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  1. Re:Running older hardware?! on Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage · · Score: 1

    Go to it, I'm sure you know how to use Google as well as I.

  2. Re:10.4? I can't wait for 11! on Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage · · Score: 1

    I'll bet the 11.0 "Halle Berry" version sucks.

  3. Re:before anyone else does it... on Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage · · Score: 1

    That should have read...

    Core Image can also be executed in the Velocity Engine (AltiVec) when a sufficient GPU isn't available.

  4. Re:before anyone else does it... on Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage · · Score: 1

    Core Image can also be executed in the Velocity Engine (AltiVec) when a sufficient memory card isn't available.

  5. Re:Running older hardware?! on Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage · · Score: 3, Informative

    Reports are saying that Tiger will run faster than Panther on the same hardware.

  6. Re:Paying again... on Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you haven't noticed already, their OS X release schedule is slowing. The first major revision was free and a few months after 10.0. 10.2 and 10.3 were close to a year apart. 10.4 looks like it will be released about 18 months after 10.3.

  7. Re:Who is William Shatner? on William Shatner Pitches 'Starfleet Academy' Show · · Score: 1

    His album Has Been is pretty good with the help of Ben Folds.

  8. Re:Probably worth mentioning... on Hacking Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Give it until QuickTime 7.

  9. Re:Prime Numbers on How To Talk To Aliens · · Score: 1

    That's how the aliens seek to contact us in Sagan's Contact.

  10. Re:I don't know what's sadder... on Imax Theaters Demur On Controversial Science Films · · Score: 1

    Who protested Mel Gibson's film? The only reports I ever read about any form of protest of the movie was from the Jewish communities and it wasn't a huge conflict.

  11. Re:The UI really is something on Firefox-Based Netscape 8 Beta Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Do you really think most people are going to know what rendering mode their browser is in?

  12. Re:Does it fix the shyte rendering of slasdot? on Firefox-Based Netscape 8 Beta Goes Live · · Score: 1
    ...for what it's worth, slashdot seems to render properly, but the browser's interface is amazingly, astoundingly ugly.
    What? Isn't that Windows XP's standard "Hasbro" look & feel?
  13. Boring! on Star Wars Episode 3 Play-By-Play In Pictures · · Score: 1

    I only saw the first 5 frames on that site and I was already bored.

  14. Overkill on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1

    Assuming the mileage tax is a good idea, it would be better to just get the mileage from the car's OBD which already tracks mileage. There's no need to require a device that can always report a car's coordinates.

  15. Re:The real value of the x86 on Ars Technica's Hannibal on IBM's Cell · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can. Read up.

  16. Re:OS X on Intel on Apple's Focus is Still Software · · Score: 1

    A lot of cameras use QuickTime and Apple once had a camera called a QuickTake.

  17. Re:OS X on Intel on Apple's Focus is Still Software · · Score: 1
    Microsoft seems to be doing just fine living off of the OS market, why couldn't Apple?
    Because they've tried it twice and it never works. Apple licensed Mac OS to clone manufacturers. Next licensed NextStep (what came to be OS X) to IBM (IBM never used it) and to other manufacturers and end users.

    Face it, Microsoft got very lucky with their business model.
  18. Re:The real value of the x86 on Ars Technica's Hannibal on IBM's Cell · · Score: 1
    If I had the dough, I can literally make one and my own fab without asking a single soul.
    You can do this with IBM's POWER 5 as well.
  19. Re:Question FTA on How GPS Is Killing Lighthouses · · Score: 1
    FTA: "For one thing, GPS can never be 100 percent reliable -- extreme weather conditions like hail or snowfall or even solar winds are known to disrupt service."

    I'm just wondering - couldn't those same factors affect a captain's visibility to a lighthouse?
    No, solar winds will not affect the visibility of a lighthouse.
  20. Jammed on How GPS Is Killing Lighthouses · · Score: 1

    They might want to keep those lighthouses around. If they don't, it'll be mighty hard to navigate the shoreline after the American government decides to jam their GPS system.

  21. Re:Rubbish! on Google Launches Mapping Service · · Score: 1

    It also doesn't have Racoon City.

  22. Re:Only 3 things missing on Sony Announces PSP Launch Date · · Score: 1

    So you could use it with all of the other Bluetooth 2.0 EDR PSPs.

  23. Re:Only 3 things missing on Sony Announces PSP Launch Date · · Score: 1

    They should have used Bluetooth 2.0 EDR instead of IrDA or Wi-Fi.

  24. Re:MSN Music employee here... on iPod Most Popular Music Player on Microsoft Campus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, why are you an Anonymous Coward if there is no stigma attached to using an Ipod at Microsoft?

  25. Re:12" still crippled on Apple Updates PowerBooks · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Ibook doesn't have:

    1.5GHz PowerPC G4
    512MB PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM
    NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 64MB of DDR SDRAM
    60GB Ultra ATA/100; 5400 rpm
    8x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW) [optional]
    built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
    GraphicConverter, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, QuickBooks for Mac New User Edition
    Mini-DVI to DVI adapter

    I bolded what I believe are the key advantages of the PowerBook.