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  1. Re:Good on Power Demand From US Homes Expected To Fall For a Decade · · Score: 0

    Metal Halide bulbs perhaps? They aren't banned, they're just not typically found in your home hardware section and are readily available from your electrical supply companies in your area.

  2. Re:Oh, it's clear something has to change! on Monthly Ubuntu Releases Proposed · · Score: 1

    I once heard that same comment in regards to rootkits by a Sony executive.

  3. Gee on Find My IPhone Used To Locate Plane Crash In Chile · · Score: 1

    Gee, how did we ever find plane crashes before we had iPhones? You'd think we need to tape an iPhone to the fuselage of every plane to keep track of all these things. Is there some kind of app for air traffic controllers to keep track of all these airborne iPhones? Is there one for Android? Someone needs to get on this.

  4. Re:How sad is this on NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites · · Score: 1

    It's unfair to compare Apollo and Voyager. They're two completely different types of missions.

    The tech gained from Apollo went a long way to pushing main stream computing through development of IC's, fuel cells, and flight computers.

    It would be hard to discern the tech from the shuttle program since much of the data we have now might not have been possible under other circumstances. Take Hubble for instance. Sure, it could have been done right the first time, but it wasn't. It's hard to look at Hubble without also thinking about the shuttle program.

    USA Today's top 25 achievements from the last 25 years (from 2007) has 9 from NASA. http://www.usatoday.com/marketing/media_kit/pressroom/2007/releases/082007_top_25.html

    The main reason that we can do things cheaper now is that we now know what not to do. That's important as well.

  5. An hour a day on NYT Working On 'Magic Mirror' For Bathroom Surfing · · Score: 1

    I know this is an average, but someone out there must be spending an awful lot of time in the bathroom to compensate for me being on the far left of the average.

    This is yet another solution looking for a problem.

  6. Re:But on Windows 8 Desktop 'Just Another App'? · · Score: 1

    I'm getting closer to that way.
    With the number of PC games being dumbed down for console ports, I will not have a use for Windows any more (except for my wife to print coupons).

  7. Re:NO IT DOESN'T! on Xbox 360 Reset Hack Yields Unsigned Code Execution · · Score: 1

    M: Look, I CAME HERE FOR AN ARGUMENT, I'm not going to just stand...!!
      Q: OH, oh I'm sorry, but this is abuse.
      M: Oh, I see, well, that explains it.
      Q: Ah yes, you want room 12A, Just along the corridor.
      M: Oh, Thank you very much. Sorry.
      Q: Not at all.
      M: Thank You.
    (Under his breath) Stupid git!!

  8. Re:So who won? on The Latest Web Browser Grand Prix · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Opera only runs Adblock and Notscript (not a typo). That's too bad, as it's totally not noscript....hey wait a minute..

    Nuff said?

  9. Re:Astounding! on 'Instant Cosmic Classic' Supernova Discovered · · Score: 3, Informative

    Colonel Sandurz: Try here. Stop.
    Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie?
    Colonel Sandurz: Now. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now, is happening now.
    Dark Helmet: What happened to then?
    Colonel Sandurz: We passed then.
    Dark Helmet: When?
    Colonel Sandurz: Just now. We're at now now.
    Dark Helmet: Go back to then.
    Colonel Sandurz: When?
    Dark Helmet: Now.
    Colonel Sandurz: Now?
    Dark Helmet: Now.
    Colonel Sandurz: I can't.
    Dark Helmet: Why?
    Colonel Sandurz: We missed it.
    Dark Helmet: When?
    Colonel Sandurz: Just now.
    Dark Helmet: When will then be now?
    Colonel Sandurz: Soon.

  10. I know this will likely fall on deaf ears on Mozilla To Remove User-Facing Firefox Version Numbers · · Score: 2

    My wife has about 10 websites that she frequents that don't support anything above FF3.6. IIRC Chrome stopped being supported around Chr6 on most of these sites. IE is supported up to IE8.

    This is the same thing you see with all the add-ons.

    Please fix this Mozilla. I hate having to explain to my wife how to check the supported browser page for these sites, now I have to show her how to check the FF version as well (which certainly won't be supported for what she intends to use it for anyways)?

  11. Re:Service Pack Search? Seriously? on Bing More Effective Than Google? · · Score: 1

    Here are your unbiased results.
    http://www.bing-vs-google.com/?q=Libre+Office

  12. Re:Uhm... DUH. on Anonymous Vows To Destroy Facebook · · Score: 2

    We can idealize what people *should* do all day long. When it comes down to where the rubber meets the road, you'll find that the actual response may not be what it *should* be and no one is the wiser.

