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  1. Re:54 inch screen at 7 feet = 15 inch monitor on Linux-Based PMP Features Head-Up Display · · Score: 1

    So what about a 15.4" WUXGA mounted close enough to fill your FOV? I know Gizmodo has covered[1] the paper-release of a 7.1" 1080p display; how physically small of a display with how many what-sized pixels do we need to attain in order to realize your HMD with a human-esque field of view? And when can I have two of them for simulated 3d?

    -theGreater.

    [1]. http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/sanyo-epson-announce-7-1-inch-1080p-lcd-by-far-the-worlds-smal/

  2. Re:Firewall Schmirewall on The Setup Behind Microsoft.com · · Score: 1

    I wonder if Morgan Stanley knows they are outsourcing their webfarm to Microsoft's I.T. department....

    -theGreater.

  3. Re:That's a smoking deal on Low-Cost Board Runs Linux, Google Apps · · Score: 2, Informative

    For additional extra credit, google for the following:

    Walmart/Everex GPC TC2502 (VIA CN700 + VT8237R Chipset), PC2500E

    Or just check the LinuxBIOS Mailing List thread about this very board, which is available from ClubIT.com for about $60.00 with free shipping.

    -theGreater.
  4. (public perception of) Re:Suborbital? on NASA Ikhana Assists SoCal Firefighters · · Score: 2

    The average individual likely cannot explain what the two 'A' characters in NASA stand for unless it's "another" and "astronauts". To them, NASA is the Moon Landing and the Shuttles and the Space Station. It therefore does not seem entirely unreasonable for a project involving "NASA's Suborbital Science Program within the Science Mission Directorate..." to be called, well, sub-orbital.

    -theGreater.

  5. Or you intentionally web-publish the genotype on Working Around Patents with Evolutionary Design · · Score: 1

    From: http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/projects/esg/publications/lohn_papers/gptp2004.pdf
    Figure 1.6. Genotype for evolved antenna ST5-3-10.

    The lameness filter is obstacling my path, so I'm tootling my google notbook page with vigor.
    http://www.google.com/notebook/fullpage?hl=en#b=BDRqeIgoQi4a_oq4i

    -theGreater.

  6. Re:Yea, it's all the same. on Are Relational Databases Obsolete? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So it seems to me the -real- money is in integrating an RDBMS which, for usage purposes, is row-oriented; but which, for archival purposes, is column-oriented. This could either be a backup-type thing, or an aging-type thing. Quick, to the Pat(ent)mobile!

    -theGreater

  7. Re:They're not mutually exclusive. on Are Relational Databases Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    Exactly what I was thinking. There is nothing (to my knowledge) in the Relational Model which specifies row vs. column store....

    -theGreater.

  8. Re:World Cup in ASCII on Realtime ASCII Goggles · · Score: 1

    Would the result be a video stream with an ASCII filter applied, or an actual character stream?

    -theGreater.

  9. Re:...or are they just toys? on AMD Unveils SSE5 Instruction Set · · Score: 5, Funny

    It ROUNDSS! It ROUNDSS us! It FRCZSS! Nasty AMD added to it.

  10. It's also about who's loudly wrong on Intel 45nm Processors Waiting to Clobber AMD's Barcelona? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't know why this bothers me so much, but it does.

    http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Atecharp.com+ %22deigned+to

    http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Adeign

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    -theGreater.

  11. Re:Backup DNS Servers? on DNS Rebinding Attacks, Multi-Pin Variant · · Score: 2, Informative

    OpenDNS ( http://www.opendns.com/ ) works pretty well. I typically go internal cache, external ISP, openDNS on my systems. Keeps Windows boxes in line, especially.

    -theGreater.

  12. Re:Worst comparison chart EVER on iPhone Gets Better Battery, Scratch Resistant Glass · · Score: 2, Informative

    A better comparison chart might include

    • 02 XDA Flame
    • Eten Glofiish x500+
    • FIC neo1973
    • Sharp 904SH
    • T-Mobile MDA-IV

    These models are all in a similar price range, have nice touchscreens (I think), and full 640*480 resolution. Have I missed one?

    -theGreater.

  13. Re:Latitudes... on Dell Linux Details · · Score: 1

    Along a similar vein, I had cause to delve inside an XPS 400 series last weekend (water damage cleanup from the Greensburg, KS, USA, tornado).

