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  1. Re:inevitability breeds contempt on Cooler Servers or Cooler Rooms? · · Score: 1

    Manufacturers are worried about raising the price point. Water cooling is actually pretty pricy, so you have to measure the (potential) overclocking gain against the cost of throwing another blade in there. If you really need raw serial performance, as another poster pointed out, Cray has always used liquid cooling.

  2. Re:Science by AI on The End of Mathematical Proofs by Humans? · · Score: 1
    If AI can't even handle something as simple as chess as well as one human

    Are you freaking kidding me?? Chess is by no means simple, and Kasporov is one of our best. I bet the majority of desktop computers could beat their users at chess.

  3. Re:It does and it doesn't. on Hitachi Predicts 3D Hard Disks by Year's End · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, current drives do measure the direction of the magnetic fields. Right now it's something akin to "left-right" and the new drives will measure "up-down". The benefit to this is that you're not using as much disk area for each bit.

  4. Re:Actually that might be part of the plan on Passport Chip Could Attract High-Tech Muggers · · Score: 1

    One thing I wonder, and I don't think has been discussed, is what happens if your rfid somehow becomes "damaged". And for the slow, the quotes here imply that the damage is intentional. Would it be tantamount to destroying the entire passport, or would you just have to jump through a couple extra security hoops. If it's just the hoops, then I imagine a fair number of people may inadvertently leave their passports in the microwave.

  5. Re:Late fees indeed on Blockbuster Settles No Late Fee Suit · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Plus, what's wrong with the business model of "you pay $x per day for the video... keep it as long as you're willing to pay the rental fee". Nothing's wrong with it, except I guess it's harder to screw customers with fine print. Usually I've very attuned to fine print but even I thought that this was the "no late fee" model they were adopting.

  6. Re:not malfunction? on Sony Recants on Dead Pixels (Sort Of) · · Score: 1

    Technically, that's a stuck pixel... you rub your lcd with a fingernail???

  7. Re:TINSTAAFL, indeed on Inside the Free iPod Offer · · Score: 1
    Don't forget "deprecated".

    P.S. Does anyone else like to put their periods outside of quotes because it seems mismatched otherwise? In other words, [sentence]blah is [quote]blah[/sentence][/quote] doesn't seem right.

  8. Re:Social Engineering is the biggest problem on IRS Employees Fall For Hackers · · Score: 1

    CMU by any chance? I find it hard to believe TWO universities had the exact same problem. You forgot to mention how ass-nasty Pizza Outlet was.

  9. Re:Pan wheel... on Apple Developing Two-Button Mouse · · Score: 2, Informative

    I tried it out in pre-development and it WAS insanely uncomfortable. No surprise it was never introduced.

  10. Re:Just refresh... on Gmail Goes Public · · Score: 1

    I can't get it to go away. I keep refreshing and it keeps going back and forth between touting the service as having "1000 MB of space" and "1 GB of space".

  11. Re:Qqquesstion???? on Help For Those With Shaky Hands · · Score: 2, Funny
    Holy shit! IBM put their website ONLINE??? OMG So advanced!

    :) The smile means I care.

  12. Re:That would be "other people" on TDA (Tactile Digital Assistant) the new PDA? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Some of us would like to replace the pens, paper, books, etc with a single pocket-sized device.

  13. Re:Snakeoil???? on Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that an AC outlet in your pants? Mind if I plug in my rechargable vibrator?

  14. Re:Leave it to Disney... on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer · · Score: 1

    That would be awesome! I've been wanting to sell this dump for years.

  15. Re:A lot less invasive on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1
    It's true, and I'm not sure why it would be illegal. Would you care to elaborate?

    Oh and Hawaii does it too!

  16. Re:You missed an important part of the code on Google Formula For Adding New Products · · Score: 1

    I use self-modifying code with no compiler optimizations.... you.. uhh... insensitive clod!

  17. Re:iGame on More On PS3 and Xbox 2 · · Score: 1

    Don't forget breakout and super-breakout!

  18. Re:On a Chip? on Cell Phone On A Chip · · Score: 1
    no missed calls

    You're gonna have to get it implanted in your brain. .. and never sleep!

  19. Re:Firey death to the intruders! on Just How Paranoid Are You? · · Score: 1

    Just remember, though, if you drop your keys in the lava just forget them -- they're gone.

  20. Re:This is beginning to sound more like on Cell Architecture Explained · · Score: 1

    That's.... not.... POSSSIBLE!

  21. Re:That name again on No Warrant Needed For GPS Tracking By Police · · Score: 1

    Mr. Plow is a loser and I think he is a boozer...

  22. Re:Okay, so this changes what again? on No Warrant Needed For GPS Tracking By Police · · Score: 4, Insightful
    This doesn't sound like it's too different than a wiretap or audio bug planted on something

    I agree -- and therefore it's consistent that they should need a warrant.

  23. Re:here, it's not so much the WAPs... on Cutting Through a Wi-Fi Traffic Jam? · · Score: 1

    Yeah at first I thought he was making a joke about how the OP should just use a cell phone. But who the heck has a picocell based in their closet?

  24. Re:A practical solution. on Cutting Through a Wi-Fi Traffic Jam? · · Score: 1
    Then remap all your neighbors to either 6 or the one you didn't use.

    No, no, no. Get those puppies as far away as possible. Take 11, put them all on 1 and don't forget to disable their 802.11g protocols as well as any proprietary "get 100Mbps out of your 11Mbps card" crap.

  25. Re:what about the other leachers? on Mobile Users Plug-in Anywhere They Can · · Score: 1

    How exactly is that extortion (any more than supply/demand is extortion). The market certainly bears these high prices.