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  1. Re:It's awesome and all... on US Government Upgrades RAM · · Score: 2, Interesting

    2.5 Tb of magnetic disk space is peanuts. I have almost that much attached to my machine at home for video editing purposes. You are talking less than $2000 for fast 7,200 RPM IDE disks. So perhaps $10-15k for 2.5 Tb of really fast disks.

  2. Re:Assembly AND Military Experience Required on Navy Jet eBayed - Some Assembly Required? · · Score: 1

    aircraft carrier? Replace that "m" on the front with a "b".

  3. Re:Why not have a RAID array of flash cards? on SimpleTech Announces 8GB Compact Flash Card · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How much of a current CF card is packaging? If the standard casing for a CF card is removed, it should be much smaller. The better implementation would be an emulation of a 2.5" drive. Forget software drivers, use hardware to provide a flash drive that the computer sees as a "drive". Plug it into your existing laptop and you have an immediate power and vibration limit reduction.

  4. Re:I like canon on Reviews for Digital Camcorders? · · Score: 1

    I'm also a Canon fan. I use the GL-1 and GL-2, which is a little out of your price range, for all our filmmaking. If you can swing it, look for a lower priced 3-ccd camcorder.

    The Sony TRV-900 is a great deal, if you can find one used. Should be around $1000. You will get a much better picture with a 3-ccd camera than a 1-ccd camera. And you will generally have much better low light capability, also.

  5. Re:we pay for crippled printers? on HP Discusses Anti-Counterfeiting Measures · · Score: 1

    But just like the image loading restrictions in Photoshop CS, it can be a problem if it hinders honest, lawful uses. It is lawful to print money at less than 75% or greater than 150% of actual size. It is also lawful to print it as part of a large graphics design that wouldn't be mistaked for actual money. If it hinders those actions, it is punishing the honest user for doing nothing wrong.

  6. Re:Whatever on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    And you get a bunch of very low voltage, very low current solar cells that are very worthless.

  7. Re:Interesting. on Warspying in San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Actually doesn't the start of "Law and Order" talk about stories taken from real life?

  8. Re:I wish all mail admins.. on More MyDoom Gloom · · Score: 1

    Actually, the right way to do it would be to turn it off only if that particular virus is known to forge the address.

    Which would include almost all viruses spread by email.

  9. Re:Who's at fault here, really? on Another English/Metric "Spacecraft" Problem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pardon me. Perhaps I mis-spoke. How about 25.4000000000000000000 mm per inch?

  10. Re:Imperial, not English... on Another English/Metric "Spacecraft" Problem · · Score: 1

    (IIRC an Imperial pint is 18 fl. oz. while an "English" pint is 16 fl. oz.)

    But most of these were created due to the english affinity towards beer. With a little creative definitions, everyone gets 2 more ounces at the pub.

  11. Re:Who's at fault here, really? on Another English/Metric "Spacecraft" Problem · · Score: 3, Informative

    The conversion formula isn't rocket science. 25.4 mm per inch. It's been that way for a LONG time.

  12. Re:How high? on Mine The Moon For Helium-3 · · Score: 1

    Helium-1 or Helium-2 would be Hydrogen, right?

  13. Re:How will we fund it? Spend it elsewhere! on USA To Return To Moon By 2015, Then Mars · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, you have to build the space station seperate from the moon. How else can my grandchildren look at me strange when they point up and ask if that is the moon and I reply with a chuckle, "That's not a moon. That's a space station."

  14. Re:They didn't spend R&D time or money on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What's in it for Adobe is ticked off consumers who won't be upgrading to Photoshop CS. Sony Vegas now beats Premiere in editing speed and stability, while doing a lot of what Affer Effects was used for. Who wants to step up and twack Adobe again with the Photoshop killer? I know I'm not going past 7.0 for a while, just on principle.

    Adobe didn't add this publically, they hid it. I think that is why most people are angry. "You're telling me that for $650, I got a product that doesn't work like it should?" Most post I have seen from people who need to edit with money are mad. They can't go back to the store and get anything other than an exchange. Add this to the on-line registration issues and CS is just a bad release.

  15. Re:They didn't spend R&D time or money on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The answer is NOTHING is illegal with scanning a $20 bill. It only becomes illegal if you print it out withing 75% - 150% or real size, with no madification which would make it obviously not valid currency. This is a useless way of trying to control a crime by punishing those who don't perpetuate the crime the most.

    Realistically, how is this going to stop counterfitting? They will download a copy of Photoshop 7 off of a warez site, get a serial and counterfit away. It is just a joke.

  16. Re:What were they thinking? on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 5, Informative

    Lots of artist use images of money, legally, in creation of their artwork. Therefore fighting counterfitting is a way to keep them from being able to do their job. You think that average graphics artist has the time to wait for a 2-3 week response for an image they can use when putting together something? Get real. It is legal to scan and use money in the US. It is illegal to print it in a form that looks like real money and if within 75% to 150% of real size. It is not illegal to print a piece of artwork that incorporates an image of money as part of the composition.

    It seems like, from the backlash and speed problems of Photoshop CS, Photoshop 7 will be around for quite a while to come.

  17. Re:What, like movies? on Will TiVo Destroy Ad-Supported TV? · · Score: 1

    Because Hardees burgers used to be the most pathetic wastes of beef in the world. A majority of the people who have tried the old Hardees burgers will never go back. Now, they are the best burger you can buy from any fast food chain. The ad is just trying to convey that message.

  18. Re:how was this legal? on IM Usage & Awareness Services · · Score: 1

    hattay is hyway I earnedlay igpay atinlay.

  19. Re: earning it's hype on Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown · · Score: 1

    I don't know if other LOTR movies will be made. It would be a tough bar to raise.

  20. Re: earning it's hype on Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown · · Score: 1

    It was weak, because that was the only part in the movie that screamed at me "CG! CG! CG!" The physics were just totally wrong.

  21. Re:LOTR Hype on Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the wrap up will be told in a voiced over "where are they now" sort of way. If they filmed a few representative scenes, that wouldn't be a terrible way to wrap it up, given the time constraints of a motion picture.

    I would really like to see the entire wrap-up though. I think the battle at the shire is really important to actually book end the films. It shows jus twhat a transformation that the Hobbits have gone through.

  22. Re:Fahrenheit Weight? on Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown · · Score: 1

    I think it is closer to a Kilogram velocity.

  23. Re:$600 Million on NASA Debates How And When To Kill Hubble Telescope · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And the added possibility that if they mess something up, it will be a total loss... Unlike the Hubble.

  24. Re:huh? on Jail Time for Movie Swappers · · Score: 1
  25. Re:More importantly!!! on The Ten Most Overpaid Jobs In The U.S. · · Score: 1

    I'm supposed to type "Booooooo", but I did laugh out loud. :)