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  1. works well enough on Fluxbox 1.3.6 Released · · Score: 2

    I've got it on my server. When you absolutely need a display (rarely) fluxbox inside a VNC server does the job and stays out of the way.

  2. Re:Only at low bitrates on Sony Thinks You'll Pay $1200 For a Digital Walkman · · Score: 1

    Well, I said reasonable bitrates and not high quality - think 128kbps. Though you are right, using the fast encoder profile doesn't make it any better.

  3. that's butt covering on The Downside of Connected Healthcare: Cyberchondria · · Score: 1

    “does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment” is legal butt-covering, and shouldn't be taken as anything else.

  4. MP3 is pants on Sony Thinks You'll Pay $1200 For a Digital Walkman · · Score: 0

    I'm no audiophile, but MP3 (at reasonable bitrates) is junk. Cymbols/hats sound like mush, for example.

    So, while the wording is odd, MP3 will "compromise the purity of the original signal."

  5. Re:Hello microwave on Indiana Court Rules Melted Down Hard Drive Not Destruction of Evidence · · Score: 2

    I see your 62-grain 5.56 and raise it a 180-grain 7.62 :P

  6. Re:A Simple Retort on WSJ Refused To Publish Lawrence Krauss' Response To "Science Proves Religion" · · Score: 1

    But that wouldn't prove if it exists or not, only that it gives a shit about them...

  7. Re:Why is a spy plane more like a UFO? on CIA on UFO Sightings: 'It Was Us' · · Score: 2

    Is it an object? Is it unidentified? Is it flying? Then it is by definition a UFO.

    That's literally all the criteria involved.

  8. Re:What about "The Day After Roswell" book? on CIA on UFO Sightings: 'It Was Us' · · Score: 1

    If you really want to blow someone's mind, point out that fax machines existed in the 1800s.

  9. Re:Could build in an auto-fix setting on Putting a MacBook Pro In the Oven To Fix It · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wouldn't this method melt (and thus remove) tin whiskers, since they are so incredibly thin? Perhaps -that- was his problem, not broken joints.

  10. Re:Cheaper on United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info · · Score: 1

    Huh?

    Newark is the largest city (by population) in the U.S. state of New Jersey

  11. Re:Cheaper on United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info · · Score: 1

    Nobody wants to go to New Jersey, so they figure they can hike the price as the folks going there must have no choice.

    (that was a joke)

  12. Re:Cheaper on United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info · · Score: 1

    This might put things into perspective. I'm not terribly familiar with your population densities, but I'd wager a lot of your travel is in a relatively small area. This doesn't show Alaska and Hawaii either. Hawaii isn't size though but distance, so I doubt you need to see that - but Alaska is also huge.

  13. Re:Network research on N. Korea Blames US For Internet Outage, Compares Obama to "a Monkey" · · Score: 1

    NK has a single /24 allocation.

  14. Re:I had this problem, then I got f.lux. on Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep · · Score: 1

    Either that, or reduce burn-in.

  15. Re:I had this problem, then I got f.lux. on Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep · · Score: 1

    So an after-image of a huge white rectangle is better than an after-image of text?

  16. Re:I had this problem, then I got f.lux. on Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep · · Score: 1

    I just tried it and I can't stand it - I'd far prefer it only adjusting brightness.

  17. Re:I had this problem, then I got f.lux. on Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep · · Score: 1

    Background colors? Nope. Black. There is zero need for a background.

  18. Re:What about... on Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep · · Score: 1

    A dozen of them, all displaying different parts of the same document.

    Why? What does that give you?

  19. Re:E-Reader does work for some technical stuff ... on Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep · · Score: 1

    I do the same, but I've an older Kindle DX. I prefer to lay on my back and hold the book up. Naturally, using a Kindle means a lot less wear on the arms during an extended episode of reading...

    Really though, I find reading before bed to be far more disruptive than blue light, because I often can't put the book down until I have 4 hours to sleep left...

  20. Re:At a guess . . . on Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if they would build that into the screen. It doesn't need to be a lowpass, a notch would work fine without mangling the perceived colors.

  21. Re:no good guys here on North Korea Denies Responsibility for Sony Attack, Warns Against Retaliation · · Score: 1

    The alien is about as malicious as an angry mother bear. Sure, she'll fuck your shit up - but all she's trying to do is raise her cubs.

    Humans and Predators are the real enemy.

  22. Re:Would this solution stem these unending breache on Staples: Breach May Have Affected 1.16 Million Customers' Cards · · Score: 1

    *COUGH* there's a solution to this already.

  23. Re:Would this solution stem these unending breache on Staples: Breach May Have Affected 1.16 Million Customers' Cards · · Score: 1

    Tokenization isn't new. There's no reason to store the card number these days, other than software vendors with their heads in the sand.

  24. Re:companies need to be held accountable on Staples: Breach May Have Affected 1.16 Million Customers' Cards · · Score: 1

    PCI violations are much worse than that, if they actually fine you.

  25. Re:I think it's about time... on Staples: Breach May Have Affected 1.16 Million Customers' Cards · · Score: 1

    As someone who's worked in the industry, they've been trying to get it to work for at least a year. For some reason Not Invented Here reigns supreme, and we have to figure out how to get it to work without any help from the UK.