Comment: It's not dead, it's fun! (Score 5, Informative) 405
For me, It's fun and I could care less what some dude did with liquid nitrogen.
First computer, I just used Asus Overclock and felt I got more for my money.
Second computer, I started fiddling with manual settings.
Third computer I pushed it until I couldn't get rid of the heat with air cooling.
Fourth and current computer, water cooled and running awesome (6 cores at 4.3 GHz).
Each time I felt the progress, it's like leveling your character, but the character is you, and the game is real life!
Comment: Re:Uh, oh... (Score 1, Insightful) 135
Maybe the reason was that the war with the axis had nothing to do with stealing resources from third world countries?
I have a feeling if a genuine evil shows up, with a genuine threat to the american life, then the current generation will become the greatest generation + 1.
Comment: Re:Stopped at stage 3 (Score -1) 107
Since you know of the importance of robots.txt, wouldnt this be the perfect place for you to work?
They lack the competence, you have the competence.
You guys should meet and greet.
Comment: Re:Khan Academy Can't Even Teach Calculus (Score -1) 92
This isn't for college-level calculus teachers....
This is for those kids that tried your course and didn't understand shit.
Key concepts that just didn't make it into their brains can now be smoothed out instead of being a huge gap in the course ware.
Kinda understanding some few key concepts which allows you to grasp the whole better is better than not understanding a few key concepts and getting hung up on it and failing everything.
Comment: Harddrives? (Score -1) 243
Is this professor claiming the ebooks will disappear if the battery is dead and the electrons are no longer held in position?
Comment: Next Up (Score -1) 189
Google creates a downloadable native client to view websites, the trend of ass-backwardness continues.
Comment: Re:Not to worry - and take back open hardware! (Score -1) 56
Put a capacitor in series with your circuit and see how well it runs. ":)"
Comment: Re:"security through obscurity" (Score -1) 56
did you just call yourself intelligent?
Comment: Love and Tender Care (Score -1) 499
That is the solution.
It doesnt matter how you choose to backup your data.
What matters is that you dont just put it there and forget it.
If this was me, I would get 5-6 drives in a nice little NAS box with a RAID that doesnt let a dead disk ruin the whole thing.
Look over the drives and replace them as time goes by.
Every few years, buy a new NAS box to make sure you have newest chipsets etc.
Comment: Who cares? (Score -1) 389
Honestly...
Anyone who wants to use dualboot is not going to buy a DELL computer.
And anyone buying a DELL computer wont know what dualboot is, much less worry about it being locked out.
Comment: Re:Yay BBC News! (Score 0) 1088
Comment: Re:Spacecraft (Score 0) 722
Me thinks the new guy would double check the server name even if it was called NEW_YORK_ONLY_EXCHANGE_SERVER.
Restarting servers is scary enough as it is, doing it as a new guy is nerve wrecking.
Comment: And the U.S system is even worse... (Score 0) 95
And it uses voice-analysis software to help assess whether the person is truthfully answering questions that include “Are you employed?”
To get a credit card in the U.S you just write on the application "YES I MAKE $90 000 PER YEAR" and they just take your word for it.
Comment: Re:Meh (Score 0) 387
I think the story to take home here was more like:
Don't go to England and drive on the wrong side of the road and break your legs in a car accident, if you don't know how to repair your legs, the other guys legs and both cars!