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  1. Re:They missed FPS on Graphics Card Comparison Guide · · Score: 1

    One of the earlier posts in the topic points you to http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/ index.html which seems to have what you are asking for. You are right, the submitted article isn't nearly as useful to buyers as the tomshardware article.

  2. Re:And I'm sure... on FreeBSD 6.0 to Target Wireless Devices · · Score: 2, Insightful
    people/companies have the right to release their software under any license they want to

    And who said they didn't? Theo and the OpenBSD guys also have every right to not include binary-only software in their OS if they don't want to.

    at the end of the day bsd is grateful just to have damn drivers for it.

    Make that FreeBSD is grateful just to have the damn drivers. You don't speek for all *BSD varient users.

  3. Re:And I'm sure... on FreeBSD 6.0 to Target Wireless Devices · · Score: 3, Funny

    All BSD users do not fall in some "*BSD camp" that likes that. Please propose adding some unmodifiable binary-only code into OpenBSD and see what kind of reception you get. It won't be pretty.

  4. Re:Silly gimmicks on Wi-Fi Times Sixteen · · Score: 1

    Ahh, but this will work because we all want more wireless bandwidth.

    Hmm, now I just have to calculate how much battery life I can get out of my laptop now that I have 16 wireless cards bonded togeather on it. I don't think it's going to last too long with all of t...

    <*NO CARRIER*>

  5. Re:Where the fault lies... on Virtual Muggings in Lineage II · · Score: 1

    Were you fighting as the representative of a recognized government? If not you are an enemy combatants without Geneva Conventions rights and will be sent to Guantanamo Bay.

  6. Re:Where the fault lies... on Virtual Muggings in Lineage II · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Actually... on ZOTOB Not Quite as Bad as Expected? · · Score: 1
    However, there just simply aren't that many software packages.

    Please tell me, exactly how many software packages there are oh wise one? How many does that certain fortune 500 company run? How many custom in-house software packages does the place run in addition to those ones from the software vendors they are supposed to lean on? You have no clue. The worm was out within 72 hours of the patch. That's simply not enough time for a lot of companies out there to do the testing they need to to ensure it doesn't break any of their software.

  8. Re:Irony on ZOTOB Not Quite as Bad as Expected? · · Score: 1

    Many bigger companies have a lot of custom software running. Every piece of it needs to be checked against any new patch that comes out from Microsoft to make sure the company can continue to run the applications it needs. For many places, 72 hours of testing was simply not enough, so they weren't patched when the worm got to them. And most of those companies DID have firewalls in place. All it takes is one infected laptop from outside getting plugged in.

  9. Re:Yes, but privacy? on Watch Like Device for At-Risk Patients · · Score: 1
    The medical data, what your heart rate was, etc, is privileged information. Any GPS data about where are are at any given time isn't.

    Just as the police can't tap a lawyers phone to find out what a client is saying to them. But it is legal, with a warrent, for them to look at phone records to see what phone numbers/locations the calls were placed from.

  10. Re: question on Mac OS X on x86 Videos Get Apple's Attention · · Score: 1

    Back when MS bought a bunch of Mac shares they were specifically buying only non-voting shares. They have long since sold off pretty much all that stock.

  11. Re:The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated on Sun's Linux Killer Examined · · Score: 1

    The computer needing windows to do the bios update has absolutely freaking ZERO to do with Solaris. It means the hardware manufacturer was not non-MS OS friendly.

  12. Re:Welcome to the real world? on Anti-Phishers Pose as Phishers to Make Point · · Score: 1
    because in a real-world situation, a phisher wouldn't stop just because it's illegal to impersonate an officer.

    Neither would an al Qaeda agent who wanted to order a bunch of soldiers to a location where a bomb was set to go off. I sure hope they start training these guys about when you should question orders or about questioning the source of the orders.

  13. Re:Absolutely on Anti-Phishers Pose as Phishers to Make Point · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Of course typing it in yourself is the smart thing to do. That's why I'm so pissed the university I work at keeps sending out emails to everyone on patch tuesday. They have the link to microsoft's windows update website in them and instruct all users that they must go to the site and patch their machines. They are teaching the users terrible habits! They are going to click on links in phising emails because the brilliant IT staff here has taught them that they should.

  14. Re:Your OSX rootkit isn't a rootkit... on Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel · · Score: 1
    Sorry, I was googling fast.

    Here is the description of a real working rootkit.

    Start compiling.

  15. Re:Why are you reviewing this book? on Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel · · Score: 1

    Jose is a security guru. That's why he's qualified to review a book on security. He's very familiar with the topic. Most of the same security rules can be applied to many different systems.

