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  1. Re:mIRC on Cleveland Public Library Readies E-book Downloads · · Score: 2, Informative

    I should warn you that you will sound like a windows newb if you keep talking like that. I dont want to flame you and this Is offtopic but here i go. mIRC is a program to access the IRC network. mIRC is also for windows. By saying its on mIRC you are basically shouting to everyone that you use windows and dont know how IRC works. I am not the type of person who wants to flame for this but you might wanna look into how the system works before some ass does flame you. Also as you learn more about the many different IRC networks you will find that it is very possible to find the right content with very little BS.

  2. Re:ZDNet is on drugs on Linux Is Cheaper · · Score: 2

    You probably need to change some setting for ACPI possibly APM. Since this happens with different OS's its most likely your BIOS's settings. When i had the same problem i didn't understand any of the ACPI setting so i read about it to discover my computer was setup to not do anything when the power button was pressed.

  3. Re:Of course its junk DNA... on Using Bacterial DNA For Data Storage · · Score: 2

    And of course domestication has never been anythig but pleasent for us. All i am saying is thatfor thousands of years scientists have been very wrong and we keep fixing that. Sometimes we find things that are most likely right but i dont think we get too exited and assume we know it all by now.

  4. Of course its junk DNA... on Using Bacterial DNA For Data Storage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I mean these bacteria have evolved for millions of years to be as streamlined as possible and yet i a few short years we can figure it all out and more. Also we can make it better of course.

  5. Re:Novel Concept, But Not the First on Prentice Hall To Publish Open Content Licensed Books · · Score: 2

    There are other people who learn from a paper copy and then get the electronic version to be able to search and use as a reference.

  6. Re:My prediction... on Prentice Hall To Publish Open Content Licensed Books · · Score: 2

    I can't write a good book. I know i can't and im ok with that but i WOULD like to support this. I am going to buy the books that interest me AND get the electronic data. Nobody will convince me books can be totally replaced with anything but i really like the ability to search an entire text for a certain string. I may not make you authors rich but i know i wont go broke giving you what support i can.

  7. Re:Nuthin' but O'Reilly on 25 Years of O'Reilly Books · · Score: 2

    I agree with you. O'Reilly books are very good but i still go to the library and skim a few other books on the topic. Also once you know a topic the O'Reilly book on the subject is probably the best thing to use as a reference.

  8. Re:Extremely classic computers on Collecting Classic Computers · · Score: 2

    But be careful they might repair it and claim its a miracle that it stood this way for so long when in fact it didn't.

  9. Re:The sun has set on O'Reilly on 25 Years of O'Reilly Books · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The books tend to be prohibitably expensive to some. As a high school student who doesn't have enough money to lay down $50 a book it can be a hassel but thats what the library is for. I have talked to people who use books such as these to make money and they all say that the price is not an issue in a good book becuase they will help you gain far more. Personally i plan on making some money off what i have learned and then going and buying at least 10 of their books. One of the easiest ways to fix a problem on a computer is to find the book/chapter that covers your problem and read the whole thing. The "extra" knowledge that you get from these books makes it far more useful than another book where you simply learn which buttons to click in a GUI.

    Even though i prefer O'Reilly books i still read others. After i read the O'Reilly book i like to go to the library and grab a couple of competing books. Even if the quality isn't any better knowledge absorbs better when you read the same thing said in two different ways for me.

  10. Re:I got a digital camera for Christmas I'll start on Cooler Master's Latest High-End Case Reviewed · · Score: 2

    The pics arent the worst part. My main problems are with the methods used to test in most review sites. Remember the scientific method you learned back in school, thats what these people need to learn again. I dont know how much i can trust these numbers without a reliable method. Sure im glad at least i have SOME idea about performance of parts but there are many things to look into.

    There are a few things that bugged me the most on this site. For starters the graphs suck. The graphs need a label at the top so you know what they are measuring. You should be able to tell whether or not your looking at the "taped off vents" graph or the "all fans on" graph withoutm trying to guess which paragraph it is above so therefore it is... this one. Also on the graphs the X and Y axis' need to be labled. The X axis isn't so bad as its fairly easy to tell what they mean but for the Y? Come on its a few clicks in an spreadsheet program. When i see the results i see something like "46,45,45"... 45 what? seconds before it overheats? I will assume it means degrees celcius but is it above zero or above ambient room temp?

    Also the numbers are taken a bit too seriously. There are many places where errors could have skewed data but none of these are pointed out. The data for the "w/Air Guide" is a little odd. The reviewer goes on about 1 degree differances and tries to guess about why they might be there when im sure if a margin of error was obtained it would explain a little bit of change in data between tests.

