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  1. HDSPA?! on Palm Announces Killer New Phone · · Score: 1

    HDSPA! What's that? Is that HSDPA but, like High-Def instead?

  2. Re:DSL+Cable on Working With 2 ISPs For Home Networking? · · Score: 1


    I've been happy with my D-Link 4-Port Load Balancing Router

    http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DI-LB604-4-Port-Load-Balancing-Router/dp/B000BCC0M8

    I've done the DSL+Cable thing and it works well, especially if you have multiple high bandwidth requirements.

    But two connections != twice as fast... just twice as much theoretical throughput plus redundancy.

  3. **yawn** ... nothing to see here on Shared Source Device Emulator from Microsoft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you write applications for Windows Mobile OS's then this interesting. Otherwise... **yawn**... There's a restrictive license and is bundled with Windows Mobile OS Images only, so there's not much use for it other than as a plugin to Visual Studio. There are plenty of fully free-as-in-speech ARM to x86 JITs and ARM emulators out there with more features and less restrictive licenses. In fact, I would bet ARM is the most emulated device out there. Do a search for "ARM Emulator" see for yourself.

  4. Linked on Physicists Find Users Uninterested After 36 Hours · · Score: 1

    One of the authors, Albert-László Barabási, is also the author of a book I really enjoyed Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means

  5. FTFA: other, unspecified search engines on U.S. Government Wants Google Search Records · · Score: 1
    Probably the most disturbing 'graph in the article:
    The government indicated that other, unspecified search engines have agreed to release the information, but not Google.
    So MSN and Yahoo just rolled over caved in? Sad.
  6. Architecture is more important than Comments on Successful Strategies for Commenting Your Code · · Score: 1

    I (sadly) have a lot of experience working with old, ugly code. And I can tell you, I would give up every single comment if I could have a good Architecture. Good architecture adds more value to a code base than does good comments.

  7. Re:cyclotron on Build Your Own Cyclotron · · Score: 4, Informative
  8. Rotate Logs? on Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Software · · Score: 1

    ...the move went well except the new system required regular maintenance to prevent data overload.

    Oops, sounds like they didn't rotate the logs.

  9. DIY on What is Your Favorite RSS Reader? · · Score: 1

    It seems like everyone's writing their own RSS reader from scratch now-a-days. There's not much to 'em.

  10. Re:I have a job BECAUSE of open source on Gates: Open Source Kills Jobs · · Score: 1

    Same here.

    And I say that the MS Monopoly hurts jobs far more than even overseas outsourcing. MS kills inovative ISVs like Netscape and scares away investors in high risk start ups.

  11. Big Dead Place on Design Wanted For Antarctic Base · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For more reading about living and working in Antartica, see Big Dead Place

  12. Grease Bandits on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 1
  13. Daryl Hannah on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 4, Informative

    See also the Grassolean folks featuring "Grease Grrrl", Daryl Hannah.

  14. New York City on Alternatives to Cars? · · Score: 1

    In New York (where I live) you don't have to own a car to be a first class citizen, unlike much of the rest of the US. In fact, the Mayor (a Billionair CEO Republican) rides Mass Transit himself.

    I've never owned a car. They stink. I bike and walk, and ride mass transit. Oh, and I'm an adult with a young child, so don't give me that lame "but I have a child" excuse.

  15. Funny that on PHP License Finally Approved By OSI · · Score: 4, Insightful
  16. Re:Why not use OpenBSD? on Interview With The FreeBSD Core Team · · Score: 1

    performance.

  17. indie? on Online Marketing for an Indie Band? · · Score: 1
    Since when does an "indie" band care what major labels think?

    Try reading the Subpop Demo Tape Policy. The problem isn't with the record labels; the problem is that your band sucks.

  18. 19.2 kbps? on Wireless Net on the Zaurus · · Score: 1

    Man, that's lame. I miss Ricochet (128 kbs).

  19. Instructions to permanently disable on Crossover Gets Quicken · · Score: 5, Informative
  20. FreeBSD and MySQL on Microsoft To Start Running Anti-Unix Ads · · Score: 1

    $ nmap -0 www.wehavethewayout.com