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  1. USB-DB9 on Intel Says Farewell To PCI Bus · · Score: 1, Insightful
    haha, nobody told you about USB-DB9 adapters ;)
    Heehee.

    At least Mac users have know about them for a while. Blessings,

  2. Re:Faster than solar wind on Japan Successfully Deploys First Solar Sail In Space · · Score: 1

    as conventionally understood, woosh ;)

  3. Re:It's just a marketing name, for crap's sake on For Normals, Jobs' "Retina Display" Claim May Be Fair After All · · Score: 1
    It's a joke.

    In system preferences a spotlight actually does shine over a dimmed panel when you do a search.

    Of course we all laughed because this has nothing to do with the actual spotlight engine.

  4. Re:Missing Features on WordPress 3.0 Released · · Score: 1
    Thanks, but that's a little different. That's good if you're into shelling out control to a 3rd party and stamping their logo on your site. May as well be an iframe.

    No I'm talking about native support. Another external option is IntenseDebate but I just want a simple, native, not 3rd party ajax comment posting solution. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm to play with admin-ajax.php

  5. Re:Aim for the real problem. on Stem Cell Tourist Dies From Treatment In Thailand · · Score: 1

    Yup, everybody starts as one big cell.

  6. Re:Aim for the real problem. on Stem Cell Tourist Dies From Treatment In Thailand · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I always thought that if there was any doubt that someone wasn't a person it best to opt on the side of not killing them, even to help someone else.

    Given that there's nothing magical or particularly spiritual about birth canals it seems like the safest date ethically (to avoid all doubt) to is conception.

    Why? Because that's when those cells become a genetically unique entity, that if left to nature will continue to grow into something that is universally recognized as a person.

    And I'll just give you some preemptive food for thought:

    • A nursing baby is also not able to sustain its life on its own.
    • Is the personhood of a handicapped person reduced?
    • There is a difference between leaving something to live and leaving something to die, it's not a point, it's a vector!

    Of course the other possibly legitimate viewpoint is that personhood has no value or is just entirely a social construct that is actually meaningless. If you believe that then it doesn't matter where along the timeline you terminate a baby, much less a grown human.

    Perhaps your lack of care for some genetically unique cells that were headed in the direction of birth destroyed countless real, living, actualized human beings, who may have not yet been self-aware (but headed that way) possibly not even a name, but never the less untold potential and millions who mourn them.

  7. Re:Missing Features on WordPress 3.0 Released · · Score: 1
    I guess it wouldn't be such a terrible omission if the theme wasn't called twentyten.

    I guess the news with twentyten is the ability to customize background and header images and built in support for drop-down menus.

    I'm not sure what's modern about that feature list. It seems like html5, video, ajax everything and social integration would have been better choices. The current list is more like nineteen-ninty-eight. Am I missing it?

  8. Missing Features on WordPress 3.0 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting
    They might have fixed a lot but it's a glaring fault not to have ajax comment support built into the default theme or the core. In fact I have yet to locate a single ajax comment plugin that still works.

    We live in a a Facebook world where no one expects a page load to post a comment. Not even slashdot. Hope that gets sorted soon.

  9. Faster than solar wind on Japan Successfully Deploys First Solar Sail In Space · · Score: 1

    The question I have is, like conventional sail vehicles, is it possible for the sailcraft to go faster than the solar wind?

  10. Re:It's just a marketing name, for crap's sake on For Normals, Jobs' "Retina Display" Claim May Be Fair After All · · Score: 1

    For starters try searching in System Preferences...

  11. Re:Debate? on Google-Backed Wind-Powered Car Goes Faster Than the Wind · · Score: 1
    lalala. It's not perpetual motion, energy is being invested by the wind. It's like putting your little flashlight solar experiment in the sun. ;)

    I just so happens that the equilibrium speed between, after considering the wheels and propellers is higher than wind speed.

