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  1. what else to say on NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core GPU · · Score: 1

    They already implied that these are salvaged 570 parts for a limited holiday production run. If you snag one with a free game you want, not a bad deal. Think carefully if you might go SLI in the future, since they'll be hard to find later.

  2. Re:Mmmm, Kay. on Why Lazy Functional Programming Languages Rule · · Score: 1

    Except nobody can read that. The line noise up there with perl!

  3. Re:Air gap + Sneakernet on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    Right, so they send it over the internet instead. No wonder it's been so slow today...

  4. Re:I have no issues with copy protection if... on A History of Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    Because he didn't dial the international sequence, 01 + Canada code + phone number.
    He dialed a plain 1 + area code + phone number, yet it was an international call.
    So yeah, Canada is just a few area code extentions of the USA. =n)

  5. Re:60 T is pretty strong on New Superconductor Found "Immune To Magnetism" · · Score: 2, Informative

    10^5 is 100,000 T (instantly lethal to organic life)

  6. popup survey on Next-Gen JavaScript Interpreter Speeds Up WebKit · · Score: 1

    Why did /. try to popup a new ad window today on firefox+linux?

  7. Re:Torrent? on Google Pulls Open Source CoreAVC Project Over DMCA Complaint · · Score: 1

    Exactly. The buzz created demand, not the scarcity.

  8. about time on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 1

    The devs have taken out useful feature after useful feature. I even voiced my concern on the mailing list some time ago, and was met with "such options are too confusing to the average person," and then silence. I still use Pidgin, but it's certainly not the cool Gaim of old.

  9. mylifebites? on MyLifeBits to Store Every Moment of Your Life · · Score: 1

    mylifebites.com wait what was that again? oh *bits* ...

  10. Re:"Firing" vs "laying off" on AMD To Shed 10% of Its Workforce · · Score: 1

    Firing: you suck, good bye!
    Layoff: we suck, good bye!

  11. Re:National Grammar Day on Experiment Shows Traffic 'Shock Waves' Cause Jams · · Score: 1

    ooh i alike nashunal grammer day alot!!

  12. Re: FF slows down on Firefox 2.0.0.11 Released · · Score: 1

    Yes, what the heck is that? Restarting fixes it, but that just shouldn't be. Happens under Linux on my machine at work that rarely reboots.

  13. Re:If video encoding/decoding is the bottleneck... on Intel Core 2 'Penryn' and Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    > Cram? Chip designers get more and more transistors to use every year. I don't believe there's any "cramming" involved.

    Someone is definitely not a mainstream CPU designer! It never all fits... ask any floor-planner.

  14. Re:Eh? on The Spy in Your Server Room · · Score: 1

    They called tech workers with lesser social skills "booger-eaters"!

  15. Do they get a support contract? on News On Laptops For Education · · Score: 1

    Too bad Mandriva suffers from the same laptop hdd head unload/load issues!

  16. Re:Uh oh on Virtualization Decreases Security · · Score: 1

    This guy should not operate in a PR capacity at all!

  17. Re:What? No comments...? on SCO Layoffs Begin · · Score: 1

    Very strange! A bug in /. code?

  18. Why not stand-alone? on Run Linux as a Windows Screensaver · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The article doesn't make it clear why it should run as a screensaver... is the ISO interactive? How does one escape the screensaver? Why not just run it stand-alone?

    Also, this was surprising: "OS/2 is finally being withdrawn on December 23, 2005. According to the IBM Web site on OS/2 Warp migration (see Resources), there is no replacement product from IBM. IBM suggests that OS/2 customers consider Linux." They should at least recommend a specific product, else the remaining OS/2 userbase will entirely fragment. Recommendations are not irresponsible, only the customer blindly accepting it would be.

    Following the instructions in the article is not for the faint of heart!

  19. Re:99.84% and other myths on DSPAM v2.10 Released · · Score: 1

    "3000ish" messages.

  20. Re:damn universe.. on Intel Devises Chip Speed Breakthrough · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ahh, but if we went through the Earth, max latency is ~85ms!

  21. Re:damn universe.. on Intel Devises Chip Speed Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Play Q3A on a home lan... single digit latencies...

    And about your comp arch class, wait until you have to fab your creation, and your implementer sneaks into your cube and whacks you up the backside of your head! =P

  22. Re:the names used to be so much cooler on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 1

    The word Firefox just so does not roll off the tongue. =( And I just got my family trained about Mozilla and Firebird! (When they click on IE, it launches Firebird! Muhaha!) Personally I think they need to ditch using the word "fire" in the name altogther. Man, I'm envisioning myself at work, telling someone, "Yeah now launch Firefox." "Huh?"

  23. This is about MS making more $$ on Microsoft Develops XP 'Light' for Thailand · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Customers of this new entry level version of Windows would be presented with a clear and easy upgrade path to both Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional, he added."

    1) Customer buys XP-demo
    2) Customer "forced" to upgrade to XP-home/pro at a later date
    3) Profit!

    Before you know it, Dell/HP/etc will be shipping only XP-demo, and end-suckers^Wusers will have to post-purchase the "real" thing.

  24. Re:Equipment cheap. Labor NOT on A Wireless Network for a 4-Story Apt. Building? · · Score: 1

    He's got you on the 3-phase thing... most houses have 1 and 2 phase (2 and 3 wires).

  25. Finally!! on "Port Knocking" For Added Security · · Score: 1

    I thought of this years ago while working at DEC!