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  1. Re:I don't see them replacing crusie missles on Navy Gets 8-Megajoule Rail Gun Working · · Score: 1

    If you have enough power plants to charge two guns then you could use the same power to charge one gun twice as fast. The issue isn't the number of barrels, but the availability of power. Especially on a ship. I wouldn't be surprised if soon enough newer ships got a reactor dedicated to charging these guns.

  2. Re:facial hair on The Hidden Engineering Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    Maybe there are few women in these areas because few women WANT to be
    Maybe because they are intimidated by the lack of women
    Maybe, just maybe, people are insulted by the fact that somebody wants a one-year, co-op, certificate-granting program sponsored by major companies instead of being grateful that they got a job.

  3. Re:Apple Policy gagged on Apple/NVidia Driver Bug — Question Deleted · · Score: 1

    Are people still measuring raw performance in GHZ?

  4. Re:It's HIPE, plain and simple on Inside the iPhone — 3G, ARM, OS X, 3rd Partyware · · Score: 1

    Right, its all a vast, anti-mac conspiracy. The FACT that 30 users registered immediately after a RoughlyDrafted story was posted, did nothing but digg the story, and then promptly disappeared off the face of the Earth, is completely a coincidence. Even though it happened several times in a row. No, let's just discount all the facts and make baseless assumptions because we disagree with the facts. It's a conspiracy I tell you!

  5. Re:underground on Mandatory DRM for Podcasts Proposed · · Score: 1

    No, a "podcast" is where somebody hosts audio files and then puts links to said files or streaming audiocasts in an RSS feed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

  6. Re:underground on Mandatory DRM for Podcasts Proposed · · Score: 5, Informative

    Now that I RTFA, it doesn't even mention podcasts - not even a passing reference. Why did the submitter even mention them? "Mandatory DRM for streaming radio proposed" would be a more accurate headline.

  7. Re:underground on Mandatory DRM for Podcasts Proposed · · Score: 5, Informative

    The PERFORM Act will require streaming radio to be DRM'd, too. In fact that's really what it applies to - the fact that it might affect podcasting is just a side effect.

  8. Re:It's HIPE, plain and simple on Inside the iPhone — 3G, ARM, OS X, 3rd Partyware · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Roughly Drafted? Weren't they the guys who put their shitty FUD fanboy articles up on digg and then frontpaged them by getting them and their friends to digg the stories with multiple accounts? Oh, yeah, same guys..

  9. Re:Cringely's opinion on Cisco VP Explains Lawsuit Against Apple · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I certainly fail to see the dilution of the iThis and iThat crap - iPod, iLife, iChat, iWork, iTunes - if they actually WERE trying to play down the iBlah naming, why the hell would they even consider calling their new product the iPhone?

    Because they weren't trying to dilute it, they just didn't have a choice. "eyeTV" was already taken, so they knew they would have run into problems had they used "itv".
    The iPhone, on the other hand, was different. They thought they would be able to use the iPhone trademark without any hassle, just some licensing fees and regulations of use. But when Jobs prematurely ejaculated the name at Macworld because he thought the iPhone trademark was his god given right, all hopes of using it without much hassle went out the window. I'm sure Jobs' lawyers are giving him a spanking as we speak.

  10. Re:MOD UP: Mod points going to Mac users today? on Cisco VP Explains Lawsuit Against Apple · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The iphone trademark was in use by what is now a subsidiary of Cisco long, long, long before Apple even thought of considering using the name.

    On a completely unrelated note, Cisco is in no way in danger of losing their trademark in Europe. You don't automatically lose the trademark if you don't use it for five years. Five years is just the minimum time you have to wait before applying for a decision on their trademark revocation. The judge will take one look at the application, note that Cisco is currently using the trademark (IE, it wasn't trademark "parking"), and rule against it.

  11. MGS? How about some fucking clearer headlines on Software Error Likely Killed MGS Spacecraft · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who would have thought that metal gear solid had a spacecraft?

  12. Re:It IS Vista's fault on Microsoft Worried OEM 'Craplets' Will Harm Vista · · Score: 1

    Your link returns "There are no dictionary entries for pre blame, but pre, blame are spelled correctly."

  13. Re:It IS Vista's fault on Microsoft Worried OEM 'Craplets' Will Harm Vista · · Score: 1

    Actually, the proper term is "You can't eat your cake and have it, too."

  14. Re:It IS Vista's fault on Microsoft Worried OEM 'Craplets' Will Harm Vista · · Score: 1

    ulimit isn't set by default. You wouldn't have time to run it the first time before the forkbomb activated. That's a little trick I call "logic".

  15. ATTENTION on Hotel Connectivity Provider SuperClick Tracks You · · Score: -1, Redundant

    He should have used ssh port forwarding, or ssl tunneling, or a vpn. Mod all comments about ssl, ssh, and vpn below this comment redundant.

  16. Probably went something like: on Hotel Connectivity Provider SuperClick Tracks You · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "What? This security dialog box is warning me that this certificate is unsigned! Better click 'ok' so I can see my bank account anyways."

  17. Re:what about these guys? on Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone Trademark · · Score: 1

    Uh, yeah. Infogear created the first "iphone" in 1997.

  18. Re:Ethically valid on Second Life Mogul Challenges Press Freedom · · Score: 1

    cnet. a cnet interview.

  19. Re:RIt won't empty the pool. on Water Cooling Computers With A Swimming Pool · · Score: 1

    Maybe so. In my pool, the intake is through four round drains in the bottom of the pool, and the water is returned through those jets in the side of the pool.

  20. Re:VHS vs Beta, add-on hacks on Why Do We Use x86 CPUs? · · Score: 1

    The architectures that first integrated these features were the ones that were kludgy. A cheap hack-job. Later architectures like x86 that adopted the same features did so after the features had matured, ensuring that it was an elegant, clean implementation, and not some unreliable, first-generation, testing-rate garbage.

  21. Re:Pricing Comparison on RIAA Admits 70 Cent Price is 'In the Range' · · Score: 1

    .93 = CD of 15 songs priced at $16

    Oops, I think you meant CD of 16 songs priced at $15. And even then it's $0.94, not $0.93. A CD of 15 songs priced at $16 is $1.07.

  22. Re:Good Luck to him on Jack Thompson Gearing Up For GTA IV Fight · · Score: 1

    Banning sales to minors isn't limiting freedom of speech. Rockstar is allowed to speak, minors just aren't allowed to listen.

  23. Re:Mod parent up! on Jack Thompson Gearing Up For GTA IV Fight · · Score: 1

    No, it's more like going after porn publishers for making porn that a minor can get their hands on one way or another.

  24. Re:hear that sound? on Vending Machine For Books Coming Next Year · · Score: 1

    Well I'll be darned. Now if only they could invent something to get those damned kids off my lawn...

  25. Re:Speculations and guesswork on FSF Launches "BadVista" Campaign · · Score: 1

    Try again: Software isn't hardware. Your "what if" proposition regarding driver support is purely speculative. I've had no driver support issues at all. In fact, many Windows XP drivers worked on Vista.