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  1. Re:Set 32 sectors per track on Linux Not Quite Ready For New 4K-Sector Drives · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So why aren't more machines built like the SheevaPlug?

    Yet is has console, but it's a USB connection. It has the USBSerial built in. I don't need anything for my Mac other than the cable that came with it.

  2. Re:When... on Gov't Proposes "National Climate Service" For the US · · Score: 1

    The Audi commercial wasn't supposed to be a 'how to' commercial.

  3. Re:Sanity on FAA Data Shows Exploding Batteries Are Rare, Small Risk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Don't even need knock out gas. Just drop cabin pressure, everyone will fall asleep eventually.

    This would have seriously pissed me off when I was traveling to India. I took 6 spare batteries for my SLR. (Electricity was shaky, and I could get almost a full week of shooting with out recharging)

  4. Re:Smart buys on 10 Microsoft Acquisitions and What They Mean Now · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Apple did more than slap their name on it and sell it. Apple uses it's acquisitions as pieces to complete a puzzle.

    "MultiTouch" was the missing piece to get the iPhone out the door.

    They bought P.A. Semi in 2008, I bet the Apple ARM chip is more than something made in 2008 and stamped with a logo. But it's what was needed to get the iPad out.

    iTunes has moved far beyond what it was originally.

  5. Re:I guess Google's gonna have to pull out of on Google Rejects Australian Censorship Proposal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pulling out never works and you still end up with a mess everywhere else.

  6. Re:The Sun on What Objects To Focus On For School Astronomy? · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's no moon.

  7. Re:Final cut pro == sad on Linux Foundation Announces 2010 "We're Linux" Video Contest · · Score: 1

    Final Cut Express is $199
    iMovie is Free.

    It's the Pro version that is $999.

    Unless you're editing a movie that you plan on putting on the big screen. FCE is MORE than you could ever hope to use.

    You could edit most stuff made on TV today with just iMovie.

  8. Re:Hurray for LandFills! on XCore's EduBook, a Netbook That Runs on AA Batteries · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you RTFA

    If I do that how the hell am I supposed to formulate a semi written out thought and get it submitted so it doesn't just look like I'm yelling out FIRST POST, without paying for it of course.

  9. Hurray for LandFills! on XCore's EduBook, a Netbook That Runs on AA Batteries · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    AAs are a horrible way to power a laptop. Why not power a car with them? The energy density sucks.

    The only 'convenient' thing about them is when you can't get power, you could possibly get new ones at any store. Then what when that set goes dead? Trash? People in developing countries have little regard for the environment.* So

    And what type of AAs are they going to be? NiMH? NiCad?

    I can get 999+ pictures out of my SLR on one LiOn charge. When I power it with an external grip using 8 AAs (which take up 4x the space) I may get 1/3 of that.

    I know you guys hate Apple for it, but there's a reason they're getting 8 hours out of a 17" laptop. It's because they threw away all the 'packaging' crap that comes with normal batteries and only packaged the 'energy storing' part.

    *I don't know if this is because of their nature or because the structure isn't setup. When I went to Rural india there was TRASH everywhere. AAs in the gutters. Because there wasn't anywhere to throw stuff away. That and every single thing was individually packaged. Shampoo came in a 5Rs 'sampler' sized package. Everything. So there was litter everywhere.

  10. Re:Google is not far from Engrishisfunny.com... on Google Shooting For Smartphone Universal Translator · · Score: 1

    So would google help me become a cunning linguist?

  11. Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED! on Verizon Blocking 4chan · · Score: 1

    How many people are they going to arrest?

    If it's 10 members calling in bomb and death threats. Probably
    What if it's 100?
    1000?
    100000?

    What happens if every single person in America decides that smoking pot should be legalized, and walks to the police station and holds a 10000 person sit in while they toke up? Ticket everyone? Getting that many people through the courts would take forever.

    Prosecuting 'crimes' works because the number of police outnumber the people doing the crime. If you had every single person on 4chan calling in stuff, you would bury the police departments with crap. Nothing would happen.

  12. Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED! on Verizon Blocking 4chan · · Score: 2, Informative

    Fark too.

    Last time 4chan was down, Fark noticed* a huge increase in... crap. They were bored so they went to any other web forum they could find.

    Also, 4chan really doesn't seem all that big and powerful. Fark out voted them in some web poll when Fark was up against Digg/4Chan.

    *Stay out of the political threads and we're mostly civil.

  13. Re:First Polanski on Google Airs Super Bowl Ad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto

  14. Re:Women in technology? on Silicon Valley VCs and the Gender Gap · · Score: 5, Funny

    cute, nerdy, female?

    Choose two.

  15. Re:Does it ever occur to anybody... on Silicon Valley VCs and the Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    I'm still upset at the misrepresented number of pregnant men.

    Seriously. 100% of females? I demand the government setup research to right this inequality.

  16. Re:HIPAA privacy regulations are problematic on The New National Health Plan Is Texting · · Score: 1

    You fail to understand how HIPAA works:
    A) you signed up for it
    B) It's not specific, it's generic "Hey by the way" messages.
    "You're 3 months along, you should expect morning sickness"
    "Your child is 4 months old, he or she should start rolling over"

    It's basic information that most people SHOULD know, but don't.

    HIPPA only prevents personal identification. Drs can talk all they want about you, in front of others, but can't say your name. (Or vice versa, Guess who came to the office today, but can't say anything about their visit).

    Needless to say, texting you generic information about where you or your child is in the development phase is in no way considered a HIPAA violation. It's like a newsletter... but for texts.

    *Hurray for Dr Girlfriend for explaining this.

  17. Re:Save your money... on A Hybrid Approach For SSD Speed From Your 2TB HDD · · Score: 1

    zfs-fuse> is not available for general use.

    I have no problem trusting my data to ZFS in FreeBSD or OpenSolaris. (Where the commands to create a zfs 'file system' are the same.

  18. Re:Open Source on The Final Release of Apache HTTP Server 1.3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    HTML5 Porn.

  19. Re:Google on Android and the Linux Kernel Community · · Score: 1, Funny

    zfs-fuse. Bah. I quit.

  20. Re:Save your money... on A Hybrid Approach For SSD Speed From Your 2TB HDD · · Score: 2, Informative

    Who the hell creates a ZFS drive by using mkfs.zfs?

    zpool create tank mirror sdb sdc works just fine under Debian.

  21. Re:Google on Android and the Linux Kernel Community · · Score: 1

    "If". "If linux was under"

    No more happy hour for me.

  22. Re:Google on Android and the Linux Kernel Community · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux was under the BSD license, they wouldn't have had to give anything back, but it would have made it easier for contributors to give to both branches. (Or just copy the code between the two).

    The GPL has actually caused me to drop Linux. I want ZFS for my home server, zfs is not the answer (maxing out 2 cores to copy files?!). Because of the whole "GPL or the highway" approach, even though ZFS IS opensource, it's not 'compatible'.

    FreeBSD has no qualms, so I'm in the process of migrating my servers to FreebSD.

  23. Re:A stupid question... on Facebook's HipHop Also a PHP Webserver · · Score: 1

    The main problem is compilation speed. C++ compilers are just plain slow.

    Best reason in the world to slack off at work

  24. Re:Oh, no... on Students Failing Because of Poor Grammar · · Score: 1

    I'll read the story after I eat break fast.

  25. Re:I noticed this problem almost half a decade ago on Students Failing Because of Poor Grammar · · Score: 1

    ++ I learned to IM after English. And after years on IRC where sentences seemed to be 'expected'.