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    RIAA to Stop Piracy Mass Lawsuits

    Although a few have stepped OUT of the boundary that they went to congress about, they do not WANT to monitor traffic, they have successfully claimed that they should have no control over the content that gets "broadcast" since (ignoring pop-ups--country bans-THANK YOU BBC) the USER has complete...
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    NASA to Sell, Donate Retired Shuttles

    I'm annoyed at myself, when I was about 11-13 I OWNED a couple of shuttle tiles (the white ones). So what did I DO with these historical items.. I spray painted them. cooked them in the oven (after I JUST painted them- not good for health) and after they were "junked" I think I actually...
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    Undersea Cable Cut Impacts Europe, Asia

    I know a few months ago when we had that sudden surge of cable outages it actually was (or was told to us as) that they were all anchor draggers. I don't know if they got together and banned it it at least X-Y-Z but if not I would hope that they would take this as an incentive to do at least...
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    How Apple Killed Macworld Expo

    I do see where the "outrage" comes from, the fans and supporters of apple even during the lean years were there for not only the company but the people working inside realized that there WERE people on their side. Now once the company is stable and in a very good position, instead of saying...
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    Linux - Stop Holding Our Kids Back

    Well you should have shown them what you did and if they liked it that way. I know people who HAVE to run at a lower res because of eyesight, so what is a no brainer to YOU may be to much for someone else.
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    Linux - Stop Holding Our Kids Back

    It does feel slightly "off" for some reason, but I'm willing to take this at face value, and she "probably" tried a copy that was bought at the campus so she thinks that ALL of linux is for sale, THAT plus all teh stuff going o about piracy as well went into her mind. That said, his response...
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    HP Wipes Hard Drive To Fix Broken Keyboard

    If I EVER had to send in a laptop I would DEFINITELY remove the HDD (unless it was the problem of course) ON that subject does anyone know where to send a Dell that is out of warranty for repair (got a free one, P4, 5! battery's but overheated either the screen/or video card (colored pixels...
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    Updated 3DFX Driver Released – yes, 3DFX

    As soon as I came home from the Pomona computer show, they released the 12meg version later that week. which meant of course I was immediately DOWN 8meg when I wet to SLI them:rolleyes:
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    Rambus Wins Pretrial Patent Ruling

    It was WAY to expensive for anyone at the time except for businesses, had to be bought in pairs, and was also hard to get, since the price scared regular stores from carrying it. Add to that it was insanely linked to some of the most expensive boards at the time, and you can see that even...
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    Why I Switched From Firefox to Chrome

    Speed wise Chrome wins not only on startup, but in general surfing..HOWEVER until I get adblock,and a few other things I will stick with the fox. I AM surprised that even though we know it is alpha/beta stage that there was not an option for a "chromeblock" ad on since it is what 99% of the...
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    Microsoft Confirms DirectX 11 to Ship with Windows 7

    I think one of the hardest things to get over was the "Promise" of DX10 especially when all we got were artist renderings for FlightSimX yet to get that in real life requires the power of cpu/gpu that are at LEAST another year away and that's only if there is huge code optimization. I do...
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    Obama Cell Phone Records Breached by Verizon Employees

    "up to" there should have been NO "up to" it was an invasion of privacy and there is NO cause to look at it by ANYONE.
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    Microsoft Confirms DirectX 11 to Ship with Windows 7

    This is one reason I have not thought about getting an ATI 4xxx series card, while it would be nice to ramp up the speed, I can play around with my 2 3870s' and get some decent speed (need to list the widescreen resolutions, so I can know what to "downgrade" to) Not sure what is going to...
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    Bulletproof Honeycomb Tires

    More than likely that is the "sales display" to show of the tech the real ones will be fully covered. Interesting is the fact they say it will be the same price as the regular (presumably other non-flat) versions. If that is true, it might mean we could start seeing these on civilian...
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    Excellent Bios/OC guide

    after looking around for something with enough screen grabs I found this site with these 2 guides that should be perfect for a LOT of people, it does not go into a LOT of tech stuff but just what you NEED /Should do and the overall reason behind it...
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    Craigslist to Crack Down on Prostitution Ads

    Stupid US laws, just make it legal, tax it, and place it in certain areas. All the countries that do that, ALSO have rules about health and have dr's doing inspections on a frequent timetable. I will say that even HERE is SF we just had a ballot initiative JUST to lower the status of...
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    Microsoft Retires Windows 3.x

    It is amazing to think of how many things that we deal with in life are probably running on 3.11 platforms and are working extremely well
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    Violent Video Games Linked to Child Aggression

    Freakanomics... I think his view was legal abortion was a factor in the drop of crime since there were less kids born into single families. As for video games, Parents/media ought to pay the tiniest bit to the ratings on the damn box that gives an age range, DONT blame what is in the game...
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    ASUS Announces Vento Foldable Chassis

    I think it's a great idea as long as when it gets setup it is as least as sturdy as a normal case. The mount of storage space that is save for shipping would be amazing, and could actually benefit not only shipping but pollution by a little bit, imagine packing 6-7 times the amount in the...
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    Need QUICK help on Memory

    New poster here; My current system has a MIS - KM2M Combo -L (v1.0) motherbard and I am trying to keep extending it's life. Right now I have 320m of pc-133, this board supports at least DDR pc2100, and I was wondering How compatable it is for 2700 (assume this purchase has a NO buy back...
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