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  1. Re:Innovative on Two-way Radio Breakthrough To Double Wi-Fi Speeds · · Score: 1

    >I wouldnt call QAM 'merely' anything, its by far the coolest modulation technique IMO.

    You have a lot to learn.
    Really. A *lot*.

  2. Re:Innovative on Two-way Radio Breakthrough To Double Wi-Fi Speeds · · Score: 1

    >In modern phones the hybrid is composed of a SLIC (subscriber line interface circuit),

    And in a rare moment of utter hilarity, sometime in the mid 90's, while sitting in the lab, I opened up a new data book from (I think) Siemens, who had created a SLIC with a built in ringer circuit and called it the "RSLIC".

  3. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    Yes. You are quite right. I was aiming more for the humorous end of things.

  4. Re:D'Addario on The Companies Who Support Censoring the Internet · · Score: 1

    Noo. Optima.

    They sell them on amazon:
    http://www.amazon.com/Optima-Plated-Electric-Strings-010-046/dp/B003JJG5UI

    Monster would charge you $200 for non gold plated. Optima charge you $30 for gold plated, but they last a very long time because they don't rust with your finger sweat.

  5. Re:Grammar? on Does Google Pin Copyright Violations On the ASF? · · Score: 1

    Well I'm British and living in the US. I still had to read it three times to work out which was the verb and which was the noun.

    What service is 'Google Pin' anyway?

  6. They should be able to get some from Egypt on Last Available IPv4 Blocks Allocated · · Score: 0

    Why not pull a few spare addresses from Egypt? They don't appear to be using them.

  7. Grammar? on Does Google Pin Copyright Violations On the ASF? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >Does Google Pin Copyright Violations On the ASF?

    Does the Slashdots mess the grammarings over the interwebs?

  8. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    Obviously I meant .A, not A.

  9. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    hexadecimal.

    0.999... != 1
    0.999... = A

  10. Re:D'Addario on The Companies Who Support Censoring the Internet · · Score: 1

    If you can get them, try the gold plated strings. They cost more, but they sound good and proportionately, last a lot longer than they cost more.

  11. Re:D'Addario on The Companies Who Support Censoring the Internet · · Score: 1

    Me too. I use(d) D'Addario strings. Now I have a reason to hate them.

    I'm really glad my employer wasn't on that list. There are way too many Oregon companies there.

  12. Great! on Intel To Integrate DirectX 11 In Ivy Bridge Chips · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those new texture mapping algorithms will really make outlook load fast.

  13. Or they flew over a CAFO on Thousands of Blackbirds Fall From Sky Dead · · Score: 3, Funny

    More likely they died of shock when they flew over a CAFO.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_Animal_Feeding_Operations

  14. Advertising! on 'Colonizing the Red Planet,' a How-To Guide · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Advertising!
    The best way to make an expensive thing look cheap.

  15. Re:Rename the class on Do High Schools Know What 'Computer Science' Is? · · Score: 2

    I think you mean discrete math, unless they're teaching how to do math without drawing attention.

    That's steganography.

  16. What if.. on Microsoft (Probably) Didn't Just Buy Unix · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if Novell sold them Unix, but didn't give them the root password?

  17. Re:Huh? on Should Being Competitive With Windows Matter For Linux? · · Score: 1

    >It beats me why anybody would even consider using Linux as their primary or sole desktop operating system.

    If you designed chips for a living, you would change your mind.

  18. Mini - Big ? on Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Generates a 'Mini-Big Bang' · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't a mini big bang just be a moderate bang?

  19. HSPA+ Is NOT 4G on T-Mobile To Begin HTC G2 Preorders · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The claimed speeds are pure BS.

    While a high bit rate might be achievable, the frame structure underlying the 3G protocols prevents fast round trip times, which slows web browsing and interactive sessions to a crawl.

    Compare it back to back with 802.16 (aka WiMAX, aka 4G), which is based on 802 data network protocols instead of voice bearer protocols and there is no comparison. WiMAX, even with similar bit rates, is smoother and faster.

  20. They need reduce also. on The State of Mapping APIs, 5 Years On · · Score: 0

    The 'map' API will remain fairly useless until they also develop the 'reduce' API. Then developers will get the full power of a map-reduce API.

  21. Re:Not the first time... on Calling Shenanigans On Super SATA's Claimed Audio Qualities · · Score: 1

    You are referring to "Linear Crystal Oxygen Free Copper".
    It's on a similar plane to "Silver Litz Wire".

    These both have a purpose, which is nothing to do with audio frequency electronics. But that doesn't stop idiots paying for its use in their hifis.

  22. Re:Statistics fail. on Average Cellphone Data Usage Is 145.8 MB Per Month · · Score: 1

    It's due to the assumption by news outlets and journalists that most people are mathematically illiterate, so they should speak to that level. It's also far easier to get the results to match your message when you can pick and choose between the available statistics, even when in isolation, the individual statistics are useless.

  23. Re:Must have been for export on Feds Bust Chinese Firm's Hybrid Car Data Heist · · Score: 1

    Be careful. A Gallon in the US is 20% smaller than an imperial gallon, but a mile is the same distance. So to compare, either do the conversion or use metric. The European models are more efficient, but not by as big a margin as it might first appear.

  24. Crap Flash Games on Zynga Investment May Herald Google Games · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is more likely to herald the entrance of Google into crap, very buggy flash games with unsubtle ways to get children to bug their parents to pay for very expensive pixels to put in their crap flash game.

  25. Re:There is a video on IBM Supercomputer Cooled With Hot Water · · Score: 2, Funny

    >Evidence of this: Hot tap that was not turned off at the mains snorts.

    My hot tap is not turned off at the mains and it has never snorted.