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  1. Re:Guinness as cooling agent ? on Tiny Bubbles Key to Cooling Crazy Hot CPUs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Common perhaps, but correct, no. Guiness bubbles do not defy gravity. To quote - "The reason for this optical illusion is the turbulence in the glass after pouring the drink. Dark liquid is flowing down the inside of the glass and rising in the centre giving us this circulation of fluid. It is this dark fluid rippling down the inside of the glass, superimposed on the white froth, that gives the impression that the bubbles are sinking. Look closely and you'll see what I mean. New Scientist have looked into this question and the fluid dynamics of a pint of Guinness are pretty complicated and it is still impossible to predict the movement of the bubbles by theory. If you want to read more about what is going on in your pint have a look at Pure Genius, pages 56-57 of the 1998 Christmas Special of New Scientist, dated 16/29 December 1998 - 2 January 1999" But yes, I was aware of the attempted humour in your post.

  2. GTA on Mac on Virtual PC 6 Review · · Score: 1

    GTA, The London Expansion pack and GTA2 (for PlayStation) will run just fine on a Mac under Connectix VGS (yes, you have to boot into 9, but who cares?).

  3. Re:Why the complaining? on Why Browser Innovation Matters · · Score: 1

    OK, it's a crappy site, run by a con-man, but here's your "Best Viewed with Safari" logo that you doubted we'd be seeing anytime soon...

    http://www.envestco2.com/macwhispers/

  4. Re:For those reading just the comments on Advergames · · Score: 1

    Back when Prodigy was still NAPLPS based (80's). I remember they helped distribute (by disk, I believe), a FORD driving "game." It wasn't that cool, but it served no purpose other than to sell their product.

  5. Re: ... if it only works with Pocket PC on iSync Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Not true. Pocket Mac can help. http://www.pocketmac.net PocketPC + Mac = Cool hardware combo

  6. Was that an advert for El Gato? on Microsoft/HP to Market Crippled Entertainment PCs · · Score: 1

    El Gato is a USB, MPEG muxing in the hardware, low end device. Furthermore, it is not the only solution...

    For something a little tastier, check out Formac's Studio DV/TV. It is FireWire (IEEE 1394) and isn't forced to MPEG the content in hardware because of the meager USB bandwidth that the El Gato device uses.

  7. Re:Microsoft will be next... on Sony's New Bookshelf MP3 Player -- Audio TiVo? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hence my use of the phrase "ran Windows" vs. had Windows loaded on it. But I suppose "was able to run a version of Windows," would have been more explicit.

  8. Re:Microsoft will be next... on Sony's New Bookshelf MP3 Player -- Audio TiVo? · · Score: 1

    Oh for chrissake, that was totally uncalled for. Using your pseudo logic, the XBox doesn't exist. Because there was already a console by another company that ran Windows before it (DreamCast). Did that prevent Microsoft from making their own console.... No. Spend a little more time thinking things true and less time trying to FP and call people names.

  9. Microsoft will be next... on Sony's New Bookshelf MP3 Player -- Audio TiVo? · · Score: 1

    Or will the DRM issues prevent this. Maybe they can roll it into their XBOX/UltimateTV can't do two things at once media hub...

  10. Re: "I Am Canadian" on Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz · · Score: 1

    Ironically enough, Fosters in America comes from.....Canada.

  11. And Palm will give you the ROM! on Palm OS Emulator Ported to Sharp Zaurus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Palm gives out the ROMs for various models via the web for their free "development" Palm emulator. If these ROMs will work for the emulator, you're set.