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  1. Vista has a great command prompt on Command Line Life Partner Wanted · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Shift-Right click will bring up a shell anywhere, even on the desktop. I've been using it to install the Enthought Tool System (ETS) and it works great. I know there used to be a Powertoy that did this but I don't think it was as powerful.

    I also use the prompt for burning bootable DVD's. I download Server Tools and use the dvdburn.exe utility. Shells are on their way back.

  2. How much power is needed? on FCC Will Test Internet Over TV Airwaves, Again · · Score: 1

    Are they going to have repeaters all over the place or just one antenna. If just one antenna they are going to need a lot of power. Some UHF channels run a megawatt. Plus, where does the uplink go? Through the phone lines?

  3. I've been there on White House Tape Recycling Possibly Erased Emails · · Score: 1

    They are just doing what I used to do. That is until I accidentally taped over my favorite Black Sabbath album. Dohh!

  4. there is another important issue on The Impatience of the Google Generation · · Score: 1

    Is the information they are exposed to accurate? I would hate to be impatient for getting false information.

  5. Laptops don't need an electrical ground on New Dell Laptops Give Users a Literal Shock · · Score: 1

    Thats because the power supplies have to meet UL and VDE specifications which say that if thousands of volts are present on the AC line, nothing gets through to the computer.

    Perhaps what you are experiencing is some AC getting through the RF filter on the power supply. Sometimes there is a very small HV cap between AC side and DC side (i.e. computer)

    I guess in summary I would have to say that the power supplies involved are poorly designed and/or faulty.

  6. Ad bandwidth on Time Warner Cable to Test Tiered Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just how much bandwidth is used up by ads? Over and over again its the ads that hold up the loading of pages.

  7. I have a couple of products on Startup Offers Instant-Boot Windows Alternative · · Score: 0, Troll

    Grub
    Lilo

  8. Re:Trying to break the law is not a crime. on EFF Takes On RIAA "Making Available" Theory · · Score: 1

    I beg your pardon. With 2 or more individuals planning a crime is called conspiracy and they are generally felonies.

  9. Why don't the Nigerians just on LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court · · Score: 5, Funny

    get their money from all those secret accounts that I keep getting emailed about.

  10. Re:The solution is simple: on Research Finds Effects of GSM Signals on Sleep · · Score: 1

    Uh--- its a joke.

  11. Don't you watch Star Trek? on Just What is this ASUS Eee Thing Anyway? · · Score: 1

    Its that thing that McCoy holds over the patient to diagnose him.

  12. The solution is simple: on Research Finds Effects of GSM Signals on Sleep · · Score: 1

    Use CDMA or TDMA phones, or your landline.

  13. This is old news on Domains May Disappear After Search · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Its happened to me several times and the domain names were not very common words- or words at all for that matter.

  14. Newsflash on Heathkit Reincarnates the Hero Robot · · Score: 1

    Google buys Heathkit

  15. They will never die because.. on US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sales By 2012 · · Score: 1

    they do not radiate tons of obnoxious radio interference.

  16. Spread the word: on People Were More Likely To Google Themselves This Year · · Score: 3, Funny

    Self Googling will make you blind.

  17. I vote for.. on Science Magazine's Top Stories of 2007 · · Score: 1

    Either string theory, perpetual motion, or Self Googling.

  18. Its safer you know on People Were More Likely To Google Themselves This Year · · Score: 1

    With all those viruses hanging around. GTD Googly Transmitted Disease

  19. Obligatory Simpsons on Mathematicians Solve the Mystery of Traffic Jams · · Score: 4, Funny

    The episode where the town charter declares the smartest people to be in charge in the absensce of Mayor Quimby.

    Lenny comes up with the best idea. Traffic lights only have red and yellow, no green. Traffic is speeded up immensely.

  20. Who, if any, will honor their on CompUSA To Close All Stores · · Score: 1

    Service Contract?

  21. Evidently these "experts" on Open Source 'Sage' Takes Aim at High End Math Software · · Score: 0, Troll

    have never heard of SciPy and Numeric Python. Numeric has been around for years and SciPy is usable but in development. Various Govt labs have been using Numeric for a long long time.

  22. In the spirit of "keep Portland Weird" on Group Hopes to Rename Street After Douglas Adams · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would rename a street after Aleister Crowley

  23. Newsflash! on Private Company First to Take on Lunar X Challenge · · Score: 0, Troll

    Private company first to contribute space debris.

  24. Just rename file extension on Western Digital Service Restricts Use of Network Drives · · Score: 1

    Usually these filtering methods are so dumb that they go by file extension. So I have a .jpg 2Gb in size.

  25. Did it ever occur to anyone on Brain Changes When Viewing Violent Media · · Score: 1

    That the brain may be showing that it is repulsed? Instead they just blindly assume this activity is excitement. So the assumptions of the researchers determine the outcome. Junk science.