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  1. Think about it on Using Jet Engines to Cool Servers · · Score: 1

    How do you think jet airliners provide a/c? They use bleed air from the turbine, that's how. If you take a very high pressure gas and allow it to expand very quickly it cools down a great deal. The same principle could be applied to cooling a data center. Why you would want to, well that's why I read the article. Only to be disappointed by the lack of real jet engines.

  2. Re:Stealing ideas from "Creative" people? on iPod Faces Patent Probe · · Score: 1

    Only if you run Windows XP (which I don't) can you access the player with anything but Creative's POS interface software (with the US version at least). Which they fail to mention on the box.

  3. Re:Stealing ideas from "Creative" people? on iPod Faces Patent Probe · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you don't have to deal with iTunes. You DO have to deal with Play-For-S%$t DRM and Creative's horrific PlayCenter software. What the hell happened to drag and drop UMD?

    /jaded Zen Sleek owner

  4. Re:My Predictions... on iPod Faces Patent Probe · · Score: 1

    Very unlikely scenario (less than 0.001% chance): The sun explodes, causing a dip in Apple's stock price.

    What? No rebound?

  5. Pales in comparison on Microsoft Says Vista Most Secure OS Ever · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah? MY OS requires blood and tissue samples as well as an FBI background check to log on and the user can do one of two things: log off or reboot. No network (or God forbid internet) access, no access to install or run programs or peripherals. Nothing. But boy is it secure! Yep, nobody is EVER going to hack into it.

  6. The "Real" Reason on Why Vista Release Date Really Slipped · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...from a Microsoft shill. "It's been delayed so long because it is such a great operating system! If it wasn't so darn good it would have been out already."

    Ugh.

  7. In Other Old News on Pope Advised Hawking Not to Study Origin of Universe · · Score: 1

    The Pope who advised Hawking to not study the creation of the universe is dead now.

  8. We've had killer military robots for years on The Question of Robot Safety · · Score: 1

    Phalanx CIWS

    Just set it to Automatic and duck.

  9. What else is new? on Policy Wonk Castigates Net Neutrality · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Corporate shill says private companies should be allowed to control the internet. Film at 11.

  10. Re:linux servers used by more n00bs? on Windows Servers Beat Linux Servers · · Score: 1

    Not appliciable to this survey. They only accepted results from users who were running Windows 2003 and Linux servers at the same time. Which invalidates your agrument (and the survey oddly enough).

  11. Re:On the Value of Research on Dvorak on Our Modern World · · Score: 1

    The Belkin Universal Digital Camera LCD Display Contrast Enhancement Hood! $29.99 for the boring plain model, $49.99 for the one that looks cool.

  12. Re:more proof the RIAA/MPAA are insane on Death By DMCA · · Score: 1

    they should have went after whoever it was that release the first remote control

    Oh, don't disillusion yourself. If they would have had the imagination to see what it would lead to they would have. Of course back then there was no DMCA to use as a threat.

  13. Re:conspiracy theory in 4... 3... 2... 1... on PS3 Cell Processor 'Broken'? · · Score: 1

    Do some reading on the subject. The 360 and PS3 have significantly different CPUs.

  14. In Other News... on Texas to Provide Online 'Bordercams' · · Score: 1

    The Bush administration has announced that they are planning to protect New Orleans from another hurricane with millions of pasta strainers. A senior official was quotes as saying "We figure as long as we make a good show of having a ton of plastic bowls with holes in them on the levees the water will be discouraged and stay in the Gulf of Mexico."

  15. Re:End of internet (and world) predicted. Film at on CyberTerrorism - Reality or FUD? · · Score: 1

    Who benefits? The people who are trying to scare everyone in this country into appointing Bush el-presidente for life to protect us from dem terrrrrsts without having to worry about that due process hullabaloo and pansy assed Consitiution crap.

  16. Re:Calling a p2p related site "The Pirate Bay" ... on ThePirateBay Will Rise Again? · · Score: 1

    Is that the same as saying a woman wearing revealing clothing is "asking for it" IYHO?

  17. Re:As a record store owner, I hope not on ThePirateBay Will Rise Again? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Legal or not, the internet will eventually kill your business anyway. You should have recognized that oh, about 6 years ago. If the record industry had an ounce of sense they would have gone to online distribution years ago and put you out of business.

  18. Re:same as a drug dealer on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately for the MPAA that isn't illegal according to Swedish law. Maybe they can bribe the President into invading Sweden on some falsified allegations. Naaaawwww, that could never happen.

    Oh wait.

  19. Re:Strange political power on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 1

    you have to have revenue in order to spend money

    Nonsense! You don't need revenue when you can just go further into debt! Who gives a crap about the suckers that have to shoulder the burden in 100 years? I'll be dead anyway!

    /cry

  20. Yeah but... on Jobs' Glass Elevator Locks in Group Customers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure the UI has some issues, but it looks so beautiful!

  21. Re:Uh, no. on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 1

    That's børk børk you insensitive clod!

  22. Re:Strange political power on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Hell, that's a less corrupt system than the US currently has. They probably wouldn't even take bribes, err, campaign contributions from Concerned Religous Zealots Who You Better Do What They Pay You To Do Or You Won't Get Reelected of America.

  23. Re:come on, let's face it on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    But... but... but... you HAVE to do what we say! You HAVE to! Waaaahhhh!!!!

  24. Re:same as a drug dealer on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No, he's not. Let's take your myopic case to the extreme, shall we?

    A person walks up to a police officer and says "Sir, that man across the street is selling illegal drugs!" The police officer's response: "You're under arrest for providing information as to where illegal drugs can be purchased."

  25. Re:Airbus Skeptic on Airbus Plans to Expand Cockpit Automation · · Score: 1

    The real danger is not software bugs per se, but instead situations where (if 200 people didn't just die) the programmers would say "huh, never thought that could ever happen".