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  1. Re:Try this on Combating Harassing Use of Mosquito Noise Device? · · Score: 2

    But most MP3 compressors will throw out higher frequencies to gain better encoding quality at the lower, more audible frequencies. Remember that many engineers are over 25. :)

  2. Re:Fragmentation on Cambridge Breached the Great Firewall of China · · Score: 1

    I mean have your TCP stack send small IP packets (4 bytes MSS, as AC below says). They won't be fragmented, but they will be breaking up the text into really small bits. Sorry for calling it "fragmentation", as that was inaccurate.

  3. Re:Actually it would have to work the other way ro on Cambridge Breached the Great Firewall of China · · Score: 1

    Your signature fits so well with that comment.

    So you mean it works as a spam filter as well, assuming that somebody sends spam with "Falun" in it?

    (so many blocked words in this page... but I'm in Seattle.)

  4. Fragmentation on Cambridge Breached the Great Firewall of China · · Score: 1

    If the firewall looks for keywords in individual packets, wouldn't ruthless packet fragmentation (i.e. breaking up the TCP stream into many, many minimum-size packets) work at getting around it? That way no one keyword would be left whole.

  5. Re:The only use for nice on Nice Performance Tuning For UNIX · · Score: 1

    Would have been better to do "rm -R ./" so that the shell expansion wouldn't choke.

  6. Re:Here ya go on Making Modifications to Your Computer Workspace? · · Score: 1

    Awww, come on. Follow the links and you see why it should be "funny" not "insightful".

  7. Re:Limited application on New 25x Data Compression? · · Score: 1

    0.5 != 1/50
    1/50 == 0.02

  8. Re:Grain of salt on New 25x Data Compression? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be 24/25ths of a grain?

  9. Re:What kind of data? on New 25x Data Compression? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So it can compress its own output? Sweet....

  10. /dev/zero ? on New 25x Data Compression? · · Score: 5, Funny

    dd if=/dev/zero bs=1m count=1m | lzop - | gzip -f -| gzip -f - | gzip -f - | wc

    gives about three kilobytes for a terabyte of data.

  11. Re:Ohh Ohhh! I'm So Addicted! on Are Americans Addicted to Technology? · · Score: 1

    Not as addicted as I'd like to be. :-( I buy hardware about twice a year at most.

  12. Re:Oh no! on Mega Bloks Wins Supreme Court Battle Against Lego · · Score: 1

    I've had mine for ... ten years? I haven't used my Legos much recently. Shame.

    Name me one dad who didn't think they could get it apart with their own tools.

    I can't think of one. Wierd, isn't it?

  13. Oh no! on Mega Bloks Wins Supreme Court Battle Against Lego · · Score: 5, Informative

    I always hated Mega Bloks. They are made out of the cheapest plastic, and don't stay together. Even though they may have needed to win (legally) they shouldn't have (quality-wise).

  14. Re:Naval Gazing? on The Rise of Digg.com · · Score: 1
    Stuff that mattered a few days ago.


    And yet /. still seems to get the news out days before the Seattle Times.
  15. -1, Redundant on Blackout Shows Net's Fragility · · Score: 1

    This was reported two days ago. Don't believe the hype!

  16. Compatibility on First modernized GPS satellite Launched · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will this improved accuracy come at the cost of compatibility? I already have a GPS reciever, and I don't want to have to buy a new one to make my data more accurate. (Magellan hasn't released new firmware for the SporTrak Basic since 2002, and I'm not holding my breath.)

  17. Re:MythTV on Tivo Institutes 1 Year Service Contracts · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't forget fellating advertisers.

  18. Re:It's a solution, but not a complete one on Free Web-Based Exception Reporting · · Score: 1

    Microsoft's internal "Watson" website is pretty cool. It automatically generates an annotated backtrace and identifies the specific function/DLL that the crash came from. The site also graphs hits/day on a specific fault bucket, DLL, routine, or project.

  19. Re:WTF? on IBM Reports Indicate Linux TCO Is Lower · · Score: 1

    The cost includes maintenance as well, of course.

    Maybe they have scripts to delete ten random files every morning at 4 AM, and the cost includes the "pain and suffering" judgements in favor of the sysadmin.

  20. Re:Bullshit research on IBM Reports Indicate Linux TCO Is Lower · · Score: 0

    Read your .sig ;)

  21. Re:Another auto analogy... on Intel Plans to Overhaul Chip Architecture · · Score: 1

    Electricity is getting kind of expensive. No, wait, that was four years ago. Never mind.

  22. Re:Futurama on Discovery's Dangling Gapfiller Removed by Hand · · Score: 1

    It's also kind of the only re-entry in recent history.

  23. Re:Bah on Discovery's Dangling Gapfiller Removed by Hand · · Score: 1

    If you can't fix it with duct tape, then it's broken.

  24. Space company? on Jeff Bezos's Space Company Reveals Some Secrets · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jeff Bezos, the Amazon guy, has a space company? That's plenty of revelation for me!

  25. Why I hate paper on World's Fastest Inkjet Printer? · · Score: 1

    My problem with paper is that it is almost impossible to get rid of. The stuff just makes piles on my desk. It's horrible, so I only print out final drafts. (It drives my parents crazy, though. They grew up with paper and have trouble reading LaTeX source.)