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Comment Re:When do people get this (Score 1) 613

Thanks for calling me a redneck and accusing me of making baseless accusations. Nice try, however I'm a white Eastern European and an Engineer.

So because you're a white Eastern European Engineer you can't be a redneck? Well, I guess that depends on your definition of redneck, however, I know plenty of rednecks from all over the world. While I'm not saying you are, Location and Profession do not determine whether or not you are a redneck, if it did then profiling would be more appropriate in all cases. You don't think profiling is a good thing do you ?

Comment Re:chillaxinate, broheims (Score 1) 439

This is why things like secure e-mail were created, in many cases you something like port authority (now websense, unfortunately the page has been redirected but not setup) that scans outbound email for confidential information and if found, sends an email with a link to the sender so that they can fill out a few questions for the recipient to answer. Only if all questions are answered corectly, will the https connection allow viewing of the message...

Comment Re:So Iran's standards then? (Score 1) 697

two-thirds is already required for amendments to the constitution, we have 27 of them now. two-thirds is what is defined by the constitution, so the question is do you want to restore the power of the constitution or serve your own needs? If you're going to advocate a change at least understand the implications of said change..... This change would effectively be an amendment to the constitution therefore it would require 2/3 of states to agree to even be of use ..... .

Comment Re:So Iran's standards then? (Score 1) 697

Actually, the way it was originally set up, is that the people voted for state congress and your state's congress appointed your US Congress critter, this was changed with the 17th Amendment. The 17th Amendment gave you and I the right to elect our US congressional representatives by popular vote. It was shortly after this amendment that things like "you're highway speed limit will 55mph or you will get no funding" started happening. Don't believe me ? Read it yourself

So the trick is, get the 17th amendment repealed and you don't need to pass another law to get shit back under control :)

Comment Re:Our response is? (Score 1) 651

Have you tried http://wq.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl ? type China in the search box and you'll get a pretty big list of ranges to block.
Also, there's http://www.wizcrafts.net/chinese-blocklist.html and
this appears to be accurate, but I haven't verified it: http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/

Math

Man Uses Drake Equation To Explain Girlfriend Woes 538

artemis67 writes "A man studying in London has taken a mathematical equation that predicts the possibility of alien life in the universe to explain why he can't find a girlfriend. Peter Backus, a native of Seattle and PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, near London, in his paper, 'Why I don't have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation to love in the UK,' used math to estimate the number of potential girlfriends in the UK. In describing the paper on the university Web site he wrote 'the results are not encouraging. The probability of finding love in the UK is only about 100 times better than the probability of finding intelligent life in our galaxy.'"

Comment Re:Pulling the trigger (Score 1) 344

<quote><p><i>Windows 7, SP0, is actually pretty darned good - especially compared to that steaming pile of mediocrity (Vista) they put out last time. It's faster, the UI is cleaner and more useful (most of the time), it's very compatible with a wide variety of hardware. Even hardware that Windows 7 cautioned me probably wouldn't work...works.</i></p><p>I actually prefer vista. With vista, you can turn off the crappy new UI and go back to the classic interface. Windows 7 doesn't let you do turn off the crappy new UI. This fact alone is going to delay Windows 7 deployment for years.</p><p>The other very annoying change is the way MS messed up the domain logon screen. They make the user login as "domainname\username" or "username@domainname" instead of having separate boxes for the username &amp; domainname. This causes enormous user confusion.</p><p><i>This is probably the first usable 64-bit Windows version for the desktop.</i></p><p>Bollocks. 64-bit XP has been out for years. Works great.</p></quote>

64-Bit XP is based on server 2003 code which is why driver support is lacking at best. While it is stable, it seemed a bit slower than 32-bit XP with some functions i use regularly.

I have some hardware that didn't play nice with 64-Bit XP (my sound card for instance) because the drivers were thrown together in a "good enough" fashion that required software from Nvidia and Realtek be installed to have full functional surround sound. Once both drivers were installed, I couldn't adjust the volume for channels individually without breaking sound all together, not a huge issue once it's known but a pain to figure out and get working initially.

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