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  1. Re:Really? on Left-Handed Gamers Getting Left Behind? · · Score: 1

    Yes that may be true but it's still inconvenient. I remember there were a couple of games on the DS similar to Base 10 that had a leftie menu. I thought that was great being so considerate and all since like you, I too am a leftie.

    It's kind of fun isn't it. I bat with my left, throw with my right, racket sports I use my right, etc..

  2. Re:Many eyes = problem? on Source Code To Google Authentication System Stolen · · Score: 1

    Just because there hasn't been any breach in security or security advisories for the latest OpenSSH flaws doesn't mean it's secure. I'm sure there are zero day exploits. The question is, how should one use it when such a flaw is found?

    Being open source means a lot of things, but if I can hide one key element in my web infrastructure by closing off the source, even if I know the code is perfect, this is a step I will take. If there is such a source code breach at Google, it wouldn't be a bad idea for them to open it up for the rest to use.

  3. Re:Things I look for on Things To Look For In a Web Hosting Company? · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the fact that this doesn't include the cost of the bandwidth. The customer has to get the data to the servers somehow.

  4. Re:So let me get this straight... on Less Than Free · · Score: 1

    The beauty is that with the G1, you are able to flash a different rom regardless of the additions in features. That's the whole point. And to compare a WM6 device with a first generation Android? Yeah that's not quite fair.

    Before anybody says, yes I know you are able to flash a custom rom onto these WM HTC devices. However, this procedure isn't supported by either the carrier or HTC.

  5. Re:Effective way to keep screens locked on Schneier On Un-Authentication · · Score: 1

    Pillow fights at work?! I'd take a cut in pay just to participate!

  6. Re:WISP on Canadian ISPs Fight Back, Again · · Score: 1

    Too bad its quite expensive either way. In Vancouver, there is Prime Signal and Metrobridge as well as Terago. They're all about the same price except Metrobridge, they have a package which uses Cogent bandwidth.

  7. Re:I'd hate to own a mobile phone in Canada on Cell Phone Cost Calculator Killed In Canada · · Score: 1

    Probably not a bad idea but chances are you'll need a US address and maybe a SSN.

    Back when data was more expensive in Canada (not saying its cheaper now), people thought about signing up with AT&T with the roaming option. In the end, it ends up being cheaper than any Canadian option because we didn't have any unlimited data plans to begin with, not including the $50 plan from Fido which has since been discontinued long ago. Before the Rogers take over, Fido's $50 plan included US data roaming. I'm one of the lucky ones to have that plan grandfathered, loosing the US roaming really kills the deal IMO.

  8. What kind of company is SchoolMax? on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 1

    What kind of company is this? Their website is a wreck, the login system to the support site doesn't even work, by that I mean you can provide any credentials and it'll let you in. Once inside, there's nothing there!

    A google for SchoolMax returns:
    SchoolMax Sucks Facebook Group (Students): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66046055790
    (Year 2009-2010 Week 1: 3392 Members)

    First comment:
    "Every year,our scheduling coordinator at Roosevelt Mr. Horn starts working on entering schedules into the system from February to July. He enters the schedules into a computer program called "The Scheduler." Every year, The Scheduler is only able to automatically enter the schedules of about 75% of the students; the other 25%, which is about 600-700 students, have scheduling issues that the program can't fix on its own. When this happens, the program leaves the schedule in the system incomplete and moves on to the next one. This is where Mr. Horn comes in. Mr. Horn, from July to August, sits with The Scheduler and works out the remaining 25% of the students' schedules. By the time school starts back up, he has most of the students' schedules worked out. The remaining students go to the auditorium and wait for their schedules to be finished; the average student's schedule takes 5-10 minutes to be entered into the system.

    Now, this year, the county wanted him to use SchoolMax for Eleanor Roosevelt's scheduling. The program, which he was only able to start using in May, was able to get 77% of the student's schedules in. However, SchoolMax, not being able to work out the remaining 33% of the schedules, removed them completely from the system instead of leaving them incomplete. Because of this, Mr. Horn had to enter and work out the missing schedules from scratch. They didn't want him doing this over the summer, however, because they were working on the program, which apparently required it to be down the entire time. Now, instead of Mr. Horn getting to work in late June/early July, they allowed him into the program on August 7th. This left him with 17 days to attempt to do what usually takes him more than two months. In addition, SchoolMax's scheduling program is incredibly slow compared to The Scheduler. Instead of 5-10 minutes for a schedule to be registered in the system, it now can take up to 45 minutes.

