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  1. What can you do now. on Give Your Child the Gift of an Alzheimer's Diagnosis · · Score: 0

    Teach your child to focus on their own health. There are studies that prove spices such as turmeric contain chemicals that help brain activity and reduce the chances of getting Alzheimer's.

  2. Re:I guess I'm stupid, too. on US Students Struggle With Understanding of the 'Equal' Sign · · Score: 1

    Or rewriting the equation: 4+3+2=()+2, 9=()+2

  3. Re:I guess I'm stupid, too. on US Students Struggle With Understanding of the 'Equal' Sign · · Score: 1

    No, you are wrong. In your example () + 2 would equal 9, not 2.

  4. Re:Any usefulness? on Darwin's Voyage Done Over, Live · · Score: 1

    How can we know if there WILL be any usefulness to this project since it just set sail yesterday September 13, 2009. Lets check back and answer this question sometime in May 2010 (assuming the trip completes as scheduled).

  5. Re:Worried about the results of your actions? on Why Should I Trust My Network Administrator? · · Score: 1

    If you trust no one, then maybe you should take a few classes and do ALL of the work in the company (accountant, IT guru, shipping clerk, receptionist, janitor).

  6. I got bitten. on Windows XP Flaw 'Extremely Serious' · · Score: 1

    I visited the website http://www.heaven666.org/ today to see the latest bloppers and pics (some mature content) and I got bite the second the webpage loaded. Symantec 10.0 notified me, quarentined the file but was unable to remove it so far.

  7. Dell boards with bad caps. on PCs Plagued by Bad Capacitors · · Score: 1

    We have alreay replaced almost 200 Dell GX-260/270 system boards out of the 450+ we have at work that are being recalled and repaired under warranty by Dell. I guess you get what you pay for. I would rather spend a few dollars more and get better quality control.

  8. 209th anniversary of Windows. on 20th Anniversary of Windows · · Score: 1

    I still have my original four 5 1/4" floppies of Windows 1.01 that I purchased the first week Windows was released. I still have two 5 1/2" drives at home, but I haven't tried installing Windows 1 for about 5 years now. Anyone want to guess how much these floppies would be worth?

  9. Visicalc on The First Killer App: VisiCalc · · Score: 1

    I remember this app well.

    I used it on an Apple II Plus with 16K RAM (yes you read that correctly, 16 Kbytes, not MBytes).

    The spreadsheet could be 255 rows by 243 columns.

    This was all done with monochrome graphics on a 12 inch green screen.

    Bring back 1978 again.

  10. Cheapskate. on Always-On Internet For Cheapskates? · · Score: 1

    You better add up the total cost of dialup and an ISP when comparing it to cable or dsl.

    I spend almost $10 per month less with cable that I di with a phone line and dialup.

    I get 4MBits/second downloads with Comcast.

  11. Improvements in data center technologies on Half of U.S. I.T. Operations Jobs to Vanish · · Score: 1

    Yea right. This sounds like it applies to less than 5% of the companies in the US. The company I am an IT contractor at is still running Windows 95 on half of the computers. Do you know how many tech support calls we get every day? New technologies cost money and not that many companies are willing to spend much now. The last 3-4 years have been hard, but it looks like things are going to get better this year.

  12. Ubuntu 64 bit Linux. on Ask Ubuntu Founder (And Astronaut) Mark Shuttleworth · · Score: 1

    I tried Ubuntu twice during the time I was trying to complete my dual Opteron 64 bit computer.

    The first time was a few weeks ago and I had trouble installing it. The second time it installed fine, but there was no support (that I could find) to use the second processor.

    Is there any plans on making the Ubuntu kernel SMP capable?

    My bigest complaint about the release, is that the install process assumes to much (to make the install simpler in the ads). I would prefer to have more control during the install process to add/remove/change the settings and configurations.

  13. My fuel economy. on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    My 2001 Toyota Prius hybrid gets consistanly 48-50 miles per gallon. I have replaced the junk OEM tires with Goodyear Weatherhandlers rated for 65,000 miles. I have all four tires inflated to 50psi and I rarely get less than 520 miles per tank fillup.

    If you drive with a lead foot, then of course your mileage will be significanly less than mine.

  14. re:bandwidth usage and AUP. on How Much Broadband Usage is Too Much? · · Score: 1

    My broadband ISP (Comcast Cable) has never sent me or my family any kind of similar letter. I pay for 3 MBits/sec downloads and we use the available bandwidth as much as possible. My oldest also uses BitTorrent to download animes and such while I download ISO images of various Linux distros for testing along with driver updates and OS updates.

    If I would get such a letter, then I would tell them to shove the broadband connection and hook up with someone else.

  15. My first.......... on First Computers · · Score: 1

    It was a lump of a beast. An Apple II+ with 16Kb of RAM and dual 5 1/4" floppy drives and a green monochrome monitor. Heck, I still even have my first copy of Windows 1.01 on 5 1/4" floppies from 1985.

  16. Re:Update on Familiar Distribution for iPAQ Handhelds · · Score: 1

    I downloaded and installed the 0.7.2 release of GPE this morning. So far, so good.

    I have a Compaq iPaq 3650 upgraded to 64MB RAM and a PCMCIA sleeve with a Linksys wireless NIC and an IBM 340MB microdrive used for file storage and flashing the updates. You simply copy the zip file to the microdrive (I also have an Ipaq 3970 still with WinCE 2002 on it) and then using the bootloader installed using hyperterminal (as mentioned before) you execute a flash loader that reads right from the microdrive (or CF memory card). The entire process now takes only a few minutes but the first time it is slow using hyperterminal to load the files. What is really nice is that you can reflash back to Windows CE if you ever want to. There are many copies of the ROM image available and lots of extra support in case of problems. The Wiki documentation does seem to be scattered and slightly unorganized (which makes sense since it is being written by lots of different people) but it did answer my questions so far.