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  1. Re:I'm quite the opposite... on Esther Dyson Grudgingly Defends Internet Anonymity · · Score: 1

    Given the current rate of post-natal depression among new mothers, I think legalising such a barbaric act could be a very, very bad thing.

  2. Re:Go install fail2ban on Distributed, Low-Intensity Botnets · · Score: 1

    I am undergoing the same kind of attack here, with what looks like the same dictionary. Fail2ban has picked up some 600 hosts, for about 3000 attempts. So it's not useless for all botnet attacks.

  3. Re:Par for the Course on Losing My Software Rights? · · Score: 1

    Yes because non-profits should never have new buildings or football fields. Much better they reside in dark basements waiting for those generous alumni to give them some scraps from their hard-earned tables, to cover the cost of replacing light bulbs.

  4. Re:Not Really on Should Taxpayers Back Cars Only the Rich Can Afford? · · Score: 1

    Ah, so you take a textbook far-right-wing view? After all, you're calling for the abolishment of taxes.

  5. Re:proper comparison? on Intel Takes SATA Performance Crown With X25-E SSD · · Score: 1

    s/faster/more reliable/g

  6. Case in point: on The Comparative Value of 2-D Vs. 3-D Graphics In Games · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lemmings 3D

  7. SLC too! on Intel Takes SATA Performance Crown With X25-E SSD · · Score: 1

    Ooh, now that could be a dealmaker in the server room. With RAID-5 reaching its limits for magnetic media, a rack of these could be a viable replacement.

    Of course a server room has different priorities to the average gamer:

    1. Reliability
    2. Reliability
    3. Capacity
    4. Price
    5. Speed

  8. Re:Fuzzy math on Samsung Mass Produces Fast 256GB SSDs · · Score: 1

    I'd dispute that.

    To use a car analogy, if you walk from house A to restaurant B at 6km/h and your neighbour takes the same route by car at an average of 60km/h they get there in 1/10 the time you do. They're travelling 10 times faster than you.

    I don't believe there's any difference mathematically between that and waiting for an application to load. Except your neighbour perhaps should have offered you a lift.

  9. Re:Random access on Samsung Mass Produces Fast 256GB SSDs · · Score: 1

    No, discs are circular objects. A disk can be any shape you like.

  10. Re:Let me be the first to say... on NVIDIA's $10K Tesla GPU-Based Personal Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    You can keep your Terraflops. I demand Martianflops!

  11. Re:Quick Poll on Object Lights Night Sky Across Canadian Prairies · · Score: 1

    That would be the "precursor" part he mentioned :)

  12. Re:Quick Poll on Object Lights Night Sky Across Canadian Prairies · · Score: 1

    By that logic, every time a space shuttle lands it becomes a meteorite.

  13. Re:Lead solder replacement on Researchers Getting the Lead Out of Electronics · · Score: 1

    That has been my experience too. After battling RoHS crap I'm going back to my massive roll of leaded solder. The way I see it, this initiative is actually *bad* for the environment as equipment fails more often, requiring more consumption of resources to replace them.

    "RoHS - why settle for just one dry joint?"

  14. Re:Screenshots on Debian Packages Screenshots Repository Launched · · Score: 1

    Yes, I will. Why?

  15. HP in trouble? on HP's Fury At Vista Capable Downgrade · · Score: 1

    This is the same HP that tried to charge me $65 for a recovery CD to re-install Windows XP after a hard drive in my clients HP computer died. A recovery CD that did not come with the computer originally.

    I've no sympathy at all.

  16. Quality concerns on Urine Passes NASA Taste Test · · Score: 1

    Just remember a truly great beverage shouldn't leave you with a foam moustache that can only be removed with turps.

  17. Re:Why not earlier? on Duke Demands Proof of Infringement From RIAA · · Score: 1

    Wait I thought that Memphis was the penguin's daddy, not one of the Orcas?

  18. Re:Politics on Mind Control Delusions and the Web · · Score: 1

    How's this for a delusion people soak up:

    "US Man Expecting Second Child"

    Until you look into it and see that it's actually a woman in trousers. But for some reason we're supposed to call her "him", and then call it a world first - a pregnant man.

    That's delusional in my book.

  19. Re:Well... on AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File · · Score: 1

    No, the 'r' to 's' conversion was quite possibly the result of too much coffee this morning.

    The truncating the end of the sentence? Totally bad CSS.

  20. Re:RAID-Less how??? on Sun Unveils RAID-Less Storage Appliance · · Score: 1

    Crap.

  21. Re:Well... on AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I read it on the /. front page, there was a Samsung ad covering part of it due to some rather poor CSS. As a result the headline read,

    "AVG Visus Scanner Removes Critical Windows".

    That is all.

  22. Re:RAID-Less how??? on Sun Unveils RAID-Less Storage Appliance · · Score: 1

    Okay, I've still got a couple of points left. Just let me mod you up now.

  23. Re:What year is this? 1999? on After 4 Years, HydrogenAudio Opens New 128kbps Listening Test · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm curious. Is this how you respond to all constructive criticism of your work?

    Sincerely,
    A. Potentialinvestor

  24. Re:Best way to get back at them on Two New Class-Action Suits Against EA Over DRM · · Score: 1

    I am currently taking that stance with the RIAA and MPAA, particularly since money I used to throw at them seems to be used to buy laws further restricting my freedom.

    I no longer buy, listen to or watch (endorse) works produced through these associations. I thought I would miss such products, but it's actually been a rather pleasant experience.

  25. Re:Star photo on Very Large Telescope Captures New 27-Megapixel Deep Field · · Score: 1

    Glass? Crystalline? I thought glass was an amorphous solid. I had always believed that the cross-shape on stars is caused by light diffracting around the "spider", the struts supporting the secondary mirror.