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  1. Re:Here we go again... on SP1 Unsuccessful in Preventing Vista Hacks · · Score: 1

    Until you get something like EA Link, which doesn't let you re-download something you've legitimately purchased unless you pay the extortion fee, and then only for 6 months.

  2. Re:warning labels on New 4100 Lumen Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire · · Score: 1

    As confirmed by "Non functional Nintendo WiiMotes"...I've seen people complain about (...playing with a lamp behind their TV then wondering wtf motion tracking wasn't working)

  3. Re:Omg on New 4100 Lumen Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire · · Score: 1

    ...omg indeed. I was LOL at the first comment, then I read this one and began crying. absolutely hilarious

  4. Re:Romney doesn't have a prayer...(pun intended) on Mitt Romney Answers Tech Questions · · Score: 1

    Um...

    I'm not a soccer mom (in fact, I'm a dude), but let me tell you this: Having just recently come off out of school 4 years ago: Pot *was* everywhere. I can assure you the minority (about 30%) of the school didn't actively (once every 3 months by my standards) engage in pot smoking. I was in the minority. It was amazing.

    Drugs are everywhere. To answer your question: Yes, I know where to go to get, or get referrals, on how to get pretty much anything. Its a question of time, however.

    I do know this: Politicians, doctors, lawyers, construction workers, etc - they all - ALL - are human. Whether its pot, alcohol, vicodin, vallium, caffeine or anything else, where there are people there are chemicals that affect them. (Granted, a select few try to avoid this as much as possible but on the whole you'd be amazed)

    Don't forget adrenaline - "the drug you score by scaring the shit out of yourself" (Bill Maher)

  5. Re:100+ updates mentioned above fix security bugs. on Vista SP1 Release May Be Near · · Score: 1

    NAP Isolation. One of the many reasons to upgrade to Vista.

  6. Re:Crap on Charter Accidentally Wipes 14K Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    I dont use it as a backup - rather I was trying it out as an IMAP service. I was the mail administrator of a groupwise system as and currently I am subjugated to live in an outlook/exchange world: Both were loads faster than google's.

    Im not criticizing, just noting that googles imap was just plain too slow. I've since gone back to using their great webapp for it (god i hate logging in to it though...that too is slow)

  7. Re:Crap on Charter Accidentally Wipes 14K Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    Except Google's IMAP takes EONS to complete a single sync, even after you've already downloaded your entire inbox.

  8. Re:Is a license plate personal data? on E.U. Regulator Says IP Addresses Are Personal Data · · Score: 1

    Dealer? You insensitive clod! Try cooker!

  9. Re:Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws on Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws · · Score: 1

    Your hardware likely lacks the fancy "vista certified" stickers...

    just a thought

  10. Re:ah-oh on Congress To Investigate FCC · · Score: 1

    Ah look, a revisionist trying to claim to be "elite".

  11. Re:Authentication on Firefox Struggling to Compete as Corporate Browser · · Score: 1

    I could be mistaken but I believe the previous poster just said "There are Firefox ADM's available"

    It is my understanding ADMs can be imported into group policy and applied.

  12. Re:vista only on HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix · · Score: 1

    How is using HDMI for HD output to an HD TV "Not typical"?

  13. Re:vista only on HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix · · Score: 2, Informative

    I have a 720p samsung 5075s and DVi-> HDMI works just fantastic. NVIDIA has a tweak tool to size the display just right for the TV. You might look into that.

  14. Re:vista only on HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix · · Score: 1

    I have my PC hooked up via HDMI, use the netflix stuff all the time, and i have a ton of video files. Sounds made up

  15. Re:Backup problems on The Trouble with Virtualization - Cranky IT Staffs · · Score: 1

    el-cheapo solution for vmware (should work for windows) an works because there is no users (and no sla!)

    shut down vms at x time.
    cp -R vmachines (someserverthatdoesatapebackup)

    then we've got nightly disk to disk and tape backups too :p

    cost of agents? $0. Disk space was our biggest concern.

  16. Re:The C student effect on The Trouble with Virtualization - Cranky IT Staffs · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Big Media a Political Tool on What's Wrong With the TV News · · Score: 1

    Fox news doesn't claim to be unbiased. They claim to be fair and balanced. Fair like invading another sovereign country because we felt like it; balanced like the budget after committing trillions to the 'good old boys' for an illegal war's contract payouts.

    Fox, and News Corp, by the order of Rupert, takes orders directly from Karl Rove (and whoever his replacement is).

  18. Re:maybe grepping on Office 2003 Service Pack Disables Older File Formats · · Score: 1

    Microsoft document imaging? I still show the image writer printer being there...?

    Also if you just want to print things to PDF (not edit them) check out

    Cute PDF at http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

    It adds a PDF-printer that you print to, then type in a file name, and viola!

    Free, to boot.

  19. Re:hint hint on Wii Hacked for Better Homebrew Games · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the tip. H.264 720p files playing just fine without drops!

    I see CoreAVC uses Haali media splitter as well.

    Thanks again for the tip. Well worth the few bucks

  20. Re:Don't trust them on Microsoft Paid Novell $356 Million in '07 · · Score: 1

    I bet the people who were using Novell before the deal didn't care. Novell doesn't seem to have a problem with user retention: There are still people running Netware 3.x. And it isn't because it is "too tough to migrate" - Microsoft *AND* Novell make some killer migration utilities.

  21. Re:hint hint on Wii Hacked for Better Homebrew Games · · Score: 1

    Hey thanks for this! I'll look for that!

  22. Re:hint hint on Wii Hacked for Better Homebrew Games · · Score: 1

    I've got a P4 2.6ghz/533fsb w/1gig of RAM and it chokes on 720p h.264 :(

  23. Re:DVD vs HD quality on Most Consumers Sitting Out The High-Def War · · Score: 1

    :) KING owns KONG

    And yes ;)

  24. Re:DVD vs HD quality on Most Consumers Sitting Out The High-Def War · · Score: 1

    I do consider myself lucky. I wish there were alternatives but luckily comcast has treated me very well. I wish they had lower prices though. $45/mo internet +45/mo "Basic" tv (not digital cable), +fees = $100/mo. Killer, considering I dont need 99.999999999999999999% of their content (e-mail, mcafee subscription, all of the really crappy channels, etc. Only reason we have cable is so my wife can watch CMT and Lifetime)

  25. Re:DVD vs HD quality on Most Consumers Sitting Out The High-Def War · · Score: 1

    I'm from Puyallup. We have Comcast, and my new Samsung 5075s (50" DLP) picks up KOMO, KING, KONG, CBS, Q2, CW, and FOX all in HD thanks to QAM. No antenna needed. :)