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  1. Re:They're taught to keep their beliefs on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    How about, "I'm not closed minded, you're just wrong!"

  2. Or maybe a dash of creativity... on The US Rural Broadband Crisis · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In many rural areas, wireless broadband is making inroads. Find the nearest neighbor that *can* get cable, and set up a wireless bridge to them. If there's a few people around you, set up a good access point and resell it.

    I know, some cable plans don't like that... but on the other hand, it's not like they were planning to sell it to those folks anyway. Also, in my area, you can pay for "enterprise cable" service which is very reasonable, and they won't complain about what you run on it.

  3. Re:So? Can't he use a Windows box to route? on Pirate Banned From Using Linux · · Score: 1

    See, that's what I'm talking about.... LOL

  4. Re:So? Can't he use a Windows box to route? on Pirate Banned From Using Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's no fix, that's a hack job. I meant what I said and trying to be "cool" by putting words in my mouth is no way to make a point.


    You must be new here. "Fixed it for you" is a common /. joke similar to "you mispelled ...." in which someone "hacks up" (to use your terminology) a statement - usually in a funny way, but often making a point. It's almost satire. Ok, maybe that's a stretch.

    For example, you could reply to this post with:

    in which someone "hacks up" (to use your terminology) a statement - usually in a not so funny way
    Fixed it for ya....
    ;)
  5. Re:Threesome on A Three-Way AMD Opteron Server · · Score: 1

    You owe me a new keyboard.... LOL

  6. Re:Please explain on Toyota Unveils Plug-in Hybrid Prius · · Score: 1

    That's circular logic... If we can create our own oil through TDP, then we could conceivably continue to burn more carbon than plants scrub out of the air. The only way to balance the equation is to burn less, or scrub more. It doesn't matter if it came from old oil or new oil.

  7. Re:Please explain on Toyota Unveils Plug-in Hybrid Prius · · Score: 2, Insightful
    It is carbon neutral, in that the carbon in the plant came from the atmosphere, and goes back to the atmosphere as exhaust. Better than gasoline, which takes carbon from the ground and sends it to the atmosphere.

    I just don't get this at all. "Carbon neutral" is a bad term, and bad science. I first saw this when reading about thermal depolymerization. (I don't see it in this article)

    You have plants removing X per time amount of carbon from the atmosphere. You have cars and stuff emitting carbon at Y per time. If Y > X, then we are spewing more carbon into the atmosphere than is being scrubbed, period.

    It doesn't matter if the carbon in Y came from recent plants or from plants a million years ago; it doesn't matter if the carbon was harvested from the surface or 500 feet down. If carbon emissions are harmful (not debating that here) then we have to stop burning carbon. It doesn't matter if it's oil or ethanol or coal or any other form of carbon.

  8. Re:First thing in the morning on First Thing IT Managers Do In the Morning? · · Score: 1

    I carry a laptop... and run an intense amount of software over a given day. So for me shutting down nightly just makes sense.

    So????

    Original question still stands...

    I put my MBP through a lot of intense work, and yet leave it on overnight, so the backuppc process can get to it.

  9. Re:Privacy shcmivacy on Virginia Tech Report Cites Privacy Law Problems · · Score: 1

    This site has some interesting viusal perspectives on the issue.

    I really wonder what would have happened if we had a culture that wasn't so paranoid about guns and allowed more guns on campus.

  10. Re:ZFS on Does ZFS Obsolete Expensive NAS/SANs? · · Score: 1

    Which is why I have 4 disks in the array... :)

  11. Re:ZFS on Does ZFS Obsolete Expensive NAS/SANs? · · Score: 1

    I agree... $2000 for 1.4 TB is a bit expensive. I just put together a box with 1.4 GB Raid5 for just under $800 using decent parts from newegg. OTOH, this doesn't include hot-swap bays and such, but it's a great storage solution on a small budget.

  12. Re:I'd like to say... on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Thunderbird vs. Mail.app on Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 2.0.0 · · Score: 1

    I use IMAP to check several accounts, and the last time I tried Outlook, it choked on IMAP.

