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  1. Re:Wow, that would be redonkulously profitable. on AMD Sale to Dell Rumored · · Score: 1

    I run 2 Atoms at home (win7 32bit) I'll never render video on them in realtime, but I don't care. my 330 hooked to my UPS with 19" monitor, 2 HDD, printer, router, phone (vonage) speakers and desktop calculator all going full speed hits me at 58watts.
    My D525? 66watts. (again, this is system, not chip/mobo)

  2. Re:Worse is on Court Says California Stores Can't Ask Customers For ZIP Codes · · Score: 1

    Yeah I wouldn't go around bragging you were from there. Oddly enough, not far away is Cobleskill, and their telephone exchange in the 518 was 234, so I could give out a phone number of 234 5678

  3. 802.11ac? on 1Gbps Wi-Fi Coming Soon To a Billion Devices · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who thought Anonymous Cowards got their own wireless spec?

  4. Re:Pay the apple tax, skip the bloat. on An Open Letter To PC Makers: Ditch Bloatware, Now! · · Score: 1

    That's mostly correct, there are other applications that require an uninstall. But I don't consider them bloatware, more like shovelware. If iTunes or Garage band started up with every power-on, I'd be pissed. But it doesn't. Don't want it? after the first install, drag everything you don't want to the trash and empty. Or just leave it there, there's nothing residing in memory or burning CPU cycles... after 2 years using a mac mini, I finally liked iPhoto. I lost my HD and got everything back from photos stored on my 60GB iPod. Turns out it wasn't bloatware (For me, YMMV)

  5. Re:Money on An Open Letter To PC Makers: Ditch Bloatware, Now! · · Score: 1

    I can't count the number of times that a friend/family member went and bought office but had trouble installing it cause the trial version was on their machine. Or even worse, they want to use the Key off the software they have with the trial version, and that doesn't work either.

  6. Re:Palindrome? on Sarah Palin Seeks To Trademark Her Name · · Score: 1

    I coined the phrase "PalinDrone" a while back with the definition of "Everything she says is just as stupid backwards as it is forwards."

  7. Re:Retarded logic on Free Internet Porn Is Legal, Says California Appeals Court · · Score: 1

    Yes! Love them. I've been sharing the french grapefruit with everyone I know :D

  8. Re:Arthur C. Clarke said about the Antikythera on A Lego Replica of the Antikythera Mechanism · · Score: 1

    Steampunk would have really rocked the industrial age a few hundred years earlier.

  9. Re:Poor Engineering As A Plus: on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    I would imagine a remote detonator would ensure no "cold feet" as well as the slim probability that someone in the crowd could discover them and prevent them from setting it off. Deadman switches would work, but imagine walking and holding your thumb on something and you trip... Either way it's a very sad state that anyone would choose this action, let alone be a "handler" to enable others to do so. Very disturbing.

  10. Re:Wow on Volkswagen Unveils 313 MPG XL1, Slates Production For 2013 · · Score: 1

    Yeah but I need a commuter car with all-wheel-drive. Why can't I find anything that will get me better than 30MPG? And that's pushing it. Even the hybrid SUV's don't come with AWD, (which makes me wonder how they do break regeneration if all the wheels aren't drive)

  11. HTTPS? on Facebook Launches Social Login and HTTPS · · Score: 1

    What good is HTTPS if the security risk is coming from WITHIN? (am reminded of the "killer is on another phone in the house" Urban Legend...

  12. Re:Of course... on Are 10-11 Hour Programming Days Feasible? · · Score: 1

    Well let me be one to say "Thank You". D2 is one of my favorite all time games. I STILL play it now and then when I'm on never-ending con-calls for work (on mute)

  13. Re:Mrecury on Swedish Firm Proposes City Buildings On Rails · · Score: 1

    Well if you get tired you could walk "North" or "South" so the path is shorter.

  14. Re:Top shelf vodka on New App Mixes New Drinks With What You Have · · Score: 1

    Wow! Someone else with good taste! I found that brand through a friend of mine. I really don't care for vodka's in general, But Luksusowa is really quite good. I found I don't care for Grain Alcohols at all. Potato (like Luksusowa) and Grape, (NOT GRAPE FLAVORED) like Ciroc are pretty good. they're excellent in gimlets, lemon drops, and screwdrivers, but the best part is they stand very well on their own.

  15. Re:Data plan limits are a scam on Does Windows Phone 7 Have a Data Transmission Bug? · · Score: 1

    I would not be surprised if it had photos and GPS data embedded into a table and replicated to a DB somewhere.

