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  1. Re:My choices on Directory Service Implementation From Scratch? · · Score: 1
  2. look at Sun x4500 on Sun Unveils RAID-Less Storage Appliance · · Score: 1

    1] The filesystem is called ZFS not Zettabyte

    2] They appear to be twice as expensive as storage solutions that sun already sells.

    Compare:
      Sun Storage 7210, Option 3, $117,995, 44Tb

    with
      Sun Fire X4500 Server, Config 4, $61,995, 48Tb
     

  3. Re:64 bit inux perhaps? on Adobe Opens the FLV and SWF Formats · · Score: 1

    Don't forget swfdec, which is included in Fedora 9. I've tried it (and gnash) and they work fairly well. Unfortunately, one needs to add non-free codecs to get youtube videos working, but they do work.

  4. OR on GoogleOS Scenarios · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about a virtual os that is optimised for web use that runs under vmware player. Google can manage all the configuration, updates, virus protection, malware protection (if needed) etc.

  5. Now we know what they meant on Human-Dolphin Partnership Reserve · · Score: 1, Redundant

    when they said: So long and thanks for all the fish.

  6. Re:Obviously, they were fighting terrorism on Piracy Setup Discovered in WV Capitol Building · · Score: 2, Informative

    get your mottos straight:

    West Virginia: Montani semper liberi - Mountaineers are always free
    Virginia: Sic semper tyrannis - Thus always to tyrants (meaning death from the slain king in the state seal)

  7. Re:Who has the original? on War of the Worlds by the Star Trek Cast · · Score: 5, Informative
  8. Re:More Sequels on George Lucas Struggles to Reinvent Himself · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was already a sequal: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079576/

  9. Re:Good for research, but no real choice for parie on First Successful Cell Transplant Cures Diabetes · · Score: 1

    As someone who takes Immunosupressants for a kidneytransplant, I can assure you that most, if not all immunosupressants, are orally taken medications which are much better than injecting anything. Less chance of injecting the wrong amount and not sticking anything into you skin are worth it. Modern immunosupressants have been in use since the mid-70s but there are many new ones that have come out in the last ten years.

  10. Re:Safari runs like crap on Symantec: Mac OS X Becoming a Malware Target · · Score: 1

    How much RAM do you have? I usually recommend 512Mb.

  11. Isn't that what RedHat concluded? on Slackware 10.1 Beta And Pat's Health · · Score: 1

    I believe that if you regularly use and rely on certain software - OS or not - that you should be obliged to pay something in return to the support the process.

    Isn't that what RedHat concluded, then split their distribution into Enterprise and Fedora. Ever since the Enterprise product came out, more people at my organization started using Linux.

    You just can't sell free software.

  12. Re:Speed is good on Closer to Human Flight · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Isn't a flare essentially a stall that is really close to the ground? If you watch birds land they flare and then pop their feet out of the tuck position so that they land on their feet. My guess is that with practice, a human can do the same. It's surviving the practice thats the tricky part.

  13. Re:Open Office on Free Windows Software Without Spyware/Adware · · Score: 1

    Yes, the OpenOffice suite appears to be overlooked so far. OpenOffice 1.1.4 appears to be the current version.

  14. Re:Hyperthreading is not good for these benchmarks on Linux Shootout: Opteron 150 vs. Xeon 3.6GHz Nocona · · Score: 1

    I seem to recall that you are not supposed to turn off hyperthreading on a single cpu p4/xeon. I'll see if I can find a reference. It is optional on smp implementations.

  15. Living Unrelated Liver Transplants on Todd Need[ed] a Liver · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It is cutting edge, but it is possible to do living unrelated liver transplants. The transplant clinic here in Richmond, Virginia ( Hume Lee Transplant Center ) has done about 60 in the past three years according to their web site. Several have been published in the local paper.

    In general, transplants from living volunteers have better results because the organ is away from a real blood supply for the shortest amount of time.

    I'm sure the transplant center Todd delt with had a medical reason to do what they did ( or possibly that is the only transplant his insurance would cover )

    7 years ago I received a kidney from my mom so I could live. Three months later my brother died suddenly and his tissued were used in transplants to others, so I am in a unique position to see both sides.

