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  1. Re:Good! on MINI-ITX and the Future of PC Case Design? · · Score: 1

    All that air is important for keeping all that stuff cool. Not to mention it's also nice to have room to work inside the PC when it's needed (I really don't want to go back to the days of the AT-based minitowers from the Pentium era).

  2. Re:Design FAIL on MINI-ITX and the Future of PC Case Design? · · Score: 1

    Still would be a bit awkward if you have your monitor leaning mack.

  3. Re:The question is still absurd... on 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why · · Score: 1

    While I've never owned a new car, it is true in some ways. Latin America is full of used cars imported from the US. Though the unprecedented demand for used cars in the US right now has probably slowed that flow down a lot.

  4. Re:The question is still absurd... on 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why · · Score: 1

    Trick question - you upgrade the truck to a car that gets 50MPG. Then rent a truck the two times a year you need one.

  5. Re:The question is still absurd... on 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why · · Score: 1

    Most people were griping about how the guy who bought the gas-guzzling truck got a nice government rebate for buying a slightly less gas-guzzling vehicle, whereas the person who bought a fuel-efficient car in the first place got the middle finger.

  6. Re:One Dozen picture frames? on One Video Card, 12 Monitors · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Wish I Could Afford That Many Monitors on One Video Card, 12 Monitors · · Score: 1

    It can be if you have non-square pixels. I still have nightmares about CGA.

  8. Re:Sharp 60" with 2.4/4.1mm bezel. on One Video Card, 12 Monitors · · Score: 1

    Ugh, 1,366 x 768 pixels on a 60" monitor? At that point your pixels are almost a square mm. Make one with a decent DPI, say 150 PPI and all I would need is one monitor.

    Yes, I know that's not what the screen is for.

  9. Re:Selling mine on Apple's HTML5 and Standards Gallery Not Standard · · Score: 1

    What that page doesn't tell you is that you need to jailbreak it to get it to work.

  10. Re:Selling mine on Apple's HTML5 and Standards Gallery Not Standard · · Score: 1

    None of which work with the iPod touch.

  11. Re:Selling mine on Apple's HTML5 and Standards Gallery Not Standard · · Score: 1

    Apple uses DRM to restrict what you can do with the database file on the iPod Touch - mainly writing to it with a program other than iTunes.

  12. Re:Chrome on Apple's HTML5 and Standards Gallery Not Standard · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The site can't break standards because there isn't a standard to break yet for HTML5/CSS3. All it really is just Apple showing what they think the standard should look like. However, it doesn't seem to stop Apple from claiming that their version is the "standard".

  13. Re:Mistake my ass. on Malfunction Costs Couple $11 Million Slot Machine Jackpot · · Score: 1

    I know a guy who could almost always win one of those machines at a local place within about 5 plays. Then something changed, and no matter how many times he played he could not win for anything despite many tries. A figured they must have changed something in the machine to make it nearly or always unwinnable. A few months later the place went out of business, I guess it was a desperation move on the part of the owners.

  14. Re:Mmeasured cs. Flat rates.. on Mixed Reception To AT&T's New Data Pricing Scheme · · Score: 1

    Actually, the metered plans usually come out cheaper until your usage hits around 300 minutes per month.

  15. Re:If you want to compare it to electricity.... on Mixed Reception To AT&T's New Data Pricing Scheme · · Score: 1

    Around here it's a set connection fee, plus so much for every KWH. So your effective rate goes down the more you use.

  16. Re:I don't want this on Mixed Reception To AT&T's New Data Pricing Scheme · · Score: 1

    Instead, they get money from the government!

  17. Re:Meh. on AMD's Fusion Processor Combines CPU and GPU · · Score: 1

    Are you one of those people who make an ultra-silent computer by removing or slowing down all the fans to the point where the computer cooks itself to death? I've never had a CPU fail, or seen a bad one (other than from abuse). I've only had a single graphics card fail, outside of those crappy little fans failing.

  18. Re:No bailout for newspapers on FTC Staff Discuss a Tax on Electronics To Support the News Business · · Score: 1

    We currently have about 13 million people in the US who are currently unemployed (that's from the official numbers). Sure, another 1.5 - 3 million would suck, but it wouldn't be nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

  19. Re:Idiots on Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Muhammad Cartoons · · Score: 1

    It would be one thing to be offended, but death threats? Do you really think the same situation would have played out if he had named himself "Jesus" or "God", assuming that they weren't banned?

  20. Re:Peak Oil on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 1

    Other forms of energy start to become economically viable ($4.00/gal. is a figure I've seen floated) and our consumption will decrease long before we run out of proven reserves. Peak oil is absurd and defies Econ 101.

    Um, if consumption decreases that means that we would have hit peak oil. (yes, technically peak oil is about production, but I'm going to assume that we wouldn't overproduce)

  21. Re:How to really motivate them... on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 1

    But I don't think he can swim.

    Frog suit!

  22. Re:Amazing on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 1

    You simply cannot have three rigs on station, each drilling into the payzone on the off-chance that one rig experiences a blowout.

    Unless you're Canada, it seems, where a drilling a relief well alongside the primary well is required.

  23. Re:32MPG - old rating or new? on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 1

    Kind of strange that Ford would send the cars without A/C down to Florida. Kind of like how they generally don't send the cars with heated seats to Arizona. But then again, I guess someone must have been buying them.

  24. Re:Not a problem for trips on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 1

    The idea behind the genset trailers is that you would bring it out the couple of times a year that you actually need the range, and the rest of the time you'd store it. If you're using it on a regular basis then should have bought the IC car.

    Besides, 30-35MPG on the highway isn't that terrible, though admittedly a traditional small compact car will do better.

  25. Re:Disheartening on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 1

    What's so wrong with Cobalt?

    Nothing really in particular - it's basically engineered to be a crappy car, so it doesn't steal sales from higher-end (more profitable) models. It's certainly better than the Aveo, but I'd rather drive a Toyota Yaris over either of them.