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  1. Re:Not the first Sanyo Battery Recall.... on Sanyo Blamed in Lenovo Battery Recall · · Score: 1

    I find it really amusing that there must be some people out there who accidentally dropped their laptop.

    I thought dropping a laptop was bad enough but Sanyo just had to make them explode when dropped.

  2. Re:Ideas or Criticism on Dell Censors IdeaStorm Linux Dissent · · Score: 1

    Screw preinstalling Linux. Thats not needed atm.

    Just make sure that the Linux kernel supports Dell computers 100% to start with.
    Doing that is pretty quick compared to offering a particular distro.

  3. Re:Patents haven't been about innovation for years on Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again · · Score: 1

    That will be their loss.

    More complex protocols mean more work to implement them and more overhead.
    It opens the door for other protocols to do the job properly.

  4. Re:And that.... on Growth of E-Waste May Lead to National 'E-Fee' · · Score: 1

    Just give me all your unneeded computer equipment. I wouldnt mind having some old Pentiums around.

    Instead of throwing them away the government should find a way to recycle them.

  5. Re:So what on Audio Watermark Web Spider Starts Crawling · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Whoa. Deja Vu. Didnt they say that about HD-DVD and Vista's new security?

  6. Re:Cool on Chinese Develop Remote Controlled Pigeons · · Score: 1

    But that wouldnt really make it fly normally via a joystick.

  7. Re:Cool on Chinese Develop Remote Controlled Pigeons · · Score: 1

    I dont think a bird could fly normally if it was getting pain impulses.

    If someone was pricking your left leg with a pin would you turn? You'd probably flinch or something.

  8. Re:It's like falling and missing the ground on First Dynamically Balancing Biped Robot · · Score: 2, Informative

    Its hardly used for support. Most robots use the cord for debugging output and to collect related data while the robot is moving.

  9. Re:Even if it is from Microsoft... on Microsoft "SiteFinder" Quietly Raking It In · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Whats wrong with a perfectly normal DNS error?

  10. Re:Oh please on Windows Genuine Advantage Gets More Lenient · · Score: 1

    Slightly more complex? You call rand() a complex operation?

  11. Re:Oh please on Windows Genuine Advantage Gets More Lenient · · Score: 1

    Why cant someone just check against the WGA server to find blocks of keys which are legit?

    It gives us a easy way to do just that.

  12. Re:Just in from bash.org on Vista Worse For User Efficiency Than XP · · Score: 1

    How does it compare to 'locate'.

    My guess is that its horribly slow in comparison.
    I cant see Microsoft ever being able to search the entire hard drive in under a second.

  13. Re:Sorry Skinflute.. We are a Democracy. on Avoiding the Word "Evolution" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How the hell do you electroplate a non-conducting surface?

  14. Re:Gunshots on Surveillance Cameras Get Smarter · · Score: 1

    Someone tried that in Australia recently.

    They must have gotten a ticket for running a red light because they shot the lens of a red light camera.
    Pity they didnt have the brains to realize that they were bullet proof.

  15. Re:There are times on GE Announces Advancement in Incandescent Technology · · Score: 1

    What are your concerns? I must have missed them.

    Ignoring the odd case where you cant use fluorescent bulbs, there isnt much of a reason why not to use them.
    The inital cost is absorbed by the electricity you save.

  16. Re:Yes on Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia · · Score: 1

    What are little kids doing watching TV at 8:30 anyway?

  17. Re:A big strike against Net Neutrality on Does the Internet Need a Major Capacity Upgrade? · · Score: 1

    Multicast fixes many of those problems.
    Really popular video on YouTube? Just get a group of people requesting it and send the video once.

    You can tell GoogleBot to slow down if you didnt already know. http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/
    Add your site (dont need a sitemap) and edit the Crawl Rate.

  18. Re:Microsoft vs. Google on Microsoft Testing "Pay-As-You-Go" Software · · Score: 1

    You call buying Microsoft products a money saving investment?

  19. Re:RAID5. on Recovering a Wrecked RAID · · Score: 1

    Not if one of the hard drives is reading data when the write command comes in.
    Then the read command has to complete first.

  20. Re:RAID5. on Recovering a Wrecked RAID · · Score: 1

    At least in Australia around June last year the sweet spot was 4x320gig 16mb cache drives.
    Not sure if prices have changed since then but that gives you 1.2TB for the least amount of money.

    I did get that setup and RAID 5 is running on the four drives. Works well.

  21. Re:RAID5. on Recovering a Wrecked RAID · · Score: 1

    I use RAID 5 at home just for a little more piece of mind.

    When your making a terrabyte server you dont want to lose a terrabyte of data overnight.

  22. Re:If it won't work with what you need... on Software Missing From Vista's "Official Apps" · · Score: 1

    I can see the marketing campaign now:

    Windows Vista: Now supporting over 800 applications!

  23. Re:Hijack a Election? on The World's First National Internet Election · · Score: 1

    Well I think thats a good thing since the malware authors would be smarter than the idiots who dont have any protection. ;)

  24. Re:Well, if everybody else is doing it.... on The World's First National Internet Election · · Score: 1

    Funny how making voting compulsory makes faking stuff a lot harder.
    Cant just add 10,000 to your candidate's tally.

  25. Re:Well.. on The World's First National Internet Election · · Score: 1

    Your hardly helping at all if you dont vote. Doesnt matter that neither candidates are decent.