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  1. Re:Bzzt wrong on Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes · · Score: 1

    It seems you have a problem understanding the first clause of the disclaimer; "Unless otherwise indicated". My guess is that they only have free realtime quotes for certain markets (NASDAQ and NYSE are the only ones I've seen), which happens to be more than google is currently offering (They do not give real time quotes for NYSE). If you want real time streaming quotes for a stock that is on the Stockholm exchange from yahoo, you probably have to pay. Which happens to be consistent with the copy on the page. They "indicate" the Real Timeliness of the quote with the label "Real Time:".

  2. Re:Bzzt wrong on Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes · · Score: 1

    DELL INC(NasdaqGS: DELL)
    NEW Real-time: 23.56 0.77(3.38%) 11:41am ET

  3. Bzzt wrong on Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    During trading hours the part that of their quote page that currently says "after hours" says "real-time" which is "indicating otherwise" when it comes to the disclaimer on the bottom.

    But continue to be uninformed all you want.

  4. Ctrl-r on Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just because they stop streaming after 25 minutes doesn't mean they aren't providing free real-time quotes. Because if you look at the top of a quote page during trading hours you get the realtime quote. Its been that way for at least a month. So the bit about google being the first free real-time quote is standard google fan boi on slashdot. As there have been FREE real-time quotes available for years (not just talking about yahoo, although they provided them years ago but were forced to discontinue them a few years ago

    )

  5. Re:Simple recipe on What Could You Do With a Bogus Root Name Server? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Amazon makes you re-enter the complete credit card number if you ship to a new address.

  6. Re:SSDs are ideal for servers on Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs · · Score: 1

    Do you have ANY idea what you are talking about?

    with all modern SSD's there is no reason to use some special file system. The drive itself writes to different physical locations on every write, and thus have a lifetime measured in 10-100 years before it wears out (even if you overwrite the same file constantly). As for IOPS usually those are about reads, which don't wear out a solid state drive at all, although they DO wear out mechanical drives. If make some complex sql query, or bin search files, in real world situations the solid state drive is orders of magnitude faster than a mechanic drive.

  7. Re:What the reviewer did wrong. on Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs · · Score: 1

    Chose low end ssd's

  8. FUD all current ssd's have write leveling on Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs · · Score: 1

    All drives that have been release in the last 2 years have built in write leveling technology which pushes the bytes to new physical locations in memory. Hence it now takes something on the order of 100 years of constant writing to "wear" out the drive.

  9. FUD on Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wrong, this myth simply will not go away. All modern drives have write leveling technology built in. Also unlike a mechanical drive which generally fails on read, SSDs fail on write which allows the drive itself to trap all failures, and redirect the bytes to another unused sector. Anyone who care about performance shuts off atime as it is.

  10. Crappy SSDs to test on Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if the SSDs they tested were actual high performance models, instead of crappy cut rate ones. They should do the same test with Samsung, Sandisk, and MTron drives. As it was these crappy disks destroyed the mechanical disks in IOps.

  11. Re:Well, piracy hurts real people. on EMI Says Online File Storage Is Illegal · · Score: 1

    The "average" touring group is lucky to get a hotel at all, let alone a luxury one.

  12. Re:Plug in hybrids not electric only on Tesla's High-Tech Lawsuits in Silicon Valley War · · Score: 1

    I big reason it is standard is that you would need an enormous clutch to start a train from a stop with a straight diesel engine, whereas the electric motors can put out very high torque at very low speeds.

  13. Re:I'm a highly skilled coder from Carnegie Mellon on Bill Gates's Wish Is Homeland Security's Command · · Score: 1

    Obviously 50k/year not "chump change" as you can find someone who values you at 50k.

  14. Re:missing the boat on Blockbuster Working on Set-Top Box · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except Movielink doesn't have 6000 titles available for rent, they currently have ~1700. It appears that they have more available for purchase, but that is all they have for rent, which is most likely covered by a different agreement.

  15. Re:Proposed new budget on Must a CD Cost $15.99? · · Score: 1

    2 things, the publishing royalty depends on the length ot the song where 0.09 is the minimum, and the publishing company is often a tiny corporation owned by the band themselves (eg "The Pixies" publisher is "Rice and Beans Music"), that way the publishing royalties get split half to the main songwriter(s), and half to the rest of band who help arrange and finalize the song.

  16. Ever heard of inflation? on Must a CD Cost $15.99? · · Score: 1

    $15 today is worth a heck of a lot less than $15 20 years ago. Instead of dollars lets go by gallons of gas, a CD today costs 5 gallons of gas where it used to cost 14 gallons of gas. Since most of the cost of record production is human labor you can't really expect the price to go down. Also don't forget that when CDs first came out they were pegged at 45 minutes which was the same as a single LP, now they usually clock over 60 minutes, so you are also getting more music for that money. (Don't tell me that there is only one good song, because if so you are listeneing to and buying the wrong records, and there are plenty of web radio stations available for sampling deep tracks from all over the world)

  17. Re:Costs should be lower and/or falling on Must a CD Cost $15.99? · · Score: 1

    A) Publishing is paid regardless of the record "recouping", thus the only payment to an artist (songwriter) that is guaranteed
    B) you don't think a band that performs their own songs should be paid more than one that doesn't?
    C) this payment is Statutory, and is what allows anyone to cover any published song, as long as the publishing royalty is paid.
    D) Songwriting takes just as long as it took 100 years ago, but the price of bread is higher, ergo it rises with inflation
    E) again THIS PAYS THE ARTIST!!!!! and is often (for middling 10,000 - 50,000 scans) the one cheque that puts food on the table (According to Neko Case)

  18. D&D saved my life on D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax Has Passed Away · · Score: 0

    Due to playing AD&D with my horde, I avoided contact with women and any chance of catching any STD's including deadly HIV, or HPV which causes throat cancer.
    -Carlos the Dwarf

  19. Re:I Wonder... on RIAA Not Sharing Settlement Money With Artists · · Score: 1

    In the US it's covered by the Harry Fox Agency. It's simply a matter of paying the mechanical royalty.

  20. Another huge difference on The ThinkPad Takes On The MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    One is available today, with hardware prices today. The other will be available sometime with future specs at prices for those specs in the future. Think about it this way, do you think a 64GB SSD will still cost more than $1000 in 6 months?

  21. Re:motorists being forced off the road and into bu on IBM Patents Pricing Motorists Off Highways · · Score: 1

    You ever been to Holland? There are thousands of cheap bicycles at the train stations day and night. People have a bike at either end, they ride their bike to the station, take transit to work, grab their bike at the work station, ride to work.

  22. Re:"Integrated Battery" on Apple Announces MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    You ever heard of a usb hub?

  23. Not my experience on Apple Announces MacBook Air · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Applecare is the extra warranty,

    Last week Apple gave me a brand new battery for an intel MacBook that is nearly 2 years old, even though it was out of warranty, and I never purchased applecare, they were simply not happy with the performance of their batteries. My had the vague symptoms of not lasting as long as it used to. There was no wining needed, I simply made an appointment at the Apple Store "Genius Bar" (for the next day), brought in my MacBook (forgot the receipt) and 10 minutes later I had my brand new battery.

  24. Re:These things happen on Diebold Voter Fraud Rumors in New Hampshire Primaries · · Score: 1
  25. Bzzzt wrong, Clinton wins the exit polls on Diebold Voter Fraud Rumors in New Hampshire Primaries · · Score: 2, Informative

    The CNN and NBC (MSNBC used the NBC results) exit poll results (still available on their sites) have Senator Clinton winning by 2% http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21225995/