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  1. Re:What's the point? on "World's Cheapest Laptop" Available in Bulk Only · · Score: 1

    You can never have enough computers. I have seven computers in my house and another computer in my car. I am currently looking for another computer (something similar to this laptop) with WiFi and which can run Tversity so that I can listen to the music I have on my media server while I am in the bathroom.

  2. tv's on Computer Optional For AOC's New HD Display · · Score: 1

    This functionality is actually somewhat common in current high end televisions.

  3. Re:If you don't write software at home... on How To Show Code Samples? · · Score: 1

    It appears you are not interested in what a candidate knows, nor what a candidate has accomplished, but rather the methodology he uses.

    When I hire a contractor to do some carpentry on my house I do not ask him what types of hammers or nails he uses.

  4. code sample on How To Show Code Samples? · · Score: 1

    There was a candidate at a small company we interviewed who provided some code samples from his previous employer without being asked. The President ruled the candidate is ineligible from ever being employed by the company because the candidate violated the IP rights of his employer.

  5. lots of companies sell Ubuntu on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are lots of other companies which sell the CD including Canonical itself:

    http://www.amazon.com/Canonical-Ubuntu-8-04-DVD/dp/B0019KKM4O/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1215628185&sr=8-1

  6. Re:Canonical will mail you a copy for free... on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    If you have a slow connection or you don't have a burner, you can get a pretty looking CD from Canonical by mail. They don't even charge for shipping.

    https://shipit.ubuntu.com/

    Yes, however: "the delivery may take up to ten weeks"

  7. Re:What were they thinking? on NASA's Phoenix Finally Fills Oven · · Score: 1

    1mm is not tiny when the diameter of the test chamber is about 2mm.

  8. Re:Hmm...this sounds familar on TSA Bans Flight If You Refuse To Show ID · · Score: 3, Informative

    These questions are there in case they find out later that you did one of the above activities; in which case your citizenship will be revoked for lying on the naturalization application.

    Your naturalization can not be revoked if you asked all the questions truthfully.

  9. Not green energy on Latest "Green" Power Generation — Your Feet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using humans to generate electricity is not a green source. Humans generate methane, a green house gas, from their fuel (food).

  10. Phoenix? on The Phoenix Has Landed · · Score: 1

    Phoenix is not a very optimistic name for a space craft.

  11. Another layer in the hierarchy on SSD Prices On Parity With High-End HDD By 2011 · · Score: 1

    Flash is just another layer in the memory hierarchy.

    Hierarchy:

    registers
    cache
    RAM
    flash
    hard disk
    tape

  12. Re:Google loves HTTPS on US Firms Read Employee E-mail On a Massive Scale · · Score: 1

    It is possible, with some work, to retrieve external mail through port 80.

  13. Church of England is also a cult? on UK Teen Cited For Calling Scientology a "Cult" · · Score: 1

    Apparently it is OK for the Telegraph to call the "Church of England" a cult. "What is the point, they ask, of having a national Church, with the Queen at its head, with Bishops Spiritual sitting in the legislature, when the institution is shrinking to little more than a minority cult, a weekend pastime for those too dysfunctional to take up Pilates?" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/09/do0902.xml

  14. Re:Surely you're Joking, Mr Feynman? on The Rush To Patent the Atomic Bomb · · Score: 1

    This rip off still continues! I have written a couple of patents and assigned them to my employer. I also did it in exchange for a dollar, but I never received my dollar!

  15. Re:Really so bad? on Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted · · Score: 1

    In contrast to other people who have been indicated the article is not calling him an "alleged spammer".

  16. Re:Reasonable Search & Seizure on First Use of RIPA to Demand Encryption Keys · · Score: 2, Informative

    Another difference in this case is that the cops do not have a warrant.

  17. Raoul on Database Finds Fugitive After 35 Years · · Score: 1

    They show also be looking for Raoul.

  18. privacy and public information on ICANN Punts on WHOIS Privacy Proposal · · Score: 1

    It is possible to maintain privacy and to make the information available to anyone who has a legitimate need.

    For example, the owner and physical address of anyone who has a government PO Box is not freely available, but anyone with a legitimate need can get the Post Office to release this information.

    Why can't before the ownership of a domain name be released that the requester be required to identify himself and for him to state the reason he needs this information?

  19. Mathematics on 512GB Solid State Disks on the Way · · Score: 1

    Notebook drives cost around $0.63 per GB. A 80GB flash drive would cost around $64 * 10 = $640.

  20. I prefer the biofuel version on Dell, Lenovo Adding Solar Option for PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hamburgers and French fries are feed into a human who then converts the biofuel into electricity by pulling on a string. OLPC will be powered by pulling a string: http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/24/olpc-will-be-powered-by-pulling-a-string/

  21. Re:To Reimburse, or Not to Reimburse on Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different" · · Score: 1

    In my city, someone got a ticket for putting money into meters for cars which did not belong to him.