on... on DIY 80GB iPod Touch · · Score: 1

    Its a $130 device that you plug a usb drive into to have internet access to it. Not really hacking...now if the guy bought a cheap wireless router, ran openwrt on it and hooked this to usb drive, then it would be cool. It would be even cooler if he were to get a wireless router that he had to hack to get usb ports on in the first place instead of using one that was designed with usb device connection capability, but either one would be much cooler than this crap.

  17. Re:I saw a righteous kill, more or less... on Wikileaks Releases Video of Journalist Killings · · Score: 1

    Yes, that is exactly what I am saying, I am saying I would keep driving, take the kids to grandmas or somewhere and come back with more assistance with at least one of the helpers waving white surrender flags. In the USA I guess our culture is different, but first and foremost, you protect your children.

  18. Re:I saw a righteous kill, more or less... on Wikileaks Releases Video of Journalist Killings · · Score: 1

    No, I only saw the short version of the video, I was only commenting the particular linked video. It was stated that they thought the cameras were AK47s, but I was only debunking that, the more of less it the subject line covered all the questionable actions :).

  19. Re:not a stationary though, but on Sony Update Bricks Playstations · · Score: 3, Funny

    He wasn't talking about the vapor-hardware gaming consoles called Pandora, I think he meant one you can actually use. Hey maybe Pandora will release with a copy of Duke Nukem Forever.

  20. I saw a righteous kill, more or less... on Wikileaks Releases Video of Journalist Killings · · Score: 1, Troll

    I saw three guys with AK47s in that video at time frame 3:40-3:48 with the helicopters cross hairs on them.

    The cameras looked more like side weapons than cameras the way they carried them.

    Too bad the journalists were there, but they know the dangers of reporting in a war zone, that is why they are paid so well to do it.

    Too bad the guys in the van brought kids in, that was just wrong...they outta have gotten shot for bringing their kids into a obviously dangerous situation. I hope the kids make it, but in those areas kids often are taught to fight as if they are adults (not their fault really, but it happens ... so I cannot say whether they were civilian children or not, they could have been enemies).

  21. Re:You control your own destiny on 2010 Salary Survey Highlights IT Woes · · Score: 1

    Man up AC. You are not giving us 110% by posting anonymously.

  22. Re:DON'T DO IT on Good SAT Scores Lead To Higher Egg Donor Prices · · Score: 1

    Don't feel bad, it was a joke man. Yes I am married, yes I have an active sex wife, and unlike Tiger, yes it is with my wife.

  23. I gotta ask... on Solaris No Longer Free As In Beer · · Score: 1

    Did anyone actually use free solaris for anything critical? I mean except those that like to put their trust in a company that was flirting with bankruptcy?

  24. Re:DON'T DO IT on Good SAT Scores Lead To Higher Egg Donor Prices · · Score: 1

    If that was really fair, the woman would have to continue having sex with the man after the divorce, since that was the lifestyle he was used to when married

    Married men accustomed to regular sex, You are obviously not married.

  25. Personally I hope this catches on on Atom Processors Set New Record For Power-Efficient Sorting · · Score: 1

    as this could drive the prices of ssd devices way down if big number crunching outfits decide to go with the solid state disks.