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  1. Re:Tax Funded GPS...why the hell should we pay? on Standalone GPS Receivers Going the Way of the Dodo · · Score: 1

    Never, and I repeat, NEVER agree to pay for GPS "service." You already have in your federal taxes.

    Never, and I repeat, NEVER agree to pay for transportation "service". You already have in your federal taxes.

    See how dumb that sounds? You've paid to build out the infrastructure, but that doesn't mean you're entitled to the means to access it for free. Buy a car, buy a GPS, and buy a GPS app.

  2. Re:I guess I should prepare for extinction then on Standalone GPS Receivers Going the Way of the Dodo · · Score: 1

    And my garmin still use AA battery which mean I can change them in the field and procure new one easily anywhere. thanks.

    So do iPhones. There are quite a few variations on this theme for people who need portable, long-term power.

  3. Re:I'm confused... on Judge Rules IP Addresses Not "Personally Identifiable" · · Score: 1

    Re-read that open AP part. That's especially effective if you live in an apartment building.

  4. Re:Why a process? Surely a thread would scale bett on Firefox To Get Multi-Process Browsing · · Score: 1

    Forking a process on unix-like systems if fairly lightweight but for Windows this will not scale well at all.

    How many tens of thousands of times per second do you need to open a new browser tab?

  5. Re:Am I the only one? on Judge Rules IP Addresses Not "Personally Identifiable" · · Score: 1

    Hahahah, yea, thats great logic, thats why drug dealers always get off when they bust a drug house.

    It's pretty damn easy to prove that Defendant A was in a house at a given time: that's where he/she was arrested. It's all but impossible to prove that Defendant B was using a particular computer at a given time short of a SWAT team physically catching them there.

    What I want to know is why everyone is in such a big hurry to pretend an IP isn't useful for figuring out who is doing something.

    Umm, because it's not? So you catch the IP of my router doing something untoward. Was it me? My wife? One of my minor children? My next-door neighbor? Without additional evidence, you cannot trace that back to an individual, regardless of how much you whine about it.

    Civilization is more important to me than your bullshit rants about your privacy.

    My privacy is more important to me than your Orwellian concept of civilization.

  6. Re:I'm confused... on Judge Rules IP Addresses Not "Personally Identifiable" · · Score: 1

    Identifying my computer doesn't identify me personally by inference?

    Absolutely not. It might have been in use by any of my kids, or might be the IP of my open WiFi AP. A judge finally recognizes this.

  7. Re:I'm deeply concerned on Prof. Nesson Ordered To Show Cause · · Score: 1

    I guess someone with Mod points doesn't think Drop Dead Fred was a very good movie.

    They weren't in the minority.

  8. Re:Too much detail on Prof. Nesson Ordered To Show Cause · · Score: 1

    We're old and prone to forgetfulness.

  9. Re:So it plays back media on VLC 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    VLC has impressed me time and time again. I worship it for its simplicity.

    I think you're thinking of something else. VLC is neat, cross-platform, and awesome, but I've never heard anyone describe it as "simple" with a straight face.

  10. Re:I'm sorry but... on Incandescent Bulbs Return To the Cutting Edge · · Score: 1

    Since today's CFLs have far less of the bluish-white color temperature of early CFLs, I can use them to replace incandescent light bulbs with no problems.

    I bought my wife one of those sun-spectrum reading lamps. One morning I was walking to our bedroom and saw that "ugly blue light" washing around the corner, only to notice a few seconds later that it was real sunlight filtering in through the window. Since re-acclimating to lighting in the same spectrum that we're evolved to use, I can't stand the ugly yellow of most incandescents.

  11. Re:Statutory Damages on Jammie Thomas Moves To Strike RIAA $1.92M Verdict · · Score: 1

    Isn't there some kind of common-sense law which prohibits especially large amounts like this to be handed down to individuals?

    The second amendment. The RIAA doesn't care about human life; why should humans care about the RIAA?

  12. Re:Major browser vendors on Examining the HTML 5 Video Codec Debate · · Score: 2, Informative

    Right, while convenient, that doesn't strike me as a very comprehensive list of "major browser vendors".

    Good point. Let me fix that: "Hickson outlined the positions of each major browser vendor that is likely to get off their ass and release something relevant to this issue within the decade". Does that about cover it?

  13. Re:Exchange Server on London Stock Exchange To Abandon Windows · · Score: 1

    As it turns out, single instance store isn't so hot for email or as an investment strategy.

  14. Re:Privacy? Huh? on US Couple Gets Prison Time For Internet Obscenity · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Extreme Associates Wikipedia article gives you an idea of what they're being prosecuted for

    That's filthy, disgusting, meritless, reprehensible, and none of the government's damn business. Two consenting adults filmed scenes that other consenting adults wanted to watch. That should be the end of the story.