    The guts in an XPS 410 appear to be almost identical to the Precision 380 (now 390) which is a pretty decent piece of kit and can handle at least a stock 8800GTX with the addition of a $5 USD PCIe power adapter. We use a lot of 380/390 gear at work, so I can provide one half of the puzzle; anybody have good access to an XPS 410 and want to share the results of lspci -vv?

    I think supported linux on an entry-level workstation that scales up to quad core could be quite interesting. You can run anything from Pentium D and 512 MB of RAM on your secretary's desk, right up to a quad-core 4GB behemoth with GPGPU in your engineering department....

    -theGreater.

  14. Shooting themselves in the foot on Microsoft Segments Linux "Personas" · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Under the "Application Driven" Persona Profile:

      - place application needs ahead of platform decisions
      - will support whatever platform best fits the application
      - application needs driven by business needs
      - very satisfied with current Linux installations

    So, remind me again how these bullet points help win AGAINST Linux?

    -theGreater.

  15. Re:Moo on NASA's Future Inflatable Lunar Base · · Score: 1

    To that I say, PSHAU! (Image to right: The "planetary surface habitat and airlock unit" has ....)

    -theGreater.

  16. Re:our bad? on Telecom Refunds $8 Million for Bad Service · · Score: 1

    See also: mea culpa.

    -theGreater.

  17. Re:do the physics, it's about DE-celeration on Extraterrestrials Probably Haven't Found Us - Yet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, it would take substantially less as you've already shed a lot of mass, AKA superfuel. So you wouldn't accelerate halfway and decelerate halfway, you'd accelerate 2/3 and decelerate 1/3. Or something like that -- someone better at the various calculus-based disciplines than me might be able to give a better ballpark.

  18. Hey, I recognize that CMS! on Google NASA Partnership Announced · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's Dot Net Nuke, with an altered default blue theme. Good enough for Google, good enough for NASA, good enough for me.

    Hey, it's at least mildly ontopic, and it proves I actually FOLLOWED A LINK!

    -theGreater.

    captcha: outrages

  19. So, using this mystery math... on The True Cost of One Laptop Per Child · · Score: 1

    ... what's the cost of a regular laptop, or the competing project from Intel? Sounds like a Haggard Sony Enthusiast to me.

    -theGreater.

  20. Re:Torrents on A Nerdcore Hip-Hop Halloween Album · · Score: 1

    Actually, the Holloween EP is definitely one album; there appear to be four or five -other- albums available, as well.

    Volume II is most definitely a non-available torrent.

    -theGreater.

  21. Re:Someone clarify on Net Neutrality Being Examined by FTC · · Score: 1

    Well, the CATV system was designed to be a broadcast system. The Internet was designed to be an open system. CATV was never about exchanging datasets between universities in the spirit of cooperation.

    We're not saying "DON'T BLOCKS MY GOOGLES!!" We're saying "IT'S NOT BROKEN! DON'T 'FIX' IT!"

    -theGreater.

  22. Re:crystals on Molecules Spontaneously Form Honycomb · · Score: 1

    Yes, and without any outside involvement, too.

    In their research the UCR chemists first cleaned the copper surface, creating an extremely slippery surface. Then they deposited anthraquinone molecules onto it. Next, the surface with the molecules was annealed to spread the molecules. During cool-down to the temperature of liquid nitrogen, the hexagonal pattern emerged.

    Oh, hang on a tic....

    -theGreater.

  23. Re:Doing It All on NVIDIA Do-It-Yourself Quad SLI Launched · · Score: 1

    So, erm, why not binary blobs + wrapper code? Technically it would fulfill the letter of the law, while giving the dev community at least _some_ of the openness they want. I mean, if they would LOVE to open it up, Solomon the drivers; half for the lawyers, and half for the devs.

    -theGreater

  24. Define: IVR on VoIP Calls Double In Quality · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google gives the definition of IVR as Interactive Voice Response.

    So I knew what one was, I just didn't know there was a TLA for them. This inane personal revelation brought to you by the captcha "accuse".

    -theGreater.

  25. Mirror! For the love, mirror! on Project OpenSky Takes Off · · Score: 1