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  1. Re:Still no PATA Support? on Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Released · · Score: 1

    You could ask someone else to compile a patched kernel for you, or you could install Linux inside VMWare or something similar and then patch and compile the kernel inside that. All of these products can be evaluated for free. If you have a CD drive that Linux can access you could maybe even just boot a LiveCD like KNOPPIX and compile a new kernel using it.

  2. DXM on Ask mc chris · · Score: 1

    You're one of very few performers who has a song about DXM. I'm wondering about your experiences with it. Have you used it? If so, did you like it? What about your observations on other people's recreational use of DXM?

  3. Re:Don't Forget Trillian on AOL Opening Up AIM Community to Third Parties · · Score: 1
    There are other programs besides Trillian: So why are you making your own? What features are you looking for?
  4. Re:My download music prices DOUBLED the last month on MP3 Download Prices to Rise? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    AllofMP3.com is under investigation by russian authorities. There's also Media Club in Ukraine and it charges .015 per meg now.

    Anyways, I don't see what's the point of using places like that. You're not actually paying the artist or record lablel. You might as well get your music from usenet and P2P.

  5. Re:How Ironic on Microsoft AntiSpyware thinks Firefox is Spyware · · Score: 1
    Well, it doesn't use transparency so IE would display it without any problems.

    BTW I find that PNG is the best format for screenshots. The compression is acceptable and the image isn't mangled. JPEG was meant for photos. The sharp boundaries and large areas of identical colour in screenshots make artifacts too obvious. GIFs are usually limited to 256 colours and that messes things up pretty badly.

  6. Re:shared source is a trap on Microsoft Ponders Shared-Sourcing SQL Server · · Score: 1

    How often has someone actually been harmed by this trap? Windows source is shared with various companies and universities yet I haven't heard of any problems arising from that.

  7. Re:well on ATI Introduces FireGL V5000 · · Score: 1
    Very interesting! Thanks for posting that.

    I've been trying to find out what actually changes. It doesn't seem like any extra circuitry is enabled when "upgrading" a Radeon 9800 to a FireGL X2. Benchmarks show an impressive increase in performace of CAD-type applications but the 3DMark score actually decreases. It seems like maybe this is just a change from a driver optimised for gaming to a driver optimised for professional use.

    I also found the FORSAGE driver which should supposedly allow one to "upgrade" to FireGL without any soldering or a new BIOS.

  8. Re:If Americans ruled British TV... on FCC to Fine Curses More Than Nuke Violations · · Score: 1

    You can listen to Radio 1 online.

  9. Re:Oh, come on! on The First Image Published on the Web · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, he failed because he forgot to mention SCO

  10. Re:Hope they're up late on Microsoft to Disable Online Windows Activation · · Score: 1

    The top 20 worldwide PC makers probably produce most of the PCs out there so this affects a lot of people.

  11. Re:Only in America on Gator CPO at the Department of Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why the UK government is acting as if something changed for them on 9-11. The IRA and related organizations had attacked many times before that. Those threats had been dealt with in various ways. The UK wasn't attacked on 9-11 and al-Qaeda isn't focused on the UK. What was really new?

  12. Re:How do you figure? on Free SSL Certificate Project · · Score: 2, Informative
    Sure, people don't usually click the padlock but they might notice a warning saying that the certificate doesn't come from a recognized authority or that it doesn't match the name of the site.

    The problem happens if a "trusted" authority issues certificates for sites like these. Then people go to to the site, think everything is okay, and securely give out information to the phishers. This is why automatically trusting these free certs is stupid and why you might as well just make your own certificate.

  13. Re:This is why sound cards are no big deal! on Pushing The 512MB Barrier On Video Cards · · Score: 1
    The SoundBlaster Pro was only 8 bit. That is pretty bad for music which has significant dynamic range. You can hear quantization noise during quiet parts because there are too few possible output levels available. It was also only able to do mono at 44.1 kHz. If you wanted stereo you'd have to settle for 22.05 kHz. Clearly this isn't good enough.

