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  1. Re:Eh? on Intel's Itanium Will Get x86 Emulation · · Score: 1

    There are also alot of people who are NOT "linux people" that I have dealt with that will agree it's not ready. For "linux people" it's great....for Joe Enduser it's still intimidating in alot of ways.

  2. Re:RTFP on The Virus Did It · · Score: 1

    I read lots and lots of books; I like true crime/legal text books. Interesting stuff.

  3. Re:Yay on Matrix Sequels To Get the IMAX Treatment · · Score: 1

    I'm just worried that all those cool shots from the ads will be all the cool effects in the movie. I hope they are saving lots and lots of CG for the actual movie!

  4. Re:Yay on Matrix Sequels To Get the IMAX Treatment · · Score: 1

    It died a slow painful death, only hastened by the fact that Putty played the Tick.

  5. Re:This makes little difference on New Online Music Push by EMI · · Score: 1

    I would too as long as they don't make me pay for a ton of streaming music as well! I want stuff I can DL, put on an MP3 DVD and put into the car's MP3 enabled CD/DVD player.

  6. Re:Insanity on The Virus Did It · · Score: 1

    Actually, yes it is. It's called "Not Guilty by reason of Extreme Emotional Distress". It's been used in that exact situation on many occations. Being very very angry IS a reason to kill in the US.

  7. Re:RTFP on The Virus Did It · · Score: 1

    And even once you do get out, you get lots and lots of court ordered visits to more psychologists, miss and appointment, its' back to the hospital (the insane version on parol).

  8. Re:Insanity on The Virus Did It · · Score: 1

    Easy, i would go into the call history on my phone and say "Look that call's not here. It didn't come from my phone!". Gotta love a phone that keeps a call history of 250 calls. :)

  9. Re:Insanity on The Virus Did It · · Score: 1

    Only you missed the most important point. Just because you hear voices telling you to do things does NOT mean that the insanity plea works. You must (at the time of the crime) not have known that what you were doing was wrong! "Insane" (in terms of this plea) means unable to tell the difference between right and wrong. There are other pleas that do not have that distinction (Extream emotional distress (in a moment or rage killing a peson who you just saw kill a spouce) and Diress by Physical threat to person (Joe Gangster pust a gun to your head and says "kill X right now or die)) but buy and large the insanity plea fails to work because the person KNEW they were doing something wrong/illegal and did it anyway. There are many killer (even some serial killers) that commited crimes because voices told them to, they were guilt because they knew it was wrong and listened to those voices anyway.

  10. Re:Let me check my logic... on Record Labels Sue Napster's VC · · Score: 1

    I read a different artice and that one pointed out that the 2 people named in the suit (and who are the top guys at the VC firm) were on the board of Napster. It looks like they were a lot more involved then "here's a ton of money".....

  11. Re:Big brother on More on Cisco Building Surveillance into Routers · · Score: 2, Informative

    I know, not many ppl in washington stepped up against it. However my point (which I think was clear) was that Dems don't exactly have a better track record then the Repubs. It's an equaly evil evils.

  12. Re:Big brother on More on Cisco Building Surveillance into Routers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Um, not to say that I have great love for the Republicans, but remember who it was that signed the DMCA?

  13. Re:Why do I need to run MS Office on Crossover Office 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Unless word pad picks it up instead and they get this confused look on their face. :)

  14. Re:Bleh! on Opteron Benchmarked Against Xeon · · Score: 1

    Well what's really getting all the cold air is the heatsink, not the CPU directly. I'm never done a real analysis of it, but i am gunna assume that the heatsink would prevent there from being a huge difference in temp at different areas on the chip. (Not to mention that it's cold air, not freezing).

  15. Re:Re:Why? on The Future of Leap Seconds · · Score: 1

    Usually, however if it's not specified it's ambiguous. I had a teacher in college (for a physics class) who would "choose" his own sig figs unless you implictly stated what they were. That's kinda stuck with me ever since.

  16. Re:You didn't read them all, did you! *sheesh* on Opteron Benchmarked Against Xeon · · Score: 1

    Ok, so the Opteron can nativly run 32-bit apps faster in Itanium can emulate them. Speaking onf not reading, did you notice that Opteron is not really compition for the Itanium 2, it's aimed at where Xeon is.......
    Why am I replying to an AC that clearly didn't read the article?

  17. Re:Bleh! on Opteron Benchmarked Against Xeon · · Score: 1

    Just use an air-compressor. I've got a nice 25 gallon air-compressor from HomeDepot. I run the hose through a cooler (so the air comes out really cold). A few seconds of cold air at better then 90 PSI is a great way to cool the CPU. I've often thought of rigging up a "drip system" that would hit the CPU with a blast for like 20 sec ever min or two. :)

  18. Re:Re:Why? on The Future of Leap Seconds · · Score: 1

    Or is it? what if 1.01024 is significant out to 100 figures and 1.01023921203 is only significant in what you see? Precision also needs to take into account the tool making the measurements. Which is more precise?
    1.01024 +/- 0.00001 or
    1.01023921203 +/- 0.01
    There a great deal os factors involved.

  19. Re:Does it really matter? on Yet More on Cellular Number Portability · · Score: 1

    Acutally, they COULD charge for it. They don't have to provide FREE portability, then have to provide portability at all. It'll either show up as a monthly fee or a one time fee when you switch. Nothing in life is free...."Or as i'm sure someone out there has just said.....it's time to pay for the soup".
    :)

  20. Re:In Secret? on The Rutan SpaceShipOne Revealed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, if they are ready to test the orbiter (which it sounds like they are) they need to get more FAA approvals for that. They can tests airplanes without really cataching any attention. The instant they apply to tests an orbiter it'll be all over the news.

  21. Re:Yeah... on Patent Office Shows Record Backlog · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but usually you have trobule SELLING that idea/producrt to a company with out a patent! Making a proto-type (or in modern days a concept presentation) and patenting something not so you can sue, but so you can SELL is a valid buisness plan. There are a lot of "think tanks" that make big bucks this way!

  22. Re:Social Engineering is all but unstoppable on Social Engineering Still Best Way to Crack Security · · Score: 1

    I know that this is progressing, and I am a fan of it getting to be good enough, and universal enough, that it's truly useful. It's just that right now it's not at that point.

    speaking of badge access bring also reminds me of how many "work badges" I see hanging on rear-view mirrors in parking lots on weekends. If that's there computer access..... Again it's their responsibilty tio safe guard it, but it's easier to not tell someone a password then to always keep track of a badge. I hope biometrics get's alot better, it's got a ton of interesting psossibilities.

  23. Re:Social Engineering is all but unstoppable on Social Engineering Still Best Way to Crack Security · · Score: 1

    However if someone leaves a card at home, they can't do any work, or if someoneis working remotly and they don't have a fingerprint scanner they can't get access. There are downsides to physical security.

  24. Re:A Worrying Statistic on Social Engineering Still Best Way to Crack Security · · Score: 1

    Be mean, don't leave it on his voice mail, wait till he gets really frustrated, point out that by sharing his password he has allowed someone to do this to him, THEN give him a new passwd......let him learn a way he will remember!

  25. Re:Social Engineering is all but unstoppable on Social Engineering Still Best Way to Crack Security · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and now YOUR accoutn (and there for YOU) are misusing that property. If person X who you gave that passwd to gets YOU fired, i'll bet you would be unhappy!