    I think that those who have complained that Todd "jumping the list" fail to see the point: There needs to be more organs available for transplant, better preventative health care to reduce the chance diseases don't destoy one's organs, and more research towards ways of improving transplantation, and alternatives to transplant ( for example: artificial hearts )

    Some places already have organ exchanges set up for kidney transplants so that if you have a member of the family that needs a kidney, and yours won't work, you can arrange to give yours to someone else and your relative gets bumped up the list. For example see .

    There is also Living Donors Online which seeks to coordinate living donors for kidneys, livers and bone marrow. There are many cases of people who donate even if they don't know someone who needs an organ, because they feel it's the right thing to do.

  16. Re:Discussion Board on Fedora Core 3 Test 1 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    The discussion lists you want are listed here.

    Now that they have a test release, I would recommend the fedora-test list to track what is going on with FC3 or the fedora-devel list.

  17. Re:OK, just use the XP bootloader on Fedora Core Doesn't Like to Dual Boot? · · Score: 1

    My $.02:

    Since I usually multiboot, I've been using System Commander for years and haven't had any problems. I suspect it may help in this case too since when you install grub, I don't install it on the mbr. So far I haven't had any problem with any of the Fedora Core 2 test installations and Windows.

  18. Re:LiteOn Airboard on Home Theater Keyboards? · · Score: 1

    I've been using a LiteOn SK-7500 with built-in joystick mouse control for two years for my computer/home theater system without any problem. I don't see it listed anywhere using Google; this seems to be the replacement:

    LiteOn SK-7551
    http://www.liteon.com/prod/getProduct.do? xml_id=4_ 2&menu_id=4_2_8&cid=1_8_4&pid=51

    http://store.yahoo.com/keyboards/skirwirkey.html

    http://www.censuspc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?S cr een=PROD&Product_Code=LITEON-7551B&Category_Code=_ LITE-ONSTORE

    http://www.aicmicro.com/productdetail.asp?id=213 91

  19. Re:What's new? on Fedora Core 2 Officially Available · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here is the bug number for the dual booting problem: 115980

  20. Re:too bad no firewire on Fedora Core 2 Officially Available · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is the bug number for this: 119262 There is a posted workaround there, and mention on the fedora-test-list that a fix was submitted to CVS but too late for the final release. It may show up in a future kernel update.

  21. Re:getting around the IP blocks on Fedora Core 2 Officially Available · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try here: rpm.livna.org

    If the packages you look for are not there, they may be released soon.

  22. Does it mention the Bamboo Bike? on Bicycling Science, Third Edition · · Score: 1

    Remember the Bamboo Bike

  23. The only good thing about running NT on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 1

    The only good thing about running NT, is that Linux, BSD, and other better OSs will run on the same hardware.

    Here is another good link:
    http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/vi sby/

  24. But will it work? on Privacy in the Woods? · · Score: 1

    Having spent a great deal of time doing ground search and rescue about 15 years ago, I'm not sure your idea will be worth the effort to employ. Searches may be different in other parts of the country, but around the Appalachian mountains when I operated, most of the searches I went on were for folks that that either didn't want to be found, or didn't know that they were getting lost, for example young children, entusiastic teens who went bounding off into the woods, distraught and/or suicidal folks, and people with some form of dementia. Furthermore, they were folks that were not likely to stick to trails. Shelters on the Appalachian Trail usually have paper logs that many hikers fill in, no advanced technology needed there. I went on many hikes multi-day hikes by myself, before ubiquitous cell phone use, and always told people where I would be and when I would return, and at what point to call Search and Rescue, and always called when I left the trail and got to the nearest phone. I can see where electronic check in stations, particularly in the Rockies or Alaska could be helpful but many people go to the woods to specifically get away from technology. I also think they would also think they would just get vandalized.

    I think its good to investigate these things, but as some areas that imployed face detection cameras have found out, the ineffectiveness of the design proved to be much more problematic than the civil rights issue.

  25. Re:Frank K. Thomas on Abandoned & Little Used Airfields · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I took a plane ride with Frank also.

    I think he was the oldest, or at least one of the oldest, licensed pilots in the us.

    My experience was much like this website, right down to him turning off his hearing aid after takeoff:

    http://www.worldserver.com/gsp/2000RaftTrip/fran k. htm