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  1. Re:"GiFi"??? on "GiFi" — Short-Range, 5-Gbps Wireless For $10/Chip · · Score: 1

    It almost seems like the whole "Fi" part is now just generally meaning "technology thingy". So, is a baker PieFi? A politician LieFi? Someone, please, stop the madness. :-P
    Technology thingy, remember? So those terms only apply if you have a robot baker or robot politician.
  2. Re:True... on Suit Seeks 'A La Carte' TV Channel Choices · · Score: 1

    The companies named in the suit are NBC Universal Inc., Viacom Inc., The Walt Disney Co., Fox Entertainment Group Inc., Time Warner Inc., Comcast Cable Communications Inc., Cox Communications Inc., The DirecTV Group Inc., Echostar Satellite LLC, Charter Communications Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp.
    They're suing the cable companies and content providers at the same time. Some even fall into both categories.
  3. Yo, eat this, man. It's good for you. on Study Proves Having Fat Friends Makes You Fat · · Score: 1

    Yo, Ding-Dong. Ding-Dong, man. Ding-Dong, yo!

  4. Re:Scientologists are MASTERS at pissing you off. on Scientologists In Row With BBC · · Score: 1

    That explains its popularity among celebrities. That sounds like valuable training for someone constantly in the public eye.

  5. Re:Advantage? on Apple Ships 8-Core MacPro · · Score: 1

    Oh, horse Apples!

  6. "Page" Creator? on Google Introduces Page Creator · · Score: 1

    Google is trying to make an army of Larry Page clones! They are turning evil!

  7. "gathered"? on How to Become A Real-World Superhero · · Score: 1

    This article begins:
    "Dark clouds have gathered over Gotham."
    I think they meant:
    "Dark clouds permanently exist over Gotham."

  8. Re:Linuxsoft on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 1

    Shortly after I removed the Windows half of the dual-boot on my main desktop, I had an interview with Microsoft. It didn't pan out, but I would've taken the position had they offered it. I figured they have plenty of room for improvement.

  9. Re:But seriously, folks... on Google Might Disappear in Five Years · · Score: 1

    I once had an interview for a job at Microsoft. It didn't pan out, but I was actually interested in it. I figured they've got plenty of room for improvement.

  10. Re:So long as... on Revenge of the Sith a "Blood Bath" · · Score: 1

    Any painful death would be sufficient, but what I'm really hoping for is that Anakin beheads him.

  11. Re-run competition on Trek Producers Will Provide World A Break · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They are convinced the ratings dropped due to the show competing against other Trek re-runs.

    I can attest to this. When the choice became suffer through another episode of Enterprise vs watch a re-run of TNG (both in the same Wednesday timeslot, TNG on SpikeTV), I chose TNG every time. If Enterprise had been even almost as good as TNG, the choice would be different. But when the only advantage it has is that it's new, forget it.

  12. Re:.Net refuses to serve same HTML ... argh! on Opera Claims Microsoft Has Poor Interoperability · · Score: 1

    I agree, treating all non-IE browsers as downlevel is pretty dispicable. But fortunately the workaround is easy. To get .NET to use HtmlTextWriter for other modern browsers, instead of Html32TextWriter like it usually does, you need to add a browserCaps element to the system.web element in web.config or machine.config. Here is a pretty comprehensive browserCaps that I've used:
    browserCaps courtesy of slingfive.com

  13. A likely story. on Hitachi to Release Half TB Drive Soon · · Score: 1

    "I think I've replaced more mobo's to handle larger drives than I have to support faster CPUs." C'mon, you know you were just looking for an excuse to upgrade the whole thing!

  14. Tough beans. on Carmack Discusses Delay of Q3A Source · · Score: 4, Interesting

    To the new licensee, I say tough beans. While there wasn't really an official announcement, it was fairly well known that Carmack was planning on releasing the source soon. Either they decided that it was worth it to pay and have it right away (instead of waiting for it to be opened), or they somehow missed this information when they researched their purchase. In the first scenario they have no reason to complain when it's open-sourced, since they were expecting it. In the second scenario they can complain, but only that they made a poorly informed purchase.

  15. Not Pentium M on the desktop. on Intel "East Fork" Technology Migration · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I actually read the article, and it makes no mention of Intel adapting the Pentium M for the desktop. Instead, it describes a marketing label for a desktop processor/chipset/network combo similar to the Centrino label for certain laptop processor/chipset/network combos.

    This comment seems to suggest that the processor will be something else entirely:
    "East Fork will include a newly designed Intel microprocessor with two processing cores, a supporting chip set, and a Wi-Fi wireless radio. The package will be designed for "digital home" PCs, which shuttle music and movies around the home and can store TV shows digitally,"

    However, this does sound like the platform will target the same applications that VIA's Mini-ITX systems are widely used for. Therefore, it would make sense that the "newly designed Intel microprocessor" will be based on or similar to the Pentium M, but I wouldn't say that this is an announcement of a desktop Pentium M.

  16. There was this poor little NIC... on Abused, But Working Hardware Stories? · · Score: 1

    A few years ago, my friend was installing a shiny new CD burner. He realized after he had turned the computer on that he forgot to screw it in. So he started doing so without powering down. A screw fell and bounced off the NIC and the motherboard. The system shut down and wouldn't come back on until we removed the NIC.

    So then the NIC sat on my dashboard for about a year, taking summer sun and a Minnesota winter. Then I got a new car and finally got around to taking the NIC off my dash. I figured "What the heck, let's see if it works." I put it in one of my computers, and it worked perfectly and has ever since!

  17. Re:so, when will we see GNU's version on Microsoft's new CLI · · Score: 1

    But, since GNU's Not UNIX, it should obviously have GONADs.

  18. Re:Argh! on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Ah. I didn't stick around long enough to notice those were user comments, I just zapped the browser window as fast as I could. At least that means the ISO is (probably) safe.

  19. Re:Argh! on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    So, which of the vulnerable bits do you think was used to deface the site?
    http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=b eosmax. org

    Remember, folks, patching is important even if you're not using Windows!

  20. Re:Worst Computer Sciences Jobs... on Worst Jobs In Science · · Score: 1

    5. CowboyNeal
    Isn't that the same as 4. Commander Taco's Perl Monkey?

  21. Re:Position filled on Co-founder Joy to leave Sun · · Score: 1

    I think you're looking for Ed Anger, but he's already working for the Weekly World News.

  22. Re:His defense... on Blaster Writer Caught · · Score: 1

    ...it calls itself "SkyNet".

  23. Re:Good and badGood and badGood and Bad on Contactless Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    I don't keep my signature on my credit or check cards. Instead I write "SEE ID". It's still not perfect, but it would take a thief that extra bit of effort to fake an ID instead of simply forging my signature.

  24. Re:Three warnings on LinuxTag To SCO: Detail Code Theft Or Retract Claims · · Score: 1

    Shhh, don't tell anyone, but you can implement the Yoda Speech Mannerisms algorithm in two short steps:

    1) Translate sentence by sentence to Japanese
    2) Translate word by word back to English

  25. Re:the dark side of gentoo... on Gentoo Reviewed · · Score: 1
    I am also a happy Gentoo user. Here are a few things you may have missed:
    • As deeeev already mentioned,
      /etc/init.d/service zap
      will reset its status.
    • file `which gcc`
      tells me my gcc is an ELF 32-bit LSB executable. Portage is written in Python, that may be why you're seeing it when you emerge something.
    • If you want to know what USE flags will affect an ebuild, use
      emerge package -vp
      If it's not using an option you'd like it to but don't want to add to make.conf, you can
      USE="flag" emerge package