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  1. Re:How can they tell? on US Has More IPv6 Eyeballs Than Asia, Because of Apple · · Score: 1

    Or like, they could ship OSes and servers only listening to local IPs by default, or none at all, and that point wouldn't matter at all.

  2. Re:Linux much on US Has More IPv6 Eyeballs Than Asia, Because of Apple · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The BSDs has had IP v6 support forever to (and OS X has probably had it as long as it has existed to.) But what good is it if you can't get a real IP anyway. Proxy ftw? For what reason? *care* as long as the ISP don't give me an IP v6 network.

  3. Re:Useless without free drivers! on AMD Banks On Flood of Stream Apps · · Score: 0, Redundant

    WhatÂ?!! You can use your graphics card to get screwed!?!

    Crossfire HD4870X2, BABY!

    Length? What the fuck do I care, my case is big enough.

  4. Re:I'm confused... on Debian Running On the T-Mobile G1 · · Score: 1

    I'll just wait for the chinese people to make a phone which uses the same OS. Done :)

  5. Re:a fun bit of trivia on The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker · · Score: 1

    Yeah, src made perfect sense for any source code obviously. Anyway, in released products the GoldSrc engine must have been the one in HF and would obviously not be called Src once they decided to make the release. But then I guess it's somewhat weird to call the rest Src just because they come from a more unstable branch since that could would probably move over to GoldSrc before any new release but whatever. Still seem to have been the case :)

    I guess the only difference is if Valve actually called a product GoldSrc before they released Half-Life or if the engine in Half-Life only got called by that name after release since it was stored under that name, of which the later seem to be a more likely case which you pointed out.

  6. Re:What happens when other countries do that too ? on The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker · · Score: 1

    No, I didn't cared about the crime at all, I just wrote something. I doubt there would be many people tricked over if all crimes involved was stealing source code from a company on the other side of the sea.

    (And breaking EULAs was lame enough / valid for plenty of people, at least if it would be a crime to accept without reading :D)

    Bad example I guess.

    Say use a car witch uses over 1 litre of gasoline / 10 km then.

  7. Re:I'm amazed on Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer · · Score: 1, Funny

    Made me wonder, in what way does Slashdot users lack competence*?

    Then I got it, in the social area of course, so well, it even turned out to make sense!

    (* Typical nerd to see it as theoretical knowledge and then miss this basic practical human thing I guess :D. What RFC # for this male to female handshaking procedure you're talking about?)

  8. Re:I'm confused... on Debian Running On the T-Mobile G1 · · Score: 1

    It's my device, if I could buy it that is.

  9. Re:Isn't that the whole idea of an open platform? on Debian Running On the T-Mobile G1 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I don't see the purpose in trying to lock it out. Trying to lock evil code out, sure, but well, whatever.

  10. Re:What happens when other countries do that too ? on The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker · · Score: 1

    Or if for instance EULAs are decided to be valid in EU but not in USA. Just send all people over .. (Except it doesn't make sense since it would cost a lot of money to keep them imprisoned, guess we better fine them heavily instead.)

  11. Re:a fun bit of trivia on The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except according to this wikipedia entry it's called src/source because it was forked of the GoldSrc engine and they just shorten the name of the new dir to Src.

    Your story seemed to unlikely that I just had to check it up somewhat.

  12. Re:I'm amazed on Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, so that's why we don't reproduce!

  13. Re:But is data recovery for real? on The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm not that stupid =P, but since the other guy worked in some computer store I guessed he had at least done very basic things such as using a 2.5 to 3.5" cable, try to find it in bios and if it showed up copy the data. If he had any special software I have no idea because I don't know the guy.

    Personally I would had preferred to try to make an image of the whole disc in case that's possible and work with that one. But I don't know if that works.

    And the professionals which worked with this kind of stuff recommended that one didn't do anything oneself first because one may damage it more, and I guess that's true if the heads is pulling along the plates or something like that .. But obviously one is sceptical if they can do much more than try with some simple program one could use oneself and just want to say such things to get more costumers.

  14. Re:But is data recovery for real? on The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    Yeah, TPB had DDRNTFS if it's any good. Do you know that they are better than some other products or is it just random product you've used?

    Do you know if it works just fine with an USB enclosure or should I get a 2.5 to 3.5" IDE cable? (Doubt it's sata.)

    Dealextreme sell 2.5" USB 2.0 ones for like 6 dollar including shipping so it's worth a try :)

    Do I just have to have another disk with whatever filesystem to save results on or does it need a disk it can do whatever it wants with?

