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  1. Re:I must be missing something on Alienware Won't Sell Consumers CableCard PCs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ocur
    Maximum PC ran an article about trying to get a cablecard installed into an Alienware rig they got to review.
    Didn't get it working. They were hoping the bugs would be worked out before consumers could buy them... guess that didn't happen.

    Comcast Tech: Hey, this is ** from Comcast. I'm trying to hook up a customer's PC to our system, but I can't get it to work. Can you help me out?

    From the article
    Microsoft Guy: Yeah, well, we don't have our tiered tech support set up yet, but I can try to walk you through it. What are you hooking up?

    CT: Well, he has two computers, one from Voodoo PC and one from Velocity Micro.

    MSG: He's got both those machines?! That's $13,000 in computers!

    CT: Yeah, he's reviewing them. He's an editor at Maximum PC.

    MSG: Oh.... Sh*t, they're supposed to tell us before they send those things out to the press.

    CT: Both these machines have internal OCUR cards, too; I've never worked with the internal cards before.

    MSG: [Still unaware he's on a speakerphone] Yeah, those are really tricky. But don't tell the guy that, or he'll write it up. You're gonna start seeing Dells like that come through your system like crazy.

  2. Re:I wore an onion on my belt... on Backing Up Laptops In a Small Business? · · Score: 1

    I had enough free time to be 'proactive', finding and providing fixes for things such as everyones payroll being short by .8 percent

    That is a feature not a bug!
  3. Re:Sounds we can and cannot hear. on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is a newer test or a rehash of the older test.
    http://www.maximumpc.com/article/do_higher_mp3_bit _rates_pay_off
    This test showed it was hard to pick the differences, but they conclude using vbr with a higher bit rate would improve the sound quality.

    Here is a comparison of earbuds using apple's aac formats at 128 vs 256
    http://www.maximumpc.com/article/itunes_256_vs_128 _bit
    Cheap ear buds expose the differences in compression levels, while expensive earbuds make it hard to tell the difference.

  4. Re:Bootable Debian on USB key with root encryption on Encrypted USB Key With TOR, Firefox · · Score: 1

    http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176

    This talks about installing windows xp onto a USB hard drive, but a large enough flash drive should be the same.
    I haven't tried it yet because my thinkpad t20 doesn't support booting from USB.

    As long as you can get to the BIOS of a machine and tell it to boot from USB you should be all set.

  5. Re:This is against Geneva or Hague convention on Homeland Security Funds LED Light That Blinds, Disorients · · Score: 1

    Except the sun has a very low divergence, for light hitting earth anyways.
    Yes the sun radiates light in all directions, but only a small amount makes it to earth. The light that does is all traveling the same direction.
    The sun is just one big freakin laser really freakin far away

  6. Re:Measuring units? on How Much Caffeine is Really in That Soda? · · Score: 1

    12 oz is usually 1 serving size. Cans of pop (soda) are 12 oz, so measuring the caffeine per serving saves people the complicated math.

  7. Ad revenu on Twenty Five Intel CPU Coolers Tested · · Score: 3

    Exec 1: So how do we fit 1 million ads into a review?
    Exec 2: 25 products with 4 pages each?
    Exec 1: BRILLIANT!

  8. Re:The actual suit.. on Oracle Sues SAP for Spidering Their Support Site · · Score: 1

    Its not a fake phone number, you just posted mine on /. you insensitive clod!

  9. Re:A very common breakfast on What Breakfast Gets You Going? · · Score: 1

    I've upgraded to a Red Bull and 2 smokes for breakfast on the drive to work.
    About an hour after getting there its time for second breakfast, which is a cup of coffee and a smoke.

  10. Re:*print incoming* on Printers Vulnerable To Security Threats · · Score: 1

    Thats not even a hard one.
    Dwight did drink the coffee. He realized it was poisoned, and before it was too late future Dwight sent a warning to past Dwight.

  11. Re:PS3 vs. Wii on Why Sony Won't Lose The Next-Gen War · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Damn, Gotta Love the Wording. on US Outlaws Online Gambling · · Score: 1

    I think this bill/law is a DUPE.

