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  1. cars do use it

  2. Re:which turns transport into a monopoly... on Helsinki Aims To Obviate Private Cars · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who doesn't want to own airwolf?

  3. Re:This does pose the question: on Facebook Seeks Devs To Make Linux Network Stack As Good As FreeBSD's · · Score: 2

    What asus board? I've got an asus crosshair iv formula and the usb3 has been working fine in both 9.2 and 9.3. The aibs driver doesn't support this board yet though.

    as for security updates:
    freebsd-update fetch; freebsd-update install

    and port updates:
    portsnap fetch update; portmaster -gda

    So not sure what the issues are here.

  4. postgres can. on Why Don't Open Source Databases Use GPUs? · · Score: 1

    Guess nobody ever heard of the pgstrom

  5. Re:Why are you clicking through that box every tim on SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites? · · Score: 2

    HP lights out boards don't retain the self generated cert between power failures. So when power returns you get a different cert, and the exception now needs to be removed and readded.

  6. weeee on Websites Still Failing Basic Privacy Practices · · Score: 1

    Duracell? I just bought a wii last night, and it came with panasonic batteries for the wiimote.

  7. Re:End of blah blah on Leaping the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 1

    you can trip on my synthesizer

  8. Re:This seems fishy on 10-year-old Microsoft Ticket Resurfaces? · · Score: 1

    I wrote a callback system that would happily accept a date any length of time in the future, with the condition there was available scheduled agent time (based on the predicted resolution time by issue classification) in the scheduled times lot to deal with it.

  9. Re:I am not surprised on AMD Considering Getting Out of Fabrication Business · · Score: 1

    orly?

    I guess this dell desktop that I'm currently using with an amd chip doesn't exist then. Does it?

  10. Re:Korea is stuck using Microsoft on Koreans Advised to "Avoid Vista" for Now · · Score: 1

    Why aren't you using a table instead of multiple rules?

  11. Re:0-day exploit code! on Printers Vulnerable To Security Threats · · Score: 1

    You've got a bug.

  12. Re:This is news? on Printers Vulnerable To Security Threats · · Score: 1

    HP Printer Hack
          12/8/97 sili@l0pht.com

    I've still go that code :)

    My LJ5 lives with 'I CRAVE BLOOD' on the lcd.

  13. Re:So far, better than the original! on Neverwinter Nights 2 Review · · Score: 1

    My big beef with the system, was when you got into buildings, such as that warehouse nearing the end of act II.

    I instructed my entire party to stay at the start of the buildling.
    Then I snuck around the entire place with Neeshka, and no enemies anywhere except at the very end bit.

    But when I started to move my PC, she hit action spots where enemies just started popping out of nowhere. Areas which I know had no enemies in it when I made Neeshka sneak around.

    This also happened in several other buildings and dungeons. Made scouting around like that pretty much useless.

  14. Re:PG question. on PostgreSQL 8.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I know of no way to do that in a single statement. Might be possible by creating a sequence and using nextval(...). However update dosen't let you use order on it.

    Somebody else with a better understanding of post's sql might be able to come up with a one liner, but not I.

  15. Re:PG question. on PostgreSQL 8.2 Released · · Score: 1

    What is that supposed to accomplish?

    I know you can do something like update x set a=b, b=a; in postgresql.

  16. Re:Uhh... on How Often Do You Replace Your Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Hardware raid which stores it's configs on the drives, and not the controllers firmware can typically be replaced very easily.

    Case in point: I went from a Compaq smart array 2, to a 4200 to a 5302 to a 5i/534 And not once did I have to rebuild the array. I could probably tweak some more performance out of it by adjusting the block size, but whatever.

    So if my current smart array card dies, I can just pop in the last card I had on the box, or buy the next step up smart array card and all will be well again.

  17. Re:Why aren't you running a dedicated controller.. on RAID Problems With Intel Core 2? · · Score: 1

    Wrong.
    Same Make, maybe, but not same model.

    I didn't have to do anything when I upgraded from a Compaq Smart Array 2 to a Smart Array 4200 to a Smart Array 5302, it just worked.

  18. postgres on MySQL to Adopt Solid Storage Engine · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hmmm, any real reason why they don't just take postgresql and use that as their backend?

  19. Re:I'm not convinced... on Oracle and PostgreSQL Debate · · Score: 1

    The solution to this is really simple. A text column with a tsearch2 index on it with the contents of the file, generated at insert time via whatever tools are needed to pull the data out. ghostscript, whatever.

    And a bytea column for the datafile itself.

    This is the solution I use on postgresql, and it's working just fine :)

    I'm of the opinion it's easier to deal with then the CTX stuff I used on Oracle 8i. And I'm not limited to the filetypes that CTX supports.

  20. Re:Haw haw on Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL 2 · · Score: 1

    It's called "bind variables" perhaps you've heard of it? ^_^

  21. Re:Beware hardware RAID on Comparison of Nine SATA RAID 5 Adapters · · Score: 1

    This is not totally true. Ignoring the SATA stuff as I've no experience with it first hand.

    The Compaq SmartArray series uses the *SAME*FORMAT* for it's arrays in it's 6302 that it did on the original smartarray.

    I have personally moved a raid array from a SmartArray 2P to a 2DH to a 4200 to a 5302. And it's all functioning perfectly.

  22. Re:Single video card not going to cut it? on SLI Primer · · Score: 1

    This has been attempted in the past.

    Creative Labs released a card called the 3DO blaster. It was a tremendous flop, but if that was because the card was a flop, or if the console dragged it down with it, is another story.

  23. Re:And again realms and servers... on WoW Downtime Interview at Penny Arcade · · Score: 1

    Ragnarok Online uses the same mechanism. The overall map is split up into large squares. You walk off one square and you go to a different server when you appear on the next square.

  24. Re:live by the sword, die by the sword on Governments Take Sides In Blackberry Patent Suit · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean, you got a R.I.M job!

  25. Re:Why are there two?? on Is Apache 2.0 Worth the Switch for PHP? · · Score: 2, Informative

    From what I've gathered, Apache2 is a reimplementation and 1.x is just in maintenence mode (security fixes etc)