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  1. Re:I think the product you're looking for on Windows Terminal Server Replacement? · · Score: 1

    I've had a lot of trouble with VNC 4 server crapping out on a W2K3 server (clients XP, 2k, AIX, Linux). I haven't seen the same issues when the VNC server is on the AIX/Linux machines. I haven't had any issues with the clipboard, and that feature is really, really handy.

  2. Re:Am I Missing Something? on AMD Demos Dual-Core Athlon 64 · · Score: 1

    Either your loop is to 10000, or the one proc should be doing 0-499 and the other 500-999...

    I'd hate to see a compiler do ten times as many loops as I asked...

  3. Re:Buy offshore on Preparing for the Broadcast Flag? · · Score: 1

    Well, you have to admit - it beats "Damned foreigners!" That's the great part about the English language (in any flavor/flavour) - "There's more than one way to say it!"(TM)

  4. Re:Good stuff! on Intel Develops Hardware To Enhance TCP/IP Stacks · · Score: 1

    PCI-X or PCI-E(4) is needed to come close to 10Gb... PCI-X DDR or PCI-E(8) and up are certainly sufficient.

    fast/wide PCI 64bits/66 MHz 533 MB/s 4.3 Gbps
    PCI-X 64bits/133 MHz 1.06 GB/s 8.5 Gbps
    PCI-Express x4 serial/4lanes 2.5 GHz 1 GB/s 8 Gbps
    PCI-X 266 64bits/266 MHz 2.1 GB/s 17 Gbps
    PCI-Express x8 serial/8lanes 2.5 GHz 2 GB/s 16 Gbps
    PCI-X 533 64bits/533 MHz 4.3 GB/s 34 Gbps
    PCI-Express x16 serial/16lanes 2.5 GHz 4 GB/s 32 Gbps

  5. Re:You want to play games or show off your 3DMarks on Are nVidia's SLI Cards Worth the Investment? · · Score: 1

    A 128MB 5700LE will run ~$75 from Newegg, ans that works out pretty well (and is quite o/c capable). I got the 256MB version and even at the base clocks it smoked my GF2MX400 (ha!)... work great for most things, though it can certainly choke on the newer games if you start upping res and such...

  6. Re:The reason Amazon/Microsoft get so much pub on USPTO Released List of Top 10 Patent Receivers · · Score: 1

    ah, but was the method publicly published or patented before? That would be the key to prior art. Ifit isn't publicly known that it exists and how it is done, it is "patentable" under the current system.

    IBM does publish a lot of whitepapers for ideas that aren't deemed patentable, but are still useful, so that there is a public record of the idea - this (supposedly) prevents anyone else from patenting it.

  7. Re:Different thoughts on patents on USPTO Released List of Top 10 Patent Receivers · · Score: 1

    Right, you can patent something you are working on to protect yourself and prevent someone else from doing it (rather common), you can patent something you would have liked to do (if you had more time) so nobody else patents it, and then you can do it later, or you can patent it with no thought of actually doing it, but if somebody else wants to do it, they have to come to you for the rights (or you can just deny them, but then they usually get around it and you end up with no money).

    The big companies use them for leverage as well as income - the tech companies often "swap" patent licenses - I'll let you use 100 of mine if we can use 100 of yours (written up slightly different after the lawyers, of course). Creating your own useful patents can mean you don't have to pay someone else to use theirs. Innovation can still happen...

  8. Re:15 years from creation time, war has turned to on Is eBay the Promised Land? · · Score: 1

    Paper cartons (for slightly larger items) can almost always be had for free from an office or (aha!) a print shop (kinkos, pip, etc). They tend to empty plenty of those every day.

    The flat rate boxes for priority mail are free (if it fits in the box, it is one rate). Easy not to mess up the shipping charge on those...

  9. Re:Call me Mr Pedant, but... on SATA RAID Enclosure w/ Temperature Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    Eh, it is usually the barn door, but it is also the cows, not the horses...

  10. Re:AdBlock on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 1

    Perhaps a "GET" for the image that then closes the connection so it doesn't actually transfer the data... hits are usually number of requests rather than number of full transfers.

  11. Re:Focus on ground loops, not on RFI sources. on Reducing RFI at Home From Lighting Fixtures? · · Score: 1

    My brother has an effect pedal for his guitar that is so bad that it actually picks up radio (sounds like shortwave, but it doesn't come in clearly enough that we can tell exactly what.

  12. Re:physical location on Fanless Media Center Box · · Score: 1

    There are a couple of HDTV monitors out there that receive their signal via 802.11a which is ~54Mbps.