    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.214 3:
    Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act - from 2003.

    what happened, they had to keep trying to get it passed?

  13. Re:'bout damn time I get my flying cars on Thrust from Microwaves - The Relativity Drive · · Score: 1

    http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-li cras0913,0,10526.story?track=mostemailedlink
    Not yet, but some are trying!
    The second floor of a house is a start

  14. Re:Inherent Flaw? on Poll Says No Voter Support for Net Neutrality · · Score: 4, Informative

    No you are way way way off.
    Its more like your ISP would be able to contact imdb and say "Hey your users like to download movies, pay us and we will make sure to send the packets as fast as we can, if you don't pay us, we will throttle the connection for your users."

    The end user would have no idea why imdb is slower than the roadrunner site.

  15. Re:is Ars exempt from journalism ethics? on RIAA Doesn't Like Independent Experts · · Score: 1

    http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051230-5871 .html

    Did you notice the green words "bullying witnesses into perjury" it was a link to the relevant article.

  16. Re:will it cause problems? on Microsoft Flubs Patch, Putting Users At Risk · · Score: 1

    Or anyone running win2k.

  17. Re:Wow, that's an interesting take... on Geologists Angry About New 'Pluton' Definition · · Score: 1

    What happens when some collision sends a pluton from space crashing onto earth, and a geologist finds it?
    geologist 1) Hey Look at this weird rock I found, it could be a pluton.
    geologist 2) No you dummy thats a pluton (points to a rock formation)
    geologist 1) No man, a pluton from outerspace.
    geologist 2) Plutons don't come from outerspace.

  18. Re:Since you are a system administrator... on Homeland Security says 'Patch Windows Now' · · Score: 1

    http://www.grc.com/port_445.htm
    http://www.grc.com/port_137.htm
    http://www.grc.com/su-bondage.htm
    Describes ports 137-139 and 445.
    Also has instructions on how to disable file and print sharing, or remove the bindings from tcp/ip so your file shares aren't going out on the internets.

  19. Re:That's easy on Vinod Khosla Talks Ethanol · · Score: 1
    Can you say Mr. Fusion?

    That only powers the time circuits! We still need regular gas to get up to 88 mph!
  20. Re:Geez on The Business Model of Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Yes, they can, espically compared to http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sq=Ubuntu>57,20 0,000 results

  21. Re:Gotuit? Go-tuit? Got-u-it? on Gotuit Launches Broadband Video Portal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is pronounced Go-To-It.

    I have an On Demand cable channel from gotuit for the NFL. Its pretty neat, it lets you play all the clips tagged with a players name, or all touchdown clips, or all fumble clips, ect...
    There are a couple other gotuit channels but I haven't tried them out.

  22. Re:I don't use windows... on What Processes are Necessary for Windows XP? · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

    Here is a free (as in beer) alternative to that.
    Lets you customize your windows 2k/xp install disk, and configure windows before you even install it.

  23. Re:There's your answer: on President Bush Blocks NSA Wireless Tapping Probe · · Score: 1

    Ummmm actually its 10 years. You can only be elected for 2 terms, but can serve up to 10 years as pres.

  24. Re:"Too Hard" canard on How America Changed the Mario Brothers · · Score: 2, Funny

    In A.D. 2101
    War was beginning.
    Captain: What happen?
    Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
    Operator: We get signal.
    Captain: What !
    Operator: Main screen turn on.
    Captain: It's You !!
    Cats: How are you gentlemen !!
    Cats: All your base are belong to us.
    Cats: You are on the way to destruction.
    Captain: What you say !!
    Cats: You have no chance to survive make your time.
    Cats: HA HA HA HA ....
    Captain: Take off every 'zig' !!
    Captain: You know what you doing.
    Captain: Move 'zig'.
    Captain: For great justice.

    And that was just a short intro

  25. Re:Asian Software Piracy on UK Recording Industry Wants Allofmp3 An Issue at G8 · · Score: 1
    I see the RIAA cares nothing about the software piracy occuring in Asian countries that gets spread out through different channels.
    Why would the Recording Industry Association of America care about software piracy at all?