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  1. Re:Lobby on Windows Longhorn to make Graphics Cards more Important · · Score: 1

    GeforceFX 5200 Ultra. Under $150, 256MB RAM, Supports PS2.0.

    And it's not ATI.

  2. Re:Don't blame the lawyers... on Pair Arrested After Telling Lawyer Jokes · · Score: 1

    Bad laws are still laws you know.

  3. Re:Thats Nothing. on First BitTorrent Arrest in Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    In Singapore it's 29 grams, IIRC.

    Not sure about Malaysia though.

  4. Re:My rights online? on First BitTorrent Arrest in Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    Wasn't he working on a project to make a Linux DVD player at the time though?

  5. Re:My rights online? on First BitTorrent Arrest in Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    The GPL requires that they distribute their source, being able to disassemble isn't good enough.

  6. Re:Which religion? on Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Shinto

  7. Re:Slow news day? on Pair Arrested After Telling Lawyer Jokes · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Ok, I'm not in the US, but I was under the impression that it says thing like the government can't:
    • Stop freedom of speech
    • Stop you from arming yourselves
    • Just arrest people for no reason
  8. Re:Funny on Windows Longhorn to make Graphics Cards more Important · · Score: 1

    Most people are probably using Ethernet, with a Realtek 8139 chipset, which is well supported. If not that, then the one onboard the motherboard (I don't know what nForce support is like, but the Rhine driver works for me).

    Hardware support under Linux isn't that bad.

  9. Re:GDI? on Windows Longhorn to make Graphics Cards more Important · · Score: 1

    Avalon (is it still going to be in Longhorn?) uses DirectX for its graphics.

  10. Re:Slow news day? on Pair Arrested After Telling Lawyer Jokes · · Score: 1

    The constitution is about what the GOVERNMENT can't do, not about what I can't do.

    Your government isn't allowed to stop me from having a fair trial. That doesn't mean that an emotionally shattered lawyer is a breach of the constitution.

  11. Re:If you need to Kompile it yourself... on KDE 3.4 goes Beta · · Score: 1

    I compiled from Knoppix, but put off the openoffice install as long as possible.

    I started the compile, showered, went out to lunch, had a haircut, mowed the lawn, visited some friends.

    Then waited another 5 hours ;)

  12. Re:Firefox? bleh. on Mitch Kapor Warns Against Firefox Gloating · · Score: 1

    It's a fairly good email client. I still prefer Evolution though.

    What we need is a Windows port, that way more people are going to get a chance to try it.

  13. Chandler exists on Mitch Kapor Warns Against Firefox Gloating · · Score: 1

    It's called Evolution

  14. Re:If you need to Kompile it yourself... on KDE 3.4 goes Beta · · Score: 1

    I'm on a 2000+/266 FSB with 256 megs of ram. At least I was out for most of the compile ;)

  15. Re:If you need to Kompile it yourself... on KDE 3.4 goes Beta · · Score: 1

    What are you running? OO took TEN hours for me

  16. Re:Sour Grapes but with a cautionary note on Mitch Kapor Warns Against Firefox Gloating · · Score: 1

    It's a long way from 2% market share to 98%.

    I don't really want it to have 98% marketshare. It would be better for security and web standards if there was an even split between Gecko, KHTML, and MSHTML.

  17. Re:Funny Statistic on Newsy Numbers · · Score: 1

    He's talking about Alcohol. Still BS though.

  18. Re:Hey! What about the children! on FTC Tries to Can Sex Spam · · Score: 1

    You realise that children are already exposed to porn right?

  19. Re:Random thoughts on Fantastic Four Teaser Trailer · · Score: 1

    I haven't seen the Bourne Supremeay, but I've read Identity/Supremacy, and seen the Identity movie. The Bourne Identity wasn't related to the book at all.

    And then there was The Sum of All Fears. I mean WTF??? I still don't know who set off the bomb in that, could someone fill me in?

    They cut out the first 500-800 pages it seems, so I don't really understand the movie at all. Judging by the video game it sounds like some South African guy.

  20. Re:serial RJ45 connectors on Worst Bug or Shortcomings in a Standard? · · Score: 1

    So the bug in the standard is the lack of a standard?

  21. Hard to use on Samsung Launches 3D Movement Recognition Phone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wouldn't this kind of thing be extemely hard to use?

    Imagine having to write an SMS by hand in the air, there would be a much greater strain on your muscles, it can't be done in a small space, and it is SLOW.

    I mean does anyone here like the idea of going back to writing communications by hand? Or for that matter, shaking the input device to do something that can be done by moving your thumb 3cm?

  22. Re:Don't mock the elderly on simPC - Your Grandparents' New Computer? · · Score: 1

    I know some grandpas that would school any of us; they've been using PCs a decade more than I

    Most of us don't. Let's be honest, most people shouldn't ever be allowed to admin *ANY* computer.

    Quite a few people would benefit from a PC that they are not able to run with root privs.

  23. Re:Bad, bad BAD idea. on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 1

    That's assuming that you are replacing the original parts with the more reliable ones...just adding another point of failure won't make it any more reliable.

    I agree about the new cars though. Well, I'm still in high school, my first car is gonna be part of my inheritance...no black box for me ;)

  24. Re:Bad, bad BAD idea. on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 1

    Yes, but, a modern vehicle isn't just adding another point of failure onto an already working older vehicle without improving reliability at all.

  25. Re:Sits back, grabs a drink and.... on End Of Support for Windows NT 4.0 · · Score: 1

    My local library has VT100s. And no, that was NOT a joke.

    I don't know what they're connected to. I really don't want to know...