What amazes me is that somebody with a degree in Computer Science is dumb enough to get spyware and not have backups to ensure that his computer could be functional within two days at most.
What also bothered me was that the article gave the impression that spyware "just happens" - by connecting to the Internet, you can get spyware. It should have mentioned how employing a small amount of common sense can keep the computer trouble free.
It doesn't solve the problem of theft. If one is stolen, it might take years to recover it, if at all. Once it is recoevered, it isn't in pristine condition anymore.
More attention should be focused on solving the problem itself than making it easier to apprehend the criminals.
Interesting idea. I don't know if this was intentional, or just because both Luke and Anikan were right handed and Dooku and Vader just wanted to disarm their opponents (I haven't seen Empire Strikes Back in a long time and I haven't seen Attack of the Clones, so I may be wrong about this).
It also beats the crap out of your wallet.
From what I know, the real advantage to SCSI over SATA exists in the workstation/server world, not the general user/gamer world. But I may be wrong.
I usually use the base skin myself, mainly because Winamp sits minimized or in winshade, and I see no reason why I should bother with adding extra eyecandy.
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Microsoft's revolutionary Windows 95 is nearing completion.
Damn! Can't wait!
Can a chess program filter spam?
What amazes me is that somebody with a degree in Computer Science is dumb enough to get spyware and not have backups to ensure that his computer could be functional within two days at most. What also bothered me was that the article gave the impression that spyware "just happens" - by connecting to the Internet, you can get spyware. It should have mentioned how employing a small amount of common sense can keep the computer trouble free.
...I mean how many of you have or use the phone near your computer? Well, why not combine the two!?... It's called a modem, you idiot.
A Mexican astrologer is suing China for disrupting the natural order of the Universe.
It doesn't solve the problem of theft. If one is stolen, it might take years to recover it, if at all. Once it is recoevered, it isn't in pristine condition anymore. More attention should be focused on solving the problem itself than making it easier to apprehend the criminals.
I'd love to see the applications this has in portable electronics, given that it will greatly reduce both power consumption and scale.
Bill Gates is going to be sleeping with the garbage files.
I KNEW they were communists.
The vast majority of those people think that astrology is actual fact-driven science.
Interesting idea. I don't know if this was intentional, or just because both Luke and Anikan were right handed and Dooku and Vader just wanted to disarm their opponents (I haven't seen Empire Strikes Back in a long time and I haven't seen Attack of the Clones, so I may be wrong about this).
Real geeks can do it in their head.
Nah. #4 is in the right spot. What should be before #1 is "I'm a Slashdot editor"
It also beats the crap out of your wallet. From what I know, the real advantage to SCSI over SATA exists in the workstation/server world, not the general user/gamer world. But I may be wrong.
Actually, it is the midrange Toxic x700 that uses liquid mercury. I'd hate to see what Sapphire uses in the x600.
My motherboard has spinning rimms.
Why the hell is this a troll? It's a very good point and I feel the same way.
6. Dupes of previous stories.
No advantages? Imagine all the new things Clippy will be able to do.
This will pop-up ads to a whole new dimension.
I usually use the base skin myself, mainly because Winamp sits minimized or in winshade, and I see no reason why I should bother with adding extra eyecandy.
Unfortunatley, the lasers you see are from the homing system of the missile they just launched.
You missed the biggest one: PMS.