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  1. Windows ME on Verizon Changes FiOS AUP, -1, Offtopic · · Score: 4, Funny

    My experience with Windows ME wasn't exactly a good one. As soon as I installed a second hard drive, it would bluescreen at boot. XP was better back then (when it was first released).

  2. Re:Nice of them to change the color on Microsoft Investigates Windows 7 "Black Screen of Death" · · Score: 1

    Actually, under Vista with the latest drivers for my video card and sound card, it would bluescreen with "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" about ten or fifteen seconds after login. Under XP, it got "BAD_POOL_ERROR" randomly.

    Fortunately, both Linux and Windows 7 work just fine on it.

  3. Re:LED lighting vs. CFL question on Lifecycle Energy Costs of LED, CFL Bulbs Calculated · · Score: 1

    You haven't seen signs with "neon" (gas discharge tube) lighting? They're all over the place around here.

  4. Re:Great assumption on Lifecycle Energy Costs of LED, CFL Bulbs Calculated · · Score: 1

    If you didn't leave them on all the time, they would probably last longer.

  5. Re:self-compiling not such a black/white matter on OpenSolaris Or FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    It may be worth noting that the -O flag isn't where the most gains can be found. While most distros now compile with -march=i686, more gains can be made with other -march values.

    Heck, if you have a really old machine (Pentium class), you wouldn't be able to use -march=i686, and would be stuck with Slackware if you weren't willing to compile your software.

  6. Re:Go the whole hog... on OpenSolaris Or FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    Gee, that sounds a lot like what Plan 9 from Bell Labs tried to do, at least in terms of distribution, network sharing, and "devices as files." It's not exactly popular now, though.

  7. Re:You mean 11,500 Euro on Moving Decimal Bug Loses Money · · Score: 1

    If it's as GP said, then it's everything to the left multiplied by everything to the right, thus anything "1.000" and greater is equivalent to zero.

  8. Re:Err... on Inkscape 0.47 Released · · Score: 1

    I think GP meant "How do I made FLA or SWF?" Granted, that's no better, but at least it's a meme.

  9. Re:Feh. on Nvidia's DX11 GF100 Graphics Processor Detailed · · Score: 1

    Seriously? I paid $100 for a 9800 GT a while back, and have two 1400x1050 monitors. Your card sounds expensive.

    I agree with you though, aside any hardware failures, I won't be upgrading it for a long time either. Heck, I wouldn't have moved up from the old 8800 GS if it weren't for VDPAU requiring a newer card.

  10. Re:When's it coming out? on Nvidia's DX11 GF100 Graphics Processor Detailed · · Score: 1

    What's the model? It sounds interesting.

  11. Re:Better idea on Giving Touch-Screen Buttons Depth and Height With Pneumatics · · Score: 1

    Or you could just do what ATMs have already been doing for ages, which is have blank buttons beside the screen and add the labels. But nooo, gotta be all fancy-like...

    That could take up a lot more space, especially when it's a full keyboard being displayed. Not ideal for mobile devices.

  12. Re:long ways to go yet on A Skeptical Reaction To IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Claims · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I know this because I do it for a living.

    Don't each of our brains do this for a living, too?

  13. Re:I CAN HAZ THINKINESS, THERE4 I IZ? on A Skeptical Reaction To IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Claims · · Score: 1

    I think you meant "block-capital Impact."

  14. Re:Slightly heavier then... on How Heavy Is the Internet? · · Score: 1

    A looser isn't tighter, obviously.

  15. Re:One Thing I Miss on Modern Tech Versus the Past · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I always feel more assured when things are set up in advance, or at least some sort of planning met-up is set up beforehand. Waiting 'til the last minute seems like asking for trouble, especially if the others don't pick up their cell phones.

  16. Re:I don't blame them on Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Check the citations in the Wikipedia article. There's a whole list of them.

  17. Re:Yep that's why I avoid extensions on Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    The ad blocking functionality is limited in Opera, though. While its image-blocking setup works just fine, you can only block scripts based on the URL of the page being viewed, not by the URLs of each of the scripts themselves.

    That said, I do use Opera at work since it's more responsive than Firefox.

  18. Re:Sub Pixel rendering, really? on Microsoft Aims To Close Performance Gap With Internet Explorer 9 · · Score: 0

    I see it more as an LCD making up for the fact it can't run at as high a resolution as a CRT, at least in most cases. My ThinkPad T61p looks pretty much the same with it on or off since it has a much higher DPI than even most CRTs.

    Your experience with K-Meleon reminds me of my experience with Firefox. I still wouldn't opt for another browser until extension support is found outside of the Gecko family.

  19. Re:IE on Microsoft Aims To Close Performance Gap With Internet Explorer 9 · · Score: 1

    I think GP is referring to IE8, which is intended to run only on Windows.

  20. Re:Only removed from default install on GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 1

    I second this. I've had a lot of good experiences with Arch.

  21. Re:I want a mechanism for pluck-outs... on Firefox 3.6 Locks Out Rogue Add-ons · · Score: 1

    Preferably with 144 TiB of RAM.

  22. Re:"100,000 times as much as your computer has" on IBM Takes a (Feline) Step Toward Thinking Machines · · Score: 1

    According to Wolfram|Alpha, it only has 18,432 times as much RAM as my main machine.

  23. Re:Supply equals demand on CERN Physicist Warns About Uranium Shortage · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to your source:

    In late 2006, Denison Mines reopened the Pandora mine in the La Sal mining district of southeastern Utah.[8] Denison Mines has received all the required permits from the state of Utah and the US Bureau of Land Management to reopen its Tony M uranium mine in the Henry Mountains; ore production is expected to begin in 2008. The Tony M deposit is said to contain 5.3 million pounds (2400 tonnes) of U3O8.[1] Nearby the Tony M deposit, Denison has another uranium deposit, the Bullfrog. Denison is currently stockpiling ore at its White Mesa uranium processing mill in the Henry Mountains; the mill is expected to begin processing in early 2008.[9]

    Your argument isn't so solid.

  24. Re:Dumb question time on CERN Physicist Warns About Uranium Shortage · · Score: 1

    I don't know, redirecting an asteroid at our planet to attempt to mine it seems like a bad idea to me.

  25. Re:Labelling. on What's Coming In KDE 4.4 · · Score: 1

    I'd consider a CFLAGS including -g to be "fancy." Adding the debug symbols can actually cause problems, at least in my experience.

    Actually, if you don't disable strip, a lot of the debug symbols will be removed anyway.