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  1. Re:32-bit Genesis before 16-bit Super NES? on AMD Unveils SSE5 Instruction Set · · Score: 1

    No, you're getting confused by blast processing.

  2. Re:For shites sakes on Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Latest News · · Score: 1

    There is usually a conversion system. Usually, many versions of the conversion system, since player's tastes seem to vary so widely.

  3. Re:I wanna submit some new skills for consideratio on Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Latest News · · Score: -1, Troll

    Roll up some Hag's hair. It'll fuck you up betta than any bud you ever smoked and you get the experience for killing the hag and you get to loot that bitch's hut. Win... win... *long puff* win situation

  4. Re:What the hell is this about? on Colleges Wrestle With Thumb Drives · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Harry Potter leak was a group effort. Everyone was responsible for only a range of pages instead of one person doing the whole book. But yeah, you're spot on with the cameras. It's difficult to secure sensitive information group when we have so many avenues of data collection in this so-called digital age. The best (fair) solution I can think of for beating cameras is to actually have a person walking around in the area and watching for people doing questionable things. Good old fashioned security that's simple to implement and really hard to beat. I don't know why it's not used more instead of people putting their trust in expensive and ultimately insecure solutions.

  5. Re:32mb of cache... woohoo... on Terabyte Hard Drive Put To the Test · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Computers have been slowly turing (funny Frueidian typo, honest) into overly-equipped money sinks ever since hardware graphics acceleration became mainstream. I've recently been surprised by what all I can do with only 512MB of system memory and the Intel onboard graphics chipset.

  6. Keyboards.... on Mouse or Trackball? · · Score: 1

    I'm using my KEYBOARD, bitches!!! That's right! My damn Razor mouse broke on me because Windows is a stupidly designed piece of crap that like to corrupt drivers if your PC crashes. I'm going to reinstall this bitch, bu I need to back up and in the mean time... it's mousekeys for the mother fucking loose.

  7. Re:Better and easier to MUG you on Your Own Mini-Stalker · · Score: 1

    This is not a roll post. It is insightful. People worry about being E-mugged all the time, so why not bring up the (bigger) possibility of getting straight up jacked?

  8. Hmm... on Microsoft Doesn't Care About Destroying Linux · · Score: 1

    Microsoft doesn't care about destroying Linux.
    Ya don't say?
  9. I saw this on Some 7-11s Become Kwik-E-Marts · · Score: 2, Funny

    The other day I bought a slurpee er.. squishiee and realized that the cup actually said "Squishiee" on it. First I thought Imy sleepy eyes were playing tricks on me, but nope, it was there and I just HAD to sing the song. Who needs a Guik-E-Mart? I doooooooo!!!

  10. How about... on Tangible Display Makes 3D Touchable · · Score: 1

    Games, you momos! Yes, sex is fun, too, but games are fun... also... Yeah...

    Imagine wielding a "REAL" sword and having it slice through "REAL" flesh. Or... or... Damn it all, just forget what I just said. Sex is far better.

  11. Re:Open Source dosen't matter for voting systems on John Edwards on Open Source Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't the open source code still be vulnerable to an attack launched from malware embedded in firmware by the hardware vendor? Unless the firmware is open too, I think it would be.

  12. Open Source dosen't matter for voting systems on John Edwards on Open Source Voting Machines · · Score: 2

    According to this paper

  13. Re:Oh Really? on Military Running a Parallel Earth Simulator · · Score: 1

    I live in central Texas and yes... It's gone rain! /Family Guy Global Warming FTL

  14. Re:Salient FACTS on 800 Break-ins at Dept. of Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    The point I was trying to make is that if an intrusion does go unnoticed long enough and if your sensitive data is in any way connected to your external network, then it can be compromised by many means including a social engineering, which only gets easier once the outer layer security has been breached. I realize that the sensitive data is on separate networks but since they are secret we'll probably never know if there were any attacks on them as well or not.

  15. Re:The largest, most bloated bureaucracy in histor on 800 Break-ins at Dept. of Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    It's true. I read an accredited news article some time ago that pointed this out for the fact that they wre concerned that a real code would be too easily forgotten in a high-stress crisis situation.

  16. Re:Salient FACTS on 800 Break-ins at Dept. of Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    You raise an interesting point, but the truth is that given the sensitivity of the network in question, ONE is too many.

  17. Fake body parts on Self-Healing Plastic Skin · · Score: 1

    Couple it with the fake blood, couple of variable-speed servos and you can have your very own android.

  18. Re:Not to excuse Dell, but maybe on Dell Thinks Ubuntu Makes Hardware More Fragile? · · Score: 2

    I walked an 80-something old grandmother through a motherboard replacement on an old Dimension back when I worked for Dell and it's one of my most pleasant and rewarding memories of being a tech. I use that story to this day in job interviews. My motto was that I'd do ANYTHING so they didn't have to send something.

  19. Steps: on Bookstore Owner Burns Books · · Score: 0

    1. Sell inventory for 1$
    2. BURN it if it dosen't sell!!!
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

  20. Re:Administered remotely seems unlikely... on Simple, Stand-Alone Internet Communication Devices? · · Score: 1

    Yes, build it from scratch and make a ton selling variations of it so people can communicate freely over the internet without a PC or having to pay a ton for "service."

  21. This represents our first step into... on Dell Plans to Sell PCs at Wal-Mart · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... global dominatio... I mean retail...

  22. IBM on Where Do You Go For Linux Training? · · Score: 2, Informative

    IBM offers Linux and UNIX training, but it's pricey, like everything IBM carries.

  23. What does the PSP have to do with... on PSP Becomes a Phone Via UK Deal With BT · · Score: 0, Offtopic
  24. Greed on Texting Teens Generating OMG Phone Bills · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've wondered a lot of things about texting. Why is it so popular? How do people seem to like it so much when I find it tedious and time consuming, especially when on the go? Why does it cost so much to do on a phone what I can do virtually for free on a computer? The entire mobile communication payment system needs to be changed quickly. It's currently mirroring the dark ages of internet access, when it was mysterious, addictive, and absorbently expensive. When precious online minutes were rationed out for a specified monthly fee. We've reached a new era in internet services, of unlimited fast internet that is mostly fair, free, and open. I can take my laptop outside find a free access point and chat all I want. I can even call people on their I don't know much about cellular communications, but it's so disturbing to me that these devices that are becoming increasingly similar to computers cannot benefit from some of the same advances in pricing. One day I hope that some loophole allows a clever start-up to offer a cellular service that is as free as the internet is. But I doubt that will happen because of the miles of greed-inspired red tape involved with it.

  25. Real life on Why Work Is Looking More Like a Video Game · · Score: 1

    plays like a video game, now. It's all about maximizing your benefits while balancing your time expenditures. I, uhh... guess intentionally taking damage in a a speed run would be akin to taking a late fee on your car payment in order to make the rent payment. Boring stuff, eh?