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  1. Re:Personally, I am damn glad to see it on Oracle Contributes Linux Code, Expands Hardware Support · · Score: 0

    In LINUX specifically RHEL, Oracle found a platform to push their FileSystem (ocfs2 integrated into RH's kernel now), their Cluster (RAC), and their OEM (Grid) in such a way that they could support/orchestrate a solution that their customers wanted.

  2. Re:Good worm, Bad worm. on "Cheese Worm" Fixes Broken Linux Systems? · · Score: 1

    ..I'm the one with the anti viral software.

    With apologies to Bruce ,
    Campbell that is.


  3. Well you know what they will say on Testing The First Cyborgs · · Score: 1

    I am Eel of Borg, resistance is futile!
    You and your machines will be lampreyed.

    BTW
    AYBABTU

  4. Hey timothy.. I can cut and paste too! on Is Your P4 Working At Half Speed? · · Score: 2

    The article says that a thermal diode is responsible for triggering the throttled-down performance. But then it also says that the throttling happens due to the power consumption. These are different things: power consumption only causes the temperature to rise if the cooling is not slurping off excess heat fast enough.
    Anyone care to comment on this seeming discrepancy?

    Assuming that it really is thermal throttling, I would love to see what a good tech site like Tom's might be able to determine about the throttled down CPU when using various heatsinks. If that feature is really there then you should expect more powerful heatsinks give the same temperature as lesser heatsinks, but higher performance.

    In other words, it is possible to see this as a feature, not a bug. You get 1.5G when the processor is capable of it. You get half that when you are running hot; but with good enough cooling you should always get the highest performance possible.

    "Overclocking" may go away, replaced by "overcooling".

    -- props to Wreck (leonard@dc.spam.net) --

  5. Re:Shoot the damn things! on Surveillance Society · · Score: 1

    But you forgot, the British already gave up their guns (at least the law abiding ones did)

    Suckers
    Therel Moore
    Austin TX

  6. charge vs credit on Secret Service Raids Gold-Age · · Score: 1

    Think of it as Evolution in Action.
    If you do stupid things then hopefully it will lessen your chance at breeding and nurturing children that act as stupid as you are.


  7. The balance was upset over 30,000 years ago on Biotech Insects to be Released Into the Wild · · Score: 1

    Once Man started migrating around the world and bringing the flora and fauna he domesticated with him; the balance was shot. The grains of the Fertile crescent are now grown on six continents and last I checked dogs and cats are on seven.

    Yes Gene Engineering tinkers with Nature, but nature has been under Man's hand for a while now.
    Bio-Engineering is seeking to ameliorate much of that rough handedness of the last 30K+ years.
    The only other way Nature is going to get back into balance is with the mass extinction of Man.

  8. And the jammers will be the size of 2 quarters on Sun, Motorola Want Radio Tags In All Consumer Goods · · Score: 2

    Prevents smuggling, shrinkage, and subscriber theft, right(ck the EULA).

    Take a quarter sized watch battery toss on a small RF emitter circuit and a little adhesive.
    The act of firmly placing the jammer on a scanner activates the power and the jammer works for about 20 minutes. That is long enough to unload that trailer full of PentiumX chips or sneak a shelf full of warez out of the local corporate mechandising centre. And the cost? Mere pennies as compared to the cent for each package they protected.

    Of course they really want to put the scanner in your cable box at home and scan the goods you bring home. And as long as Geeks keep making the countermeasures available , Joe LameAss Grifter will be just smart enough to use them in his thefts.

    Net Gain - some Marketing /Distribution info for the Corps.


  9. Is it Really High Tech on Look, On The Road! It's Super Plow · · Score: 1

    Does it have enhanced IR vision,self-contained atmosphere, highly adjustable wheels mounts for overcoming terrain, particle beam weapons to aid in clearance, and a small nuclear plant?

    NO? not much of a HiTech plow is it?

    Long Live FASA's BattleTech.


  10. Let's get this straight on Bonsaikitten Eaten By Carnivore · · Score: 1

    Even if rated Humorous

    It is the LEFT wing that is into Political Correctness. This includes animal rights and vegetarianism.

    As a gun-toting carnivore, I know my accusers by reputation and the pretty sight pictures they make.

  11. BillG's backup on Could .NET Render An MS Breakup Verdict Irrelevant? · · Score: 1

    Well it is an obvious strategy.
    Micrsoft walks a tightrope of litigation vs. DeBoies and the Justice Deparment. But just in case, there is always .NET to catch him if he falls/fails.

    Now for some sleep


  12. Jonathan has the right idea on Are Fingerprints Unique? · · Score: 1

    He did not say the FBI center, he said local LEO.
    In many states, you get printed each time you are arrested.
    Just by using an old set vs a new set for one suspect, you could then get a "Z" reference to other prints.

    Since I have been printed 4 times in the last 5 years ( Professional Certffication and background checks) , I can tell you that the TX DPS has different imprints on my fingerprints and that they do differ. My girlfriend's prints are slowly disappearing, she's an EPA lab chemist. That in itself generates a "Z" factor. So there is a basis to run a true comparison test to determine the APIS DB's accuracy in matches.


  13. Stirling, you mean the John Norman of the 90's? on Ian Clarke on Peer-to-Peer · · Score: 1

    Seriously, Most of Stirling works are about authoritarian worlds where slaves are kept because it is "better" for them. You see people are too stupid too run their own lives in his novels and his protagonists enslave others for the good of humanity. At least John Norman's Gor novels had some good Aliens to go with the S&M Bondage, etc.

