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  1. Re:Our tax dollars at work. on When Your Backhoe Cuts "Black" Fiber · · Score: 1

    Just mark it as a telephone cable. Then when you find it, you think nothing of it and deal with it the way you deal with all the other telephone cables.

  2. Re:Ethernet on New HDMI 1.4 Spec Set To Confuse · · Score: 1

    The HP w2408h I'm looking at just now has an HDMI input. I have an HDMI-DVI adapter at the other end of the cable to connect it to my computer.

  3. Re:WIndows 7 even more basic ed. on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Ahem on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    They are managing to sell lots of stuff, so they must be doing something right.

  5. Re:WIndows 7 even more basic ed. on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    Windows Media Centre comes with a free Electronic Program Guide. The alternatives generally require you to pay for a subscription to one, which can quickly come to more than the cost of Home Premium.

  6. Re:Outbreak Of Sanity on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    acrotray.exe *32 - AcroTray
    Connect.exe *32 - Belkin Network USB Hub Control Center
    csrss.exe - Client Server Runtime Process
    dwm.exe - Desktop Window Manager
    ehmsas.exe - Media Center Media Status Aggregator Service
    ehtray.exe - Media Center Tray Applet
    explorer.exe - Windows Explorer
    ipoint.exe - IPoint.exe
    iTunesHelper.exe *32 - iTunesHelper Module
    itype.exe - IType.exe
    jusched.exe *32 - Java(TM) Platform SE binary
    mobsync.exe - Microsoft Sync Center
    MoeMonitor.exe - MOE Monitor
    MSASCui.exe - Windows Defender User Interface
    nvvsvc.exe - NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 185.85
    rundll32.exe - Windows host process (Rundll32)
    splwow64.exe - Thunking Spooler APIS from 32 to 64 Process
    taskeng.exe - Task Scheduler Engine
    winlogon.exe - Windows Logon Application
    wmdc.exe - Windows Mobile Device Center
    wmpnscfg.exe - Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application

    And that's with nothing actually running

     

  7. Re:Age demographics? on Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election · · Score: 2, Informative

    The experience of postal voting in England says it can be gamed.

    You get party officials going round retirement homes to "help" people complete their ballots.
    You have 15 people living in a 1 bed apartment all registering to vote.

  8. Re:They don't care on What a Hacked PC Can Be Used For · · Score: 1

    Only problem is they will now ask why their iPlayer and YouTube videos look like slide shows.

  9. Re:and the pirates win again on Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement · · Score: 1

    It is also in XP Media Centre edition. Vista Home Premium and Ultimate, like XP MCE, has the codec because MS paid for the licence for that edition, and passed the cost onto you.

  10. Re:organized results on Microsoft Rebrands Live Search As "Bing" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Organised as in for example, you type in a particular model of a camera, and the results are organised between - where to buy, reviews, how to use the thing, etc.

    It sounds quite good, if it works as described.

  11. Re:Don't Forget the Lanyard on The Unexpected Patents of Steve Jobs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Pretty much all Microsoft's products come from buying up small companies that have the technologies he wants.

    Marketing certainly plays a part, but finding the right companies to buy up in the first place is also a very important skill.

  12. Re:Pandora back in the UK? on Rates Lowered For Streamed Music In the UK · · Score: 1

    PRS don't care about that because the CD money goes to MCPS.

  13. Re:How much do the Artists get? on Rates Lowered For Streamed Music In the UK · · Score: 1

    Performing Right Society. Apparently the distinction is important.

  14. Re:UTC Timestamp? on Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not quite the same as GMT. There can be a few seconds difference between the two. GMT is based on the position of the sun at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. UTC uses an atomic clock to count the seconds and has leap seconds added to the end of the year from time to time to bring it back into alignment with GMT.

  15. Re:The best service pack for Vista on Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Released · · Score: 1

    Windows 7 has a MacOS style dock bar, whereas Vista SP2 has the Windows 95 style task bar.

  16. Re:And not a moment too soon! on Church of Scientology On Trial In France · · Score: 1

    There are instances where the New Testament overides things that are said in the Old Testament. That's why they are Catholics and not Jews. The things you cite are examples of that, but the 10 commandments are not.

  17. Re:And not a moment too soon! on Church of Scientology On Trial In France · · Score: 1

    One of the 10 commandments is "Thou shalt not bear false witness", so I don't think hiding crimes complies with that.

  18. Re:How do they intend to power $1 billion... on Apple Plans $1 Billion iDataCenter · · Score: 1

    The electricity comes from the wires, not the apple.

  19. Re:Tax breaks for the rich? on Apple Plans $1 Billion iDataCenter · · Score: 1

    If you get a free mansion and ferrari on the company, you can be taxed personally on that. You certainly would be in Britain.

  20. Re:I guess I don't get it... on Church of Scientology On Trial In France · · Score: 1

    But the Pastor's salaries would go under Program Expenses, and probably a lot of the building costs would go there as well.

  21. Re:Hell yeah - R2-45 on Church of Scientology On Trial In France · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of charities that don't "give money away". Paying salaries to people to carry out the charitable work is perfectly OK, and that's what a lot of charities do.

  22. Re:And not a moment too soon! on Church of Scientology On Trial In France · · Score: 1

    Most of the individuals involved have been imprisoned, and I'm sure that anyone else who is found out will be as well.

    They are very definitely not acting in accordance with the teachings of the church.

  23. Re:Prior Art so Prior It Hurts on IBM Wants Patent For Regex SSN Validation · · Score: 1

    The last letter is the check digit, but I don't think there is any published details about how it works.

  24. Re:Digital Retro? on Polaroid Lovers Try To Revive Its Instant Film · · Score: 1

    My Canon Pixma IP8500 can produce pretty good quality prints.

  25. Re:They're called digital cameras on Polaroid Lovers Try To Revive Its Instant Film · · Score: 1

    You can take a pic using a camera phone, and send it by MMS. Not particularly good quality, but then, neither is a polaroid snap.