Comment Re:Muppets. (Score 1) 221
I agree -- I don't know what will eventually replace my HP Veer (84 x 54.5 mm2).
Comment Re:DLP (Score 1) 95
I have the first generation 1080p DLP from Samsung (HLR series). It has its rough spots -- no 1080p input over HDMI (only VGA), 1:1 pixel setting needs to be set in Service Menu at every power up -- but it it's still working well and I can't really justify getting rid of it yet. I replaced the bulb once because it was getting dim. I replaced the color wheel after it shattered but the replacement was about $100 and the procedure wasn't too complicated.
Comment Re:Do they use Gnome 3 libs? (Score 1) 56
(Posting to remove accidental mod. Sorry.)
Comment Re:Old Farts and Model M's (Score 1) 201
Old fart, but newer "Model M": 9/17/2008, Made in USA
Comment Re:Better learn to dress well because..... (Score 3, Insightful) 432
Good post, but it would look more professional if you had used "cues" instead of "queues".
Comment Re:Will this be any different? (Score 1) 147
I was disappointed to find out that cinnamon won't implement 2-D virtual desktop configurations either, something I started usng with swm, and through olvwm, fvwm, sawfish, and compiz+wall plugin. nd if you had to stick with one dimension, I'm finding gnome-shell's vertical layout of multiple desktops more sensible than cinnamon's horizontal layout.
Hank Chien Reclaims Donkey Kong High Score 122
An anonymous reader writes "If you can say anything about Hank Chien, it's that he evidently doesn't take defeat very well. Sure, he knew not so deep down that his Donkey Kong World Record score wouldn't last forever, but he couldn't have foreseen that it would have been toppled so quickly. Twice, even. But he also knew that more Kong competition would be coming his way; namely Richie Knucklez Kong-Off in March. So Hank had something to prove, and prove he did. Scoring a massive 1,068,000 points in less than three hours, Hank has officially reclaimed the high score in Nintendo’s 1981 arcade classic."
Woman Sues Google Over Street View Shots of Her Underwear 417
Kittenman writes "The Telegraph (and several US locals) are covering a story about a Japanese woman who had her underwear on the line while the Google car went past. She is now suing Google: 'I was overwhelmed with anxiety that I might be the target of a sex crime,' the woman told a district court. 'It caused me to lose my job and I had to change my residence.'"
Comment Re:Percentage? (Score 5, Informative) 333
From the study's abstract:
"We find that temperature, known to strongly impact DIMM error rates in lab conditions, has a suprisingly small effect on error behavior in the field, when taking all other factors into account."
Comment Re:you still need a box for cable and sat also cab (Score 1) 277
Here in Comcast SF Bay Area land, the old analog channels (expanded basic tier) are now clear QAM. What I've heard is that they'll remain clear because the free converters they've sent out to analog customers don't support encrypted QAM. Also, someone has figured out how to extract and decode the channel mapping tables that these converters use (search for "scte65scan").
The broadcast HD channels will also remain clear but I suppose the rest of the digital cable lineup (including a bunch of new HD channels being added this month) will remain encrypted. I hope cable box + Firewire continues to work for those.
Comment Re:Everonmentalism I can agree with (Score 1) 257
Other Hybrids... Before long, NASCAR is going to see that there's some way to make this hybrid stuff make cars go faster and farther without a pit-stop... There are four industries here that drive new tech for the consumer. Military, NASA, Nascar and pr0n.
KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) was introduced to Formula 1 this year. A few teams have tried it but It hasn't been that successful yet.
Comment Re:So all that is left. (Score 1) 601
(cancel accidental modding)
