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  1. Re:Easy solution... on Identity Theft Prevention Tips? · · Score: 1

    Or go the other route -- burn it. If you have a fire place, toss it in there. If not, burn it as an effigy on your front lawn.

    Risk of burning bits of paper floating off in the wind, though.

    If you are in an older, or northern building that has a boiler/burner down in the basement, throw the confetti in it.

  2. Re:Waste of time? on One-Third Of Companies Monitoring Email · · Score: 1

    I'm certainly not a big fan of the number of frivolous lawsuits in the US, but I do not believe it is possible to sue a company just because an employer does something illegal completely unrelated to the company using its email.

    In the US, you can sue anyone for any reason.

    And the deep-pockets theory of slease jurisprudence says, Cast the net as wide as possible. It doesn't matter if "innocent 3rd parties" get caught up, too.

  3. Re:Media Watch on Is the x86 Architecture Less Secure? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    if the press release is well enough written, balanced and has correct facts

    What's the point of a balanced press release?

    If you're not pumping your "side", you're not doing a good job.

  4. Re:Easy solution... on Identity Theft Prevention Tips? · · Score: 1

    But what if the criminal pieces them back together!!!!

    You've never seen the diamond-shaped confetti created by a cross-cut shredder, have you?

    If you're tin-foil paranoid, though, soak the confetti in water for a day or 2, then press it dry.

    You'll have a huge, amorphous lump of pulp, undecipherable by no one.

  5. Re:Mod parent up... on Turning a PC into a Firewire-Based SAN? · · Score: 1

    it's the only post in the whole thread that actually answered the question!

    Very true. But some questions have tunnel vision, though, or already have the answer in mind.

    A better question would have been to ask, "How can my Powerbook make best use of the 2x 250GB drives in my PC?"

  6. Re:only a 10 fold increase? on Microsoft Migrates Internal Servers to 64-bit · · Score: 1

    It strikes me as being typical of Microsoft that they only see a 10 fold performance increase by exponentially increasing their processing power.

    That's supposed to be "dry wit", right?

  7. Re:AMD or INTEL? on Microsoft Migrates Internal Servers to 64-bit · · Score: 1

    Someone better notify Bush so we can eradicate this issue at once!

    Fort Lewis is right down I-5 from Seattle....

    http://www.lewis.army.mil/FLMap.shtml

  8. Re:I ain't paying money to see that story. on European Libraries Counter Google Digitisation · · Score: 1

    Many thanks.

  9. Re:Mods? on European Libraries Counter Google Digitisation · · Score: 1

    Us Western Europeans generally take home more money than Americans do, especially as our minimum wage is quite a bit higher

    You might not be as well-off as you think you are.
    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0 915F73A5A0C748DDDAD0894DD404482&incamp=archive:sea rch

  10. Re:You can't trust a US company on that on European Libraries Counter Google Digitisation · · Score: 1

    Don't trust one company to take care of you forever, no matter how nice they are today.

    An emminently wise position, and one I heartily agree with.

    But there's no need to frame the original point in Us-vs-Them terms.

  11. Fighting in space on Update on Project Prometheus · · Score: 1

    with the distances involved

    Just like real world military aircraft need "homes", either land bases or aircraft carriers, military space fighters will need "spacecraft carriers" or space stations (either orbiting planets, or deep space, a la Star Trek).

    and the lack of a "top" speed there is not going to be much dog fighting.

    Lack of "top speed"??????

    Huh?

    Anyway, this is all moot until the requisite power source is discovered.

    It's moot anyway, I think. Space is just so hostile, building small fighter craft would just be too expensive.

  12. Re:You can't trust a US company on that on European Libraries Counter Google Digitisation · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    who's going to preserve Western Culture heritage if the US completes it's path towards fascism... India!? The Chinese!!? Well, apparently it's going to be the French. Good for them.

    Get your head out of Michael Moore's ass, and realize that the French are slimy, greedy bastards, too: http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-4-21/28029.htm l

  13. Re:Brayton cycle on Update on Project Prometheus · · Score: 1


    But maybe if someone can dream it, someone can build it.

    Professor: "Nothing is imposible if you can imagine it. That's what being a scientist is all about!"
    Qbert: "No, that's what being a magical elf is all about!"


