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  1. Who cares? on BT Promises 300Mbps FTTP By 2012 · · Score: 0

    So you can now hit your bandwidth cap faster than ever? At a certain point, latency is the biggest problem to contend with, not bandwidth.

  2. Why not isolate the networks? on Italian Hacker Publishes 0day SCADA Hacks · · Score: 2

    I used to work at a foundry that had a Rockwell SCADA system. It operated on a completely physically separate network from the normal, internet-facing corporate network. If somebody needed access to both the SCADA system and their email, they had two computers on their desk. For something not as critical as say, a utility, I think this was a bit of overkill (at least they could have used VLANs), but why is this not a semi-common practice? Why do these controls need to be on a network with a route to the internet?

  3. Re:No money on Unreal Tournament 3 For Linux Is Officially Dead · · Score: 1

    You know, I concur that UT3 was not nearly as fun as UT or UT2004, but I've never been able to put my finger on WHY it is inferior.

  4. Re:Media Center on Best PC DVR Software, For Any Platform? · · Score: 1

    I don't know about the HD-PVR, but as for QAM using the HDHR, I can say that Windows 7 handles it perfectly.

  5. Re:I just want to say... on Thermonuclear Reactor To Use Coconut Shells · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cool is, perhaps, the wrong word.

  6. Re:WTF on Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please cite any relevant passages of Montana state or Federal law, kthx.

  7. Yes on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    Of course it is.

  8. Re:Marvel's "Origin" Series on Wolverine Film Leaked a Month Before Release · · Score: 1

    That's exactly why I downloaded it.

    But I've watched a few leaked workprints before. (Never of so high profile a movie.) And, well, allm y attention was drawn to the incomplete effects. Totally ruined the experience for me. So, I plan on keeping the Wolverine workprint and watching it after I see the movie theatrically.

  9. Re:Subdomain certs on Making Sense of Mismatched Certificates? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Due to security concerns (just like the OP is expressing,) you can't get a Wildcard EV certificate.

  10. AhSayOBS on Easy, Reliable Distributed Storage and Backup? · · Score: 1

    AhSay's free version of their Offsite Backup Server (http://www.ahsay.com/en/freeedition/ahsay_free_edition_index.html) does versioning and, well, everything you're really asking for. I use this at work with about 20 clients, and it's rock solid.

  11. Re:The worst part on DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely · · Score: 1

    MicroSD cards are small enough to easily swallow.

  12. Re:Amazing on Satellite Internet Providers · · Score: 1

    I used to install VSATs, and we routinely installed several VoIP lines on them. Yeah, ping is slow, but that's what ACK spoofing is for.

  13. Re:I smell something... on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    It's sad because it's costing the city government (and therefore the taxpayers) as a whole, and not just the stupid officers involved.

  14. Re:Who would he remember, though? on Harrison Ford Turned Down Han Solo Role · · Score: 1

    Did you not see Episode III? Anakin did some pretty fancy flying in the BAttle of Courscant.

  15. Re:Cultural differences...? on Wii Outselling PS3 in Japan · · Score: 1

    Art direction was done by Akira Toriyama, but Hironobu Sakaguchi (the guy who created Final Fantasy) created the game, and was development supervisor. Oh, and Nobuo Uematsu composed the music (as he did for FF1-9)

  16. Re:Wide Screen on iPhone, Apple TV Headline MacWorld Keynote · · Score: 1

    And I don't dispute that. I said nothing of surround sound systems.

  17. Re:Wide Screen on iPhone, Apple TV Headline MacWorld Keynote · · Score: 3, Informative

    Very few televisions have digital audio in, outside of HDMI. If one must hook up with component, one will probably also be using R/L analogue audio.

  18. Re:I saw this coming. on TiVoToGo for Mac Announced · · Score: 1

    That's what strikes me. Competent programs doing the same thing the Windows version does, for the same price...and then they release it bundled only with an expensive, broken piece of software. tivodecode development won't stop because of this, because it's ridiculous.

  19. I saw this coming. on TiVoToGo for Mac Announced · · Score: 4, Informative

    This timing, of course, is not coincidental. The open-source hack tivodecode has made .tivo file decoding possible on non-Windows platforms. Tons of people are using tools like the TivoDecode Manager to replace the functionality not available from TiVo officially...until now.

  20. Re:$52? on How to get a Refund on Your Unwanted Windows · · Score: 1

    Why does having used Windows before make it so you can't refuse the EULA on another machine? Different machine, different use, possible disagreement with EULA based on what is planned to be done on that computer.

  21. Re:$52? on How to get a Refund on Your Unwanted Windows · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the Windows XP Home EULA:

    You agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA by installing, copying, or otherwise using the software. If you do not agree, do not install, copy, or use the software; you may return it to your place of purchase for a full refund

    If he did not, in fact, agree to be bound by the terms of the EULA, he had every right to ask for a refund.

  22. Re:Same as always on Cameras Help Cops Catch a Killer · · Score: 1

    .....what?

  23. Re:Same as always on Cameras Help Cops Catch a Killer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Naw, all of those Iraquistanis look alike.

  24. Re:Same as always on Cameras Help Cops Catch a Killer · · Score: 1

    Minor point - with cameras, there is only fact. The fact is that this lady was killed by this man and it was caught on camera. The truth may be something that justifies that, though it most likely is not. But you see the difference between fact and truth.

  25. Re:iPod Generation... on iPod Generation Indifferent to Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    Space is boring. However, all the little goodies in it (stars, planets, black holes, dark matter, etc.) are exciting.