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  1. Re:This is what I like about Microsoft on Microsoft Research Introduces Record-Beating MinuteSort Tech · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.research.ibm.com/

    They used to have one of the most amazing IT geek magazines.

  2. Re:"irrelevant to the world beyond academia" on Reform the PhD System or Close It Down · · Score: 1

    Uhhh,

    No,

    Some do, some don't.

  3. Re:NO gig-e low # ports and pci bus for most of th on Open Source Router To Replace WRT54GL? · · Score: 1

    Really ? Can you name me 3 ? And if you got gigE Internet you would be running on home-made wireless devices ? I get 60Mb business Internet on a 100Mb fiber, it costs my company about $4000/month. And how much is the gigE going to cost a month ?

  4. Re:Probably not on Microsoft Announces End of the Line For Itanium Support · · Score: 1

    So too did early windows 2000. I seem to recall it called itself NT 5 ( I ran it on DEC Multias

  5. Re:How about.... on "Patent Markings" Lawsuits Could Run Into the Trillions · · Score: 1

    For clarification - the McDonalds hot coffee women did get a dramatically reduced amount of money. However before you pass judgement on her case you may wish to review the facts of the case. There was/were a reason(s) ( unknown by you ) that the jury initially awarded the large sum and it was not that their parking ticket was not validated that day at the county court house. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants I will help you out with a line from the wiki . Liebeck's attorneys discovered that McDonald's required franchises to serve coffee at 180–190 F (82–88 C). At that temperature, the coffee would cause a third-degree burn in two to seven seconds. My home hot water heater was government limited ( I have to override the configuration with the vendor on the phone to get the proper instructions AND I need an updated thermostat ( I have a Rheem tankless ) to 120 degrees because any higher can cause burns. McDonalds was 60 degrees hotter. Read the wiki and then come back and say she did not deserve; all she initially wanted was the medical bills paid - for her skin grafts ( whooo, thats a fun thing to fake to collect some extra money if you are an 80 year old lady .... ).

  6. Re:How about.... on "Patent Markings" Lawsuits Could Run Into the Trillions · · Score: 1

    Because without punitive damages companies will - boy, oh boy are there oodles of examples - just do wrong until they get caught ... if they get caught and only have to pay some potential small fine. Punitive damages punish those who did wrong on purpose. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/01/1782803/nearly-2-million-awarded-to-blue.html This car dealer KNOWLINGLY sold a previously damages car to a young couple without disclosing it. The damage was not readily visible to a non technical car person. The car dealer refused to cover issues with the car UNDER WARRANTY THEY SOLD. Yeah, they got hit with punitive damages. And maybe, maybe they won't do it again.

  7. Re:So.. on Scalpers Earned $25M Gaming Online Ticket Sellers · · Score: 1

    Do you mean that Ticketmaster, who was able to tell artists and venues that they were able to sell out an event faster than ever before, has no real incentive to stop this activity ? Who cares if the public gets burned ,,, Ticketmaster earned their money in 45 minutes not the normal 2 weeks or a month.

  8. Re:It worked for Waits but it won't for Cyrus on Scalpers Earned $25M Gaming Online Ticket Sellers · · Score: 1

    You would be wrong here tepples. That is EXACTLY what the Miley Cyrus tour did last year. Please call the Sprint Center in Kansas City to see how well it went. Rather than the concert selling out in 15 or 45 minutes as it did the tour prior ... tickets were available for days. Wonder why ? Yep, grandmothers who bought their kids tickets had to show up. And the uncle in Hawaii who bought them for Christmas did too. But the legitimate ticket sellers told people this prior to selling tickets to the uncle in Hawaii. Just like I can't take advantage of really cool sales at Frys in Campbell California, I can't buy tickets for a concert their either. Minors do have school IDs and they are issued by a agent of the Government - a school district. .

  9. Re:I Wonder... on Craigslist Blocks Yahoo Pipes · · Score: 1

    My God, Don't like it ... ??? DONT USE IT. It works great for me. You know you can go to "city.craigslist.org" in your URL field .... right ? Change it. See what happens. Learn, like or leave. The rest of us seem just fine with the "like" part. I live in Kansas City .. but search in LA or NewHaven or Boston ... works great. I post in Saint Louis ... works great. How about you adapt to simple instead of try to make complicated.

  10. Re:Already done by VMware on Remus Project Brings Transparent High Availability To Xen · · Score: 1

    you would be wrong there buddy. if I can save $15K per ESX host (3.5 - I don't know 4.x w/new vsphere ) Iwill certainly try ... $100K is a lot of money ....

  11. Re:Waste MORE time!? on Obama Makes a Push To Add Time To the School Year · · Score: 1

    http://www.lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_08_esy_anl01.htm

    Since all of you have studied the educational system from other countries

  12. Re:Law? on Storm Worm Botnet "Cracked Wide Open" · · Score: 1

    do what ?