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  1. Re:The Salary of the Beast on Microsoft Du Jour - Talks, Upgrades, Salaries · · Score: 1


    6.66 e3
    Floating point Beast


    err... 6.66 e2

    No?

  2. Re:An attempt at a non-flamable response on Parasitic Computing · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mandrake is for nubees... There, a Flame.

  3. Eh... What??? on A Hardware Threepack · · Score: 1

    What gives the PCB its green or brown color is the solder mask. This is an insulating and protective coat that protects the thin copper wires and prevents solder from attaching outside the connection points for the components.

    I have been working on PCB's for about 16 years now, and the only time I have heard the term solder mask was when talking about the item you wear on your face to protect your lungs, and then only for people who solder on the assembly line. I do believe the term that the author was looking for was "conformal coating"

  4. Re:Magnetism and Electrostatic forces seemed weak on Gravitational Repulsion Effect Claimed · · Score: 1

    Don't you know... we make our planes out of plastic now.

  5. Re:Just another quote on Your Qwest Leads To MSN · · Score: 1

    The opposite of broadband is baseband

    You are half right... baseband is an unmodulated signal as opposed to IF (Intermediate Frequency) or the final Transmission Frequency. Sometimes the IF stage is left out like in Home Stereo FM radio.

    Narrowband and Broadband (or wideband) deal with the amount of baseband data that is being modulated to the carrier frequency. Narrowband is a single channel of data and broadband is multiple channels of data, and thus oposites.

  6. Re:Ximian, don't be silly. on Microsoft To Assist Ximian In Producing Mono · · Score: 1

    Nothing wrong with Ximian as long as you get the CD and install from that.

  7. Re:OI! on Animation and SFX with Linux · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't that sig read - All your base are belong to me

  8. Re:In other news... on Software Problem Linked to Osprey Crash · · Score: 1

    Do you realy think that they would respect US law? I dont. The GPL only has power in countries that have/respect copyright. and China DOESNT.

    Sanchi

  9. Re:gps reception? on Speeding To Become Impossible In UK? · · Score: 1

    3 grand??? Good Grief... I bought a differential kit for my Oncore from www.tapr.org for around $200. This thing works great and is fun to play with as well.

  10. Not doing it... Nope! on Napster Introduces Subscription Charge · · Score: 1

    I Sorry, but I can't see paying somebody outside of a P2P connection. Gnutella et. all are viable options that work almost as well, so cya Napster...

  11. What is a Home Entertainment System??? on What Audio System Powers Your Home Theater? · · Score: 1

    Mine is the computer that I am currently using.

  12. My what prompt service you have... on eBay : Where "Opt-out" Means "Keep Trying" · · Score: 1

    I just went back to ebay to re-opt-out, this is what they sent me...

    "Thank you for letting us know which types of eBay communications you'd like to receive."

    "Your preferences have been saved. Please note that changes to your preferences may take approximately 14 days to be reflected in our communication to you."

    14 days... doesn't that seem a bit much for an online service? I could understand 24 hours maybe, but 14 days??? I suppose they have to snail mail each of there departments just to make sure.

  13. Here we go!!! on Do-It-Yourself "Dungeons and Dragons" Film Review · · Score: 1

    //Puts flame retardant suit on//

    I ENJOYED THE MOVIE!

    Thats right, I thought the movie was entertaining. I know there were obvious flaws with the acting/directing and thought they could have had more monsters from the books, but I still had fun. I found myself trying to figure out what spells were being cast and such. When our group plays D&D, we try and do our best to make each game as tacky as possible. It adds to the fun. I found the movie to be very much like the way we play the real game. I suppose some will sugest that people watch it when it comes out on video tape, but I think the only way to see Dragons is on the big screen. All in all, it gets my thumbs up.

  14. Re:Learn to program on How Can New Programmers Contribute to Open Source? · · Score: 1

    With respect, /SNIP/

    Good God... What is this, a college Dissertation?

    1. Program
    2. Have fun!

    If you happen to write something someone can use, then it is a bonus, and you feel good!

