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  1. Re:Other specs? on Researchers Achieve Amazing Memory Density · · Score: 1

    Hell, buy two hard drives, put both in the fire safe. Then every 2-3 years copy the data from those drives to new drives and you'd still come out ahead of that InPhase product.

  2. Poor 360'ers on Will Wright Opines That Wii Is the Only Next-Gen Console · · Score: 2, Funny

    "In an article that will probably tick off a lot of PS3 owners, Will Wright calls the PS3 and 360 'incremental improvement(s)'.

    So you're saying that 360 owners are resigned to knowing that their system is mediocre at best?

  3. Re:Is it just me? on The Death of the Greenphone · · Score: 1

    Offtopic be damned.

    No, it's not only you. Unfortunately, there's plenty of controlling jackholes that don't trust their wives. Please do your wife/children a favor and tell them that you're a dirtbag that doesn't deserve her and she should leave.

    Ugh, thinking of spying on the one person in the world that you're supposed to trust more than anybody else. How the hell do you sleep at night? Oh, that's right, you probably don't. You're probably rummaging through your wife's stuff looking for.. something.

  4. Re:Dumb. Very, very dumb. on United Makes Plans to Drop 'Baggage Neutrality' · · Score: 1

    I've seen many times where a flight attendant will tell a passenger that they need to check a particular piece of baggage. After 5 minutes of arguing, the passenger eventually relents and the attendant takes the bag back to the boarding desk, tags it and runs it down the stairs to the ground crew that are waiting to put it in the hold. Typically, this happens with baby strollers and baby car seats although there've been a few times where enormous "carry-ons" have been put down there. I will say that this doesn't happen nearly enough. If people want to take all of their belongings as carry-ons, so be it, but don't inconvenience everybody else on the plane because you've got a 5 day trip and don't want to check any baggage. Carry enough stuff for 1-2 days at your destination and that's it.

  5. Re:Indeed, how many russion casualties have there on Why ISS Computers Failed · · Score: 1

    And finally, who build the de-humidefier that was the fault in the first place? There were multiple failures. Designed properly, the power monitoring unit wouldn't have been able to shut down all three computers due to a short.
  6. Re:DMA? on Is Video RAM a Good Swap Device? · · Score: 1

    Your harddrive, even thought it is slow I hear ya man. My HDD is pretty emo. It just sits around thinking about how slow it is compared to the other HDDs out there.
  7. Re:Worst-case-scenario for Linux as a whole on Canonical Chases Deal to Ship Ubuntu Server OS · · Score: 1

    Report to Re-education camp mister! Everybody knows that Canonical can do no wrong. So, obviously, this is the correct thing for them to be doing. Besides, there's nothing to worry about because Ubuntu will never break because it's the best operating system ever made. Well, at least that's what I'm beaten over the head with every time I mention another distribution..

  8. Re:Hope? on New Hope for Jackson Hobbit Film? · · Score: 1

    Well, I applaud you for putting your money where your mouth is but I respectfully disagree with your opinion about Jackson's directing ability.

  9. Re:Hope? on New Hope for Jackson Hobbit Film? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Whoops, I forgot that the GP may be a Tom Bombadil fan. Yes, tack on an extra half hour to an already very long movie just so you can add... not very much to the overall story line. Brilliant.

  10. Re:Hope? on New Hope for Jackson Hobbit Film? · · Score: 1

    So you're one of the four people in the world that think that books should be adapted to movies exactly word for word.

  11. Re:DRM is just plain bad business... on Copy Protection Backfires on Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    well, you could buy it, but only if you steal it you got warranty

    Yeah, that's about what I'd expect from a Best Buy employee. Completely incomprehensible language.

  12. Re:Thoughts on openSUSE 10.3 Public Release · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say that it's fast now but it is definitely faster than any previous version of YaST's package manager. Ubuntu's package manager is extremely fast and it would be difficult to match that speed but thankfully I don't install/uninstall/reinstall packages very often so 10.3's package manager speed is fine for me. I would like it if the OpenSUSE team would work on having the package manager do multiple package processes at the same time such as downloading the next package while the previously downloaded package is being installed. Currently it is a very linear Download > Apply Delta > Install/Update > Download Next Package process.

