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  1. Re:Africa on Behind the "My Location" Errors In Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Depending on country, you may be running into filtering. In the UAE, I used to get very different mapping results for the same coordinate if I used a local proxy, but the US-based proxy would be spot on.

  2. Re:Hear hear! on The Hidden Cost of Using Microsoft Software · · Score: 1

    Why exactly is MS at fault for your admittedly poorly written yet mission critical app?

  3. Re:It's called Windows on How Do You Sync & Manage Your Home Directories? · · Score: 1

    Considering shfs has better caching policies and cryptography than Windows roaming profiles do - I really do wonder if you know what you're talking about.

    Considering that the previous poster (despite the trollish nature of the post) was talking about synchronization, which is not the same as a roaming profile at all, one might wonder if you know what you're talking about. ;)

  4. Bet They Have High Employee Turnover on Bar Wants You To Insult Employees · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a real fun place to work. It may not be pitched at insulting the employees, but it'll end up doing that very thing without a doubt, and I'm sure they'll get tired of it after a while.

  5. Re:Thank God I'm not alone on Why Fear the End of the R-Rated Superhero Movie? · · Score: 1

    Maybe you ought to look and see who directed both movies.

  6. Re:MythBusters isn't the safest show on Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town · · Score: 1

    A 500lb bomb used is mostly casing and other stuff; there is slightly less than 200lbs actual explosive in them. A 1000lb bomb is still under 500lbs actual explosive.

  7. Re:The biggest risc is not cloning on Hackers Clone Passports In Driveby RFID Heist · · Score: 1

    Because kidnapping is a source of money for continued operations, that's why.

  8. Re:Dear asshats @ google: on Google Terminates Six Services · · Score: 1

    Surely you mean "asshats @ school", who've done a piss-poor and inconsistent job of blocking video sites. Blaming Google for someone else's sloppiness is silly.

  9. Re:Buy European? No chance. on USAF Seeks Air Force One Replacement · · Score: 1

    It also quite clearly states them being built under license by Lockheed Martin, a US company.

  10. Re:Might possibly upgrade... on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 1

    However, on the not so bright side...it's all downhill from here on out.

  11. Re: antarctic base 4 on Design Wanted For Antarctic Base · · Score: 1

    "Zathras can never have anything in ice..."

  12. Re:There is no boom on Disney Launches Fireworks With Compressed Air · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but mortars are a hell of a lot louder on the receiving end than a rifle is, too.

  13. Re:You are right, I've never read a review like th on Star Wars Galaxies Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Surely you mean attest. To contest would be to dispute what he said. :)

  14. Re:Ugh. on Intel PAT Compared On 865PE Boards · · Score: 1

    You forgot to add ATM to the beginning, as in At This Moment. :)

  15. Re:This doesn't strike me as unreasonable. on US Army Signs $471,000,000 Deal for Microsoft Software · · Score: 1

    That's not how the Army works. You don't fire and replace very many people. There's a lot of working (or not) with what you have.

    I don't know if you know this, but Army pay isn't exactly competitive.

  16. Re:This doesn't strike me as unreasonable. on US Army Signs $471,000,000 Deal for Microsoft Software · · Score: 1

    Then why do they keep SMSing XP updates onto my XP machines? I think you are operating on dated information.

  17. Re:Thats way less then the artists get from Kazaa. on How Labels And Artists Divvy Up Your Dollar Online · · Score: 1

    Negative -- everybody wins! The artist gets their 100%, the record company gets 100%, and YOU GET TO KEEP YOUR 100% too!

    Uhh...I have to go to the patent office, back shortly.

  18. Re:Other tech from the battlefield to the enterpri on The Soldier is the Network · · Score: 1

    5.56mm has less penetration through walls, in addition to less wounding potential "post-wall" due to it's lighter projectile that sheds mass and velocity that much quicker than 9mm rounds and up.

    That said, the maximum effective range for the rifle round IS a lot higher.

  19. Re:GSM = working on Delays and Problems for India's New CDMA Network · · Score: 1

    Hmm...do you reckon maybe somebody whipped out a cell phone infrastructure for those very purposes? It's a hell of a lot easier to do that than worry about landlines.

  20. Re:OMG on The Internet and The War · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind people will see only what they "need" to see, and that platoon level elements won't have full battle plans or theatre level information that a general would have access to.

  21. Re:OMG on The Internet and The War · · Score: 1

    You could point it at them, and their not wanting to die might make them more amenable to your point of view, at least in the short term?

  22. Re:It's true on The Internet and The War · · Score: 1

    The issue was not the capture, since they could change the codes for that. The issue was that the machine(s) got captured and the Germans didn't know, thus were not able to execute that continency plan. There's always a way to fail, so what's your point? :)

  23. Re:Soldier Skills. on The Internet and The War · · Score: 1

    GPS is an auxillary tool. If they have a map, they drive on. Comms are the same way, more a nice option than necessity. Ammo -- ok, a whole lot less so. You need that. :) You make it seem as if there's some bit of a problem they will just give up and go home. It doesn't work that way.

    Don't misunderstand me as saying those items don't go into the force multiplier category, giving an advantage, just saying their lack can be worked around for your average mission.

  24. Re:Jesus Christ! Get with the program, grandpa! on HTTP: The Definitive Guide · · Score: 1

    Well...somebody's badly in need of a clue, but it isn't the OP.

  25. Re:Why? on Rent a Segway · · Score: 1

    Leaning may be more effort than simply standing...but it's not "a lot more than that." Don't try to make the Segway out to be exercise in any form please, that's just ridiculous.