Comment Say what? (Score 4, Interesting) 266
Isn't this like Ford telling Toyota owners to buy a new Ford because a Chevron tanker ran aground?
Comment Re:Verizon will not activate a phone stollen phone (Score 3, Informative) 269
Actually neither Sprint or Verizon will activate a phone not originally purchased from them. And neither will activate a phone reported stolen by an owner.
Honestly this seems like a problem strictly for phones with SIM cards.
Comment But did they recover the iPod? (Score 0, Redundant) 195
Article doesn't say.
Comment Free advertising!!! (Score 1) 119
1. Make fake website taking preorders for hot new item.
2. Submit story containing URL to News sites like Slashdot declaring site a fake.
3. Watch fake site shoot up in Google rankings due to links on popular news sites leading to tons of sales.
4. Profit!
An editor seriously fell for this?
Comment Re:Quick to blame Microsoft (Score 1) 271
The buyer usually has quite a bit of say in how things play out...
I seen ton of expensive stuff sold, and you can bet the ink has dried on the contracts before any requested change was made to the item that would possibly decrease the value to another seller. If I'm selling my house sure I'm gonna clean it up, put on a new coat of paint, and pressure wash the siding.... but if you tell me I have to rip out the in-ground pool and put in a tennis court before you will buy it you can bet I'm gonna get a signed contract and the money in escrow before I even cancel the pool cleaning service.
Comment Re:Damned if they do, damned if they don't. (Score 1) 317
I think people are upset because they delayed info because they wanted it to be correct... then had it be incorrect anyways. So as a consumer/victim I ended up with incorrect info 2 days late, and then gave it more credibility because they had time to figure it out instead of judging it as just out info that may or may not be fully correct.
I would prefer knowing of the possibility my info was stolen ASAP and then continuing updates as more info is given. Holding off telling me gives me no opportunity to protect myself, and I rather be on alert with the wrong info then thinking all is well with no info.
Better Brain Wiring Linked To Family Genes 189
Third Position sends this excerpt from PhysOrg:
"How well our brain functions is largely based on our family's genetic makeup, according to a University of Melbourne led study. The study ... provides the first evidence of a genetic effect on how 'cost-efficient' our brain network wiring is, shedding light on some of the brain's make up (abstract). Lead author Dr. Alex Fornito from the Neuropsychiatry Centre at the University of Melbourne said the findings have important implications for understanding why some people are better able to perform certain tasks than others and the genetic basis of mental illnesses and some neurological diseases."
Comment Re:What the hell (Score 1) 321
From FCC Site:
Phase II E911 rules require wireless service providers to: * within six minutes of a valid request by a PSAP, provide more precise location information to PSAPs; specifically, the latitude and longitude of the caller. This information must be accurate to within 50 to 300 meters depending on the type of technology used.
If your willing to bet your life on 6 minutes and 1000 feet that's fine, but I rather not. Sorry, what's that, you use a GPS based system and your in a heavily constructed bank or office building? I guess you can try and hit the bad guys on the head with your phone... though the old "brick" phones where much better at that.
Comment Re:They just need to treat it like it's a privileg (Score 1) 312
The Zyxel Hotspot Gateway G4100 v2 does this, it's not under $200 but around at $500 with printer it is a affordable solution.
Comment Re:Why not raise the price instead? (Score 1) 319
Why cater to the customers needs in the first place? Just screw them as much as you can.
If you're a hooker those two are one and the same. I'm just sayin'
Actually wouldn't a hooker want to screw the customer as LITTLE as possible?
Comment Want your cake and eat it too! (Score 2, Informative) 360
Didn't we just blast Toyota for having a completely closed system, that only 1 laptop in the US could access.... but now we blast everyone else for having an open system because it can be hacked?
Given physical access to any system it can be hacked.
Comment Missing links (Score 4, Informative) 69
Here is the missing links:
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2010/04/28/melbourne-banksy-street-art.html
Comment Re:Win XP? (Score 1) 472
You must work in a big corporation, small businesses often don't have common hardware, so imaging and sysprep for each individual PC is not going to be faster then using a floppy.
Comment Win XP? (Score 1) 472
The Floppy isn't going to die until WinXP is no longer the most installed OS in business environments, and Server 2003 is no longer used.
It is still the only supported method to inject drivers into the install process, and many SATA and RAID controllers do not have native drivers on the CD because the OS is so old.
Once XP & 2003 is gone the floppy will go with it.
Comment This happened to me in a production CPU. (Score 3, Interesting) 236
Actually I had the exact same problem a few months ago upgrading a Dell server from Win2003 x86 to Win2008 x64, I suspected the CPU from the beginning, but I spent a few hours before the Dell Tech agreed with me. They sent a replacement and it worked like a champ.
This proves it has happened to a production Intel Core2Duo CPU at least once, I can't believe I was the only one.
