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  1. Re:Both cool and useless for 99% of computing on Intel Squeezes 1.8 TFlops Out of One Processor · · Score: 1

    I read an article in the morning paper (probably AP) where they said it might not make it out of the development stage. As I understand what they have done is add high-k to the gate stack - greatly reducing power consumption. So - it might still be x86 architechure but it will run a lot for very little power - at standard (3 GHz) frequencies.

  2. Re:No Mention of Vista? on Spotlight Improvements In Leopard · · Score: 1

    "Windows Lameness Home Premium Limited Signed Edition SP2."

    Sorry I have to ask - does Uncle Bill sign them himself? Or is it Balmer? See with Uncle Bill signing them, it might be worth the extra money...

  3. Re:Oblig. on Fight Spam With Nolisting · · Score: 1
    Whiney Mac Fanboy is a subscriber. They (subscribers) get to see the articles before us mortals. First post isn't hard when you can reply to the article before the article is available to the unwashed masses.

    No.... (OK maybe) but really it is something he (she?) has posted before.

  4. Hiding the iPhone on iPhone Roundup · · Score: 2

    I like the CNET.co.uk story on 4 ways to hide the iPOD from muggers.... (You have to dig in a bit on the links.) One of which involves the sun not shining. They suggested the same for the iPhone.

  5. Re:Trademark info on Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone Trademark · · Score: 2, Informative
    Then the Japanese market could see the FujiPhone,

    I think that Fuji might complain about that - however the fact that Cisco just did this AND the iPhone name has been hanging around Apple for oh 3 years would seem to me to suggest that Cisco is just playing games - and that a court will find it as such,

    My $0.0002 (after inflation)

  6. Re:ah yes... on NYT Security Tip - Choose Non-Microsoft Products · · Score: 1

    Damn what happened to my SMTP service?

  7. Re:not any more on Mac OS X May Go Embedded? · · Score: 1

    This would fit with the software - not unlike iTunes with the iPod. BTW - I was in a far away land for a while recently and found the VoIP part of iChat to be reasonably good. I had not used it before. It allowed me talk to my wife and kids which was really nice with a 5 year old.

  8. Re:Hilarious on Republican Aide Tries to Hire Hackers · · Score: 1
    Honestly, the more I see of this stuff, the more I wonder if it isn't time for a congress reform rather than any of the billion other little "reforms" that congress proposes.

    There is actually an easier way to deal with this - fix the gerrymander issue . This could be done by forcing congressional districts to follow local governmental boundaries - you can't break up cities and counties to make strong Rep/Dem districts. Check the election records. Very few people get voted out of congress. That would make the positions more open to turnover - not this life long stuff

  9. Re:Cross-Platform Solution on Backup Solutions for Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    Thanks - I have gone and looked them up. I'll try them out when I get back to the US.

  10. Re:Carbon Clone Copier on Backup Solutions for Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    It is if all that you are worried about is a disk crash..

  11. Re:Early Worm Gets the Bird on Novell/Microsoft Deal Punishment for SCO? · · Score: 1
    Qwest, Verizon, Lucent and Telcordia, and the last two are small fries.

    Verizon is the old GTE, Qwest was rail company as I remember and I think that Lucent got eaten by Alcatel

  12. Re:Not just Novell. on Novell/Microsoft Deal Punishment for SCO? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Put simply, code from Novell must now be considered "contaminated", whether it actually is or not. It's just not worth it for any open source project, especially the major ones like the Linux kernel, OpenOffice, GNOME, GCC, X.org, etc., to accept code contributed by Novell.

    So your claim is that M$ has asked - or rather paid - Novell to insert M$ code into GLP code and then they will use this to shut down such code? I think not. M$ will then be activitely involved in putting the code - who are they going to sue over this? Themselves? They can't have someone add code and then sue for it. It would be like me taking my TV next door then calling the police and claiming that the neighbor had stolen it... Can't happen.

  13. Re:Carbon Clone Copier on Backup Solutions for Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    I have done something like this - I run dual raid (mirrored) drives on my main computer. It would be nice to have a similar method for the laptop....

  14. Re:Cross-Platform Solution on Backup Solutions for Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    So what DO you use? I agree with what you are saying but.....

  15. Re:Mr Clinton was fine compared to the others, but on Clinton and Lieberman Ally With ESRB · · Score: 1
    (Current Health Care Status) * (Government Efficiency) = Big Disaster

    Except that is wrong. The best (most efficient) Health care system in the world is one run by the US Government.... You'll never believe where. The Veterans Administration!

  16. Re:AC on Clinton and Lieberman Ally With ESRB · · Score: 1

    Here is a link - but not a video. http://www.commondreams.org/views/022100-106.htm

  17. Re:Compatible with OSX, or *iTunes*? on iPod Alternatives for Mac OS X? · · Score: 1
    Just empty your trash while your device is plugged in. It should empty the trash everywhere it can, in theory.

    Yeah because, you know, Macs are sooo user friendly. ;)

    Has always worked for me...

  18. Re:This is sad on The Minds Behind the ARG Movement · · Score: 1

    Yes you are correct they do say 'YARR' but they also say 'ARRRGH' - more R's then Charlie Brown.

  19. This is sad on The Minds Behind the ARG Movement · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    but when I saw the title of this story - all I could think about was pirates..... ARRGH!

    Yes, I know it is off topic.....

  20. Re:Punishment? on Warner CEO Admits His Kids Stole Music · · Score: 1

    Wow I had never heard of this before. - I had to go look at Wiki. (And yes they were locked in the water tower!) I missed this, my kids are either too old or too young for this to have played in our house. I was talking about the dumb frog that they had on the WB television network that folded about 9 months ago....

  21. Re:How is this a new thing? on Consumer Ad Blocking Doubles · · Score: 1
    The ads are SPONSORING the program! Somebody has to pay the bills. I'm not saying I never skip ads, but I definitely don't feel intruded upon.

    Yes, like when I tried to RTFA I could not because of a popover ad. It literally covered what I was trying to read and moved as I tried to scroll the page.

  22. Re:Punishment? on Warner CEO Admits His Kids Stole Music · · Score: 1
    "I, for one, suggest that he lock his kids in the WB watertower."

    Is that where they put that stupid frog?

    (Of course this is off topic. So is the topic.)

  23. Wow on Windows Live and Privacy · · Score: 0, Troll

    If this is really true M$ seems to have no clue as to what to do next. This seems to be a huge $ sink - and something that I just can't see anyone wanting to use.

  24. Re:Yahoo Games on Yahoo Pushing IE7 On Firefox Users · · Score: 1
    "I've noticed that some of the games that yahoo hosts don't work properly on firefox."

    OK I am going to burn some Karma and not post AC - but how is this off topic? It is a /. story about yahoo pushing IE7 and someone notes that some of Yahoo's games do not work on FF. If Yahoo is writing games that work only with IE7 then this is another reason that Yahoo might be pushing IE7. Whomever moded this 'offtopic' needs glasses - as they hit the wrong button - or needs to not have mod points.

    For the record I am using Safari but I also run FF and IE5 at times - for really poorly written web pages.

  25. All I can say is: on Vista Designed to Make Malware Easy · · Score: 0
    "but also a huge benefit for malware writers, who can distribute Vista images with deeply-rooted malware."

    opps!