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Comment Re:needs a VGA output (Score 1) 120

by hplus on Saturday October 29, 2011 @12:47PM (#37879744) Attached to: Build the 2006 Prototype $25 PC

Those passive adapters require that the device output a VGA signal, they aren't actually DACs.

Comment Re:Why not... (Score 1) 526

by hplus on Friday October 28, 2011 @08:46AM (#37867394) Attached to: Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source

I would be pissed if my work computer was replaced by a 6 year old Mac. Of course, if it were any newer it'd come with a two-button mouse.

Comment NAND is functionally complete (Score 2) 63

by hplus on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @04:49PM (#37766994) Attached to: NAND Gate Built From Bacteria

Since NAND gates can be combined to make AND, OR, and NOT gates, this means that bacteria could theoretically realize any logic circuit. Cool stuff.

Comment Re:8 bit audio? (Score 1) 115

by hplus on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @09:35AM (#37761420) Attached to: Microtouch: 8-bit Open Source Media Device

No. He meant to tell MightyMartian that the product he linked does not decode mp3s with 8-mit hardware.

Comment Re:You're so smart! (Score 1) 627

by hplus on Friday September 16, 2011 @11:42AM (#37421000) Attached to: Anonymous Kills Websites, Cartels Kill Bloggers

While I agree with your sentiment, heroin withdrawal can also kill you.

Comment Re:vs Oracle? (Score 2) 148

by hplus on Monday September 12, 2011 @10:54PM (#37382926) Attached to: PostgreSQL 9.1 Released

Imagine if your form did not always include a blank for middle name, though one was added later. People who filled out the form prior to the addition would have a NULL middle name, while those who filled it out later would have it set, if only to "" in some cases.

Comment Re:Slippery slope? (Score 1) 301

by hplus on Sunday September 11, 2011 @12:03PM (#37368694) Attached to: Global Mall Operator Starts Reading License Plates

Or maybe, just maybe, he wants to let the mall operators know why he won't shop there anymore. Simply walking away with no explanation does no good.

Comment Re:750,000 hours MTBF. (Score 1) 238

by hplus on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @11:23PM (#37335916) Attached to: 3TB Hard Drive Round Up

However, uploading different torrents to lots of peers can lead to lots of randomish reads from all over the disk. Sounds like heavy usage to me.

Comment Re:Ah wonderful (Score 1) 330

by hplus on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @05:27PM (#37320782) Attached to: BMW Working On Laser Headlamps

I don't understand this sentiment, at all. Are coward cyclists supposed to limit themselves to right hand turns at night, then?

Comment Re:Mac is a fixed target too (Score 1) 332

by hplus on Friday June 17, 2011 @01:21AM (#36471388) Attached to: Wii U Faster Than 360 Or PS3, No Blu-ray Or DVD Support

The console is a fixed target

So is any given generation of iMac.

Actually, OSX Lion includes a new version of OpenGL (3.2 I think?), which supposedly gives better performance at the cost of backwards-compatibility.

Comment Re:Vimperator: surprisingly effective and liberati (Score 1) 417

by hplus on Friday May 20, 2011 @12:36AM (#36188230) Attached to: Google Is Serious, Chrome 13 Hides URL Bar

Pentadactyl is the new vimperator http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/help/pentadactyl/

Comment Re:Broke up from flying 'too fast'? (Score 1) 403

by hplus on Sunday June 28, 2009 @01:28PM (#28505197) Attached to: Investigators Suspect Computers Doomed Air France Jet

So a plane was flying through a storm and experienced sensor failures, and you blame the crash a falling meteor? Occam would like a word with you.

Comment Re:Who Gives a Damn? (Score 1) 170

by hplus on Saturday June 27, 2009 @07:45PM (#28498899) Attached to: The State of Video Game Physics

Just this week on Hackaday they posted a cheap DIY device that can load SNES carts onto your computer via USB. The creator said that he is looking at making Genesis version next.

Comment Re:Miley Cyrus REAL 20 year old boyfriend (Score 1) 639

by hplus on Thursday June 25, 2009 @08:27PM (#28475291) Attached to: Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case

Perhaps the GP has photographic evidence that they had sex. If so, he should bring it to the attention of the police ASAP. He should also be sure to do it in person, so the police can express their gratitude to him!

Comment Re:When I dispose of an obsolete drive (Score 1) 154

by hplus on Thursday June 25, 2009 @03:05PM (#28470269) Attached to: Reporters Find US Gov't Data In Ghana Market

I think the problem was that the "pile of money" offered was really that the security firm could keep the drive afterwards. The drive was only 40 gigs, making the pile about 35 dollars tall.

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