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  1. Re:In line with expectations, really. on Cisco Pricing Undercut By $100M In Big Cal State University Network Project · · Score: 1

    Do not forget HP'S lifetime warranty on most switches. that's why we use them.

  2. HP's computers on PC Makers In Desperate Need of a Reboot · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hp just has to make the rest of its PC's like its z series workstation.s we use the z series workstations at work and they rock. All hp has to do is make their home pc's like ther do their business pc's Also they need to advertise their switches more.

  3. Re:US physics decline parallels the space program on The Recycling of the Tevatron · · Score: 2

    There is still the rhic which still does things that no other collider can do (proton spin). Its also being upgraded to an erhic and they do test upgrades to it for the lhc . The rhic also providesthe elements for Nasas space raditation lab. Also the NSLS II is also being built at brookhaven.

  4. Re:Lucky They Weren't Arrested! on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    I bet south carolina also has a law stating you cannot fire a gun close to a roadway.

  5. Re:Redirected fire on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    The copter was not breaking the law. in most states shooting towards a highway is illegal. heck state troopers in wooded areas plant fake animals on the road to get people to shoot at them by the road to arrest them.

  6. FED funds require filters. on Seattle Library Lets Man Watch Porn On Computers Despite Complaints · · Score: 1

    I hope this library is not receiving federal funds. a requirement for getting the funds is that all public machines are filtered. A lot fo private grants for libraries require this also. So if this library is receiving the funds they can lose them by doing this.

  7. Re:that's because youve never worked in a library on Seattle Library Lets Man Watch Porn On Computers Despite Complaints · · Score: 1

    I am an IT admin of a library and i agree with you 100 percent. 80 percent of all people here at my library that i work at who view porn on the adult machines is child porn. we have had many people reported to the police because of child porn. We have drug users smoking in the bathroom also. Drunks openly drinking in the library. For everybody else if you want federal money the library HAS to filter all computers. its a requirement. So either this library has denied this funding or will lose their funding for not filtering the adult machines.

  8. Re:Temperature Measurement on Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Generates a 'Mini-Big Bang' · · Score: 1

    IF you live in the NYC area in the summer brookhaven national labs gives tours of the rhic (its down in the summer because power is more expensive in the summer) . they show you the magnets and the detectors and tell you how the rhic and lhc work (bnl is a partner on the lhc and is the main hosts for the US and distributes the lhc data to the other universities in the US). You can actually talk to the scientists who work on the rhic and who have worked on the lhc. its pretty cool and free.

  9. why is this news on Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Generates a 'Mini-Big Bang' · · Score: 1

    Is this just to remind people the lhc exists? The rhic does this all the time. Yes the lhc does it at higher energies but does it with less dense materials. They are pretty much trying to reproduce what the rhic has done to verify its findings. All the scientific articles i have seen actually are more about how the rhic and the lhc work together on heavy ion collisions then replace each other . Does anybody know what replacing the gold ions in the rhic with uranium ions will do in the rhic that it could not before?

  10. microsoft owns facebook stock on The Case For Apple Buying Facebook · · Score: 1

    keep in mind microsoft also owns facebook stock. apple would also have to by microsofts stake in facebook.

  11. Re:Lust for the day? on Boxee Box Pre-Orders Start At $229 · · Score: 2, Informative

    nO it doesnt I thought macs do not play blu-ray

  12. Re:Not NTC: KSC, Houston And The Smithsonian Inste on Lawmakers Want a Space Shuttle In New York City · · Score: 1

    In another article they staed it would be housed INDOORS not outdoors. NYC gets tons of international visitors and EVEN has NASA offices of their own. PLus the side effect of having grumman 30 min or so away .

  13. JFK was an emergency landing site. on Lawmakers Want a Space Shuttle In New York City · · Score: 1

    NASA has offices in NYC. The shuttle will be housed indoors at the intrepid museum if they get it and it would fiot because JFK . Also One of the atlantic rescue crews is hosued off of long island. Also the fact that grumman who helped significantly with the Space program is on long island near nyc why not have a shuttle at the intrepid?

