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Comment Welcome back to 1960's cabling issues ala RS232 (Score 2) 330

by SirStiff on Monday June 11, 2018 @04:33PM (#56767608) Attached to: It's 2018 and USB Type-C Is Still a Mess

Is this a null-modem cable?
Is this a cross-over cable?
Is this a TTL device?
Is this 5V, 3.3V, 1.8V, 9V, -11 V?

Except now:

Is this a charge cable or a data cable?
Can it support USB 3.1?
Can this port support Thunderbolt? WTF Apple.. how did this end up as part of USB3.. and why don't all your ports support it?
Is this a hub or a power passthrough adapter?
Can I buy a hub?
Can I buy a hub for less than $200?
How do I search for a fucking hub?

Comment Obligatory Simpsons reference (Score 4, Informative) 320

by SirStiff on Monday September 21, 2015 @03:15PM (#50568647) Attached to: The WWII-Era Inspired Plane Giving the F-35 a Run For Its Money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Comment ..and in other news.. (Score 1) 272

by SirStiff on Saturday September 08, 2012 @05:55PM (#41276175) Attached to: China's Yangtze River Turns Red

the next iPhone will be red!

Comment Prior art (Score 1) 304

by SirStiff on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @01:56PM (#33873402) Attached to: Microsoft Patents GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding

http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/schematics/computers/c64/prg-vic-right.gif

Check out part U19.

Comment No printer? (Score 1) 557

by SirStiff on Thursday October 01, 2009 @11:08AM (#29606109) Attached to: Choosing a Personal Printer For the Long Haul

It's 2009, man. It's time to consider discarding the printer and not replacing it. I haven't had a printer for 4 years. If you really need a hard copy, try Staples.. 10 cents per sheet.

The Pirate Bay Ordered To Block Dutch Users 255

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday July 30, 2009 @01:01PM from the can't-catch-a-break dept.

secmartin writes "In a totally unexpected ruling, a Dutch court has decided that The Pirate Bay should block visitors from the Netherlands within 10 days or face a fine of €30,000 per defendant per day. Peter Sunde has already announced that he will appeal the ruling. Even though the defendants sent a letter explaining that they were unable to come to the hearing and provided arguments in their favor, these were ignored by the judge because they failed to appear in his court. The full text of the ruling was just published (in Dutch, PDF) by Peter Sunde, and further coverage is available at Forbes."

Comment Re:idea (Score 1) 323

by SirStiff on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @08:08PM (#28789889) Attached to: Cable Management To Defeat Clutter?

Ikea has them. They work well if all your cables start at one place and end in another, but a lot of times cables come out of random places and go to random places.

Comment Re:It's 1980 all over again (Score 1) 164

by SirStiff on Wednesday July 15, 2009 @07:25PM (#28710085) Attached to: Embedded Linux Achieves One-Second Boot Time

My bet is he had 486DX266 in his head.. meaning 486 DX2 66MHz, and then transcribed it wrong.

Comment Re:This might help... (Score 1) 533

by SirStiff on Friday July 10, 2009 @12:03PM (#28650999) Attached to: Getting a Classic PC Working After 25 Years?

Awesome! I can't wait to try that with all my Commodore plastics. Thanks for the link!

Comment Re:Helpful Unit Conversions (Score 1) 176

by SirStiff on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @02:46PM (#27589095) Attached to: The Ecological Impact of Spam

A kilowatt is a unit of power. Therefore, you can power cars with kilowatts.

Comment reminds me of a quote.. (Score 1) 268

by SirStiff on Tuesday February 17, 2009 @03:56PM (#26892089) Attached to: Jet Pack Runs For Hours On Water

Boxing is a lot like ballet. Except there is no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

- Jack Handy.

California Sec. of State Wants Open Source E-Voting Systems 112

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 27, 2008 @09:12AM from the nowhere-to-go-but-up dept.

Lucas123 writes "California's Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, was among a group of e-voting experts at MIT yesterday who said the nation's electronic voting systems are still not secure and many run on faulty software. Among the suggestions offered to fix the problem: use open source software, stop delivering e-voting machines to polling places weeks in advance of an election, and keep a paper trail for auditing purposes. Bowen also believes that a ubiquitous Internet voting system could not work without the use of a national ID card system."

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