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  1. Re:Security? on FireWire Gets Ready to Go Wireless · · Score: 1

    Not if it's short-range like Bluetooth. Or better yet, encrypted.

  2. Re:WiFi on How to Protect a Network Against Lightning? · · Score: 1

    Exactly - lightning already has 10,000V times how ever many inches it's crossing (that's a lot of volts). But the point is, once it hits your WiFi device, it's gonna go for the path(s) of least resistance, not over the air again.

  3. Re:WiFi on How to Protect a Network Against Lightning? · · Score: 1

    Well you could technically, but the resistance is enormous. IIRC, it requires about 10,000 Volts per inch of air.

  4. Re:In Japan, we already do on Japanese Cell Phones Offer a Glimpse of the Future · · Score: 1
    While the origin of the word is obvious

    Is it? Could you please clarify for those of us who don't know a damn thing about Japanese? :)

    I know English, German, and just enough Dutch, Italian, and French to get around, but Asian languages scare me.

  5. Re:After this long on Is eBay Worse Than Early Sears Catalogs? · · Score: 1

    Same here :)
    The Dieter I know isn't large and hairy, but he does smell bad.

  6. Re:Alternative to David/Wine on More Light Shed on Project David · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but that's still in beta too. Hogs resources and runs like crap.

  7. Re:Kmail? on ExtremeTech Reviews Google's Gmail Beta · · Score: 1

    Well, we already have Kookle.

  8. Re:I still think its a big liability... on ExtremeTech Reviews Google's Gmail Beta · · Score: 1

    Why not? Just compress it with RAR, 9.9MB per file. With 1GB of space, you can easily store an entire ISO. I'll be curious to see how Google defeats this...if I had a beta account, I'd figure out now if it was possible.

  9. Lenin on BizRate? on ExtremeTech Reviews Google's Gmail Beta · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Odd...
    Lenin
    Compare prices and save money.
    I didn't know Lenin's corpse was for sale.
  10. Re:Would it really matter? on Professor and Student Thwart P2P File Sharing · · Score: 1

    Use eMule/aMule. Download entire albums. Problem solved.

  11. Re:Tips on Build Your Own Wireless Beer Pitcher Monitoring System · · Score: 1
    waitresses or whoever sit in the back getting paid to watch the beer indicator.

    Not really. Whenever you don't have something else to do, check the monitor. If someone needs a refill, go do it. No need for constant monitoring.

  12. Re:Other models? on Redesigned iConsole for Ford Explorer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So you'll continue paying more money for gas rather than making an investment so you don't have to pay so much later? How very...American.

  13. Re:Regions... on Star Trek TOS DVD Box Sets Forthcoming · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've had absolutely no trouble playing Region 2/PAL DVDs on my American TV. Perhaps some televisions cannot display PAL properly...

  14. Re:Bad performance is built in. on Programming As If Performance Mattered · · Score: 1

    How is this insightful? Do you really honestly believe that your code would be faster if you wrote a giant main() function rather than a few dozen classes? If so, you're incredibly ignorant about how compilers actually work.

  15. Re:It's hard to blame them, isn't it? on Microsoft Will Sell Whitelist Services For Hotmail · · Score: 1
    If it weren't Microsoft, but a "respected" ISP that did this, would we blame them for it?

    Yes. Supporting spam = bad. I don't care who you are.

  16. Re:Checks, Governing circuits, etc. on Nonlinear Neural Nets Smooth Wi-Fi Packets · · Score: 1
    i would say we are a little ways off from making true AI

    You're joking, right? We've barely begun to understand the human mind, and you think we can create true intelligence with a computer program? I don't deny that it will eventually happen, but it's certainly not going to be soon.
    To paraphrase a smarter man than I, the AI field is still lacking its Einstein.

  17. OT: Your Sig on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    I've seen your sig a few times, and I keep wondering...what exactly do you think P2Pstudio.net implies? What kind of studio?

  18. Re:WiFi? How about... on Nonlinear Neural Nets Smooth Wi-Fi Packets · · Score: 1

    Shhhhhh! If everyone does it, you'll ruin my evil plan.

  19. Re:Sound Effects on Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents · · Score: 1

    Good advice, but it doesn't always work because stupid morons don't signal. Just walking around my university, I feel like carrying a bag of rocks to throw at cars who swerve at the last moment and just barely miss me while I'm crossing the street.

  20. Re:These features aren't best on How Should One Review a Distribution? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I totally agree. I think for most of us, Gentoo is easier to install than Debian, even though it doesn't even have an installer. I've built a few LFS systems, and I still found Debian's installer incredibly frustrating. I think dselect in particular is specifically designed to be as user-unfriendly as possible.

  21. Re:You won't on NetBSD Sets Internet2 Land Speed World Record · · Score: 1

    Arrrgh. The I2 isn't meant to replace the Internet. It's just another backbone. That's all.

  22. Re:what is on Super MP3 Will Feature User Tracking · · Score: 1

    No, MP3Pro is MP3Pro. Look it up. CoolEdit/Adobe Audition uses it as its default MP3 encoder.

  23. Re:Low standards in K-12 on Intel Chief: Don't Call Us Benedict Arnold CEOs · · Score: 1
    (last year something like 70% of students failed one particular Regents exam)

    You're probably referring to the Physics exam two years ago, which I took. I got a 78 on it. I got a 5 (the highest possible score) on the AP exam.

  24. Re:I have but one thing to state, gentlemen: on Intel Chief: Don't Call Us Benedict Arnold CEOs · · Score: 1

    It amuses me to no end to see people like you who are so ignorant about the political situation outside the US. Yes, in most other first-world nations, health care is a basic right. Sorry.

  25. Re:Apple frameworks on Linux would be excellent on Apple and Independent Developers · · Score: 1

    Why don't you just use Java?