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  1. Re:Poor flash not the bigges barrier on Why Is Adobe Flash On Linux Still Broken? · · Score: 1

    How in the world is Flash "critical"?

  2. Re:It is most munificent of you, on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Why latex at all ? on Modern LaTeX Replacement? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I never figured out LaTeX; TeX always did what I needed, so I didn't see what the point was.

  4. Re:for want of a nail ... on Amazon Explains Why S3 Went Down · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually, that should have been Northeast Blackout of 1965. But you already knew that.

  5. Re:for want of a nail ... on Amazon Explains Why S3 Went Down · · Score: 4, Informative

    Thank you Capt. Obvious. A single bit is enough to cause a cascading failure, and someone overlooked this instance. It's not the first time, nor will it be the last. See New York City blackout of 1977, The Crash of the AT&T Network in 1990, et al.

  6. Obvious on Best Way To Get Back a Stolen Computer? · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.

  7. Re:Oops. on The Tiger Effect and Internet DDoS · · Score: 1

    Maybe I don't give enough credit to the LoC, but for some reason I can't see browsing the stacks for that type of, uh, material.

  8. Re:Download Counter on Mozilla Outage On Firefox 3 Record Launch Day · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Give it a try for a week and you'll get used to it. I've been using Minefield for months and I absolutely hated the awful bar the first time I saw it. Once I figured out how to make it work for me it became much less annoying. Being a wikiholic, the most annoying change was that I needed to start by typing "wiki..." instead of "en.wiki...".

  9. Re:Site is down... on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    Everybody just take a break while I get in to download my copy. I'll let you know when I'm done.

    kthxbye

  10. Awful Bar on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For those who aren't fans of the Awful Bar, there is an add-on to bring back the old bar.

  11. Re:Why talk on GE Microbes Make Ersatz Crude Oil From Many Sources · · Score: 0

    So you're saying that what they're saying is not realistic? FTFA: "Our plan is to have a demonstration-scale plant operational by 2010 and, in parallel, weâ(TM)ll be working on the design and construction of a commercial-scale facility to open in 2011."

  12. Re:1978?? on Happy Birthday! X86 Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Are you kidding? The 8086 was the processor used in the IBM 5150, also known as the IBM PC, introduced in 1981.

  13. Re:fill in the blanks on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those wouldn't be iceweasels in his trousers, would they?

  14. Re:Agreed on finding a drive on Retrieving Data From Old Amstrad Floppies? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Especially since you can find the whole Amstrad 6128 for 20 Euros.

  15. Re:Lawsuit on Comcast Floats a 250GB Monthly Bandwidth Limit · · Score: 1

    I don't know either. Google seems to think that you need to have a ADSL2+ line in order to get 7 Mbps* with Sympatico. Maybe that's the thing.

    * That's the sync rate, of course. Your actual throughput will be lower.

  16. Re:Lawsuit on Comcast Floats a 250GB Monthly Bandwidth Limit · · Score: 1

    1. Bell does not put a speed cap at 4 Mb/s.
    2. "...up to 7Mbps".
    3. Yes, some people can get those speeds.
    4. ... unless you like BitTorrent.

  17. Re:A trickle?! on 100 Email Bouncebacks - Welcome to Backscattering · · Score: 1

    In the past six months or so, mine has grown from 3000 to 11000. That means I have had over 11000 items added to my spam box in the past 30 days. It's madness.

  18. Re:That's not a SPOT watch. on Goodbye To the SPOT Watch · · Score: 1

    Full sentence: "We've discussed related devices a few times in the past; here's a picture of one." It could have been worded better, but it says that watch is a related device, not an actual SPOT watch.

  19. Re:I can't understand Firefox3 beta5 on Ubuntu 8.04 Released · · Score: 1

    So, uh, they're going to support a beta Web browser instead? Interesting.

  20. Re:They are unpleasant already on PETA Offers X-Prize for Artificial Meat · · Score: 1

    Guys! What you are really talking about (and what is referred to in the Wikipedia article on vegetarianism) is the mortality ratio, not the mortality rate.

  21. Re:Hot! on A New Family of High-Temperature Superconductors · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The "firestorm" was ignited by the discovery of cuprate semiconductors, which "have critical temperatures in excess of 90 kelvin"[1], which is above the temperature of liquid nitrogen.

    [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductor

  22. Re:Cubicle? on The Javabot Combines Engineering and Coffee · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is there a way to do that without annoying half the people on my floor?

  23. Re:Paperless Transactions on Doctorow Tears Up ISP Contract Over Net Neutrality · · Score: 3, Funny

    You could just print them out and then tear them up as the need arises. In fact, you could print them out two or three times for additional satisfaction.

  24. Department of redundancy department on Armed Robots Not Actually Gone From Iraq · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article is worth it just for this quote: "So, now there is now redundant wiring on every circuit."

  25. Re:92x92 square miles? Jeez, lets get on it. on Tech That Will Save Our Species - Solar Thermal Power · · Score: 1

    Billion.