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  1. Question on Mars Express Images of Olympus Mons · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Are there any features on Mars that they are saying "might be caused by flowing water" that are not adequately explained by volcanic activity?

  2. Re:I'm sure it's going to be asked on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 2, Informative

    And I agree gaming on a laptop blows goats, squishy keyboard feel, odd layouts So attach a good USB keyboard and mouse.

  3. Re:It's the power consumption that'll kill ya... on Dell's Gaming Monster · · Score: 1

    So don't use it unless it's plugged in... but the question is, does it burn your hands when your try to type on it?

  4. Re:The Office.NET Test on Mono and dotGnu: What's the Point? · · Score: 1

    How would Office.NET running on non-M$ .NET frameworks prevent Microsoft from charging for every copy of Office.Net used? M$ is making their money on office, not on .NET, they have every incentive to make sure it DOES actuall run over Mono, then they can sell even more copies!

  5. Obviously on What Extras Should I Buy When Buying a Laptop? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    802.11b card (if not built in), so you can use it whilst in the bathroom.

  6. So... on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My question is, has anybody managed to get this steaming pile of manure to compile? Seems like one would need to do that and then compare the binaries (ignoring any timestamping) before assuming this is authentic.

  7. Re:it's true on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, if any Micro$oft employees have ever looked at Linux kernel source, they are no longer allowed to work on Windows 'cause now they are tainted? Either the sword cuts both ways, or not at all.

  8. I smell bullshit on New Worms Feed on MyDoom Infections · · Score: 1

    According to mi2g, deadhat has encrypted intelligence, waiting to be activated. Either a) the code to decrypt it is in the virus itself, making decrypting the "intelligence" trivial, or b) other code is required, in which case, why not just use the back door to install the "intelligence" rather than distributing it beforehand? I suspect what that calling "encrypted intelligence" is really something most of us would call "random bits" just thrown in to confuse people.

  9. Re:Sounds like someone trying to by controversial. on Is Open Source Fertile Ground for Foul Play? · · Score: 1

    We need a new term for this kind of journalistic troll. "Micro$oft payee"?

  10. I'm not impressed on CSS From the Ground Up · · Score: 3, Interesting

    His bar graphs don't display properly in Mozilla -- what browser do his pages actually display properly in? He appears fairly IE-centric.

  11. But... on Cool New Ideas to Save Brains · · Score: 4, Funny

    doesn't this give the victim a serious "ice cream headache"?

  12. Re:It's just so ironic... on SCO Complaint Filed -- Including Code Samples · · Score: 1

    *and* they made their own 486SX processor chips!

  13. Training on Energy Company Refutes Windows TCO Claims · · Score: 1

    The caveat here is that they already had system administrators that understood Unix. Presumably, if all your sysadmins only knew Windows, that would adversely affect your TCO in switching to Linux. Of course, you'd be stupid to not be developing at least some in-house Linux expertise at this point.

  14. Re:Pardon my naivete on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 1

    Actually, I was referring to "dark energy", not "dark matter", which simply exerts gravitational force. Dark energy is apparently the fudge factor that explain why the Universe is apparently expanding at an ever increasing rate, when our understanding of the four known forces indicate expansion should be slowing... are they effectively postulating a fifth force that drives galaxies apart?

  15. I'm worried on A New Face For Robotics · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lifelike skin? As soon as they can program this thing to take out the trash, my girlfriend will no longer have any use for me at all!

  16. RFC 1149 on How Homing Pigeons Navigate · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, in essence what they are saying is that we can minimize RTT (Round Trip Time) delays when using RFC 1149 "A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers" by painting huge lines on the ground directly between source and destination? I'm sure network implementers will cooing with joy at this revelation!

  17. Re:Ok on How Homing Pigeons Navigate · · Score: 1

    I was going to add "... before it finds itself on a dining table" to the above but decide that wasn't politically correct...

  18. Ok on How Homing Pigeons Navigate · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So, how do they navigate over water? This report would indicate that pidgeons are incapable of crossing, say, the English Channel. This could be tested easily by taking a pidgeon to France and seeing if it can find it's way home...

  19. Re:Burn-in on Display Format Technologies Comparison · · Score: 1

    I can't speak for plasma or LCD, but I've seen no burn-in problems with CRT rear projection. Their only drawback seems to be limited viewing angle.

  20. Price/performance on Display Format Technologies Comparison · · Score: 1

    My 42" HDTV-ready 16x9 projection TV cost $1300 over a year ago. Comparable size plasma is a minimum of $3000! Plasma, LCD, and DLP restrict you to a single optimum resolution, whereas CRTs (and thus projection TVs) are infinitely variable. Probably your best best is to stick with a CRT until all broadcasts are done at a specific HDTV resolution, then buy a DLP projector that handles that resolution. If you really think it's worth paying twice as much for something because it's only 4" deep instead of 24" deep, consider this: how much would it cost to build that CRT-based screen into your wall so that it looks like it's only 0.5" deep? My projection TV fills up the alcove over the fireplace very nicely; a plasma or LCD would just have 18" of empty space behind it..

  21. Re:How is this relevant? on Opera Browser Creators Planning IPO · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, they make jokes like "Why do Volvos have windshield wipers on the inside of the windsheild? Because Swedes all drive like this (makes raspberry noise)" Personally, I've never understood that joke either...

  22. Re:Amazing ... on Opera Browser Creators Planning IPO · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hint: ABC, NBC, and CBS also offer a "free to use" product.

  23. Re:Listen up, people on Opera Browser Creators Planning IPO · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Are you quoting from a Netscape press release from the mid-90s?

  24. How is this relevant? on Opera Browser Creators Planning IPO · · Score: 3, Informative

    Opera is located in Norway, not Sweden -- two neighboring but very different countries. (The Norwegians feel about the Swedes much the same way the Americans feel about Canadians.)

  25. Pardon my naivete on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I may be incredibly naive, but it has always bothered me that we insist on believing there are only 4 types of force in the Universe, each operating on widely different scales. Why can't there be other forces that operate on too large a scale or too small a scale for us to observe? Is the postulate of "dark force" effectively a theory about a fifth type of force?