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  1. Re:Good News Everybody! on Array-Based Memory May Put a Terabyte On a Chip · · Score: 1

    long haul flgihts? killing your phone battery down to 2-3 hours? either use the airlines built in systems which is getting more and more common, or bring a portable dvd player. it will last three times as long with twice the screen.

  2. Re:It will get forced on us on In Soviet US, Comcast Watches YOU · · Score: 1

    that's actually the best point to be made. in there own home people do strange things while sitting in front of the tv. TV's in apartments will probably catch lot's of people in the nude just getting out of the shower.

    If even one of those imagines ended up online comcast could be sued into nothing.

  3. Re:The writeup is misleading on Road Coloring Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    and Albert Einstien worked in a patent office.

    Where one works isn't always a sign of ones abilities.

  4. Re:That's a mistake on A Battlestar Galactica Prequel Series on the Way · · Score: 1

    Yet in the REST of the world it is called series. The world doesn't resolve around America, and I get really annoyed when Hollywood ruins a good story by making it happen in NY or LA instead of the country it came from.

    What's worse is that I live in the USA.

  5. Re:Office 2007 on Few of OOXML's Flaws Have Been Addressed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If MSFT fixed the flaws with OOXML then there wouldn't be a problem.

    it's not that OOXML is bad, it is that OOXML is broken and MSFT is trying to ram it through anyways. there is nothing there that can't be fixed. MSFT however doesn't want it fixed because OOXML 2010 is just around the corner and it won't be the same as OOXML 2007. Also OOXML 2010 becomes a defaco standard even though it isn't ISO certified since it is marketed as OOXML.

    this is how MSFT works if you don't know this then go back and look at the past 30 years of how MSFT treats it's customers, vendors, and slaves.

  6. Re:completely ignorant on How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong · · Score: 4, Interesting

    apple only uses free software to assist in rapid building of large software projects. Why build a custom MSFT SMB/CIF/what ever it's called this year Interface when Samba is free, works well with your base system, and only needs a custom GUI interface?

    KHTML, Cups, etc all fall into that category. While Apple routinely publishes it's open source code back as it is required under the GPL, the software that is BSD based doesn't get published as often. Where is the Darwin version for the iPhone? If it really is running a custom version of OSX then it exists, but you will never see it.

  7. Re:Yaa! CreativIty can be measured now! on The Reality Distortion Field Is Real · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If markters trying to prove what they do matters then they picked the wrong logo. try MSFT or intel logos. Apple is hip it makes people think that things don't have to be a cube farm, that cool toys can be had by anyone.

    MSFT needs help with that image. As most people think MSFT and get frustrated. When was the last time you enjoyed using windows? When was the last time you enjoyed using KDE/Gnome/Linux? Now when was the last time you enjoyed using your mac/ipod/iphone?

    for me about 5 minutes ago as i was working a personal web site project and had 5 safari, two firefox, 3 finder, 5 text editor, 2 ftp app, and a terminal windows opened across two computers. expose, and a little extra app called clipboard sharing so i could copy/paste between the two. I was working and having fun. The process was painless. now to buy my first ipod/iphone as soon as they allow me to install apps that i want. Sure you can do all that in every OS,(with X windows you can even make them the same screen, tis a feature I miss in OS X) but how often do you enjoy it?

  8. Re:Body Heat powered....Brain Implants.... on Researchers Design Microchip Ten Times More Efficient · · Score: 1

    yea I know, but if we do ever figure out how to build ultracapacitors it might be possible to have an 2-3 hours of use and a 6-8 hour recharge time.

  9. Re:Body Heat powered....Brain Implants.... on Researchers Design Microchip Ten Times More Efficient · · Score: 1

    I have actually wondered if an implanted version of a bluetooth headset would be possible if one could provide power from the heat transfer of the head.

    Tap the skin behind your ear, turns the unit on for talking. a thin hollow cable to the front of the ear for listening, and a jawbone transducer for talking.

    It would look a lot better than existing headsets(since everything is subdermal/cranial) but you would look even crazier talking in public without anything on your head. Also it couldn't be stolen or taken away from you.

  10. Re:Pertinent word... on Unreleased iPhone 2.0 May Already Be Hacked · · Score: 3, Insightful

    write again when andriod is actually out on a smart phone.

    Not a single manufacture is using it yet. When they release an actual product I will then judge it, until then it is vaporware with source code. As Android is worthless without hardware.

  11. Re:Perhaps I'm just not clever enough.... on Wikileaks Releases Early Atomic Bomb Diagram · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Really? so Iran hasn't overthrown their own government in the last 50 years? North Korea may have a semi stable government but the people are starving.

  12. Re:More tanks on America's Robot Army · · Score: 1

    you replied to an AC, intelligent people don't reply to the AC's as 99% of them aren't worth even talking to.

    As for your other comments, if you read my post I don't agree with the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan wasn't smart but might be justifiable.

    Also invading germany even though they didn't have anything to do with the bombing of Pearl harbor was a decent decision even though it opened us up to a war on two fronts. pearl Harbor was totally done by japan and Japan alone.

    So yes there are times. but those times must be carefully weighed and judged by more than one man. Unlike say Bush.