  15. Don't forget the Docs on How Can New Programmers Contribute to Open Source? · · Score: 1

    I was like Daniel coming out of High school. I taught myself several languages, but had almost zero experience. I tried to get into driver programming for some amateur radio equipment and had little success in actually writing the code. What I did get out of that experience was a better understanding of how drivers worked. The documentation for the drivers that somebody else eventually wrote were lacking beyond belief, and I found a void that I understood well enough to put into text. Mind you, I am no English major... While I can generally put the technical stuff onto paper, I have to rely on somebody to proof read for me... (read; my wife). The whole idea here is that there is more to the open source project than just the code. The Documentation is just as needed, and maybe what you are good at.

  16. Huh! on The Reactionless Space Drive? · · Score: 1

    "We've got switches now that can work at high voltages at 400,000 times a second," he says. "If you could use one of these switches to rapidly switch the magnet on and off, you might get some propulsion out of it."

    Seems to me you would have a 400,000 hrz vibrator... Not much usefull for propulsion.

  17. Interface on What Would Your Dream Calendar Program Look Like? · · Score: 1

    One of the advantages of Outlook and Office, is that I can integrate them with each other. I use an access database to track our Test Equipment. One of the many items the database tracks is "Date Due Calibration". Access interfaces with Outlook to ensure the proper people are notified when to take there test equipment in for Calibration. For the open source version this kind of interface would best be done in XML. Access/Outlook use Visual Basic for this interface, so for compatibility you may have to add a VBS module

  18. Re: No, *you* have another "think" coming! (-8 on When Is Exchange Inappropriate For The Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    The full expression is:

    "If you believe that, then you have another think comming."

    Thing just doesn't make since...

  19. Re:Disturbing Trend on Unmanned (But Armed) Aircraft Experiments In 2001 · · Score: 1

    More taxi-cabs were bombed in Desert Storm than Scud Launchers. In fact not a single Scud launcher was confirmed destroyed.

    Not sure where you get your info from... I work in the Air Force and was in Desert Storm. While I am not sure about your taxi/SCUD launcher ratio. I do for a fact know that we took out many SCUD launchers. Don't forget that many of the missiles the US used have cameras on board. The primary use of these cameras is not for CNN, but in fact for intelligence gathering. The Generals would like to know that the weapons are doing their job.

  20. Re:I support Prayer in School! but not School Pray on More Candidate Answers - Bush and Hagelin · · Score: 1

    Err...

    I have never heard of Santa Fe, Texas...

    There is a Santa Fe, New Mexico...

  21. Re:Pressure suit? Reentry heat tiles? on Sub-Orbital Skydiving · · Score: 1

    Geosynchronous orbit is 23,300 miles above sea level. It is also at a speed of something above mach 26 (or something). The space shuttle doesn't even go that high. It requires a lot of fuel to get there. When it launches satellites into orbit, it stops in a much lower orbit and the satellite uses a modified version of an ICBM to go the rest of the distance.

    Here again, slowing down from M26+ to 0 requires a vecter pretty shallow relitive to the earth... overheating becomes a major issue... yada, yada, yada...

  22. Re:Getting Past the Censorware with Long Ip's on Mandated Mediocrity · · Score: 1

    actually you can follow links...

    http://1075594032/topics.shtml

  23. Re:Could Someone "Become You"? on Hong Kong Smart Identity Cards In 2003 · · Score: 2

    Yes, you could just copy the card... but what good will that do? You still have to use the card to get through a gate at the airport (or whatever) which would require you to match your biometrics to what is printed on the card... oops, they don't match.

  24. Re:Mutate. on Microsoft's First Ad Targeting Linux · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't call Germans stupid... They are responsible for Suse, which I think is better that most distros.

    Now if you had said "Microsoft must be stupid" I would belive you ;-)

  25. Re:Electoral College on Politics, Assassination, and Debates · · Score: 2

    I have always believed that the electoral college was created in an era when communication was slow at best. It was needed then... now I am not so sure.