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  1. Re:Freaky. on HyperCard Comes Back From the Dead to the Web · · Score: 1

    Thank fuck you never got stuck with a CLI.

  2. One non-random element on Computer Models Find Patterns In Asymmetric Threats · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the US could stop invading sovereign nations.

    Nah, obviously I'm just kidding. Carry on.

  3. Re:What's new? on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Released · · Score: 1

    I was thinking along the same lines, but the disk usage analysis tool looks shiny.

  4. Re:Hackable linux router on Building an Energy Efficient, Always-On PC? · · Score: 1

    I'm doing exactly this with OpenWRT, an Asus WL500gP and a usb harddisk. The trick is going to be getting the disk to spin down.

  5. Re:Metric, not Imperial on Genetic Database Hits One Billion Entries · · Score: 1

    No, the fonts are much smaller.

  6. 5km from a wok on Wide Area Wireless on a Shoestring Budget? · · Score: 1

    Claimed here

  7. Re:Cash purchases on Privacy Resolutions for the New Year · · Score: 1

    Ok, sure I use cash, but what do you tell cashiers who ask for your home phone number or even street address?

    May I suggest: "Piss off".

  8. Bishops are too short. on RF Connector Chess Set · · Score: 1

    This is somewhat cool, but the bishops should be taller than the knights and rooks (as anyone who's played with a few irregular sets would know).

  9. Re:Wind power won't reduce global warming on Wind Power Falls Under $0.01/kwh · · Score: 1

    You mean it won't reduce global warmth.

    Someone should go take thermo 1.

    Yeah, and English, while you're there.

  10. Re:Chess is the fairest games of all on Internet Chess Club Security Defeated · · Score: 1

    as there are no referees to make wrong calls

    Not entirely true

  11. Re:Hitting a moving target on Is Linux as Secure as We'd Like to Think? · · Score: 1

    Speaking as a linux neophyte knoppix does.

  12. NTFS vs FAT32 on Simple Windows Backup to CD/DVD? · · Score: 1
    Thanks for this info. Very handy.

    Note also that Win2k/XP's Backup performs somewhat better (from my observations) if the output file is located on an NTFS partition rather than a FAT32 partition.


    Just to add to this for anyone else about to give this a go. There is a four gig limit on your backup volume when using fat32, so adjust your directory selection accordingly.
  13. Re:Promises on Pentagon Soft-Pedals Total Information Awareness · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't hurt!

  14. Nothing to do with Keynes on What Fruits Will Reduced R&D Bear For The U.S.? · · Score: 1

    The potential benefits to basic research and R&D have nothing to do with Keynesian 'pump priming'.

    Nice red herring though...

  15. Sampling? on Anti-Piracy Labeling Bill in Works · · Score: 1

    My sampler's got an analog input. I can't see this being a problem.

  16. Parallel walls? on Soundless Music? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Standing waves are created by parallel reflecting surfaces.

    Gakk... site is now /.ed, and I didn't note the site of the experiment, but I can't imagine you'd test this in a place likely to be effected by standing waves.

  17. Decapitation on Cars for Tinkerers? · · Score: 1

    Do you want your radio to just 'slide in and out', possibly decapitating you or smashing your chest in when you get into a headon wreck at 140mph combined speed?

    Will it make any difference at that speed?

  18. Other sources on Embedded Linux In Onkyo's Home Music Server · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Legal mp3's don't have to come off a $20 CD.

    Check acidplanet.com mp3.com mp3.com.au spinwarp.com etc etc etc

  19. OT: sig on Virtual Simerica · · Score: 1

    the line is "...girls are slags..."

  20. Accurate info re: recent shootings in melbourne on UK ISPs Refuse to Monitor Users · · Score: 1

    I believe Australia also banned handguns a few years ago

    No, Australia did not ban handguns. The guns used in yesterday's shootings were legally registered to the shooter.

  21. Re:A great accomplishment on Building a Dead Silent PC · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Always too loud"????

    My atari 1040ST is silent.

  22. Re:Consider offering a cut of the action instead on Patents for the Little People? · · Score: 1

    Like I said, is $4000 savings now worth $20,000 a year later?

    Quite possibly, if your idea is such a great investment.

  23. or more accurate on Worldwide WarDrive Aftermath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...and say "Wardriving is a crime"

  24. God on Meteorite Hits Girl · · Score: 1
  25. Sitting in the middle of the 'stage'. on Burn a DVD-AC3 Compatible CD-R · · Score: 1

    Besides, when you're at a concert, you don't sit in the middle of the stage, so the only source of sound is from the front.

    Not everyone sits at concerts.

    The first thing I thought about when reading this was setting up a 5 channel dance party. I'm not sure what you'd do for mixers and varispeed decks though. I know a bloke who's done performances on eight speakers, with the audience in the middle, but he had to write his own software for it.