  12. Re:It probably doesn't matter on Firefox Search In Ubuntu 10.04 Changed To Google · · Score: 1

    Even if your not a linux user, it's just a one liner in the terminal to get it back to the right search engine. *ducks*

  13. Re:WTF? Just ask the patient. on Could Colorblindness Cure Be Morally Wrong? · · Score: 1
    ...You're right but another question just popped into my head: Who pays for it?

    Up until this year I would have said the answer is clear.

  14. Re:Well, that's a surprise. on Microsoft Adopts SVG For Internet Explorer 9 · · Score: 1

    mmmm. Then they'll add a video codec, and call it Flasvg.

  15. Re:Bad bill... on 10% Tax On Custom Software, $100M Tax Cut For Microsoft · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Not to mention we should all be wondering what exactly is "software" and what is "custom". Word Macros, HTML, Javascript, Java, PHP, C++, Assembly? Is software for 5 users still custom, 100 users? What if it's only available to certain people but lots of them? What if it's only available at an outrageous per seat price?

    I'm willing to bet the law won't be written by anyone who knows anything about "Custom Software".

  16. Re:Using it since Alpha 1 on Ubuntu's "Lucid Lynx" Enters Beta · · Score: 1
    Or maybe it makes sense to have the most commonly used buttons on the corners of the window, that would be my guess anyway.

    Actually I think splitting the controls (a la MacOS 9?) makes a good deal of sense, especially since you'd never really use them in sequence.

  17. Re:Ubiquiti Bullets on Best WAP For Dense Crowds? · · Score: 1

    Cheers ;)

  18. Re:Ubiquiti Bullets on Best WAP For Dense Crowds? · · Score: 1

    One other note- if you want to play with it you're only our less than $100, which is nothing. At least you get a radio with open software that you can use for anything. Worst case scenario you can ebay it for near full price as their gear sells quickly. I try to keep a few radios around just to play with. I probably wouldn't do that at $800 a pop.

  19. Re:Ubiquiti Bullets on Best WAP For Dense Crowds? · · Score: 1
    Ubiquity does an excellent job of differentiating products. All released products have a spec sheet. The differences are form factor, frequency, radio power, antenna options and computing power.

    Really these things are just computers that control radios. You're right, all their products can operate as APs, Bridges or Stations. There's a few differences in what the A/B/G products can do vs the M series (AirMAX/MIMO) but they can all operate in any main mode. You should expect that from any vendor.

    At least in my case Ubiquity has worked well. I have bullets running multi Km runs that have been up as long as there's power. I use the as APs and stations as well.

    If you have questions, try the forums- you'll get them answered quickly by people with lots of experience with the gear, sometimes even Ubiquity techs.

    I don't know what is so special about Aironet APs, can you explain why they might be favorable to anything else? A typical AP doesn't actually do that much anyway, especially if you're using a separate router. Go for the company with great support and rain proof gear.

  20. Re:Anybody here? on Insomniacs, the Phantoms of the Internet · · Score: 1

    The world is round.

  21. Re:Ubiquiti Bullets on Best WAP For Dense Crowds? · · Score: 1

    Or just use Picostations, which is a bullet with an RP-SMA instead of an N type and a built in omni. But really with many users it seems like Rocket+Sector Antennas is the way to go, yeah?

  22. Re:What about Ubiquity? on Best WAP For Dense Crowds? · · Score: 1

    Not to mention a company that will test your setup in their lab if you have a problem and live on OSS principles. Great people! It's also cheap reliable hardware. http://ubnt.com/

  23. Re:I recommend... on Fingerprint Requirement For a Work-Study Job? · · Score: 1

    Sign out of work . . . early!

  24. Re:Print Screen on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    You know, you could use a different button or cord for that. It's not like the function dies if the button goes.

  25. Re:Floating Mountains on Avatar Soars Into $1-Billion Territory · · Score: 1

    Unobtainium bro.