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  1. Re:So the videos are true? on Nokia and RIM Respond To Apple's Antenna Claims · · Score: 1

    same here, i'm too lazy to dig up the links to the actual files out of the html source and then make mplayer spoof it's useragent to be quick time. see apple trailer workaround for mplayer.

  2. Re:Great on Thermosphere Contraction Puzzles Scientists · · Score: 1

    wouldn't "Surface of earth gets hotter, earth spins slower" also work?
    or "Suface of earth gets hotter, sun gets cooler", or "Surface of earth gets hotter, universe gets cooler"

    Ah the fun of thermo and where you define your system...

  3. Re:Make the switch from Dual Booting on Wine 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    LInux native "Ventrillo" http://www.mangler.org/ Works great for me, it now can output to ALSA not that PA crap*...

    *Yes PA is crap, linux is a multi user environment, and i'd like all programs on my computer to make noise at the same time, that includes things like MPD, or any other service that i run. PA only works in a supported config with a single user. See http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/SystemWideInstance and http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode and http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/PulseAudio#PulseAudio_Server

    I haven't tried it yet, my music player is mpd as the mpd user, wine until recently did not support it, and the documentation for config is "if you can't figure it out tough shit, it's for distro packagers to figure out."

  4. Re:Never Works Properly on Wine 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Usually the page for a bronze program will have a guide. Sometimes though the "fixes" for one bronze program will break even the platinum ones. You distro is the problem then, I know winehq has a ubuntu repo, and a fedora one as well. i'm not sure about suse, and to be honest not sure about fedora either. I run gentoo and am currently running a svn version of wine because of the previously mentioned SCII and WoW login problems while helping trace down that kernel bug(still not in a non RC or git kernel BTW). Maybe you should look to a rolling release type distro if wine is too old for you on yours. I recommend Gentoo or Arch.

  5. Re:Every windows application on Wine 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    http://www.wine-doors.org/ (i've never used it.)

    You could always create foo.desktop files that i can then click on on my desktop, or in the menus of your favorite DE. most file managers will let you tell it what program to use to open files with a certain file extension. just tell it to open *.exe with wine. there is also winecfg, shipped with wine, that lets you set audio settings, and lib overrides, and such. Also regedit exists as well.

  6. Re:Not conclusive on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    Yep drivers of manuals tend to use 3 peddles with 2 feet all the time. I think most of these are from automatic drivers.

    Yes, it sounds elitist, but the parent is dead on, done similar things a lot.

  7. Re:I am not surprised.... on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    how many of the non-US cars are automatics, with odd shifter patterns? right some small amount of them, most of the the rest of the world seems to drive manual transmissions last i knew.

    So it sort of is, "US drivers are too dumb/uncoordinated/lazy/inept to drive a manual"

    Brought to you by Cynyr, in the state of Minnesota in the US of A.

  8. Re:Loaner Car and bad Interface Design on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that this is a problem with automatic cars, every manual I have driven neutral is top dead center, and the peddle farthest left(i've only driven left hand drive) is the clutch. Between those two, I bet i can remove power from the wheel inside of 1 second on just about any manual car. Lets put it this why, i've had deer jump out in front of me at night, and while "panic breaking" to miss the deer, automaticly pressed the clutch down because i've been driving one for more than 2 months...

    I'll state my postion on automatics, for those physical unable to operate a manual transmission, and not "but the peddle is too hard to press", more like "I only have 1 leg, so i can't work the gas and clutch at the same time." Are any of the cars involved in these stuck gas peddle accedents, manual transmission? how about the 75 fatal ones?

  9. Re:yes... on RIAA Paid $16M+ In Legal Fees To Collect $391K · · Score: 1

    i like scp better than sftp for what it's worth.

  10. Re:No on The Mouse Vanishes · · Score: 1

    didn't look like it had 3 buttons either. I need left middle right and scroll minimum.

  11. Re:Get over it and by a bumper you cry babies! on Apple Censors Consumer Report iPhone4 Discussions · · Score: 1

    you are a bit high, it should have only been $4000 to fix that, the OP uses 10%. As for that, you can fix it with $0.03 worth of masking tape...

  12. Re:Remember the LOLAMO on Nvidia's $200 GTX 460 Ups Bargain Performance · · Score: 1

    but what if i have a total power requirement, the 280 requires too much current on the 12 volt rail to work in some of the smaller cases. silverstone SG05/SG06 for example. Thats where nvidia is failing at the moment, their highest performance card that only needs a single PCIE power connector is the GTS250... i'm hoping they put out a GTX450 at ~9"-10" and needs a single pcie power connector.

  13. Re:Bargain? $200? on Nvidia's $200 GTX 460 Ups Bargain Performance · · Score: 1

    how about the need for a fermi card that only needs 1 PCI-E power connector. even if it was $250 and had less performance, than the gtx460, i'd still be interested, Hard to find SFX PSUs that will provide 45amp on the 12 volt rail.

  14. Re:3D by Cameron? on The Search For the Mount Everest of Caves · · Score: 1

    I thought the special effects were very good, WETA has come along way. As for the story it was very very very flat.

  15. Re:We've come a long way on The Verizon Wireless HTC Eris 'Silent Call Bug' · · Score: 1

    lawl it's wireless, i expect only >85%

  16. Re:We've come a long way on The Verizon Wireless HTC Eris 'Silent Call Bug' · · Score: 1

    good thing in most urban areas, there are places with phones overlooking the accident, and you usually have neighbors taht will let you use their phone at 3AM if your house is one fire next to theirs.

  17. Re:Monopolies? on FCC Dodges Pointed Questions On US Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    they basically own the sewers, the water, parts of the electrical grid, the roads, a large number of things. so why not some fiber cables?

  18. Re:USA ROCKS! on FCC Dodges Pointed Questions On US Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    must be, the USA isn't in the world cup final, nor did they do well at the nordic events in the last winter Olympics.

  19. Re:Ummm... on FCC Dodges Pointed Questions On US Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    DSL has a limited range for the analog portion, so if you don't have a box close enough to your home, you still need to string new cable for that to work.

  20. Re:Ummm... on FCC Dodges Pointed Questions On US Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    could you do that with cost per Mbps of bandwidth, just to see if those US states are cost competitive?

  21. Re:No, we are not on FCC Dodges Pointed Questions On US Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    The USA also has tons of oil, look at how much BP has spilled into the gulf.

  22. Re:management at fault on What Nokia Must Do To Stay Relevant In Mobile · · Score: 1

    how long will it take them to get a meego device out? 2 years after the N8? 1 year? if it's 2 years, who cares.

  23. Re:Look, it's simple on What Nokia Must Do To Stay Relevant In Mobile · · Score: 1

    wow I must hunt down a rabbit with a snare and eat it raw in the street then..... My phone isn't even good for texts(well mor ethat my cell plan isn't but hey).

  24. Re:Did the author completely overlook,,, on What Nokia Must Do To Stay Relevant In Mobile · · Score: 1

    the N700 and N800 and N810? yes there have been 3 or 4 devices before the N900. The fact that the N900 is known is great.

  25. Re:Did the author completely overlook,,, on What Nokia Must Do To Stay Relevant In Mobile · · Score: 1

    xterm + ssh + vnc is all i would ever really need on my phone. Let my desktop do all the real computing. ohh crome/FF would be nice to have on the phone as well, maybe opera mini.