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  1. Re:Small sample is right on Google vs. Bing — a Quasi-Empirical Study · · Score: 1

    Huh? No, the blog was a post from a new line of e-learning stuff for vmware, the feature was released back with the original vma and made more functional with the vsphere vma. I had never read the release notes but it was correctly returned as the most relevant result. Heck to check just launch a private browsing session and do the same search.

  2. Re:yes, my 1990 Acorn A3000... on Embedded Linux 1-Second Cold Boot To QT · · Score: 2

    The biggest problem is the first widely used MS OS that support EUFI was Vista x64 SP1 so system builders had basically no incentive to switch (EUFI supports BIOS emulation but if 90% of systems sold will be running the emulation why not just ship a BIOS with fewer compatibility issues).

  3. Re:Not a big deal on Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go · · Score: 1

    Have you looked for a fixed location WiFi based ISP often called WISP's? My buddy in the Texas hill country that can't even get a cellphone signal from any provider uses a WISP and T-Mobile with UMA for calls.

  4. Re:Performance is already pathetic on Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go · · Score: 1

    Most likely he's in a margin coverage area and is falling back to 1xrtt speeds instead of EVDO, though even then he should see 60-100kbps.

  5. Re:Files are getting bigger and bigger on Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go · · Score: 1

    It's not a smartphone plan, it's for a MiFi or USB stick!

  6. Re:Bait and switch? on Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go · · Score: 1

    No, he bought a device on their broadband2go plan "the only internet you'll ever need" that has been and is still advertised as unlimited data for $40/month.

  7. Re:Wrong on Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go · · Score: 1

    Except Virgin doesn't allow BYOD. If they did I would buy a decent unlocked Android phone for the wife, they only offer the awful Samsung Intercept.

  8. Re:Small sample is right on Google vs. Bing — a Quasi-Empirical Study · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just did a quick check to see if Bing had actually improved since I last used it, I type "vmware vma password saver" without the quotes into both bing and google since I had read a blog post today about a cool feature but couldn't remember the exact command, googles first result was the vma release notes that talk about the feature, bing had no relevant results in the entire first page. Doesn't look to me like googles in any danger of losing my eyeballs.

  9. Re:And AltaVista Personal? on Google vs. Bing — a Quasi-Empirical Study · · Score: 1

    It even indexed mbox files intelligently =)

  10. Re:What about AltaVista? on Google vs. Bing — a Quasi-Empirical Study · · Score: 1

    Actually until they switched to using Yahoo's engine I continued to use it for some searches because they had the near operator which Google has yet to implement.

  11. Re:What about AltaVista? on Google vs. Bing — a Quasi-Empirical Study · · Score: 1

    You're going to make me break out lynx just for the nostalgia =)

  12. Re:HUGE amount of secrecy surrounding this on Jeopardy-Playing Supercomputer Beats Humans · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The local fire warden won't care about their secrecy if he gets alerted to a hazmat issue.

  13. Re:finally some common sense being applied on Jerry Brown Confiscates 48,000 Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    I wonder, is it more expensive to put up a tower and transmitter capable of reaching an entire DOT area or to pay the private sector a small fee to rent time on their existing infrastructure?

  14. Can airtunes do multizone? on Apple Releases IOS 4.3 Beta To Developers · · Score: 1

    If so the ipad with a custom app would be the coolest multizone controller ever.

  15. Re:Why Must NASA Develop a Launcher? on NASA Pitches Heavy Lift Vehicle To Congress · · Score: 1

    No, there is a pipedream called Falcon X with a proposed $1B budget just to design the engines.

  16. Re:A Bit Left Off on NASA Pitches Heavy Lift Vehicle To Congress · · Score: 2

    So stop putting the people on top of the cargo stack, launch them separately and have them rendezvous with the deep space vehicle en route. It's a lot easier to make a safe affordable vehicle if it's small and we already have some grasp on how to make a big payload vehicle cheap so marry the two.

  17. Re:Let's get this straight on NASA Pitches Heavy Lift Vehicle To Congress · · Score: 2

    I thought the idea was you throw the people up with Falcon 9 and the big payload with Ares V, why does the heavy lifter need to be man rated?

  18. Re:Let's get this straight on NASA Pitches Heavy Lift Vehicle To Congress · · Score: 2

    RS-68B has the cooling and is estimated at $18-20M per. Since it's useful for NASA, the air force, and commercial payloads the development cost is spread over the most possible launches.

  19. Re:Wrong market - Wrong target audience on Wireless GeForce Graphics Card Announced · · Score: 1

    Ok, so how many non-overlapping 40MHz channels are there in the 5GHz ISM band? I honestly don't know. I know there are 23 22MHz channels available for 802.11a/n but not all of those are non-overlapping.

  20. Re:Why Must NASA Develop a Launcher? on NASA Pitches Heavy Lift Vehicle To Congress · · Score: 1

    Because we lost the pickup truck and now only have the possibility of little capsules that can dock with assembled modules. Though I guess in theory if 23,000kg is enough to launch a habitat module with airlock, maneuvering engines and something like Canda Arm you could assemble in space. I'm not sure you save anything over an Ares V launch though, that's why we have the *really* smart people looking at it and they seem to think that a super heavy launch system is the way to go.

  21. Re:Why Must NASA Develop a Launcher? on NASA Pitches Heavy Lift Vehicle To Congress · · Score: 1

    Because Delta IV Heavy is 23MT to LEO vs 160MT for Ares V. The proposed Falcon 9 Heavy is 32MT to LEO. Ariane 5 ES is 21MT. No commercial launcher is anywhere near big enough for a moon shot let alone a shot to Mars.

  22. Re:Let's get this straight on NASA Pitches Heavy Lift Vehicle To Congress · · Score: 4, Informative

    Except it won't use the SSME, they are WAY too expensive for throw aways. The RS-68 with 80% fewer parts makes WAY more sense. The line item cost of the RS-68 is $13M vs $50M for the SSME and the production line for the RS-68 is still open and all suppliers are still current.

  23. Re:Economic rationalism... on Sony Closing 18M CD/Month Plant · · Score: 1

    That kind is either $0 or $Thousands, I'd rather pay $5-10.

  24. Re:Economic rationalism... on Sony Closing 18M CD/Month Plant · · Score: 1

    Considering digital downloads typically cost about 75-50% of a CD I would say yes, the reduction in costs is being reflected in the price.

  25. Re:Wrong market - Wrong target audience on Wireless GeForce Graphics Card Announced · · Score: 2

    One or two, they basically use the entire 5Ghz USM band to achieve 1080p. Now with whitespace radios now legal in the US the next generation standard might get more interesting since in theory all they have to do is find enough slices of unused bandwidth for their throughput requirements.