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  1. Re:If MY genes don't survive the cataclysm... on The Top Three Reasons for Humans in Space · · Score: 1

    Not exactly the right etymology for that usage. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=race

  2. Re:Article summary on Corporate Email Clients Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Note that his Outlook score of 4.5 was equal to his Thunderbird score.

  3. Re:Nobody knows how to link on We Pay Our Rent By Buying Coffee · · Score: 1

    No. Now, 'a story on Delicious Monster' would make good sense, but 'a story' would be bad form.

  4. Re:Physics based time... on New Calendar Proposal · · Score: 1

    That's what we have now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second

  5. Re:40 MB RAM and 60% CPU to show me the temp? on Weather Data Available in XML · · Score: 1

    You're right, I can see how that is confusing. The text box and button used to behave as you would guess: they fetched weather for any ZIP and updated the weather graphic to reflect the conditions. After wrestling with Accuweather and Weather.com's screen-scraping thwarts I put the live data on pause and instead present random forecasts that rotate the weather graphics. I've just now made a small change to the input portion so that clicking the submit button will load a new randomized 'forecast' without requiring a page reload.

    I will probably be updating the demo to use NOAA's XML feeds in the coming weeks.

  6. Check out some sumo resources on Building a Small Autonomous Robot? · · Score: 3, Informative

    You might find sumo-related resources helpful or inspiring. Full-size (Japan) scale sumo's are 20cm^2. Mini-sumo (the most popular scale in the US) is limited to 10cm^2. Many of the designs focus on low-cost parts, tricks, etc.

    I have a list of some mini-sumo links here

  7. Re:Exchange on Gates 'World's Most-Spammed Man' · · Score: 1
    They use Exchange and Outlook.
    OTG manages the global messaging environment that supports Microsoft facilities in more than 400 IT locations in 65 countries. Message traffic averages over 6.3 million messages per day, with around 2.5 million messages per day traveling to and from the Internet.
    Clustering at MS
  8. Re:Exchange on Gates 'World's Most-Spammed Man' · · Score: 1

    Outlook 2003 Unicode PST (personal folders) can be many TB in size. Exchange 2003 mailboxes can also be very, very, very large.

  9. Re:This may be nitpicky... on Is The 'CSI Phenomenon' Good For Science? · · Score: 1
    Maybe if the show had a detective, an ADA, and dedicated most of its time with the CSI team and showed how they interact with the other two, it would work better...
    The show does, his name is Woody.
  10. Re:There you go.... on Microsoft to Release Three Versions of Xbox 2 · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Battery Life Isn't Everything on PSP Pricing, Battery Life Announced · · Score: 1

    Regarding the guidlines you linked to- GTA was just released yesterday for the GBA. It is earning good reviews so far and it carries an 'M' rating.

  12. Re:Already predicted in this Wired Mag article: on Stern Will Jump To Sirius In 2006 · · Score: 1

    Your information is out of date. CC currently owns less than 5% of XM.

  13. Popup on Gmail Cracks Down on Third-Party Notifiers · · Score: 1

    Sorry, others have probably already said this... The Gmail Notifier that I have (1.0.21.0) does flash a small window with a preview of new messages, and when the little window slides away the icon in the taskbar very clearly indicates new mail. If this not what the author means by 'popup notification'?

  14. Re:Skipping? on Predictions Of Further PSP Release Delay Floated · · Score: 1

    a) UMD has a heritage in MD. b) How likely is it that someone would want to/continue to game if the environment is rough enough to induce skipping?

  15. Re:The Winner on DS vs PSP - Developers, Press Sound Off · · Score: 1

    Ditto- that was my first thought too, though none of the interviewies really mentioned it. I would go nuts for a well done MMOx on the DS or PSP.

  16. Re:Vested Interests on U.S. Cancels Fusion Program · · Score: 1

    Plastics.

  17. Re:Aha! on Disney Enters PC Market · · Score: 1

    That idea is far from novel. Compaq is one mainstream vender that offered one a few years ago.

  18. Re:Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery on Forget the PDA, Here Comes the TDA · · Score: 1

    I think it's a standard Radio template.

  19. 837009 on Getting Your Company to Migrate from IE? · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about spending your efforts applying updates and hotfixes? With some research and initial legwork this can be mostly automated. You (basically) say he is not moved or considering your viewpoints, but are you considering his?

  20. Re:I will mock their API's. on Joel On Microsoft's API Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Agreed that developing for PocketPC is tricky in that so much of the documentation is for the CE platform, of which PocketPC is only a subset.

  21. Re:Simcity 3000 is already too difficult for me on Will Wright Talks New Sim City, 'Uncollecting' · · Score: 1

    I think there should be difficulty modes in Simcity, so beginners can start with "easy mode" with less stuff to care about.

    There are. Buy Simcity 4 Deluxe or Simcity 4 + Rush Hour and you can play at easy, medium or hard (hard is regular Simcity 4 difficulty)

  22. Re:10? on E3 - PSP Loss-Making, Odama Pinballed, Humans All Destroyed · · Score: 2, Informative
  23. Elaborate on CPUs? on A Site that Lists Systems w/o DRM? · · Score: 1

    Like unique keys on CPUs the DRM technology seems to be more of a threat than a useful tool

    Can anyone give a specific example of how this is so?

  24. Re:What? on EA's Earth and Beyond MMOG To Shut Down · · Score: 2, Informative

    Several. The other big, new one is Eve.

  25. Re:Microsoft cannot make non-Windows x86 software on PC Annoyances · · Score: 1

    Microsoft makes Office for Max OSX. Macs run PPCs.