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  1. Re:amd bias? on First Looks at Athlon 64 4000+ & FX-55 · · Score: 1

    If such an egregious and obvious error can get published, how could I ever trust the site to discover less obvious errors?

    Then I guess you don't read newspapers or books, watch TV news, listen to news on the radio, or read news websites, do ya?

  2. Re:Quality of write? on Super-Fast Dual-Layer DVD Writing · · Score: 1

    For the NEC drives, check CD Freaks NEC forum. For other drives, check their Recording Hardware Forum.

    (No I'm not trying to be a karma whore by posting this twice.)

  3. Re:Herrie on Super-Fast Dual-Layer DVD Writing · · Score: 1

    Here.

    For the NEC drives, the best source of info is CD Freaks forum.

  4. Re:its awesome on The Last Starfighter--The Musical! · · Score: 2, Informative

    The credits say it was a Cray XMP.

  5. Re:closed captioning support on ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 Reviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Will it record closed captions and play them back when video is played back? Are other tv tuner hardware & software combos able to do this?

    The Hauppauge PVR-250 and PVR-350 cards can do this, at least under Windows. It requires a few registry changes and recent versions of the drivers and WinTV2000. For details, see here.

  6. Re:Why Harry? on Top Banned Books of 2003 · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. Consider these quotes from Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826).

    "I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature. They are all alike, founded upon fables and mythologies."

    "The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes; fools and hypocrites. To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."

    "Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth."

    Was he killed?

  7. Re:Obiligaotry on ATi HDTV Tuner For The PC Arrives · · Score: 1

    You can be sure that porn will the the first!

    Butt pimples in high definition will soon be a reality.

  8. Re:We need a "truth-in-DRM law" on Cory Doctorow on Digital Rights Management · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can find tools that will handle dvr-ms files. For example, Cyberlink's Power Director will. If you search for "DVR" in this PDF file, you will find this statement: "Users who have used Windows XP Media Center Edition to record videos can now import files for editing in PowerDirector 3.". I know other tools can do it also.

    From Microsoft: "This supplement is an update to Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 1. Users who want to play Media Center PC digital recording files (.dvr-ms) in any other Windows XP SP1 system should download this update. You must use a player that supports DirectShow® and have a Windows XP compatible DVD decoder installed. Windows Media Player® Series 9 is an example of a DirectShow player that can support .dvr-ms files with this download."

    Here is a guide to ripping dvr-ms files to DVD compliant MPEG-2 files

    I found these (except the XP update which I knew about) in a few minutes using Google.

  9. Re:Most Important Single Guy Food Tip on The Single Man's Guide To TV Dinners · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another important tip: Don't fry nude!

  10. Re:Charter has the same attitude on A Cox Internet Email Outage? · · Score: 1

    They tout a 2meg (down only) connection, but you are luckey to see 1/4th of that.

    I'm using Charter. I just downloaded a 27 MB file at 1.85 Mbs and I've seen faster downloads. It sounds like it's your local boneheads and not Charter as a whole. And no, I don't work for them.

  11. Re:VIA's system requires hardware on VIA Releases Source To Custom WASTE Client · · Score: 4, Informative

    Via's system requires their hardware security implementations to work.

    From the user's guide:

    PadLockSL utilizes hardware AES algorithm and random number generator provided in VIA C5P processor. The special characteristics PadLockSL has are outlined as below:
    1.2.1 Support running on C5P system and non-C5P system
    1.2.2 Automatically detect whether C5P ACE is available or not
    If C5P ACE is available, use hardware AES in C5P ACE; otherwise, use software implemented AES when performing AES encryption/decryption
    1.2.3 Automatically detect whether C5P RNG is available or not
    If C5P RNG is available, use it as entropy source in random number generation routine; otherwise, use the random number generation device provided by linux.

  12. Re:Define "exclusive artists" Please? on Wal-Mart Relaunches Online Music Store · · Score: 1

    Here is what Wal-Mart calls exclusive artists and tracks.

    Barf.

  13. Re:...but do they censor the online stuff too? on Wal-Mart Relaunches Online Music Store · · Score: 4, Informative

    From their download site:

    What does a song marked "(Edited)" mean?
    An "edited" song is an alternate version of a song that has been recorded without explicit lyrics.

  14. Re:Quite a low introductory price! on New DVD Burners To Double Capacity · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check here for info on how to run DVDShrink using Wine.

  15. Re:Get a multi-drive.. on DVD-RW Incompatibilities? · · Score: 1

    Out of curiosity, for people that are using +/-RW, what are you using it for?

    When authoring a DVD, I often burn it to RW and play it in my standalone player to see that it works, to test menus, text colors, etc. When I'm satisfied, then I burn it to a +R or -R.

  16. Re:AMD have been better than Intel for some time.. on AMD Back in the Black · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah, that Prescott is a cool running chip.

  17. Re:Blow job on What to Get My Geek for Valentine's Day? · · Score: 5, Funny

    With geeks, they have sex and they lose their programming ability.

    I can see the ad now: At Microsoft, we need the best programmers. Only virgins need apply. We attribute the numerous security flaws in Windows to programmers who have gotten laid. Our studies show that one blow job is responsible for an average of seventeen buffer overflows. Be pure and join our team.

  18. Re: SpyBot and additonal help.... on Spyware Masquerading as Spyware Removal Software · · Score: 1

    Also good are Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel and StartupMonitor,

  19. Re:What bothers me on Maryland Electronic Voting Systems Found Vulnerable · · Score: 3, Informative

    Send mail to atc@npr.org and express your concerns.

  20. Re:GBPVR on Build Your Own PVR · · Score: 1

    Yes, if you're running Windows, you should check out GBPVR. It's still in its early stages, but Sub (the developer) is doing a great job, and has made amazing progress in a very short time.

  21. Re:MythTV worked brilliantly on Build Your Own PVR · · Score: 1

    The PVR350 does both hardware encoding and decoding.

    The 350's hardware decoding is only used with TV out. If you're watching on the computer, it uses software decoding.

  22. Re:watching you watch me on Officials secretly RFID'd at Internet Summit · · Score: 2, Informative

    Washington Post has their own agendas politically when it comes to reporting.

    The link is to the Washington Times , not the Washington Post.

  23. Check Wal-Mart for Lite-On on New Low Cost DVD Burners Hit The Streets · · Score: 1

    The local Wal-Mart has a dual format Lite-on 4X DVD burner for under $100. Sorry, I don't know the model number.

  24. Re:that's a good idea on New Label Shows When Fruit Is Ripe · · Score: 4, Informative

    chlorophyll (a simple sugar

    Chlorophyll is not a sugar. It is a porphyrin derivative called a chlorin. Here is the structure.

  25. Re:Still using chains? on Bicycle Tech Drivetrain Advances Showcased · · Score: 1

    The maximum torque is about 350 Nm, that's the same torque as the maximum torque of a Ferrari sports car

    Not true. The Ferrari 575M Maranello produces 588.6 Nm (434 lb-ft) at 5,250 rpm. See here.

    A 2004 Dodge Viper SRT-10 produces 712 Nm (525 lb-ft) at 4,200 rpm. See here.