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  1. Re:M-M-M-M-M-onster Patch! (n/t) on Microsoft Sets Record With Monster Patch Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Ahh UT GOTY vintage gold....

  2. Re:Obvious next step... on Google Set To Tackle eBook Market · · Score: 1

    They can do all that, but the real question is will it work out?

  3. Why the effort on Ten Applications That Changed Computing · · Score: 1

    Why spend the effort in writing articles like these, it looks as if I am reading a personal blog ...

  4. FPS on Using 1 Gaming Computer For 2 People? · · Score: 1

    So the requirement can be boiled down to something like this, The rasterization happens at the server end (having 3d hardware) and the image generated should be transferred to the clients. This can be speeded up by using compression / encoding etc. but in the end getting a FPS = 30 which makes the game playable is not an easy task doing it real time. Maybe this has to be looked at from a different perspective or its not practical in real case ...

  5. Re:i would try chrome with wine on Google Releases Chrome V2.0 · · Score: 1

    You can try it with Crossover, it works, but its buggy.

  6. Re:AdBlock Plus on Google Releases Chrome V2.0 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I don't think Chrome will have Adblock+ ever.

    That would mean killing its own business. Thats probably the reason for creating the browser in the first place since firefox was harming its Advertising business with image block and ad block. The improvements on speed are remarkable though, but its not good enough to quit ad block :)

  7. Re:After 14 years Java apps are still 2nd class on Sun To Build World's Biggest App Store Around Java · · Score: 1
    >>So, you can probably count me as a Java fan boi

    Err... after reading your post?

    >>And there's still not a decent GUI builder for

    >>Swing. The NeXTStep GUI builder in 1997 worked

    >>better than Netbeans does today

    Eclipse VE??? Nothing like it. Java + Eclipse is a marriage made in heaven.

    Haaayneways, java's main advantage is its platform independence, and I think its still at its best.

  8. Re:Web 2.0 on Scribd Becomes a DRM-Optional E-Bookstore · · Score: 1

    True, it (twitter) can be at time surprisingly useful. Also I think one of prime moto of this kind of technology is to bring out as much personal info online as possible so that some one can do data mining on it as create business.

  9. Web 2.0 on Scribd Becomes a DRM-Optional E-Bookstore · · Score: 1

    Scribd and twitter, both from the web2.0 trend are not innovative technologies and there is very little need for such apps.

  10. Re:I stopped reading... on Top 10 Disappointing Technologies · · Score: 1

    I agree ... I don't know on what basis the disappointment is calculated here or maybe its just the authors own opinion. Example: VR / Biometrics / Ubuntu, even if few people disagree that its a disappointment, it disproves the ranking. Frankly, I think those rankings are a waste of time.

  11. Slashdotted? on Engineering the 30-Meter Telescope · · Score: 1

    Is the website accessible ?

  12. Re:Is physical destruction even possible? on When Hacked PCs Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    That could actually work!

  13. Re:Is physical destruction even possible? on When Hacked PCs Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    Turn off the fan, and make it calculate square roots in an infinite loop, or enforce a race condition in threads ... The processor will be in ashes within seconds

  14. Cab 2.0, nothing like the on NYC Wants Ideas For "Taxi Technology 2.0" · · Score: 1

    kaufman cabs

  15. The new wave on New Lossless MP3 Format Explained · · Score: 1

    lossless mp3

  16. Hmm... on Flying Car Passes First Flight Test · · Score: 1

    What a drag ...

  17. Re:fp on Europe Is Testing 12.5 Gbps Wireless · · Score: 1

    Okay, for it to actually work ... the servers should also support such bandwidth.

  18. Needs good media on How $1,500 Headphones Are Made · · Score: 1
    If you are listening to mp3s which seems to be most popular media, you just won't notice the difference.

    Probably needs a media which is not only uncompressed, but also contains redundant data (kidding)

  19. Statistics on Microsoft Sees Linux As Bigger Competitor Than Apple · · Score: 1
    Statistically speaking ... 97.3% of all statistics are made up

    Hard to believe so many people are still using windows ...

  20. Re:a.k.a on Flying Car Flies From London To Africa · · Score: 1

    Seriously, where is the creativity here? Look for new things. Air / Water / Land transports are old now, there are more interesting unexplored areas - time travel, teleportation ? etc

  21. a.k.a on Flying Car Flies From London To Africa · · Score: 1
    Flying car a.k.a. Aeroplane a.k.a aircraft.

    If this news came while Wright brothers were in progress of making their aircraft, that would have been amazing.

  22. Sanity ... on Don't Like EULAs? Get Your Cat To Agree To Them · · Score: 1
    Its not compleeetly insane? Also the EULA ...

    Real genius ...

  23. Gnome's reply on Building Linux Applications With JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Is this OSS's reply to Windows XAML? This could be a nice alternative.

  24. Re:Takes the idea of "open source" to a new level on Building Linux Applications With JavaScript · · Score: 1

    So, open sourcing becomes mandatory.

  25. Some of my favorites on Your Favorite Tech / Eng. / CS Books? · · Score: 1

    Computer Networks (by Andrew S. Tanenbaum)

    Fundamentals of Algorithmics (by Gilles Brassard and Paul Bratley)

    Applied Operating System Concepts (by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Peter Galvin, Avi Silberschatz)

    Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition) (by Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman)

    Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach 6th edition (by Roger S. Pressman)

    Programming Languages: Design and Implementation (4th Edition) (by Terrence W. Pratt, Marvin V. Zelkowitz)

    UML User Guide (Booch, Rumbaugh, Jacobson)

    Unix (by Bach)

    and more ... :)