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  1. Re:Perhaps you should.. on The State of Linux IO Scheduling For the Desktop? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because using gvim and then pasting that is faster/easier than trying to format a long post in the stupid textarea on most forums.

  2. Re:Perhaps you should.. on The State of Linux IO Scheduling For the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1050675_next-gen-mazda2-will-return-70-mpg-without-an-electric Ignore this link, i was testing pasting.

    Wow... is there a bug open for that? because it's really annoying...

  3. Re:Steve Jobs has clout on Are Consumer Hard Drives Headed Into History? · · Score: 1

    *if* you count the iPad

    Well I'll count it if i can load any ARM based software compiled for it from any source, or can in anyway use it like a computer, instead of a web browser/e-mail portal.

    P.S. No pterm doesn't count.

  4. Re:Steve Jobs has clout on Are Consumer Hard Drives Headed Into History? · · Score: 1

    and better power management, and SSE3, and sometimes AES encryption, and ...

    Really, it would be hands down a 13" mac book pro for $1200 if only it had an i5 and a 320GT(not the 320M, it does now), as my next laptop. As it stand right now it's looking like an X200 or a fujitsu.

  5. Re:Where is it? on Adobe Releases Its Own HTML5 Video Player · · Score: 1

    hmm the demo linked to from there doesn't work in chromium7 for me.

  6. Re:what about servers? on The State of Linux IO Scheduling For the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    what patches? 2.6.36 should be just fine. If your distro doesn't provide one pre-built for you roll your own, or wait.

  7. Re:what about servers? on The State of Linux IO Scheduling For the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    Same on linux with CFQ and 2.6.34+ (earlier maybe as well).

  8. Re:It sucks I agree on The State of Linux IO Scheduling For the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    Trash folder? what is this a Mac? or did you mean Recycling bin, like windows.

    rm doesn't seem to save the crap i told it to delete for me...

  9. Re:Diesels already do this. on Mazda Claims 70 mpg For New Engine, No Hybrid Needed · · Score: 1

    None, most cars in the USA are limited to 104, and very few will be able to do much in the way of turning at that speed.

    Pickup trucks, I'll give you.

    As far as the prius goes, can i fit 3 car seats, 2 adults, the dog and stuff in it? I live in "the city" by the way so while i would like to drive one, I can't, as even a trip (like to the park) without the dog still needs 3 car seats and 2 adults. Did you kids need to be in car seats until around age 8-10, basically until they are big enough that the seat belts fit correctly and even then a booster seat could be better? So bring on the hybrid minivan that can tow the small boat, carry 6 + stuff for a week at the cabin, and I'll bite.

  10. Re:Direct download on Want Flash Player On a MacBook Air? Download It Yourself · · Score: 1

    i thought iOs ran the mach kernel, and had a similar user-land to that of OSX....
    If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, and it swims like a duck....

  11. Re:I don't get it... on AMD's New Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 Cards Debut · · Score: 1

    what if i have a 4 year old midrange card you insensitive clod!

  12. Re:Does not compute. on AMD's New Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 Cards Debut · · Score: 1

    there are boards out there with 4 x16 lanes on them for quad SLI.

  13. Re:Oh wow! New graphics cards! on AMD's New Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 Cards Debut · · Score: 1

    or doing an encode, compile, or BONIC in the background.

    Some of us do that sort of thing you know.

    Yet my 8600GT will happily decode 1080P H264 level 4.1 High profile @ ~2Mbps while ffmpeg is encoding a dvd to h264 at the same time.

  14. Re:Oh wow! New graphics cards! on AMD's New Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 Cards Debut · · Score: 1

    8800GT or GTS8800? they are different.

  15. Re:Oh wow! New graphics cards! on AMD's New Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 Cards Debut · · Score: 1

    SC2 and WoW get CPU starved very fast. WoW is really bad as addons are not given tier own thread, and 4.x.x can only use 3 cores ATM. Simply running every addon/UI element in it's own thread and letting the OS figure out CPU time would allow the game to scale with core much better.

  16. Re:Oh wow! New graphics cards! on AMD's New Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 Cards Debut · · Score: 1

    try to find a non GPGPU daily use case to get your card to draw max power. The 4670 doesn't even have a PCIE power connector, nor does it support DX11 or OpenGL3.0.

    Also the 5670 should be a performance upgrade of the 4670, and only uses 2 more watts(at max load, but i hear the 5xxx series uses a lot less than the 4xxx series when idle).

    All of this brought to you by a nvidia linux user.

  17. Re:Oh wow! New graphics cards! on AMD's New Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 Cards Debut · · Score: 1

    Also the 6850 is a ~9" card, and it is low wattage, making it great for those of use looking to cram some GPU power into 12L of computer case.

  18. Re:Magnetic gears? on Programmable Magnets · · Score: 1

    http://www.kurtkinetic.com/ already uses a "magnetic gear" more of a magnetic coupler, but same idea...

  19. Re:Critical analysis on Programmable Magnets · · Score: 1

    did you just propose a perpetual motion machine? i mean in a vacuum, with magnetic bearings of course.

  20. Re:Cue The Carbon-Based Life on Astronomers Find Planets Around Weird Binary Star · · Score: 2, Informative

    ahh "ants! Natures secret power" Youtube has a 6 minute version rather than the 2 minute version the parent linked. It's also much better quality.

    As for why we think of ants this way is that while they are "highly ordered" they have none of the things we regard as "intelligence" markers; memory, sense of time, art, etc.

  21. Re:bizarre choice of words. on Astronomers Find Planets Around Weird Binary Star · · Score: 1

    ahh I'm too young to be a shell script, I was replaced by a python program.

  22. Re:Admits? Being SUED by Canada! on Google Admits To Collecting Emails and Passwords · · Score: 1

    so encrypt your connections, problem solved.

    This is like shouting your SSN, birth date, middle inital, credit card number and ATM pin in times square, and being upset that someone stole your identity.

    Now if google was cracking connections you would have a point.

  23. Re:And whose fault is it, really? on Google Admits To Collecting Emails and Passwords · · Score: 1

    Maybe parking your car in the Bronx and leaving the keys in the ignition with a sign saying you left, aren't watching and will be back in no less the 2 hours, please don't touch

    FTFY

  24. Re:and who is going to get pinned at fault? on Google Admits To Collecting Emails and Passwords · · Score: 1

    challenging? hardly, pick "wpa2 personal AES/TKIP" and type in the password. my hostap 2.5 based laptop from 2003 does it in linux...

  25. Re:Don't do it on Recommendations For Home Virtualization? · · Score: 1

    really? i tired boxee on winXP on VB a while back, and the gui was so slow it was un-usable.