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  1. Re:About damn time... on Linux Finally Getting XBMC · · Score: 1

    Well designed interface that my parents/wife/kids were able to use without a single explanation from me. You should try it and see the difference.

  2. Re:A lot of files are smaller than 512b... on Long Block Data Standard Finalized · · Score: 1

    Many modern file systems do not allocate space for 0 length files. NTFS, e.g., will store files up to 512 bytes (may be different number - not sure) directly in MFT. While I don't know details about ext3/hfs/zfs/jfs/etc, I would assume they have similar features.

  3. Re:Smoke, meet fire... on Big HMO Jolted By Email, System Failures · · Score: 1

    Contract like this usually includes wording along the lines "99.99% not including scheduled downtime for maintenance and other activities" - keyword being "scheduled". If you and vendor agreed on downtime before it actually occuring, it is no longer counted against system availability numbers. After that it is all about political games - like vendor calling and pushing you to schedule downtime to apply some sort of a systemwide patch that they consider necessary.

  4. Re:Is it only for extending things? on Beginning Lua Programming · · Score: 1

    Ruby/Python/Perl/JavaScript are much more heavy than your average embedded Lua interpreter while still providing decent language feature set. Add to this ease of customization (practically every application that uses Lua as an embedded scripting language, customizes portions of the interpreter), ability to embed not just interpreter but precompiled scripts too and ease of interaction between Lua scripts and C/C++ host program and it becomes product with maybe not large but noticeable market niche.

  5. Microsoft iPod video on How Microsoft Can Make Zune a Success · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is a video on Youtube about building "Microsoft iPod". It is pretty much sums up why MS should not even be in music player business.

  6. Re:The most likely scenario on Interstellar Ark · · Score: 1
    Well - theoretically you don't need to give a few years but go back in time :). It is all history though so I agree with correctness of your point. For the completeness though, quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energia:

    Comparisons between Energia and Saturn V

    There is much debate in the space enthusiast community about which was the better or more powerful booster, the Energia or the Saturn V. In its most powerful configuration, the Energia was equipped with eight Zenit strap-on boosters and a high energy H2 upper stage; this configuration exceeded the LEO payload capability (175 metric tons vs. 120 metric tons) of the Saturn V, although it never flew. In the configuration it did fly in (four Zenit strap-ons, single core) the Energia LEO payload was only 80 metric tons, though this is still far and away the only vehicle comparable to the Saturn V to have successfully launched. Both vehicles had a reliability of 100%, though the Energia only flew twice.

    The Energia and Saturn V vehicles are easily the most powerful and reliable large boosters that ever successfully flew. In all categories: takeoff thrust, launch mass, payload mass, etc. the Saturn V and the Energia are at the top of the list in some order, and every other launch system (with the possible exception of the STS) being a distant third. It is interesting to note that both vehicles were developed using tremendous resources and effort to make them as good as they were, only to be abandoned shortly after the considerable capital investment made in them. This makes the Energia and Saturn V co-title holders in a more ignominious category: The most expensive and impressive vehicles to have been abandoned so rapidly after proving they worked so well. Had either launch system been maintained in production and had the space agencies enough resources to build and operate these launchers, the current state of human affairs in space could be considerably different. For instance, the time to lift the International Space Station could have been shortened by a decade and accomplished in just two or three launches.
  7. Re:Dammit on Is the One-Size-Fits-All Database Dead? · · Score: 1

    Or just use hierarchical queries - like START WITH / CONNECT BY clauses in Oracle. Probably other vendors have something similar too - not sure about that.

  8. Re:Office 2007? on PC World's 20 Most Innovative Products of 2006 · · Score: 2, Informative

    This was in Lotus Notes for a long time now.

  9. atLeap on Open Source CMS Solutions Based on Java? · · Score: 1

    Never used it personally but saw references multiple times. You might want to read more about it HERE.

  10. Re:I wonder...Bark worse than Byte. on Oblivion Takes Top Honor At Spike VGAs · · Score: 1

    He is talking about Morrowind FPS Optimizer - I'm sure Google will point you in right direction. On the same note, I will agree with grandparent - modding scene for Morrowind was plain incredible - I enjoyed it much more than the game itself.

