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  1. Re:Don't understand their error rate calculations on ESA Satellite Recovers: Total Loss To Geostationary · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Where I work we consider 10^6 to be an ideal BER.

  2. If you want to know anything about digital cameras on Digital Cameras and Smartmedia? · · Score: 3, Informative

    go to steves-digicams.com
    He does reviews of almost every new model digital camera of any value.
    His site will have a full review of the camera, including sample images and video.
    He even breaks down things so someone(like me) with no photography experience can understand things.

  3. Sorry, but... on Calculators vs. PDAs in the Classroom · · Score: 1

    It is the ACT that does not allow the TI-89. The SAT allows the TI-89, however. Neither the SAT nor the ACT allow the TI-92. I know because I took the ACT two months ago and wasn't allowed to use my 89.

  4. Thanks John.... on The Empire Stumbles · · Score: 1

    You ruined Spider-Man for me.
    In Spider-man, a nerd feels powerless, gets bitten by the bug, becomes powerful, goes on to confront great evil (and doesn't get the girl).

  5. Mice vs. Trackballs on How Effective are Ergonomic Keyboards? · · Score: 2

    My mother cannot use a mouse for extended periods of time anymore. She has to use a trackball. Mabye ergo keyboards/trackballs don't prevent pains, but the sure do help to relieve the pain.

  6. More like... on ICANN to Decide Fate of Direct Elections · · Score: 0

    When will the U.S. Department of Commerce decide to kill off ICANN and take matters into its own hands.

  7. Security? on Set up SSH Agent on Login · · Score: 1

    If an applescript calls the password, couldn't and applescript write the password to a file. If so, this brings up a physical security issue.

  8. In other news... on Good Guys Use Macs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bad guys wear black!

  9. Re:*BSD IS DYING on OpenBSD 3.1 Released · · Score: 2
    One more thing, don't forget that MS has threatened to build a reference implementation of .NET for FreeBSD. (slam away!)

    This actually doesn't supprise me. Since MS is making an .NET implementation for MacOSX. Going from OSX (FreeBSD derrivative on Mach) to FreeBSD would be fairly trivial.

    From OSOpinion: Reaffirming its support for the Macintosh platform and opening a bevy of new options for Apple's corporate direction, Microsoft this week is expected to announce its plans for implementing the .NET platform on the Mac OS.

  10. Don't forget... on OpenBSD 3.1 Released · · Score: 2, Informative
    the lyrics! No OpenBSD 3.x release would be complete without release art and lyrics!

    Can't fight the Systemagic, Über tragic, Can't fight the Systemagic....

  11. Mirrors... on Bioware Release Neverwinter Nights Beta Toolset · · Score: 5, Informative
    Three comments and the forum is already slow...
    Here's the mirrors from the forum:

    3D Gamers
    Click Here

    Baron Bosse
    http://130.237.161.56/NWN_Tools_BETA.EXE

    FilePlanet
    http://www.fileplanet.com/index.asp?file=88066

    gec
    http://flinx.com/NWN (Mountain View)
    http://jibe.biz/NWN (Redwood City)
    http://sol.olymp.org/NWN


    Use BitTorrent 0.7.1 from http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html to download http://130.237.68.4:8080/NWN_Tools_BETA.EXE

    http://130.237.161.56/NWN_Tools_BETA.EXE

    AusGamers
    (Sydney Australia)

  12. So if we... on Transmeta Meets Blades · · Score: 0

    take two cabinets of these clusters, do we call them Beowulf 2.0 or Beowulf Squared? And if a cluster goes down, do we call the remaining cabinet the Root Cluster or Cluster Fucked?

  13. Not exactly... on Slashback: Spambots, Retroism, VoIPhooey · · Score: 2

    I think by undocumented they mean code that some MSCE certified programmer wrote in a MS product that they strangely left uncommented. So in a sense, they both have undocumented features left by MSCE-ish programming professionals.

  14. A little heads up... on PDAs For Kids · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those looking for a cheap PDA, the Visor Basic can be had for as little as $55. Check Pricewatch.

  15. Old news... on Dreamcast Reading An IDE Hard Drive · · Score: 2, Informative

    bITmASTER32 made an IDE interface and Kiyoshi Ikehara built released a driver for NetBSD a long time ago. What this guy did was nothing special. They have been Lan booting NetBSD on a dreamcast and using the HDD (albeit slow, 800k/sec) for a while now.

  16. Re:Well, another idea on Taxing Sci-Fi Products to Fund NASA? · · Score: 1

    Do realize that sales tax goes to the state, not the federal government. Even that does not all go to the state, the counties also add on to the local sales tax. That is why, while the state sales tax for Tennessee is $0.06, most people pay $0.0825 to $0.0875 in sales tax. So taking money from sales tax would be taking money from the state's cash cow, not gonna happen.

  17. The guy is illegally using the software... on Headless Windows 2000 Servers? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Budget $0

    Windows 2000 Server - $700

    Now, his budget is $0 yet he managed to cough up $700 for EACH $150 MACHINE? Sorry guy, but next time just cough up $20 for a cheap video card. You don't even need a monitor to install something like the NVIDIA 128ZX($25 after shipping), drivers are already there. Just hit enter a few times after its been up a while and restart.

    Mod me to hell, whatever. You know this is what is really going on.

  18. And you people said Apple was overpriced... on Apple's Quarterly Results · · Score: 1
    Revenues for the quarter were $1.5 billion, up 4 percent from the year ago quarter, and gross margins were 27.4 percent, compared to 26.9 percent in the year ago quarter.

    Hah!

  19. Re:What about on Senate Bill Would Make Clandestine Video Taping Illegal · · Score: 1

    Actually, that would go to CNet.
    Hey cool, News.com.com.prn
    News that's better than the stuff on Ananova!

  20. So which DVD drive.... on Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.1.4 · · Score: 1
    ...did they break for support this time.

    I'm serious. The updates seem to break and restore DVD compatability on some B&W G3 systems.

  21. This is good and bad for the *nix community... on DirectX Support Arrives for the Mac · · Score: 1
    Good: DirectX Games on a Unix OS (OSX)
    Bad: No support for any other Unices.
    Bad: DirectX will further replace OpenGL as the graphics standard(Although with the percentage of DirectX development in the high nineties this doesn't see to be much of an issue anymore.).

    Mabye I will get to play Tribes2 on the Mac after all...

  22. Re:Obligatory Mac Plug on Mixing Gigabit, Copper, and Linux · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I find this even more interesting:

    Note: When connecting a Power Mac G4 computer directly to another computer without using an Ethernet hub, a crossover cable is not required; circuits in the PHY detect the type of connection and switch the signal configuration as required.

  23. Of all the billions of stars to choose... on Quark Stars · · Score: 0, Redundant
    3C58 is thought to have originated from a supernova explosion witnessed by astronomers in 1181 AD.

    I'm sorry, that just seems like wishful thinking to tie your star to a known event, therefor creating a strong case for you. The chances are less than one in a billion that it was the very same star.

  24. It is a bit obvious... on Star Wars as Pulp Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    That Lucas was influenced by other things when he did the trillogy. Episode 1 was such a big departure from the quality storyline of the originals. Perhaps he let his family influence him too much. In any event, at least he didn't screw up the Indiana Jones trillogy.

  25. Re:hot women on When Looks Can Kill · · Score: 1

    Seeing as 'jets' cruise at 400+ MPH, I doubt they'll see anything. Besides, they wouldn't fly that low in the first place.