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  1. Re:Not enough... on FCC Considers Taking Action Against Comcast · · Score: 1

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I would think all the stuff you are wanting investigated would fall under the purview of the FTC rather than the FCC.

  2. Re:Pull "common carrier" status on FCC Considers Taking Action Against Comcast · · Score: 1

    IIRC, that's the "safe harbour" provisions. similar concept to common carrier, but not the same thing.

  3. Re:This is why... on G-Archiver Harvesting Google Mail Passwords · · Score: 1

    and even then you might not know. a good programmer could hide a semi trailer full of plutonium in a hundred lines of C. still, having the source does help some, especially when they lack subtlety, like this guy.

  4. Re:Why it's faster on Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 Beta 4 · · Score: 2, Informative

    for those who don't get it, that's the gecko (the rendering engine firefox uses) image decoding libary. i believe the "official" name was "libimg2", but some people apparently thought that name was too boring.

  5. Re:Anti Virus on Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 Beta 4 · · Score: 1

    with the integration, firefox shouts to the AV "hey, I'm downloading executable something.exe. get ready to scan it and I'll let you know when I'm done.".

    without the integration, the AV has to find out for itself that firefox is downloading an executable and check periodically if the download is done yet.

    i would presume that the former is significantly more efficient.

  6. Re:first memory leak post on Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 Beta 4 · · Score: 1

    unless i'm well off-base, firefox stores the pages fully rendered, which requires quite a bit of space for image-heavy pages, as the images need to be in unpacked bitmap (requiring x*y*color depth of memory).

    though 1.2 gigs does seem pretty excessive to me, as i've never seem my usage go above 300 megs. are you meaning "latest version" as in this beta or as in 2.0.0.12?

  7. Re:here's one on iPhone SDK Rules Block Skype, Firefox, Java ... · · Score: 1

    Are you referring to the vuze thing? If you don't like it, it's quite easy to switch back to the older tabbed interface, which I also prefer.

  8. Re:Easier question on Is RIAA's MediaSentry Illegal in Your State? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    AFAIK, Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, and South Dakota have no statewide requirement for private investigators to be licensed.

  9. Re:Take their license away? on FCC Considers Taking Action Against Comcast · · Score: 3, Informative

    cable companies have never been common carriers as far as internet service goes. DSL providers used to be, but aren't anymore.

    what would be the proper course of action would be to remove their DMCA safe harbour status, which would render them liable for any copyrighted material moving through them [that occurs without the right holder's permission].

  10. Re:"Help Desk" is customer service on The Dirty Jobs of IT · · Score: 1

    Every place I've worked that had a decent sized IT department had two types of people; Help Desk / Operators that had been there 10+ years, and help desk staff that got promoted or moved on within six months. at the ISP (Sasktel) help desk job i had last summer, the average lifespan of a consumer-side help desk tech was 12 months. from there they'd be sorted by their skills. some to level 2, some to testing, some to business support, some to 611, some become "hat racks" (someone with the skillsets for all of the above), some to field techs, some become central office techs, etc.
  11. Re:I'm not worried, because... on Unreal Creator Proclaims PCs are Not For Gaming · · Score: 1

    the 360 could run WoW just fine performance-wise (heck, the original xbox meets most of the requirements), but i highly doubt it would be playable with a controller, at least not without implementing some kind of "mouse" cursor (which i don't think would have a good result, and i say that as a pointstick fan), as you'd simply run out of buttons for everything., whereas a keyboard has dozens of available buttons.

  12. Re:I see... on The Cuban Memory Stick Underground · · Score: 1

    is this it? i have one myself. got it on sale on $15. it's my smallest and my largest drive (used to be. got a 4GB sandisk on sale).

  13. Re:Wikipedia? on The Cuban Memory Stick Underground · · Score: 1

    we've got the wikipedia on disc here at 421MB or the direct download from wikimedia here, though i'm not sure how big those are.

  14. Re:So Americans Who Sympathize With Cuba... on Domains Blocked By US Treasury 'Blacklist' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fidel isn't, but Raul Castro is, and he's also mentioned by name in the Helms-Burton act.

  15. Re:So Americans Who Sympathize With Cuba... on Domains Blocked By US Treasury 'Blacklist' · · Score: 1

    Well, how long do you think this one is going to last? he's, what, 76? 5 years might not be too far off.

    Also, I believe it only mentions Raul and Fidel specificly, so if one of Fidel's sons took power, it would end.

  16. Re:So Americans Who Sympathize With Cuba... on Domains Blocked By US Treasury 'Blacklist' · · Score: 1

    The Cuban embargo is plainly stupid, I just don't understand how anyone could not see it. I an quite certain everyone sees it just fine. Just no one wants to admit they were wrong about it.
  17. Re:All those years and we're still sentimental foo on Obituary For the Sony Trinitron · · Score: 5, Informative

    They were stabilising wires to prevent the aperture wires from vibrating in the presence of loud sounds, which would cause the image to flutter and distort temporarily.

  18. Re:This is already done in Saskatchewan on Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy · · Score: 1

    Which side of the province did you live on? As the west half the province has been on year-round DST since 1966 when they synced the entire province to GMT-6.

  19. Re:Why not do it like AZ? on Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy · · Score: 1

    Because Microsoft's software does some real stupid things with timezone info.

    this guy posted a nice diatribe about it.

  20. Re:You're close, actually on Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy · · Score: 1

    Nope. Go google "halloween safety act". The DST extension it proposed was realized in the energy policy act of 2005.

  21. Re:Daylight savings is great. I vote we keep it. on Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    how about you follow our (Saskatchewan's) example and have DST year-round? We've been on DST full-time since 1966.

  22. Re:DST Improves Quality of Life on Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy · · Score: 3, Informative

    We did that here in Saskatchewan. We've been on year-round DST since 1966, a fact the "let's go DST" crowd seems to blissfully ignore.

  23. Re:$600 != $300 ??? on OCZ Prepares Neural Impulse Actuator for Shipping · · Score: 1

    i'm confused myself, as i've seen some articles quoting the price as 300, which is about $600 USD, and others saying $300.

  24. Re:Holy crap! on Researchers Discover Gene That Blocks HIV · · Score: 1

    So people already having aids with be out of luck, regardless of what TFA says. How about people with HIV that hasn't developed into AIDS yet? Would this be of use to them?
  25. Re:Looks like my dreams have been canceled on Bank Julius Baer Issues Statement On WikiLeaks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Homeland Security can be really unforgiving about that sort of thing, you know? the DHS? don't make people laugh, they're wussy amateurs compared to the IRS. they've got what it takes to take what you've got, along with everything you'll ever have. the government takes receiving "their" money very very seriously.