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  1. I've only lost one... on Have Fujitsu Harddrives Been Failing in Record Numbers? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I have about 60 fujitsu drives at work. One failed a couple weeks ago. However my friend with same job at another location has sent back around 20 drives if not more, in the last few years. While hearing from yet another friend who worked for the state that he had fujitsus failing all over.

    Problem
    I think so.

  2. Sony. on Operating Systems Are Irrelevant · · Score: 2

    Has anyone seen Sony's visual flow?
    this seems simialr but with indexing and not as a refined interface.

  3. Hotels on How to Open a "Movie Cafe"? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hotels often have such a service and system installed to some degree. you Call say you want to watch a movie and you can... So there are systems that will at least partialy take care of your question. but as usual the devil is in the details such as cost of system, cost of licencing, etc...

  4. man pages? on Using ODBC in Jaguar? · · Score: 1

    I've seen screen shots with man pages in the console. Why not try that?

  5. Re:It all boils down to... on Apple Shuns DRM Efforts So Far · · Score: 1

    hehe i used to work with a guy who had to breathe in to a breathalizer to start his truck.

  6. Re:No surprise here.... on Music Industry Pays $67M Fine For Price Fixing · · Score: 2

    $15 not at your sam goodie or musicland. $15 is onsale everything else is like $18 and up....

  7. hold on a second here. on "L33T" Speak Invades Schools · · Score: 1

    Friends and I would pass notes in grade school. No one was online and and few had computers at home. and we used U and R for in communications. we were just never stupid enough to use them in a paper or homework WE KNEW BETTER! I dont think that its 2nd nature to them should be an excuse. There are many fluent bi-lingual students you dont see them slipping words from there 2nd or 1st language in the middle of a sentance or paragraph do you? I think its just lazyness and seeing what they can get away with...

    the worst that I have done is tried to put semi colons at the end of lines on papers i was writing... I caught that though...

  8. WIFI on Portable Hubs? · · Score: 1

    setup an AP in your car guess you could use AD-HOC.
    you and your friend with WIFI cards (maybe a few extras too) and game on... perhaps hack a batterie powered AP. Many small hubs only take 5-9 volts DC.

  9. MSI on USB to Bluetooth Adapters? · · Score: 1

    has a blue tooth usb extender... makes usb wireless.

  10. whoa... on Maxtor Announces 80GB Platters · · Score: 1

    i thought maxtor had been offering 160GB drives for a while... i thought they already had 80gig platters for some time now... and WD has 100Gig platters for a a few months... am i wrong?

  11. Re:Bandwidth on Digital Video Capture and High Frame Rates? · · Score: 1

    SVGA is 800x600
    XGA 1024x768 so adjust math accodringly...

  12. limitations on Why Do Flash Drives Cost So Much? · · Score: 1

    They do have limited life spans. but how many reads and writes is that? and how many days/weeks etc... would that be in a pc? perhaps for low usage machines? maybe something more along these lines when IBM finishes that magnetic ram...

  13. Re:att blocking. on RIAA Sues Backbone ISPs to Censor Website · · Score: 1

    now Listen4ever.com+att blocking is returning

    No web site is configured at this address.

  14. att blocking. on RIAA Sues Backbone ISPs to Censor Website · · Score: 2

    it seems ATT broadband is redirecting well at least in my area...

    disapointed. i hope they win over RIAA. greedy bastards...

  15. heh. on Verizon Switches Programmers to Linux · · Score: 2

    IBM Websphere Suite Bussiness Edititon = $95,250 per processer

    i can see 22k happening easy

  16. Windows doesnt care. on Should "B" be the Same as "b"? · · Score: 2

    Windows doesnt care what the case is 'B' is the same as 'b'. your aunt shouldnt be using unix.

  17. Rarely. on Death to the 3.5" Floppy? · · Score: 2

    Its rare that i use a floppy. Its usualy a last resort boot option when working on an older computer that wouldnt handle windows 2000 so i use one to get the cd-rom drivers to load then im pretty much done with it.

    and now and then instructors come into my work with floppys for students to take class files home.

    I have a 200gig linux fileserver that has never had a floppy hooked up. My desktops floppy is used once maybe twice a year. My laptop well i took the foppy off and put the weight saver in its place.

  18. Gvim. on Recommended Text Editors for Win32? · · Score: 3, Informative

    unstable? never had it crash on me and i do most of my web develop ment with it. if im not telneted into my box from a remote site working on it..
    ive never had a problem with Gvim on windows 2k. perhaps its the OS. or need a newer version of Gvim.

  19. mind numbing on Seventeen Years of Tetris · · Score: 1

    did they including this in that study about video games lowering brain activity? The game drove me nuts but i would go in to a semi-trance state when plaing it... my mom and sister could get to level 14ish on the NES.. i think they are both brain dead.

  20. maybe. on More Attacks on Linux than Windows · · Score: 1

    maybe the hackers are looking for a challenge? tring to be diffrenet or just bored of goin after IIS and 2k/NT4 boxes...

    maybe its cause the good stuff to hack is on linux boxes.

    who cares as long as the community can keep with patches and holes patched. which the linux world seems to be much better at than the MS world.

  21. too much. on Electronic Music 101? · · Score: 1

    there are many types of electronica
    1st you have to decide what you like
    weather trance, drumb and bass, big beat, progressive, dance, etc..

    then look.
    AMG is a good place to start. you pick something you like it says other stuff you may like. maybe try amazon.

  22. not real new. on New Sony VAIO Laptop w/ 16.1" Screen · · Score: 1

    its been out for like a month now.
    i have a 14.1 inch screen and dvd/cd-rw and love it. but the sound on the sonys just sucks. my hp had better sound...

    but sonys are great laptops. built soild.

  23. how long until? on Nintendo Hires Walking Gamers · · Score: 1

    how long will these kids last with this? what about getting beatup and mugged for the system.
    id think about it. a 15in flat screen a few pounds of power and a GC all for minimal effort.

    how long can these kids hold this much gear and weight safely is another concern of mine.

  24. overrated. on Video Games Found To Decrease Brain Activity · · Score: 1

    brain activity is overrated anyways. seriously the guy who thinks the smarter lazyer way prolly doesnt think nearly as hard as the guy who comes up with complicated solution to the same question.

    as long as there is some activity and kids are not on life support from playing games who cares.

  25. Hold on here. on Video Games Found To Decrease Brain Activity · · Score: 1

    wasnt there something on slashdot awhile back about games making people smarter er sumthin?