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  1. Re:Poor reasoning in the review on VMware Workstation vs. VirtualBox vs. Parallels · · Score: 3, Informative

    I was under the impression that VMs couldn't be created with Player either, so I built one in Workstation at the office, copied it to a flash drive, took it home where I installed the newest version of Player, and copied the VM to that machine.

    But in the process of playing around with VMware Player, I did see an option for creating new virtual machines. Didn't explore any further, but it seems the new version does support not just playing, but building.

  2. Re:Why.. on William Gibson's Neuromancer Staged With Porn Star · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The first time I had ever seen Sasha Grey was in The Girlfriend Experience. She was awful, probably ruined the film (if it wasn't the writers who ruined it first). Anyway, it was a complete snooze fest. Also who hires a pron star to play a prostitute and has her keep her clothes on for 99% of the film?

  3. Re:Not true on Sneaky Microsoft Add-On Put Firefox Users At Risk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That may not be entirely true. Have a look at this:
    http://adblockplus.org/blog/the-return-of-net-framework-assistant

  4. Re:Actually the 47th on 12M Digit Prime Number Sets Record, Nets $100,000 · · Score: 1

    No. Mersenne primes are numbers which fit into the 2^n-1, but not every 2^n-1 is prime. Try, 2^4-1 = 15

    Quite often though, when 2^n-1 is prime for the same n, 2^n+1 is also prime, but not always.

  5. Re:Wow on Palm Frees Up webOS Development · · Score: 1

    It's actually a 360 back to where they were with PalmOS. Well, almost a 360, before anyone could distribute a Palm app from any site, not a URL generated by Palm themselves.

  6. Unlocked, Quad-Band GSM on Palm Frees Up webOS Development · · Score: 1

    Now if we could just get an unlocked, quad-band GSM phone running webOS, I'd pick one up to replace my aging Treo650.

  7. Re:Typical intro to a spinoff on Stargate Universe · · Score: 3, Informative

    When they were digging through the supplies which came from Earth, there were Ancient crates right there too. So not only have they not looked all over the ship, but they've not even opened boxes which they've seen.

  8. Re:Typical intro to a spinoff on Stargate Universe · · Score: 4, Informative

    The ship has been flying a lot longer than the Ancients planned. That's because they learned to ascend, and never ended up using the ship.

  9. Re:So what is the reason for this? on Google Acquiring VP3 Developer On2 Technologies · · Score: 5, Informative

    No speculation, I submitted this story also, with a quote from Google's Blog:

    Because we spend a lot of time working to make the overall web experience better for users, we think that video compression technology should be a part of the web platform. To that end, we're happy to announce today that we've signed a deal to acquire On2 Technologies, a leading creator of high-quality video compression technology.

    So it doesn't remain to be seen whether Google's acquisition of On2 has any bearing on their plans for video on the Web.

  10. Re:Virtual Overlays on Defining an Interactive Physical MMO For the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Because it's not in PR. There's some augmented reality in Virtual Light, but the geo tagged, art work is in Spook Country.

  11. Re:Bottoms Up. on Cocaine Test Prompts Red Bull Removal In Germany · · Score: 1

    I used to get Inca Kola when I lived in Florida in 1996. Then it was sweetened with sugar. I've found it here and there over the years since Coca-Cola bought them. The stuff you find now in the US it bottled in New Jersey and made with HFCS; just isn't the same.

    But yes, it tastes like original flavor bubble gum.

  12. Re:Bottoms Up. on Cocaine Test Prompts Red Bull Removal In Germany · · Score: 1

    I mean I have a fridge full of Red Bull's Simply Cola. If they pull it from the market I'll be upset. It doesn't taste like Coke or Pepsi at all, it's a really complex flavor.

  13. Re:Bottoms Up. on Cocaine Test Prompts Red Bull Removal In Germany · · Score: 1

    It also has real kola nut in it. I really like the stuff and will be upset if I can't get my fix in the US.

  14. Re:$380... on EVO Linux Gaming Console Opens Pre-Orders · · Score: 3, Informative

    Linux on the PS3 has access to 6 of the 7 SPUs. It does not have direct access to the GPU, only a frame buffer.

  15. Re:Please listen to your readers. on Science Unlocks The Mystery Of Belly Button Lint · · Score: 1

    I even have Idle set to NO, but still this showed up. Ug.

  16. Re:Why only B? on New, Stealthy Conficker B++ Worm Discovered · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then he can sell it on eBay as A++++++++++++++

  17. Re:amazing stupidity on Palm Pulls the Plug On Palm OS · · Score: 2, Informative

    Um, their killing their old OS in favor of the one which runs on the Pre.

  18. Re:Nice, but: What the hell runs on BeOS/Haiku? on BeOS Successor Haiku Keeps the Faith · · Score: 1

    The larger zip VMware image has Firefox 2.0 included. The summary means that the the way is clear for an up-to-date Firefox.

  19. Re:BeOS Haiku on BeOS Successor Haiku Keeps the Faith · · Score: 3, Funny

    Installed zip image.
    ssh is included.
    What else do you need?

  20. Re:Unfortunately, not all these changes are good! on Breaking Down the Dropping Parts Cost for Sony's PS3 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sony has also removed SACD support from the newer models.

    Not a big deal since the overlap of SACD listeners and game players is probably me. But I'm very happy to own a 60 GB model, I just hope that when (not if) it breaks Sony can repair it and I can keep my 99% compatibility and the multi-channel PCM output of my SACDs over HDMI (my old SACD player would only output SACD over the 5.1 analog jacks).

  21. Re:Power != memory on NVIDIA Makes First 4GB Graphics Card · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, AMD's Stream technology. I don't think it is used as much as CUDA in practice.

  22. Re:zgrep? on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    zgrep is actually part of the gzip package rather than an extension to grep. It performs "gunzip -c | grep" behind the scenes.

  23. Re:grep -R on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    Backticks don't nest, so I've moved to the newer $(...) construct.

  24. Re:Not quite the last barrier for linux on Doom9 Researchers Break BD+ · · Score: 1

    The patched firmware was only to extract the volume key from the disc. Those are easy enough to find from other sources.

  25. Re:content? on Roku To Go Open Source · · Score: 1

    Which MPEG4? I'd say that VC-1 (WMV9) is superior to ASP, but indeed prefer AVC to WMV.

    As for my complaints about how the Roku currently stands. It only supports DHCP, there's no way to statically configure an IP. While HD support is promised right now it is limited to 480i/p. It does support an anamorphic mode, but that distorts the UI, and actually decreases the available resolution of non-widescreen content (it sends black pillar bars to the left and right of the squashed 4:3 picture which is then stretched to 16:9).