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  1. Re:How to clean boot Windows? on Windows Rootkits · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you ever try to boot a CD-R on a machine that doesn't support bootable CD's? It's not much fun.

  2. Re:How to clean boot Windows? on Windows Rootkits · · Score: 1

    Knowing this probably doesn't help you not, but when F-PROT for DOS became too big to fit on a boot floppy, an option appeared to split the F-PROT files into two disks. It still works this way -- put program files on one disk, data files on the other, and the scanner will prompt you to swap disks when needed.

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  3. Re:OpenGL vs DirectX on Microsoft Quits OpenGL ARB · · Score: 5, Informative

    There was a DirectX 3, as well as a Directx 5. DirectX 4 was an internal Microsoft-only release. Some DirectX files may have version numbers of 4.x, but this doesn't mean that they're part of DirectX 4; Microsoft often uses version 4.x for files related to Win 9x/NT 4.0. (This confuses some people.)

  4. Re:Brake by wire? Sounds horrid. on 10 Techno-Cool Cars · · Score: 1

    Did you read the rest of that paragraph? There's a backup, traditional braking system in place.

  5. Re:Kludge in formatting the HTML page on The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect · · Score: 1

    Nbsp makes only one space; it won't indent. Explaining why each paragraph is indented by only one space would be even more "interesting"!

  6. Re:Physical access on Crack Windows XP With... Windows 2000 · · Score: 1

    If you tried to use the CD after the computer boots, it would require you to be logged on as Administrator in the first place to proceed. If you used the CD before the computer boots, CD-ROM boot would have to be enabled.

  7. Re:Hasn't something similar happened in the past? on 'Selfish Routing' Slows the Internet · · Score: 1

    I think a sudden surge in net congestion caused the buffers of all the routers to fill. Because this was before the TTL field, the routers remained in a state of total deadlock, where neither router could send its backlogged packets to any other.

  8. Re:I hope IBM don't have anything to do with this. on Nickel Sensors Could Raise Hard Disk Capacity · · Score: 1

    After failure number 3, I gave up on sending my GXP back and bought a Seagate. No problems yet...

  9. Re:No way out? on Updated Information On Columbia Shuttle Tragedy · · Score: 1

    I just did a little more research -- it seems that the MMU was used several times in the 1980's, but discontinued for safety reasons.

  10. Re:No way out? on Updated Information On Columbia Shuttle Tragedy · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they have a MMU that can be used for untethered spacewalks? Or is this usually not carried?

  11. Re:I've got an even better idea on Palm Kills Off Graffiti · · Score: 1

    > on screen stylus-tap keyboard for on the go

    Uh, Palm OS devices already have this. So, what are you suggesting then? Are you requesting that they remove the graffiti area entirely? How would this help matters any? Like other people said, the on-screen and roll-up keyboards are already available. I still use graffiti.

  12. Re:NWN is not the answer. on LucasArts Embraces Game Mod Community · · Score: 1

    It would be The Secret of the Silver Blades. That was a good game!

  13. Re:Dont they have something like this. on Clothes Make the Network · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, the Love Beeper. I think I remember seeing one of those in the US in a Claire's Accessories store (no, I did not enter that store under my own free will :) )

  14. Re:MS-DOS wasn't all that bad on MS-DOS 1981-2002 RIP · · Score: 1

    Windows 2000 does have a recovery console, but NT4 does not. Be careful, though, the default behavior of the recovery console is somewhat restricted (no access to home directories) unless you change this in the security policy.

  15. Re:We'll never get there... get real... on IBM Working on Brain-Rivaling Computer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "I'll believe all this bullshit when I see someone actually create an organic, conscious brain from scratch. Until then, its all moot."

    But, how would you know that the computer actually *is* conscious, and not just pretending to be conscious? Sure, you know that *you* are conscious, but how would you know for sure that anybody else in the world is? It's an interesting puzzle, and one that will probably never leave the domain of philosophy and religion...

  16. Re:Another reason the copy-protection is a waste.. on Copy Protection On CDs Is 'Worthless' · · Score: 1

    All the above-$15 ones that I've seen are. You don't have to have digital inputs and outputs on the faceplate on the back. All you need is a digital CD input, and almost all sound cards have one.

  17. Re:Not as bad as the haunted mouse... on Beware the Haunted Cordless keyboard · · Score: 1

    When I select the wrong mouse type and run X Windows, the cursor goes haywire in a similar fashion when I move the mouse. I assume that a similar thing would happen to a mouse that's starting to die.

  18. Re:Wipe every free block for great compression on Ghost for Unix · · Score: 1

    It does matter if your destination drive is of a different size than the source (for example, if you're getting a new hard drive that's bigger than the old one -- Ghost will copy all the boot information and resize the partitions.) Also, Ghost will copy any filesystem -- options for bit-by-bit copy are still there.

  19. Re:Open Source, Omitted Works and Theological Uphe on Vatican/HP To Put Library Online · · Score: 1

    Some chapters (not all) of Esther are omitted from Protestant Bibles.

  20. Is this illegal? on Ask Eric Blossom about Software-Defined Radio · · Score: 1

    According to the FCC, it's illegal to sell radio receivers that can 'listen in' on cell phone conversations. This equipment will obviously have that capability, and there's no way to remove it. I suppose we won't be seeing the hardware for sale any time soon.

  21. ZZT on Where are the 'Construction Set' Games? · · Score: 1

    Does anybody remember ZZT? You could make your own text-mode action/adventure/shooter games and give "object" tiles their own programs (allowing them to do almost everything you want.) The game produced a cult following, with hundreds of programmers streching the limits of the program in extreme ways. Actually, people are still using it (10 years later!)

  22. Re:No plane crashes on March 25 - correct on The Dangers of Being A Microbiologist · · Score: 1

    On the website that you just sent a link to, the crash was on March 24 -- not March 25. And, the NTSB investigates all plane crashes -- if it's not on their web site, it didn't happen or nobody ever found it. Somebody obviously would have found this plane crash -- otherwise, it wouldn't have been in the newspaper article. So, what are you implying in your post? There could not have been an "absense of evidence (sic)" in this crash, because somebody must have found it for it to be reported.

  23. No plane crashes on March 25 on The Dangers of Being A Microbiologist · · Score: 1

    According to the article, the doctor died in a plane crash on March 25.

    According to the NTSB ( http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/AccList.asp?month=3&year= 2002 ), no fatal accidents were on March 25. There was a fatal accident on March 24 near Denver, but the pilot was an Airline Transport Pilot flying a corporate aircraft from a company (not the biotech company.) ( http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/articl e/0,1299,DRMN_15_1048706,00.html )

  24. Re:Cheap. on 1024-bit RSA keys In Danger Of Compromise? · · Score: 1

    "However, this will mean a bigger supercomputer for all kinds of numbering tasks - basic research and math, physics, and astronomy will eventually benefit."

    No it won't. If I remember correctly, the original paper was on building a factoring machine. We would have a huge factoring machine, not a general-purpose computer.

  25. Re:Interesting numbers on NASA Still Trying to Verify Anti-Gravity Claims · · Score: 1

    It obviously came from measuring the change in kenetic energy (.5mv^2). I'm not sure if this is a proper way of measuring this if G was reduced, but it should be obvious that the equation came from there! He meant that the object was accelerated from 0 to 10 m/s (assume that the object was moving 0 m/s in the observer's frame of reference to begin with.)