    In conclusion, the No Child Left Behind Act left behind about 631 students yesterday at Roosevelt."

    http://www1.pgcps.org/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=98146

    LOL..

    Who would give this company 4 million dollars?

  9. How accurate are the recreations? on Obstacles Near Emergency Exits Speed Evacuation · · Score: 1

    How accurate can simulating an evacuation be? You loose the urgency of knowing when the building is collapse or when you are about to be turned into roast pork.

  10. Re:Bah! on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 1

    I don't know what kind of E71 you have but mine is awesome. Easily one of the best handsets I've used, and I have used tons over the years being in the industry and all (was anyways). The build quality, all the way to the speed and features, is top notch.

    Symbian isn't so good, but at least it is fast on the E71, some-what.

  11. Re:Here we go again on Going Deep Inside Xserve Apple Drive Modules · · Score: 1

    For a while, Kodak's Gold CD-Rs were the best until they decided that producing media using actual gold wasn't profitable.

    It's been a long time but TDK didn't make their own media, not many people did. They're all from companies like Taiyo Yuden and some other ones which I seem to have forgotten after all these years.

  12. Re:What's this "finally" shit? on Verizon.net Finally Moving Email To Port 587 · · Score: 1

    Quite a few do this already. Only difference being your service provider allows you to disable the block even for home connections. That's excellent!

    No reason to pay more for a business connection just to have some ports unblocked..

  13. Re:$800 per year for a cell phone? on Internet Killed the Satellite Radio Star · · Score: 1

    That's easy. Most sports offer radio streams online, which most are WMVs so its compatible with virtually all WM6, iPhones, Blackberries, etc. I do this often with my CarPC to stream news and hockey games while I drive home.

  14. Re:Coming to a disaster near you. on Seagate Hard Drive Fiasco Grows · · Score: 1

    There probably wasn't a better solution to solve this issue. Unless you can magically change the date, you're not going to be flashing it with the fix if there was one. Short of ripping it apart, the best fix seems to be... don't use your zune for a day heh. I like MS's fix, as well as Seagate's promptness after TR reported it yesterday or the day before.

  15. Re:DNF cannot be completed on Duke Nukem Forever Preview On Jace Hall Show · · Score: 1

    I have the same feeling. Even till now, I haven't been able to finish it. Except that now I have hardware fast enough to run it at 1920x smoothly so it scares even more. Awesome.

  16. Re:Why not $200 store credit? on Apple Gives $100 Store Credit To iPhone Customers · · Score: 1

    I've used more Nvidia based boards for both Intel and AMD from pretty much every mobo manufacturer out there, from cheap OEMs to high-end premium boards. It's been a while since I couldn't find a device driver for Vista. Being an early adopter sure doesn't help things and should have been expected. It's not like the R600 Linux drivers were out the day the 2900 came out heh.

    While its nice to support everything, learning how to use an OS so you can work on one doesn't really mean you need all devices to work. I too support more hardware than I care to admit and when I needed to learn how to use it, nothing VMware can't handle, or my Macbook, desktop, etc.

  17. Re:Me and my buggywhips on An Alternative to SQL? · · Score: 1

    That's not funny at all! My work uses flat files to store 60,000 clients' information, 300,000 transactions and 20,000 items. The best part is, I gotta intergrate some kind of a web front end to all this without completely killing the current system. Access would be a saviour but, no such luck. f**k!

    PS, in all, those files are about 600mbs each. The transaction one is about 3 times as big.

    (And seriously, I am not joking)

  18. Re:Extreme comparisons on Would You Hire A Hacker? · · Score: 1

    While I grew up in a similiar manner to you, I have with the parent's post about the education system. Ever since 15, I was on my own with pretty much nothing but a trusty computer. Over the years I worked at hard to get what I have today, may not be much to some people but it means a lot cause I had to work full time and go to school as well. The reason I concur with the parent's post is due to the fact that I know exactly why some teens would do harm and not attend school like a 'good' kid should. What people fail to realise is that these kids doesn't have anything to gain from attending these boring classes, so they find something challanging to do on their own time which may include hacking, writing virus, etc.

