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  1. Hold on on Chat Online with Cordless Phone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isnt the article just about providing for a head phone and mic wire from an existing phone?

    It doesnt allow you to punch numbers and call to skype directly.

    Nice hack but the story title is misleading.

  2. Re:Wet Floor Sign? on Scooba the New iRobot Product · · Score: 1

    If you RTFA, it is supposed to Dry the floor too.

  3. Re:Cool! Just like form AutoComplete on Google Suggest · · Score: 1

    I dont know how the parent came up with Big O nsquare and Big O n.

    This is how i see it:
    If n represents the total number of records they have in the database of all possible combinations in searches.

    Assuming that the database records are pre-sorted alphabetically. Assuming that they have a binary tree which is no-linear.

    I would estimate the big theta to be (log n.
    Big O says - how bad an algorithm can be
    Big Omega says - how good an algorithm can be
    Big theta gives the picture of how many operation an algorithm would take.

    You can check this link
    http://www.personal.kent.edu/~rmuhamma/Algor ithms/ MyAlgorithms/binarySearchTree.htm

    This from a graduate level data structures class i have been to. I bet google has a kick ass algorithm that does much better. Thats what a search company i assume specializes in - optimizing algorithms.

  4. Re:Strongly Typed Container Classes on Java 1.5.0 Now Officially Java 5.0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    just being anal,

    int i = ((Integer) container.get(indx));

    would not work

    should have been :
    int i = ((Integer) container.get(indx)).intValue();

  5. Re:As a Canadian... on Corporate Work in the US vs. Canada? · · Score: 1

    Just to note - US hospitals can't turn away any emergencies - no matter what their capacity to pay might be.

    Thats true, but if you do manage to survive in the US - wait till you see the bill.

  6. Re:Great Results on The Man Who (Really) Makes Google Tick · · Score: 1

    I like the results for 'miserable failure' better

  7. Re:uh uh on Sasser Worm Disruption Growing · · Score: 1

    Note that there was a removal utility posted here. This was the first place i looked when someone talked about a worm.

  8. Re:I wonder what microsoft thinks of all this on HP to Globally Launch Linux-Based PCs · · Score: 1

    Read here for more info: http://azplace.net/index.php?itemid=322

  9. Re:I wonder what microsoft thinks of all this on HP to Globally Launch Linux-Based PCs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I decided never to buy HP product ever after Carly's insensitive stand on the issue of outsourcing. "Nobody deserves to keep their job" is what the bi*ch had to say.

  10. Re:Would it be cheaper? on Eminem Sues Apple for Sampling his Samples · · Score: 1

    What makes you think that the settlement (if reached) is going to be less than that ? Settlement claims are usually like = actual settlement price + penalty + stuff like compensation for emotional distress on having heard the song being sung so badly by someone

  11. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? on Microsoft Develops XP 'Light' for Thailand · · Score: 1

    I have been doing their windows update through the update tool for quite sometime. Windows can well come without the Internet explorer if Microsoft really intends one to be so.

  12. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? on Microsoft Develops XP 'Light' for Thailand · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would like to get my hands on one of these if it does not include all the applications i dont need - windows messenger , internet explorer, Outlook express. Just the basic UI. I can customize it the way i need. Lesser the functionality, more secure the box will be.

  13. Re:Ouch on Microsoft's Search Engine Plans · · Score: 1

    besides that I think that may be something specific to nikon. I own a canon A70 powershot and the software that comes with it provides an option of including a name prefix in front of all the snaps like wedding_01230204.

    I am not sure how far this meta-data idea could go to capture the meaning of the snap or any other file for that matter. The same lazy user who dint take his/her time to organize her files in folders/providing proper file name will skip providing this metainformation.

  14. Re:I agree on Linus on SCO, and the Desktop Being 10 Years Away · · Score: 1

    XML Why? No reason on earth. foo = bar. Why make it more complicated?

    For more structure ?
    to group together common elements together and show the child parent relationship ?

    For maintaining standards?

  15. Re:Cheaper to buy a hardware phone! on Toshiba Adds VoIP to PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just how long before VoiP becomes standardized enough for open source software to be developed ?
    Then cost of a software license becomes irrelevant.

    Hardware based options are too expensive - think Internation Calls.

  16. Re:Not bad on Putting Linux Reliability to the Test · · Score: 1

    go back to my post and read it again before throwing a tantrum like a baby zealot.

    I wasnt taking away the credit from either of the operating systems. just mentioning the problems i have observed working with linux distros - RH 8.0 , 9.0 and more recently Suse 9.0 pro (dual boot with XP). I do think XP has been much faster to boot/ much more stable when it comes to managing rouge applications (killing one process doesnt affect the rest - freeze the system) on the same PC. Try that with Suse 9.0 pro and watch it lock up.

  17. Re:Linux 2.4.19-ull-ppc64-SMP (SLES 8 SP 1) on Putting Linux Reliability to the Test · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I used to use RH8.0 and then RH9.0 and moved on to SUSE 9.0 Pro recently. I noticed that when apps crash RH distros took it much better- You could close the unstable application safely and continue working on the rest. Suse OTOH freezes. Did anyone else notice this ?

  18. Re:Not bad on Putting Linux Reliability to the Test · · Score: 1

    good point, and they have to be done under similar test conditions too.

    Stability of a stripped down linux boxen doing just what it was intended to it might be much better than that of windows XP (with all the bells and whistles) but i would really like to see both of them loaded with similar number of apps and look at how their performance match. From my experience, XP has been much better in that instance.

  19. using the API on Open Source Firm Releases Patch for IE Bug [UPDATED] · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If i am correct all microsoft applications do have allow access to APIs (Application Programming interfaces). I have written a simple application in Visual Basic once that used the API of MSN instant messenger to listen to the messages sent to me and do a custom auto reply saying things like "i will be back in a few mins".

    Once someone has a grip of IE's API, this shouldnt have been too difficult - after all they just check if the URL requested for(which should be triggering an event in the API) has a particular type of input. If so they redirect it to a different URL (their own website).

    If the patch has been done this way it is more reason not to apply it - it is not exactly the cleanest way to fix it.

  20. Re:dupe dupe dupe on Interview with Peter Jackson on LoTR Bloopers · · Score: 1

    you pissed of some mods but i think that was funny, we need that

  21. and boy does Map Quest approximate on Who Makes MapQuest's Maps? · · Score: 1

    Watch out if there the region you are going to is newly developed. You can almost be certain that the approximation used w.r.t area code will always be wrong.

  22. Re:This is news? on ISPs Experiment With Broadband Download Capping · · Score: 1

    Things must be expensive for an average geek in the US. In Canada, we are yet to hear about any caps and from what I have heard from my friends, this is the case elsewhere in the world too(China and Korea).

  23. Re:Fascinating isn't it? on Microsoft "Swen" Worm Squiggles Into Sight · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and say what ?
    "Use Mac have no viruses affect you " ?

    The users will sue apple to glory when they do come across Mac worms. Lets face it, worms will exist as long as there are worm writers. Unless ofcourse Mac and Linux blocks all incoming attachments (which is what my outlook express coincidentally did after a patch) you can't guarantee anyone against worms and ignorant people that will open them. Now security flaws in windows - thats an entirely different subject.

  24. Re:The Amazing Flying Hackers of China! on New Microsoft Worm Coming Soon? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    does this have anything to do with Microsoft opening up its code to China ?

  25. Re:In other news... on New Microsoft Worm Coming Soon? · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...Scientists predict the sun will rise tomorrow."

    I live in the east cost, insensitive clod !