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  1. Re:POP3 mail clients are so 1990 :-P on KMail vs. Evolution vs. Thunderbird? · · Score: 1

    You can still use POP3 and leave your mail on the server. That's my colution for Gmail - though I a shameful Outlook user, so my opinion may not count. ;^)

    -bZj

  2. Re:Wrong Name on ATI's All-In-Wonder 2006 · · Score: 1

    This actually called something along the lines of AIW 2006 PCIe, vs. your AIW 2006. Minor, and silly difference, but they distinguishible by the price. AIW2006 ~$140, AIW2006PCIe $200.

    I have the same card, basically: AIW9600XT, and I love it.

    -bZj

  3. Re:Names & ATI Support on ATI's All-In-Wonder 2006 · · Score: 1

    ATi also has a unified driver for oh... years now!

    I don't see how nVidia's change from GeForce2, GeForce3, GeForce440, GeForce 5500, GF6600, GF7800 makes any more sense than ATi's switch from Radeon 7500, 8500, 9500, X800, X1800, etc.

    -bZj

  4. Re:Why prime numbers ? on New Possible Record Prime Number Found · · Score: 2, Informative

    As the item suggests: to get a $100,000. :^)

    -bZj

  5. Re:Cell [sic] Phone on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 1

    At least someone said something. What kind of 'tard uses 'cel' for cellular?

    -bZj

  6. Re:Credit ratings on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 1

    I can't buy from NewEgg with cash.

    Nor can I easily pay my cell phone bill with cash.

    There is a substantial enoughr eason to use credit/bank cards/checks for purchases - which isn't just ease of use, but lower prices and less time spent gettign money orders and such.

    -bZj

  7. Re:Let us see ... on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 2, Insightful
    She is not a high ranking exec, just an academic, so why did the pattern of her calls not trigger a service stoppage for her?
    IF you even scanned the article, you should have caught the mention that their fraud alerts systems did not alert her b/c they know she has a significant income and "sterling credit", so they knew they'd get their money, even though they had suspicions of fraud.

    -bZj
  8. Re:How a terror group cloned Ted Rogers' cellphone on Cell Phone CEOs Marked For Phone Cloning · · Score: 1

    Terrorists are terrorists, no matter their scope.

    -bZj

  9. Re:and my All-In-Wonder? on Nielsen Adapting To Modern TV-Watching · · Score: 1

    AIW, of course.

    -bZj

  10. and my All-In-Wonder? on Nielsen Adapting To Modern TV-Watching · · Score: 1

    Still no wat for them to track my TV usage on my PC? I use my AIM Radeon quite often.

    -bZj

  11. Claria is spyware! on Going From Gator to Claria · · Score: 4, Funny

    Claria is spyware!

    I said it again, where's the lawsuit?

    -bZj

  12. Re:Notoriously... on The Funniest Places for Hardware Stickers? · · Score: 1

    I am so slow... my Casio only has a PentiumII inside.

    -bZj

  13. Re:Do video games have no effect on a person at al on CSI Takes On Grand Theft Auto · · Score: 1

    If I was entertained by the movie 'Platoon', does that qualify? I gained pleasure from watching violence and destruction.

    I don't think anyone would suggest we hold Oliver Stone accountable for making entertainment containing large amounts of violence.

    -bZj

  14. Re:not a matter of demonizing computer games... on CSI Takes On Grand Theft Auto · · Score: 1

    You do have to be a certain age to buy those games. Most retailers just don't enforce it, not unlike a retailer selling cigarettes to underage ppl. The problems lies more in the parents buying the games and then complaining about the violence - you bought it dumbass, pay attention to your kids.

    I don't think games have become more violent, it just seems they are more realistic in their depiction of violence. Realistic scenarios, realistic graphics. If someone can't distinguish the game from reality, they are useless to society. Same goes for all the LARPers out there.

    And I saw porn at 8 and have a fine understanding of sexuality and fantasy.

