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  1. Re:The FCC should be dissolved! (not) on Xbox 360's Jamming Wireless Signals? · · Score: 1

    I think that applies to a part 15 devices messing with a non-part 15 device because the rest of the statement reads that a part 15 device must accept any interference.

  2. Re:What if... on ISP Inserting Content Into Users' Webpages · · Score: 1

    Depends on if you mean even more ads or replacing ads on the page. Even more ads is fine by me, adblock plus to the rescue, but if I were an advertiser and I knew and ISP was replacing my ads with theirs, that's just wrong.

  3. Re:Yeah something else to intro variations. on Is It Time for a 'Kinder, Gentler HTML'? · · Score: 1

    You can get pretty damn close. Fully compliant, XHTML Strict + CSS can produce great results. You will need browser specific CSS files but most of the fixes are minor.

  4. Re:Kernel Panics on Leopard as the New Vista? · · Score: 1

    I removed Leopard because of some different issues, but while I had it installed, my system would panic on shutdown nearly every time. When I started it up, there was a crash dialog and it told me what was causing the crash. I removed the offending item and it never crashed again. I would bet that most people who are having problems with kernel panics have some kind of add on that is no longer compatible.

  5. Re:MS Admits... on Microsoft Admits XP Has Same Bug As Win2K · · Score: 1

    Which is, in a way, another way to say what I just said. It's goofy that XP wants you to really have, two administrators before you can have a non-administrator.

  6. Re:MS Admits... on Microsoft Admits XP Has Same Bug As Win2K · · Score: 1

    It should read, at least one other administrator other than the user administrator. Typically the administrator user is not exposed in XP Home or MCE.

  7. Re:False economy on Saving Power in your Home Office · · Score: 1

    Where do you live? My body can't heat a 2400sqft home when it's -20F.

  8. Re:Not an rsync expert by any means but.... on Apple's "Time Machine" Now For Linux... Sort Of · · Score: 1

    No, you're correct. This is how rsync works but people like to brag about how they do things and don't want to stop and think for a minute that, Time Machine is indeed similar to other existing technologies but maybe, just maybe, Time Machine is marginally better than what they're doing.

  9. Re:Too much wire/cable BS on Building a "Reference" Home Theater · · Score: 1

    I've read each of your comments and honestly who gives a shit? I mean really, you must be trolling. Like the previous poster said, it's either all static and pops or it's so close to perfect you might as well say it is perfect. How the hell at that point can you KNOW that something you think you hear was introduced by some cable or during the recording process?

  10. Re:Also, Duncan Hill Coffee on Intel in the GHz Game Again - Skulltrail Hits 5 GHz · · Score: 1

    Coffee? No, I'm selling toner.

  11. Re:exciting license on Apple to Allow Virtual Mac OS X Server Instances · · Score: 1

    Well, it's exciting for them because it means $$. They'll have a larger pool of customers now that it includes Apple hardware as well. Really, it represents probably the best choice for a place that wants/needs to run multiple OS's as Apple hardware+vmware (or parallels) would be the ONLY way to run all three at the same time.

  12. Re:Google Desktop vs Microsoft Desktop on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    I can't comment on speed of the two in regards to indexing but GDS is superior in MDS in abilities on an XP system. I find MDS to be terrible on XP in everyway except when integrated with Outlook 2007. With Outlook 2007 it's much better than GDS. I imagine both are about equal in terms of indexing a drive because they both work the same way...in theory.

  13. Re:Performance impact on Apple Adds Memory Randomization To Leopard · · Score: 1

    This isn't additional software. These are features of the OS that would prevent mal-ware or viruses gaining access to the system by overwriting the known memory space of some kernel level function. By changing where things are located in memory it becomes much more difficult for this type of attack to happen. These kinds of attacks are usually the kind that are auotmated, and wouldn't require user interaction to have them happen.

  14. Re:Datahands fixed it for me. on Does Computer Use Actually Cause Carpal Tunnel? · · Score: 1

    What part of this setup helped the most for the pain? The keyboard contraption or that bottle of Jägermeister?

  15. Re:Probably redundant by now but on Wii 'Popularity Bubble' to Burst? · · Score: 1

    I believe the word you're looking for is 'megaton' which seems to be as over used on nintendo sites as rumors of it's demise are any where else.

  16. Re:In other words... on Google To Monetize Content From Consenting YouTubers · · Score: 1

    Is that October 9 2007 or September 10 2007?

  17. This doesn't surprised me at all on Most Users Think They Have AntiVirus Protection, While Only Half Do · · Score: 1

    This doesn't surprise me at all. At our company I allow people to bring in laptops to use on our wireless network but only if they have up2date AV. I asked someone once if they have AV and they said, "yea, this thing is two days old." I double checked and found that yea they had AV, but it hadn't been activated.

    The sad thing is that AV software today is so in your face (I'm looking at you Symantec) it's incredibly annoying and yet "normal users" still don't know if it's working right or if their computer is protected. Yet the same people aren't content with AV software that is free such as Grisoft. I tell people, if this icon is in color, you're good to go, if not make sure you update. These people will eventually come back to me asking to install the latest version of Norton. ??!??

  18. Re:There are no "simple" ram failures on Getting Gouged by Geeks · · Score: 1

    I agree. While I'm not "trained" I consider myself to be reasonably good at figuring out computer issues. My personal experience has shown that a computer that is suffering from intermittent blue screens and lock ups it is usually one of the following, in this order.

    hard drive is shot/has bad sectors
    Windows needs to be reloaded (yes, this is a HUGE hammer approach but it is the most efficient and almost always has the side benefit of making the computer run quicker anyway)
    bad ram
    bad component
    bad motherboard.

    The report didn't say what the symptoms were, but if the computer wouldn't boot at all, but would power, then I would immediately assume it was the mobo, PSU, CPU or ram. The people who immediately cited the mobo as the issue would probably be right most of the time. TV shows hold all the footage and they can edit the video to strengthen their own argument and for all we know they edited a comment that was originally, "at this point, it could be ram, power supply or the motherboard" to simply be "the motherboard."

  19. Re:Oblig. on 2.5 Mile Deep Hole Drilled Into San Andreas Fault · · Score: 1

    *yawn* indeed, this joke bores me

  20. Re:Blu - Ray discs on Sony BMG Says Ripping CDs is Stealing · · Score: 1

    You and I must see different because HD looks a hell of a lot better than SD.

    Of course, SD-DVD doesn't really fall under "freedom of use." It's just as illegal to copy a SD-DVD as it is a blu-ray or HD-DVD. I can listen to CDs in Linux, but I cannot watch DVDs. People are however far more willing to break the law to get around that.

  21. Re:Microsoft is horrible because XP is still good? on Microsoft Should Abandon Vista? · · Score: 1

    Holy crap is this /.? If I had mod points, you sir would +1 has a clue

  22. Re:ubuntu on A Gut Check On Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1

    I think Ubuntu is following a path that combines OS X with Windows rather than one or the other.

  23. Re:Only one shot on Mozilla Creates New Internet Mail and Communications Company · · Score: 1

    I think you're mostly right. Outlook 2007 with Microsoft's search added on does work very well, far better than it ever did before. Outlook's spam filtering is still a joke, I can't believe they haven't included something better yet.

  24. Re:Duh! on Workers Cause More Problems Than Viruses · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't allow your users to be local admins, this has done well for me to prevent installations.

  25. Re:Benchmarks be damned on Opera 9.5 Beats Firefox and IE7 As Fastest Browser · · Score: 1

    There isn't a popup window in Firefox either. In fact, you can press / to start the inline search in Firefox, no ctr+f needed.