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  1. Re:Reliable? on Panasonic's Blu-ray Recorder To Hit Market In July · · Score: 1

    It looks like early adaptations have in fact been caddy-protected. This is apparently seen as a bad thing as it will drive up cost, so new media that doesn't require a caddy is being introduced.

    http://www.twice.com/article/CA408190.html?displ ay =News

  2. Two words... on Amorphous Steel · · Score: 5, Funny

    TRANSPARENT ALUMINUM!

    "Hello? computer?"

    "Just use the keyboard!"

  3. Re:Why duplication? on EU and US Agree on Galileo · · Score: 1

    GPS isn't accurate, reliable, or trustworthy enough (which is why it's forbidden for pilots rely on it for navigation).

    You clearly don't have a clue what you're talking about. The FAA has been certifying GPS recievers for aviation use since at least 1993. There are plenty of published GPS approaches. The FAA is working on zero/zero GPS-WAAS approaches-- It's just a matter of time. The FAA very much hopes to phase out ILS and VOR systems because they're so expensive to maintain.

  4. MISSING THE POINT on Microsoft Word 5.1: The Apex of Word Processing · · Score: 1

    You guys are MISSING THE POINT.

    Which is easier, inserting a flush right code, or setting a bloody right aligned tab?

    I use OO now, mostly because Wordperfect 9 for linux apparently needs linux from a few years ago to run properly. But, I can't for instance, get OO for linux to print an envelope to save my life. I'm thinking about going back to WP 8 for linux, if I can find it again.

  5. A good overview? on Was Zuse's Z3 the First Programmable Computer? · · Score: 1

    Someone have a link somewhere with a good overview of this sort of computing that puts it in context with what little us young folks know about modern computers? For instance, just what is a floating point processor, and how is it implemented both on silicon and with relays? How was this thing programmed? How does one go from a bunch of relays to a command console using purely mechanical methods? How did the film I/O work? And so on.

  6. An Answer! on Tech-Interview Riddles · · Score: 1

    Okay, after puzzling over it for some time I think I have it. Guy puts both condoms on and has sex with woman 1. He the takes the outside condom off and has sex with woman 2. The he flips the condom he'd taken off inside out, and puts it back on and has sex with woman 3.

  7. There was no Shadowman 1 on Video Game Advertising Reaches New Lows · · Score: 1

    I know... there was no shadowman 1! They just started with 2, becuase it sounds cooler. Afterall, if they made a 2, 1 must have been good, and so 2 will be even better......

  8. Re:Free Porn on Public Software Fund's First Project · · Score: 1

    Not really sure how it works, but the rates seem to be fluctuating a LOT. Since I posted that the d/l rates have fluctuated from 0.5kb/s to 20kb/s, with an average around 6kb/s, I would guess. Upload rates have been anywhere from 2kb/s to 23kb/s on an aDSL line.

  9. Free Porn on Public Software Fund's First Project · · Score: 1

    Hahah. What a great idea.

    "Hmmm, how can we can get at least 100 people to download a file at once?" "I know, lets offer them free porn!"

    Seems to have worked, since I'm getting a whopping 1.5k/b a second....

  10. Why does it cost this much? on Galileo Amalthea Flyby Threatened · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Could someone please explain why it costs to 1.5mil for a satelite that's there already to send back pictures? This just isn't making sense to me... All they have to do is TELL it to take them, and I'm not sure how telling it to do so costs 1.5mil? I'm not doubting the accuracy of this, I would just really like to know WHY it costs so much...

  11. Re:Download Queues & Gnutella on The AudioGalaxy Story · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and compared to AG, that sucks ASS. All you had to do in audiogalaxy was click on the song you wanted. you got one good copy, everytime. No time spent dicking with which of 30 copies you got are decent and so on.... It's just waste.

  12. Re:Relevant Simpsons quote... (Pedant) on Isn't it Time for Metric Time? · · Score: 1

    I dunno, everytime I ordered a pint in the UK I got a 500ml glass:) Marked as such and everything. And a half-pint was a 333ml glass. So much for the "english" system.

