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  1. Re:History repeats itself on More PDF Blackout Follies · · Score: 1

    That's awfully generous, try something along the lines of 5%. Just turning on non-printing characters before I toss a .doc out to OOo to save as a PDF gives me a headache....

  2. Re:Script interpreters = security tools? on Fyodor's Top 100 Network Security Tools · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But isn't it amazing how "usable" excel becomes with VB in it???

  3. Re:That's true. on Wii-mote In Action · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Our bodies weren't meant to hold things in front of us for extended periods of time
    What do you think the guys do in Iraq all day???? Have you ever had to hold an M16 for a few hours in a firing excercise? No couch warrior, you don't get a break.
  4. Re:As a Hummer driver... on UBC Engineers Reach Mileage Of Over 3000 MPG · · Score: 1

    Go to google and do an image search for "h2 collision" and variations like "h2 accident" or "hummer crash" and then tell me you actually feel safer in an H2...

  5. Re:Grinding your eyeball? on The U.S. Navy's Doctrine of Laser Eye Surgery · · Score: 1

    I just had a similar surgery done to correct my myopia, been in bifocals since I was 18 months old. I even got to be awake during the whole thing while the doc moved the muscles around. He dropped a mirror in front of my face *during the procedure* so I could see the difference...which was amazing. I had about 35 degree seperation, now my eyes are spot on, with a slight "toe-in." Got to love the med centers in RDU!! Alas, I'm still monocular though, but learning to see binocular slowly....

  6. Re:Speed, speed, speed... on DVD Burner Comparison · · Score: 1

    Bingo bro...until I can write to a 4.7GB optical disc in under 30 seconds, well, who gives a *&#$^???

  7. Re:Thinking Ahead... on PTO Seeks Public Input on Patent Applications · · Score: 1

    +5 Obvious

  8. Re:Idle Grid on Sun Announces $100k Contest for Grid App Developers · · Score: 1

    Idle is right, it must be bad...donate the time to a university research program or something...I know it is still early, but I can't imagine what I would do on their grid anyway...hmmm, can you play BF:2 on it????

  9. Re:Tardis Analogy on Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition · · Score: 1

    What's a matter??? You lose your cat???

  10. Re:Third Choice? on Blue Security Gives up the Fight · · Score: 1
    ...I got hit with comment spam and lacking the time to install a solution...
    After taking the time to setup a domain and whatnot, you couldn't spend a few more minutes to secure it against common spam attacks? I hate to say it, but that is just lazy. Or was the learning curve too steep? Did you use Yahoo sitebuilder to make the site? Or maybe you are just one of those people that shouldn't be playing in that arena in the first place. If you care to give it another shot, try something like PHP Nuke or PHP Fusion...both have the systems in place to deal with most irritants. I use Fusion personally, and have no problems whatsoever.

    *Disclaimer: As with anything, if someone wants to screw with you, they will. Plain and simple.

    And maybe you should dig a bit...I get NO garbage through my gmail account. Did you turn the filters off or something?
  11. Uh-oh on The New Wireless Wars · · Score: 2, Insightful

    OMGz!!! Choices for the consumer! But will prices or real product selection improve? Ha. I'll still be using my cell as a dial-up modem for at least 5 more years.

  12. Re:So when did we forget... on Tanenbaum-Torvalds Microkernel Debate Continues · · Score: 1

    And when that magic-micro OS/kernel comes into the mainstream some unforseen event, or some new type of computing, will exist that will cause it to crash. I really don't beleive that any OS will be "uncrashable." Hell, I've had 16 pin ICs "crash." I've seen a Furby "crash" and trust me I wish I had gotten that on video. Not that hardware built to a single function really counts, but anything more complicated will be prone to some failure, somehow, somewhere. Probably thanks to some user, but it will crash. And the whole user thing is another story entirely.

