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  1. Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing on Senators Want To Punish Nokia, Siemens Over Iran · · Score: 1

    Iran is majority shia, not wahabi (like Saudi Arabia - America's bestest friend). Kind of discredits whatever you say, don't it?

  2. Re:From Tatsuma. on The State of Iran's Ongoing Netwar · · Score: 1

    I have to say that most of this is bullshit. I'm not sure who 'Tatsuma' is, but just the first part of his post is full of crap.

    1. Lebanese Hizbullah in Iran in large numbers? Why are they required. If the leadership needs to mobilise, the Baseej are enough. Also, the post is full of the usual anti-Arab racism that most non-religious, usually non-Iranian, Persians possess. Iranians won't hurt fellow Iranians, but Arabs will? What about the Shah and his SAVAK? Were they imported Arabs as well?

    2. The Rahbar using the Friday prayers to collect and arrest opposition figures: So, let me get this, the Leader, with all the powers at this disposal and with full knowledge of the location of Musavi etc. still needs to bring them to himself because he can't arrest them otherwise? Bullshit.

    I basically stopped reading after this point. The post /seems/ insightful, but only to those un-aware of the realities of Iran. Tatsuma is most probably an expat Iranian whose family fled after the revolution or a clueless iPod Iranian, mostly uninformed and spewing wild rumours and speculation. You'll get more impartial and informed opinions from Fox News.

  3. Re:Simple solution on Hardening PCs for Hostile Environments? · · Score: 2

    I regularily use my PC with an abient temperature of 32C+. Thats inside my living room. The temp outside is usually much higher. Humidity is usually around 80% and there are a couple of bakeries nearby, so the air has a lot of particulate matter in it (flour, ash, dust etc). I've had no real problems yet...

    I think you underestimate the reliability of modern hardware.

  4. Here's a patch for Linux that lets you do this on Half Keyboard, Full Bore · · Score: 1

    http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~john/computer/hk/

    Follow the instructions and check it out.

  5. Re:That's just kinda tacky on Skiing Down Everest · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the dead bodies.

    Anyone who dies over 7500 mts generally isn't brought down. There are a couple of bodies on the South Col, a few on the North side and a couple more scattered about...

  6. This is all irrelevant anyway! on Questioning The IT Labor Shortage · · Score: 1

    If you don't let the cheap labour come to the companies, the companies will go to the cheap labour.

    I think this is already happening with manufacturing in America with jobs going ofshore to places with cheaper and better trained (plus more 'manageable' ) labour.

    Isn't globalization great?

  7. Story of my life on Overcomming Programmer's Block? · · Score: 1

    This is just about what I'm going through right now, but atleast I know what the prblem is...

    I HATE MY JOB!!!

    I hate the ppl I'm working with/the job everything. Just have to get out of this place that's all.

    And that's my suggestion to anyone else out there with a similiar problem. Leave. Go out and get yourself another job.

    Thank god, it's easy to get another one.

  8. Re:Hmm... on Open Source And Net Telephony · · Score: 1

    You might want to check this article

    http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux/howto/10007 0701.asp

  9. How about a mechanical suit suspended in mid-air on The Dismounted Soldier Problem · · Score: 1

    Why not just have a nice large suit that's strung up or something and you strap the guy in. As he moves, the suit translates the movement of his body into signals...

    It would have to be more rigid than an overgrown data glove to adequately support the user's body and provide force feedback...

    You can't hang in the air and swing your legs around like you're walking without getting tired real soon, so some support would be nessasary.