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  1. Re:This is a random comment. on New Method for Random Number Generation Developed · · Score: 1

    It would not be zero, as the sum of the probability of every sequence still needs to be 1. It would still be noted 0+ ...

  2. Re:Dreamhost on Things To Look For In a Web Hosting Company? · · Score: 1

    As for myself, I've been hosting some stuff over hostnine.com and the service, quality, uptime has been very good. I even used it as a backup for the days where my BW went over 150mbps and they handled it perfectly.. Anyway, I guess everyone has a very different experience for each of the host and I'd simply recommend looking at the support forums for each of the host you are thinking about using...

  3. Re:Use the Coax as a wirepull for the cat5 on Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution? · · Score: 1

    Actually, I proposed so to them before doing it; they knew full well they would resell it at full price anyway, and it was more offering a service to me, while selling me all the terminators & wire.

    For the other post, that kind of tool is used only for wall jacks, and I already own a crimping tool for making custom cables.

  4. Re:Use the Coax as a wirepull for the cat5 on Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution? · · Score: 0

    You have two choices for the (good) wall sockets. Either pay a high price each, or a low price but buy the tool. When I wired my home I paid the low price each + highly priced tool and got the tool back the next day for a full reimbursement ;)

  5. Re:Patenting ACTA? on Google Patents Country-Specific Content Blocking · · Score: 1

    it's common for companies to request a patent in multiple countries at once, and nothings tell you that they haven't tried for them.

  6. Re:This will keep happening... on Overzealous Enforcement Means Even Legit Music Blogs Deleted · · Score: 1

    That will most probably sound like a troll (notice I'm the GP) but I just needed to point that over the years it has become very easy to host files.

    A) VMs or integrated network plug servers (there are 100$ kits!)
    B) Dyndns
    C) Get a real host
    D) Get a real host too =) Beside, if you are hinting on the upload limit (and not kb/s) then I need to point out that blogs require a very low amount of kb to host.
    E) My very old P3-500 was used in 98-99 (on a 28.8k) to host a very big alliance website for an online game. I had to run a lot of computations, beside displaying the webpages.. So, what's the hardware limitation again ?
    F) This one is harder to say anything against, except perhaps that even barely installing opera allows you to host files ? There are tons of tutorials available too..

    Have fun ;)

  7. Re:This will keep happening... on Overzealous Enforcement Means Even Legit Music Blogs Deleted · · Score: 1

    are you on the internet right now ? yes ? Then what's the problem to host it ? Just leave that device plugged in. Opera even has a web server built in now, where's the problem again ?

  8. Re:Ah, well, that lets Microsoft off the hook then on Rootkit May Be Behind Windows Blue Screen · · Score: 1

    The rootkit was hiding there, but there's nothing that prevent it from using other files which could have been modified (thus breaking hte rootkit compatibility ??)

  9. Re:Ah, well, that lets Microsoft off the hook then on Rootkit May Be Behind Windows Blue Screen · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Scanning it does not even guarantee the detection of the root kit. I can see tons of useless scans a user could run ;)

  10. Re:Surprise on Microsoft Says Windows 7 Not Killing Batteries · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If a graphic card can be fried with simple directx calls, they are certainly not well built and as such we can't be blaming microsoft.

  11. Re:Consistent Histories? on Physicists Discover How To Teleport Energy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just wait until there is ..

    no more powerline!

    That would clean up a lot of space :)

  12. Re:$2-$5 ? on YouTube To Allow Video Rentals · · Score: 1

    You mean as the source ? Most high profile web (microsoft patches, apple, youtube/google..) sites are able to sustain (well, for as big the files I can find) 60 to 70 mbps, only a few keep the connection capped at 95-98mbps.

    On the low end of thing, I have a cheap (5$ per month) host which is pushing me over 50mbps on multi-gigabyte downloads..