  11. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along on Preview of Vista On Old Hardware · · Score: 1

    What bugs me more that out of 3 VPN clients that I use (AT&T used by my company, Cisco used by client and OpenVPN used by myself) two either do not work or are not reliable.

  12. Re:Ultra-capacitors for a different type of hybrid on 500 Miles on a 5-Minute Recharge? · · Score: 1
    Later on, I can see the marketing department selling the idea of 'cleaner' electricity to recharge your cars with different grades of 'filtered' electricity, kind of liike bottled water today.
    When I lived in Sacramento in 97-99, there was an option to pay extra to have electricity "generated from green sources" (wind/solar/etc). I pretty sure that idea still very much alive and not only in CA.
  13. Re:TFA is well worth reading on Poincare Conjecture Proof Completed · · Score: 1

    Here you go :)

  14. Re:Yes. on Network Card for Gamers - Uses Linux to Reduce Lag · · Score: 1

    I don't need another firewall on it's own processor. I already have cheap Linksys router between PC and cable modem doing just that (in addition to being switch and bunch of other things. And it Linux based too).

  15. Re:Exactly. Apparently, PCs can't run games at all on The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century · · Score: 1
    Personally, I was surprised by a couple of the list's findings. One was how few XBox games were on there and the other was the complete dominance of the PS2.
    This is mostly because for games that are available on multiple platforms (a lot of them on that list) they did not list all 3 consoles and combined sold units (and they probably should have) - they just put PS2 by default.
  16. Re:U need a study? on Study Claims Men Play Female Avatars to 'Win' · · Score: 1
    2. Even single-player RPGs usually give an advantage to female characters. Everything's a little easier, and there are a few more things you can do, in, say, Fallout II, if you play as a woman. Rarely can you NOT do something that a guy can do (i.e. sleep with a woman, though the guys, notably, can almost never sleep with other guys) and often you can do things that the guys can't.
    Not always. E.g., if you take games like Baldurs Gate 2 or Jade Empire - romance options for male characters are much richer and better developed then for female.
  17. Re:I get what he wants. on The Elusive Command Alias Function? · · Score: 1

    SecureCRT supports ActiveX scripting which means you can useany scripting language supported by WSH on your machine (like, say, ActivePerl). I think it will accomplish goal.

  18. Re:"embrace and extend" on Interview with Microsoft Exec on IE7 and RSS · · Score: 1

    You will end up with something along the lines of:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <encoded_xml codec="XXX">CDATA[[
    sDg09*&G()&fc9x8sd987g9er87g97sdf098g7sd09fg7sd-9- ewr47gzcxoi890r7t47t
    ]]</encoded_xml>

  19. Re:Just go to the www.silentpcreview.com on Silverstone ST30NF 300W Silent PSU reviewed · · Score: 1

    God knows why I put https in the link - correct link is SPCR. So much for using preview feature :(.

  20. Just go to the www.silentpcreview.com on Silverstone ST30NF 300W Silent PSU reviewed · · Score: 4, Informative

    SPCR generally does rather high-quality reviews against consistent baseline, which allows to do the comparison. It also covers all aspects of "silent computing" (and is essentially dedicated to it - including forums). For this particular PSU, just go here.

  21. Re:Python has been used for this. on Developing Games with Perl and SDL · · Score: 1

    Not Dungeon Siege, but many of us like Ultima V: Lazarus remake of original Ultima V using Dungeon Siege engine.

  22. Re:Don't.... on World of Warcraft AQ Gates Open! · · Score: 1
    Heh. When WoW cuts into THAT, I'll know I'm addicted.

    Believe me, it does, when you are only Enchanter in the middle of the Hate raid (back in the old EQ days - I am cured now and immune to the WoW allure).

  23. Re:Um on Microsoft's Big Bet on Online Gaming · · Score: 1

    -1 for ignoring the obvious.

    Parent had "levels" in quotes - meant ratings or, e.g., your position in ladder system.

  24. Re:Torrent for dungeon siege? on Ultima V: Lazarus Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Torrent link taken from Team Lazarus site - here

  25. Re:Hype? on Departure Of The Java Hyper-Enthusiasts? · · Score: 1

    As I wrote before:
    JNDI context implementation is incompatible on IBM JDK and Sun JDK. Which means you will never get a reference to remote EJB if client uses different class libraries. And this is basic J2EE stuff.