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  1. Re:802.11n -- what's the point? on 802.11n Draft 2.0 Approved by Working Group · · Score: 2, Insightful

    not to rain on your case but there is more then just internet traffic on my home network. I stream content and move files around to where I need them.

  2. Re:acronyms on Rosetta Probe Reveals Martian Cloud Systems · · Score: 1

    Oh I would say about half the buget =P

  3. Re:Renu by CitizenRe on Solar Power Eliminates Utility Bills in U.S. Home · · Score: 1

    This sounds profiable to the supplying company. They get to use your property to capture energy, sell you what you use and any excess sold back to the grid.

  4. Re:Microsoft is smart/sneaky with Office on Microsoft's Battle For Software Mindshare · · Score: 1

    I have recently sat in a demo from Microsoft Canada and they were showing us why we should upgrade to O2007 and Vista.

    Some interesting facts that I learned.
    a) office 2007 file formats are not backwards compatible (not news)
    b) The new formats are 40% smaller or 40% the size of the equivalent document in Office 2003.
    c) They have moved to an "Open" standard of XML (yeah I know who's open standard)
    d) There was some massive restructuring of the company for the Office tools and the OS tools divisions.
    e) supposedly they did focus groups with people who had major issues with using a computer. You know those people who just don't get it. and designed the UI to help these kind of people with the Ribbon / fancy name for tool bar

  5. Re:Filter on Deconstructing a Pump-and-Dump Spam Botnet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Your assuming that the spam is comming off a mail server the ISP is controling.

  6. Re:non-sense comparisons on HD DVD vs Blu-ray Direct Comparisons · · Score: 1

    Ignoring Audio for the moment. But is it not true that both are capable using the same video codex. I guess my point was if they both have the same source and both end up with the same encoded file (frame size, bit rate and compression) then your going to have the same product regardless of the physical encoding onto the media. I suspect the lack of quality blue-ray version had, has more to do with the mastering process used. I would be surprised to hear that it was the same team that did both formats.

  7. Re:non-sense comparisons on HD DVD vs Blu-ray Direct Comparisons · · Score: 1

    thank you very much Mr Coward. But it does appear that my thoughts on the matter were expressed well enough for you to comment on spelling, but not much else.

  8. non-sense comparisons on HD DVD vs Blu-ray Direct Comparisons · · Score: 1

    Let us assume that the original content was identical (odds of being the same are slim) now my limited understanding of the details of these two formats aside. but MPEG2 is still MPEG2 no mater how the data is stored on the disc. AC3/DTS audio is still AC3/DTS audio regardless of the format of the disc. It's the players responsability to convert those 1 and zeros back into a media stream that then gets processed and transmitted to the output devices. what is really being compared in the reviews is not the content but the preparation methods used

  9. Re:obligatory.. on New Video Venture from Skype Creators · · Score: 1

    And to Think I only have a blue frog :(

  10. Re:Self review? on High-End, High-Capacity SATA-150 Roundup · · Score: 1

    Well it is a funny movie if you enjoy basic crass humor