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  1. Anandtech talked about this back in March on All Solid State Drives Suffer Performance Drop-off · · Score: 1
  2. Re:I used it to write and modify code on R.I.P. MS-DEBUG 1981 - 2009 · · Score: 1

    NASM is still alive and kicking, it's latest release was about 3 days ago, there are plenty of tutorials and plenty of example code around to get you up to speed.

    Personally, my fav x86 assembly program was A86, i found it much easier to use that NASM.

  3. Re:No,he is very clever :) on Obama Calls For Nuke-Free World · · Score: 1

    You havn't by chance read Breeds There a Man by Issac Asimov recently have you?

  4. Re:I hate patents on CSIRO Wins Wi-Fi Settlement From HP · · Score: 1

    If it involves 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n or 802.11y, then yes.

  5. Re:Netbeans/Eclipse... on What an IBM-Sun Merger Might Mean For Java, MySQL, Developers · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the build that was choking, it was the IDE.

    And pretty sure it was because of this bug

    Admittedly i havn't tried NetBeans with the latest builds of the JDK, nor tried the latest releases of NetBeans(last i tried was 5.0 and 6.0), but Eclipse works fine for us, so there is very little incentive to change at the moment.

  6. Re:Netbeans/Eclipse... on What an IBM-Sun Merger Might Mean For Java, MySQL, Developers · · Score: 1

    If NetBeans was actually able to compile our project i'd use it, but since it chokes on our use of java generics(when the standard JDK and Eclipse dont), takes forever to parse our project, and in the end crashes and falls over, i think i'll stick with Eclipse.

  7. Re:Plumbing for Struldbrugs on FDA Testing Artificial Liver · · Score: 4, Informative

    They don't touch the liver. It just takes plasma from your blood, pumps it through the filters and then returns it. Bunch of diagrams and pictures here, here and here

  8. Re:Aus Laws on Legal Trouble For MMOs In Australia · · Score: 1

    The organisation which classifies games for sale in australia does not have a rating system for games without a single player component.........game sales law which require all games to have a rating are very old (1980's)

    Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995:

    5A Meaning of computer game
    (1) A computer game is a computer program and any associated data capable of generating a display on a computer monitor, television screen, liquid crystal display or similar medium that allows the playing of an interactive game.
    (2) A computer program, data associated with a computer program or
    a computer program and any associated data that:
    (a) is capable of generating new elements or additional levels into a game (the original game) that is a computer game under subsection (1); and
    (b) is contained in a device separate from that containing the original game;
    is also a computer game.
    (3) However, a computer game does not include an advertisement for a publication, film or computer game.

    I don't see anything in there specifically mentioning how many players define a "game".

  9. Re:No Critisism of F/OSS? on KDE 4.2 Is Released · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Bill Gates 2002 testimony on Windows 7 To Come In Multiple Versions · · Score: 1
    When Gates was talking about "multiple versions" he was specifically referring to how the District of Columbia was debating whether to "compel Microsoft to offer PC makers a customizable version of Windows" and was not referring to the offering by Microsoft of different SKU's such as Home, Premium and Ultimate.

    However, it is certainly ironic given that Aero is disabled on some version of Vista essentially changing the interface and some applications require Ultimate for the Dreamscene and Bitlocker support, causing exactly the situation his arguments were against:

    He said consumers would face a jarring experience due to multiple Windows versions customized by PC makers and uncertainty about the interface or whether applications would run on them.

  11. Re:How I do it on How To Diagnose a Suddenly Slow Windows Computer? · · Score: 1

    Spot on Mr AC.

    Mark Russinovich has a post regarding Kernrate and identifying CPU spikes:
    The Case of the System Process CPU Spikes

    (and i once had an issue with a wireless driver causing all sorts of slowdowns due to excessive DPC's so it's a good idea to check them)

  12. Re:eula just to get service on Seagate Hard Drive Fiasco Grows · · Score: 3, Informative

    Customers can expedite assistance by sending an email to Seagate (discsupport@seagate.com). Please include the following disk drive information: model number, serial number and current firmware revision. We will respond, promptly, to your email request with appropriate instructions.

  13. Re:Backwards Compatible? on Ubuntu 9.04 Daily Build Boots In 21.4 Seconds · · Score: 1

    I'm asking because there are only Windows drivers for EXT2

    If you feel like doing a little manual work, you could use coLinux to load those obscure file systems like Ext3, ReiserFS and XFS.

