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  1. Re:A lot of issues with this on Intel Wi-Fi Provides 6 Mbps Over 100 km · · Score: 1

    we have a whole deployment of expensive motorola canopy, and it's still a piece of shit that gets disturbed at the slighest sign of interference or the wind blows it 0.5 degree out of aligment and the signal drops to zero

    it's better in the 5.7 band, but even more expensive. you can't win with wireless

  2. Re:Good for him! on Facebook Moderator Gets Subpoena in Wikileaks Case · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but this cases sounds like the posterchild to a countersuit for slander. calling him an officer of wikileaks when he is not, then trying to sue him, forcing him into legal expenses, this causing HIM harm.. sounds like the very definition of slander

    good luck julius

  3. Re:Not really counterfeit on Feds Seize $78M of Bogus Chinese Cisco Gear · · Score: 5, Insightful

    have you checked the cisco price list for a standard power cable? do it sometimes, you'll get a kick :)

    (hint: it's around 80$. same cable that comes with every power supply)

  4. Re:Ironic... on Concerns Over Increased 802.11n Power Usage · · Score: 1

    802.3af (poe) can push around 15.7 watts, at 18 watts you've broke it and you now have to run a power point to previously POE powered ones. instant power infrastructure renewal!

  5. Re:Nothing to see here on SpaceShipTwo Design and Pics Released · · Score: 1

    they flew the first one for the prize's purpose twice, but they flew the craft a lot more times than just three. there's (or was) a testing report publicly available for each flight they did, and it's a LOT more than 3. plus a lot of simulation runs. they probably understand their craft quite well by now

  6. Re:free advertising? on SecondLife Bans Unregistered In-World Banks · · Score: 1

    i've tried it, but i can't bring myself to stay logged on for any length of time. it's BLAND

    there's nothing to do, sure you can "build" stuff, but the editor is clunky. and outside of that it's one big IRC chat with the same level of conversation you'd expect from a general chat... if you can even find anyone to talk to.

    the engine is on-par for a 1995 game and without a predictive movement algorithm, when you move around and it has a 2 second lag between your keypress and the actual movement on the screen

  7. Re:Worrisome? on PI License May Soon Be Required for Computer Forensics · · Score: 1

    so you're saying we'd be free them too?

    how much does a PI license costs again?

  8. Re:Really... on New Vista Random Numbers to Include NSA Backdoor? · · Score: 1, Funny

    it's an OS for women, they dont need nor want performances, unless it's a hamlet play

  9. Re:I wonder what category I belong to... on The 5 Users You'd Meet in Hell · · Score: 1

    yeah i know which problem you're talking about. lots of fun reinstalling 9x systems (and even more fun when ME came out and you'd completly hose the customer's system doing the same trick)

  10. Re:I wonder what category I belong to... on The 5 Users You'd Meet in Hell · · Score: 1

    that's still not gone. outlook 2007 on windows xp will randomly stop connecting to your mail server. restarting outlook doesnt do jack shit: you have to restart the computer. fun times explaining that to the user who insist the problem is "with your mail server!"

  11. Re:Uh, read it again. on Hacking VIM · · Score: 1

    the vi that installed by default on debian a few years ago had a nasty bug where if you did esc:ctrl-c it would crash and corrupt the file you were editing (truncate everything after the first page). very handy.

    ive never had a problem with vim, it does what i need it to do and does it well. no fancy plugins though

  12. Re:Does that mean another 10 tedious volumes? on New Wheel of Time Author Chosen · · Score: 1, Informative

    i never found WoT to be tedious, slow at some points but not tedious.

    it's a shame that you find them so because the last two books are truly epic.

  13. Re:WhiteHat Voting on California Testers Find Flaws In Voting Machines · · Score: 2, Insightful

    [quote]
    # All data is stored encrypted and signed.

