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  1. Re:Icon Collision? on OLPC's UI To Be Kid-Tested In February · · Score: 1

    Looks more like the Cingular logo

  2. Vista Kernel was released long ago on Windows Vista Released To Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    Since they abandoned the longhorn kernel and have merely modified the Windows 2003 Server kernel, Vista's core has been out in the wild for some time now. For all intents and purposes, Vista could be released as a service pack for 2003.

  3. But will it give the people something to say? on Linux Appliance Brings Podcasts to the People · · Score: 1

    Just because you have an easy way to convey your viewpoint doesn't mean that it is worth regarding. YouTube is the ultimate leveler in viewpoint distribution, you can put a video up and get 1000 hits in a few minutes... but if the lip-syncing, air guitar playing banality that predominates video sharing at the moment is any guide, making it easier for people to be heard is very different from making them worth hearing.

  4. As Trojan's for DRM go on Vista Shell Team now Blogging · · Score: 1

    Vista sure is pretty.

  5. Re:I don't get it on Ionic Cooling For Your Computer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Basically the ions move the air instead of a rotating fan.
    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/283716_coolchi ps04.html

  6. Spaceship Warlock on The 50 Worst Videogame Names of All Time · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Though I am not sure it can be called a "game"

  7. I have a recursive solution to this: on On Software Patent Lawsuits Against OSS · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I am patenting a process whereby an aggrieved party can seek redress and remuneration via something I will call a "suit." Anyone who violates my patent will have to pay me through the nose.

  8. Plone on A Family Collaboration Server? · · Score: 1

    Plone from plone.org is good. Like Wiki, but slightly more packaged.

  9. Thz triggers anyone? on New Sensor Technology Looks at Molecular 'Fingerprint' · · Score: 1
    Since the farthest this appears to work is 600 meters (for nuclear devices) an enterprising terrorist will now have to include a trigger that senses T-ray frequencies and detonates.

    Something more passive, or functional from greater distances, might be safer for the operator... Otherwise you will need an expensive robot.

  10. My iPod plays MP3's on Making Money Selling Music Without DRM · · Score: 1

    All of them do. I have never put a non-MP3 on it and I jave never even installed iTunes (I use mlPod with winamp). I have zero DRM/lock-in issues as a result.

  11. Don't do evil on Google to Distribute Online Video Ads · · Score: 0, Redundant

    to my Bandwidth!

  12. Be sure to read the fine print on 360 Hacked To Play Backups · · Score: 1
    From the article:

    * Can Microsoft detect it via Xbox LIVE? They probably can ... and when they start checking they will probably act like with the Xbox1, ban your Xbox 360 console serial for life from the LIVE servers ... or maybe even more, who knows what they are planning. You've been warned!

    You have been warned I guess.

  13. How about a Caffeine coated dipstick? on Caffeine 'Dipstick' Test for Coffee · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Eliminate the coffee, and its subsequent need to be tested, altogether?

  14. Get ready for WoW is a rip-off of LOTR! on Warcraft Movie In The Works? · · Score: 1
    As though elfs and orcs are the sole commercial property of the Tolkein estate.

    Frankly, even if the broader constructs of WoW are "Tolkeinesque," I look forward to anything that even trys to be as good as the LOTR films were.

    Lowes is about to become the ultimate RP server.

  15. Re:Client List NOT Compromised!!! on What Happened to Blue Security · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I like the idea of slapping spammers, but isn't this giving them what they want (Traffic)? Is the idea here do DDoS the spam sites if enough people use this?

  16. Isn't Tannenbaum the one who said... on Microkernel: The Comeback? · · Score: 1
    "I still maintain the point that designing a monolithic kernel in 1991 is a fundamental error. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design :-)"

    (Rather akin to Fred Smith getting a "C" on his paper first describing FedEX where the Teacher commented "To recieve a higher grade, the project must be feasible")

    I think it is clear that Linux won that argument. But even Linus admited that microkernels were more elegant designs. Processor cache sizes seem to favor monolithic designs though.

  17. Taking action on Bill Would Outlaw Digital Receiver Recorders · · Score: 1
    First: Get your Senator's email address from here http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/ senators_cfm.cfm

    Second: write a letter mentioning that you are a taxpayer and a voter (even if you are not) and that you want them to oppose the "Digital Content Protection Act of 2006." You can even add that as a hard working taxpayer, time-shifting programs whenever and however you want is an important quality of life issue for you.

  18. Maybe the victims were evil? on Prayer Does Not Help Heart Patients · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps the real reason is that the people studied were not worthy of divine intervention? Did anyone check their level of evil before praying for them?

  19. This is an annuity for Storage Vendors on 32 GB Flash Storage Drive Announced · · Score: 1
    If you take in to account the limited number of writes that Flash memory has typically been encumbered with (1 million writes? Any upper limit is a problem) this is the perfect disposable device for storage vendors to saddle customers with. Software can track the number of writes (or even an LED on the drive itself), and when you get in the red, you will have to purchase a whole new unit or lose the ability to reliably migrate off of the old one.


    I don't see the incentive for them to fix this either. Once you get on a fast, low power drive, you won't want to go back to spinning disks... even if they can run for years reading and writing without problems.

  20. How can you improve the QoS anyway? on PlayStation Network Details · · Score: 1

    Unless you can pull fiber into the home, it all goes over the public internet. A more robust VPN protocol perhaps? Not likely.

  21. Extract data to a replicated archive on What Corporate Email Limits Do You Have? · · Score: 1

    Only use tape for the recent stuff. Extract the bulk of the data over time to a replicated spinning disk archive using a product like Legato's EmailXtender. That way your backup/restore scenario is simple, and you have unlimited mailbox sizes.

  22. The Jouranlist was fired and Blacklisted on Chinese Journalists Beat Censorship With Web · · Score: 1
    I bet he has a hard time existing on anything but the charity of others for a very long long time.

    So it was a Phyrric victory at best.

  23. They should rebel on British PC Tax to Replace TV License? · · Score: 1

    It worked for the US.

  24. Interactive Entertainment Databases on Garriotts See Shakeup To MMOG Industry Coming · · Score: 1

    Almost all the heavy lifting is done client side in an MMOG, the server is just a state engine. People already reverse engineer the protocols and DB schema's to run "mod" servers, and it is likely that this will continue unabated. It could be that having only 5 companies will be a boon for this alternative content. If you can aggregate the modding talent into fewer pools, the potential for interesting releases increases.

  25. Specialization drives the "MM" in MMOG on The Whys of MMOG Archetypes · · Score: 1
    If one entity had the ability to accomplish 100% of the meaningful tasks in a given game, then there would be no reason for a game to be "Massively Multiplayer." By segmenting players into specialized classes, it forces people to team up.

    Then, to field a complete team, people need to be able to identify the positions each player will fulfill. If there is no easy way to classify a player, it is difficult to know where their position should be.

    This is no different from any activity that requires cooperation to accomplish a goal.