    Course, I haven't used windows for quite a while now.

  14. Re:Can you say... on Daylight Savings Time Puts Kid in Jail for 12 Days · · Score: 1

    and from there comes higher public office... state legislature, federal, and presidency. Kinda explains a lot, doesn't it?

  15. Re:AVG on A Bad Week for Symantec · · Score: 2, Funny

    I only use Windows for maybe 2 hours a day to play a game, then I reboot to Ubuntu for real work.

    Yeah, actually it's really annoying, because AVG is always trying to scan the hard drive when I go to play a game.

  16. old news on IE and Firefox Share a Vulnerability · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My submission was rejected on the 13th.

  17. Re:That's not the formula! on Bitlocker No Real Threat To Decryption? · · Score: 1

    Pinky never thinks what Brain thinks. It would be more like:
    Except once, something like:

    Brain: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

    Pinky: I'm thinking I am never thinking what you are thinking...

    Brain was astonished.
  18. Re:Weird on Boeing Drops Wireless System For 787 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I scanned the article summary above and thought that Boeing was going to a Weird network. I skipped right to the article to see the details and was disappointed.
    Umm, then you obviously didn't read it, as it said they had AP's above every row. Sounds weird to me.
  19. Re:Spammers IGNORE the MX priority on Fight Spam With Nolisting · · Score: 1
    that spammers ignore the priority of your MX records.


    That's when they pay attention to MX records at all. I have seen numerous times where they attempt to connect to the IP for the domain or www.domain, ignoring the MX records.
  20. Re:Frameworks are for sissies... on Ruby On Rails 1.2 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Rails provides so much more than just MVC. It *is* built on solid OO design, and the ActiveRecord framework is pretty solid, and would take a lot of time to recreate by hand. Why reinvent the wheel? The point of rails is to free you from having to do that stuff all over again. "Don't Repeat Yourself" is the motto, and I find that to be the biggest reason to use rails. As I have grown in my own programming abilities, I've discovered the greatest frustration is when I repeat code (or worse, copy and paste).

    With the rails framework, you also get(besides MVC and AR): Built in data validation, error reporting from the validation(model) immediately available to the view, session flash (temporary message carried through to next page view), the new RESTful approach (try it!), different responses based on request type, all sorts of view helpers, easy to integrate ajax.... man I just can't list it all.

  21. Unicode on Ruby On Rails 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    According to the release notes, Rails 1.2 works with Unicode.

  22. Re:Additional cost savings? on New Rocket Engine Successfully Tested · · Score: 1

    Aside from the storage dangers where a spark would create a bomb, you would have to make sure your rocket nozzle spit the stuff out faster than the combustion rate... otherwise the flame will backtrack into the tank, and you end up with a bomb again.

    Of course, if your nozzle could spit things out at that rate, why bother with combustion?

  23. Re:release the funds... (yet) on Paypal Won't Release Funds To Slain Soldier's Family · · Score: 1

    No, not always, and I don't think they started out with credit card capability. If someone else has paypal tied directly to their bank, as do I, they can transfer money to me with absolutely zero charges. I get exactly what they transfer to me. Neither one of us get charged.

    Actually, since they make two small deposits to test/activate your account, I'm slightly ahead.

    Yes, on my other business account that accepts credit cards, they charge a fee per transaction.

  24. Re:release the funds... (yet) on Paypal Won't Release Funds To Slain Soldier's Family · · Score: 1
    PayPal is not a registered financial institution (bank, savings/loan, credit union or any similar) and therefore unable to collect "float" interest on deposited monies.


    Then how the heck do they make money off the whole thing? It's that float time that they make money from.
  25. Re:Now that is a good idea on Detecting Tailgaters With Lasers · · Score: 1
    In fact the car in front needs to slow down to accomodate the unsafe driving situation.


    In fact, this is *exactly* what I tend to do. Tailgating me only makes you go slower.