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  1. Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    Indeed! All this talk today about analogue or digital signals. Balderdash!

    The only true reproduction is one with an entirely *mechanical* signal chain. These kids and their electric microphones and amplifiers. BAH!

  2. Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    Chin up, fatty.

  3. Re:Hibernation? on Quick Boot Linux Hopes To Win Over Windows Users · · Score: 1

    yeah, i hear thats an issue for many. That's one of the reasons i went with a thinkpad. Figured if people are going to write proper linux drivers for anything, it's probably going to be a thinkpad T-series.

    Dunno if thats sound reasoning, but it worked out well for me.

  4. Re:Hibernation? on Quick Boot Linux Hopes To Win Over Windows Users · · Score: 1

    Thats why suspend is so awesome. Its fast, no copying 4gb to the HDD, and it takes very little power.

    Sure you'll have to reboot occasionally, i generally find i reboot my laptop once a fortnight or two. But generally that's because I accidentally run the battery dry or need to boot into windows for a moment to run some app.

  5. Re:Hibernation? on Quick Boot Linux Hopes To Win Over Windows Users · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah that makes sense for desktops, but the amount of energy a sleeping laptop uses is equivalent to a power brick plugged in but not being used. So unless you unplug all your bricked devices while they're off (and turn off that PC at the switch on the PSU), I wouldn't worry much about that sleeping laptop.

  6. Re:Hibernation? on Quick Boot Linux Hopes To Win Over Windows Users · · Score: 1

    yes. hibernation is kinda useless IMO for that very reason. Standby is very quick though.

  7. Re:OK fine. on Targeted Advertising Coming To Cable TV · · Score: 1

    Well good news! You can get rid of that expensive dvr and associated hassle once targeted ads come to your area. Soon you can watch ads for stuff you may actually buy.

  8. Re:OK fine. on Targeted Advertising Coming To Cable TV · · Score: 1

    You heard how much those things cry?

    You'll still need the beer.

  9. Re:The screen is on the wrong side on Testing Lenovo's ThinkPad W700ds Dual-Screen Notebook · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You're thinking like a coder, not like a graphics pro. The wacom tablet is the main input device, not the keyboard.

  10. Re:csh syntax mode? on BASH 4.0 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    by typing csh, you're loading the c shell and leaving bash. Parent asked for compatibility mode.

    Hilarity ensues.

    As for why you should care which shell is which, you probably don't. You'd only care if you were using more advanced features or scripting. A quick google will show you all your shell can do. It's impressive, really.

  11. Re:Never blown up a server... on When Servers Explode · · Score: 1

    'PC LOAD LETTER'?

    What the fuck does that mean?

  12. Re:I lost a router on One Broken Router Takes Out Half the Internet? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. I accidentally the whole internet.

    Is that bad?

  13. Re:Benefits? on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    the main benefit is that you can make them pay more when they want to open a fourth app.

  14. Re:apps vs. windows on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    That's still an average of 10.8 apps per person

    If 70% have 15 windows open, the other 30% need to have -28.3 apps open to get an average of 2 apps over the entire range.

  15. Re:Time to tighten our belts on IBM Hides the Bodies, Eyes US Government Billions · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, 'cause our roads are in such great shape now,

    They're paved, aren't they?

    the cops are doing a bang-up job,

    At least you have cops

    we're producing public-school Einsteins at the rate of E=mc^2

    An energy is not a rate, though I guess you're proving your own point.

    and by golly were going to eat to the bottom of this jar of salmonella-laced peanut butter if it kills us.

    Good luck with that. In your world without any taxes you would probably be eating tainted food for real.

  16. Re:Rational on Marijuana Could Prevent Alzheimer's, New Study · · Score: 1

    wild tobacco is almost hallucinogenic and non-addictive whereas commercial tobacco is just addictive because of its extreme nicotene content. if you dont believe me check wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco [wikipedi

    Quoth wikipedia:

    Nicotiana rustica leaves have a nicotine content as high as 9%, whereas Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco) leaves contain about 1 to 3%.[2]

  17. Re:Rational on Marijuana Could Prevent Alzheimer's, New Study · · Score: 1

    Marijuana makes darkies think they are as good as whites

    Harry Jacob Anslinger

    Hey it may not seem rational now, but it worked then.

    Or how about

    "A gang of boys tear the clothes from two school girls and rape [them].... A sixteen-year-old kills his entire family of five in Florida, a man in Minnesota puts a bullet through the head of a stranger... in Colorado husband tries to shoot his wife... and then kills himself. Every one of these crimes had been proceeded [sic] by the smoking of one or more marijuana 'reefers.'"

    Harry J. Anslinger

  18. Re:As for preservation on Long-Term PC Preservation Project? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thinner wires to transmit the same amount of power is the main difference. Also you'll lose a bit less power in transit between the step down transformer and your house.

    Its really hard to change power standards once they're in place. I guess there just isn't enough incentive in saving a bit of copper to go through the mess of throwing out everything that uses power in the country.

  19. Beating the camouflage on Ink Breakthrough Heralds Bendy PC Screens · · Score: 1

    take one step to the left

  20. Re:Improving networks on Cellphone Networks Survive Inauguration, Mostly · · Score: 1

    True that. Who could have possibly anticipated such a large gathering in this unremarkable city?

  21. Re:Mystery Pits on Oldest Weapons-grade Plutonium Found In Dump · · Score: 2, Informative

    Development has been done. Plans are available. So the supercomputer won't be needed.

  22. Re:Not good enough. on 6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves · · Score: 2, Informative
    My guess is it was a Half Baked reference

    Brian: Get some sour cream and onion chips with some dip, man, some beef jerky, some peanut butter. Get some HÃagen-Dazs ice cream bars, a whole lot, make sure chocolate, gotta have chocolate, man. Some popcorn, red popcorn, graham crackers, graham crackers with marshmallows, the little marshmallows and little chocolate bars and we can make s'mores, man. Also, celery, grape jelly, Cap'n Crunch with the little Crunch berries, pizzas. We need two big pizzas, man, everything on 'em, with water, whole lotta water, and Funyons.

    Kenny: That's it?

    Thurgood Jenkins: Yeah, get me a box of condoms, and, what was that thing we used to eat back in the day? What was it... oh yeah, pussy.

    Kenny: You got it.

  23. Re:I use dvorak not for the speed on Dvorak Layout Claimed Not Superior To QWERTY · · Score: 1

    Eh, I believe we were required to break 80 or something to pass high school keyboarding class. ... I broke 180 one a fairly regular basis. I mean, if you only have to hammer out 30 or 40 keystrokes, and you know exactly what you'll be typing before you begin, and you repeat it several times

    you hammer out the same 30 or 40 characters again and again to get a score? Sorry, but 6-8 words does not a typing test make.

  24. Re:I use dvorak not for the speed on Dvorak Layout Claimed Not Superior To QWERTY · · Score: 1

    Ten keystrokes per second using hunt and peck? That's something I'd have to see to belive.

  25. Re:When all else fails... on Windows 7's Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista's · · Score: 1

    Indeed! Advertising didn't work, but delivering a decent product did. OH SNAP! What will this crazy world think of next?