  14. Try this instead.. on Interesting Uses For a USB LED Screen? · · Score: 1

    Get this and this do a tiny bit of soldering, and tada, you have yourself a 320x240 262K colour OLED display you can use to display whatever you want, from simple characters to full image bitmaps. It's commanded using serial commands that are transferred across the USB and the USB connector has Linux drivers. (Not to mention the display is touch sensitive AND OLED)

  15. Re:Defrag the hard drive? on Performance Tests Show Early Windows 7 Build Beats Vista · · Score: 1

    Why would you think that you wouldn't need to defrag whether it was NTFS or some other type of partition? ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, and even XFS require regular defragmentation for optimal performance.

  16. AnalogX Internet traffic report... on Researchers Latch Onto BitTorrent To Spot Connection Problems · · Score: 1

    has been around for ages.. http://www.internettrafficreport.com/

  17. Re:This guy is a CEO? He makes too much sense... on Studios Sue Oz ISP Over Allowing Piracy · · Score: 2, Informative

    If there is an allegation of a crime it's up to the police to properly collect evidence and give it to the prosecutor's office, or the equivalent thereof in local terms.

    Except.. in Australia(i don't know about other countries), it's not usually a crime to commit copyright infringement. From http://www.copyright.org.au/information/introduction/intro-9.htm

    A person who infringes copyright can be sued by the copyright owner and taken to court. A court can order a range of things, including that the infringer pay compensation and pay the copyright owner's costs. In some cases, a person who infringes copyright can be charged by the police, and can be ordered to pay a fine or, in serious cases, jailed.

    And from http://www.copyright.org.au/G052.pdf

    Criminal penalties
    In some circumstances, infringement of copyright is a criminal offence to which fines and jail terms may apply. The criminal provisions generally apply to commercial piracy, and are used particularly in relation to infringements of copyright in records, videos and computer software.

    Unless there is large scale commercial piracy going on the police just won't care, and until then it's a civil dispute that to go before the courts.

  18. Re:bollocks on NASA Tests Deep-Space Network Modeled On the Internet · · Score: 4, Funny

    then what will we call a communication protocol that works well between stars

    Interstellar?

  19. Re:And for what? on The ISS Marks 10 Years In Space · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Well according to NASA, not that much really:
    • SpiraFlex® Resistance Exercise Device
    • ZipNut
    • Personal Cabin Pressure Altitude Monitor and Warning System
    • AiroCide TiO2
    • Robotic Arms
    • Fast Cooking
    • waste water purification
    • 360Â Camera
    • Golf Clubs
    • Low Vision Enhancement System
  20. Re:Not vigilantes on McColo Takedown, Vigilantes Or Neighborhood Watch? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's quite a double-standard that we live in a world where SPAM is evil and ISPs should cut them off, and yet it's not OK to cut people off for sharing files that infringe copyright.

    I wonder if the "Our wireless network was open! It wasn't us spamming!" defence would work for them.

  21. YSlow Firebug addon on Website Optimization · · Score: 2, Informative
  22. Re:So... on Stardock Evaluates DRM Complaints, Updates Gamer's Bill of Rights · · Score: 2, Informative

    It might have something to do with the fact that in their survey(see page 30 of the pdf 72% of people said they wanted Stardock to keep working on Windows programs, and only 4% asked them to work on MacOS.

  23. More informative link on Computer Error Caused Qantas Jet Mishap · · Score: 1

    A better article link would have been the official ATSB media release document

  24. Re:I've never seen this mythical "deletionist" on Debating "Deletionism" At Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    You know, in all the time I've spent at Wikipedia, I've yet to see even one instance of this fabulous mythical beast, the "deletionist", whose identifying characteristic is that he wants things deleted for the sake of deletion

    Thats because they are all hiding over here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Deletionist_Wikipedians

    Personally i prefer AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD

  25. Re:Nvidia customer here on Lawsuit Claims Nvidia Execs Concealed Serious Flaw · · Score: 1

    If you never shut off the machine would you be safe from this?

    Doubtful.
    From: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/01/why-nvidia-chips-defective

    "Modern chips consume electricity in an uneven manner, as different parts of the chip use power at different rates. Sometimes parts of the chip are never used at all for a given workload. If you have a modern GPU and don't game or are smart enough to not run Vista, you will likely never touch the transistors that do all the 3D work. Think about it this way, there are hot spots on the chip as well as cold spots, it is uneven and changing constantly."