    You missed the "maybe".
  14. Re:Brayton cycle on Update on Project Prometheus · · Score: 1

    Good point. Kind of like how Kirk beat Khan, because the latter was still too 2-dimensional in his thinking.

    Any fighter pilot would know to think 3D.

    As would a soldier/marine in urban combat.

    As would even the captain of a ship.

    Take your 3D ideas and let them get thinner and bigger, as appropriate.

    Wouldn't enlarging the suface area raise the possibility of meteor damage?

  15. Re:spreadsheets are insanely useful on $10B Annual Tab for Spreadsheet Errors? · · Score: 1

    It has been over a decade since the last innovative new spreadsheet - Lotus Improv. Time for something new.

    Have you ever seen an actual dead-tree spreadsheet? I bet not. Boring, but functional.

    Computer spreadsheets should not be innovative. Lots of functions, auditing, macros, import/export, graphing, sheet linking and database attachment capabilities, but no innovation!!

    If OOo 1.1 took all the stuff from Excel 97 that it doesn't have now, it would be the perfect spreadsheet.

  16. Re:What's the point? on Scientists Use Microbes to Produce Hydrogen · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But how much biomass will we need to power a cell phone? Tons??

    If it's not very efficient from an hydrogen-generation POV, just think of the hydrogen as a beneficial by-product of the waste-water purification process.

  17. Re:Tyan Thunder K8WE on Custom Motherboards? · · Score: 1

    If you want more than five PCI slots, you need a PCI-PCI bridge on the board. PCI cards can be electrically noisy on the bus.

    Not only that, but you need a big-ass motherboard.

    The only ones I know of that have so many PCI slots are expensive rack-mounted "enterprise" systems.

  18. Re:One of the advantages of Linux on Linux Cookbook · · Score: 1

    Hey, that's true of NT too!

    Yeeeeees, but how many people use the Command Prompt window to do most/all of their serious admin work?

  19. Re:But it's warmer.. on LED Evolution Could Spell The End For Bulbs · · Score: 1

    heat is ... an essential part of generating the light.

    I think you are wrong. "Heat" (infra-red) and "light" are close cousins on the EM spectrum. Thus, "heat" can not generate "light".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescence
    "Incandescence is the release of electromagnetic radiation from a hot body due to its high temperature. The release of radiation is usually in the infrared (heat) region, known as thermal radiation, and the visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Incandescence occurs in light bulbs, because the filament resists electron flow. This excites electrons in the filament material to jump to a higher orbit, and thus subsequently release a photon."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_energy
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_bulb

  20. Re:But it's warmer.. on LED Evolution Could Spell The End For Bulbs · · Score: 1

    Most incandescent bulbs are 'warmer' than most flourescent for things which matter. I think this is due to the fact they actually rely on heat to generate the light.

    Guess what? Fluorescent bulbs get hot, too.

    Why? Because they aren't 100% efficient in converting electric energy into light energy. The rest of the energy gets turned into... heat.

    A light source's perceived warmth is based on the visible spectrum it radiates, not on how quickly it will burn your fingers.

  21. Re:Can of worms? on AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old for Sex · · Score: 1
    If [h]aving an abortion is a traumatic experience both physically and emotionally, women don't often choose to repeat it, then why:
    • do so many have multiple abortions?
    • aren't girls taught to keep the penny between their legs?

  22. Re:Makes perfect business sense on Dell Still Intel Only · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's garbage. This is STRICTLY POLITICAL.

    You say this because you are the World's Foremost Expert on Dell's Supply Chain Management system?

  23. Re:The parent's can't do everything. on AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old for Sex · · Score: 2, Interesting

    are you seriously telling me that you do not "know anything about" your children's teachers, coaches or babysitters? damn that's a scary admission to make.

    How much do you know about your children's teachers/coaches?

  24. Re:Can of worms? on AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old for Sex · · Score: 1

    That's some interesting aging. She was 15 and, two tears later, she files a lawsuit when she is 19.

    I guess you didn't RTFA, huh?

  25. Re:I'm confused on AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old for Sex · · Score: 1

    One word: bisexuality.