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  1. Re:Can someone explain... on Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard · · Score: 1

    Yes. The hardware has been here, and we never really got derailed from the 64-bit track.

    Now we are waiting for "OS" vendors and peripheral companies to get off their asses and move to 64-bit, like we would have been doing anyways, had the multi-core 'revolution' never happened.

    I quote "OS" because of the fact that all major operating systems EXCEPT Microsoft's shit have been ready and waiting for the 64-bit changeover for a while now. Yes, I rather strongly dislike Microsoft, it's activities, and it's products. I will not hide it.

  2. Re:Inevitable on Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard · · Score: 1

    Dell is not an OEM? Is not Dell selling laptops with Ubuntu on it? Last I checked Ubuntu ran Linux...

  3. Re:Oh just jump to 64bit already MS on Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard · · Score: 1

    Yes, Linux can run 32-bit binaries in a 64-bit kernel/userspace, as long as the required libraries for the binary are also present in a 32-bit flavor. are around.

  4. Re:24/96? on Speculation On a Lossless iTunes Store · · Score: 1

    True, that is insane, especially as the spark from that 120v connection can spray the gold right off of the connector on enough uses, causing MORE problems than it would have solved.

    Besides, if your power source effects your sound, you may want to invest in a better power supply and proper grounding.

  5. Re:The Gist on Tunguska Blast Was a Small Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Yes, because we all know Morgan was responsible for writing all his own lines.

  6. Re:24/96? on Speculation On a Lossless iTunes Store · · Score: 1

    Those gold plugs actually do something. They resist corrosion, and because of the softness of gold, you get a better connection as the gold/gold connection "melds" together a bit.

    It's the same reason why any PCI/AGP/CPU/etc has gold connectors.

  7. Re:Have they even seen "I Am Legend!" on Synthetic DNA About To Yield New Life Forms · · Score: 1

    Er, no, I don't think they would see that. In fact, I don't see how anyone could see that.

  8. Re:Linux newb having trouble with OpenGL. on Microsoft and Google Duke It Out For the Future · · Score: 1

    Sounds like an alpha mask, used with a technique called multi-pass rendering.

  9. Re:This ruling is both good and bad... on Encryption Passphrase Protected by the 5th Amendment · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, it will protect them, as it should. They are not terrorists until PROVEN so, not because we suspect them to be - just like you are not necessarily a selfish jerk, even though I suspect you are.

  10. Re:If not anything else... on Encryption Passphrase Protected by the 5th Amendment · · Score: 1

    "Still can't remember. Don't you feel like an ass now, judge? Oh, what did you have for dinner 2 years, 1 month, and 65 days ago?"

  11. Re:less memory! on KDE 4 Uses 40% Less Memory Than 3 Despite Eye-Candy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Modern operating systems would be the qualifier, here..

  12. Re:uClibc? pffft... on KDE 4 Uses 40% Less Memory Than 3 Despite Eye-Candy · · Score: 1

    You should try using "strip" when you're done linking.

  13. Re:Passive Defence on Boeing 12,000lb Chemical Laser Set to Fry Targets · · Score: 1

    This laser targets ground targets, not airborne vehicles or projectiles.

  14. Re:Passive Defence on Boeing 12,000lb Chemical Laser Set to Fry Targets · · Score: 1

    You all are missing something...

    This laser is Air-to-Ground, rockets are NOT the target, ground installations and/or vehicles are!

  15. Re:Radio 1 report. on CDN Forces Reactor Online Against Safety Regulations · · Score: 1

    Because that would make sense!

  16. Re:The Sage Notebook on Open Source 'Sage' Takes Aim at High End Math Software · · Score: 1
    I have my own sage install and notebook running, but I can't figure out how to use it. The documentation tells me what the notebook is, how the notebook works, and how the notebook is built. It doesn't tell me how to use the notebook.

    I can type in text, create new 'blocks' to type text in, and remove blocks, but that is it. I can't seem to get any kind of output.

    I'm using firefox 2.0.0.6, and I don't have anything blocked/disabled.

    The only clue I can find is at the bottom of ttps://localhost/doc/live/tut/node39.html#sec:notebook (you'll need notebook running to see that of course) where it shows:

    For help on a SAGE command, cmd, in the notebook browser box, type cmd? and now hit <esc> (not <shift-enter>).


    But I can't get it to parse that command. Hitting enter will let me start a new line in the box, ctrl-enter does nothing, and, incedently, Shift-enter evaluates! (this just started working as I posted this...)

    I don't understand - the directions were backwards (and even then didn't work earlier, don't know what changed).

    I'm a bit frustrated.
  17. Re:If in Calgary... on Canadian DMCA Won't Include Consumer Rights · · Score: 1

    Well, I stand retarded.

  18. Re:If in Calgary... on Canadian DMCA Won't Include Consumer Rights · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It is "tazed," not "tased."

  19. Re:A call for a bit of sanity on US Military 'Hacked' by Emails · · Score: 1

    You know you can change the default?

  20. Re:So rename your files and go on about your busin on Western Digital Service Restricts Use of Network Drives · · Score: 1

    Or, you could use something besides yet-another-proprietary-format and use tar + gzip/bzip, or 7zip.

    As a matter of fact, 7zip has good support for them...

  21. Re:Insanely sloppy... but not without precedent on EVE-Online Patch Makes XP Unbootable · · Score: 1

    Wow, sounds like both sides of the issue are doing a pretty good job of losing face...

  22. Re:Insanely sloppy... but not without precedent on EVE-Online Patch Makes XP Unbootable · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry, I admit that I had not read the article.

    My grievance remains the same, however, in that access to boot.ini should have been denied.

    Actually, by default, boot.ini is marked read-only and the patch installer should have respected that attribute, rather than overriding it.

  23. Re:Insanely sloppy... but not without precedent on EVE-Online Patch Makes XP Unbootable · · Score: 0

    Except that it is finding boot.ini. The patch doesn't just remove boot.ini, it replaces it with a game configuration file with the same name.

    Add another instance to the pile of them where running as a privileged user for the purpose of gaming is a unfortunate necessity. Had windows not practically required using an administrative account the installer would have encountered an access denied error instead of bricking the machine.

  24. Re:As a Non-Expert on Helium Leads to Geothermal Energy Resources · · Score: 1

    As another poster, well, posted... some problems with mining will be seen with geothermal - at least when we have to drill to get it started.

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=377431&cid=21555327

  25. Re:So what makes this better than 3? on KDE 4 to Be Released on January 11th · · Score: 1

    My thanks! Seeing the (good) reasoning behind some of these changes really cooled off my steam. While things might be ugly/atrocious (my opinion anyways) NOW, doesn't mean they will on release, and further on the flexibility caused by these changes will outweigh it by orders of magnitude!