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  1. Re:Horrible idea, but thats par for the course for on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 1

    That's a known problem with laptops with more that 1G RAM.

    IIRC there is a fix from Microsoft, but it's not freely available.

  2. All too common on Police Restrict Public Photography · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Unfortunately this is all too common these days. Everyone with a camera is automatically a paedophile or a terrorist (more even more.

    However they still ask the public for photographs when it suits them.

  3. Re:ClamWin on Google Unveils The Google Pack · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who says Adobe are paying Google to distribute it?

    It's freely available software anyway, I suspect you can even find copies of it bundled with your breakfast cereal.

  4. Re:ClamWin on Google Unveils The Google Pack · · Score: 2, Informative

    PDFCreator isn't really a suitable replacement for Acrobat Reader is it? But why let that spoil your argument.

    In addition ClamWin doesn't actually have an on-access virus scanner which makes it somewhat suboptimal.

  5. Wightlessnes? on Reality TV "Astronauts" Lift Off · · Score: 1

    I suppose space is quite a long way from the Isle of Wight :)

  6. Re:"it's"? on GMail Adds Virus Protection · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you're going to try to be pedantic, at least be accurate. "pretence" is perfectly valid here.

  7. Re:It makes me wonder... on Fix Your Crashing X-Box 360 With String · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My guess is that everything was tested on a nice hard bench. When you stick the PSU on a carpet the inherent fluffyness of the carpet blocks the ventilation and causes it to overheat.

  8. Re:Has anyone ever thought... on Nessus 3.0 discussed · · Score: 1

    There is a moral in there somewhere.

    Support open software, or you'll lose it.

    If people had contributed to Nessus in the past then this situation wouldn't have happened. The only people who are likely to be harmed by this are the ones who did nothing to help in the first place.

  9. Re:even though it's still free on Nessus 3.0 discussed · · Score: 1

    If you are experienced enough to run something like Nessus, then you can also run Ethereal or similar and watch the network traffic.

  10. Re:2 dhcp servers on How Can You Screw up a Network? · · Score: 1

    Not if you have even half a brain.

    Multiple dhcp servers is sensible.

  11. Re:Laptop != Gaming Rig on Easy, Cheap, Effective Laptop Cooling? · · Score: 1

    Nope, because regular PCs don't fit on your lap when you're sat in front of the TV.

  12. Re:Same here on Recommend a Tech Toys Bag? · · Score: 1

    Photo Trekker?

    It's basically a Mini Trekker with space for a laptop.

  13. I had the same problem on Windows XP SP2 and WEP Encryption? · · Score: 1

    My new laptop had the same problem both with the builtin wireless, and the card out of my older laptop. It would connect to my network, but wouldn't pick up a DHCP address and wouldn't work with a static address either. However it would join my neighbours unencrypted AP quite happily.

    In the end, the only way I could get it to work was to disable WEP on my AP, this allowed the laptop to connect quite happily, I then re-enabled WEP and everything was fine.

  14. No time to lose on FreeBSD Announces Contest To Replace Daemon Logo · · Score: 1

    Best get my BSD Daemon tattoo done before it's too out of date :)

  15. Re:Import printers? on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 1

    [i]The printer can't know where I live.[/i]

    Nope, but it knows where you bought it :)

    The CD/DVD tray is only supplied in Europe for some reason.

  16. Re:Obvious reason on Closed Digital Cameras - Does Anyone Care? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually it enables a few functions from the 10D, not the 20D.

    The Digital Rebal (aka 300D) is still missing quite a few functions such as second-curtain flash, selectable AF mode, has a smaller buffer, and is noticably slower than the 10D.

  17. Pointless "commentary". on Battery-Powered USB Enclosure · · Score: 4, Insightful

    but I'm still struggling a bit with the 'Why' part of the equation.

    Just because you can't see a need for it, doesn't automatically make it pointless.

    It'll copy the data off of a camera at the press of a button, and takes standard AA batteries which means you can carry a bag full of spares and not have to worry about running out of power in the middle of an important photo shoot.

  18. Re:iPod ? on Battery-Powered USB Enclosure · · Score: 5, Insightful

    so what has this that the iPod hasn't ?

    The ability to connect it directly to a camera, and copy all the data across at the press of a button.

    Something that's very useful to people taking lots of pictures and storing them in Raw format.

  19. Re:As everybody should be able to figure out... on TorrentBits.org and SuprNova.org Go Dark · · Score: 1

    supernova != suprnova

  20. Re:Okay on NHS Awards Contract to Microsoft · · Score: 1

    BTW any CEO/CIO what agrees to a nine year contract for anything with any vendor ought to be fired on the spot. What kind of a moron does that?

    It's a nine year contract with break-points every three years.

    It also ties in with the nine years remaining on the NPfIT (National Programme for IT) project, which is bringing a mostly-unified computer system to the entire NHS.

  21. Re:Thank fsck for that on NHS Awards Contract to Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Because most of the Doctors like to think they are god, and believe that they know more than their IT department.

  22. Re:Costs on NHS Awards Contract to Microsoft · · Score: 2, Informative

    How far do you think 200 projects of 5 staff each would go in the NHS?

    A quick hint, the NHS employs somthing in excess of 1.3 million people.

  23. So what is it? on Hibernate in Action · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Would it be too much to tell us what Hibernate acutally is/does?

  24. Re:There is a simple reason on Windows Accelerators - Do They Really Work? · · Score: 1

    And you may want to check links correctly.

    It is litestep.net that has all identical pages. Presumably you see more if you register, but I refuse to register with a site just to find out what it is I'm registering for.

  25. Double standards? on Mozilla UI Spoofing Vulnerability · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Of course, that won't stop me from using Firefox.

    If this was an issue with IE and not Firefox, I hope you'd still be saying the same thing?

    However I suspect that you'd be denigrating IE as loudly as possible, while insisting that everyone should move immediately to Firefox.