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  1. Re:Deaf people? on World's Most Powerful Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    i know a kid who is deaf that can tune a system amazingly well, so i would assume your right.

  2. Re:Maybe true, but not necessarily desirable on Windows and Linux User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    ever heard of cp? does the same exact thing that drag&drop does but without the gui

  3. Re:IRC Is Powerful on IRC as a World-Changing Medium · · Score: 1

    one of my friends meet his wife on irc also, seems to happen quite often i guess.
    now i'm wondering when it's my turn.

  4. Re:iPod nano review on Ars Technica Vivisects A Video iPod · · Score: 1

    the video ipod has a hd, the nano does not. thus the video ipod wont hold up as well but should be similar to previous ipods durability wise.

  5. Yellow toner on Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked · · Score: 2, Funny

    No wonder the yellow always runs out first!

  6. Re:Fixing Dead Zones? on Massachusetts Plans a Cell Phone Bill of Rights · · Score: 1

    state overrides municipalities just as federal overrised state

  7. Re:SD Card on Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    you can do that with with memory stick, provided that all the devices are sony.

  8. Re:Engineers on Why Students Are Leaving Engineering · · Score: 1

    and charge you 90 cents to do it.

  9. Re:Not exactly.... on Eight Charged in Episode III Early Release · · Score: 1

    it also hit #7 on the all time top 100 at the box office.

  10. Re:NO GMAIL on Infrastructure for One Million Email Accounts? · · Score: 1

    John Simpson has a combined patch set for qmail. He has a few of his own patches in the mix as well.
    i've been running a qmails erver using his patch for almost a year and i love it.

  11. Re:Drives? Hard Drives? on Mazda Switches To USB Keys · · Score: 1

    The key can also be used to transfer things like driving instructions or music to the car's hard drive. i don't want a car that can crash on it's own, i have enough trouble with people crashing into my car as it is.

  12. Re:Get off BIOS on The Boot Loader Showdown · · Score: 1

    thats because it is an oldworld mac, it was buggy. newworld macs are much better.

  13. Re:Installing a modem at age 12 on 10 Computer Mishaps · · Score: 1

    i hotswap floppy drives all the time, never had a problem.

  14. Re:Get a console... on Discussing Logitech's New Gaming Mice · · Score: 1

    my MX518 "Gaming Mouse" is very good for CAD, the best i have ever used.

  15. Re:SATA-150 and Ultra ATA-133? on High-End, High-Capacity SATA-150 Roundup · · Score: 1

    i have one from a dif mfg, it works fine and looks a ton better, all enclosed.

  16. Re:Preposterous on It isn't Easy Being Green and Getting to LEO · · Score: 1

    i belive Enterprise has also been canabalized as much as possible to keep the other orbiters in working order.

  17. Re:I predict that data thieves will love this! on Cell Phones Predict the Future · · Score: 1

    i was thinking the same thing

  18. Re:Old does not mean useless on Win2000 Still Performs on 8-year-old Hardware · · Score: 1

    i recently installed Slackware 10.1 on a Compaq Armada 1130T laptop that i got free, and it works quite well. i havent tried Win200 yet because it may be a bit of a trick since the cdrom is parallel.

  19. Re:New Format on The End of a Floppy Era · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but how do you save the original bios image to a cd? yes i know some motherboards will still boot after a failed flash, but not all will.

  20. Re:That's pretty stupid on Internet to Pakistan Goes Down · · Score: 1

    56 Marietta says they havent needed the backup generators in over 8 years. i assume they are deisel generators. diesel has a storage life of no more than 2 years. i hope there is someone that keeps an eye on that stuff.

  21. Re:Lets get the facts straight on Felony Charges For H.S. Hacking · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've been in a similar situation, and i'll say this. If you have a few teachers on your side and maybe a friend w/ a parent on the school board you will be fine.
    Almost all the stuff that i did was white hat, reinstalling windows, fixing drivers, but i knew more than the admin and that made them fear me. after everything blew over i went right back to doing that stuff for one of the labs.

  22. Re:Need more power... on GeForce 7800 GTX Review · · Score: 1

    mine is a GT though, that one is a vanilla, which should run passive quite well w/ that heatpipe system (it's quite bulky)

  23. Re:Need more power... on GeForce 7800 GTX Review · · Score: 1

    i have the gugabyte 6800GT w/ the heatpipes. it's not completely silent, it does have a fan, but it is very quiiet. (like i care, the 2 120mm fans make enough noise to cover any other sounds in the case)

  24. Re:And the heating system on If Bad Software Developers Built Houses... · · Score: 1

    i work for a structural engineer, and we get alot of things like that all the time.

  25. Re:Cell phone manufacturers to follow? on Apple to Recycle your iPod for Free · · Score: 1

    most UPS mfgs will take back the old batteries when you order a new one also.