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  1. Re:Oh My... on The Ignominious Fall of Dell · · Score: 1

    Hmm, another name for things that grows and grows is cancer.

  2. FlashMute on Firefox 3.6.4 Released With Out-of-Process Plugins · · Score: 1

    If you use FlashMute under Windows, edit HKCU\Software\InDev\FlashMute\filenames to include plugin-container.exe. I also found out the FlashMute volume slider control works under Flash 10.1.

  3. Re:Wikileaks doesn't possess these documents on Pentagon Seeking Out Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Maybe it's a psyop trail balloon so the US government would have public support going after WikiLeaks. Kinda like WMDs against Iraq.

  4. Re:A Better Target on Publishing Company Puts Warning Label on Constitution · · Score: 1

    I agree that minorities' rights should be protected. But would an amendment even pass if the majority does not consider minorities' rights as valid in the first place? Wouldn't senators and representatives listen to the majority of their constituents? Look at California's law that banned gay marriage. The argument for the law was: the majority has spoken. An interesting dilemma.

  5. Re:Real Ratina Display on iPhone 4's "Retina Display" Claims Challenged · · Score: 1

    You're modded funny but those commercials of people doing FaceTime do hold the iPhone 4 18-24 inches from their faces.

  6. Nice scam of a business on Malfunction Costs Couple $11 Million Slot Machine Jackpot · · Score: 1

    It's a great scam. When it says you win, you really lose or don't win what it says you win. I wish I thought of it first.

  7. Re:I'm betting on McDonald's, Cadmium, and Thermo Electron Niton Guns · · Score: 1

    OK. Er, I bet the paint were from China.

  8. Re:Strong doesn't mean good, and rebar as a flaw on Sticky Rice Is the Key To Super Strong Mortar · · Score: 1

    I made the mistake of using hot water to soak a blood stained cloth and now the stain will not come out. My wife told me that cold water should be used to wash it because hot water will cook the protein in the blood. Now the stain--not bright red, but much faded but is still visible--is in the form of a crusty texture. Maybe blood can act as a binding agent or something like that and the curing concrete is used to cook it?

  9. Re:Well, shit on EU To Monitor All Internet Searches · · Score: 2, Informative

    This site is really cool.

    I just used FF's Add to SearchBar to add it to my searchbar.

    1. You can generate a custom preference URL (no additional filter, # of search results, etc.) without the use of a cookie and its preference hash is the same regardless of your IP or ISP.
    2. You can use their proxy.
    3. Google's site:xyz works.
    4. You can force SSL for all communication with their site.

    I really hope they don't change their policy.

  10. Re:Well, shit on EU To Monitor All Internet Searches · · Score: 1

    These guys are in Europe. Will they be forced to open a backdoor to the EU?

  11. Re:That information is all being broadcast. on My Location the Next Google Privacy Controversy? · · Score: 1

    So if I don't broadcast my SSID, then Google or an equivalent service should not sniff for it?

  12. She did not rely on your brain on Pedestrian Follows Google Map, Gets Run Over, Sues · · Score: 1
    Here's what Google gave me when I asked for walking directions:

    Walking directions are in beta.
    Use caution - This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths.

    It's a shame this person takes technology for granted and does not rely on common sense. But then she's learning from all the corporations that are too big to fail and is basically asking for a bailout for her own irresponsibility.

  13. Probably not on Low-Level Format For a USB Flash Drive? · · Score: 1

    From watching SuperFlyFlippingA's videos on YouTube, I would probably say you can't do any low level format unless you have a custom USB mass storage driver. The reason is due to the USB drivers being generic in nature and the only way you can send it the complete ATA command set (i.e.: secure erase) is to attach your device directly to the motherboard's ATA/SATA interface (maybe through some bridge?). MHDD won't help even if it knows how since the generic driver blocks the command(s).

  14. Re:The US looks pretty terrible. on Global "Last Mile" Performance Stats Going Public · · Score: 1

    But the telecom execs love the prices.

  15. Re:My question is... on Benchmark Software For Windows 7 Rollout? · · Score: 1

    Do you just PuTTY and nothing else?

    My XP machine at work is using 1.4GB with Outlook, an SQL client, and antivirus software. Open half a dozen or so Excel, Powerpoint, Visio files and you're hitting around 2GB. I'd say 2GB would be the minimum with 4GB the sweet spot these days especially if one were to consider Windows Vista/7.

  16. Re:Thanks for the insight, Ballmer on Ballmer Says Microsoft Wasted Time On Vista · · Score: 1

    Just doing a quick Google search and maybe the behavior you're seeing is due to the camera being tied into the state of the camera fkey? The software maybe turns it on for the duration it's running?

  17. Re:Hey, on Google Says It Mistakenly Collected Wi-Fi Data While Mapping · · Score: 1
    From the link.

    ...next week we will start offering an encrypted version of Google Search.

    That's nice. At least Google should be the ones who gets those stats and not some sniffer in between.

  18. Re:To promote the USEFUL arts on What the Mobile Patent Fight Is All About · · Score: 1

    In fact, the Japanese do this all the time.

  19. Re:Hey! This thing has code! Were you expecting th on Foxit One-Ups Adobe In Blocking PDF Attack Tactics · · Score: 1

    Or if you rename the file to a .pdfa or something like that, the reader will not enable "active" content.

  20. Re:Oil Gusher on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: 1

    Some people speculated that frozen methane on the seabed reacted with the setting concrete Haliburton poured some 20 hours before the accident. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/byrqk/halliburton_completed_cementing_of_oil_well_20/c0p8hub

  21. Re:What do we put now into the "save" icon? on The End of the 3.5-inch Floppy Continues · · Score: 1

    Not separate tracks on vinyl either.

  22. Re:Competing Isn't Cheap on Bing Loses More Money As Microsoft Chases Google · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I hardly create Office documents and Google Docs allows me to not have to install the Office readers for the slim occasion when I need to read an MS Office document. I originally thought the readers are lightweight but they also require updating during patch Tuesdays.

  23. Re:Bruteforce on How Did Wikileaks Do It? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, he did not say bruteforce. He said "going through the most probable passwords...several million--millions of passwords."

  24. Re:Video on Wikileaks Releases Video of Journalist Killings · · Score: 1

    I understand this is what happens during war, when a war is necessary.

    The Iraq war was not necessary and this is all the more reason to charge the Bush administration for war crimes.

  25. Re:Only Apple on iPad Jailbroken · · Score: 1

    There are these controls called Brightness and Contrast. I find it amazing how people use their computers or mobile devices with these controls in their default settings never changing it according to ambient conditions.