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  1. Re:Other Controllers on When Emulation Isn't Enough · · Score: 1

    the original nes controller wasnot very comfortable, and there are PC controller looks like that already, there are even ps2 controller that looks like old nes ones.

  2. Re:questions have been raised on Michael Moore Seeks TV Airing of Fahrenheit 9/11 · · Score: 1

    talk about misleading and fake facts:

    isnt that what CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOXNEWS do all the time?

  3. Re:Wow, that's great ... on Running Ancient UNIX On Nintendo Gameboy · · Score: 1

    it probably makes no sense for UNIX V on gameboy advance due to the lack of a keyword

    but I cant wait for some one to port a real OS with handwriting recognition/keyword to the new NDS, which has the touch screen on the bottom, then I can carry it to work, play it during a meeting and if some one asks:

    "come on, it's not a handheld game console, it's a PDA."

    :D

  4. Re:Conservative and don't like Debian? on Using Debian in Commercial Environments? · · Score: 1

    according to my friends working in IBM, they dont love linux, they are just like SUN (I have friends in SUN as well), the only reason they use linux instead of their own OS is to make M$ product price lower....

  5. Re:Uh-Oh on Samsung Introduces Phone With Hard Drive · · Score: 2, Informative

    it's meaningless to put those vendor specific OS onto a cellphone.

    a dell x30 might not be perfect, but it has bluetooth, wifi, SDIO, 624M processor for $267 today

    any one still wants to buy a cellphone over $300?

  6. Re:Form factor on Interview of Danger (Sidekick II) CEO Hank Nothhaft · · Score: 1

    actually you should abondon the ipod and carry the smaller creative Muvo2 4G mp3 player, which is smaller, same capacity as ipod mini but a lot cheaper, also with better sound quality.

  7. Re:gnome people... on Database File System · · Score: 1

    the file system itself should remain same old speed

    just like current M$ indexing service is supposed to use idle time to index stuff

    if the search part is not used all that frequent, it doesnot have to be kernel space and it should be fast enough for users

    again, just my 2 cents.

  8. Re:Actually, not THAT expensive on Sony's HDV 1080i Consumer Camcorder · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I dont think people really care about what they make that much. Without a HD player which can play HD in a disc, where can they store their video clips to? Just divx/xvid clips in HD which is only viewable through computer?

    is there's no disc replacing dvd to promote HD, the future of HD isnt that clear yet.

    for example, NBC broadcasts olympics HD signal of previous day's stuff, instead of the current day's stuff on the non-HD channel. :( that just makes me sad, very very sad

  9. Re:gnome people... on Database File System · · Score: 1

    is this really revolutionary over the file system or just a sub system work with the file system to provide index and additional information of files for search?

    I think it's easier to implement and use, simple to backup and restore if it's not integrated to the file system core.

    just my 2 cents

  10. Re:link on Alienware Reveals 4GHz desktop · · Score: 1

    cant wait for dell to use this water cooling OC system and offer it at half of alienware's price, when it has promotion.

  11. Re:Wonderful on The End Of DirectX As We Know It · · Score: 1

    openGL extensions are not compatible with each other, not to mention so many different shader script stuff

    well, change of name from directX to WGF is just like changing to windows CE to pocketpc OS then to windows mobile edition 2003, I still see same interface, basically.

  12. Re:Yet more good reasons to switch from IE on Exploring Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    no offense, following available from crappy IE:
    1.ctrl+click for new window
    2.find as you type
    3.windows theme
    4.customizable tool bar, link bar
    5.3rd party tool bar, plugin
    6.VS.net for development

    so it boils down to same thing

  13. Re:nice on LCD Pixel Response Time Halved · · Score: 1

    for large LCD, usually native resolution is high. even fastest video card cant handle high resolution that well
    and the background color is too bright for very large LCDs
    dead pixel also hunts it.

  14. Re:Kinda small but they will sell on More on the Portable Media Center · · Score: 1

    when cheap laptops are priced at $500 as well? no way they can sell.

  15. Re:I won't pay $300/year to send mail on Spammers Are Early Adopters of SPF Standard · · Score: 1

    well, your company and your ISP will. :D
    you dont have to have your own smtp server any way.

  16. Re:One of the unfortunate things about Apache... on Hardening Apache · · Score: 1

    at least for a few big firms I know, they dont duck and cover behind apache, just some hardware router or windows software can handle those easily.

  17. Re:wow on Internet2 Speed Record Broken · · Score: 1

    doom3 network doesnot need much bandwidth and very few people would play it for now. since it supports too few players, the maps are all too small so it would be no fun.
    it's mostly a single player game
    on the other hand, is there any harddrive can handle this download speed? so they just save it in memory? or just conceptually "received" those data?

  18. Re:No. on Insurance Companies Try Out Auto Black Boxes · · Score: 1

    the discount is small. I pay $300/6 month for my 2000 camry. I will save very little and I dont want a box to record my speed. everybody drives a little bit over the speed limit, and I think the insurance company will give me almost no discount if that shows up in the "black box".

  19. Re:Good on Cellphones Usable on Airplanes in 2006? · · Score: 1

    "now the plane is about to land, please log out your MMO game account such as UnrealTournament2006, World of warcraft 2. sorry for any inconvenience."

    --wireless broadband on the airplane,
    SKYCOMMUNICATION and the world of future. :D

  20. Re:woah on IBM Recalls 553,000 Laptop Power Units · · Score: 1

    well, dell's market share is pretty good. that's a very succesful business model you cant deny. :D

  21. Re:Nuclear energy works! on China Goes Nuclear · · Score: 1

    hooray!
    everything has a risk. as the microwave, television might explode, or your car can break down
    how to properly deal with the risk and minimize it is the key
    well, nuclear power is not cheap, hope they are not doing this in a hurry.

  22. Re:Axim X30H on Palmtop Nirvana? · · Score: 1

    axim x50 is coming out, which is claimed to have VGA screen, dual card slot (SD/CF), bluetooth and wifi. so x30 is far behind it.

  23. Re:One of the unfortunate things about Apache... on Hardening Apache · · Score: 1

    apache might own 70% of individual, personal web sites, since they are free.
    PC domains like marketwatch.com which handles hundreds of millions of hits every day is behind a router of a PC farm of IIS, which those "survey" doesnot account for.

  24. Re:I'm behind the on Googling Behind China's Great Firewall · · Score: 1

    support
    I remember reading something that USA has internet filter as well

  25. Re:Unlikely on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 1

    great point, same for the fx6800 ultra, PC users can get fx6800 GT for $400 or less, fx6800 ultra for $500 or less, look at that apple price tag, $599...
    btw, PC laptops have 5600go, mobile radeon 9800, I dont see them on macs.