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  1. Please double check your units on Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Router With Active Antennas Tested (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    There are so many errors in these numbers I don't know where to start. There is a mixing of bits and bytes. There also seems to be a seemingly random transition from the Giga- and Mega- prefix. Even the notation isn't consistent (Mb/s vs Mbps). Example: " Each 5GHz radio is able to broadcast at 2.1Gbps compared to 1.3Gbps on Gen 1 devices, and the bandwidth on the 2.4GHz channel is also increased from 600Mb/s on Gen 1 devices to 1GB/s. When you take both 5GHz channels at 2,100Gb/s and add it to the 1000Gb/s on the 2.4GHz channel" First we are using Gbps, fine. Now we are using Mb/s. Then we say the 2.4Ghz channel got 13x faster (600Mega-bits-per-second to 1-Giga-byte-per-second). Then we say the 2.4Ghz channel is 1000-Giga-bits-per second. Who knows.

  2. Re:UIUC as well on America's Most Connected Campuses · · Score: 1

    UIUC does provide web pages still, new wireless access in almost all university buildings. Connected enough for me.

  3. Re:Way better on Wal-Mart Music Download Service Launches · · Score: 1

    What other solution lets you play music in linux? None so far. At least when I download my unusable music I do it with a better interface.

  4. Not playable on Mplayer on Wal-Mart Music Download Service Launches · · Score: 4, Informative

    Being the only geek here with 88 cents I went for it. Downloading was very easy. No clunky software was eneded, just download it directly from walmart after paying. Way better than any other solution (IMHO).

    The results are mplayer not being able to play it. Oh well.

    dan@stryker:~/Desktop$ mplayer Crash
    MPlayer 1.0pre2-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team

    Playing Crash
    ASF file format detected.
    = ASF Stream group = START =
    object size = 32
    stream count=[0x1][1]
    stream id=[0x1][1]
    max bitrate=[0x1f67f][128639]
    = ASF Stream group = END =
    Clip info:
    name: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
    author: Crash Test Dummies
    copyright: (P)&(C) 1999 Arista Label. All Rights Reserved.
    =
    Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
    AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 16002->176400 (128.0 kbit)
    Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm:ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (ffmpeg))
    =
    Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
    AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
    AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
    SDL: Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
    AO: [sdl] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
    Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
    Video: no video
    Starting playback...
    A: 0.0 0.0% 0%

    Exiting... (End of file)

    Edited for junk filter

  5. Re:hdup my friend on Using Linux for Windows HD Snapshots? · · Score: 1

    I wasn't very clear in my post. I am trying to create daily 'snapshots' of our server. Meaning I can go back and look at how my server looked exacly for the past 10 days. Hdup appears to do backups rather. db

  6. Re:Ghost 4 Unix? on Using Linux for Windows HD Snapshots? · · Score: 1

    Althought bit -> bit backups are nice, I need to do this daily. Dirvish is similar to what I am looking for. I would like to take a snapshot of our server daily and keep several past snapshots. It seems that all of the snapshot tools don't provide any options for a samba mount. They treat a samba mount like a local drive and the results are not as one would want over the network.

  7. 100gb, no problem! on Quickly Filling Up 150GB of Legal Media Files? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't EVERYBODY have 100gb of 'something special' or is that just me.

  8. RIAA? on European Copyrights Expire; RIAA Nervous · · Score: 2

    Why would the RIAA care? First, the A in RIAA America (ok, the second A). Also, do they not want people trading legally? I see no wrong doing in this.

  9. Too Many Providers Too many standards on AT&T/DoCoMo Deal For W-CDMA Deployment In U.S. · · Score: 1

    What happened to the day when you could travel accross the nation and almost all the cell towers would work with your phone? Sure you would pay alot to roam, but you were at least able to make a call. Now Joe's GSM phone won't work in Steve's TDMA area. Can't we all just get along? :) db

  10. Giving Credit on 802.11g Hardware Arrives · · Score: 2

    I was the original poster. Sorry, it completly slipped my mind. I knew where I got it from, but somewhere in between pasting from dslreports.com I forgot to credit them. They deserve it.

  11. Re:$2000? on XBOX Media Player 2.0 · · Score: 1

    You can get alot for $500, but not much for $150.

    Note: I had a list of each component but the lame filter didn't like it

    The cheapest price you can get on pricewatch is $172. Would you really want to use a duron850 with 128mb on a pos mobo for a media center?

  12. Re:modded xboxes on XBOX Media Player 2.0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    He tried. He released a new version of the xbox. Something in the kernel changed. Now you can use the same mods as before! just need a new bios on it. db

  13. Price Drop on XBOX Media Player 2.0 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The price of the xbox is believed to drop to $150 after turkey day. Even better. db

  14. YASE on Grokker Search Engine Provides Visual Search Results · · Score: 1, Interesting

    (Yet another search engine) Do we really need another one. Google rocks, nuff said.

  15. Logitech on Portable Scanner Solutions for Research? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Logitech use to make them. I am not sure if they still do (doubt it). It was black and white and about 6in wide. I never really liked it much, the software sucked at combining multiple swipes into one fluid page. It was TWAIN compatible. If you do manage to find one, I am sure it will run on the linux distro that I know you have on your Mac :)

  16. Privacy on Turning a Blind Eye to Big Brother · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't it just as much your right to be not seen as it is to seen? Wearing black such that people can not see you is just the same as blinding a camera.

  17. Project Page on Phoenix 0.2 Web Browser: Lean, Mean Mozilla · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those of you looking for it's main page, it is. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/ You can download from there.

  18. IE on Phoenix 0.2 Web Browser: Lean, Mean Mozilla · · Score: 3, Troll

    As sad as I am to say, until now nothing has really competed with IE. Mozilla is nice (as I am using it right now) but it is big and bloaty. Perhaps this is finally a solution that is as reliable (hmm) as the MS browser and as quick (hmmm).

  19. Hangers on Electronic Ballots In The Brazilian Presidential Election · · Score: 1

    Lets hope we don't have to decided what is a 0 and 1 is a one in the binary sequence. Those are sometimes easily confused.

  20. music on Automakers to Make Diagnostic Codes Available · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Now i can make my engine rev to the beat of my music. No need to pump the breaks!

  21. Fix the problem on WorldCom Forced To Block Questionable Sites · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the sites are domestic why not shut them down rather than restrict constitutional rights? On another note, if they are not domestic, does the person posting them have the freedom to speech? doubt it.

  22. virii on Getting Help Building Your Computer · · Score: 1

    Building the hardware isn't my speciality, but a word of advice. Watch out for the M$ virus. Linux seems to remove it.

  23. Gamecube on Nintendo Embedding Classic Games on Trading Cards · · Score: 1

    But is gamecube powerful enough to play these classics? Doubt it :) db

  24. What about the case? on Build a Macintosh From Scratch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Isn't the whole point of a mac the shinny case?

  25. If only apple would support this. on Build a Macintosh From Scratch · · Score: 1

    I feel that many more people would use OSX if they could experiment with it without buying expensive hardware. Building your own mac is a step in the right direction, perhaps an open architecure. I know I would love to try OS X, as I feel it is far superior to windows from what I have seen. But I will never pay the $$ needed to try it. Oh well, I guess KDE will do.