  16. Re:The great thing about this book on Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Yeah, it'd be terrible to use an OS with rootkits available for it.

    Instead of windows they could switch to Linux or a *BSD or MacOS.

    Oh wait, almost all OS's out there right now have rootkits for them.

  17. Re:Peanuts? on Exchange Alternatives Round-up · · Score: 1
    Right, but do any of these apps really provide the same amount of productivity gains that Exchange does? That's what matters.

    Exchange may easily have a feature that on average saves each worker about a minute a week. That's not much time at all. That's about an hour a year. If any of your employes make over 7-20 dollars an hour (probably most of your workers), by going with the (very very slightly) less productive software you've just spent more money on lost productivity than Exchange would have cost you.

  18. Re:No, but... on Death of Cookies, Spyware Greatly Exaggerated? · · Score: 1

    I don't accept cookies for 99% of websites. I will from a few I trust or just to make life easy on a few. Others I allow, but delete at fairly regular intervals (Google, etc).

  19. Re:Dual-core CPU not that easy to take advantage o on Carmack's QuakeCon Keynote Detailed · · Score: 1
    He's not the only major player who thinks that.

    Check out Gabe Newell's comments (One of the key developers of Half-Life 2). He also thinks multi-core/cpu machines aren't going to be bringing a lot extra to the table for game machines for some time.

    When Newell and Carmack, the lead developers of the two hottest game engines out there, agree on this point, you realize we might not be taking that leap forward in gaming that we all thought we were going to.

  20. Re:what do they do? on Spammers on the Run · · Score: 1

    Can't the spammer just filter out the complaints like we filter out spam? Or do the huge number of complaints actually kill their bandwidth?

  21. Re:Sustainable? on Warming Up Mars With Greenhouse Gases · · Score: 1

    Oops, sorry. I caught it just after I hit submit. I wish slashdot had an edit feature.

  22. Re:Sustainable? on Warming Up Mars With Greenhouse Gases · · Score: 1

    Yup. What it needs is for someone to slam a few of the larger asteroids from the nearby asteroid belt into it to add some mass (and some instant heat). Also a few large comets swinging in from the Koopers belt would also be nice. Those tend to have a lot of water in them and Mars could use a bit more water in it's mass.

  23. Re:So like... on Modded Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 MPG · · Score: 1

    You really need to look at the figures. Minivan milege on average is much better than that of average SUVs. But the real difference is the emmissions. SUVs get by with truck emission standards. They put a lot more bad stuff in the air than minivans which are governed by car emissions standards.

  24. Re:CM stacker good, but read these caveats on High-End Aluminum PC Cases Make A Comeback · · Score: 1

    What's the extra cost for the BTX??? Mine came with everything needed. The only 'extra' I ordered were two extra 4/3 modules. I didn't get the "cross-flow"

  25. Re:This is not a great case... on High-End Aluminum PC Cases Make A Comeback · · Score: 5, Informative
    Dear Anonymous troll, THIS is the CoolerMaster Stacker. I have one.

    The Lian Li case allows you to fit 5 hard drives, a floppy and 4 CD/DVD drives all at the same time and doesn't make you give up one of your 120 MM fans to do it. The Coolermaster case allows you to fit 2 hard drives and a floppy IF you give up one 120 MM fan and turn your case into a component cooker.

    The Coolermaster allows you to fit up to *12* hard drives plus a floppy, plus a CD/DVD. That's with ALL fans, including the optional ones, in place.

    The Lian Li case has better ventilation. Coolermaster gives you the option to install more noise generating 80MM fans.

    The Lian Li case does not have better airflow than the Stacker. Impossible. I bought the optional fans for up front. They are nice slow quiet 120mm fans, not 20mm fans. That's 3 120mm fans up front. A wall of air moves through the case. It keeps everything cool. Plus one more 120 fan in the back, plus optional ones for the top and side. Plus there is even a optional fan you can buy that blows along the entire length of the motherboard. You pretty much can't find a case that can get more air flowing through it.

    The Lian LI case is BTX and sectioned into three thermal zones. Coolermaster uses outdated ATX standard and is one giant component cooker.

    The Stacker comes with all the parts to allow you to set up your case in either ATX or BTX format. You can switch back and forth between configurations if you buy a new motherboard of the other type.

    Lian Li places the power supply at the bottom with its own separate cool air supply. Cooler Master places the power supply at the top where it will suck in heated processor air garunteeing worse power efficiency and more noise due to the fan having to spin up to cope with increased heat. ATX sucks

    The Stacker allows you to put the power supply at the bottom of the case, or the top, or install two power supplies, one in each location, so that you can run two quieter power supplies rather than one large noisy one.

    Basically, you don't know what the hell your talking about.