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Dumbest idea ever, until they can get rid of the bezels. Just another way to get more $$ out of you for video cards and monitors. Don't be a sucker and fall for this garbage.

Ok, but my point was that html5 was a step in the right direction. The sites that have chosen move or silverlight over flash seem to have better interactivity with the video (perhaps more tivo-like), and or for reasons of better video quality especially with live sports where fast action and...

For what it's worth, the next version of HTML (HTML5) includes a specification for audio and video support, making the need for proprietary plug-ins obsolete. This will be a good thing, leveling the playing field for developers and users, especially on open source operating systems. Besides...

Eh, not too thrilled about the memory controller being local to the GPU, it's somewhat understandable though, as the GPU has no dedicated memory of it's own. On the other hand, AMD 780G, for example, accesses memory at the CPU over a HT link, and that works just fine. Hard to believe that...

Ok, thanks, I had suspected that was the case.

True, but it was far easier to set it up and make it work. Fewer hoops.

For those of you looking to image your new ext4 filesystems, I have tried fsarchiver, and it appears to work. I have taken great pains to customize my Ubuntu 9.10, and while I would reinstall in an instant if needed and do it all over again, why should I when I could just restore a backup...

I didn't take linux seriously until Ubuntu 9.10. I've got it installed on a machine now, and I love it. It is a much more efficient platform than windows could ever hope to be. I just recently started programming for linux, CLI and GTK, and I am finding it much easier to program for linux than...

Well, this is it. I like it a lot. I have everything working except Move Media player. I literally could dump Windows now on a couple of machines. GJ guys! I have been a Windows guy like forever. But I like this. It's finally grown up to the point where a Windows guy could understand it...

XP searches and finds php fine for me. There is no reason why there should be anything special about php files on XP.

I think that calling it an OS is a bit of a stretch. By definition, operating systems include things like support for storage and file systems. And it's just another Linux based OS, move along, nothing to see here. Might as well just run regular Linux. Seriously, this wasn't meant for the...

I think you all failed to see the point. The SATA interface comes from IDE which came from ST506/412 which is 40 years old. I don't see any problem crossplatform or otherwise with moving away from it. You practically need a driver for whatever OS and hardware you choose anyway. As for wasting...

There is also the possibility that someone else had the drive and issued SETMAXLBA to reconfigure the drive as 128GB, for legacy purposes. This is a software way to limit a drive, without jumpers, yet the change is permanent until undone.

For as much promise there was for these new devices, there has also been some disappointment along the way. Such as it is for any new technology, but here's my opinion of what went wrong, and what could be done to correct it. As usual, the primary problem is one of legacy requirements. The...

I had a look at the Intel PDF on this product. The fixed focus lens is good from a few inches to about 4 feet. That makes it just about useless for anything but books. If you don't have low-vision, then you don't know what it's like to go into a mcdonalds and not be able to see the menu...

If you are blind, how do you aim the camera? I have low-vision, and I've been working on a project that lets the blind navigate around a room, identifying walls, doorways, obstrcutions, etc.

Sorry for the double-post, it won't let me edit to add-on. It's been fun debating the issue with all of you, but in my opinion the whole thing is a non-starter, and something so trivial so as not to waste your time, energy, or worry on. If you are on a major provider, then your...

Set a sensible rekey interval. Key changes, hacker has to start all over. Easy.

If wireless is so troubling, then don't use it. Run some LAN cable, it's not that hard. Consumer ignorance of router set-up isn't really a valid excuse. In the end, if this even goes anywhere, they'll adopt some watered down version of what TPTB actually wanted in the first place. This is...

Ok, I'm going to give you all my secrets for locking down a wireless router. :) I cannot make any guarantees. There are too many people making simple to use tools that are designed to defeat security measures. That said, let's try to make the best of what we have available. 1. Disable...

So that's an excuse? Pirates could be using someone's network, so therefore no one should be held accountable? Copyright infringement can be civil or criminal, depending on the flagrancy of the offense. It's fair use, not far use, and it means you can use copyrighted works in a fair...

At my ISP, they promote the 20 Meg package as being good for downloading movies. I presume they mean legal services like netflix, etc, but let's face it, they've been using music downloads and movie downloads as a way to sell their service for years now. In some ways, they have brought this...

Well, duh. They've made it a tedious task through sheer volume. Just like how Windows installs have gotten so large that even a bare OS install of Vista or 7 requires more space (and time) to ghost for backup purposes. If you can't protect your product, just make it too large to make it worth...

Looks like i5 has been cancelled for the meantime, as was speculated a few days ago. Too bad, I was curious to see what it would be like to have the CPU directly connected to the video card. :)

For what it's worth, neither of my laptop supplies, the original and a cheap spare I got from compgeeks, have a grounded AC plug. They are bricks that take the old figure 8 two wire AC line cord. So, apparently laptops aren't necessarily grounded to your service ground like a desktop PC...

Ohm's law states that amps = volts / resistance, so that if the resistance (the load) remains constant, an increase in voltage will actually result in an increase in current flow. And power = volts x amps, so a doubling of the voltages results in 4 times more power consumption.

Nice, thanks for adding to the database. It is up to 11 processors already.

I have released a new free, multi-core benchmarking software. http://cpu.smart-cam-mv.com/ The software measures your system's actual efficiency increase when a cpu- and memory-intensive task is taken from old single-threaded design and made to work with thread counts from 2 to 8. If two...