    Later cards could do 44.1 kHz stereo, which is CD quality, but it wasn't enough because DVD video has 48 kHz audio with more channels. The extra channels can be quite useful in games.

    Now there's DVD audio with 96 khz and even higher sampling rates and 24-bit resolution. Many cards can't do that.

    So if you want to hear sound any card is good enough. You can even stick a DAC on a parallel port or use a PC speaker driver. However, if you want the best quality there have been a lot of advances.

  14. Re:Snakeoil? on Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge · · Score: 1

    What if there is a short circuit within the battery instead?

  15. Re:Other causes than expiry date on HP Secretly Rendering Printer Cartridges Unusable? · · Score: 1

    Does the law totally prevent it? Isn't there some legal way to sell expired products accompanied by a statement that basically says "these are expired, no guarantee whatsoever, sold as is"?

  16. Re:I call shenanigans! on Cyrix Hotplate Howto · · Score: 1
    Yes, that is ridiculous. The only way that could have worked is if the 7805 was defective and it was letting 12V through.

    I also don't understand why they used a 5V regulator when the power supply has a regulated 5V output.

  17. Re:Good news! on New Virus Attacks Via RAR Files · · Score: 1

    I've recently examined various compression ratio comparisons on the web and it seems RAR is usually 2nd best and 7-Zip is best. I expected bzip2 to be much better than rar but in fact it was much worse. 7-Zip is released under the LGPL. Compression with the maximum compression settings is extremely slow and uses a lot of memory. RAR seems like a very good compromise.

  18. Re:Ulterior motives? on Ready or Not, Here comes Windows XP SP2 · · Score: 1

    I've read that all keys that worked with SP1 will work with SP2. Some pre-release versions blocked additional keys but they decided not to do that in the final release.

  19. Re:nothing of the sort on Martian Sea Discovered · · Score: 4, Informative

    All volcanic activity on Mars has ceased. Could there be any vents?

  20. Re:Video on Vinyl on Software Distribution By Vinyl · · Score: 1
    That's very interesting. It seems the technology is for real. However, due to the limited bandwidth it is mono at a few frames per second.

    There is no reason why this wouldn't work. Video has been squashed into even narrower bandwidths, like for example streaming through a dialup connection.

  21. Re:Damn intellitxt! on 5 Simple Steps to a Quieter PC · · Score: 1
    My AdBlock filters already blocked this. The */ads/* filter caught it.

    AdBlock seems like a better ad-blocking method than the hosts file. You can have wildcards that will catch many cases like */ads/* and even if you need to block sites you can catch them with a wildcard like http://*.intellitxt.com/*

  22. Re:platform? on Wearable PC with an Artificial-Reality Helmet · · Score: 1

    Point #3 isn't valid. Linux can be set up so it boots directly into a GUI without the need to type anything, even login info. I don't know about point #2. I find the Windows GUI presents a better mouse interface but I doubt that any of that is applicable in this case because this project will probably need a new custom user interface. Things that work well at a desk might not be convenient here.

  23. Re:Bad, bad Microsoft.... no cookie for you! on Microsoft Blocking Wine Users From Downloads Site · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Office 2003 Standard Edition EULA (Original PDF, View as HTML) doesn't seem to say that.

  24. Re:Again, you miss the point. on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer · · Score: 2, Informative
    If you look at the source of the relevant part of the Amazon web page you can find the URL of an XML file which gives you the URL for the trailer. However, it is an rtmp:// URL, and I don't know of any program that can download that.

    RTMP (Real-Time Messaging Protocol) is a proprietary protocol used for streaming media to a flash applet. There is also a totally unrelated RTMP (Routing Table Maintenance Protocol) in AppleTalk.

  25. eMule link also on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer · · Score: 1

    That server is fast, but in case it goes down here's an eMule link: ed2k://|file|Hitchhikersguide.mov|8144493|9DD64CA5 317607F0D2F5994D4D7AE39A|/