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  1. Re:Simple solution. on High-Frequency Programmers Revolt Over Pay · · Score: 1

    RTFA. They did. They started their own company.

  2. Not exactly a stumbling block on Google Voice Now Gives Priority to Students · · Score: 1

    Email addresses ending with @alum.[your school].edu work just fine. I think most schools offer alumni forwarding.

  3. Re:Damm lawyers on Games Workshop Sues Warhammer Online Fansite · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Your subject shares nothing with your post. Lawyers didn't decide to a sue a Warhammer fan site.

  4. Re:Verizon on Flash Support Confirmed For Android 2.2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The HTC Incredible, release two days ago on Verizon, is almost identical in spec and function to the Nexus One. It's already sold out in many areas and their online store.

  5. Re:hey, here's a radical notion on Foursquare Turns Down $100M · · Score: 1

    Foursquare is venture-backed. There's nothing independent about it.

  6. Re:These drivers were WHQL certified on NVIDIA Driver Update Causing Video Cards To Overheat In Games · · Score: 1

    Yes. That's what WHQL means. Try installing drivers on an x64 Windows without it, it's not pretty, and for this very reason (plus security).

  7. These drivers were WHQL certified on NVIDIA Driver Update Causing Video Cards To Overheat In Games · · Score: 2, Insightful

    According to Microsoft, The Windows logo signifies the compatibility and reliability of systems and devices with Windows operating system. It gives customers confidence that your product is thoroughly tested with Microsoft-provided tools and ensures a good user experience.

    Doesn't say much about their testing, does it?

  8. Re:Dear Ubuntu on Ubuntu Gets a New Visual Identity · · Score: 1

    Don't change all the time like Windows seems to do. Be yourself and we'll accept you. Rebranding almost never helps. Consistency does.

    Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

  9. Re:It's Worse Than You think! on $4,400/Yr. Coders May Work On Dept. of Labor Project · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It was decriminalized (read: effectively legalized by non-enforcement) in Massachusetts last year. As expected, nothing changed.

  10. Re:Uhh....lithium ion? on "Home Batteries" Power Houses For a Week · · Score: 1

    You don't see it as a cost saving measure? If you can charge the thing during off-peak hours, then run your house off the battery during peek hours, that's a fairly obvious "cost saving measure".

    That only works if a couple people are doing it. If everyone is charging batteries at night and not using the grid during the day, guess when peak hours will be?

  11. Re:Why? on Hunting the Mythical "Bandwidth Hog" · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you've missed the weekly stories about ever-expanding FTTH or DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades around the country?

  12. Re:Privacy for what? on A Look At the Safety of Google Public DNS · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Yet."

  13. Re:Looks pretty shit on Google Releases Source To Chromium OS · · Score: 1

    I don't have any of that on Ubuntu Netbook Remix.

  14. Dinosaurs on Decline In US Newspaper Readership Accelerates · · Score: 1

    Kirk: They're animals.
    Spock: Jim, there is an historic opportunity here.
    Kirk: Don't believe them. Don't trust them.
    Spock: They're dying.
    Kirk: Let them die!

  15. Re:hey, it beats on Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month · · Score: 1

    I bought my last movie 3 years ago when I started using Netflix (up until that time, I had a pretty significant collection). Maybe they have a point.

  16. Re:Underclocking on Low-Power Home Linux Server? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Also, the mac mini draws 110 watts http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_mini?aid=AIC-NAUS-K2-BUYNOW-MACMINI-DESIGN&cp=BUYNOW-MACMINI-DESIGN

    Maximum. Mostly-idle use runs at 13W, which spanks an Atom in power/performance. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3468

  17. Re:They should use clang instead of GCC on Apple's Grand Central Dispatch Ported To FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    And their fork is publicly available under the BSD license and in SVN for all to enjoy.

  18. Re:Idiocracy on Texas Teen Arrested Under New Online Harassment Law · · Score: 1

    Obviously Texas lawmakers are unfamiliar with the legal principle "Sticks and stones make break my bones, but words will never hurt me!"

    Ask Megan Meier's parents how well that's working out for them.

  19. It's as if... on Internet Traffic Shifting Away From Tier-1 Carriers · · Score: 4, Funny

    the Internet really is a series of interconnected networks. And all is right in the world again.

  20. Re:Mr. Orwell Please Stand Up on FBI Bringing Biometric Photo Scanning To North Carolina, Via DMV · · Score: 1

    I believe they call it cleanroom reverse engineering around here.

  21. Re:Its a Server OS... on OpenSolaris vs. Linux, For Linux Users · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well not exactly, Linux wasen't written with servers in mind.

    Yes it was.

  22. Re:More importantly on A History of Wiretapping · · Score: 2, Informative

    When you observe an officer wiretapping somebody's connection or entering a house, be bold, and ask what they are doing.

    You won't. All wiretapping these days is done by a computer, or occasionally in a central office. The keystrokes used to execute a wiretap are the same as those surfing Facebook in the office next to you.

  23. Re:Debian still in the game? on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    HP offers paid support for Debian in enterprise environments.

  24. Re:Execute them? No. Catch them. on Real-Time Keyloggers · · Score: 1
  25. Re:IpV6 reality check on IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities · · Score: 1

    Far from it. Comcast, the nation's largest (or second largest, depending on who's counting) ISP is rolling out IPv6 later this year, with a complete roll-out in 2010.
    Comcast Plans Residential IPv6 In 2010