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  1. Re:no offline play = no sale on Blizzard Reveals Diablo 3 (Real Money) Auction House · · Score: 2

    It's 2011. Network connectivity is assumed, and this is nearly always a valid assumption.

  2. Re:So they're using background radiation only? on Radio Energy Harvested With Inkjet-Printed Antenna · · Score: 2

    You'd be using the carrier wave, which contains no information in and of itself.

    It's only the angle-demodulated signal that contains RIAA verboten information.

    (yea... FM broadcasts are NOT SSBSC, so eat me)

  3. Re:Most Interseting part on Aircraft Made From 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    This is my first time coming across the term "geodetic" - and my searching keeps pointing to these guys. The context doesn't fit. What are you talking about?

  4. Re:And this obsession with bass on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 1

    I think that has more to do with the stereo field being larger, meaning the "Sweet spot" is larger.

    Ignore the audiophile bit. I know of that very same idea from my own time behind a mixing console.

  5. Re:Its what the consumers want. on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 1

    They just want a box that noise comes out of, and thats what they purchase.

    You could stuff an angry badger in a box and get the same thing. Thankfully things aren't that bad... yet.

  6. Re:Money is fungible on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 2

    Fungible. Such an interesting word, with such an uninteresting definition.

  7. Re:That's ok on Ubisoft Brings Back Always-Connected DRM For Driver: San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Before you discount me as an astroturfer or MSTard, know that my preferences are Linux. These days Centos6 specifically - even on my netbook (yea, it kicks that much ass)

    Windows can see this. Linux operates off the USB Vendor ID and Product ID. Incidentally this is the same exact bit of information Windows uses to check for (and load, or search for) drivers...

    Indeed, and it does change what kinds of things it wants to do based on what type of device it is. For me (Win7) the only time it seems to want to search for the filetypes and suggest items (basically the replacement for autorun on removable media) is when it's a "mass storage" device. When I plug my scanner in, it shows as a scanner and gives me scanner-related options. I plug in my camera, and it gives me camera related options.

    Perhaps you should upgrade if you're not yet running Windows 7? Really, a lot of things have changed for the better (far outweighs the changes for the worse, IMO).

  8. Re:Industrious on Chinese Couple Sells Kids To Fund Online Gaming · · Score: 1

    If you can pay attention to the hockey game at all, then you're doing it wrong...

  9. Re:I feel like I should... on Security Expert Slams Google+ Pseudonym Policy · · Score: 1

    ... to help support your position: It's also absurdly easy to create such a fake identity with cross-referencing information... ... and if you should be running something other than Debian, enjoy.

  10. Re:The youtube of... on Sharing Electronic Schematics · · Score: 1

    So? Make the contacts leaf sprints underneath a socket-shaped receptacle. put a bunch of chips in place, drop the "lid" down, and there you go. When you're done, lift the "lid" and they pop right up.

    If you're programming 10's of thousands of chips, you either figure something like this out, already have a machine or tool for the process, or have no idea what you're doing and a miracle got you to the 10's of thousands stage...

  11. Re:Why oh why on Sharing Electronic Schematics · · Score: 1

    Because that's not the purpose. If you want to print it, then get the raw file.

    This is intended for easy display. Go to the story and test out the embed. It controls much like Google Maps, except it contains a colorized schematic. ... Pretty damn slick!

  12. Re:It's 2011, don't open the attachment on The Rise of Polymorphic Malware · · Score: 1

    If they are hidden out-of-the-box though, what chance do they have to reach those who would click if they saw it?

    That tiny percentage drops to approaching-zero. Kaboom.

  13. Re:Actually... on Dragon Capsule Could Be 1st Private Craft To Dock With ISS · · Score: 1

    So perhaps being a governmental object doesn't make one not a civilian, but it's still not civilian in the sense that you or I (probably) are.

  14. Re:Falsifying evidence? on NH Man Arrested For Videotaping Police.. Again · · Score: 1

    Please refer to this. It did come from a lawyer.

  15. Re:Bah, humbug, tech writers need help on Intel Details Handling Anti-Aliasing On CPUs · · Score: 1

    So perhaps you can explain this:

    Why would someone use such a stupid term for it, when something much more intuitive like "independently parallel" might suffice?

  16. Re:Any formal training in Comp. Sci. or Comp. Eng. on Intel Details Handling Anti-Aliasing On CPUs · · Score: 2

    Lets be fair, "embarrassingly parallel" is an embarrassingly stupid phrase. It takes a word out of it's normal context.

    You'd think they would chose something less silly sounding and less prone to confusing those who encounter it for the first time. Say, "independently parallel" - seems to sum it up nicely while not confusing the hell out of those unfamiliar with the jargon.

  17. Re:Peak Oil on 3D Hurts Your Eyes · · Score: 1

    No, he unsuccessfully the verb.

  18. Re:Diesel MPG on CEO Confirms Chevy To Sell Diesel Cruze In US · · Score: 1

    I think it would be more appropriate to establish the average gallons-of-crude to gallons-of-$FUEL ratios, and then use that to figure the vehicles MilesPerGallon(ofCrude).

    Much more useful metric.

  19. Re:Falsifying evidence? on NH Man Arrested For Videotaping Police.. Again · · Score: 1

    Now, if you DO have something on you or you DID do something, then you should be careful.

    So "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear?"

    No. You might try reading to the end of the paragraph.

  20. Re:One is compelled to wonder... on Jury Acquits Citizens of Illegally Filming Police · · Score: 1

    You talk like the board would be embedded naked with no protections whatsoever.

    This would be retarded for a variety of reasons!

    The system would be closed and shielded, and the I/O points-of-entry would be protected from such things. Fuses or breakers, if you will.

  21. Re:it's always "resisting arrest" on Jury Acquits Citizens of Illegally Filming Police · · Score: 1

    That's always a fun one, but I love how they tried to apply wiretapping.

    I mean, wtf!?

  22. Re:Falsifying evidence? on NH Man Arrested For Videotaping Police.. Again · · Score: 1

    er, disclaimer: IANAL.

    Now, in the course of my employment I have had to take training and do coursework, because (on paper at least) I had the duties of a security guard in addition to everything else. They also wanted you to have a clue about law as well because of how often nasty situations came up because of stupid customers pissing off the FBI etc. While it wasn't part of the coursework, my teacher in one of those classes (who WAS a lawyer) brought this Miranda stuff up.

  23. Re:Falsifying evidence? on NH Man Arrested For Videotaping Police.. Again · · Score: 1

    It doesn't work that way. The Miranda warning does not invalidate your constitutional rights, which the "Miranda" warning just notifies you of.

    However, if you DO proceed to "waive" your rights and cooperate, you can still withdraw your waiver explicitly. You can't just "clam up" - you have to state, say, "I am invoking my 5th amendment rights" or what-not.

    The important part to note is that there is no point-of-no-return.

    On a side note, they DO NOT have to issue the warning. The only effect this would have is to invalidate your statements prior to the warning's issuance as evidence in a trial (note that this does not mean it invalidates their having probable cause to go about digging further should they decide to)

  24. Re:Falsifying evidence? on NH Man Arrested For Videotaping Police.. Again · · Score: 1

    Disclaimer then: some of my family are cops, and some are soldiers. Perhaps things are just different from this perspective.

  25. Re:Falsifying evidence? on NH Man Arrested For Videotaping Police.. Again · · Score: 1

    Oh yea, because refusing to vacate private property when asked by the owner or an authorized agent of the owner totally isn't trespass.