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  1. And who makes these wonders for Dell? on Shopping for a New Monitor? · · Score: 1

    Samsung.

  2. Not a new concept on Public Hardware Beta Tests · · Score: 1

    Go to Akihabara (Electric Town) in Tokyo most any day of the week, and you'll see shelves loaded with 'beta' hardware. The shear amount of goods that never see the light of day, otherwise, is nothing less than amazing.

    This latest action, by Philips, is simply a marketing ploy for the uneducated consumer. ...and if you're one of the fan boys getting a woody over it, then that's you. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

  3. Knowing when to ask... on When Should a Consultant Question Decisions? · · Score: 1

    ...is like asking yourself if you think you're in love.

    If you need to ask, then it's all in your imagination.

    If you have doubts, then you're in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and you should excuse yourself on the grounds that you are simply not ready for the task at hand. Do everyone a favor, and run for the nearest exit.

  4. For those that need it spelled out... on Have You Really Read Your ISP's TOS? · · Score: 1

    'Free speech' is a thing of the past.

    Don't believe me? Ask the Dixie Chicks...or Henry Norr.

  5. Troll, yes...but still a good read! on Analysis of RIAA vs Princeton Student · · Score: 1

    I say it is, so it must be true

  6. A good read! Must be so! on Analysis of RIAA vs Princeton Student · · Score: 0, Troll

    Where is the filter for only displaying "great" or "fantastic" reads? Do not bother me with simple 'good' reads, ok?

    You have no idea what I consider to be good or bad when it comes to reading, so don't try to convince me you are anything but a copy boy.

    ....this whole read quotient blathering by editors has been going on for ages, and it still reaks of lazy.

  7. move the universe...now you're thinking on Pendulum Clock with Atomic Precision · · Score: 1

    If you're sure it will be hard, or it can't be done without a fight, you are likely to be correct in the end. In the mean time, someone else will succeed where you fail.

  8. Easy on Pendulum Clock with Atomic Precision · · Score: 1

    The Japanese do it any time a quake hits Yokohama. Yokohama's Landmark Tower, 70 stories, has a fully suspended base, computer controlled, that reacts to earthquakes by countering movements in order to offset jolts that would bring ordinary buildings down. Why raise the bridge, when you can just as easily lower the water.

    If an active base works for something this large, it can be scaled down, I'm sure.

  9. what about it, grammer nazi? on Apple SuperDrive Gets Faster....For Free · · Score: 1

    chassis is easily a verb. Just like saddle up and reigned in....we 'trailered' the boat....he 'framed' his question...'coined' a phrase...'shot' her a glance... 'punked' out... she 'scabbed' her way into the dance. =========

    You need to spend more time out in the real world, and less time watching Jeopardy.

  10. Why not an active base instead? on Pendulum Clock with Atomic Precision · · Score: 1

    Simply nudge the clock base vertically (pikc a corner/side) as required, by a small system of active mounts, that sense the pendulum's momentum and urge correction? Banging on the weight as it swings seems a bit counter-productive.

  11. In the absence of OS 9 on Apple SuperDrive Gets Faster....For Free · · Score: 1

    ...chassis your drive into a windows box and flash it from there. I hear there of plenty of people still running windows.

  12. Wake up Timothy on Apple SuperDrive Gets Faster....For Free · · Score: 1

    ...this is an old link that announces the update to correctly burn certain media. It's not new...it's not about getting a faster drive. It is rather stupid to assume otherwise just so you can have a story to post.

  13. watching does bring so many things to mind on How To install Neverwinter Nights on Linux · · Score: 1

    I watch NT go to blue, and it reminds me of that time the dog threw up in the front seat of my Rambler.

    Watching Linux boot makes me think of that time my girlfriend slowly....uuummmneeever mind.

  14. Get real on LCD Price Fixing? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    .....when you buy an LCD monitor, the price is artificially low. When you by products that aren't in that league, you come closer to the actual costs involved.

    We all know that an automobile, in parts, is worth more than what you pay for a complete car off the lot. Try pricing the entire car, part by part, over the part's dept. counter, and then go to 3rd party suppliers, and watch how prices fluctuate. It is easy to imagine fixing if you don't understand how the market works.

    Nothing's fixed, beyond the normal markets forces (supply/demand) causing prices to level for certain products, etc.

  15. Mick was right on Last-Mile Fiber Optic · · Score: 1

    You can't always get what you want....but you can always get what you need, and where a fat pipe is a thing to desire, some people....many people...will take any pipe, and that means wireless.

    I have VDSL at home, as well as 802.b, as well as wireless from the computer to the home theater, and while I'm always lusting for more speed, it's all 'round, not just for iso's. When it comes to communities, wireless will quickly surface as the public transportation equivalent.

    Someone will always want to get there faster, and for those we have copper colored Porsches...and a premium that matches. For everyone else...wireless.

    For countries the size of California, such as Korea and Japan, FTTH will be here soon, and I'll use it along with 802. In the US...don't hold your breath.

  16. Sure on Flash Memory And Its future · · Score: 1

    128mb is now officially small. 256mb is now minimum I'll buy in CF.

  17. take a breath... on Build Your Own PCB Milling Machine · · Score: 1

    bit tense aren't we...oh wait... AC...too scared to come out from under the bed. PMS alert!

  18. Wired? on Last-Mile Fiber Optic · · Score: 1

    Did I really hear you say wired???

    Fiber is a bit too late...by the time they shovel dirt into the trenches, 802.x will be the ticket, and all that work will be old news before you can say how much is that access point in the window...

  19. I doubt that... on U.S. Forces In Iraq Ban GPS Phones · · Score: 1

    You'd be surprised how much modern (coalition) military strategy is based on Chinese military strategy.

    They may not be as interested or surprised by what the US may or may not do as you think. After all, we've only been in the war business for a few hundred years, while China has thousands of years to look back on.

  20. Amateur on Build Your Own PCB Milling Machine · · Score: 0

    ...is the key word.

    Whatever happened to the guys that were going to print out boards on inkjet printers?

    Also since these would be milled, they would be called MCB's. Get it straight.

    Milling machines, while a marvel of modern technology in their own right, cannot create multi-layered circuit boards, unless you ignore the obvious extra steps involved. Sounds like overkill, and a solution looking for a problem.

  21. perhaps on Introduction to PHP5 · · Score: 1

    ...with so many pages you would do well to spit out more dynamic content, rather than hardwire so many references? Or is that the situation that already exists.

  22. Technology Agreements on Software Tariffs and US IT Outsourcing? · · Score: 1

    The US Govt. has various technology agreements with other countries that tend to override such things as import tax, duties etc. These agreements cover such things as human resources, education research grants, software, hardware, etc. Software isn't the commodity you suspect it is...

  23. Goes something like this... on Germany Places Command & Conquer on Restricted List · · Score: 1

    Any publicity is good publicity, and good publicity is even better.

    This embedded comment brought to you by the Council on Opinions Galore.

  24. want to know on Mandrake Linux 9.1 (Bamboo) Is Available! · · Score: 1

    Did you have an opportunity to find out how 9.1 handles existing configurations of things such as XAWTV/Streamer/PHP/SAMBA/USB/QuickTime, etc.?

    If you had something relative to the above, did the existing configurations carry forward with or without effort?

  25. Re:Good news on Asia Opens Up to WLAN · · Score: 1

    Overrated? You're just jealous.