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  1. Re:20 vacuum cleaners... on New Electrode Lets Batteries Charge In 10 Seconds · · Score: 1

    I think this is where if you needed current fast in a home situation, you'd install a second set of floater batteries/super caps. They'd take a slow charge over time given the utility power available to the home; then when you come home for a half hour (say over lunch) it could dump the whole capacity to the car quickly.

    Warning: Do not unplug vehicle while transferring power to car. Could cause sparks.....

  2. Re:73 years old? on Bionic Eye Gives Blind Man Sight · · Score: 4, Funny

    What other forms of blindness it might be useful for remains to be seen.

    Tell me you meant that in the form of a pun... please!

  3. Re:1s and 0s on Sony Blu-spec CD Format Detailed, Hits Stores · · Score: 1

    They need to do way instain blue-spec> who kill thier bits. because these bit cant frigth back?

  4. Re:Another one on The Art of The Farewell Email · · Score: 1

    So... why do you suck as an organization? Don't keep me hangin' on a thread here!

  5. Re:Still too expensive... on Optimizing Linux Systems For Solid State Disks · · Score: 1

    Well I've noticed that I don't have a CF-IDE adapter that does 3.3v, so I'm being limited to ATA-4 instead of ATA-5 on my current card. Have you noticed/read anything similar?

  6. Re:The only reason : on Is Flash Really On 99% of Net Devices? · · Score: 1

    The survey was made in flash

    This idea was conceived by Shampoo.

  7. Re:Still too expensive... on Optimizing Linux Systems For Solid State Disks · · Score: 1

    Yea, I just wanted to stress the fact that it's not USB more than anything; haven't tested personally the CF-->SATA bridges. They work well?

  8. Re:Still too expensive... on Optimizing Linux Systems For Solid State Disks · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why is this informative? CF with an adapter is NOT USB.

    From my experience, using an adapter puts it on the native interface - notably, with CF, it's easiest to put the device into a machine that has a native IDE (not SATA) interface. CF is pin compatible with IDE.

    Now, in the current offering of SLC/MLC "drives" you can actually get better read/write since they "raid" for lack of a better term the internal chips. I'm using a transcend ATA-4 CF device that gets around 30MB/sec read/write in a machine in my garage; it's an SLC device that isn't their top of the line, but it was more cost-effective.

    So, using the IDE/ATA-4 interface on the CF card, it gets lower CPU utilization than a USB device. Still doesn't hit the 40MB/sec you quoted, but 40MB/sec is a pipe dream on USB in my experience.

  9. Re:the biggest threat to Canon profits on Canon Tries To Shut Down "Fake" Canon Blog · · Score: 1

    Is there any manufacturer of inkjet printers that allows for chipless refilling nowadays?

    I stopped caring about inkjets when I had an epson that I couldn't change out the print heads on. Bought a 50$ brother 2040 - to be honest, I don't print much in color. My wife bought a Samsung 300 something laser that does color; I haven't done any photos on it, but honestly if I'm gonna do photos, I've had good luck in the past via the internet.

    I know that certain printers you could buy add-ons (3rd party) to basically add ink tanks.... of course, I'd probably buy one of those if I could, but the prices would probably be higher than most consumers would want to pay.

  10. Re:Anybody Remember Billy Joel at Super Bowl on The Deceptive Perfection of Auto-Tune · · Score: 1

    Dear god, if you're going to link to a video in a dicussion regarding audio, at least pick one that wasn't recorded on someone's camcorder/phone.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8smRRyoYGc&feature=related

    I personally couldn't tell if he was using autotune or not; but then again I'm no critic.

  11. A Larger Threat Exposed on Major Spike in Security Threats To Online Games · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would think that a larger threat when getting a link from a friend (or an imitated friend) would be something similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

  12. Re:Another thing to look out for on Input Lag, Or Why Faster Isn't Always Better · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, the issue here is probably more due to the fact that movies are shot at 24 frames per second. 24 doesn't fit into 60 properly, so there will be times where the scene repeats more in one set of refreshes than another. See wiki entry on Telecine, notably telecine judder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecine

    With a 120hz refresh, 24 can go into 120 evenly, so you won't see any choppiness.