    I have no idea if it spins up, haven't tested it anything on my own. I doubt it shows up in BIOS at least.

  15. Re:But is data recovery for real? on The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    Btw I think the disc didn't showed up in the BIOS either, but I guess some programs may find it anyway.

  16. Re:But is data recovery for real? on The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    So the later one is better? What's the disadvantages of the free trial? Only time or will it just show results without actually restoring something or such?

    To get another disc is no big deal at all if it doesn't have to be the same model and such.

  17. Re:But is data recovery for real? on The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    Don't you think the plates is damaged then? I think it's rather weird something happened for such a small drop to. My sister is very careful about her electronics, so careful she doesn't even have a computer bag or bring it with her even though it's turned of and all.

    I think she was lifting it and the power cable was plugged in so it pulled the laptop back so to speak, but still it was only a rather small drop onto the living room table. My MBP has fell down from the couch two times onto the floor and nothing has happened. Dunny if those acceleratorthingis helped save it.

    Do you think the drive would be rescuable if one turned it in? Problem is also it's only 30 GB of which like half was used so kind of the only "important" stuff is some digital photos but it's less than a year worth of photos and the new zealand pictures she has backup of, at least the one she though was best of them.

    So while she would probably want her things back I doubt she'd like to pay like $ 1000 for it. The firm in question had lower prices for private persons though, guess they see it as a kind of bonus service just to be kind and know private persons don't have that important data and don't want to pay that much.

  18. But is data recovery for real? on The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    I know all these companies which pretend to be able to rescue hard-drives. But do the ones which ask for a reasonable fee (like $1000) really do anything?

    My sisters hard-drive died after her laptop fell around 25 cm into the table, some guy which is the friend of her boyfriend had looked at it but he couldn't read it so I guessed there was probably not much I could do either.

    I know there is various applications around but in case the head has trashed into the plates I doubt that really helps much? And I guess the more one fiddle around with it the more the plate can get damaged?

    So, does a cheap private person affordable "lab" really do anything extra ordinary which you can't do with a working machine, whatever OS and some pirated recovery software or do they only talk bullshit and can't do shit at all except get your money from the "trouble shooting"?

  19. Re:new sun cycle on Solar Cycle 24 May Have Finally Begun · · Score: 1

    I wonder who is the idiot when the sun have had zero spots for 200 days ...

  20. Re:new sun cycle on Solar Cycle 24 May Have Finally Begun · · Score: 1

    Clearly no representation of black people by eliminating all the dark spots of the sun was racist.

    I for one welcome our pimpled sun overlord.

  21. Re:Lame response on Former IBM Exec Ordered To Stop Working For Apple · · Score: 1

    Why would you want them to HAVE to be members? Or you mean that they are certified somehow? Doesn't degrees and earlier job cover that area?

    I don't think it's good if people are FORCED to be members in case the thing they have to be members in suck. Better let them choose in that case.

    In Sweden there is a union especially for engineers, but of course you can become a member of another one if you want to (or neither.)

    But your last point is the right one, sure if sucks for the company if you leave and they have invested a lot in you, but on the other side I guess they have to give you enough benefits so you want to stay then.

    My/yours/anyones knowledge is and should be theirs and no-one else, of course you should be free to take advantage of the knowledge you have earned.

  22. Re:What a scam on Largest Aussie ISP Agrees To "Ridiculous" Net-Filter Trial · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I especially like how they seem to suggest they will be able to tell when someone breaks around it, and even more impressive who did it!

  23. Re:iiNet on Largest Aussie ISP Agrees To "Ridiculous" Net-Filter Trial · · Score: 1

    At least with the latest Gilette they sell with the slogan "Now we've added so many blades it's a pain to use, so, guess what? We've added a single blade on the other side! Enjoy!"

    Improvements!

    12 blades 'ought to be enough for everyone!

  24. Re:Lame response on Former IBM Exec Ordered To Stop Working For Apple · · Score: 1

    I think you are free to not join it. But I get your point since in some cases they are retarded :D

  25. Re:Sheer genius on Windows 7 Benchmarks Show Little Improvement On Vista · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I was wondering if it was the same or not since the headline looked the same but I didn't read the other article either so I couldn't tell. The description of the article seems more evil in this one :D

    Tagging don't work in Safari so I can't tag the article accordingly :/
    (Without switching to a browser which doesn't suck that is ..)