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  1. Hey! Wait a minute... on Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies · · Score: 1

    The Comcast commercials inform me that their customer service is better than ever? Are they trying to deceive me?

  2. Re:Good security on D-Link Apologizes For Router Security · · Score: 1

    While I cannot speak to D-Link product longevity every single Netgear Gbit switch -- yes the "pro" metal box ones -- I've ever owned has died after a few years of use. I had great luck with the 10/100 units though, which is why I made the mistake of buying their Gbit models. This last time I bought Cisco and couldn't be happier. Yes more expensive but now that I've had experience with it I believe it to be a very fair price for the quality of design. I'm not even interested in taking Netgear up on their lifetime warranty -- not worth the hassle, especially given how the last one died.

  3. Re:Cubic gigaparsec ... on Stars Traveling Close To Light Speed Could Spread Life Through the Universe · · Score: 1
  4. Re:The website states exactly what yeast on Open Source Craft Brewery Shares More Than Recipes · · Score: 1

    Moreover, most craft beers are unfiltered making it trvial to harvest yeast straight from the bottle.

  5. Re:Same as it's been forever. on What's Been the Best Linux Distro of 2014? · · Score: 1

    What? No mention of Fedora? How does one diagnose his disorder if he uses Fedora?

  6. Re:Nice design, but it's just a better "nasal pill on Metamason: Revolutionizing CPAP Masks With 3D Scanning and 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    When being fitted for mine, they had all the varieties lined up with pillows at then end. I *knew* before I ever got there that the pillows were the only solution for me. How could anything fit better than the one with the minimal amount of contact? I love my CPAP because I went 4 decades before being diagnosed and then they found I had over 50 events per hour. Several years later and I swear my health is still improving because this serious problem was finally discovered. I do believe the pillows could be improved though. Three sizes is insufficient. I'd like to see careful measurements of nostril spacing and diameter and be fitted that way, similiar to how eyeglasses are done. I am curious why pillows won't work for some though.

  7. Re:It's a monster on The Brakes That Stop a 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC · · Score: 1

    In that case, I invite you to read up on the Apollo space program with the Saturn rocket engines. An excellent book is https://www.goodreads.com/book.... This gets behind the engineering diffuclties and solutions. It depresses me greatly that I'll never get to see one launch first hand.

  8. Re:Not a car UI on A New Car UI · · Score: 1

    This is not a car UI. It is a UI for the car's entertainment system.

    The car's UI is still a steering wheel and throttle/brake pedals.

    However, in some cars, like a Miata, those ARE the infotainment since they provide feedback and definitely entertainment.

  9. Re:Command line is more error-prone on How Ya Gonna Get 'Em Down On the UNIX Farm? · · Score: 1

    It's easier to shoot yourself in the foot with the command line.

    I disagree. I make far more errors with a GUI because I often don't know exactly what it's ultimately doing behind the scenes. I get accurate repeatability with the command-line, not with a GUI. It all depends on what your most comfortable using. I think one of the finest examples was SMIT in AIX. Press a function key (F4 IIRC) to see what the curses-based tool was going to execute on the command-line on your behalf. A great way to learn in a guided fashion. Too bad more tools don't follow this example.

  10. Re:Whoever extracts elements first wins. on MIT Study: Only 3.1% of USA Used Electronics "e-Waste" Were Exported · · Score: 1

    I've been saying this for years. Garbage dumps will be mined in the future. I'm actually surprised that it is (apparently) more profitable to harvest from raw earth than to harvest from these dumps where things are already concentrated. I guess it comes down to the forms the elements come in; natural earth is probably more predictable than the man-made stuff.

  11. Re:Even the Android fanboys know on Android Master Key Vulnerability Checker Now Live · · Score: 1

    I only ever install from the Play Store with the single exception of the Avast Anti-Theft app. While Avast AV itself comes from the Play Store, I have to enable the option for downloading from untrusted sources to get the Anti-Theft portion. Why is that? (It seems poor design, but I assume there's a good reason.) I figure that if I trust Avast for AV than I should be able to trust their instructions for Anti-Theft. I always disable the untrusted sources feature immediately after the install/update, but I still wonder if I'm vulnerable during that time. Can other apps already installed leverage that window for malice?

  12. Re:Reliability on Is Your Printer Ripping You Off? · · Score: 1

    I highly recommend the Brother HL-5170DN. It knows Postscript level 3 and plays very well with Linux. It features a built in Ethernet print server and can do automatic duplex printing. It does draw high current at startup, due to the nearly instant on fuser, but backs down nicely when sleeping.