    I normally mean for my sig to be funny. Sometimes, like now, I don't.

  15. Re:Costs should be dropping with revenues on GPS-Based System For Driving Tax Being Field Tested · · Score: 1

    Ugh. I started to write "mileage", but "consumption" popped in there from nowhere.

  16. Re:regenerative braking on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider · · Score: 1

    Maybe a little. Hey, I'm not exactly a thin wisp, though, so it's all in fun.

  17. Re:Exercise while you work. on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    Or even just stand. I went to the home store a few months ago and bought a $20 plastic shelf system, used a hacksaw to cut the legs to the right length, and made two shelves: one for my keyboard and trackball and one for my monitor. I made sure that I use the shoe insoles my wife (a podiatrist) recommended and haven't been tempted to go back to sitting.

    I was nervous for the first few days, and the stream of co-workers dropping in to see me standing all day didn't help. Once the novelty passed (for them and me), it became second nature. My calves are in awesome shape. I've lost a little weight even though I had IV steroid shots for a joint problem. My back hasn't hurt. My posture is much better. It's almost physically impossible to get the after-lunch difficulty staying awake. Now, I may very well come to hate this later, but for now it's been a complete success with no disadvantages at all.

    Tips:

    • Get the cheap shelves so you won't feel bad about hacksawing them as you see fit, and if you give up on the experiment, you can use them in your garage.
    • Customize your shelves correctly. The top of my keyboard is a couple of inches below my elbows so that my arms hang down a little and my wrists are bent back slightly. The top of my monitor is approximately eye level so that I'm looking downward at it. My doctors and OSHA agree that this is the best arrangement. This applies for sitting conditions, too, but if you're going to start with a new environment you might as well get it right from the beginning.
    • Get insoles for your shoes, and not the cheapest Dr. Scholl's kind. My wife insisted on a rigid set and they've done more for foot comfort than I would have thought possible. Seriously, this isn't optional. Insoles. You'll thank me for it.
  18. Re:regenerative braking on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider · · Score: 1

    I can deliver a maximum of ~250 NM of torque

    A typical bike crank is about .17m long. I commend you on your weight loss regiment.

  19. Re:In NYC, we have less tolerance...for cars that on Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider · · Score: 1

    From a NY perspective, the traffic problems have nothing to do with cyclists at all. They have more to do with a perceived right to bring a massive metal and glass behemoth into the world's most crowded places. Keep that sh*t parked outside the city and take public transportation.

    Yeah. It's almost like they think they're allowed to drive on the paved, motor-vehicle-centric streets that they paid for. I'll let you in on a secret: people with your unjustified sense of entitlement are the reason most motorists shrug when they hear about a biker getting run over.

    Yes, I ride my bike to work sometimes. No, I'm unlikely to get run over by leaping in front of a vehicle even if I technically had the right to.

  20. Re:Complexity on New AES Attack Documented · · Score: 1

    Self-correction: ignore that. It's true of finding collisions in hash algorithms, but that's not what AES is. Basically, AES-192 and AES-256 are AES-128 plus a few goodies. Someone found that the extra bits actually reduced the strength below the 2^128 of AES-128 instead of increasing it.

  21. Re:Complexity on New AES Attack Documented · · Score: 1

    Where does 2^128 come from? I would have expected 2^255, since on average you need to try half of the 2^256 possible keys.

    The birthday attack says that you can brute force an n-bit system in an average of (n/2)-bit time.

  22. Re:Big Brother... on Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome · · Score: 1

    Yeah. I miss carrying the phonebooks of all major cities I was visiting so that they'd always be close at hand. Don't you people ever get out?

  23. Re:Oh, hallelujah! on PostgreSQL 8.4 Out · · Score: 1

    We're in the same boat. I had a little script that tried to cobble the information together from a bunch of queries while logged in as admin, but that was so far from ideal that I could hardly stand it.

  24. Re:Big Brother... on Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why would I ever want to share my location?

    Seriously? Imagine you could search Google for something like "sushi restaurant near me", let Google access your location information (once or every time), and get a list of nearby restaurants. Location services are shaping up to be the killer app for mobile computing.

    Why would I want part of my window eaten up by an option I don't like?

    It's not. When you choose "share" or "don't share" the prompt goes away. It's exactly like the "remember this site's username and password?" prompt.

    What happens when I click the wrong one at 5am cause I'm tired?

    Oh, it clears out your checking account, sells your dog, and dumps your girlfriend. Honestly, what does any other random program do when you make a dumb choice? Whatever you asked it to do.

  25. Re:Parent is correct on PostgreSQL 8.4 Out · · Score: 1

    Thats perfectly fine and well, but can you put two different schemas in two different boxes

    First, give us a use case explaining what it is you're actually wanting to do. Second, do db-link and dbi-link (from the GP post) not do exactly that?