  16. Re:Hmm. on Amazon Censorship Expands · · Score: 1

    Rape and Seed all in the title? Toss that one on the "burn" pile.

  17. Re:The sound I want on Electric Cars May Be Made Noisier By Law · · Score: 1

    If it were reversed, and "going away" was cued to some stationary object or person, then it should sound constant as the approaching doppler and retreating doppler noises would be modified into a constant waveform

  18. Re:What's not to like? on Hacking Neighbor Pleads Guilty On Death Threats and Porn · · Score: 1

    I have a wireless router with no security. My nearest neighbors are 1/4 mile away, and I'm sure their church would frown on them using high-gain antennas to hi-jack my signal, being that they're Amish. I want friends and family to come in and use their smart phones, laptops, etc, without needing to give out long pass-phrases. On a good day I can still get wireless at the mailbox, But it's iffy. If the letter carrier wants to hop on, have at it.

  19. Re:Sharia Law on Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' · · Score: 1

    How would they know? Are we giving openly gay soldiers pink triangles to wear on their sleeves?

  20. Re:I would discharge at the first opportunity on Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' · · Score: 1

    .THIS.
    I am sick and tired of straight men assuming that they are $DEITY's gift to gay men. Just cause I am attracted to members of the same sex does not mean that I want *YOU*.
    Put it this way. I'm in IT, I've worked in IT department's most of my adult life. I've NEVER been attracted to anyone in my IT department. Yet, being IT, it's still mostly males. I've even worked with other gay guys in IT, doesn't mean I'm attracted to them either. I've never had one of those workplace dilemma's of sleeping with someone at work, cause there's no one there that I would even consider...
    As a gay male, I can tell you that out of a group of men, I'd find a sub-group attractive. It might not even people people I'd work with, but even if it were, Most of the guys I know would let someone else make the first move before starting down a path that would make an uncomfortable environment should the advances be not received well.

  21. Re:Stupid on Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' · · Score: 1

    People can have opinions, it's when they confront others with them verbally or physically that issues arise.
    Personally I'm the opposite of you. I want the church to have nothing to do with Marriage. Because I want a legally recognized relationship with benefits that straight married couples don't even think about. Health care plans, Health care Proxies, estate management, asset management... Hell I'd LOVE to file my taxes jointly with my significant other. It'd save a whole lot of time. but to the government, Federal and State, our 9 years together means nothing, and were he in a car accident his ex-wife has more legal precedence over what happens to him in a hospital than I do. Don't tell me there are "work arounds" A) they don't always stick, and B) I shouldn't HAVE to jump through hoops because my partner is not a female.

  22. Re: Mod parent up on Why Special Effects No Longer Impress · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't go near Miranda. Just sayin'. Not even for a whole box of Fruity Oaty Bars.

  23. Re:Donutleaks strikes again! on Sheriff's Online Database Leaks Info On Informants · · Score: 1

    I'm not doubting you, but I wouldn't mind a cited reference. It's believable, I'd just like to see a report.

  24. Re:EP(what?) on EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Bees · · Score: 1

    I'm not as worried with pesticides and fertilizers from the chemicals they contain, but more over what they synthesize them from. If it's all petroleum products (where we get fertilizer for corn and other crops) then we're not really helping... Use corn to make gas, but use gas to make corn. Bad cycle eh?

  25. Re:EP(what?) on EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Bees · · Score: 1

    My other half is a CSA farmer in the Mohawk Valley region. While we're not 100% organic, we're minimally invasive. Greatly reducing the amount of pesticides, and we find some that are not the triclosan equivalents. They cost more, (and organic pesticides are through the roof. a gallon of concentrate could cost $800) where a 2 gallon jug making 2x as much could cost $100) but a 55 gallon barrel of Methyl-Ethyl-Bad-Shit could sell for $50 and last all season. I'm speaking for the items used to combat the "Late Blight" that we suffered in 2009. It wiped out our tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant. (all nightshades) There are ways to get around some things. Farmer Tricks. The amount of general common sense I've found in the farming community is utterly (no pun intended) astounding. Planting onions near the edges of fields keeps deer out of most of it. Garlic works to a lesser degree. And to keep Raccoons out of non-sprayed corn? Get up 2-3 times a night the last 2 weeks of the growing season for that batch and go running through with your dog. Scares them away and gives my dog excercise.