    I believe he came out of the Belgian Congo and still thinks like an Afrikaner from 1930's.
    SM Stirling's Draka novels reflect his personal ideas just a little too much from what I see of his postings in Baen's Bar. http://www.baen.com/bar/Default.htm

  14. Nader 2000 / Perot 1992 on Election Wrapping Up (Part 2) · · Score: 1

    Yes Nader cost Gore the Presidency. Thus spoke those who believe in democracy, not just a 2 party system. Back in '92 it was Perot who cost Bush his reelection. Maybe Perot was apologizing when he came out last week and supported the Son of Bush on November 7th.

    The lesson: Ideals have a price but if you don't support your convictions you also lose.


  15. 10 gets you 20 on DEA charges on Flying Wing To Run On Sun-Replenished Fuel Cells · · Score: 1

    The government first use of these will be to monitor drug traffic in places like Colombia and Mexico. Since the FARC don't have Anti-Air capability for 40K+ takedowns but routinely screw with helicopters and even some surveilance aircraft (prop), this is an ideal system to gather intel.

    Only later will these be used for beneficial purposes such as migratory pattern research and pr0n w/o borders servers in the sky;)


  16. MOD up please. on Desperately Seeking Secure and Reliable Email? · · Score: 1

    IO.com really is anti-government and was founded from the proceeds of a lawsuit vs. the secret service.

    This quick message brought to you by the Texas Illuminati.


  17. These viewpoints are Orthogonal or NOT on Why Does The Universe Exist? · · Score: 1

    Actually to see how they are related, just think of Planck's constant as the refresh rate for the Matrix that we live in.


  18. Well Duh! on Politics, Endorsements And Privacy · · Score: 1

    "While Gore won the backing of some of high-tech's biggest names, Republican foe George W. Bush has managed to get more of the industry's campaign donations."

    Because those of us who have made some serious money of the internet economy realize that Gore intends to increase U.S. government regulations regarding the Net. Trivializing a global phenomenon into a regional bureaucratic morass of ill-thought controls just because Gore "invented" it.


  19. Well remember the movie Rollerball on U.S. Preparing To Block AOL / Time-Warner Deal · · Score: 1
    There was one corporation for each sector of the economy.

    One corporation had media (Time Warner-AOL), one had energy (Chevron-Texaco), one had computers (Microsoft),etc., etc. And that is just from watching CNN this week.

    The fact that MGM is remaking this movie for next Summer's release may just be a cry of help from Hollywood (sorry can't stop snickering).

    Anyway check it out ROLLERBALL

  20. Attention Deficit Disorder Sufferers and Tivo on Your Tivo Is Watching You · · Score: 1
    photozz writes: "Salon is running this Story about Tivo and their plans to track user viewing habits for targeted adds . It also explores their stance on the "hacking" of the Tivo for more memory."

    It is well known fact that many TV watchers suffer from this disorder. As witnessed by the many remotes and other gadgets consumers buy to help them watch more than one thing at a time. I believe it is a Good Thing that Tivo cares about this group of people.

    If only Emily Letella was still around for her commentary.
  21. This kid saw a recession or three on Selfish Society · · Score: 1


    As a child of the sixties, I gotta say in my grump y old man voice "You think you had it tough? Bah!"
    </humor>

    Meritocracy Rules!
    Growing up in a lower income family, I never heard of health care. You had to be virulently sick to get to go to the doctor as opposed to present day where insured employees go in for a head cold. And my dad worked extra to pay for his kids' prescriptions (Thanks Dad). But having used my brains and applied myself in school (yeah overcrowded so what, you had the textbooks, who cares if you did not get teacher attention for every little stumbling block, the answers are available if you look).

    The recession of '86 caught me in the petro-related software industry (bad timing/choice) so I existed as a menial Xerox operator for 6 months while learning Oracle. So nowadays I'm in the top percentile of Oracle DBAs and proud of my trek to this point. Why, I MERITED it, the big bucks, big house, fast car, you name it.
    And this is no different than other Geeks, who post here, we earned it just like our grandfathers who went to college on the GI Bill post WWII and built the economic growth of the '50s.

    Maynard wants a Social Net, to catch us.
    Clinton's plan was just like Johnson's (Welfare); a net that was too easy to remained confined in and drag your kids along with you. Remember just vote Democratic like all the generational welfare lifers who can't be bothered to compete.

    And no I don't have health insurance as I also troubleshoot the Medicaid Fraud Abuse Detection System for Texas. comprende?


  22. For the sake of others on Product Placement · · Score: 1

    Please get back on you medication
    and sell you gun collection now.

    Mao had a Cult, Malda not!

  23. So I posted in sleep mode , MEA CULPA on Aiwa car CD-MP3 player · · Score: 1

    I hit all the links for MP3 CD players and some did not specificaly mention CD-RW. Since cheap CD players can have troubles with this medium, I was trying to confirm from somebody using one vs an ad since I have yet to find a decent review.

    My apologies for incoherency.

  24. Yeah but for $109 does it read CDRW on Aiwa car CD-MP3 player · · Score: 1

    If you got one, please tell us the limits for reading mixed media , multidirectory, etc.

    Thanks

  25. Software Or Old Fashioned Printed Novels? on Ask Douglas Adams About...Everything · · Score: 1

    Which lets you reach a larger audience here in the 200X's? Or is it necessary to do both to keep expanding your readership base?
    BTW: Your publicity/signing tour for Starship Titanic here in the U.S. was a nice crosssover between SF promotion and software distribution.

    Therel Moore
    Austin TX
    [Who wants to read another Dirk Gently Detective novel.]