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  1. Re:And there's already a fix? on New Vulnerabilities Discovered in Firefox 1.0 · · Score: 1

    I wasn't surprised... let me rephrase that: "Vulnerabilities hit the news and it turns out the application has already been patched for a while? I'll take that over the alternative, anyday."

  2. And there's already a fix? on New Vulnerabilities Discovered in Firefox 1.0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'll take it.

  3. Re:Hobbyists should all die. on DC Power distribution - Nix the Transformers? · · Score: 1

    If the poster has above average soldering skills, I'm sure he can work a multimeter.

  4. Hobbyists should all die. on DC Power distribution - Nix the Transformers? · · Score: 2, Troll

    Instead of helping someone build the circuits they require and possibly learn something in the process, let's just remind them that they're only above average, and thus shouldn't even bother.

  5. Re:Are Airports lossy? on AirPort Express Streaming Audio From Any Program · · Score: 1

    Right, I'm sure the S/PDIF works well enough, but I have a hunch that I woudn't be too big a fan of the 1/8" line out.

  6. Re:Are Airports lossy? on AirPort Express Streaming Audio From Any Program · · Score: 1

    Ok, but what about the DAC? Unless you're using the digital out, you're at the mercy of the quality of the audio circuitry in the airport itself. While it might be as good as your on-board sound, I couldn't imagine it being able to compete with high-end gear.

  7. Re:My question on Ask mc chris · · Score: 1

    I guess you missed the word "or", you dumbfuck.

  8. What the hell kind of question is that? on Ask mc chris · · Score: 1

    Are you really asking why he's following his own artistic vision instead of making what's most popular to the common denominator?

    Your attitude is what's wrong with the music industry today. You are responsible for Ricky Martin and the Spice Girls. How do you sleep at night?

  9. Re:My question on Ask mc chris · · Score: 1

    According to Webster, music is "Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm."

    So, assuming you're actually tone-deaf enough not to detect variance in pitch of rap vocals, your definition of music is flawed anyway.

  10. Re:My question on Ask mc chris · · Score: 1

    Yes, god forbid people enjoy rhythm-centric music once in a while instead of melody-drvien stuff. It's "against the rules" to not use all the same musical elements that my favorite music uses.

  11. Re:Of course on Build High-End Audio System w/ Hard Drive Storage? · · Score: 1

    Right. But I know for damn sure that any professional grade audio interface will outperform the best consumer grade card. Even though you can't tell how it will sound by looking at the (usually fudged) numbers, you'll at least be in the ballpark.

  12. Of course on Build High-End Audio System w/ Hard Drive Storage? · · Score: 4, Informative

    MOTU, M-Audio, Digidesign, and many other companies make audio interfaces capable of 24 bit 96 Khz audio encoding and decoding, which is well above the 16 bit 44.1 Khz that CDs use. Any of them should do.

  13. How do you figure? on Free SSL Certificate Project · · Score: 1
    If you don't know who will recieve your encrypted information then there's no point encrypting it in the first place!
    Securing the data from interception and tampering is much more important than verifying the identity of the server. How many people click the padlock each and every time they visit a secured site, anyway?
  14. It's on, bitches! on Arcade Version of Mario Kart Coming to Japan · · Score: 1

    DK Mountain or Bowser's Castle, you and me... let's do this!

    The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of men's lives the hours spent playing Mario Kart.

  15. Cursor Focus on What Makes a Good UI? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When you start the application, or create a new entry, the cursor should automatically show up in the first field. Then once you start typing, the focus should never jump to another field mid-word.

    Aside from the security issues, this is why I can't use IE.

  16. Re:Maybe it's just me, on Orbital Resort to Launch by 2010 · · Score: 1

    (golf clap) Very nice :)

  17. Re:Maybe it's just me, on Orbital Resort to Launch by 2010 · · Score: 1

    Yup, and at that point I'll trust it.

  18. Maybe it's just me, on Orbital Resort to Launch by 2010 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Am I the only one who would hesitate to be the first resident of an inflatable Vectran habitat in space? I'll wait 'till V2.0, thanks.

  19. Can't have it both ways. on Microsoft's AntiSpyware Disabled by Spyware · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When Microsoft released their Antispyware, everyone said, "Oh, well, Microsoft didn't do anything, they just bought the software from Giant.". Now that there's a problem, "Whoa, Microsoft's software really sucks. It's sure is all their fault."

    Pick a side, people.

  20. Re:I'm sure they've already got better in Japan on Mitsubishi LED Projector: Small, Cheap, Durable · · Score: 1
    You do know that Mitsubishi is a Japanese corporation, right?
    Yes, but "manufactured in Japan" and "only available for sale in Japan" are two entirely different concepts.

    And your friend is a dirty liar, too.
    Your mom.
  21. I'm sure they've already got better in Japan on Mitsubishi LED Projector: Small, Cheap, Durable · · Score: 1

    In 2001, a friend of a friend had a projecter that was about a 5" sphere with a triangular base. He said it cost less than a hundred dollars in Japan, and would project about a 30" image which while dim was certainly viewable.

    I don't know why they're not available here yet, but I've never seen one.

  22. Secure storage? on iPod Shuffle RAID · · Score: 2, Funny

    You could create a striped RAID array, copy your sensitive encrypted information to it, and you each go on your way with one of the units.

    Not until you reassemble and say, "Wonder Twin Powers, Activate!" will the data be accessible again (a la Ford Fairlane).

    Could happen.

  23. To find the pictures on Hardware Reuse Contest Entries Revealed · · Score: 3, Informative

    Follow the links under 'Kunst' and 'Funktion' on the right side bar.

  24. I'm shocked and apalled on FBI E-Mail Server Breached · · Score: 3, Funny

    How could someone actually read someone else's email without their permission? Next these crackers will be listening to other people's phone calls. Then what, a knock on the door in the middle of the night?

  25. Re:Already here on National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again · · Score: 1

    The fee is supopsed to pay for people to pick through the refuse at the dump and pull out computer parts to recycle (like they do with other recyclables).

    Here in CA, we just started charging a mandatory $8 recycling fee for all monitors. I think that goes from something like 8" to 30", no distinction between CRTs and LCD/Plasma.