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  1. Re:the blame game on State of WLAN Support on Linux? · · Score: 1

    The handful of commands necessary to connect to any AP? On gentoo, you put about as much information into a config file once as you would in windows setting up the network (none if it's broadcasting an ESSID and not encrypted), and start /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 whenever you want to connect (or in my case, ngc -u net/wlan0)

  2. Re:What do these experiments entail? on MythBusters - The Lost Experiments · · Score: 1

    yes, but instead of SI, it's Kari in a bikini.

  3. Re:500 parts per million? on NASA Probes Shuttle Oxygen Leak · · Score: 1

    funny, oxygen + burnable substance + ignition source used to be = slingshot around the moon and everyone gets back alive.

  4. Re:Hmmmm ..... on Macro Lens from a Pringles Can · · Score: 1

    platters from old, broken hard drives work better.

  5. Re:I saw this on TV on Tux Can Even Milk Cows! · · Score: 1

    I saw the word genetic manipulation in the paragraph to which you were replying, don'tcha know?

    I can see PETA replacing 'selective breeding' with 'genetic manipulation', don'tcha know?

  6. Re:Only two problems... on The End Of The Light Bulb? · · Score: 1

    The motion-sensing circuitry expects a fully resistive load, and the CFs just freak out the circuit causing flicker or total failure to light.

    fully resistive wouldn't be the right term to use, as even incandescent lights aren't. They're just a big coil of wire, and the inductance of the coil outweighs the capacitance between turns. Try running an incandescent bulb on 120VDC -- it'll be noticably brighter.

    (and no, there's no efficiency increase involved, all you're doing is raising the resistive voltage component by eliminating the inductive voltage drop, and susceptance doesn't consume power.)

  7. Re:From the FAQ on LEDs on The End Of The Light Bulb? · · Score: 1

    bridge rectifier would count as supporting circuitry.

    And without some sort of current limiting circuitry, an LED on AC will either be on for a very small duration at the very peak of the waveform, or will draw far too much current when the voltage rises too far above the voltage drop of the LED.

  8. Re:Riddle on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    Your logic is flawed -- when one goat is revealed, you now have a 1 in 2 chance of either event. THEN you switch. Still a 1 in 2 chance in either case then, so it becomes a guessing game.

    Or, look at it this way. you could go:
    goat1->goat2
    goat2->goat1
    car->goat2
    car->goat1
    goat1->car
    goat2->car
    when you switch. When monty reveals one of the goats, 4 of those possibilities disappear, and you're left with 1 goat->car and 1 car->goat.

  9. Re:Goatse link on Toyota Develops New Plant Species · · Score: 1

    I didn't look further, but perhaps their discussion forum stuff got hijacked?

    nope, it's a javascript redirect in the headline in the page title.

  10. Re:Otherpower.com Rules! on How to Build a 17-ft Wind Turbine · · Score: 1

    okay, are they using a squirrel-cage blower with some other sort of (most likely PM) motor, or are they using an actual squirrel-cage inductive motor (which means you have to apply voltage to it and spin it faster than it wants to go on its own to get it to generate power)?

  11. Re:ICMP flaw #1 on Linux: it's in the kernel on Examining ICMP Flaws · · Score: 1

    okay, am I really confused here, or does this make no sense? Parent, if we should move ICMP to userland, what about TCP and UDP?

  12. Re:this is news? on PHP Blogging Apps Open to XML-RPC Exploits · · Score: 1

    now, honest question here, is this the same exploit that has had gentoo hard-masking wordpress for some time now?

  13. Re:NAT on Federal Agencies Must Use IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1
    nat on $ext_if from $int_if.network to any -> ($ext_if)
    pass all
    that's basic NAT right there. Note that you can still very well connect to the machine doing the translation. Stopping that requires firewalling:
    block in on $ext_if
    pass out on $ext_if keep state
  14. Re:Build the datacenter in alaska on Keeping a Data Center Cool on the Cheap · · Score: 1

    That sounds like complete and utter bull to me. I've never heard of such a fine -- and I work on gensets for a caterpillar dealer.

    In fact, one job I worked on was a sawmill where they used an old 3406 (mechanical, ~15L, 350kW -- same base engine used in a lot of trucks) prime-rated genset for their sole source of power. No utility hookup whatsoever.

    If you're really concerned about emissions, get an electronically-controlled genset and an SCR system.

    And if you want to save more money, consider peak shaving (running the generator when power demand is high in order to get a lower rate from the utility company -- and no, you don't have to push power to the grid).

  15. Re:Since I don't really require the article... on Zalman Showcase Massive P4 Heatsink · · Score: 1

    not true, a good portion of that is converted to kinetic energy (moving the air)

    I'd like to know what they're smoking making a 2hp DC motor, though

  16. Re:Entertainment? on Lycos Germany to No Longer Store IP Data · · Score: 1

    wait a minute, since when is porn a bad thing?

  17. Re:Sounds good to me... on Could Microsoft Buy Red Hat? · · Score: 1

    because after the initial setup, compile times don't matter, unless you absolutely *have* to have the new version *now*. If you need all the CPU time you have dedicated to serving, compile on one system and push the resulting packages out to the rest.

  18. Re:Correct prefixes on Your Hard Drive Lies to You · · Score: 1

    kinki = 6969

    yeah, I'd say a double 69 is a bit kinky.

  19. Re:SMS Spam is worse on Cell Phone Virus Threat Overblown · · Score: 1

    I've gotten neither the virii or the SMS spam. but that might be because I still use a clunky old analog phone that doesn't support such things...

  20. Re:Some of your computers don't have 512 megs? on ATI Announces 512MB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    why? because I don't have any better use for it at this time. it's going to be used as a server as well at some point.

  21. Re:Some of your computers don't have 512 megs? on ATI Announces 512MB Graphics Card · · Score: 0, Redundant

    even my router has 512 megs of PC133! get with it, people!

  22. Re:Geist's blog on U.S. Rejects Canadian Rejection of DMCA · · Score: 1

    that's what I was wondering.

  23. Geist's blog on U.S. Rejects Canadian Rejection of DMCA · · Score: 2, Informative

    Am I the only one
    who finds it
    incredibly hard to
    read Geist's blog
    when the text wraps
    every three or four
    words?

  24. Re:"Unhackable Code"? on Using Diamonds to Create Unhackable Code · · Score: 1

    actually, a MITM would be easy enough -- just retransmit. same way you'd put a bridge between an ethernet cable and its switch to snoop on it.

  25. is it just me, or... on Graphical Gentoo Installer In The Works · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why does everyone seem to think that gentoo is "known for its speed" because it is source-based? The whole compiling-it-yourself thing isn't worth it as far as performance gains go. However, there's also the customization aspect.

    And yes, I am a gentoo user.