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  1. Re:Clear Hoax on Commodore 64 Primed For a Comeback In June · · Score: 1

    I figured out it was a hoax when i got down to where it says it will run "Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X."

  2. Re:Eh on No More Firefox For Windows Mobile · · Score: 1

    Palm is a software shop... Why would they give up the one (semi) valuable thing they have? There'd be no reason left to even consider them.

  3. Re:Why do you need one? on Is the Line-in Jack On the Verge of Extinction? · · Score: 1

    The thing is, anything "professional" will probably be using something like optical audio inputs into a recording system. Anything not professional will probably be using some sort of cheap mixer or a light snake which goes into the USB port.

    The line in port just isn't needed any more....

    Of course I may stand corrected by the time this thread is over.

  4. Re:black is white on A Broadband Survey That Asks the Right Questions · · Score: 1

    I've got AT&T DSL and it's the worst internet connection I've ever had. Unfortunately it's all that's available where I live. It's slow (3mbps connection that usually runs at about 1/5 of that) and it randomly disconnects about once an hour and takes a few minutes to figure out how to reconnect....

  5. Re:Fast Enough on A Broadband Survey That Asks the Right Questions · · Score: 1

    And watching netflix on my xbox 360 puts me in....which one of those categories?

  6. Re:In the source of the page: on A Broadband Survey That Asks the Right Questions · · Score: 1

    Major.Minor.ReleaseNumber.RevisionNumber

    It's a pretty standard model. At my workplace right now we're on 1.0.88.3494 on one of our products. First major, working toward the first minor, 88th tag, tagged from trunk svn revision 3494.

  7. Re:Poor Title on F-22 Raptor Cancelled · · Score: 1

    I don't know why they went with the F-22 over the "F-23" anyway. It was a better plane on many levels...

  8. Re:My Kingdom for a Datagrid Element! on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 1

    I have to wonder if the writer of that comment happened to look at the slashdot source. Not a table in sight.

    Using tables to design sites has been on the way out for quite a long time.

  9. Re:summarizing the article for you... on Special Effects Lessons From JJ Abrams' Star Trek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh come now... Transformers is a decent movie.

  10. Re:first post! on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think this movie could re-gain some lost loyal fans. The fact that it wipes the slate clean and pretty much starts the franchise over again is a GREAT thing IMHO. Yeah, it's a little over the top, but that's probably what the franchise needs... Everyone is sick of stupid buzz words that don't mean anything, sitting along side a totally swiss cheesed universe.

  11. Re:Windows 7 vs. XP on Windows 7 "Not Much Faster" Than Vista · · Score: 1

    On that note, gaming benchmarks from the tech sites in Vista are often better than XP, but on my PC in particular I get around 15-25% LOWER performance in Vista than on XP. It really all depends on the specific PC you're running it on. (I'm on a 2.8ghz C2D, 8800GTX, 2GB ram, 320GB Raid-0)

  12. Re:Looks cosy on NASA Shows Off Mock-Up of Mars-Capable Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I was unaware.

  13. Re:Uh, no! on NASA Shows Off Mock-Up of Mars-Capable Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    You missed my point... No one will EVER pay that money back. They couldn't tax the americans enough to do so even if they wanted.

    In short, the fed is printing out money that will never be repaid. Our taxes from here on out will always go to a budget that will always be in deficit. We're not PAYING for any of that crap and we never will.

  14. Re:How many years have they been working on this? on NASA Shows Off Mock-Up of Mars-Capable Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, our taxes aren't supporting Iraq, Afganistan, or the bailout. The federal reserve bank is.

  15. Re:Looks cosy on NASA Shows Off Mock-Up of Mars-Capable Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    If you recall, the lunar lander attached to the re-entry capsule on the way there and the way back and added a LOT of room that wasn't there originally. I'd imagine that for a trip to mars, they'd do the same thing, just have a bigger lander/whatever module.

  16. Re:I dunno `bout the rest of the world.. on With a Computer Science Degree, an Old Man At 35? · · Score: 1

    What I've seen is that age doesn't really mean a dang thing. Experience does.

    Even in our present economy there are tons of places dying to get their hands on a decent programmer or two. My present employer is having a heck of a time finding any decent C# programmers out there of ANY age. The only hirable C# programmer they've already managed to find is in his 40s....and the guy seems to be pretty brilliant. They've been looking for months...

    I think the claim of ageism is pretty much completely unfounded...

  17. Re:WTF?! on Student Arrested For Classroom Texting · · Score: 1

    The problem isn't with the children. It's with their idiotic parents who think the school system is in place to raise their kids. If the parents taught them an ounce of respect as well as right-vs-wrong, in addition to enforcing rules and discipline, crap like this wouldn't happen.

    Children will do what you teach them is OK to do.

  18. Re:Call their parents on Student Arrested For Classroom Texting · · Score: 1

    I think step one should be skipped. If they text in class, they shouldn't have a "warning." They're breaking a rule that they are 100% informed about and the 1st time is not somehow "better" than subsequent times.

  19. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Voting requires registering to make sure you only vote once ;-)

  20. Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef on Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs? · · Score: 1

    Uh, hardly. The less brainpower it takes to operate ANYTHING, the better. :-P

  21. Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef on Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs? · · Score: 1

    Yaknow, I had that thought while I was typing that comment...

  22. Not the first time this has happened... on State Dept E-mail Crash After "Reply-All" Storm · · Score: 1

    I worked at a college using the groupwise e-mail system and the same thing happened. Someone sent out an information email to all students and instead of BCCing the entire list of addresses, they were all plopped into the "To" field. It bounced around forever and everyone was completely confused.

    Luckily it wasn't my department and I didn't have a student email account, so I was immune.

    Long story short, the system did survive unscathed....

  23. Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef on Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    While in your example that's probably true, I personally like it because it's a quick and brainless way to communicate with friends. It's just fun. Organizations find it's useful as a good way to update people, but past that it's not a serious experience, and shouldn't be treated as one.

  24. Re:Accident? on Karl Rove's IT Guru Dies In Small Plane Crash · · Score: 1

    afa clintons are concerned, the term coined was "arkancide" if I recall.

  25. Re:Easy Remedy for Those Looking to Avoid on New York State Budget Relies On Entertainment Tax · · Score: 1

    Buy them at walmart.