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  1. You can Disable Windows 10 OS upgrades on New Study Shows Windows 10 Home Edition Users Are Baffled By Updates (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You can disable Windows updates now, if you have an older build of Windows 10. Specifically, version 1703 which is build number 15063.1387 for me. With this version u can permanently disabled windows updates within Services. When the c:\Windows10Upgrade\ folder is inevitably created, remove ALL permissions so nothing can add files to it. Install Process Blocker and have it block C:\Windows10Upgrade\Windows10UpgraderApp.exe C:\windows\softwaredistribution\Download\randomcharacters\WindowsUpdateBox.exe C:\Windows\UpdateAssistantV2\Windows10Upgrade.exe C:\Windows\UpdateAssistant\Windows10Upgrade.exe There u go. Windows update permanently disabled and won't upgrade itself. Should work on the latest build of Windows 10 as well to block major upgrades,though patches will still install.

  2. Re:I see it coming... on Company Trains the Autistic To Test Software · · Score: 1

    I can see Sandra Bullock pole dancing now .. and chanting "WhoIs WhoIs WHOis!"

  3. Computer, What is the nature of the universe? on Wolfram Promises Computing That Answers Questions · · Score: 1

    "The universe is a spheroid region 705 meters in diameter"! I Can't believe nobody else has posted this!

  4. Re:Doesn't Make Economic Sense on GM Cornered Into Defending the Volt · · Score: 1

    The emissions requirements for diesels in the US are increasing. Sorry, it's late, but it has something to do with new diesels having to have 'Urea' tanks, so Urea mixes in with the diesel exhaust to reduce sulfur or something else bad coming out of the tail pipe.. These increased emissions requirements for diesels in the US reduce the fuel efficiency advantage of diesel over a gas engine to a point where it is below ~~ (from my memory of the interview with Bob Lutz )10% advantage (Bob Lutz). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXA22Q0qXNM

  5. Re:Forget it on Open Source In Public K-12 Schools? · · Score: 1

    Clackamas Community College (CCC) in Oregon City Oregon are trying out Moodle in some online courses, and as learning aids for on-site courses, and may eventually replace Blackboard with Moodle in the future. My Calculus II class at this Junior College is on Moodle and we use it to ask and answer HW questions between class times.

  6. Re:Powers of 2 on WD's Monster 2TB Caviar Green Drive, Preview Test · · Score: 1

    NO, it IS 2,000 Gigabytes, and it is ~1800GiBiBites! The drive manufacture isn't lying to the people.

  7. Re:Won't happen on Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use · · Score: 1

    pornhub.com FTW!

  8. Re:Congestion? on Comcast's Congestion Catch-22 · · Score: 1

    I too received a letter a while back, I don't remember if they upgraded me from 4 to 8 or 4 to 12Mb/s, but they did also double the upload rate to mid 80KB/s instead of 42KB/s. Good for me and Utorrent.

  9. Re:Main mistake they made? on Circuit City Closes Its Doors For Good · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "That pretty much sums it up. The only reason to go to a Circuit City was to avoid crowds." Just like Safeway. Winco Foods FTW!

  10. Re:Newer Version Available on How to Deal With an Aging Brain? · · Score: 1

    Ha hahah hahahahah haha.
    Wah wah Wahhhaaaaa...

  11. Kibicomment on The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker · · Score: 1

    Ahem Kilocomment=1,000 Kibicomment=1,024 And don't you dare type "Whoosh!", I know its a joke!

  12. win 3x on Stress test machine in wafer fab on Microsoft Discontinues Windows 3.x · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I used to work at ON Semiconductor in Gresham OR, and they have win3x on a wafer stress testing machine as of 2008. Its an old machine, but still perfectly good because as the feature sizes get smaller with Photolithography, stress testing is the same (as far as testing the flatness of the surface). So yeah, there are still uses for that OS I suppose.

  13. 30 years for hydrogen infrastructure on 100x Denser Chips Possible With Plasmonic Nanolithography · · Score: 1

    30 years to develop a hydrogen infrastructure. Go Chevy Volt etcetera .

  14. Good phone but battery life sucks on Is Anyone Buying T-Mobile's Googlephone? · · Score: 1

    My aunt just got one of them, I played with it for quite a while, it seems to do a good job at surfing the web (loads slashdot.org pretty well) and playing youtube (of course you can't download the 'high quality' version of videos) but the battery life sucks.

    It only has a 3.7Volt 1100mAh battery, when I was playing a youtube video the battery meter went down by 5% in less than 10 minutes. So the phone is very nice, except there are NO or very little configuration options for stuff like the youtube player or web browser, but it is fun to have a phone in which one could play around with writing apps for it.

  15. LOL Gadget, you mean 'physical device' on New Gadget Blocks 'Spam' Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    I was wondering which cell-phone this 'Gadget' was for. I would have hoped it would have been software for the Iphone or Gphone (Or any other cell-phone in which this may be possible). But no, its a physical device I guess. Saying the words 'gadget' and 'widget' on a geek web site need to be said carefully.

  16. Re:Problem solved: on Computers Causing 2nd Hump In Peak Power Demand · · Score: 1

    And run Folding@home. LHC@home, or seti@home all day!

  17. Re:mythtv apps on Cell Chip Coming To the PC Via a PCI Express Card · · Score: 1

    LOL, reminds me of the fake seti@home PCI cards (not actually manufactured) that supposedly decrease work unit completion times, especially if more than one is hooked up.

  18. PDF manual of laptop on 24 Hour Laptops From HP? · · Score: 1

    Here; http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13061_na/13061_na.pdf Apparently the ultra capacity battery is 95Watt hours, so average power consumption would have to be 3.958 watts (95/24hrs). It would be difficult to accomplish in Vista, maybe if you cut out all the non-essential background processes, classic GUI mode, had the display at the dimmest setting, and just had Microsoft Office 97/2K open.

  19. Re:Its a sign on Vegas Star Trek Experience Closing Down · · Score: 1

    As long as they can retract....

  20. Re:Neat, but... on Paralyzed Man Walks Again Using Exoskeleton · · Score: 1

    That's what scripts are for, MobileTatsu.

  21. Re:Why latex at all ? on Modern LaTeX Replacement? · · Score: 1

    But Polyurethane bushings on my car's anti-sway bar makes for a squeaky experience over speed bumps... Rubber all the way.

  22. Re:alignment on FCC Votes To Punish Comcast · · Score: 1

    I bet their base bias isn't at 0.7 volts!

  23. Re:Tractor beam + warp bubble=success , .maybe on Nukes Not the Best Way To Stop Asteroids, Says Apollo Astronaut · · Score: 1

    Imagine all the melted bubble wrap in our atmosphere as the asteroid destroys us.

  24. Tractor beam + warp bubble=success , .maybe on Nukes Not the Best Way To Stop Asteroids, Says Apollo Astronaut · · Score: 1

    I'd fly a warp capable starship (ent - D) to intercept the asteroid, then stretch the warp bubble generated from the engaged warp engines, around the asteroid so it will 'weigh' less. Then, use a tractor beam to shove it out of the way.

  25. Re:and who came up with it? on Sneaking Past Heavy-Handed Audio Compression on YouTube · · Score: 1

    It puts the Acidic Melted Chocolate on its skin again!