  13. There are... on Is Your Computer a Fire Hazard Waiting to Happen? · · Score: 1

    checkout 2cooltek.com, they have a filter for a 120mm fan which I had on my case for a long time. Problem was it got clogged with dust in about a week. I got sick and tired of cleaning it weekly, so I just left it off and blow out the dust in my case every 6 months or so...

  14. Re:Not for the easily amused on Tom's Guide to Water Cooling · · Score: 1

    While I'm sure this makes for an amsuing story, Bernouli would, I think, complain loudly.

  15. Re:additional advantages. on Tom's Guide to Water Cooling · · Score: 1

    Let's see. It's not really a Glycol replacement. It doesn't provide anti-freeze protection. It DOES provide the lubrication necessary for a water pump to operate WITHOUT antifreeze (which contains lubricants). IF you run straight water in a car, water pumps die eventualyl because of no lubrication. Watter wetter fixes this. (why would you want to run water instead of water/antrifreeze? Ethylene-Glycol isn't a very good cooling liquid as compared to water.) In any case something designed to provide the necessary lubrication for WATER PUMPS in a car probably do more good than harm to your little aquarium pump.

  16. mod this idiot down... on Tom's Guide to Water Cooling · · Score: 1

    You sir are an idiot.

    And that's about all this post warrants. Except maybe a question of who the hell modded you up???

    Sheesh! "heating water breaks up the molecules". What sort of "physics genious" doesn't even understand how BOILING works?

  17. NO SPYWARE IN AUDIOGALAXY on AudioGalaxy Reaches Settlement With the RIAA · · Score: 1

    Dolt. Audiogalaxy has no spyware you don't give it permision to install. It comes with the "gator" crap, but you just click "don't install this" or run ad-aware afterwards and it's gone.

    The day the music died... I for one will miss Audiogalaxy. It was the most hassle-free method of mp3 sharing there was. I transmitted 18 gigs and recieved 8 before the demise. Deffinitely well liked by me. Sigh.

  18. Re:Suspension of disbelief on How Yoda Became an Action Star · · Score: 1

    Those scenes contain my favourite line of the movie... "Around the survivors a perimeter create.."

  19. Great... on Quantum3D/NVIDIA technology: Military Applications · · Score: 3, Funny

    Next thing we know we'll be arming soldiers with nail guns.

  20. Re:The joys of owning a domain on Text-Mining Your E-mail · · Score: 1

    I use sneakmail.com for giving my address out on webforms where I'm worried about spam. Easy for those of us without FQDNs.

  21. Actually, only half... on Cray's New Solid State Storage · · Score: 1

    Actually, you're only transmitting half your genome....

  22. Re:Death of the Last Good Browser on Browser Becomes Billboard · · Score: 1

    Ooooh.. Thank you muchly, good sir. I did not know about googlebar for Mozilla. It's not as good as the IE bar yet, but as I am a linux user, I am quite thankful. Mozilla still takes a ridiculously long time to load, and IE6 renders more quickly.

    I have been using konqueror, but it's sluggish and less than stable. We'll see how long it takes me to crash Mozilla.

  23. Death of the Last Good Browser on Browser Becomes Billboard · · Score: 1

    Man.. If MS lets this into IE, it will be death of the last good browser.

    (note, I'm as anti-microsoft as the next guy, but there really isn't a better browser than IE w/Google toolbar...)

  24. Re:Linux people are hypocrites on KDE 3.0RC3: Prepare to Fall in Love · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just where, pray tell, did Linux use Fisher Price's look anywhere?

  25. Re:In Ohio, better yet... on Electric Company Using Power Lines for Data · · Score: 1

    "It'd suck to have your dryer or something else shut down at random, but AC during the day is not a big deal, trust me."

    Ahem. It's pretty obvious you live in MN... if you lived in Texas, you'd feel a bit differently... In Texas, not having an A/C on a hot day kills older folks.