    All data should be stored in plain text, and signed with multiple hashes, keys and/or ciphers.
    [/quote]

    i think you nailed that one. most people forget that encryption is no good if you already have access to the key, and the software must have the key if it's supposed to make use of the data in the file. thus, a hacker has the key

    remember people: signing good. crypting, not so good

  14. Re:Just malware? on Google Wants You to Report Malware · · Score: 1

    na they used to be available, but not anymore. you can't read the answers without paying

  15. Re:Just malware? on Google Wants You to Report Malware · · Score: 1

    hell yeah! i'd blacklist that shit site called expert-exchange.com, it's ALWAYS in my search results

  16. Re:not surprising on Nano Safety Worries Scientists More Than Public · · Score: 4, Interesting

    so uninformed public overreact/dont overreact to a piece of technology based on just how much dollar is out there instilling or not instilling fear in them (ie, greenpeace).

    this is news how? sheeps will be sheeps

  17. Re:Slight problem on More Evidence That XP is Vista's Main Competitor · · Score: 1

    wine can't even do dx8 properly right now, don't hold your breath for dx10

  18. Re:Holy hyperbole, Batman! on Expert Unveils 'Scary' VoIP Hack · · Score: 1

    you're thinking ettercap, pcap works passively and wouldnt fool a switch

  19. Re:Why it probably won't work on Intel Considering Portable Data Centers · · Score: 1

    there's a matter of scale involved. when you have 20000 racks, having 10% defective at any one time probably wont impact you. if you run 5-20 racks, im pretty sure it will and your space is probably expensive as hell as well.

  20. Re:Why it probably won't work on Intel Considering Portable Data Centers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    good points, and there's also the maintenance and upgrades to consider, unless you're google and you just replace the rack when more than a certain % is defective. for the majority of places, clustering is the exception, not the norm and you just cant leave 70% of your rack full of defective or outdated crap

    consider minor faults too. do you replace the whole rack because a network cable went bad? i don't think so, and i don't want to be the one crawling around that shipping container stringing cat5

  21. Re:f me thats a lot of money on Google Plans to Bid 4.6 Billion on 700MHz Band · · Score: 1

    in fact, i'd say it's going to get more valuable as time pass. spectrum is at a premium (hah!) right now and it's only getting worse (or better..)

  22. Re:I doubt it will be viable in notebooks on Ultracapacitors Soon to Replace Many Batteries? · · Score: 1

    seven? try 25 for my last "laptop"

  23. Re:Full support on Cell Phone Jamming on the Rise · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    yes it's a shame that people will sue a technology that improves society into oblivion because they could not be bothered to stay at home for that important, life-critical phone call. or maybe *gasp* stay at the bedside of the sick instead of going out partying until they get that fateful call.

    grow a fucking pair. cellphones are a scourge plain and simple and until people learn (haha that's the best one! expecting retarded monkeys to learn anything) to be civil, blocking them from places that should be islands of peace should be legal.

    1. someone has a heart attack? use the landline. businesses will always have one, even if only for the fax and/or CC machine
    2. your kid is sick and awaiting a heart transplant? wtf are you doing partying?
    3. an unexpected phone call saying your father has a heart attack? well though shit. knowing 10 minutes early will not save him, YOU can't do anything about it. at best you can give him some comfort, at worst you'll get shoved out of his room for being an annoying fuck. finish your dinner, whoever is trying to reach you can do it after

  24. Re:Something doesn't smell right on OLPC Experiments With Cow-Powered Laptops · · Score: 1

    there's good debt. buying a goat can be a good debt if that goat allows you to live for longer than the duration of the loan.
    taking on a debt you can't afford to pay for a 50" plasma tv is NOT a good debt

    i'm sure you can spot the difference... or maybe you'd rather they starve? or live on handouts for the rest of their lives?

  25. Re:The old packet vs circuit argument? on ARPANet Co-Founder Predicts An Internet Crisis · · Score: 1

    neither does TCP. every packet in a tcp connection could take a different path. of course you get tcp reordering from such an async path and it kills your performance, but it's possible and even probable.

    flow based routing would be more like MPLS, in fact im pretty sure i've seen some big vendors router already doing flow routing