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  1. Re:The ARTICLE is faked. on Sony Fakes Blu-Ray Demo? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and I'm sure it was really David Lee Roth posting in the comments section too...

  2. Re:University on 12.8 Petabytes, You Say? · · Score: 1

    As a current Drexel student (in the Materials Engineering department no less), I've got to believe you weren't in the CoE. While I can't speak for the experience of others, my experience there has been nothing short of positive.

    But our department is also very good. We have great faculty and it's small enough so that you actually get to know pretty much everybody.

    BTW - Taki's not so bad, having actually talked to him in person.

  3. Re:Blimey on Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 Released · · Score: 1

    For the same reason mine was modded Flamebait I suppose :-)

  4. Re:Flaw Found In Firefox 1.5.0.3 on Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 Released · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I think security is a perfectly valid argument if you work from the premise that no software is bug-free. I'm more interested in the response of a company to a security hole than I am about the hole itself. In this case, I think it's pretty obvious that the Mozilla Foundation responds to and fixes security holes much faster than Microsoft does.

  5. Re:A Lot of 'Theoreticals' on Test for String Theory Developed · · Score: 1

    Hawking radiation is a very good thing.

  6. Re:I'm concerned... on Bacteria-killing Pencil · · Score: 2, Informative

    24C is 75F. I'm betting it was just a typo.

  7. Re:The Google Connection on Mozilla Foundation Launches Mozilla Corporation · · Score: 0

    Just so you know, Mitchell Baker is a woman.

  8. Re:And there you go... on Debris Seen Falling Off Shuttle During Launch · · Score: 3, Informative

    The external tank has insulation on it, since it's loaded with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. That insulation is prone to fall off during launch, but by that point it's really served its main purpose already by keeping condensation/ice from forming on the tank prior to launch.

  9. Re:Japan wants a 10 petaflop supercomputer... on Japan Wants to Build 10 Petaflop Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    You know, linking a bunch of nerds with no life to a site with an open RSVP form may not have been the wisest of ideas

  10. Nice idea, but... on Steering Wheel Checks Alcohol Consumption · · Score: 1

    ...who's going to pay for this?

    It seems to me short of a court order, nobody's going to ever get one of these in their car.

  11. Re:Review fiddling on The Register Finds Fault In Turion Benchmark Setup · · Score: 1

    No kidding. It's not AMD's fault if the chipsets for their CPUs happen to be far superior to the Pentium M chipsets. Like others have said, I'd have had a problem if they were using a Mobility 9700 or something, but the Mobility Radeon Xpress 200 seems like fair game to me.

  12. Re:Nasa Scared Shitless? on New NASA Administrator Named · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think NASA is well aware of that. It's the public that needs to learn that lesson.

  13. Re:And I care why? on WinFS to be available in WinXP · · Score: 1

    NT4 SP5 (or maybe SP4, I don't remember exactly which one) brought support for NTFS5, which was new to Windows 2000. And no, NTFS5 partitions aren't readable in NT4 otherwise.

  14. The boards look great, except... on NVIDIA's nForce Professional and Tyan's Words · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Where are the SATA connectors?!?!?! I find it amazing that the K8WE only has 2 and the K8SER 4. While we're on the topic, having at least 1 PCIe x1 slot would be nice. These high end server boards are being outclassed by nForce4 SLI motherboards. (And for the record, using more than 4 SATA ports is very doable)

  15. Re:Sigh on US Stem Cells Contaminated · · Score: 1
    After about 15 minutes on Google, this is about the best quote I've found:
    For example: Bill O'Reilly, host of Fox News Cable channel program, The O'Reilly Factor, three times between July, 2001 and March, 2002, stated on his program: "No one knows when human life begins". (Source)

    Beyond that, I can only say that I recall him saying it on his show.
  16. Re:Sigh on US Stem Cells Contaminated · · Score: 1

    While I'm sure you're just trying to be a troll, you might be interested to know that last time I checked, Bill O'Reilly is actually in favor of stem cell research.

  17. Re:Systemic Problems on 230mph Electric Car · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If people are accustomed to paying for gasoline, would it be out of the question for them to pay a fee when they get a fresh battery? That fee could obviously cover the costs of battery replacements as needed.

  18. Re:Peak of eternal light on Ion-Propulsion Craft Reaches The Moon · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm pretty sure there are international treaties banning any country from claiming extraterrestrial land for their country.

  19. Re:The real reason it's not a threat on Microsoft Says Firefox Not a Threat to IE · · Score: 1

    You're using the latest version of the Sun Java VM? After all, the MS JVM isn't even included with SP2.

  20. Re:Mirrors on Firefox 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    This is the link you want for 1.0 Release builds: http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/releasebuilds.htm

  21. Re:Yes, definitely. on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1
    Straight from Merriam-Webster Online:
    usage Though disapproved of by many, pronunciations ending in \-ky&-l&r\ have been found in widespread use among educated speakers including scientists, lawyers, professors, congressmen, U.S. cabinet members, and at least one U.S. president and one vice president. While most common in the U.S., these pronunciations have also been heard from British and Canadian speakers.
  22. Re:For cars too? on Coating Promises Scratch-Proof CDs, DVDs, LCDs · · Score: 3, Informative
    If this can be applied to cars when coming out of factory, it'll save a lot of 'disagreement' with supermarket trollies.
    ...which is great until you're in an accident and a part needs to be stripped and refinished. Having worked in the coatings division of a major US chemical company, I can tell you that there are coatings in the lab which are very scratch resistant, but there has to be tradeoffs so they aren't completely impervious to scratching.
  23. Re:We don't need no digital makeover on 378 Terabytes Of Star Wars on 600 G5s · · Score: 1

    AMEN. It never ceases to amaze me how people blather on about how their childhoods are ruined and such, because a guy alters a film a little? The story hasn't changed at all, just some of the details were tweaked for continuity and the effects were improved. OH THE HORROR!!! Seriously, if that kind of stuff is ruining people's childhoods, they've got other far more serious problems.

  24. Re:I'd love to have that contract on Philadelphia Considers Free Citywide Wireless Access · · Score: 1

    Exactly, this is Mayor Street we're talking about after all. His whole administration is ridiculously corrupt.

  25. Re:Too bad... on Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets · · Score: 1

    I thought it had been given a reprieve to go for a few more years longer thanks to some congressmen making noise about it.