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  1. Re:example... on ICANN Plans Non-English Character Domain Testbed · · Score: 2

    That's how I entered the URL in the a href= field: dom%e4n.nu.

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  2. Re:example... on ICANN Plans Non-English Character Domain Testbed · · Score: 2
  3. example... on ICANN Plans Non-English Character Domain Testbed · · Score: 2

    http://domän.nu/

    Interesting, BIND 8 works with it (my nameserver), but when I enter that in nslookup it pukes (i.e. I can use a webbrowser [IE 5.5], but can't type it into nslookup).

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  4. how about when 3dfx sued NVIDIA? on NVIDIA Sues 3dfx For Patent Infringement · · Score: 2

    R emember this?

    Or how about

    3dfx sues Creative over Glide

    What goes around comes around. Payback's a bitch.


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  5. Re:same thing 3dfx did to nVidia a couple years ag on NVIDIA Sues 3dfx For Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    What goes around, comes around.
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  6. Search for the Lost Story on NVIDIA Sues 3dfx For Patent Infringement · · Score: 2

    It does look like it was posted yesterday, but it never appears on the /. main page. This actually happens a lot, from what I've seen.

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  7. ZDNet recall details on 1.13GHz Pentium3 Processors Unstable? Answer:Yes · · Score: 2

    I hate to whore onto an early comment, but the full ZDNet story is available now.

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  8. nice, but needs work.. on Kmeleon - Windows Gecko Browser · · Score: 2

    Mea culpa: I normally use IE5.5

    After downloading Kmeleon, here's what I found that needs work:

    - it stole my "Links" bar! In IE5.5, I customized this bar, but when Kmeleon is loaded, it replaces the Links bar with it's own links. (The Links bar is stored in windows\favorites\Links)
    - it actually uses MFC. In fact, it crashed with a page fault in mfc42.dll.
    - no https
    - No Smallest,small,medium,large,largest font selection.
    - Cookies?

    Overall, it looks nice, and it runs pretty fast. If it wasn't for the non-customizable links bar, and if Cookies were fully implemented, I'd use it instead of IE5.5

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  9. IE replacement on Kmeleon - Windows Gecko Browser · · Score: 3

    It could also be considered a browser to replace IE, since IE doesn't have mail or news built-in either.

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  10. back in FidoNet days on Website Bans Woman With "Unacceptable" Name · · Score: 2

    Not nearly as severe, but back in the days of FidoNet, I posted a message on a message board, only to hear from the moderator that my message had been cancelled.

    "Please use your real name." the moderator said. I guess people assume that "Conan" is a real name only in movies and comic books?

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  11. Re:Environmental impact? on Are Nitrogen Powered Cars The Future? · · Score: 2

    Please go look up refrigeration in a thermodynamics course text book.

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  12. Re:Then humans adapt on Are Nitrogen Powered Cars The Future? · · Score: 2

    And shipping the gas would be a big preformance hit as well as transporting oil or something similar.

    Quite true. You can't just shove liquid N2 in a pipeline.

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  13. Re:Environmental impact? on Are Nitrogen Powered Cars The Future? · · Score: 2
    The energy needed will be exactly the same as the energy released (not counting shipping energy).


    Only if you have a 100% efficient refrigeration process, which exists in that wonderful, magical, place where there's no wasted energy at all and people talk to dolphins.

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  14. this smacks of... on Are Nitrogen Powered Cars The Future? · · Score: 2

    This reminds me of the whole "water powered car" scam that someone brings up every few years.

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  15. Re:Another alternative on Are Nitrogen Powered Cars The Future? · · Score: 2

    To get energy from heat, you need two bodies at differing temperature, the bigger the difference, the better. In order to get energy from the heat in the air, you need something colder, i.e. by 20 degrees. It takes energy run the refrigeration unit to keep the cold body cold.

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  16. Re:Environmental impact? on Are Nitrogen Powered Cars The Future? · · Score: 1

    The energy to compress and cool the N2 is not free.

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  17. ummm.. on Are Nitrogen Powered Cars The Future? · · Score: 2

    Well, when the nitrogen goes from liquid to gas, it actually goes into a higher energy state. That is, it consumes energy. I don't see this as practical or even possible.

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  18. risk is more losing your ability to have children on NASA/MSFC Director Speaks Out on Radiation Safety · · Score: 1

    X-ray's are more prone to kill off your ability to produce swimmers. There's a reason they make you wear that lead thing at the dentist.

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  19. Re:x-ray radiation on NASA/MSFC Director Speaks Out on Radiation Safety · · Score: 2

    You wouldn't believe how many people I've had to explain that there's a difference between proposals to irradiate food and just sticking food in the microwave.

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  20. x-ray radiation on NASA/MSFC Director Speaks Out on Radiation Safety · · Score: 2

    Just before someone confuses the issue, it's NOT about storing plutonium, or uranium, etc. It's about X-ray's.

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  21. why can't we have PDA's with this much power? on DOOM Port for Digita OS Digital Cameras · · Score: 4

    I wonder, if we can have digital cameras with processors that can run Doom, and lots of RAM to store images, why can't we have a PDA with the same power?

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  22. benchmarks... on DOOM Port for Digita OS Digital Cameras · · Score: 4

    Benchmarks for the various cameras are here
    HP C500 Photosmart is best -- 33 fps!

    You know, this kind of makes the 486 that I had 5 years ago seem really obsolete.

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  23. and voicemail... on What Kind of Office Space Do You Want to Work In? · · Score: 2

    Even worse is when they check their voicemail over the speakerphone...

    But eventually they get their own:

    "Bob, this is Dr. Smith, The test results came back positive...."

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  24. Global warming not a proven fact on Water On The North Pole · · Score: 2

    People have proposed "seeding" the ocean with algae to reduce carbon dioxide levels and lower the temperature. If they do that, northern North American will be under ice in fifty years.

    Global warming is just a theory, people, and a poorly based one at that. I direct you to this article: Contrary thermometers (NASA) before you flame me.

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  25. not surprising on Water On The North Pole · · Score: 2

    Considering that we are coming out of an ice age still, I'm not surprised that ice is melting.

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