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  1. Re:One Thought... on Flash Memory to Rival Hard Drives · · Score: 5, Informative

    MTBF isn't absolute. It's a statistical estimate. A hard drive may have a 500,000 hour MTBF. That particular model of drive wasn't tested for 57 years to see if it failed.

    Any type of failure rate is also representive of the collection of all products being tested, not a single one.

    Read the Failure Rate Wiki entry for more information.

  2. Re:Just more proof that our civil liberties... on Dental School Blogger Punishment Reduced · · Score: 1

    How can you sign away things you never had? A public university, being state sponsored, must be in line with the principals of freedom of speech. Since these are granted to you already by the Constution, the university would be in voilation of the Constution if they tried to take it away from you.

    However in a private university, freedom of speech and the Constution do not apply in the same manner as in a public university. As such, freedom of speech in that setting was never granted or guaranteed in the first place, so you can't "sign it away". They would have to grant you the right first.

  3. Re:Just more proof that there are consequences... on Dental School Blogger Punishment Reduced · · Score: 1
    In this case, however, the student was freely expressing himself. This is protected.
    You are right. It's protected from the government. However, when you consider that both parties here are private, freedom of speech goes out the window.
  4. Re:Tax Season !?! on Best Tax Programs? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately both my employeers have a tendency to wait as long as they can, the end of January, to send out the W2 forms. Both companies go through a payroll processing company, and everything is electronic, so there is absolutely no reason it should take a month for them to tell me the exact same information that is on my final paycheck anyways.

  5. Re:One word on How To Enable Mom w/ Encrypted E-Mail? · · Score: 1

    No kidding. I mean, some people just don't get the humor when you combine "Muslim News", "Holy Jihad", and "Kill Bush", all while carrying a book on Bin Ladin.

    Perhaps your friend's newsletter was very funny or the satire very obvious. But perhaps he could have gone about expressing his opinion in a little less potentially inflamatory manner that doesn't scream "Keep an eye on me".

  6. So where's the problem? on RIAA Bullies Witnesses Into Perjury · · Score: 3, Interesting


    But my client, Mr RIAA Lawyer, never explicitly said that she must say that. He mearly said that it would be benifical to his case which was non-existant based on the facts. Any culpability must rest with the one who actually commits the perjury. My other client, the RIAA, will immediately be filing a counter-counter suit against this female for dragging the RIAA's already tarnished name through the mud (again).
    <Lawyer hat off>

  7. Re:Coercion? on RIAA Bullies Witnesses Into Perjury · · Score: 1

    It's discovery. You can object, but the question usually still gets answered. The objected things get hammered out later.

  8. Re:AdBlock on Graphics Coming to Google Ads · · Score: 1

    If you would have taken the .02 of a second to click on the link, you would have seen that it was a Firefox Extension that does a variety of things that Google's execs probably would prefer you didn't know about:

            * Use Google Suggest (suggest words while you're typing)
            * Add links to competitors
            * Rewrite links to point straight to the images in Google Images
            * Removes image copying restrictions in Google Book Search
            * Secure Gmail, switch to https
            * Block Google Analytics cookies NEW
            * Remove ads
            * Anonymize your Google userid
            * Add a result counter in search result
            * Filter spammy websites from search results
            * Add links to WayBack Machine (webpage history)
            * Remove click tracking
            * Add links from Google to your bookmark manager

  9. Re:Audio Copy Protection on Analog Hole Legislation Formally Introduced · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see you have the latest Ashley Simpson albumn too.

  10. Re:PowerPCs? on Under the Hood of the Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you missed the memo where Macs will soon carry a "Intel Inside" sticker.

  11. Re:My mom's terrible experience with these croooks on Consumer Strikes Back at Crooked Online Retailer · · Score: 1

    Except that in the mean time while Visa tries to straighten everything out, you are still possibly out of your money from your bank account. With a credit card, well, it's on credit. If it turns out to be a fradulent charge, then the worst you are out is the use of that credit while it was being investigated.

  12. I don't beleive it on FCC Report Supports a la Carte TV Pricing · · Score: 1
    Martin told the forum that the FCC will soon release a report that concludes that offering TV programming a la carte is economically feasible and in the best interest of consumers.
    This comes from a part the same government that feels it's ok to rack up a $8 trillion debt with a spend now, pay never mentality. Please excuse me from not beleiving financial advice from you guys.

    A la carte pricing will reduce bills for that only watch a couple of stations. If you watch a diverse number of stations, expect your pricing to go up significantly to cover lost revenues.
  13. So... on Requiem for Usenet · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Aside from being based on the written word, which many game-playing kids would rather not make the effort to compose
    Many of those game-playing kids would probably be better off learning how to read/write those written words instead of the 1337/IM $p3k wair u h4a 2 d3c!p3r wh47 1$ $4!d

    Its democratic dream offers no defence against viruses, spammers, criminals, hucksters or deranged individuals. Rummaging about in Usenet is like slumming through the tenderloin district during the plague years -- your chances of catching a computer virus or a handful of invitations to unspeakable sexual acts is much greater than finding what you were looking for in the first place.
    So...in other words, Usenet is like the rest of the internet where there is good, valuable information as well as bad, useless (to some at least) information?