    -bZj

  15. Re:So unrealistic... on CSI Takes On Grand Theft Auto · · Score: 1

    That'd be more like the supposed "video games made me kill" line if the "Pac Man" actually devoured those playing "ghosts", with, say, some fava beans and chianti?

    -bZj

  16. Re:grammar nazi on ZDNet Talks to Kevin Mitnick · · Score: 1

    Look into it, you'll see that is correct.

    Unless the poster specifically meant 10,000 ways, there is no 'of'.

    REF: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=myriad

    -bZj

  17. grammar nazi on ZDNet Talks to Kevin Mitnick · · Score: 1

    There is no "of" after "myriad". Just FYI.

    -bZj

  18. Re:tuna also on Warm-blooded Fish? · · Score: 1

    And this would qualify as being "news" - as in new - how?

    I read it, but the point is: it isn't new in any way, shape, or form.

    -bZj

  19. Re:Disadvantage too? on Warm-blooded Fish? · · Score: 1
    Predators?

    This is a shark.

    http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Sal monShark/SalmonShark.html
    Predators
            It is unlikely that any creature would prey on adult salmon sharks because of their size.
    -bZj
  20. Re:tuna also on Warm-blooded Fish? · · Score: 1
    Not only Tuna, but even this specific shark: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Sal monShark/SalmonShark.html
    Thermoregulation
            As with all other members of the family Lamnidae (the mackerel sharks), the salmon shark is endothermic, meaning it is able to maintain a body temperature above the temperature of the surrounding water. This is unusual because most fish are ectotherms, having internal temperature that is nearly identical to the ambient water temperature.

            All lamnids have vascular counter-current heat exchangers (retia mirabilia) that allow them to retain the heat produced by the metabolism of these fast-swimming sharks. Salmon sharks have retes in the cranium near the eyes, in the locomotor muscles, and in the viscera. They also have vascular shunts that allow them to alter the route of blood flow, further regulating rates of heat gain and heat loss. A few other fast-swimming fish, like tunas, also have this homeothermic ability, so this is an instance of convergent evolution between lamnid sharks and tunas.

            Recent studies have shown that the salmon shark does indeed maintain an internal temperature well above ambient water temperature. In fact, the salmon shark probably has the greatest thermoregulatory ability of any shark, and internal body temperatures up to 60.1F (15.6C) greater than sea surface temperature have been recorded.

            This thermoregulatory ability allows salmon sharks to range vertically through the water column in search of prey and to extend their niche to boreal waters.

    Old news,
    -bZj
  21. obligatory... on Microsoft Releases Game Advisor For Windows · · Score: 1

    My System Specifications
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) XP/MP/4 1830MHz
    Display Card ATI RADEON 9600 Series
    Memory 512MB
    Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
    Free Disk Space 35.85GB
    Display Card Memory 128MB
    Display Driver Version 6.14.10.6571
    DirectX Version 9.0c
    Optical Drive CD/DVD
    Sound Card NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio

    To save your system specifications for later visits, create a free
      Game Advisor Account

    My System Performance
    36% of the systems scanned by the Game Advisor rank higher in performance than your system.
    Better than I expected.

    -bZj
  22. Re:three men in a motel on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    I love this one, b/c i was the only one who got it right back in school.

    The 'extra' dollar is in their pocket(s).

    Paid: $30 (3 x $10)

    Cost: $25 (3 x $8.33)

    Refund: $5 = $3 (3 x $1) + $2 (bellboy)

    Total: $28 (3 x $9.33) + $2 (bellboy) = $30

    The trick is in the wording. You need to add the $25 cost to the $3 refund to get the difference of $2 in the bellboy's pocket, not try going in reverse.

    -bZj

  23. Re:A little disappointed on Update on the Optimus Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Well, the keys do transform to meet the needs of the application.

    -bZj

  24. VIA mobos on When Is It Random Enough? · · Score: 1

    http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/padlock/hardw are.jsp

    Hardware, and cheap. And, built-in.

    -bzj

  25. Cingular on A Private GSM Cell? · · Score: 1

    Cingular used to sell an item that did this exact thing. I'd start there.

    -bZj