  13. Re:More tanks on America's Robot Army · · Score: 5, Insightful

    anti-guerilla strategy? that's easy don't be an ass, and don't invade other countries on false intel, with the misguided hope that they will think you are saviors just because you deposed their idiot leader.

    I highly doubt if that will happen though.

    To truly fight guerilla you must fight them like you fight pirates. You take away the economic/political incentive for it to begin with.

  14. Re:NBC's real problem on NBC Still Down On P2P But Plans To Use It Themselves · · Score: 1

    So was the orginial knight rider TV show. heck any tv/movie where cars play a role becomes just one big car commercial.

  15. Re:That's an easy one! on Why Don't We Invent That Tomorrow? · · Score: 1

    I don't see the problem. Load up the Orbiter with the time travel equipment. Set it for a sling shot effect around the moon, on the return trip activate the time travel. The moon will have moved and so will have the earth so you have to pick an earth position relative to your own (ie the same day every year, plus or minus a few hours.

    If we actually develop a vessel that can travel to mars even better.

  16. Re:NBC's real problem on NBC Still Down On P2P But Plans To Use It Themselves · · Score: 1

    Try an experiment use the DVR to time episodes of popular shows the first time they are aired. While most syndicated stuff is still 22 minutes. Things like the Knight Rider movie, and American Gladitors will be less.

    I know Sci-fi channel does a lot of 22,8 setups. And it is to those that i am comparing.

  17. NBC's real problem on NBC Still Down On P2P But Plans To Use It Themselves · · Score: 4, Insightful

    is the lack of quality programming and the massive amounts of commercial breaks per 30 minute episode.

    The last things on NBC I watched was Hero's and the Knight Rider Movie. Both of them felt very funny like i was watching 4 minutes of show and 4 minutes of commercials. by the time i got through 2 hours of the Knight Rider movie I was pissed off.

    Watching NBC is like listening to Wil liam Shat ner speeeeaak. Ev ery thing is drawn out.

    sorry I couldn't keep it up my brain kept fixing the errors.

    Cut the ads down to less than 15 minutes per 30 minute episode and people might start watching again.

  18. Re:Partition Filesystems on Intel Confirms It Will Ship 160GB Flash Drives · · Score: 1

    Can someone with more knowledge,tell me if ZFS is better for flash drives over say NTFS or HFS+.

    I am wondering if OS X's slow move to ZFS has some unexpected side effects.

  19. The worse part? on Stored Data to Exceed 1.8 Zettabytes by 2011 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that half of it will be copies of Windows Vista, XP, a few hundred Linux distro's.

  20. Re:troll bait on iPhone SDK Rules Block Skype, Firefox, Java ... · · Score: 1

    That's just it I don't mind paying for software, or hardware. I own all Apple computers. What I want is to have a hardware dongle, that adds GPS ability to the iPhone, either through Bluetooth or better yet through the dock connector.

    Under the SDK this is ILLEGAL.

    The Locate function is useless in my area as there are all of 20 open wifi points in a 20 square mile area. If your in a major city then yea it works. If your in a minor city your screwed.

    I don't need GPS all the time so it doesn't have to be built in, but when i do i would like it with out carrying 5 devices, which is why one would buy the iPhone to begin with.

  21. Re:That REALLY doesn't make sense on G-Archiver Harvesting Google Mail Passwords · · Score: 1

    Because that was part of the test code. he hard coded in a sample g-archiver account username and password. Why it sent the username and password to a particular account is the better question.

  22. Re:Good way to turn a positive thing negative on iPhone SDK Rules Block Skype, Firefox, Java ... · · Score: 1

    Actually what's holding me back is paying $20 a month for Edge. if I wanted to pay $20 a month for dial up I wold still use AOL. Yes that is what Edge is like in my region.

    Let me use my existing contract and charge me for when I use edge and i will sign up right away. because other than visual voicemail i won't be using it at all. wifi at home, and I will buy a mini wifi bridge at work and I will be all set.

  23. Re:troll bait on iPhone SDK Rules Block Skype, Firefox, Java ... · · Score: 4, Insightful

    because on the surface the SDK and new software is awesome. It is when people started reading the legal fine print and found out if you develop apps for the iPhone apple owns your soul and IP.

    Okay a slight stretch there but that is basically the point. I can make firefox for the iPhone but legally I can't install it. It isn't for technical(except for the skype over edge which is just a bad idea) reasons just legal.

  24. Re:The Cost Of IT on The Disconnect Between Management and the Value of IT · · Score: 2, Interesting

    IT is a constant drain on money. Plumbing, lights, generators, etc last for YEARS. the average Server hardware last for 3 years if your lucky, and then you need to triple the price for all the software upgrades, then tack on even more for the IT department training, and then employee training for all the new software.

    IT deptarments only cost money with constant upgrades, in hardware and software. Lighting fixtures have a one time cost, and then a minimal replacement cost.

    every 3 years all hardware and software is now useless and needs to be replaced. The real reason no one is moving to Vista. XP is finally starting to pay for itself for businesses who work on decade time frames.

    As soon as IT departments stop asking for money for new software every three months or to sign contracts for software assurance that last for years but provide no benefit IT departments will earn some more respect.

  25. Re:What-tonium? on NASA Running Out of Plutonium · · Score: 1

    Ah so that's where MBA, and EMBA's come from.
    I have always wondered.