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  1. Re:Sounds mostly familiar on Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle · · Score: 1
    I get headaches pretty frequently but I think that is also partly due me needed to get a new prescription for my glasses.
    Actually, it might be to do with the fact you wear glasses. Throw them away, and read Perfect Vision without Glasses (now in the public domain) by William H. Bates. It works.
  2. The internet breeds worthless content on Search Engines Breed Worthless 'Original Content'? · · Score: 1

    'Nuff said.

  3. Notz Firtz Ptzot!! on MySpace Fears, Just Another Backlash? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tzieg!!!!!

  4. Re:But... on Libraries Use DRM to Expire Audiobooks · · Score: 1

    I think security is meant to be fairly light, about the same as at a brick-and-mortar library:

    "Couldn't someone just book out an audio tape, and copy it onto another audio tape?"

    "Couldn't someone just take out a book, and run it though the photocopier?"

    Like the above examples, this method won't prevent determined copying, but is just meant as a way to enforce a limit for the majority of legitimate users who use the library, and it seems suitable enough for this purpose.

  5. Re:What would the EFF want the technician to do? on EFF Weighs in on Computer Privacy Case · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not what the technician should have done, but what the police should have done. They should have obtained a warrant to continue searching the computer. This is simply a matter of incorrect police procedures. Somebody guilty of a crime can walk away free from court on these sorts of technicalities.

  6. Re:sounds like... on More Details on IE7 Tabs · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. You have to keep an eye on the competition. They look at Opera and Firefox and see what they do right and what they do wrong. No doubt Mozilla and Opera devs did just the same with IE. Standing on the shoulders of giants - it's good for the user!

  7. Have you ever seen the specs for the board? on AdvantageSix Promises a Tiny ARM-based Computer · · Score: 1
  8. Re:WANTED: Dead or Alive on OSS Projects Offer Bounties For Features · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually "Bounty" makes me think of a horrible-tasting coconut-filled chocolate bar.

  9. Re:Privacy Alert! Maybe not. on Microsoft To Add A Black Box To Windows · · Score: 1

    You send much worse information when you surf. Like the last page you visited in the Referer: header.

  10. Re:RBL of infected/malicious sites? on NETI@home Data Analyzed · · Score: 1

    A great idea, but I have an even better one: you can instead secure your network and servers to ensure that no malicious connect attempts succeed! No blacklists to maintain, no fuss!

  11. Re:Windows no rose garden either on One Year Later - CUPS Admin Still Lacking? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Comparisons to Windows are beyond the point: the fact is, the CUPS interface undeniably sucks, that is the point of this article.

    So there.

  12. I don't think Open vs. Closed source politics on Open v. Closed Source-Climate Change Research · · Score: 2, Insightful

    is in the interest of the science in this case.

  13. Someone explain... on DrinkOrDie Warez Trader to be Extradited to U.S. · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If there is no record of him entering the U.S., how could he possibly have commited the crimes in the U.S.?

    No, I don't think the court would get it, either.

  14. Re:Interesting idea on World's First Physics Processing Unit · · Score: 5, Informative
    like bullets - these are "instant shot"
    Wrong. Have you ever fired a gun? It actually fires a gyroscopically-stabilized projectile that takes a discernable amount of time to reach its destination. Hitting a non-stationary object reliably at long range (800m-1000m) is next to impossible.

    This matters at the physics level. If you are going to fully implement the ballistics you are going to have implement the motion of the bullet, the atmospheric drag on the bullet, the gyroscopic stabilization, the effect of gravity on the bullet ("bullet drop") not to mention the effects of the individual specifications of the bullet itself, and perhaps some entirely random factors (the world isn't perfect).

    And if you are implementing a game where players can fire an assault rifle full-automatic (600-700 rounds a minute or more, depending on too many factors to list - which might need to be implemented and calcuated by the computer, of course...) you can see that the CPU is going to start needing some help to work it out.

    And that's just the bullets.

    The gun example is just an example of the sort of jobs a co-processor might be required to do in an FPS environment. To cut a long story short, if you are going to be simulating life, even a small approximation of life, accurately, you are going to need to be calculating an awful lot of physics.
  15. Re:But does it on The Hundred-Buck PC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's a great idea, but, I think some factory in the far east could chuck out conservatively-specced ARM-based Linux systems with 14" color screens at a unit cost lower than you can collect and get the old hardware up to merchantable quality. We are talking about millions of units here, and I doubt it will scale that far. We are a throwaway society I'm afraid.

  16. Re:Nice moderating there on Senator Alleges White House Wrote Allawi's Speech · · Score: 1

    You really ought to do some research into British-mandate palestine. That's the main historical precedent here, except it's even more complex because there are three ethnic groups fighting for each others destruction, as opposed to two.

  17. Lost? on Soviet Space Shuttle Found In Bahrain? · · Score: 3, Informative

    How could it be "lost"? Bahrain is only about 650km squared in size.