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  1. Re:funny thing is.. on The 305 RAMAC — First Commercial Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    The noise that comes from those things makes me feel silly about complaining about a slightly noisy fan in my otherwise silent computer.

  2. Re:Buzzlight year on Where are Wii? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, which is why I don't understand why people are using the same "conspiracy theory" after a year of continuous Wii shortages. I'm pretty sure Nintendo isn't restricting the supply intentionally.

  3. Re:Just what I need... on Yahoo, Adobe To Serve Ads In PDFs · · Score: 1

    Wait 5-10 seconds for my PDF reader to crank up just to display an ad.

    Not if you're using "Adobe Reader" (aka Acrobat), which is closer to half of a minute on a decent machine.

  4. Re:root listens to audio? on Multiple FLAC Vulnerabilities Affect Every OS · · Score: 4, Informative

    root listens to audio?

    Yes. Windows.

  5. Re:Most CF cards are PIO only! on Solid State Drives - Fast, Rugged, and Expensive · · Score: 1

    Well I got a CF card that said it supported UDMA but turns out it only did PIO. I should have complained about it for false advertising and all but it's good enough for its application.

  6. Re:Marginalised audio on Steam Survey Takes PC Gaming's Pulse · · Score: 1

    and have shitty sound?

    You're talking about anything branded Creative, right? I used to use add-on soundboards until most motherboards started coming with more than adequate integrated audio. Realtek AC97 is quite excellent for listening to audio and it saved me from the buggy junk that I used to use.

  7. Re:I use them on Solid State Drives - Fast, Rugged, and Expensive · · Score: 1

    I use a CF for the disk on a router that I built. The cost of the adapter and card were about what you mentioned. The I/O performance, however, is really abysmal. Much slower than a magnetic hard drive. Doesn't really matter for my application, though, since just about everything is done in RAM.

  8. Re:What would happen if... on NIST Opens Competition for a New Hash Algorithm · · Score: 1

    That's the idea behind genetic algorithms. Although the approach is a bit "smarter." Actually, I had the idea of making a hashing algorithm using a GA for the (second) time yesterday.

  9. Re:SI units on Seagate Offers Refunds on 6.2 Million Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    It might be, for a newcomer, initially confusing that a kilobyte is 1024 bytes instead of 1000 bytes, but the original scheme is a consistent exception.

    Although SI units have had a well established meaning before they were abused for use with computer applications, what you're suggesting amounts to context sensitive units. Think about that for a moment. Something like that would be laughed at by any respectable scientist yet people keep insisting on it.

  10. Re:SI units on Seagate Offers Refunds on 6.2 Million Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    It might be, for a newcomer, initially confusing that a kilobyte is 1024 bytes instead of 1000 bytes, but the original scheme is a consistent exception.

    Hmm.. 1000 = 1024? Yeah, I wonder how that one got past the scientific community.

  11. Re:SI units on Seagate Offers Refunds on 6.2 Million Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    THANK YOU. I was going to post the same thing. I wish people would stop asserting that "1GB = 1GiB." The SI units were hijacked by the computer industry and not the other way around.

  12. Re:More Secure? on Picture Passwords More Secure than Text · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's the case for your average user who uses "1111" for their password, but other people (hopefully people on here) know the value of using varied, long, and unique passwords. That's why I plan to draw a rocket train blasting out of a hole in the bottom with a kitty cat for a conductor in each of my picture passwords.

  13. Re:Will this improve windows releases? on GIMP 2.4 Released · · Score: 1

    The Windows version should be exactly the same thing as on other OSes. It has had support for PNG and GIF formats since forever. 2.4 is even nicer since now it comes in one installer instead of two. I noticed the GIMP Animation Package has been integrated in 2.4, making editing animated GIFs easier.

  14. Re:Corporate doublespeak on Toshiba Denies 360 With Built-in HD DVD · · Score: 1

    They probably don't want users to give up the experience of buying a costly XBOX add on.

  15. Re:Full-Color? on Bridgestone Shows Off Ultra-Thin, Full-Color e-Paper · · Score: 1

    4k colors -- 12-bit color -- is "Full-color"? Really?

    With dithering it's OVER NINE THOUSAND!!

  16. Re:Semi-Old News, and 64bit Info on Unreal Tournament 3 Beta Demo Now Out · · Score: 1

    oh yes, world detail = 2, texture detail = 5

  17. Re:Semi-Old News, and 64bit Info on Unreal Tournament 3 Beta Demo Now Out · · Score: 1

    It runs well on a 6600GT? I replaced my 6600GT with an (overclocked) 7600GS and I get an average of 25 FPS at 800x500 (any higher and it becomes unplayable.) What type of performance are you getting exactly?

  18. Re:Lead scientists? on New Plastic to Cut CO2 Emissions and Purify Water · · Score: 1

    It's funny because those are two words that are spelled the same way. Like bass and bass.

  19. Re:USA USA USA on Pentagon Urges Space-Based Solar Power · · Score: 1

    That's the only "free as in" statement that ever made sense

  20. Units on Microwind Generator For Low Power Systems · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone has seen the video where the suspension bridge is ripped apart by wind- his idea was to use the same thing to generate power.

    So will the power output be measured in bridges per minute?

  21. Re:They aren't kidding on Consumer Group Demands XP for Vista Victims · · Score: 1

    amazing! That computer must be from the future! It has 2048 GB of RAM!

  22. Re:No on Electronic Arts Purchases BioWare, Pandemic · · Score: 1

    So, they have the same strategy as Microsoft?

  23. Re:She continued her testimony saying... on Sony BMG Says Ripping CDs is Stealing · · Score: 1

    That's the kind of logic that seems to fail when I use it on mathematical proofs.

  24. Re:What's REALLY needed on Intel Releases Mashups for the Masses · · Score: 5, Funny

    That didn't work for "podcast" ..

  25. Re:Now they say there was no putty. on MIT Student Arrested For Wearing 'Tech Art' Shirt At Airport · · Score: 1

    Ever hear of self expression? I guess the world would be better if everyone was bland and predictable.