    PS, I never graduated with my class but I have no regrets because instead of going to school, I learned many many useful skills that are essential (IMO) but eventually, I did finish school but at an incredible pace, to me the pace made school challanging and got a great grade average compared to when I was 17. Not only did the pace made it fun, I finished 2 years worth of credits in 6 months, some may think I waste time but to me, thats a great accomplishment. Now I have my own company and I just made a down payment for a 300k house, I'm 21 and I'm hoping I can attend university next semester.

    What I'm trying to say is, give people a chance, underneth all that shit they have done may surprise you. Over the years I've met a lot of these people and they're great people if you give them a chance, hardly anybody knows why they became who they are.

    Just my opinion.

  19. Re: Yeah I know, I'm using one on Logitech Gives A Mouse A Laser · · Score: 1

    thats true, i'm left handed but i'm right handed for a lot of things, sports, i can write with my left and right hand, etc..

    hell, fuck the left handed mouse, just use your right hand..

  20. Re:Errrr on Pay To Have Your Phone Tapped · · Score: 1

    In Canada, all of those services added up is called the network access fee, ~$7 canuck bucks :\

  21. Re:Not so easy? on Deep Green - A Pool Playing Robot? · · Score: 1

    You make a great point in regards to the nap of the cloth. Now would a robot like this take the speed of the cloth into consideration? How will it compensate for different tables as each table plays differently?

    Something tells me the game of snooker will be harder to program than say chess simply because there are a lot of unknown variables. Most of the time when I play snooker, I go by feel and instinct, which may or may not be correct.

    Most importantly, how does that robot chalk up the cue? hehe

    I love the game of snooker but I'm a long ways from mastering it, I constantly breaks in the 30's-40's so as you can tell, I'm not that great but I love the game, its just one of those games that you may never be able to master.

  22. Re:Bluetooth? on Hiptop/Sidekick Sequel Unleashed · · Score: 1

    thats the thing, the targeted audience does not require exports. the great thing about hiptops for the targetted group is that they have no use for that. if you need it, then look elsewhere. it would be nice if they had that feature tho. would almost be perfect. man, thats some horrible spelling. i drove a little over 2000km in 16 hours today. meh :)

  23. Re:i was a good /.'er and googled for it... on Hiptop/Sidekick Sequel Unleashed · · Score: 1

    oh jeez that didn't come out right, the sequence again.

    > * < < * < *

    then hit 1 and 1

    > denotes move joystick to the right

    Good Luck :)

  24. Re:i was a good /.'er and googled for it... on Hiptop/Sidekick Sequel Unleashed · · Score: 1

    Those people are correct.. One thing I left out in my last post is that I import and repair cell phones. (and no, i am not advertising, just saying what i know) The reason why you can't update older SE is because they encrypt the bootloader (this isn't the actual term but its one we all understand) so supposingly, only authorized SE repair centers can do it, they have something called a EMMA2, it's basically a dongle, flash cable and a java software made by SE for SE phones. However as the years have past, 3rd party solutions came into the market as people figure out how to bypass this encryption. Anyways, enough history. Simply put, send your phone to an authorized service point near your area and they should be able to flash it to the latest firmware for about $20 CDN +/- a few of course. There are cheap alternatives but being in this industry, i've seen my share of phones with corrupted flashes and I do not recommend this route. The latest firmware for your phone is R8, you can check what your's is by doing this sequence of commands, > * == move your joystick to the right. Also, the newer SE's actually use RSA to encrypt the firmwares and the boot section so as of yet, there is no way to bypass this. That means no unlocking and no de-branding. Good Luck :)

  25. Re:Sharp is exactly a touchstone of quality... on Hiptop/Sidekick Sequel Unleashed · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're right about the reliability of Sharp's devices. I've had many customers taking their GX22 and 32's back to me for repair because the screens cracked after dropping it on the carpet. Did I mention the GX32 is about 1200$ Canadian? Though their 262k screens are amazingly sharp (please excuse the pun)