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  1. Re:Cheaper Stuff for Intel...Same Prices for Us on Apple May be Intel Show Pony · · Score: 0

    Why don't you... oh I don't know... buy some shares then?

  2. What would happen if farmers were president? on If Bad Software Developers Built Houses... · · Score: 0

    This is like asking what would happen if a model airplane painter made emergency life saving equipment "It looks nice from the outside, the shock pads being painting quite nicely, but when the paramedic goes to defibrillate the heart, nothing happens. The paramedic wonders how complicated the machine can be and notices there is no wiring or parts at all inside the machine... just a shell... therefore, model airplane painters suck." Next week What would happen if cheerleaders were president... hehehe.

  3. Medical Applications and Construction on Rail Guns Closer to Reality · · Score: 0

    Kidney stone smasher supreme. Worlds Best Hammer.

  4. Re:One of these days... on 'Lower Rights' IE 7.0 Coming · · Score: 0

    "As long as IE has those features, there is no reason for people to try the app that had them first." As long as Firefox has those features, there is no reason for people to try the app that had them first. (opera)

  5. When the artists come out en masse... on Extending Pop Music Copyrights · · Score: 0

    ... to denounce this, then I'll care. But for now it sounds like a bunch of people whining about what they 'think' artists want... and also how something they have had no hand in creating should be free. Want free music? Write it. Record it. Publish to the public domain and advertise it. Don't want to support non-free music? Stop listening to it. /would love a record contract.

  6. Web sites horrible for this on Document Disposal Law Kicks In · · Score: 0

    I have noticed a lot of web sites are horrible at protecting peoples information. For instance, if a web site is able to email you your login password instead of just resetting it, that means they are not one way hashing it, and it could be stolen, leaked, or looked at by employees... how many other sites are you using that same password for? Old deleted accounts end up in audit tables forever in some places. Not good. Some will say "be careful of what sites you sign up for"... but people won't be. Others will say "do not use the same password for 'weather action news' that you use for your bank account... but most people do.

  7. Oppurtunity cost - Economist versus Accountant on Sun Buying StorageTek for $4.1B · · Score: 0

    Depends who defined the 8.6%. An accountant would define 8.6% profit as a positive 8.6% net difference between total sales and total costs. An economist would define it as as a positive 8.6% net difference between total sales and (total costs + oppurtunity costs). http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&sa fe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:offi cial&oi=defmore&q=define:Opportunity+Cost So if it was an economist, then yes 8.6% is great. If it was an accountant's definition then, perhaps not so great, could you find an investment that generate more than 8.6% on your money? probably. So the 8.6% may not beat the oppurtunity cost.

  8. Wait till you lose it on Cell phones as Credit Cards · · Score: 0

    Or better yet, wait till I find it after you leave it on a park bench.

  9. Just trying to understand on IT Giants Accused of Exploiting Open Source · · Score: 0

    Are there restrictions on who else can package and offer support for fedora?

  10. Re:Sketchy on Hiper Type-R Modular Blue Line 580W PSU Review · · Score: 0

    Yhat 100$ (never seen a 100$ one, but have seen quite a few 30$ cables) cable is important to some (in an audio system it can reduce transmission errors. There are different cable types, with fundementally different properties http://www.wildpackets.com/compendium/Fiber/L1-fib er.html are you using the right cable?). Anyhow, in a computer system, especially one with a high end video card and the latest CPU, a PSU with a tonne of rock solid stable rails is important, particulary if you enjoy overclocking. don't like it? don't buy it.

  11. it's a solid step on Steering Wheel Checks Alcohol Consumption · · Score: 0

    It sounds like this could at least provide a continous check that a drunk person is not operating the vehicle. I'd be in total favour of this over the current DUI mandated breath systems... although i don't know how i feel about forcing it into everyone's cars. However, I do know how I feel about putting first time offenders behind bars for a weekend (we don't do this in Ontario; any States (or other Provinces) have harsher penalties than a slap-on-the-wrist fine?)

  12. Re: What we will say on Stallman Unimpressed by Nokia Patent Pledge · · Score: 0

    Don't worry, it's safe to let open source armies carry...

  13. SFF on Four GPU Motherboard · · Score: 0

    Don't forget making up a small... form factor

  14. Re:What about... on Four GPU Motherboard · · Score: 0
  15. Re:Why? on Four GPU Motherboard · · Score: 0

    Even if your monitor cannot refresh at more fps than the game runs at, the game will continue to feel more responsive at a higher framerate, which adds to the quality of the gameplay. http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Quake3/FAQFPSJumps. html

  16. Egads!!! on Smoke and Mirrors from Sony and Microsoft · · Score: -1

    you mean, microsoft lied to us?

  17. Bring me my random password generator/tracker! on Security Skins: Single Sign-On with Images · · Score: 0

    I think what I would like to see is Firefox having the ability to save its password file on a USB keyring (encrypted of course). As well, if it could randomly generate passwords for websites, that would also be cool. I am beginning to notice many users use the same password across multiple sites. Combine that with some sites having weak security and you've got the potential for catastrophe. Bring me my random password generator/tracker! and grape peeler.

  18. Live it. Love it. Arnie!!! on Keep Fit Program For The Brain · · Score: 0

    Arnold Schwarzenegger's Body Builder's Encyclopedia Some of the information is outdated, but overall, this book could just help you change your life. From productive work out routines to proper nutrition (which foods to eat together for proper protein intake), this book contains enough information to help any non-self respecting nerd become... well... self respecting. In conclusion... eat breakfast. Or get to tha choppah. Just do something. Your brain and body will thank you for it.

  19. Re:Doesn't achieve their goals? on Little Interest In Next-Gen Internet · · Score: 0

    http://www.no-ip.com/ quite simple, has a linux how-to as well. Totally free for "living room" use.

  20. Re:Counter examples on McVoy Strikes Back · · Score: 0

    I am so sick of everyone pointing their finger at firefox and saying "look at the innovation!". Opera. did. it. first. I use firefox because it is better than i.e., and has out innovated i.e. across the board. but not opera

  21. Re:McVoy doesn't get it on McVoy Strikes Back · · Score: 0

    "Multics was a great OS founded by AT&T, MIT etc with docens of engineers, Unix was mostly a hack by a couple of guys" ... "Millions of dollars don't always drive "innovation", innovation drives innovation; money is a way of encourage innovation but "neccesity"" Your example kind of makes McVoy's assertion stronger that open source is all about reverse engineering.

  22. Go get your old PCI video card/couch leveler on Unlocking the GeForce 6800 · · Score: 0

    checkerboarding? at least it's only a softmod, still though, I recommend keeping a PCI graphics card handy just in case.

  23. Re:*More* XBox 360 stories PLEASE! on Inside the Xbox 360 · · Score: 0

    What are you talking about? Plenty of people love notepad.

  24. Re:How are folks supposed to make money? on Blender's Open Movie Project · · Score: 0

    Even though I got modded troll, I appreciate the response. I'll do some research into the other licensing types. I just assumed by the talk I've read on here that GPL is the consensus on perfection.

  25. A test on Top Mice Compared · · Score: 1

    Take your optical mouse. Move it around as fast as you possibly can (erratically, no circles). Does your cursor skip? Does this 'skipping' upset you? Perhaps you have experienced the release of a single emo mouse tear (this is of course how emo took hold... through LEDs). Buy a MX1000, and tear no more. In all honestly, a MX1000 can speed up your productivity thoroughly once you become accustomed to working at a higher precision setting.