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  1. Re:Not sure about the 20" iMac... on New 20" iMac and Dual 1.8GHz PowerMac G5 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Uh, its not an excuse, since Doom III is coming to the mac. Carmack is a huge OS X fan.

  2. Re:Wrong! on Windows iTunes Sells A Million Songs In 3.5 Days · · Score: 1

    No. RTFA. - Apple states 1 million iTMS song downloads (mac and PC) in 3.5 days. Not just Windows. - Apple states 1 million iTunes Windows software (not song) downloads in the same 3.5 days.

  3. Re:Just downloaded it. pretty sweet on Apple Releases iTunes for Windows · · Score: 1

    You have over One Thousand megabytes of RAM. It is ridiculous for you to be worrying about an app using 30MB. In fact it should use as much as it can since it is in a high-RAM-availability situation. OS X, at least, uses the BSD model - it will keep as much as it can in RAM. 'Free' RAM is WASTED RAM.

  4. Re:Incredible claims on Could 'Fire Paste' Replace Shuttle Tiles? · · Score: 1

    uh, wrong.

  5. Re:don't bother with laptops on New Hampshire to Follow Maine's Lead · · Score: 1

    The ACTUAL results in Maine do not agree with your preconcieved notions, at all.

  6. Re:9 Fans? on PowerMac G5 Picture Gallery · · Score: 1

    You have no idea what you are talking about.

  7. Re:Poor choice on Apple's part on Virginia Tech to Build Top 5 Supercomputer? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And that opteron system will use 3x the power and heat. Universities don't spend millions on a 'non efficient choice'. Smart people did the math, and they had facts - which you don't.

  8. Re:Costs on NASA Benchmarks the New G5 Powermac · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, autopr0n - the G4 was not slower, in fact it was faster than the P4 by a factor of 10 in the vector benchmarks (scroll down).

  9. Re:There are three main problems with MS/Turbine g on Middle Earth MMORPG Announced · · Score: 2, Informative

    MS has nothing whatsoever to do with this game. It will be published by Vivendi Universal.

  10. Re:A nice looking service on iTunes Music Store sells 275,000 Tracks in 18 Hours · · Score: 1
    Well I've been looking at laptops recently, I've seen some cheap ones for as low as $800, and some really decent ones for $1200, and this is just at Best Buy. The laptop I wanted doesn't need to be superpowerful, I just wanted something half ass that I can carry around with me to read email, browse the web , maybe do a little coding on the road (or heck, even outside), etc.

    Sounds like you would love an iBook. They are in that price range and fit your needs fine. Apple's laptops are VERY price competetive with PCs, and they are MUCH better designed. -B

  11. Re:I learned one thing from the visualsations... on AIM Meets Social Network Theory · · Score: 1

    The screennames in the graphics are randomly generated, unless you have that person on your list. For 'privacy' purposes.

  12. Re:No license on PlayerPro Source Opened · · Score: 1

    Actually if there is no license, you are not 'free to do what you want with it'. If there is no license and it is just 'released', all you are free to do is play with it yourself and not redistribute anything (except for fair use amounts)

  13. Re:No I got it all right on Microsoft Wants to Take on Google · · Score: 4, Informative

    google ads are NOT called 'placement'. The terms 'pay for placement' or 'paid placement' have very specific meanings in the search engine industry, and google does not use them.

  14. Re:Simply put. on The Ethics of Stealing Wireless Bandwidth? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But you don't know that it was theft. In fact, since there are many FREE access points, open to ALL on purpose, one could reasonably argue in a court of law that since he didn't take the (two clicks!) necessary to protect his network, it was a reasonable assumption to assume the AP was one of those free access points. I would equate it more to picking up a flyer from a stack of coupon flyers left sitting on top of a news rack, or a diner counter. That could have been a stack of flyers just copied by someone at Kinkos, and left 'unlocked' out there in the open accidentally. (stealing!). Or, more likely, they were left there as a free promo for people to pick up.

  15. Re:Here's Hoping... on WWDC 2003: Change of Date And Location · · Score: 1

    Its happened more than once. Hell, the iMac was introduced at WWDC 1998! The statement above could not be more wrong.

  16. invisible file on Wrappers for MP3 CDs in iTunes? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The invisible plist file you see on Mac CDs is not really there. It is a virtual file created by the mac CDDA filesystem. Look at the CDs on a PC, you will see that it does not exist.

  17. Re:drool ...imagine dual pro Macs :) on PowerPC 970 Running at 2.5 GHz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    According to IBM itself the 970 will be cheaper to produce than the G4, due to its small die size.

  18. Re:oh, whatever on iSCSI for Mac OS X? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Your fibre channel numbers are way off. You can get an XServe RAID Fibre Channel and 2.5TB for $10999. The FC host PCI card from apple is $499. 400MB/s throughput.

  19. It was great on Sci-fi Channel's Children of Dune · · Score: 1

    The last scifi channel dune series was better than the orignal movie, IMO. Among other things, they showed more of the story. And the chick was hot.

  20. Re:The media wants quick answers on Updated Information On Columbia Shuttle Tragedy · · Score: 1

    Zeinfeld: Your info is out of date - Columbia was indeed ready to go to ISS. This has been talked about for some time.

  21. Re:Do they have the 10 mil? on X Prize Has New Competitors · · Score: 1

    Probably a good bet on the insurers' part.

  22. Re:Who's Hat on Updated Power Macs at Apple.com · · Score: 1
    My CPU monitor app would tend to disagree with you. OS X uses SMP very, very well.

    Most people who bash Apple's dual CPU machines haven't actually used one.

  23. Re:not related on Cross-Site-TRACE · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oops, 2nd link should be to CERT.

  24. not related on Cross-Site-TRACE · · Score: 5, Informative
    This vulerability is about sites getting access to other sites' cookies.

    It is not likely to be related to the current DDOS, which seems to be this MS vuln.

  25. No men on mars on NASA Wants Astronauts on Mars by 2010 · · Score: 1
    The source for this article is the original LA Times article(freg). The LA Times article says nothing about NASA planning a mission "men on mars". In fact, is says the *opposite*. It says they are developing "enabling techologies" with NO SPECIFIC GOAL to POSSIBLY ENABLE such missions.

    The Guardian article is bunk.