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  1. Re:Weak. on Video of Fedora On PS3 · · Score: 1

    I really hope you are being sarcastic.

    Probably not, you are running Ubuntu...

    Ha!

  2. Re:missed the memo on Facing the Dangers of Nanotech · · Score: 1

    It should be stapled to the TPS report, I'll get you a copy.

  3. Re:soon to be followed by... on Sony Under Investigation by DOJ · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't that be "might last until just before the warranty expires, if you're lucky."

    I don't find myself all that lucky when something dies right AFTER the warranty expires.

  4. Re:The way I understand it... on Firefox 2 Downloads Top 2 million in 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    Neither IE7 or Firefox are automatic updates as of now. If you were running 1.5.0.7 and clicked "Check for updates" it would come back with no updates, and IE7 has to be downloaded from microsoft manually and installed, as the other poster stated.

  5. Re:Could they at least... on Windows XP SP3 Postponed Until 2008 · · Score: 1

    Just reinstalled Windows XP SP2 on a laptop yesterday, 68 updates after the fresh install, I believe some of the patches then needed patches, so there were 5-10 more after that.

  6. Re:And Opera... on IE7 Vulnerability Discovered · · Score: 1

    Maybe nobody is gloating over it because it was patched in version 9.0.2 which was released almost a month ago.

  7. Re:Ungrateful Bitching on Firefox 2.0 RC3 Released · · Score: 1

    You don't have a middle mouse button?

  8. Re:I have one of these in my car... on Creating Water from Thin Air · · Score: 1

    There are two parts to an air conditioning system, the evaporator is where refrigerant is evaporated, removing heat (sensible energy) and CONDENSATION (latent energy) and the condenser where refrigerant is condensed back to liquid.

    I hate to break it to you, but when you flush, that waste water goes to a water treatment plant and is returned to the environment. Even if it is some distant lake, it is not hundreds of miles away. The atmosphere is an open system.

  9. Re:I have one of these in my car... on Creating Water from Thin Air · · Score: 1

    That would have to be a massive evaporator to actually cause an effect on the local climate. In the desert regions of the US though like Phoenix, the urbanization of the desert has actually added to the relative humidity via increased plants and the watering of them. The AC units do not have a noticeable affect however.

    Remember most of that water is returned directly to the environment via sweating and urination.

  10. Re:Violation of personal liberty on Online Gambling Bill Passed in House · · Score: 0

    Seat belt laws affect everyone. Your car insurance and medical insurance premiums are higher when you have to pay for someone else being injured in an accident when a seat belt could have saved them from serious injury.

  11. Re:State governments on Online Gambling Bill Passed in House · · Score: 1

    Indian casinos do not pay taxes and are not regulated like other casinos.

  12. Re:Maybe they should have tested it more... on Microsoft Patches VML Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    The installation failed on my work PC running Windows 2000. I checked the installation logs and manually editted the permissions on this registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uni nstall\VGXUpdate Using regedt32.exe set full control to administrators and system users.

  13. Re:A few points... on 10-Day Gentoo Installation Agony · · Score: 1

    You had me right til the end. I personally think that all soft masks should be abolished. Either it works or it doesn't. Create a -devel branch for unstable testing like FreeBSD. IMHO the problems with portage are that the developers have to track 6 versions of everything. Have one version and make it stable.

  14. Re:Oh, okay... on Zero-Day IE Exploit In the Wild · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but Opera may be free, but it is not Open Source

  15. Re:Non-news? on Will Vista Overload the DNS? · · Score: 1

    Right, there wasn't an explosion of zombie bots after WinXP and the increase in availability of broadband. Oh wait, yes there was.

  16. Re:Two questions please... on Early Testers Say Vista RC1 Not Ready · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure the three links directly from MS are completely objective on how awesome they are.

  17. Re:Cities redesigned on The Segway, Five Years Later · · Score: 1

    I've seen cops downtown Chicago on segways.

  18. Re:Really? on Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    And if that ever happens I'll agree with that statement.

  19. Re:Biased question on A Working Economy Without DRM? · · Score: 1

    But who would want to be a musician without the prosepct of heroin and Ferraris? I sure wouldn't!

  20. Re:That's 6% in 2 days on Buy Low, Spam High · · Score: 1

    No jackass, you pump and dump Stock A, then Stock B, then Stock C, etc. Netting a 4-6% return each time.

  21. Re:Drivers? on ATI Releases Five New Radeons · · Score: 1

    I should also mention that the last ATi drivers that actually worked bug free for me were the 8.23 version. Every version since only allows me to log into X once, then I have to reboot to log in again or else I get a hard freeze. I am currently using the 8.27 version so I can play around with XGL, but with every new release I expect this bug to be gone, yet it still remains.

  22. Re:Drivers? on ATI Releases Five New Radeons · · Score: 1

    If it is trying to use the R200 chipset from your error above that could be a problem, the 9700/9700Pro uses the R300 chipset.

    As for XGL, I have a X700 with 256MB of memory and XGL still doesn't run completely smoothly. YMMV.

  23. Re:Drivers? on ATI Releases Five New Radeons · · Score: 1

    You need a gfx card much better than a Radeon 9200 to use XGL.

  24. Re:Drivers? on ATI Releases Five New Radeons · · Score: 1

    R200? Just use the open source drivers.

  25. Re:Free? RIAA will never allow it on YouTube to Offer Every Music Video Ever Created? · · Score: 1