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  1. Re: WTF is "skyjacking"? on Compelling New Suspect For DB Cooper Skyjacking Found By Army Data Analyst (oregonlive.com) · · Score: 1

    This is intuitive, but a baseless folk etymology. It most probably comes from a term for zinc ore, and the miners who stole it (Cohen 1989).

  2. ObjectDock on Improving the Windows XP User Interface? · · Score: 1
  3. Other Gecko-based browsers affected as well. on Mozilla / Firefox Memory Exposure Vulnerability · · Score: 2, Insightful

    K-Meleon has the same problem, only it probably won't be patched for months, forcing me back to Firefox. Bah.

  4. Re:Close on Firefox Hacks · · Score: 2, Informative

    Netscape 7 is Gecko-based, and 8 is basically a Firefox reskin with a few new widgets.

  5. Re:It was only a matter of time on Kid Named After Everquest Character · · Score: 3, Funny
    (do you know anyone that doesn't know what EQ is?)

    Er, yes? As in "the vast majority" yes?

  6. SpyBot on Ultaportable Apps: Take Your Thumbware Anywhere · · Score: 3, Informative

    SpyBot S&D runs fine from a thumbdrive, which tends to come in handy.

  7. Acoustic keyboard eavesdropping... on The Year In Ideas · · Score: 1

    ...is old as the hills. I read an article about this in, like, 1996. You can even do it from a few hundred meters away by bouncing a laser off a window.

  8. Re:Paradigm on Portable Firefox and Thunderbird · · Score: 1
    I would like to see this done for many different apps (browser, email, IM, blah blah),

    Try Trillian Anywhere.

  9. Hikarunix: The Go Distro on Best Go Resources for a Beginner? · · Score: 4, Informative
  10. Re:I show up as GoogleBot on Firefox Shooting For 10 Percent · · Score: 1

    Thanks.

  11. Re:I show up as GoogleBot on Firefox Shooting For 10 Percent · · Score: 1

    Could you post the actual string, please?

  12. Re:Any good? on Game Tunnel Client Links Xbox, PS2, and GC Games · · Score: 1

    It's semi-difficult to set up (requires a router and opening a bunch of ports), but nothing beyond mortal comprehension.

  13. Re:New Technology on An LCD Display for an Ultra-Portable Desktop? · · Score: 1

    OK.

  14. Re:New Technology on An LCD Display for an Ultra-Portable Desktop? · · Score: 2, Informative

    OK.

  15. Re:From TFA on Sony Exec Confirms PSP Delay Possibility · · Score: 1

    I think it has a MemoryStick slot.

  16. Re:New Technology on An LCD Display for an Ultra-Portable Desktop? · · Score: 3, Informative
    Laptops aren't the solution to this problem, because most integrated video solutions on laptops are.. lacking, and that's saying it nicely.

    Uh, what? You know you can get laptops with a 256MB Radeon 9800 card, right?
  17. Re:This is Sad on Halo 2 Available on the Net · · Score: 1

    I don't find it sad, but then again, I hate companies that use viral marketing...

  18. Re:Is it worth trying Anarcy Online? on Online World News · · Score: 1
    I played it for a few months and enjoyed it, though I can't really compare it to other MMORPGs because I've never bothered with any of them (and no, I'm not just saying that because I have a referral link in my sig).

    My only real complaint was that Shadowlands made it way too easy to powerlevel.

  19. Re:Dude! You're getting a pile! on Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors · · Score: 1
    But what really puzzels me, is that I have seen Dell to continuously put out the worst quality products over and over, and yet they remain a major player in the consumer computer market.

    Well, my excuse is that they seem to be the only company that sell laptops with both tracksticks (I HATE touchpads) and high-end video cards, and ship from Canada. Anyone know of any others?

  20. Re:Source? on HL2 Packages Available on Steam · · Score: 1

    Source is the name of the game engine.

  21. Re:Alternative media for alternative learning on Computing for Near-Blind Children? · · Score: 1
    The condition has many of the symptoms of a connective tissue disorder called Stichler-Sachs, but not all
    I'm trying to look this up, but Google shows no matches. Is it something incredibly rare, or a misspelling? If the latter, does anyone know the correct one?
  22. Re:I though 116 was the heaviest on Japan Claims Heaviest-Ever Element · · Score: 1

    Atomic number != atomic weight.

  23. Re:I hope I hope I hope on Japan Claims Heaviest-Ever Element · · Score: 2, Informative
    Just what in the hell are you going on about, son?
    In the X-Com series, Elerium-115 is used as fuel for spacecraft engines, fusion bombs, etc.
  24. Re:Reliability Issues as Well on No Hard Drive Bay On PStwo · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, you don't need the official one, just the network adaptor, as you said.

  25. Re:Reliability Issues as Well on No Hard Drive Bay On PStwo · · Score: 1

    Question about the HD Loader: Could I throw in a 120GB HD, copy games to it, AND run HD-dependent games like FFXI? Or does that last one require the official Sony drive?