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  1. Re:Does it matter? on Dual-core Athlon 64 X2 Laptop Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Too bad you're implying that a PC company did it first. See here.

  2. Re:Define "rows in table" before bashing on MySQL Beats Commercial Databases in Labs Test · · Score: 1

    When rows are constantly being added and deleted, how do you define the row count at any one instant in time?

    Row count is the number of rows in the table at the time the transaction started.

  3. Re:Always look on the bright side of life! o/~ on Symantec Restricts Crypto Export · · Score: 1

    I believe we could before too. It's jus that the government realises how hard it is to NOT export things to Canada, what with there being no wall between us and all...

  4. Re:supplies-are-limited dept.??? on Gender Gap in Computer Science Growing · · Score: 1

    You mean to say that no people are supplies? The word supply is defined as something filling a want or need.

    If a company wants IT staff, any potential IT staff members are supplies, regardless of gender.

  5. Re:Rogers Wireless Customer on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 1

    You'd think they'd be able to call you.

  6. Re:This company should be charged... on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 1

    SaskTel, MTS, Aliant...

  7. Re:Well... on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 1

    Rogers is the defendant. Sarah Drummond is the plantiff.

    Or in the terms of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, Sarah Drummond would be the petitioner, and Rogers would be the Respondant. I'm not sure how it would work in Ontario.

    Sorry, I just had to pick nits :)

  8. Re:just like NT 3.1, 3.5 and 3.51 on Vista's Graphics To Be Moved Out of the Kernel · · Score: 1

    I guess it supports SATA too, if drivers for the controller exist.

    My SATA controller uses a driver that plugs into SCSI system on XP and 2K, so I'd imagine that it'd be similar for NT 4.

  9. Re:This company should be charged... on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sounds like just the sort of thing the USA PATRIOT Act was meant to stop, but somehow I doubt that the FBI is going to step in.

    Well, considering the fact that Rogers Wireless is a Canadian company, and as far as I know, doesn't operate in the United States, I'd be deeply disturbed if the FBI stepped in.

  10. Re:Finally, can I turn the GUI off on my server? on Vista's Graphics To Be Moved Out of the Kernel · · Score: 1

    That's what Windows Script Host is for. I've used it for some simple tasks, like scheduling a defrag on a W2K machine, as it doesn't have the command line defrag.exe like XP does.

  11. Re:$25-$75 billion on IPv6 Transition to Cost US $75 Billion? · · Score: 1

    Well, Yukon apparently has the highest rate of broadband connectivity in Canada. See here. As for Nunavut, you're right. It's hard to get broadband internet outside Iqaluit as far as I know.

    The problem is that it's more expensive than it is in the rest of Canada.

  12. Re:$25-$75 billion on IPv6 Transition to Cost US $75 Billion? · · Score: 1

    What does that matter? All of Canada has good internet and cable access.

  13. Re:The most important question. on Under the Hood of the Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    I believe Virtual PC 7 does run on the G5. Anyway, the G4 and lower all seem to have the little endian mode.

  14. Re:The most important question. on Under the Hood of the Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    Fortunatly the PowerPC 970 excommuniated those heretics and cast them deep into hell.

    By that I mean that the 970 doesn't have a little endian mode, as far as I know, and also as far as the PowerPC entry in Wikipedia knows as well.

  15. Re:obligatory... on Under the Hood of the Xbox 360 · · Score: 2, Informative

    On one episode of "The Simpsons" (4F07), Ned Flanders asked Rev. Lovejoy a question of faith. That was his reply.

    Ned: Rev. Lovejoy, with all that's happened to us today, I kinda
                      feel like Job.
    Lovejoy: Well, aren't you being a tad melodramatic, uh, Ned? Also, I
                      believe Job was right-handed.
    Ned: But Reverend, I need to know, is God punishing me?
    Lovejoy: Shooh, short answer: "Yes" with an "If," long answer: "No" --
                      with a "But." Uh, if you need additional solace, by the way,
                      I've got a copy of something or other by Art Linkletter in my
                      office.

  16. Re:Turn on your firewall! on How Long is Too Long to Update? · · Score: 1

    Hmm.. I read it about six times, and each time I saw "safe", not "safer", so I guess you could call it a brain fart.

  17. Re:Turn on your firewall! on How Long is Too Long to Update? · · Score: 0

    P.S. don't forget to download Firefox for a safer browsing ;-)

    I think you mean "safer" browsing. Firefox has its exploits, too, you know.

  18. Re:That's why I like "Classic" Unix on Woz Says Big Software Doesn't Work · · Score: 1

    I think it's a technology to connect to the internet that's primarily used in the United States, where cable and DSL connections haven't managed to become cheap yet.

  19. Re:Hang on... on Device Stops Speeders From Inside Car · · Score: 1

    In Vancouver, a device that prevents running red lights would be far more effective in reducing casualties.

    And in Saskatchewan, a device that reads the driver's mind and automatically turns on indicator lights so other drivers know when a person's making a lane change or turn.

    Oh, and a road test for new drivers that actually requires them to demonstrate that they can drive, not just bribe the tester.

    Agreed.

  20. Re:sorry, i have to on No Respect for Windows Open Source · · Score: 1

    Care to explain the problem with the site you linked?

  21. This is what happens.. on New Bill Threatens to Plug "Analog Hole" · · Score: 1

    This is what happens when you let Americans govern themselves. ;)

  22. Re:Article author can't do math... on Canadians Plan to Build World's Biggest Telescope · · Score: 1

    He's talking about the game that Canadians call "football", which is similar to the US game, but with (among other differences) a different larger field, measuring 100m x 59.4m excluding end zones.

    It seems reasonable to me that if TFA says football, and it's a Canadian publication (Toronto Star is), that they're talking about the Canadian game.

  23. Re:There's no downloadable image - YET on OpenBSD 3.8 Released · · Score: 1

    You can still downloda the OPENBSD_3_* cvs branch and compile it...

  24. Re:Different from other open ports? on Fully Automated IM Worms on the Way? · · Score: 1

    About heterogeneity, it would be nice to see if the "attacked because it is the most used" argument of MS Windows holds here. IIRC Aol IM is the most widley used messenger. Which one will get more viruses?? AIM? or MSNM? place your bets!

    I can guarantee you that around these parts it will probably bs MSN who gets it first. It is by far the most used IM protocol in my circle of influence. Followed by Yahoo, and ICQ.

  25. Re:Well... on Start of Life Gene Discovered · · Score: 1

    Yes, in some parts of the world they are charged with two. I believe California is one such place.