    Steam is usually around 80 mbps (best test case is GTA4 which is a pretty big download, was at that speed too for L4D2 and others..)

    If you meant as a provider, then there are multiple options. http://speedtest.net/ can provide you with stats for where to look around you. Also, based on their data, the average download speed is over 6mbps in both north america an europe.

  13. Re:$2-$5 ? on YouTube To Allow Video Rentals · · Score: 1

    Average bandwidth keeps increasing ( ** except in some parts of the us from a report we had recently ** ), and with 6mbps you can view a 1080p (4GB, 1h30) movie in realtime. If you are paying for a limited monthly bandwidth connection, it's perhaps time to look somewhere else?

  14. Re:$2-$5 ? on YouTube To Allow Video Rentals · · Score: 1

    You have to take into account the fact that a location cost 1$ a day for whichever movie you want, in either dvd or bluray format at a lot of places in all of the US & Canada.

    Thus, if he rents it at that place, he's maybe generating 5 to 10 cents for the movie studio (and that's most probably a gross exageration) and as such if they get 30% of a sale, out of a movie sold for 20$, then he only needs to buy 1 movie in 60-120 to reach parity.

    So, if he's buying as many movie only based on the amount of money used to rent as many movies as he download, he would be giving much more cash to the movie studios, at the expense of the lenders distribution model. But everyone knows that that model, even at 1$ per movie, is flawed as you still have to walk 500m to the automated lender machine which you do not from a direct download. (that machine usually allow you to reserve your movie while either at work or at home, which is a nice touch)

  15. Re:21.6Gbps? on Displayport V1.2 To Take Giant Leap Over HDMI · · Score: 1

    price.

    that's it :)

  16. Re:'Losses' on App Store Piracy Losses Estimated At $459 Million · · Score: 1

    that's why he fills the tank with more gas than there was relative to the depreciation of the car ...

  17. Re:Correction on Wireless Power Group Sees Standard Within 6 Months · · Score: 1

    And what's the number of times your phone has been stolen at all ?

  18. Re:Do without football on EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely · · Score: 1

    Totally! Just go out and play for real.

    Didn't RTFA, but can't you keep playing the game alone, or with your friends in the confort of your home, just not on the internet?

    What fun is it fighting random newbs on the internet anyway ?

  19. Re:How difficult is it to remove Adobe Reader? on Adobe Security Chief Defends JavaScript Support · · Score: 1

    That's what I was referring to on the first line, notice he removed every plugin that he had on adobe reader, so I was saying to go the full way and remove the viewer altogether :)

  20. Re:"Thermal imaging devices" are not $50-150. on Does Cheap Tech Undermine Legal Privacy Protections? · · Score: 1

    That depends where you live, you insensitive clod!

  21. Re:How difficult is it to remove Adobe Reader? on Adobe Security Chief Defends JavaScript Support · · Score: 1

    Just remove the pdf viewer altogether...

    The web is so much nicer without those ugly, slow loading, web browser crashing pdf junk...

  22. Already slashdotted ? on Music By Natural Selection · · Score: 2, Funny

    No reply yet and the website can't even load.. now I understand why we don't RTFA!

  23. Re:Cue the apologists... on EU Demands Canada Rework Its Copyright, Patent Law · · Score: 1

    Maybe because they are much closer to them ?

  24. Re:Focus group... on BBC Lowers HDTV Bitrate; Users Notice · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, the bandwidth at 8bits per channel not including the 5.1 sound is 16,588,800 bits per FRAME not per second, so at 60 FPS you get a 950 mb/s bandwidth requirement for the video alone, and that`s why we need to use a compressed distribution method...

  25. Re:Adjusted for Gold-based inflation... on Hollywood Sets $10 Billion Box Office Record · · Score: 1

    Gold value skyrocket while there are recession. In 2009, the gold price went up around 25% (in USD) while there`s been a general deflation of the US market. You should use the inflation, which takes into account much more different values to compare year to year.