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  1. 64 bit desktop is still overkill on Linus: Praying for Hammer to Win · · Score: 2

    The only smart reason I see to go to 64 bit is when you need more then 4 GB of memory. The technology is not far enough yet outside the server/high end workstation market to require all that memory.

    Maybe next generation windows will waste more of my memory so I will need a 64 bit CPU.

  2. Oh, on Gates Tries to Explain .Net · · Score: 2
  3. Safer? on Black Boxes to Track Driving Habits? · · Score: 2

    If underage insurance premiums won't drop as a result of this, it proves that the equipment is worthless.

  4. Security on L0pht And The FBI · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't think security will be ever 100% and as we all know whit enough processing power we can break any encryption.

    It's not about protecting, it's about avoiding.

    For example I can own a gun and kill somebody but I won't because I know that isn't right and that I appreciate things for the effort that has been put into them.

    Making people understand the value of everything is our key initiative because blocking everything from happening is the worst way we can go and will block us from being free just as in comunism.

    Honestly, all the security breaches and exploits have to be explained on the main page of any publication.

    "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." Einstein

  5. This is BS on Caffeine May Reduce Alzheimers · · Score: 2

    My mom had Alzheimer's at age 55 and she drank about 3-4 cups of coffee every day her whole life.

    If you are intelligent note this in the article:
    "The UK Alzheimers Society urged caution in interpreting the findings, saying studies examining the link between dementia and diet and lifestyle could give a clearer understanding."

  6. Re:WTF post on Russia Loses Inflatable Spacecraft · · Score: 2

    What I meant to say was GPS tracking.

  7. WTF post on Russia Loses Inflatable Spacecraft · · Score: 2

    They can track my stolen vehicle in under a minute but they can't locate a space vehicle!?!?

    "If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly"

  8. russia and people on Russia Wants to Launch Manned Mission to Mars · · Score: 2

    They could have pulled this off for a lot cheaper if they wouldn't have killed their best scientists under the stalinist environment.

  9. Re:damnit moby, listen to Eminem on Moby Says Techie Fans = Fewer Sales · · Score: 2

    Eminem is the same guy that said:

    "A lot of people think that.. what I say on records
    or what I talk about on a record, that I actually do in real life
    or that I believe in it
    Or if I say that, I wanna kill somebody, that..
    I'm actually gonna do it
    or that I believe in it
    Well, shit.. if you believe that
    then I'll kill you
    "

    Moby's new album just doesn't cut it. Moby has a lot of good songs but out of this Album I didn't hear any good songs. He needs MTV to play his songs over and over till people start liking them.

  10. People knowledge on Video Games in Gym Class - DDR 101? · · Score: 2

    Do you really *need* a machine to be able to get somebody energized and motivated?

    Instead of spending 8000$ a machine they should spend 1000-2000$ for good motivational skills classes for teachers.

    I don't see how a game like this can have more advantage then a perfectly energized soccer game.

  11. Still waiting for this one on Fake Light Sabers Making Real Cash · · Score: 2

    Yoda's lightsaber will be released on July 1st.

    "Glowing electro-luminescent blade and authentic sound effects pulled directly from the movie" sounds very interesting and would be a good addition to my Lightsaber key chain.

  12. Re:its 7 years old? on Terahertz Imaging:Another Way to See Through Walls · · Score: 2

    They probably had to wait for some patent to expire.

  13. Backing up workstations is overkill on Making Users Back Up Important Data? · · Score: 2

    Encourage users to work on their important files on file servers. If you don't have a file server, get one ... now ... . Once you have a file server in place you should consider more client server applications to enable people to do their work.

    Once you architected your IT environment the way you should, add a DAT tape drive in the server and schedule incremental backups.

  14. Your video card on Pro/Engineer Coming to Linux · · Score: 2

    Yes, you can use your super expensive video card for something productive.

    That is where Will frag for bandwith starts making some sense.

  15. About my Pocket PC on Ideal PDA Feature Wishlist? · · Score: 2

    I have a Casio EM-500.
    This is how I use it:
    - I became a interface between it and my desktop PC
    - It always reminds me that people don't ever call back and they should have one

    This is what I don't like about it and improvements I would like to see on my next purchase:
    - It is not upgradable since the processor is MIPS. It is not compatible with newer versions of Windows (Pocket PC 2002). I saw a new Pocket PC with a Intel processor in it. Maybe that would help standardize them.
    - It is slow and memory can get filled up easy. That is where I would like to see something on the lines of caching on the removable memory card.
    - The screen broke and they wanted to charge more for fixing it more then it was worth. Luckily for me I found their suppliers on-line and got the parts directly from them and fixed it myself.
    - The battery runs out too quick.

  16. This is how it works on Piezoelectric Tennis Rackets · · Score: 3, Informative

    Both the Intelligence and conventional rackets deflect backward somewhat upon ball impact. With a conventional racket, the ball leaves the stringbed before the racket returns to its normal position. The Intelligence, with its active electronic microchip system, creates a counterforce that deflects the racket slightly forward as the ball leaves the stringbed. The net effect is a 50 percent reduction in vibration.

    Pictures and a more detailed description can be found here

  17. AT&T story on KPNQWest Admins Keep Bankrupt Network Running · · Score: 2

    I wonder what happened to this

  18. Spoilers save time and money on MTV Movie Awards Webpage Pull a Lone Gunman · · Score: 2

    That's why MTV stands for Money Television.

  19. /.ed Pocket PC on PocketPC Wireless Webserver · · Score: 2

    Try explaining that to the Compaq tech support.

  20. Re:And how's that working for ya? on Latest IE Hole Lets Gopher Root You · · Score: 2

    Maybe not look through the code personally but the chief software architect isn't capable of getting his software architects to verify that correctness.

  21. Scarry test on Kazaa Usability Study · · Score: 2

    Find an inbox and do search from the same user.

    No wonder the Kazaa search is so slow.

    You search through a lot of uninteresting crap to find what you need. Of course it could be to your advantage if you are Peeping Tom or a ignorant maniac who wants to steal credit card numbers.

  22. Re:And how's that working for ya? on Latest IE Hole Lets Gopher Root You · · Score: 2

    Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates

    As Microsoft chairman he should fire the Chief Software Architect.

    Obviously that guy is not up to his job.

  23. AT&T eyes KPNQwest's assets on KPNQwest Files for Bankruptcy · · Score: 2

    This story brings to life an assumption I had.

  24. Metallica's new CD title on Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy · · Score: 2

    "God of puppets"

    Only one song on the CD will be worth listening to.

  25. Microsoft is always loosing money on SEC Settles Microsoft Accounting Investigation · · Score: 3, Funny

    With so much product theft how can they make profits?
    :)

    "Evaluation = Evolution"