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  1. Problem evaluation... on Hubble Camera Shuts Down · · Score: -1, Troll

    The main screen is showing a blue screen with white letters:
    Sorry for the inconvenience - The M$-Hubble device manager has detected a problem and needs to be restarted.

  2. Re:In a camera phone? Why? on Seitz's 160 Megapixel Digital Camera · · Score: 0

    From the page:
    A 6x17 digital panorama (uncompressed) has about 950 MB.

    Some other place says:
    Very high speed and resolution: 300 MB raw data per second!

    So you spend thousands of dollars in a camera, that will compress an lose the resolution gained by the amazing sensors?
    I wonder, what is the internal memory capacity?

  3. Yeah.. but... on Googling for ATM Master Passwords · · Score: 0

    Does it run lin.... nevermind I guess not. I guess they missed the service pack 2 on that one.

  4. Re:Heh on Hacker Finds Multiple PDF Backdoors · · Score: 0

    Multiple????

  5. Re: first iPod case that costs more than the playe on Strangest iPod Cases Ever · · Score: 0

    Hopefully, you won't lose it. Although, I think it is heavy enough for you to say "I feel like something is missing"

  6. Re:I'd hate to see what the test subjects looked l on Strangest iPod Cases Ever · · Score: 0

    Well, after all, if it doesn't, they can argue that it was the lucky 15% remaining.

  7. Re:Of course... on Vista to Create 50,000 Jobs in Europe · · Score: 0

    I thought it was outsourcing to patch the new OS.

  8. Re:Hear hear on Bionic Arm Provides Hope for Amputees · · Score: 0

    For less than 2 million per organ, they can beat Steve Austin.

  9. Re:800$ plus subscription?? on TiVo Announces High-Def Series3 DVR · · Score: 0

    Uhm.. I guess if I want to record Hi-Def shows, I better look forward to take my Yagi once for all from my house roof, and start paying for cable, TiVo and Subscription... Life was so easy when dad said... "move the antenna!.. a bit more.. that's it.. leave it there!.. Arrgh.. signal went bad again... hold it!"

  10. Re:Wow on Vista Runs Hot on Macbook Pro · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least it wasn't a Dell, with a Sony battery and a Maxtor HDD! That would probably blow a whole builing!

  11. Huh!? on 2.5Gb/s Internet For French Homes · · Score: 0

    So there is something better than my 56kbps dial-up connection!! Ok, so I'll have whole 2.5Gbps to send IMs, and... attempt to access slashdotted websites? COOOLLLLL

  12. It's not all about customer service. on Why Everyone Loves Apple · · Score: 0

    Many have said this before: It's just a marketing strategy. The apple brand has become a style icon. You buy apple, like buying gucci, BMW, or whatever gives you some sort of status with respect to others. Its one of the most expensive MP3/etc/ players in the market. So you'll buy a Porsche, and the least you expect, is someone calling to ask you: "How does it feel? Do you like it?". And you'll feel better.

    There are tons of better and improved brands (let's say, Toyotas... that might last longer for smaller prices) but the style of the MAC is ruling because they put themselves as the "top of the line", which might not be the reality.

    But... I guess If you can spend the $300, just do it and be happy.

    - Note that telemarketers call everyday... it doesn't make everyone happy.

  13. Excellent, but... on Rodriguez uses Linux to Edge out ILM · · Score: 0

    Is the movie es "good" as the previous work of Rodriguez? I'm cheap... but movies are too expensive these days, and last movies are... uhm... not completely master pieces.

  14. Isn't it that obvious? on Microsoft Silently Backs Favorable Presentation at RSA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Test #1 Intruders are capable of taking control over the computer. Results: Linux: The system was finally hacked (after leaving the root/administrative account w/o a password, which seems fair to windows) Windows: The system crashed... nobody was able to take control! Analysis and conclusions: Windows is much better!

