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  1. Clueless!!!! on First Look at the DirecTV SAT-GO · · Score: 1

    "how they could have enough bandwidth to serve wireless Internet from satellite to the whole country"

    Time division multiplexing. I have one of these.

    There's an astounding amount of bandwidth there. Study up! Google!

    "likewise how they could provide local channels to so many different cities"

    Same signal to each subscriber... duh. I also have one of these.

  2. Go ahead and feel "depressed and conflicted"... on First Look at the DirecTV SAT-GO · · Score: 1

    ...if you like. It's OK with me.

    Sure are sensitive, ain't ya?

  3. Wrong.... on First Look at the DirecTV SAT-GO · · Score: 1

    "their standard dishes" do have an "issue": They need to be AIMED.

    BWilde

  4. That's "Adherents" on E-Voting Reform Bill Gaining Adherants · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, it matters.

  5. Old news, been doing it since early 80s... on The Digital Bedouins and the Backpack Office · · Score: 1

    ...via "Compuserve", then Internet.

    Currently, right on the beach in Mexico for the last 8 weeks, via satellite, writing open source and embedded controllers, no one else I work with knows or needs to know.

    BWilde

  6. I can't believe you don't get this!!! on Remote Control To Prevent Aircraft Hijacking · · Score: 2, Insightful

    With your idea:

    "One passenger dies every minute until the door is unlocked".

    Duh.

    With the new system:

    "One passenger dies every minute until the fancy auto-pilot is turned off".

    Another duh.

    Any questions, Einstein?

  7. Thank your dumb-ass lawmakers... on Microsoft Charging Businesses $4K for DST Fix · · Score: 1

    ...for the entire mess.

    It's AN EXPERIMENT, seriously.

    If it "saves no energy", which it won't, WE GO BACK TO THE OLD DST RULES, and we do it all over again next year!!!!

    You allowed YOUR dumb-ass lawmakers to do this by YOUR neglect!!!!

    Why *not* penalize them for this?

    BWilde

  8. So... learn to type... on Microsoft "SiteFinder" Quietly Raking It In · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...accurately.

    End of problem.

  9. I call bullshit! on Software Bug Halts F-22 Flight · · Score: 1

    I think we need better sourcing on this report.

  10. Ha ha? on Software Bug Halts F-22 Flight · · Score: 1

    Anyone who thinks this should be tagged as "ha ha" is simply masochistic.

    This is serious business.

    You want to live without defense from some serious bad guys? (Ref: 9/11)

  11. You'd have more rights.... on Windows Vista - Still Fresh After 19 Months? · · Score: 1

    ...if you asserted you were a citizen of the *state* you live in.

    Citizen of the US is a downgrade from citizen of a state.

    *Insisting* you're a citizen of the US is insisting that you get a downgrade.

  12. News flash: Climate changes are constant... on World's Largest Tropical Glacier Vanishing · · Score: 1

    ...and not necessarily man-caused.

    But you can join that crowd, if you like stampedes.

    Moo....

  13. OpenID not to be used w/ anything of value.... on AOL Now Supports OpenID · · Score: 1

    ...since the trust model is broken. Trust DNS? Not.

    It's good for blog log-ins, but not for banking

    BWilde

  14. "ultra-conservative"? on Kansas Adopts New Science Standards · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Regarding the so-called "ultra-conservative Board members":

    Conservative belief does not necessarily intersect much with religion.

    These were _ultra-religious_ board members.

    Let's at least get that part right.

    BWilde.

  15. nVidia....invidious??? on Nvidia Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Vista Drivers · · Score: 0

    Definitions of invidious at Dictionary.com: 1. calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful.

  16. So that brokers can profit? on Spam is Back With A Vengence · · Score: 0

    "3) it appears that these spams are more of a scam to drive people to brokerages, or stock advisors"

    So that brokers can profit? Too convoluted to be true.

    It's simply what you originally thought: Someone getting out of the stock during a 2-cent bump in the price.

    Seems low, but that's bottom-feeders for ya!

  17. That's "vengeance"... on Spam is Back With A Vengence · · Score: 0

    ...and, yes, it matters.

    It makes you look uneducated when you don't spel rite.

  18. I call bullshit.... on Nobel Prize Winners Live Longer · · Score: 0

    Correlation does not imply causation.

    BWilde

  19. Corrections to your "simple" rant on Expert Wants to Decertify Global Warming Skeptics · · Score: 0

    1) It's "CO2", not C-zero-two

    2) Cows. Volcanoes. Etc.

    3) Earth has shown ANOTHER huge spike

    Signed,
    Insane

  20. Do you want to work for such jerks... on Will Telecommuting Kill a Career? · · Score: 0

    ...as those who would lower your chances of success (as YOU define it) by not having enough face time?

    The though of "face time" as some kind of standard of merit makes my blood boil.

    Result count, not much else.

    You can do better than "face time" with your life. It's precious, it's all yours.... use it well.

    BWilde.

  21. Skeptical about anyone using these methods on Expert Wants to Decertify Global Warming Skeptics · · Score: 0

    I'm extremely skeptical about any person or group that uses methods like "blackballing" to stifle dissent. If they were so sure of their cause, then why resort to such tactics? Hmmmm?

    After much debate and research, the truth will come out. It will take more time than you like, but you will have your freedon of thought in the end, and.... we do have the time.

    Intersting that UFO fanatics get better treatment than man-caused planetary warming skeptics.

    BWilde

  22. I call bullshit.... on The Hidden Engineering Gender Gap · · Score: 0

    Who says women *must* be forced into engineering if they don't want to enter on their own?

    It makes about as much sense as limiting the number of men who can be in Marketing.

    BWilde

  23. Smalltalk is worth checking out.... on Lisp and Ruby · · Score: 0

    ....because it's a superset of all dynamic languages available today*.

    If you use it, you get a blinding flash of recognition... then you see how productive you can be when everything is "under one roof".

    By the way, it's "Smalltalk", not "SmallTalk"... the language was created way before conjoined capitalized words ruled the earth.

    BWilde

    (Still, take the other poster's words about Lisp seriously)

  24. "Lumber is made in 2X4"? Wrong!!! on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 0

    Think I'm wrong? Go measure one, and get back to me.

  25. "Convert the US to Metric" won't happen.... on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 0

    ...since no one *needs* (for example) to see kilometers on road signs to simply know how far to go, or Celsius to know how cold it is outside.

    People who need metric in their work (like me) will use it, those who don't need it won't (and shouldn't) be forced to.

    Same as always. "Metrication" pushes come... then go.

    Let the market figure it out, that approach has worked perfectly well so far.

    BWilde