  13. Re:have they fixed bugs? on openSUSE 10.3 Public Release · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, 10.1 was easily the worst release of OpenSUSE. 10.2 fixed a lot of problems but IMO it wasn't as good as 9.3. I've tried out 10.3 RC1 and it is *much* better than 10.2. They've done a lot of work on this release and it definitely shows. I had been trying out other distributions recently to see if I want to switch away from OpenSUSE but if 10.3 stays as good as my initial look at it, I'll be sticking with OpenSUSE for a while.

  14. Re:Solution to Privacy Concerns on D.C. Commuters to be Scanned With Infrared Cameras · · Score: 1

    They most certainly can, and should discard the data that isn't relevant to a ticket. That's the point of the post. The municipality should discard the pictures of drivers with more than one person in a vehicle but they probably won't.

  15. Re:Get a Mac? No nipple! on Replacing a Thinkpad? · · Score: 1

    So you're the single person in the entire world that they keep making those annoying eraser heads for? Damn you.

  16. Re:I kind of agree with this on Law Firm Fighting For White Collar (IT) Overtime · · Score: 3, Informative

    You don't need a lawsuit. You need to get your employment contract modified or move to a different job. That's all.

  17. Re:The "2.0" ness escapes more than newbies. on Intel Releases Mashups for the Masses · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just keep doing your own thing. There's always going to be people that want to be a part of the "Next Big Thing" and are more than willing to bash the rest of us over the head with how great it is. Personally I, much like you, prefer a few simple apps that get minor refinements from time to time and just get my work done while MashRails and RubyUps and so on burn brightly for a few months only to be replaced by the "Next Big Thing."

  18. Re:Just a binned part? on AMD Announces Triple-Core Phenom Processors · · Score: 1

    Wow, that's a HUGE leap in logic.

    "I'm too dumb to think that they could re-arrange the cache so it fits nicely between the 3 cores so I'll just conclude something that is completely retarded."

  19. Re:This bends my brain banana on No More TV Listings For MythTV Users · · Score: 1

    So I don't have to check the paper tv listings every day/week to schedule my Myth box to record the few shows a week that I watch. I tell it which shows I want it to record and it does all the work of finding out what time they play and recording them accordingly. While I enjoy tinkering with my computers, my time is valuable enough to me to not have to spend it on repetitive tasks such as telling my myth box exactly which channels and what times to record.

  20. Re:Arggg! on Storm Botnet Is Behind Two New Attacks · · Score: 1

    Ok, and if you were a spammer, where would you rather host your spam bot? On grandma's Win98 box connected to a modem that ocassionally comes online, or a big Linux/Solaris/whatever server on a DS3?

    I'd pick Option C: Millions of Windows 2000/XP boxes connected to cable/dsl.

  21. Re:A chance for testing lost on NASA Decides No Fix Needed for Endeavor's Tiles · · Score: 1

    There's much safer ways to do tests like that in space. It would be trivial to create a small section of tiles attached to one of the robot arms and pre-gouge it. Astronauts could practice working on it. Why NASA hasn't done that, I don't know. I do think it'd be a good idea to have some sort of real-world test for these repairs.

  22. Re:Disaster waiting to happen on NASA Decides No Fix Needed for Endeavor's Tiles · · Score: 1

    They've already determined that the gouge will not endanger the astronauts lives if left alone. The question they just answered was do they risk more damage to the heat shield by attempting a repair in space or not. It sounds like they'd rather be safe and leave it alone and spend more money on repairs on the ground than risk killing the astronauts.

  23. Re:.001 degree? on James Hansen on the Warmest Year Brouhaha · · Score: 1

    I think somebody didn't bother to RTFA. You don't even get the years correct.

  24. Re:Florida always tries gimmicks like this on High School Students Forced To Declare A Major · · Score: 1

    Agreed, I live in Florida as well and when my daughter graduates from high school, she will have learned how to take FCAT tests and unfortunately not much else.

  25. Re:Err on the side of caution...don't you think? on Images of Endeavour's Damaged Tiles · · Score: 5, Informative

    You do realize that the Shuttle has landed many times before the Columbia disaster with whole tiles missing. This most likely is a non-issue although I'm glad NASA is treating it seriously. Besides, these tiles are on the belly of the orbiter. The damaged RCC panels on Columbia were on the leading edge of a wing where there are greater temperatures on reentry.

    I don't think you realize the inherent danger in attempting to fix these either.