    For a period of time I was an instructor. We routinely selected recent graduates to stay on to instruct the next class. One of my students was exceptional. He had also smoked weed and had admitted to it. That alone was the deciding factor in his application being dropped. I learned of this after the fact and I did tell him the reason that he was passed over. It didn't matter how long ago he did it, it was the fact that he did it at all.

    In reality, people are dicks. Ideologically, they'll tell you they'd never make such a brash decision.

  13. Re:Apple statement on Sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab Blocked in the EU · · Score: 2

    You can't win over audiences without using all capital letters. Also, try using less facts.

    Here are some more useless facts showing how Apple used the industrial designs of Braun in many of their products. Who's copying now?
    http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future

  14. Re:Another non-exploit on Guide To Building a Cable That Improves iOS Exploits · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Instead of spouting venom, learn some self control. There is no need to edit posts.

    If you need to edit it, you probably didn't need to write it.

    If you're editing it because you misspelled something, take that as a sign that you should proofread before submitting. (guilty as charged)

  15. Re:Just nationalize it already! on Comcast Launching $9.95 Low Income Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    I pretty much agree with you. Something that gets overlooked frequently is the unserved areas between the cities. There are certainly poor people out there too.

    There's no incentive for businesses to run cable/internet out there because the return on investment is too low. Government has stepped in and provided money for infrastructure, but we're a long way from the kind of coverage that's needed.

  16. Re:The real root cause on Windows XP PCs Breed Rootkit Infections · · Score: 1

    The only "problem" with that version is that it's for system builders. This could be a problem if someone needs support (and if they're still running XP, they just might need a little help doing upgrades).

  17. Re:This article is Shite on Hackers Could Open Convicts' Cells In Prisons · · Score: 1

    ++mod

    I agree and would like to add that when you say "likeley not Ethernet" also means that there are some that are. We've recently started using Directlogic PLC's. Some do have ethernet (like the DL205).
    http://support.automationdirect.com/docs/plc_selection_considerations.html

    You could run all of your PLC's through a router so you could have all your PLC's programmable from a remote location. We've never done that, but then again we also don't have a prison population and access controls to deal with.

  18. Bottom left side of the page on OK Go Goes HTML5 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "This is a Chrome Experiment"

    and this is me closing the page *click*

  19. Re:If Mozilla has no idea what to expect on Firefox Is Going 64-Bit: What You Need To Know · · Score: 1

    Palemoon has a 64 bit version and is based on Firefox. I use the same addons I've always used.

    The only thing I don't get is the random 5 second hangups that my wife has since she's on an old XP32 box with FF.

    I've come across a few coupon sites (that she uses) that don't work in a 64 bit environment. I really haven't seen any benefits to being 64 bit native.

  20. Re:Still violates the 5th on DOJ: We Can Force You To Decrypt That Laptop · · Score: 1

    It's almost as if the 5th amendment was written before computer encryption was even invented.

    I wonder how you would go about setting a legal precedent that would require, in legal cases, the decryption of a hard drive so that it might be entered into evidence. Aw heck, why don't they just hold her in jail while they brute force the password?

  21. Re:But has it increased by 25%? on 25% of Car Accidents Linked to Gadget Use · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My wife always wondered why I was so adamant about not talking to her when she'd call me while she was driving. About a year ago she was in some stop-and-go traffic next to a person who was both making calls and texting during the traffic jam. At one point the traffic picked up speed and then slowed again but they didn't notice as they were too busy pushing buttons. She watched as the person was decapitated during the impact. She doesn't call me while driving anymore.

    It doesn't kill you 99.9% of the time but that one time is a doozy.

  22. Re:PC manufacturers and affiliate marketers on Chrome Hits 20% Share As IE Continues Slide · · Score: 2

    Just last week I was in a managers office and noticed Chrome on the desktop. One of the companies applications tried to launch in Chrome while he tried to show me something and it default launched in Chrome. He didn't know how it got there.

    I don't recall what it was that he installed but it was another example of an update to an existing program installing Chrome alongside. He had me remove it.

  23. Re:What is AirPrint exactly? on Ubuntu 11.10 & 11.04 To Support Apple AirPrint · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is a more direct link to the answer.
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=airprint

  24. Re:Not News for Nerds nor Stuff That Matters on EVE Online Players Rage, Protest Over Microtransactions · · Score: 3, Funny
  25. Re:Supervise your own kid on Why Doesn't 'Google Kids' Exist? · · Score: 1

    You seem to be of the opinion that either someone watches their kids 100% of the time or 0% of the time. Neither of those is true for any parent.

    If there were to be a "safe zone" for kids, I wouldn't trust Google to do it. It certainly seems like an area that's lacking in good solutions.