  14. Re:Not NTC: KSC, Houston And The Smithsonian Inste on Lawmakers Want a Space Shuttle In New York City · · Score: 1

    HUH ? Why do people who have no idea what They are talking about state things like they are fact ? I bet you didnt know that NASA has offices i nNYC, The united nations has its ofices here (There were astronauts from other countries also). JFK was one of the shuttles emergency landing sites. They could ship the shuttle by barge to nyc and make it easy to transport. Would be a lot cheaper and safer then by jumbo jet.

  15. UGh really bad title on Europe's Space Agency Wants To Do What NASA Can't · · Score: 1

    How is europe going to the moon doing something that NASA can't? NASA has already been to the moon. Not just once but several times. Its not a big priority to go back because we already did that . While everybody works on how to get to the moon we are working on how to get to mars.

  16. pics on NASA Mars Satellite Snaps 1st Public-Picked Photos · · Score: 2, Informative

    The actual link to the pics is here but its down right now . http://uahirise.org/releases/hiwish-captions.php

  17. Re:Looks like it's Google's patent? on Scary Smartphone Motion Control Patent Granted · · Score: 1

    OOOOOOO that mnakes it interesting. Isnt apple suing goolge for infringing patents? No wonder why google isn't scared. All they have to do is buy these paotents from one of the employees and google can realiate.

  18. my 1520 has a dual use port on Is the Line-in Jack On the Verge of Extinction? · · Score: 1

    My inspiron 1520 has a mic/line in port. can be either one. I think its more of a space issue. Anyway they havent been gotten rid of. Just combined with the mic port

  19. It can be done on Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution? · · Score: 1

    What you are looking for is MoCa Alliance approved stuff. MoCa 1.1 can do 175/175. Verizon Uses Moca Equipment with their fios installs . The problem is its expensive. Dlink has this http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=668 but its $239 This is the Moca Alliance webpage. Its a list of certified products. http://www.mocalliance.org/industry/certified_products.php

  20. The rhic has also done some cool Science on New Bounds On the Higgs Boson Mass · · Score: 1

    Just released yesterday I think. Some cool new stuff discovered at the rhic at brookhaven national labs. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1074 "“This research offers significant insight into the fundamental structure of matter and the early universe, highlighting the merits of long-term investment in large-scale, basic research programs at our national laboratories,” said Dr. William F. Brinkman, Director of the DOE Office of Science. “I commend the careful approach RHIC scientists have used to gather detailed evidence for their claim of creating a truly remarkable new form of matter.”"

  21. wow on CompTIA Reneges, Reconsiders on Lifetime Certifications · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Here in NY the degrees acan include the cisco cert classes. So, besides learning the tech you learn business skills and other things that you don't learn in a cert course.

  22. Re:CompTIA on CompTIA Reneges, Reconsiders on Lifetime Certifications · · Score: 1

    What field are you in ? I am a network tech making a decent slary with just a 2 year and 4 year degree and got hired over everybody.

  23. The problem is the price vs the prius. on Chevrolet Volt In a Gasoline-Only Scenario · · Score: 1

    The problem is its price. Its more then the prius . Yes that will matter. Why get a volt when i can get a prius and an insight for the same price? BY when the volt comes out toyota might have the iq hybrid out also . The volts price will be the real problem. Also the fact that you wont break even when it comes to gas milage and money saving since the car is so expensive.

  24. People have it wrong on FCC May Pry Open the Cable Set-Top Box · · Score: 1

    How much do you want to bet cable companies dont want to be supplying the boxes either. Maintaining all those boexes is expensive and cable companies at best get exactly what they paid for from the rental fees. The problem is there is no real way to not need a box right now. Also the problem is every company has their network laid out differently. Also Verizon would have to be included in any legislation since they now have fios tv.

  25. Re:Why do you need it? on Home Router For High-Speed Connection? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft and adobe both allow me to download iso's and stuff at 100 down.