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  1. Just fire more missiles on Watch a Lockheed Martin Laser Destroy a Missile In Flight · · Score: 1

    It would get expensive but firing more than one missile at your target would defeat a laser that can only target one. The launch sites would have to be located far enough away from each other that the missiles would be out of the blast radius for most of the flight. With civilian GPSs and wireless communication, I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to synchronize the firing so that the missiles reach the target at the same time. (GPSs not for guidance but for calculating firing delays)

  2. Re:Does not compute on China Set To Surpass US In R&D Spending In 10 Years · · Score: 2

    "Give us a product at the lowest possible cost so we can maximize our profit. Damn the consumer." ...They make crap because American corporations ask them to make crap.

  3. Re:yes on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 1

    I find even green on black to be too high contrast. I tend to prefer bright green (00FF00) on dark green (008800). Give it a try.

  4. Re:Mod me "obvious" but... on Win2000 Still Performs on 8-year-old Hardware · · Score: 1

    It's probably the slower RPM hard drive and, I'm guessing, limited RAM.
    If you watch performance monitor, it's probably bottlenecking on disk I/O

  5. Re:What? on Microbes Alive After Being Frozen for 32,000 Years · · Score: 1

    Maybe they got their start working with hard drives...

  6. Re:Crap... on Make Money Fast · · Score: 1

    (I'm a Canadian -- So I can make fun of Canada. :P)

    Yeah, like that stops anybody else...

  7. put it to the test on Hackers, Public Differ Greatly On E-voting · · Score: 1

    That will all change once I.P. Freely is elected.

  8. Re:No .us whois lookup on Network Solutions Overhauls Whois Results · · Score: 1
    Network Solutions might not have the data for the US top-level domain (TLD).
    (Similar to how they might not have the dat for, say, .uk)

    Do a whois lookup from whois.iana.org to determine which authority is responsible for that particular TLD.
    whois us@whois.iana.org
    whois gov@whois.iana.org
    This should spit out some information including the registrar's site or, if you're lucky, the whois server which you can query directly.

    Have fun...
  9. using other tools on Microsoft Security Updates for Pirated Windows? · · Score: 1

    Aren't there other tools available that one can use to keep up to date on all the security patches?

    For instance: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser
    (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/m bsahome.mspx)

    Does anyone know if this is sufficient, or does Windows Update supply some patches that simply aren't available anywhere else?

  10. Re:Hmmm... on Chessboxing - The Sport Of The Future? · · Score: 1

    the first rule of chess club is:

    1. you don't talk about chess club!

  11. screenshots on Pill Helps Doctors See Digestive Tract · · Score: 2, Funny

    dude! here's a screenshot:

    [insert goats.ex link here]

    (I just can't do it; I just can't bring myself to put up the link :P)

  12. consult the guide on How Would You Build a Datacenter? · · Score: 1

    Chapter 17 of the ever popular Practice of System and Network Administration (ISBN 0-201-70271-1) by Limoncelli and Hogan gives a fairly broad overview of some of the things to consider when building a data center. Everything from chosing a site, to climate control, to wiring and cable management are considered.
    Go find it at your local computer bookstore and read the aforementioned chapter.
    Better yet, buy the book. If you're like many of us and have had system adminship thrust upon you, the rest of the book makes a good reference.

  13. Re:Oh come ON! on Panasonic Toughbook W2 Review · · Score: 1

    What you're paying for with this model is the small size, light weight, and long battery life.

    If you want a fast laptop, get a fast laptop. There *are* P4-2.x GHz notebooks available.

  14. Central Project Database on Enterprise Grade Project Management Tools? · · Score: 1

    The SQL definition file for the MSSQL portion of the Project Database can be modified to work on MySQL.

    After that, all you need is the ODBC driver for MySQL.

    No problems yet, but I'm not using it extensively, so I haven't had the opportunity to test every feature.

  15. Just buy it already on Do You Need More Space for Your Media Needs? · · Score: 1

    Depending on what you're recording, wouldn't it just be cheaper to straight out buy the stuff as it becomes available on DVD?
    That way, everything is boxed and labelled.

    Plus, if DVD-Rs are anything like CD-Rs, I don't know if I'd be willing to trust them for extended media storage (I've had several CD-Rs crap out on me after only 3 to 4 years).

  16. poor guy on The Science of The Moist Towelette · · Score: 2, Funny


    Poor guy....something as innocuous as moist towelettes, and he's about to get slashdotted..oh well. There's no helping that now.

  17. Re:No No No! on Dying Languages, Fading Formats · · Score: 1

    Everyone should be speaking binary.

    When the robots take over, we'll all be ready.

  18. Re:New games announced as well! on Nintendo Confirms New Console In 2005 · · Score: 1

    Why *not* market to 8 year olds? That's one market XBox and PS2 aren't explicitly marketing to.

  19. Re:Name it.... on Suggestions for Unique Names for a Server Room? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Das ReB00T!

  20. Re:Ladies Night on Virtual Simerica · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but all you would get is SimSex and SimDumped.

    What good is that?

  21. synchronization hassle on Do People Really Use Their PDAs? · · Score: 1

    I keep a Palm PDA with me, but it's such a hassle keeping it in sync with outlook at all times.

    I'm waiting for a reasonably priced bluetooth solution, so the synchronization process becomes transparent.

    Actually, the same problem exists with Outlook, which I use in the office, the web-based project management software I use at home (Phprojekt), and Palm desktop. I wish there was a common interface for transferring data between the three (plus other PIMs), and keeping everything in sync.

    Anybody know of, or is interested in developing something like this?

  22. Re:What about the case? on Build a Macintosh From Scratch · · Score: 1

    what, are you afraid of getting suuued? (ahk!)

  23. Re:Not joining FBI is the least of your problems.. on Many Hackers Too Fat For The FBI · · Score: 1

    The key is finding your limit and pushing yourself just a little bit further.

    As is usually the case with exercise, or learning a musical instrument, or anything else that takes serious effort, if you can suffer through two to three weeks, they you'll be fine. You'll even begin enjoying it..

    One step at a time. Good luck...

  24. Re:Escrow, Escrow, Escrow people! on When Good Ebay'ers Go Bad · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, it appears that tradenable.com is shutting their service down.

    http://www.tradenable.com/cgi-reg/NewUser

  25. Re:Let the mob sort it out... on Should Aunt Tillie Build Her Own Kernels? · · Score: 1

    What worth does it take away to give users more confusion?

    The tools are already there to build your own kernel.
    If you're at the point where you need to build one, more than likely, you can figure it out anyway.
    (What we could use is more/better documentation).