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  1. Re: Moroni about Mormons on MATRIX - A Dossier for Every Person in Utah · · Score: 1

    Mormons claim to be Christians, but their theology, doctrines, practices, and beliefs are not.

    Big deal... ever heard of George W Bush?

  2. ok... on Disney's Disposable DVDs Deemed Duds · · Score: 1

    1st Pixar kicks Diney's butt, now this...

    It reminds me of that show..oh yes:

    Disney, you're the weakest link, goodbye...

  3. Re:Will AMD benefit? on Intel Shifting 64-bit Plans · · Score: 1

    I heard Intel bought a licence from AMD to implement AMD64 on their chips...

  4. Re:Sorta OT... on Anti-Virus Companies: Tenacious Spammers · · Score: 1

    I don't believe this...

    If virus were made by Anti-Virus companies...

    1 - Each virus would be 1Mb in size
    2 - To use the virus it would require activation
    3 - Most virus would have massive flaws instead of minor bugs
    4 - Most of the time it would find something is wrong with your computer and stop executing

  5. Of course they do... on Do the 5.1 Stereo Headphones Really Work? · · Score: 1

    if you have 5.1 ears...

  6. Please don't... on Shawn Fanning's New Venture · · Score: 3, Insightful

    is currently developing file-sharing mechanisms that would allow the music industry to earn money."

    If anyone here thinks the RIAA should get more money please raise your hands...

    Yes, yes... I thought so...

  7. Re:Children's programming books have also vanished on A Modern Day '101 Basic Computer Games'? · · Score: 1

    An updated LOGO type of language with 3d graphics instead of turtles, that might inspire interest again

    Try Processing

    It's still alpha, and it needs Java, but it's pretty nice...

  8. Re:I hope the RIAA wins. No Troll on Kazaa to Sue Movie, Record Companies · · Score: 1

    Next week in stores...

    "By opening the seal of this CD you automatically agree to the following
    1 - THe contents of this CD shall not be shared in any file-sharing service on the internet..."

  9. Re:Spirit rebooting 60 times a day on Spirit Sends Debug Information to Earth · · Score: 1

    I know, I know...

    Spirit got infected by the Blaster Virus...

  10. Re:unearned revenue ?? on Microsoft Revenue Up, Tries to Hook Third World · · Score: 1

    I got a 200% raise in my unearned revenue this year. So, I bet you're just jealous...

  11. Re:I guess the home market rules... on Intel to Increase Stages in Prescott · · Score: 2, Informative

    Present-day x86 chips aren't limited by their FP processing speed

    The problem with x87 is not speed. It uses an antiquate programming model, using a stack. So you have to shuffle things in the stack to make it work, and this takes a lot of time.

    SSE2, OTOH, is very easy and fast. 2 calculations at the same time, and in the format A+B=C

  12. Re:double-blind, controlled test, please? on The Successor to AC'97: Intel High Definition Audio · · Score: 1

    This is a very interesting topic and I'll add my 2 cents on it...

    Testing for haring BW is just fine. But I was wondering if someone has been (double-blind yadayadayada...) tested against distinguishing, let's say a song using 44ksps and anothe one using 96ksps? Because even if they can't hear "the individual" 25kHz, maybe it DOES have an effect when coupled with a lower frequency signal.

    As for more bits per sample, I guess this would improve things (as there would be more bits to "cram everything" inside (I'm talking multiple instruments)

  13. Year in review? Let's see... on Digital Rights Managment Year in Review · · Score: 1

    Big Company: We just spent 100 Million dollars in this new DRM scheme...Finally no one will copy our CDs!!!

    Kid at home: Hey, you press shift or use other OS and nothing happens!!! Free to copy now!

    Everybody: DOH!!!

  14. I'm seeing... on Microsoft Agrees to Stop Hijacking Music-Shopping · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft has agreed to fix Windows XP so that it no longer launches IE (instead of the user's chosen default browser) when the user selects the "Shop for Music Online" option in Windows XP

    Pops up Mozilla... "This site requires IE 6.0 to be viewed".

    C'mon, it's not that difficult...

  15. You wont believe... on What Was the Very First MP3 You Downloaded? · · Score: 1

    Peaches - The Presidents of the United States...

    July 1998

  16. Re:Hype... on Scientists Invent Scientist · · Score: 1, Informative

    The system, say its British creators, did just as well as biology graduate students in solving a problem in genetics, according to an article in today's issue of the journal Nature.


    Yes, I bet it did. Especially when there's someone smarter next to him, with the answer in plain view...

  17. Re:Not exactly the Matrix on Matrix-Style Brain Interface Closer To Reality · · Score: 0

    This would enable handicap people to control machines, not vice-versa
    Because machines controlling handicapped people is not what we can call useful...

  18. Re:Global Warming on AMD's Roadmap revealed · · Score: 0

    A low cost, low temperature, high performance CPU is what is required

    Yadaa, yadda, yadda...

    As if Intel is Low cost, high performance, low temperature...

    Wanna low temp and "acceptable" performance? Try VIA and Transmeta...

  19. Re:One thing I've learned on SCO Approaches Google About Linux Licenses · · Score: 1

    That's link manipulation...

    Just put 2 links into a lot of webpages

    Extortion
    SCO License

  20. Re:And if DOSemu doesn't work for some reason . . on DOS Emulation Under Linux - a Simple Guide · · Score: 0

    I have to say I ran it under Linux and I am impressed....

    Kudos to the DOSBox team, this has been needed for a long time...

    I ran several games and they run smoothly (except for Protected 386 and newer games, because of speed issues)

    The main problem with it is emulation speed... but again, it's a hell of a jog what they've done.

  21. Re:Well... on 8th Grader Suspended for Using 'net send' Command · · Score: 0

    Have you ever tried

    md dood
    copy dd.bat dood
    cd dood
    dd

    save the whole thing as dd.bat

  22. Re:Celery on Hyper-Threading Explained And Benchmarked · · Score: 1, Informative

    Excepty that Celery 2.6 gets his ass kicked pretty badly by a 1.6 Duron

    See benchmark at Anandtech Budget Shootout

  23. I guess MS has an advantage on Microsoft Rolls Out New Anti-Linux Ad Campaign · · Score: 0

    their servers are still working....

  24. Re:Now my name is on Mars along with 3,551,645 oth on Spirit Rover Lands Successfully · · Score: 0

    I put my name and those of my family on a DVD

    How smart... I hope this DVD does not use CSS, or at least is correctly set to play on Mars...

  25. Re:this is stupid on Downsides to Intrafamily IM? · · Score: 0

    Can I have the RFC number for that, please?