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  1. Re:This post should be deleted. on AMD Making a 5 GHz 8-Core Processor At 220 Watts · · Score: 1

    I agree. All the chips in the FX TDP arena are 95-125W. I'm thinking it'll be more, but not almost double. More in the 140-165W range. AMD is going for the 5 GHz media sensation buzz, not power buzz.

  2. Sound Quality on Neil Young Pushes Pono, Says Piracy Is the New Radio · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Most of the people listening to mp3s (that I know, self included) don't listen to the music on a nice system. Earbuds rarely provide definition or range of the actual recorded material. Yes, they may provide frequencies from 50-15,000 Hz, but you're not really feeling the bass line as recorded. Even if listening to a CD/DVD with 5.1, with the earbuds on, it may as well be a mp3.

  3. Exposure Exposure Exposure on Why Desktop Linux Hasn't Taken Off · · Score: 1

    When I go a big box or electronic store, I see a dozen Windows machines. Maybe a Macbook or iMac here and there. I've never seen a Linux box on display, never mind the distro. I have Fedora at home, but stuck with XP at work. I see iPhone/iPads/Macbooks all over, so those must be popular too. I just don't see many linux distros out there, unless everyone has an environment which mimics Windows! Yes, I can tell people how cool it is, but if they don't see it at stores or at work, I'm just a lone computer geek!

  4. Neptune Massive on NOAA Releases New Views of Earth's Ocean Floor · · Score: 1

    I can't find it on there. Laurentian Abyssal Plain (canal) - check. Reykjanes Ridge (Red Route One) - check. Neptune Massive.......nope! Is Russia suppressing this info? Wait, what's 'Neptune Massive' in Russian?

  5. And I would call it...... on Netscape Founder Backs New Browser · · Score: 1

    Lava

  6. Missing on Red State Prom · · Score: 1

    Where's the 4th girl, with the matching powder blue dress accents and gun?

  7. Re:I understood everything... on Computers Causing 2nd Hump In Peak Power Demand · · Score: 1

    "medical enterprise customers" need to have a lot of electrical equipment on and ready at a moments notice. Everything from computers and displays for simple billing and address info, to high-def displays for medical images from maybe a digital x-ray, to a MRI or CT units. Not to mention all the hallway and room lights. I'm not suggesting a 'green' MRI, but there are still a lot of displays, lights, and monitors that could be 'green.'

  8. Re:Kernel mode driver on ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista · · Score: 0, Troll

    I suspect this may just be the first BSOD due to the Protected Media Path stuff. iTunes happens to be very very popular, so we all get to read about it. As more and more apps get developed to do something with A/V media, we'll see more and more problems. Apple happens to be the hot company du jour, so lots of coverage too.

  9. Re:Translation of PDF on SCO's Lawsuit Gets Even Crazier · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or, "Let's laugh WITH that (mentally ill) person!"

  10. Opportunity for Google on Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion For Yahoo · · Score: 1

    Google could reap huge gains, I feel, if they capitalized on the distrust and hatred of Microsoft, and created a tool to transfer all your emails, photos, buddies, etc. under the Yahoo umbrella to the respective Google umbrella. Yes, we could do a lot of that now, but a nice ALAX page, perhaps with a few clicks would be nice. I'm not a huge Google fan-boy, but I'm at a loss to come up with another Internet company that has everything Yahoo and Google have to offer.

  11. Yes Officer! on New 4100 Lumen Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire · · Score: 1

    Can't wait until I get pulled over and the police officer shines that in my eyes to see if I'm under the influence or some such nonsense.

  12. Re:Thanks for the SuperFlu, Craig! on Scientists Build Possibly The First Man-Made Genome · · Score: 1

    Worried about anyone with spare cash and time, or any government with spare time and mo...., er, just any government?

  13. Jeees Mom! on Heavily Discounted Zune Outpacing iPod Sales · · Score: 1

    I said iPod. I wanted an iPod for christmas! What am I supposed to do with this?

  14. Re:Time Machine on Apple's OS X Leopard In Depth · · Score: 1

    Not tryin' to be a smart ass here, but I don't use Vista. What if the file or folder you want to restore is gone following a deletion? Can you get a previous version of the drive?

  15. Shut down that BBS! on RIAA Sues Usenet.com · · Score: 1

    Time to pull my Mac SE running a First Class BBS. I think there might be a mp3 on there.

  16. Re:The real news... on Led Zeppelin Agrees To Digital Distribution · · Score: 1

    That didn't sound right to me. And although I don't have access to the full Billboard charts, who I guess would have all that data, the next best would be wikipedia, which shows Garth selling more then 100 million, but behind Led Zeppelin, selling more the 250 million.

  17. Pay Day! on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now how can I work this into my salary.......

  18. Re:It's the difference between Push and Pull on Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T · · Score: 1

    I have to think that some of the restrictions imposed by DRM and security concerns forced Apple to create a new protocol. By including iTunes, they also need to protect all that media from unwanted 'eavesdropping' and the like.

  19. Which hole? on Swede Hacks Embassy Account Information From Around the World · · Score: 1

    I'm curious as to which security hole or human weakness he used. I see from his site and Netcraft that a lot of sites were Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 running IIS, but there is also Apache on Linux.

  20. Re:Simulated inorganic life .... on Interstellar Dust Could Be "Alive" · · Score: 1

    Time to report to sleepshop

  21. RIAA - Now is your chance on Class Action Initiated Against RIAA · · Score: 1

    The RIAA better take a look at amnesty now, before it costs them too much!

  22. CPU to monitor? on MacBooks to Feature iPhone's Multi-Touch? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if Apple will move the CPU and associated bridge to the top half of the laptop, so heat vents up and out the top, a la the iMac. That might drop the size by dropping a relatively big fan wheel, but I don't think there can be much more of a drop in thickness while still including an optical drive and all the necessary ports to the outside world.

  23. Dell involved? on Microsoft Was Distributing Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wonder if Dell was involved in some way. Maybe some contractual obligation to provide support for systems Dell ships in order to maintain their license fees, blah blah blah...

  24. Punishment for Little Guy? on Microsoft Says Free Software Violates 235 Patents · · Score: 1

    No, I'm not saying Linux is a little guy. What I mean is, is this punishment for a small programmer that adds a small feature to the code base but doesn't have the time/energy/money/idea to patent it? But MS later patents something very similar. Here's to locating prior art.

  25. Time to get paid... on Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion · · Score: 1

    With a stock price above $450, Google needs to start making a lot of money to keep the shareholders happy