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  1. Link on Firefox page is incorrect on Security-Updated Versions Of Mozilla Released · · Score: 3, Informative
  2. Re:That's why anyone with half a brain uses on FCC Rules VoIP Must Be Tappable · · Score: 1

    John Proctor: Elizabeth, I confessed!
    Elizabeth: Oh, God!

    -- The Cruicible

    (Actually, my family has traced itself back far enough to know that Mary Warren was one of my ancestors.)

  3. Re:Better junk mail via fake info. on The Rise Of Reg-Only Media · · Score: 1

    I've been sent offers for complementary subscriptions to, e.g. Dr. Dobbs and Business Journal. All because I was filling out those online registration forms for different websites back in middle school.

  4. Re:Speaking of Google... on The Rise Of Reg-Only Media · · Score: 1

    CNet used to do that. (Maybe they still do.)

    To this day, I still get emails about printer ribbons and inkject cartridges, all because of a single bit of research I did in middle school.

  5. Re:Good job ESA on ESA To Study Human Hibernation · · Score: 1

    You still age while you sleep.

  6. Atrophy on ESA To Study Human Hibernation · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Having someone sleep indefinately is only a matter of controlled sedatives. I imagine their biggest problem is going to be organ atrophy.

    If they solve that, then they'll have an extremely valuable spinoff technology that will help everyone from the temporarily wheelchair-bound to the hospitalized.

  7. Re:10 GHz? on Intel Announces New Chips, Chipsets · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I forgot about PowerNow!. I didn't know about CnQ, though. Guess I was in too much of a hurry to look it up.

  8. Re:Irony on Moving To Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's been said before, but the only intuitive interface is the nipple.

  9. Re:Bleex? on More on Next-Generation Army Gear · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, you'll need a battery that won't be damaged by impacts. Then I'd probably go with a piezoelectric power source in the shoes. I remember hearing about a guy who recharged NiCads that way.

    Or you could put a reciprocol moter powerd by air pressure generated from flexing of the gloves. Or even a simple hand crank+dynamo that you sit down and wind whenever you have the time.

  10. Re:lots of choice quotes on More on Next-Generation Army Gear · · Score: 1

    I'd bet they'll add gyros to prevent them from being knocked over. Actually, there's a lot of neat ideas in Heinlein's Starship Troopers about the armored soldier.

  11. Re:10 GHz? on Intel Announces New Chips, Chipsets · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why not use this adaptive frequency model in CPUs.

    They do. It's called SpeedStep or LongRun.

  12. Re:Leakage Current and Heat on Intel Announces New Chips, Chipsets · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to the article, they can use less power, due to the feature shrinkage.

    I won't pretend to understand the relationship of power and leakage wrt feature size, though.

  13. Re:Debian... on Debian Aims For September Release Date · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've never installed Slack, but I can tell you a bit about the old Debian installer.

    It doesn't automate much more than keeping track of what stage of the install you're in.
    It figures out the most likely two or three things you'll want to do next, and puts them at the top of your list of options.
    Its questions are fairly straightforward (How do you want to partition your drives? What FS do you want? What partition should go with which mount point? What kernel modules do you want to install? DHCP? What IP address/netmask/gateway? etc.)

    Granted, a lot of people won't know what kernel modules they'll need the first time they install...

  14. Re:Netinstall!!! on Debian Aims For September Release Date · · Score: 1

    Last time I installed Debian (a month or so ago on VMWare), I did a net install with six floppy images. Is that still going to be possible?

  15. Re:Looks interesting. on Syllable - The Little OS with a Big Future? · · Score: 1

    Uh, I had a Voodoo 1, and I could have sworn it was 3D-only.

  16. Cool sight... on Soyuz To The Moon? · · Score: 1

    ...for the ISS astronauts. Seeing people return to the moon should have a profound effect, since it hasn't been done in so long.

  17. Re:If you are tired of 503 on Soyuz To The Moon? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Look on the bright side...503 errors don't count towards your advert-free pages. :)

    Has this been going on all weekend, or did it start this morning?

  18. Fine... on Soyuz To The Moon? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...so long as it helps fund their space program. The more the merrier.

  19. Re:Looks interesting. on Syllable - The Little OS with a Big Future? · · Score: 1

    I haven't run that machine in a while, but I think it's got a Trio64V+. A quick googling didn't say if it supported VESA 2.0.

    Funny thing about that card...I had two of them. When the first died, I shutdown, swapped out the card, and powered back up. Since I didn't have to reconfigure X, that had to have been the easiest Linux video card installation I've ever done. :)

  20. Re:So what is it? on Sun Rays For Linux · · Score: 1

    Sounds similar to a VNC client. What existing Linux applications would support it?

  21. Re:... and Sun's potential acquisition of Novell on Sun Rays For Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    According to this Ars Technica column, Sun's CEO was just playing the media.

  22. So what is it? on Sun Rays For Linux · · Score: 1

    The links aren't very technical. Is it an X server?

  23. Re:Also... on 70% Of 2004 Virus Activity Down To One Man · · Score: 1

    In most cases, yes. Throughout education, though, teachers still generally have a plan as they give you work. (Most of it's practice, near as I can tell.) As a counterexample, take scientific work. You have to document your steps, so others can reproduce your results.

  24. Re:syllable.org slashdotted on Syllable - The Little OS with a Big Future? · · Score: 1

    In the same way as Linspire?

    Hopefully they would have taken a different approach, though. But the reviewer's screenshots don't look promising in that respect.

  25. Looks interesting. on Syllable - The Little OS with a Big Future? · · Score: 1

    I never used AtheOS, but I might install this on one of my older machines. (As in 200MHz as opposed to 750MHz) Apparently it'll work. :)