  13. Re:Just like slashdot on Charter Cable Capping Usage Nationwide This Month · · Score: 1

    For what it's worth, I'm paying over $100 for 1mb SDSL. If I were to top it out 24 hours a day and never reboot I could possibly get to 250gb.

    Close to 24 days before you'd hit the cap. Love, Google.

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=250+gigabytes+%2F+1+megabit+per+second+%3D+%3F+days&btnG=Search

  14. Re:This seems abrupt on Windows 7 To Skip Straight To a Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    Actually, this same document exists in the Microsoft Approved release ISOs of the beta. I chuckled when I read it, and didn't think too much more of it.

  15. Re:Do it. on Umbilical Cord Blood Banking? · · Score: 1

    Man, you know you're deep into networking when you see MPLS and immediately think that the child was born in a network cloud.....

    So what does MPLS stand for in this instance?

  16. Re:Lots of us ready and waiting... on Progress On Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    If you're frequently renting cars, becoming a preferred member (my company uses Avis I believe?) solves this problem. I can go online, reserve a car, and show up at any location I've determined online and just get in and go. Don't even need to talk to a representative.

    Simple!

  17. Re:Peltier Effect on Intel Develops Micro-Refrigerator To Cool Chips · · Score: 1

    From what I've seen, they're usually C sized, not AA. Only thing I've really seen use C size batteries recently.

    Work seems to keep a stockpile for some reason......

  18. Re:Never ending chase... on How Quake Wars Met the Ray Tracer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I know I use my share of the foul words in the english language, but think about this - everyone would take your comment more seriously if you didn't use them; at least not to the excess seen in your post.

  19. Re:Sadly, I guess I was reading /. on Bill Gates' Plan To Destroy Music, Note By Note · · Score: 1

    Holy hell, that first link makes my eyes hurt so bad....

  20. Re:Linux will not "get there" until this happens on Jumping To Ubuntu At Work For Non-Linux Geeks · · Score: 1

    Why wouldn't people think Linux is trying to be Windows? They're both Operating Systems for PCs; they both give you access to web browsing, creating documents, enjoying multimedia files and generally getting work done.

    They may not be targeting the same mindshare for the desktop, but they're both capable of doing the same thing. In that regard, I'd bet most people would compare the two as similar if they had the chance.

  21. Re:Not good enough. on 6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pictures last forever.

    Not on a Maxtor they don't.

  22. Re:Not good enough. on 6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves · · Score: 1

    That's not a woman, that's a NINJA!

  23. Re:Exactly right! on 17,000 Downloads Does Not Equal 17,000 Lost Sales · · Score: 1

    I would have to bet that in their community, they do depend on each other. I don't know how any person could live on earth without relying on someone else for something these days.

    Kinda hard to build anything larger than one of those as-seen-on-tv electric fireplaces by yourself.

  24. Re:The people learn fast. on How To Suck At Information Security · · Score: 1

    No fair, you added an exclamation point to your password, breaking the sequence!

  25. Re:But will it run Crysis?... on Nvidia 480-Core Graphics Card Approaches 2 Teraflops · · Score: 1

    Most gamers wouldn't consider a machine with a monitor running 1024x768 a "gaming" machine. I have a 15" dell ultrasharp as my 2nd monitor that uses that resolution and I don't remember the last time I gamed on it.

    I'd have to say with the proliferation of widescreen monitors, 1680x1050 is probably your minimum starting point for a panel on a gaming class pc - with 1920x1200 being the sweet spot, and then the ungodly resolutions those 30" monitors run at being for the... shall we say, non-money-tight?

    Of course, I also bought an 8800gt when they first came out - SSC edition from EVGA. 300$. That's the highest I think I've ever paid for a card, and I think it had the quickest drop in price... or so it felt.