  13. Re:So when did we forget... on Tanenbaum-Torvalds Microkernel Debate Continues · · Score: 1

    OSX doesn't quite qualify, and yet it does. In all honesty, I haven't touched a Mac in about 4 years, and I haven't used a Mac regularly since high school (late 90s) so I may be missing out there. Before you go trying to convert me though, it looks like my next laptop will be a Mac, if the Aperture team can get their act together anyway.

  14. Re:I don't think it's about works vs not works. on Tanenbaum-Torvalds Microkernel Debate Continues · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You're on to something...you are very close to the cache. Why are we "debating" this when the asnwer seems very clear once one takes a step back: They (the kernels) can exist in harmony, each in its own place. Tanenbaum makes a decent showing of examples about where and why micros are used. This isn't a "which is better" argument. This should be a "where is one better utilized than the other in situation X" debate. That flamewar I could tolerate. Bottom line is that neither will replace the other, at least in a timely enough manner that it is worth wasting time over now.

  15. So when did we forget... on Tanenbaum-Torvalds Microkernel Debate Continues · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When did we collectively forget that everything has its place...I doubt I'll ever see anything but a monolithic kernel on my desktops. No different than any given OS having its place. Windows and Ubuntu (until something better) will live on my desktops, not on my server. Why can't we just all get along?

  16. Re:Before re-inventing the wheel... on Japan Solicits NASA's Help on Supersonic Jet · · Score: 0

    Uh, the F-22 is the first aircraft to intentionally be designed for supercruise...the Concorde was an accident. Also, many jets have had supercruise over the years...small, light fighters get upgraded engines and all of a sudden zoom zoom..

  17. Re:Is it TiVo vs. DVR...or cable vs. satellite? on Cox May replace its own DVRs with TiVos · · Score: 0

    All this hinges on the idea that I actually watch television. As it happens I don't watch TV. Specifically, I watch less that an hour of television a week, and if I do watch it is TLS, Discover, History Channel...*if* I watch. I am really never so bored as to go rot in front of a TV...my wife is an avid CSI and Law & Order buff, though.

  18. Not really a problem on Windows Defense on IE7 Search is No Defense · · Score: 0

    Ok, I understand (to a point) the concern over this, but I don't see how there is really any way to deny MS the right to set their search engine as the default in their own browser. This battle is just silly. It seems to me the point is that there is no faith in the consumers to make up there own mind...which is something I agree with completely. Consumers are just they...they gobble up whatever is tossed in front of them. The only way to battle this is to increase consumer awareness...not chase after the company in question. (Yes, I am a Firefox user, and yes, I have tried IE7..the first thing I did was change all the options to my liking...with Google as the 'default' search engine.)

  19. Re:I wonder on The First Quad SLI Benchmarks · · Score: 0

    Last time I looked the Dell Renegade gaming systems were already *SOLD-OUT* and they are equipped with this graphics setup...and they are what, $10,000 per system??? What does that tell you about the market for these?

  20. Hairy Guys on The 'Hairy Guys' Vs. Microsoft · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So, are we talking chest hair, back hair...I'm confused!

  21. Re:Usage of the tongue on Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue · · Score: 0

    Hey killer, relax, she is 12 years old...

  22. Can anyone do a study... on Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue · · Score: 0

    ...on how many mod points are being wasted on this item...I'm very curious. That and I have to send this to my wife, who loves me for my "noodly appendage."

  23. Re:Return Serve on IBM to Oracle - You Can't Buy Open Source · · Score: 0

    I guess I had better withdraw my bid on RedHat then....

  24. Re:HP? on Dell's Marketshare Decline Due to Intel? · · Score: 0

    What would you attribute that to? Design teams? Cheaper hardware? A nice combo dinner of those plus a side of a stripped mobo?

  25. Re:HP? on Dell's Marketshare Decline Due to Intel? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sir, shall we duel at noon? Seriously, my Compaq EVO W6000 dual Xeon workstation is amazing, really. Whether running Ubuntu or XPPro and the rest of the *AMP stack, plus serious heavy duty image editing and video editing, I have been quite impressed with that box.