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  1. Anyone prefer this to the stock firmware? on After 3 Years, Rockbox 3.0 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm a relative newbie when it comes to media players and I kind of like just plugging my ipod in and letting it sync with itunes. Having said that the hacker in me knows I have an old ipod that I'm not really using at the moment.

    What are the advantages and disadvantages of this software?

  2. Re:Yes... on Bringing Giant Tortoises Back From Extinction · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why did you post that anonymously? You clearly believe you speak for everyone. What do you have to loose?

  3. Re:IRS vs. Scam Artists? on Feds Tighten DNS Security On .Gov · · Score: 1

    Not that I'm an expert but given that it is a quotation the sentence, while technically not correct, could very well accurately represent what Mr. Beckett said or wrote. Please post a link to the quote on a reputable site so we can figure out which version is correct.

  4. I hold little hope of anything meaningful. on EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and VP Cheney · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When everyone in power is such a successful (not necessarily good) lair how can we even have a justice system?

  5. Re:Can't wait to see... on NASA Developing Small Nuclear Reactor For the Moon · · Score: 1

    Well played sir.

  6. Re:Steve Jobs on Kaminsky DNS Bug Claimed Fixed By 1-Character Patch · · Score: 1

    We need a site like this:

    http://www.abevigoda.com/ffb.php

    for Steve Jobs... you know just to be sure.

  7. Re:That explains it... on "Shimmer Vision" Scopes See Better Using Heat · · Score: 1

    There needs to be a Lame mod.

    Is that so it can be used on posts pointing out where moderation should be used or post asking for new types of moderation?

  8. Re:Difference? on Knights of the Old Republic MMO Confirmed · · Score: 1

    There are attackable Gungans in SWG... but it's hardly worth the suckyness of that game to kill them.

  9. Re:Free on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    My friends and family are the same way but somehow I can't get them to use the good software that is available.

  10. Re:Free on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    That may be sarcasm on your part, but yes this has been my experience.

  11. Re:Free on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    It's funny I've had these conversations... and what it boils down to is, for what ever reason, users trust weatherbug and banziabuddy for some reason but whenever I try to recommended a real piece of free software they get flinchy.

  12. Re:Free on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Non-techies are in general scared of downloading programs from the internet.

    In my experience if software is available in a package with a reasonable price tag people feel better about using it. It may be worth $20 to someone to not have to download and burn the software, the package may also contain information on how to find support.

  13. Re:Typical Microsoft on XP SP3 Crashes Some AMD Machines · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've been using SP3 RC for a few months now without any problems.


    Great. Another Winshill who can't understand that they are not the whole world.

    Great. Another Winbasher that can't understand the point of a "discussion" board.
  14. Re:A must see... on Smithsonian Gets Military UAVs · · Score: 1

    I totally agree, having the Smithsonian Museums within driving distance is one of the best parts about living in the Northern VA / Maryland area.

    It's worth noting that the charge for parking at the Dulles Air and Space annex.

  15. Re:News? on Ubuntu Picks Upstart, KVM · · Score: 1

    That is a rather loose definition of "works" from my experience.

    We tried Xen as a possible alternative to VMware and it isn't even close.

  16. Re:Ratchet and Clank really is an amazing game on PlayStation 3 'Hacker's Paradise', Sales Up · · Score: 1

    Without having played the demo and without any specific insight into how you expect a camera to behave, I can say that I had little if any issues with the camera in the retail version of Ratchet and Clank. I didn't see any options for adjusting the camera while I was playing but I admit that I didn't really look that hard.

    R&C is actually one of the better platformers I have played in years, I would recommend it to any PS3 owner but I wouldn't necessarily recommend that someone buy a PS3 with just this game as justification.

  17. Re:$300 million... on MIT Sues Frank Gehry Over Buggy $300M CS Building · · Score: 1

    How many is that in Libraries of Congress sold at retail in paperback? (LoCSRiP has a nice ring to it I think...)

  18. Re:Release Games worth a damn on the PS3... on The State of the Games Industry in Numbers · · Score: 1

    I guess I'm being a bit harsh... GTA4 and MGS4 are the two big ones I am looking forward to and the continual delays are getting tiresome.

    I will admit that Ratchet and Clank looks good... I may pick it up this week or at least grab the demo.

  19. Release Games worth a damn on the PS3... on The State of the Games Industry in Numbers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and I will happily buy them. I know that the games I want to play are coming to the PS3... but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

  20. Re:follow the money on Google Caught in Comcast Traffic Filtering? · · Score: 1

    That is a genuinely good question, I don't know of any such partnership (I would guess that Slashdot would report it given what I have seen as far as Comcast coverage here) but it does seem like a plausible explanation. Money is defiantly at the heart of this issue if it is indeed intentional at all (I wouldn't put this past Comcast's ability to screw up).

    My next questions would be: How bad is the disruption and how many users in what regions are affected?

  21. Re:Not me... on Google Caught in Comcast Traffic Filtering? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So I take it any comment that doesn't boil down to "Comcast sucks!" will be met by you with contempt and little else. Could it be that the fact that not all Comcast customers seem to be effected could be important to this story? I think you are the one adding "noise" here.

  22. Re:Sounds like "whiskers". on Researchers Achieve Amazing Memory Density · · Score: 1

    this Wikipedia article seems to corroborate the parent's post and provides some more detailed information on the phenomenon, I found it an interesting read.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisker_(metallurgy)

  23. So... Should I buy canned goods and water? on Time Dimension To Become Space-like · · Score: 1

    Will DHS raise the Astrophysical Phenomenon Terror (APPT) alert level to Orange? ...But seriously I wonder if we as 3 dimensional beings would even notice such a change? Isn't "time" only subtlety different from a physical dimension?

  24. Re:It's a FAX on Sony BMG Says Ripping CDs is Stealing · · Score: 1

    One more word: Exactly.

  25. Re:It's a FAX on Sony BMG Says Ripping CDs is Stealing · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three Words: Black Construction Paper.