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  1. Re:Capturing Mindshare... on Seagate Acknowledges Problems With 1.5-TB HDD · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd worry about a SSD being destroyed too quickly with certain database loads.

    If its mostly read then yeah the SSD would kick butt but throw in frequent writing and I'd get worried.

  2. Re:I bet... on How 10 Iconic Tech Products Got Their Names · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey if there was a patchy helicopter with me in its cross hairs I would be running pretty fast - not that running would do me much good. :P

  3. Re:I bet... on How 10 Iconic Tech Products Got Their Names · · Score: 2, Informative

    Erm wasnt that Linksys?

    If I recall correctly they didnt actually make a product for sale.

    Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

  4. Re:let it collapse on 40-Gbps DDoS Attacks Worry Even Tier-1 ISPs · · Score: 1

    Wouldnt you need more skilled labour than unskilled labour for bridges, power, water and similar things?

  5. Re:Try YouMail... on Where Have All the Pagers Gone? · · Score: 1

    Some operators over here in Australia (e.g. Virgin) do the opposite.

    Free calls and txts to anyone else on the network.
    You can go absolutely nuts with them and they wont charge you a cent for those calls/txts.

  6. Re:They're insane. on Vital Parts of Games As DLC? · · Score: 1

    So....this is them *still* making crap but they are reducing the price a little so they can make more money off said crap.

    And if it by some miracle does take off they can go 'Ha!' and slap the full price on it.

  7. Re:"Best"? on Ioke Tries To Combine the Best of Lisp and Ruby · · Score: 2

    Have you had your eyes checked recently?
    If you cannot see *that* many brackets then something is horribly wrong. ;)

  8. Re:Bug on How to Search Today's Usenet For Programming Information? · · Score: 1

    Wow thats a pretty shocking bug. Good find.

  9. Re:monkey see monkey do on Microsoft Working On Its Own App Store · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yes if you ignore the multibillion dollar cost of the actual console which has extremely high failure rates.

    Thats quite a big thing to ignore you know. :P

  10. Re:Way to go! on NYCL Responds to RIAA Accusations · · Score: 1

    HE'S A TERRORIST!!! BURN HIM!!!!

    (stupid filter doesnt like caps - yes I know I'm yelling)

  11. Re:Beating Word will be hard on ODF Toolkit Announced · · Score: 3, Informative

    Erm I've *never* had a problem with OOo reading doc formats (or even ppt and xls).
    Apparently there are the occasional glitch when saving complex documents in Microsoft's format, but I havent seen any.

  12. Re:Nah on Are Neo-Retro Game Releases a Fad? · · Score: 1

    Ahhh memories. Yes I did miss a few. :)

  13. Re:Nah on Are Neo-Retro Game Releases a Fad? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A good game is one which you will play 5, 10 or even 20 years later.
    Not one which has millions of polygons and looks pretty.

    That requires superb, original gameplay.
    I can only name a handful - Quake, Total Annihilation, Zork and a few more.

  14. Re:This is still unreleased test demo's on Red Hat & AMD Demo Live VM Migration Across CPU Vendors · · Score: 1

    Not AMD to Intel and vice versa, thats the real breakthough.

  15. Re:Linux Story on Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS · · Score: 1

    eclean distfiles removes old distfiles which arent required by any packages.

    There is only something like that every 6 months or so. The one before that must have been expat breaking compatibility.

    But generally the new preserved-rebuild feature in the ~arch portage should stop that from happening anymore.

  16. Re:Linux Story on Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS · · Score: 1

    Thats why they added the --keep-going tag.
    It can be useful when your doing a lot of updates.

  17. Re:why does it automaticly mean linux? on Microsoft Discontinues Windows 3.x · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can you imagine Vista, running on the back of every seat in a A380?

    Super computers are heavy you know, and have you seen Vista's power usage?
    The jet needs the engines for flight you know.

  18. Re:Why don't these companies hire designers? on New "MP3 100% Compatible" Logo For DRM-Free Music · · Score: 1

    They do. It probably cost a few hundred million.

  19. Re:Drivers/embedded on Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS · · Score: 1

    I seem to have I2C drivers up and running on both my old P4 desktop and my new laptop.

    lm_sensors uses it.
    All the temp readings and voltages are over I2C.
    Uses the same code as the embedded devices.

  20. Re:Linux Story on Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nothing to do with drivers. :P

    No clue about Ubuntu but Gentoo not only detects breakages such as that but can also prevent anything bad from happening until its fixed.
    Not sure why Ubuntu left the old version.

    Posted from a 4 or 5 year old Gentoo install.
    Updates are smooth. :)

  21. Re:Are they distributing the software? on Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL · · Score: 1

    The GPL does specifically state that you need to host the source for at least 3 years, if its modified or not.

    Its so you will always be able to find a copy.
    Older versions seem to be more difficult to find.

    And no they only need to provide source to their customers for the GPLed parts.

  22. Re:This isn't "green" on Portable Solar Power For Portable Hardware? · · Score: 1

    Need to make CO2 to save CO2?

    Uh huh. No.

  23. Re:Encryption is good for security, bad for perfor on Resisting the PGP Whole Disk Encryption Craze · · Score: 1

    Yes it does have a UPS, and the important data is mostly read and not written.

  24. Re:Encryption is good for security, bad for perfor on Resisting the PGP Whole Disk Encryption Craze · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Linux software RAID 5 uses 2% CPU under heavy load.

    Given the fact that you can always recover your data with any Linux livecd gives it a definite edge over a hardware raid solution where you need a similar model to read the data.

  25. Re:Or, for Aussies... on Explore the Web From China · · Score: 1

    Which is nice. The Australian National Archives already use ODF for all their archived documents. :)