    I've been hanging out in various usenet groups for years and yet to have picked up a virus that infected my system and wasn't picked up my Norton AV. I've received more viruses via e-mail then I've found in Usenet, so does that mean we should also get rid of e-mail?

    Why don't we just call Roger's actions what they really are, a cost saving measure. They aren't doing it to protect the children, they are doing it to save a few cents per customer.
  14. Re:Friend of mine can do this on Rubik's Cube World Championships · · Score: 1

    The fact that there are multiple different "systems" to solve it just scares me. For me, the only "system" that consistantly works is to peel the stickers off and put them back on. But even then I occasionally can't solve it.

  15. FEC....not the FCC on Democrats Defeat Online FOS Act · · Score: 4, Informative
    The Act would have immunized political bloggers from having to comply with hundreds of pages of FCC rules.
    FCC - Federal Communications Commission
    FEC - Federal Election Commission

    FCC tells you what you can say on the airwaves. FEC tells you what a politician can say (during elections).

    Learn the difference.
  16. Re:SMALL? (semi-OT) on Easy, Cheap, Effective Laptop Cooling? · · Score: 1

    Or just ask for a medicine dropper syringe. My pharmacist gives me a handful every time I get a liquid perscription filled for one of my toddlers.

  17. Re:illegal warez? on 200gb Hack for iPod Nano · · Score: 1

    Ok, I'll bite. Old phonographs used on a Victrola. Please explain to me where the "digital" portion comes into play?

  18. Re:I like the idea of breaking up families. on RIAA Sues a Child · · Score: 1

    You...are a moron. A guardian ad litem is "guardian for the suit". It's a legal representative for matters of the court, not a parential guardian. The GAL is suppose to be a independent representative that is tasked with watching out for the person (s)he is appointed to. IANAL, but in this case since the mother as already been sued and it was dismissed with prejudice, I bet she can't be directly named in this case. So the court appoints a GAL to assist in her defense. Think of it as a public defender for minors or disabled adults.

  19. Re:Watch out for Puff Daddy on Dell Launches Flash Music Player · · Score: 1

    This week. He'll likely change it again next week or the week after.

  20. Re:10K, Thats all? on SpecOps Labs offers $10,000 to Emulator Developers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you can do this in 15 days working 8 hours a day, I'll guarantee you can demand more then $83/hour in the open market.

  21. Re:It actually does! (and they have the pictures!) on 6.8GHz 1TB RAM and 2TB HDD Laptop? · · Score: 1

    And it's the exact same on as the one on this page, except that this one says "Photo courtesy CES". I bet AtomChips took the picture for CES and CES thought it was so good that it bought the rights to it.

  22. Re:OBVIOUSLY LEGIT on 6.8GHz 1TB RAM and 2TB HDD Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Wow. I'm a beleiver. They created a solar powered mirror. What will they think of next.

  23. Re:My best... on 10 Computer Mishaps · · Score: 3, Informative

    It really just depends on the scale. If it was a billion dollar bankruptcy, a $50,000 check to someone is a rounding error as someone above said. But if it was a $100,000 small business bankruptcy, then that is very different. While my knowledge pertains to personal bankruptcy and not businesses, the trustee will inquire as to if there were any large purchases made within the past X number of months. They are looking for hiding of assets or preferential treatment.

    I would say in the case of the $50,000, it wouldn't even raise an eyebrow if it was a larger airline. The trustee isn't concerned with nickles and dimes.

    For instance, say I have $10,000 and filing Chapter 7 for $25,000. I understandably want to keep my $10,000, but my creditors want the 40% of their money that they could recover. In an attempt to hide that $10,000, I purchase $EXPENSIVE_OBJECT that would fall under the homestead exemption, thus "saving" the money. I could then turn around and liquidate the $EXPENSIVE_OBJECT, hopefully getting the majority of the money back. The trustee wants to know about the purchase of $EXPENSIVE_OBJECT as they can force it to be liquidated or the transaction to be reversed if need be to recover the money.

    All payments/purchases though aren't automatically questioned. A mortgage payment or car payment, particularly if the item is being reaffirmed, is generally excluded. Also emergency expendatures, if documented and clearly needed, also can pass. For example, your furnace dies and it's the middle of winter. However, if you spend $5000 on a new furnace and the old one was fine, it will raise suspicion.

  24. Re:Only 5% of users were using StarOffice on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah. It cuts down on useless government paperwork.

  25. Re:What to do? on Shuttle Delayed Due to Cloudy Skies · · Score: 4, Funny

    Today is the day they get to shoot lots of file footage. The old stock video of them throwing a carrot across the room as a "missle", bubbles of water floating around, and running on a treadmill while nearly weightless were starting to get data. They also get to bug the commander with "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"