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  1. Re:Why buy 32 now, though on AMD Predicts End of 32-bit Processors · · Score: 1

    I think AMD is right on the mark. There is no rational reason why given a choice between 64/32 and 32 you would want, or should, choose the 32. By this time next year prices of the lower end Opterons should be approaching $100 as production ramps up, which is certainly competitive with anything in the only 32bit world.

  2. What happens in a strong gust of wind? on Epson Creates Tiny Flying Robot · · Score: 1

    Blown far off course, out of bluetooth range... bam! Hits a pedestrian and takes an eye out. Don't believe m? Ask your momma!

  3. Should we really be doing things like this? on First Reproducing Artificial Virus Created · · Score: 1

    What kind of precautions do these people take?

  4. Re:Why was COBOL so prevalent in the first place? on Microsoft Makes Push for COBOL Migration · · Score: 1

    Weren't ALGOL and PL/I quite popular alternatives at the time, especially in Euroland?

  5. You forgot the codebase is growing on Microsoft Makes Push for COBOL Migration · · Score: 2, Informative

    by 5B lines per year, which is quite impressive.


    You could have known this 5 days go though... # 2003-11-04 15:43:28 Microsloth courts COBOL (articles,microsoft) (rejected)

  6. I'm still waiting for on Handy Wristwatch Phone · · Score: 2, Funny

    the shoe phone!

  7. Read This New Study on Solar Activity on Climate Data Re-examined (updated) · · Score: 1

    The powers that be rejected this a week ago. Its a paper which will appear in PRL that did a reconstruction of Be data in polar ice to reconstruct sunspot data back an additional 800 or so years, to AD 850. They show that the period since 1940 has shown uniquely high solar activity . This too hits at the greenhouse theories. See the paper here

  8. Dont buy from Amazon on For Americans, Imported Textbooks Can Be Cheaper · · Score: 1

    Reading some of these comments.. duh.. Amazon is list or a buck or two under.. and the story as well.. oy.

    Take for example Quantum Mechanics by Liboff. Not a very large distribution, but fairly well used. Its $73.30 with shipping from A1 books. From that UK amazon site, its $71.75 at current exchange rates, excluding customs charges. From Amazon US its *shockingly* list price $94 + shipping. Moral? Shop around in the US and you can find your textbooks for quite a bit cheaper than your campus bookstore or Amazon, and on a par with the offshore offerings.

  9. Re:The question is on Maxtor's 300 GB Monster Reviewed · · Score: 1

    wrong. two drives make for raid 1. Unless you are willing to risk losing 600 GB on a raid 0. Something like raid 53 is probably what most would look for.

  10. price tags excessive? on 10 Panel LCD Displays · · Score: 1

    yeah these things look cool.. but comeon.. $10,700 for 3 wide 20' digitial? And look at the brightness and contrast ratings - all well below mid to higher end units available today. You can go buy 3 formac 20" platinums for 4k (or even cheaper with other brands), and they fit together quite closely (disclaimer: I have 2). In fact, there are other brands such as planar whos units are cased even better for edge to edge contact. And if you *really* need to stack them, I'm sure you can build a custom housing for vastly cheaper. Also dont forget that many video cards allow you to turn the monitor around the tall way as well.

  11. Re:lasers for nanotech on Femtosecond Lasers for Nanosurgery · · Score: 1

    i recall reading recently that the problems aren't so much with the accuracy of beams, whether light or particle, but in having the patient totally immobile, which is virtually impossible.

  12. Re:Seems Expensive To Me on New Solar Cells 20 Times Cheaper · · Score: 1

    So.. if I need to run, say 1000 watts worth of equipment for oh.. 16 hours a day, how many of these bad boys do i need? Clearly its not light out all day, so what does it take to have sufficient charge in those battery backups? And how much does the battery system add to that per watt cost?

  13. Re:Has anyone else noticed it sucks? on MIT Open Courseware with 500 Courses · · Score: 1

    i was about to say the same.. very few courses actually have the lecture notes, which after all is what we are all after. Putting up problem sets &/or text book names is hardly earth shattering or useful.

  14. Lowest form of life on Have You Personally Used an Honest Head Hunter? · · Score: 1

    Headhunters are the lowest form of life known.. brokering humans for a profit.

  15. Re:I've Heard This Before on Is Prescott 64-bit? · · Score: 1

    >They are trying to bring the x86 world into 64 bit computing when it's really to wrong answer.
    >Extending the x86 architecture is a mistake. It needs to be completely scrapped and started over,
    >hence why Intel designed the Itanium.

    one word mate: COBOL

    don't mess with the installed base

  16. Re:Just Hold Responsible on License to Surf, Take Two · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If I go outside with a cold and you happen to get sick a week later, are you going to come to my house and fine me?

  17. Help me with the math here on Linux Most Attacked Server? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They claim a database of 280,000 attacks since 1995. They claim there were at least 18,000 attacks in August alone, or 6.5% of the total of 1% of their sample. Also, these numbers are meaningless without knowing the total population of each type of server. Oy!

  18. Re:industry problem? on Semiconductor Employees Suing IBM · · Score: 1

    I was looking around for an article I read a few years ago, I thought in one of the valley papers, but stumbled on this , which seemed to cover the same points and might have just been republished out there. You might also want to take a look at this from the EPA.

  19. Is there a statute of limitations on this? on RIAA Prepares Legal Blitz Against Filesharers · · Score: 1

    As there case seems to be based upon their claimed records of you downloading or uploading files, is there any limit on how long they have to file a claim?

    Also, would they not need to also prove that the person who uploaded a file from you did not already have a copy of the song on cd? I suppose the fair use thing is tricky, but doesn't it allow for having a coyp for personal use? I'm not sure it says you need to be the one to *make* the copy.

  20. Re:Planned sales by executives on SCO Invoices For Unix Licenses Get Closer · · Score: 1

    yes and just look at the price of those stock options.. 0.66 1.12 .. how convenient they start this whole process after those vest.

  21. Re:That's fine but... on Microsoft Longhorn Delayed · · Score: 1

    what we really need is font smoothing for win2k so that I can go back to a more stable and less bloated OS.

  22. Escalade 7500-4 on Mirroring Controllers - What have been Your Experiences? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ive been using this card 24-7 in an dual Athlon system since December and its been great. I chose to do RAID 10 with 4 drives. Rebuilds do kinda suck, but the 3ware desktop manager allows you to adjust the parameters to make general use acceptable. Probably wouldnt want to spool any video while its doing this, but everything else is ok. I believe I paid about $300 then, newegg has for $275. It also does raid 5. Keep in mind they have a newer version out said to be faster. In anyevent, anybody considering raid should read this

  23. Re:Financial software on FWB Admits RealPC for Mac OS X was Vaporware · · Score: 1

    most quote and trading software is written only for the windoze platform, excepting the odd java ap. So if you like the mac platform better, and also happen to do a lot of photo/video/audio stuff after hours, you really do need something like this.

  24. Nobody Expects... on Florida Proposes Taxing Local LANs · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Lanquisition!

    NOBODY expects the LANquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the IRS.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

  25. Re:Syslog to display? Sure. on Wiring A Vintage Teletype To The Internet · · Score: 1

    understood, but was referring to tty0 which always gets so messy with messages