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  1. Nearest star? on Nearby Star Could Host a Baby Solar System · · Score: 0

    No, it's the nearest T Tauri type star (according to Wikipedia). The nearest star to Sol should be Proxima Centauri IIRC.

  2. Re:Canon or Nikon on Ask Slashdot: Best Camera For Getting Into Photography? · · Score: 1

    F-mount (for Nikon) and K-mount (for Pentax) are indeed very old mount; these two companies did a very good job for preserving backward compatibilities while adding new features to the newer lenses. K-mount is about 30-40 years old while F-mount dated back to the late 50s. Even so some higher-end cameras can get AE with the old lenses without electronic contacts!

    Canon current EF-mount is a lot younger. They created the EF-mount in the 80s, which is incompatible to their old line of lenses. Though so Canon they produces a lot of EF-lenses nowadays so you would find it abundant on the market.

  3. Re:Not Quite True on China Blocks 'Egypt' On Twitter-Like Site · · Score: 1

    Allowing you to read the news does not necessary equal to discuss it freely on the Internet

  4. Re:Meh, I actually had deep conversation with one on Chatbot Suzette Wins 20th Annual Loebner Prize, Fools One Judge · · Score: 1

    Sounds like we could replace humans with chatbots in Argument clinic :)

  5. Re:So? on Ban On Photographing Near Gulf Oil Booms · · Score: 1

    You must be meaning longer exposure/shutter, and DoF is controlled by aperture not exposure, larger aperture (smaller f number) leads to a narrower DoF.

  6. Re:Big Deal! on How To Get 39 Megapixels From a 53-Year-Old Camera · · Score: 5, Informative

    The f-number which decides the depth of field is the ratio between the aperture and the focal length.

    The real reason behind why small sensors does not work well with many pixels, is because it will make less light retrieved by individual pixel sensor (i.e. sensel). Since manufacturer tries to cramp as much pixels on a small patch, the image will worsen especially in low-light environment.

    This is why FF (full-frame sensor, 135 film equivalent) and 6x6 (Hasselbrad V-system in TFA) has its market.

  7. Re:Use a persistence library on Anatomy of a SQL Injection Attack · · Score: 1

    It would be better to use the mysqli extension (bind_param) if you are in PHP4 environment. Of course, if adding extensions is not an option, sanitize with these functions is the way to go.

  8. Re:Use a persistence library on Anatomy of a SQL Injection Attack · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A more simple way is to use a parametrized statement. No extra libraries if you are using Java, .NET, or PHP5.

  9. Re:EEE on Microsoft Expands exFAT Multimedia Licensing · · Score: 1

    EEE only applies to open standard Microsoft targets. And exFAT is a proprietary standard solely developed by Microsoft. What is the point for ruining their own standard and make their customers and manufacturers angry?

  10. Re:Where can I send disks? on Free Software For All Russian Schools In Jeopardy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're trying to offer DDOS (Disk Delivery Overseas Service) to Russia?

  11. Re:Charles Kao != Father of Fiber Optics on "Father of Fiber Optics" Wins Nobel Prize · · Score: 1

    Maybe "Father of Long Range Fiber Optics" or "Father of Practical Fiber Optics"?

  12. Re:Fallout on Exoplanet Has Showers of Pebbles · · Score: 5, Interesting

    To enjoy a natural one, without the radioactive waste, all you need is a volcano eruption.

  13. Re:Space Quest on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    And now this once great piece is available on Steam. Though I think it's overprice since it does not have the treatment LucasArts done to Secrets of the Monkey Island: Graphics upgrade, and full voice over.

  14. Re:What do you expect? on China Starts/Stops Blocking Google · · Score: 1

    In China, you don't have the opportunity to elect someone to run the government...
    No, you have no rights to choose your leader (even false hope is not given)

  15. My story on Ubuntu 9.04 For the Windows Power User · · Score: 1

    It's not ready to the mass yet.

    Yes. I'm Ubuntu user. And it's brilliant. Interface is great, lots of quality software to use.

    But it suffers some bizarre problems you don't see on Windows.

    For example, two weeks ago I bought an Agere PCI-E GB Ethernet NIC. First of all it works as expected, plug it in and it just works. However after some time the system has high resources usage all in a sudden and it got disconnected from the LAN. I thought I bought a dud, but it works completely normal on Windows.

    After searching through the forum and launchpad for advices, it was found that if I compile and install the kernel module for the card it works fine. So I have to download it from Windows, and compile it after dual boot to Linux.

    So, Ubuntu is a friendly OS only when you could get connected to the net.

  16. Re:Radeon 4770 Discontinued on Budget Graphics Card Roundup · · Score: 1

    It was just announced and go on sale in April and you suggested that it was discontinued on May?

    Check your news source.

  17. Re:Good work. on Reverse Engineering a Missile Launcher Toy's Interface · · Score: 1

    And knocking it down the speaker attached from it should say "I don't hate you".

  18. Re:One Question on Intel Releases USB 3.0 Controller Interface Spec · · Score: 1

    Of course! By putting porn to your mobile storage or taking hot shower pictures from your neighborhood with a digital camera, you are eligible to enjoy the advancement of speed of USB 3.0!

  19. Re:Don't all search engines do this? on Music Industry Tells Advertisers to Boycott "Pirate" Baidu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Still looks handy to him, that he could compile a mail list to send cease-and-desist letters.

  20. Re:Linux has been business-desktop ready for years on Microsoft Free, One Year Later · · Score: 1

    You did not search hard enough.

    For image burning there is ImgBurn.
    For image mounting there is Daemon's Tools, though it is ad-ware bundled (but you could just not install it at all)

  21. Re:Vista on an MSI Wind on Asus Set To Release Desktop Eee PC Variant · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The performance of Vista on page 10: http://article.pchome.net/content-630588-10.html

    Citing from original article: "Wind is using Intel 945 display chipset, which can easily handle Aero visual effects."

    Though I doubt the validity of the statement.

  22. Re:Plesk on Best Way to Start a Website Hosting Service? · · Score: 1

    I think the web-hosting market is quite saturated.. Unless you have some brilliant idea or you have superior hardware and very cheap price, you will not attract customers.

    My $0.02.

  23. Re:What is this? on Let Older Add-Ons Work With Firefox 3.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah yes, the Blue Flame of Death!

  24. Re:They already have a common UI. on Moving Toward a Single Linux UI? · · Score: 5, Funny

    80x25 white on black bash, baby.

    If I wasn't such a geek, I would have interpreted in such the wrong way. :P

    Of course, an angry zebra baby!
  25. Re:Interference? on China to Deploy Secure GPS by 2010 · · Score: 2, Funny

    One of the big concerns about the Chinese system is interference with the US and European GPS systems, and up until now there haven't been any set specs to start a meaningful discussion over. [Citation needed]