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  1. Re:,,, or undo file corruption? on Microsoft Releases Pre-2007 Binary File Format Specs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Considering that the Office files are almost binary dumps of the software state, you're saying the same thing ;)

  2. Re:why a specialized device? on Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables · · Score: 1

    Don't get the WRT54G. Get the WRT54GL (which I have). The better hardware coupled with a better software layer (dd-wrt on mine) will run great. Mine has been up for over 3 months (I had to turn if off to move, do some configuration changes, etc.) without a hiccup, never stalls or slows down or anything. The little 5W router is perfectly happy with me copying multiple gigabytes over the wireless or slamming it with bittorrent. Get good hardware, and that little 5W router is all you need unless you're running a datacenter with 100MBPS up/down on the WAN side.

  3. Re:A Fitness center analogy.. on Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables · · Score: 1

    We (the US) paid a lot of money to the telco's and such for one. It should be here somewhere...

  4. Re:Call quality on iPhone App Enables GSM To WiFi/VoIP Switching · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As someone who has a mobile as my only phone, I just don't use the phone that often. It's not important that I have crystal clarity as long as I can get what business done that I need to, and have a nice chat with my parents.

    I've found that it really depends more on your device than the call itself. I can hear everyone perfectly well, and they understand me, as long as no one's using an el-cheapo phone.

  5. Re:The end of ctrl+enter days? on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember there being some www.booble.com site... I don't dare click on it or search for it here at work, though ;)

  6. Re:Important! on Ask Jeremy White and Alexandre Julliard About the Future of WINE · · Score: 2, Informative

    OpenGL games work very fast. It's typically only games that have Direct3D that are screwed up, and that is another whole morass on top of WINE proper.

  7. Re:Good; Gun "Control" is bad on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    Because the alternative of no one arresting them and having a free-for-all is a better idea. Good thinking there, sport!

    I do agree that many of the laws that people are arrested and "caged" for are badly thought-out, but I know for a fact that there are a number of people who are simply unable to live by the rules of the society they exist in, and refuse to either leave or adapt, and thus must be separated from said society for the preservation of the rights of the majority.

  8. Re:The melacholy of gun control laws on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is worth the trouble/expense many times. Criminals aren't necessarily as bound by logic as someone like you. A gun is a showpiece, a symbol of power. You get one because it makes you tougher. Not to mention the psychological advantage of a gun... a gun makes people just roll over in general. If you're holding a knife, someone may grab a baseball bat and have you at the range disadvantage.

    I'm basically saying that your argument doesn't hold water.

  9. Re:DO NOT CLICK on Does an Open Java Really Matter? · · Score: 0, Offtopic
  10. Re:Then STOP releasing the product! on Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft · · Score: 2, Informative

    Are you sure that wasn't a trial version? The only "free" Office suite that I've seen come with Windows is the steaming pile of crap that is Works.

  11. Re:been wondering about this also on Power Consumption of a Typical PC While Gaming · · Score: 1

    High side is more efficient. A bigger PSU than you need won't hurt... it won't draw any more power than it needs to to supply the components unless it's an absolute piece of crap, and it's better to run a high power PSU at 50% than to run a lower power PSU at 100% load.

  12. Re:Worth the cost on Power Consumption of a Typical PC While Gaming · · Score: 1

    If you're testing your vintage hardware, it'd be really interesting to see the performance/watt as well. Do a quick benchmark with bc for CPU performance (assuming you run a *nix)

    cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep "model name|MHz";
    time echo "scale=5000; 4*a(1)" | bc -l -q;

    That'll tell the CPU name and then calculate Pi to 5000 places (feel free to scale that however you feel appropriate).

    Here's mine:

    Pitabred@Pitabred:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep "model name|MHz"
    model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz
    cpu MHz : 800.000
    model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz
    cpu MHz : 800.000
    Pitabred@Pitabred:~$ time echo "scale=5000; 4*a(1)" | bc -l -q

    <snip>

    real 0m38.603s
    user 0m38.498s
    sys 0m0.000s

  13. Re:Just for giggles... on Power Consumption of a Typical PC While Gaming · · Score: 1

    As a happy customer (bought a Compal HGL30 a while back, 2.16GHz Core 2/2GB RAM, GeForce 7600GT), I like these guys: http://powernotebooks.com/

    I don't have any financial interest in it, they're just very competent, knowledgeable and friendly ;)

  14. Re:FP on Power Consumption of a Typical PC While Gaming · · Score: 1

    Do both. I turn the monitor off manually when I leave most of the time, but I still have the computer power it off for when I forget to, and to power down the video feed. Best of both worlds.

  15. Re:Interersing trend... in 1985 on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=780347

    Hey, look at that... a quick google answers your questions. With proper references and everything. Coal is not nuclear waste, coal contains nuclear elements which are subsequently released into the air. There's a lot that is removed, but it's not clean. Nuclear plants don't emit any radioactive particles into the air.

  16. Re:Notes on Liberalism on Charter's Trials of NebuAd Halted · · Score: 1

    Crazy sex is so totally worth it, though.

  17. Re:You know... on No XP Reprieve; Windows 7 Release Set · · Score: 1

    And meanwhile the rest of us have switched to wearing much more comfortable jeans instead of slacks. As long as I'm going to have to switch, why not switch to something that's not as restrictive around the crotch?

  18. Re:Who? on No XP Reprieve; Windows 7 Release Set · · Score: 1

    There's a reason that Photoshop isn't 64bit on Apple machines... it's because Apple throws out those API's.

  19. Re:Interersing trend... in 1985 on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't forget to mention that even with scrubbers, coal plants emit more radioactive materials directly into the air and otherwise than nuclear plants.

  20. Re:And your bad genetics cost ME... on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1

    The kids are perfect for housework and yardwork. I always used to have lots of chores around the house.

    Kids aren't made to be protected, they're a parental labor-saving device ;)

  21. Re:Hassle on LGP To Introduce Game Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    The game only sells copies, but it's the same thing as viewers. How many people replay games, or play it multiple times? If each of those 100,000 people only plays the game, say, 10 times, that's 1,000,000 "viewers". Your comparison is off, and therefore the rest of your argument.

  22. Re:yes it is. on New Grads Shun IT Jobs As "Boring" · · Score: 1

    If you were the only person that could get the computers to work, you WERE a hero. It has nothing to do with what he thought of himself, it has everything to do with how developers were treated in the boom days. And even now in some smaller shops.

  23. Re:Um qualified even? on New Grads Shun IT Jobs As "Boring" · · Score: 1

    Bash.org has a quote relevant to everything ;)

  24. Re:Tell that to Lexmark on Kernel Builders Appeal For Open Source Drivers · · Score: 1

    Except that with ndiswrapper, it's a standard NDIS interface. Printers have no such standard interface, so there's no way to write a wrapper in the same way.

    Printing isn't easy because printing companies haven't made it so.

  25. Re:Umm, because .... on Why Are the Best and Brightest Not Flooding DARPA? · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows that the scientists that saved our bacon like Einstein were born here in the US... wait a minute...