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  1. Re: Think different on Kim Jong-Un Found To Be Mac User · · Score: 1

    Strangly alot of them seems to survive that. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... http://reverbpress.com/news/in...

  2. Re:Apple assholes on Judge Rules Apple Colluded With Publishers to Fix Ebook Prices · · Score: 1

    but it didn't raise the prices of e-books the publishers were selling

    the customer pays a little more

    The post you are reacting to is talking about publisher price. You/the SJ quote is talking about customer price.

    I have to question the accuracy and bias of your post.

    Don't get fooled by your own bias...

  3. Re:P0WN3D! on German Court Issues Injunction Against iPhone & iPad · · Score: 1

    I think you miss the point. His post seems to be about moderating that is incorrect these days.

    He might be 'off topic' but he is not 'flamebait' as he is currently moderated. His complaint therefor seems proofed by the moderation of his post.

    There is not much discussion possible if people moderate everybody down with another opinion.

  4. Re:Pushing to look at alternatives, really? on Oracle May 'Fork Itself' With MySQL Moves · · Score: 1

    In most database systems (e.g. SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL) the query gets optimized by the system. There might be ways to get more control but normally that shouldn't be necessary.

  5. Re:Silly names on Apple Kicks HDD Marketing Debate Into High Gear · · Score: 1

    You missed some parties in the past. With serial communicaton and in the Telecom it did and still does mean 1000000. And the 1.44MB floppy was 1.44×1000×1024 bytes.

    I will go with the silly names, makes me feel less silly.

  6. Re:And they said XML was easy to parse on XML Library Flaw — Sun, Apache, GNOME Affected · · Score: 1

    What do you do if your data is more complicated than a simple table?

    Are you serious? The same thing one would do in a relational database if your data is more complicated than a simple table...

  7. Re:A Hard Lesson Learned - You guys are clueless on Supreme Court Sides With Rambus Over FTC · · Score: 1

    It is not the opposite of what Wikipedia is saying. I would say his story is supported by the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambus

    And no I don't work for Rambus...

  8. Re:Add heads? on Western Digital Working On a 20,000 RPM Drive · · Score: 1

    I believe a modern hard disk has many many tracks (10000?). I guess it would be very expensive to make that many heads.

  9. Re:Is there a point to this? on Western Digital Working On a 20,000 RPM Drive · · Score: 2

    Those are the maximum rotational latencies, not average. On average you will wait half a rotation and thus making the average rotational latency of a 15K rpm drive 2 ms.

  10. Re:This is not strictly Microsoft's fault... on Vista's Security Rendered Completely Useless · · Score: 1

    Enabling UAC doesn't help if I'm sitting behind it. After the first 50 prompts I now allow everything without reading. I think that in the end the method of logging in under a non admin account and only when needed under an admin account is more user friendly and more fool prove.

  11. Re:Stop using MiB on Office 2007 Fails OOXML Test With 122,000 Errors · · Score: 1

    According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem#4800_and_9600_.28V.27ter.2C_V.32.29 those modem are 9600 bits/sec! This discussion itself is proof of the confusion and the need of a good standard. Just stop being so proud that you once learned a stupid thing like 1kB=1024B:)

  12. Re:office menu button closes apps on Word 2007 Flaws Are Features, Not Bugs · · Score: 1

    You're supposed to understand that he knows that.

  13. Re:It has to be said on Pyramid Stones Were Poured, Not Quarried · · Score: 1
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete

    The Assyrians and Babylonians used clay as cement in their concrete. The Egyptians used lime and gypsum cement. In the Roman Empire, concrete made from quicklime, pozzolanic ash / pozzolana and an aggregate made from pumice was very similar to modern Portland cement concrete. In 1756, the British engineer John Smeaton pioneered the use of Portland cement in concrete, using pebbles and powdered brick as aggregate.
  14. Re:Solid evidence, please? on Anders Hejlsberg on C# 3.0 · · Score: 1

    There is no implied type in SomeOtherFunction(SomeFunction()). The return type of SomeFunction is defined and the type of the parameter of SomeOtherFunction is defined.

  15. Re:PR on 64-Bit Windows Releases Now Available · · Score: 1

    (A) Maybe I'm confused:)
    (B) Thanks.
    (E) That would be on 64 bit Dell workstations of course. Of course it will replace 32 bits Windows one day.
    (F) I feel sorry for you.

  16. Re:PR on 64-Bit Windows Releases Now Available · · Score: 1

    (A) You're confused
    (B) Dou you have a link for this?
    (C) I guess that's true
    (D) A strong conclusion on a weak base
    (E) Only when the OEM put the 64 bit version on it
    (F) Then don't post

  17. Re:Not being trollish, but... on Opera 8 Released · · Score: 1

    Opera was there before Firefox and I used it then. The question thus becomes what does Firefox have that might me want to switch from Opera? And no the ads don't annoy me.

  18. Re:who cares if it performs on Maxtor's 300 GB Monster Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Pick 2 arbitary blocks at the same time, when on different drives your access time will be lower (compared to 2 blocks from 1 disk). Thus on average the access time will improve if your system/programs will do parallel i/o. RAID is nice, according to the laws of physics.:)