    Also for numbers to be considered valid in a real controlled experiment you need to have at least 3 trials at minimum so you can get an average. I appreciate that someone out there is willing to spend time on this but if your going to do it at all why not spend a bit mroe tmie and do it right?

  11. Re:My guess: on How Will Animals Look 250 Million Years From Now? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Organic and free range i nice but there is nothing better than raising your own. It may be considered gross to some to kill your own food but when you take part in the whole process of raising, taking care of, and ultimatly killing your food it realyl changes the experiance. You appreciate it more, and it tastes better.

  12. Re:My guess: on How Will Animals Look 250 Million Years From Now? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You think animals are bred to be tasty? Hell no. They are bread to have a lot of meat. Have you ever raised your own food? It tasts much better when animals get fresh air and actually have a chance to live past 3 months old.

  13. Re:We need more comments like this! on Linux Kernel Code Humor · · Score: 2

    I tend to do this is basic stages of programming. A lot of times coders have taught me to put in logic that should never be reached

    Its as simple as:
    if(something) { //sweet it worked
    }
    else { //wtf?
    }

  14. Re:Price is not everything... on Linux Is Cheaper · · Score: 2

    Its not just apache. The most expensive to run computers in the world are not operated by consumers. There are millions of computer out there than nobody but an admin will ever need to use. Those are where people save money.

  15. This is all very assuming. on How Will Animals Look 250 Million Years From Now? · · Score: 2

    Aren't we going to kill off life on this [planet eventually. I know that even if we manage to not do it soon it would be hard to imagine humans never just saying fuck it and ruining this planet possibly after we have another place to live...

  16. Re:Metal on Radiation Detection Wrist Watch · · Score: 2

    thank you... you explained it in way more words than i was willing to write... aslo i dotn proofraed my posts

  17. Re:Metal on Radiation Detection Wrist Watch · · Score: 5, Informative

    Too bad thats not how radiation works. If you ever were near a large source of radiation your own clothes would absorb radiation and keep it coming to your body. One of the most important parts of a nuclear fallout shelter is the entrance room where you take off ALL clothing and shower. Your clothes and aything else you wear if you were near a nuclear explosion would continue the damage if not taken off immediatly.

  18. Re:Lingo and Serial Port Listining.. on High-Tech Foosball Mod Project · · Score: 2

    First of all i agree that flash would be better but maybe he has a lot of knowledge of director from his studies...

    I believe that the way the data is taken in is by simulating a keystroke which is then captured.

    And finally i dont think this was meant to be an outline for anyone else to do the project. His goal was to only spend $50 but im sure people could do it with less depending on available materials.

  19. Re:sig on Chemistry Sets for Adults? · · Score: 2
  20. Re:To the author... on High-Tech Foosball Mod Project · · Score: 2

    foosall can be played aloen just fine. Its good practice just to make shots and practice aim and differant moves.

  21. Re:Light Speed limits... on E ~ mc^2 · · Score: 2

    The "c" in e=mc^2 is not the speed of light. It is the maximum speed of anything. Light will theoretically travel that fast in a vaccum but that doesn't exist. Time travels that fast when there is no other movement but thats also assuming you can find something not moving at all. But then again movement is all realative. So is the speed of anything, ouch my head. Anyway light goes about 3/4 of "c" in water so calling it the speed of light isn't correct. Also this is all theoretical and never actually was a "law". I should also point out that any theory to prove e-mc^2 wrong is ALSO just a theory.

  22. Re:sig on Chemistry Sets for Adults? · · Score: 2

    I see nothing wrong with doing what you say other than the fact if i was going to fix my sig there would be much more to do. There are more erros in my sig than many people notice and i think its funny when i get flamed for it. People think they are smart by pointnig things out when they are proving that they actually know less than me.

  23. Re:/.ed? - Here's the text on The State of GNU/Linux in 2002: It was Good. · · Score: 2

    From the article:

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  24. Re:sig on Chemistry Sets for Adults? · · Score: 2

    For a while text url's were immune to the widening code. Trolls then went out and would put things like:

    http://www.asdasd.com/asd/asd/asdsd/gfdf/ger/gdc v/ b/hg/ytrhytruj/gfhjn/ghjytjhg/nbv/jytr/jgfhnbv/wef rqw/rqegfdscbv/xcbtru/yghjhgnmbv/njht/edr/gxc/v/we rtg/dgfhcvb/nygf/uj/ytj/nb/cvb/gser/twer/g/xcf/bvr d/yh/fg/n/cbv/sdf/we/tyf/gj

    in their post... now those are broken up too

  25. Re:sig on Chemistry Sets for Adults? · · Score: 2

    EvanED is correct. The space is there so that "page-widening-trolls" cant mess up some browsers width setting. Browsers such as IE will make it very hard to read slashdot if its too wide.