  15. Re:It's unfortunate on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 4, Funny

    He has the "ultimate platinum" subscription, and so.. he can read it, ask his lawyer and post before us (the normal/cheap people)

  16. Picking packets? on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 0

    I though it was declared "illegal" checking packets of traffic going through the routers. I guess P2P will have to pass a really long time before it can be considered as illegal.

    It comes to a problem that the illegal issue is violating the copyright laws. (unfortunately, these P2P applications are mostly used for it, but it is unclear yet how to define that w/o "spying" your packets - which is illegal too)

  17. Another patent attempt on Comprehensive Guide to the Windows Paging File · · Score: 2, Funny

    and It's called a paging file, because if they call it swap they couldn't get the patent!

    Or maybe the will be figthing trying to convince the world that they came up with the idea of a swap space!

  18. Re:"Perfect"? Pfah. on UK Report Suggests Designer Offspring · · Score: 0

    And again it turns out to be a phylosophical issue. You are building to be more efficient in which sense? Things can certainly get better without that "extra" help. Being better is a matter of in which sense you optimize the resources (I think in this sense, that's called natural selection). In that sense you are in a contradiction. You optimize to consume less power... or you optimize to get more processing power. That's my point, you should optimize to focus on your "family" strenghts, and that should be the focus of research.

    Your "better human", I guess falls into MORE phylosophical thinking if you include morals and ethics. Still... perfect machines are still not allowed to be built by humans, neither persons.

  19. Re:Gattaca? on UK Report Suggests Designer Offspring · · Score: 0

    I'd like to believe that the "misery conservation law" applies also to human genes. If humans can't build a perfect machine, how come a perfect man will arise? So far people should look into it as, what part" of your "family" you want to enhance. (And I take a guess it should be what it is well known of being capable of... a further try is like Homer Simpson trying not to change the future from the past)

  20. Re:Here's the picture on Bang But No Splash · · Score: 0

    That's a pretty fotogenic drop!

    You see what everybody is capable of under the right pressure!

    Hopefully, my boss won't read that article!

  21. Re:At Least they are talking about it on U.S. IT Infrastructure Highly Vulnerable · · Score: 0

    George Lucas?

    Here it goes my karma... I thought people was paranoic enough already!!!

  22. Either god or bad, just another idea on Faulty Chips Might Just be 'Good Enough' · · Score: 0

    Couple of corrections of some of the messages:

    Yeah... chips with failures get the market (and it is not 2.99999th world.. it is 3.000001 and going further from the 1.000001st that produces them). So when you study electronics and you buy an expensive memory that turns out to fail, you just "wire" the memory to avoid using that part of the memory.

    a "most" significant bit is just a matter of perspective.

    However, we are loosing the point here... it is the target market for CPU key rings

    However, yeah, a CPU is a more delicate issue, either way, the failure depends of your point fo view, if you need the part for your application... keep doing the keyrings. if not... well, why not.

    Save the sand! (that's what they are made of, aren't they?)

  23. Re:Next post at /. on Introducing Asteroid 2004 MN4 · · Score: 0

    Ask slashdot: NASA asks: How can we save earth of being hit by an asteroid?

    As someone said... I propose send Ben Afflec NOW for good and "save us".

  24. Re:The users... on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 0

    Indeed, it's simple logic. IE is the M$-Window$ default. This behavior makes more likely for computer users with no experience to click everywhere and get adware, viruses, spyware, etc.

    If you are trying to get rid of them, you install some different software, or add more features to the IE. (If you dont want to install another huge program).

    This doesn't imply one software is better or not than the other, but in fact, that the study was made by the "monkeys" someone talks above. There are many variables to measure here.

  25. Re:Heck, join the military on What is the Tech Jobs Situation in Late 2004? · · Score: 0

    4-5 hours away, no car
    Try to go anywhere with no car... It will take a while. A 10 min drive to the mall will be a 40 min ride if you take the bus. (I assume he's using DART).

    However, $19/h doesn't look like an engineering but more like a technical job... still, it is not that good.

    I don't discuss about sports, religion.. I take care of, but politics is the worst, it can even set your karma to bad :(