  13. Re:how many smoots in a green building? on Space Elevator Prototype Climbs MIT Building · · Score: 1

    Yes, and RPI was founded in 1824, which beats those other engineering schools by quite a bit ;-)

  14. Re:What does hacked firmware get you? on An Exhaustive 16X DVD Burner Roundup · · Score: 1

    One problem I have had that is resolved with most hacked firmware loads is that my Sony DVD player (bought in 1999) will not read CD-Rs... It will read DVD-Rs just fine and cand certainly read the media.. but it decides not to play them (NO DISC). The hacked FW can burn the disc to look like a real stamped CD rather than a CD-R, at which point *VOILA* (or Viola, for those more musically inclined) the same contents on the same band media are suddenly read just fine...

  15. Yikes! on 40GB RCA Lyra: Apple Fans Needn't Fret · · Score: 1

    I read that as RC Lycra for some reason (maybe as I grow older I am developing dyslexia)... I can't (won't!) imagine a whole bunch of Apple Fans running around with remote control Lycra pants/etc... in fact, the whole idea of Apple Fans in lycra/spandex is frightening (it is almost Halloween, though...)

  16. Re:Wouldn't want adjustability or anything... on Automotive Tires Without Air · · Score: 1

    >Whould you use a chainsaw with no more background knowledge than "set it on the wood and pull the trigger"?

    Actually, you should have the chainsaw at full chain speed prior to engaging the wood... works *much* better that way :-)

    THe rest of your post is right, though... aside from us VW owners who don't have an accessory position. If you turn the car off, then back to the on position (yes, you should take the car out of gear once the engine is off, but my foot always hits the clutch when I turn the key anyway) then you get your steering back with almost no lock-up time.

    Basic auto safety is everyone's problem...

  17. Re:That's a fair-sized wind farm on Wind Power Falls Under $0.01/kwh · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You do realize, wind (oh yeah, and those missle silos) is the only reason we still defend North Dakota against the invading Canadians (currently the border guard consists of a 15 year old basset hound named Earl and a hand painted sign that say "Turn back, hoser, eh?")

    But really, North Dakota is the windiest state in the nation, and there isn't that much to interrupt there...

  18. Re:Set the price for intermittent electricity lowe on Wind Power Falls Under $0.01/kwh · · Score: 1

    In our area, they place a remote cutout inline with the A/C compressor. For that little gadget one gets a $3/mo credit on the power bill.

    Most around here have either natural gas (within the city limits) or LP (for those too far for city services) to run their water heaters... both tend to be cheaper than electric for heating water.

  19. Re:Encrypt! on New Worm Installs Sniffer · · Score: 1

    Like everyone who uses POP3... especially since most ISPs don't provide APOP or other options.

  20. Re:I think Dave has some points on Dave Barry on Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    >Whoever is president will effect your life.

    The president will 'affect' your life... your parents 'effected' your life. Unless you are the child of one of the candidates, in which case, your vote should be pretty clear anyway...

  21. Re:High price but... on Google Sets IPO Pricing · · Score: 1

    The price *is* ~$88k, the EPS is $5,190... no big drop.

  22. Re:Vega Strike dot sourceforge dot net on What's Your Favorite Open Source Game? · · Score: 1

    I haven't played Elite since my C64 crapped out (many years ago). Now I'm all wanting and nostalgic.

  23. Re:Or in other words... on Automakers Try To Keep Repair Codes Secret · · Score: 1

    To add to the wealth of info on this topic, many places (like Crutchfield) provide the tools free when you purchase the replacement head unit from them. Most shops that sell/install car stereo equipment will have them (try an Ultimate Electronics, Best Buy, Frys, etc.). Many will let you use them to remove the radio from your car if you have bought anything from them, some even if you haven't.

  24. Re:Create vs. Verify on Are Computers Ready to Create Mathematical Proofs? · · Score: 1

    Aside from the people who have enough trouble remembering who they voted for, the people who vote when they are uninformed and choose a large percentage of the ballot somewhat randomly, and those who would love to just mess with the system by intentionally voting opposite on the two machine... yeah... it could work... just not in Florida.

  25. Re:Rumsfeld, anyone? on Are Computers Ready to Create Mathematical Proofs? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, this is three of the four quadrants of knowledge...

    KK | KD
    ___|____
    |
    DK | DD

    So, you can:
    Know that you Know something
    Know that you Don't Know something (the second most common)
    Don't Know that you Don't Know something (most things fall in this category for most people)
    Don't Know that you Know something (the most interesting of the categories)

    Big, huge, red tape operations can easily fall into the latter category (DK)... since it is rather easy for a group to obtain knowledge, yet be unaware of it [political commentary omitted].