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For that matter, why aren't there US network affiliates in Canada?

I wasn't aware that candians had the same low standards for television content that US audiences do.

I lived in Michigan and could sometimes catch canadian TV, which often had many things on which were much cooler than I could find on local stations. At least Tim Horton's has finally crossed the border, now Michganders can enjoy some real donuts! :9

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Why the heck would I want to go onto the web to watch my local stations when I have a perfectly good IdiotBox to do that with?

This is the sort of technology which will obviously be favored by local broadcasting (which are still firmly rooted in a 1920's frame of mind), worried that their lose viewers to other broadcasters in other markets. What only seems fair if the locals suck and don't want to take the risk of changing content and the way to they provide it.

It would be too bad if local businesses get into webcasting and then beg the government to block my access to webcasts from outside my area. If this isn't a violation of my rights, it should be.

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Or, considering who M$NBC is... it's FUD.

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Separated at birth? Dan Quayle & G.W. Bush?

Now don't go "Nucular" flaming me! ;-)

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Rumors are the lifeblood of consumer originated hype! Leaks or not, they draw interest in the product. Waiting for Lord Steve to bless us with the Royal version of things takes too long.

I'll start a rumor: The people behind this consort with fly larvae! (Sorry if I cost /. a couple ad bux)

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From original post It sure sounds like a good way to sell media though ... hmmm.

Go over to eBay and look for IPCs and IPXs they're probably going for $10 each, with memory.

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Now to just find which hardware they actually support.
i.e. SparcIPX?

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I'm working on inventing the color red, I should be finished any day now, then I'll copyright it. See anything yet?

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If that were the case then Mice would be extremely tiny, but they're the same size they were 20+ years ago (recalling one which employed a magnetic field and grid on a large tablet.)

Computers aren't getting smaller either, you can just cram so much more in the same space (ATX form factor, etc.) Quantum changes, like the Eniac->PDP-11->PC->Palm are few and far between.

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The problem is that you and too many other people don't understand Russia. This is a country which never even flited with capitalism until now and is actually flourishing with the most fundamental, unregulated, unfettered capitalism at in its purist form. Only after Putin, or his successor, puts an enforced system of law in place will it resemble the west, then they can winge on about IP, monopolies, etc.

Fortunately, there are lots of good, honest, hardworking and intelligent people in Russian and something good will arise from the ashes. The signs are there if you can pierce the ugly pall american media casts over lands in central asia.

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Look for the Washington address at the bottom

TCL

Search some of these other things Google locates

The key is not that you are shipping a parcel, but that you need Logistical support, which is the business of moving goods from point to point and handling customs issues for you. This is what Logistics companies do best, hopefully you can find one which will help you with Small-Pack (a single parcel.)

Good luck.

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Based on how everything else in Russia works, you probably just have to do a little lubrication of the machinery. I've never been a big fan of bribery, and I don't necessarily recommend it unless you know what you're doing, but that may be what is required to get that package through.

and how do you propose Pavel does this? The honor system? Staple a bunch of $10 bills to the box and put a note on the outside, "Please remove your bribe and pass this package of absolutely no value on to the next carrier"

I'm sure there are better ways. Many shippers have partners within other countries. You may have to do some research to find them, starting with the good old USPS. Also, check with airlines as they often will accept packages (your friend may have to go to the airport to pick it up) as air freight (pretty reasonable, too.)

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don't know all the details of RAMBUS' claim, but if they were granted a reasonable and valid patent, then a whole lot of very smart lawyers are settling for a reason: RAMBUS just might be in the right here.

Right. You don't know all the details. Quite possibly NEC is going to play to Rambus and let Micron fight the war. Should Micron win NEC and all the dramurai will just stop paying royalties, possibly demand refunds. I'm sure Micron wouldn't be taking on Rambus if they didn't feel strongly that they have a case. What we really want to see is Rambus patents declared invalid. With this in mind, I think I'll go wander off and see what I can dig up on how Micron and Infineon are doing.

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Similar to the Blue affect of IBM. Although, looking back over the past 10 years, I'd say IBM has learned that they actually have to be smart and competitive, telling people "Just buy from us, we know what's good for you" doesn't work anymore. With Intel's stumbles of late, the sheen of invulnerablility is showing some tarnish. AMD needs to work on pushing their track record in the faces of those corporate buyers. Same applies to the SDRAM, RDRAM and DDR SDRAM front. If purchasing agents were made aware that all systems up to now have used SDRAM they'll cast a jaundiced eye at anything else, unless Intel is pushing it and they trust the Intel name and aegis.


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I've read some interesting english on Tom's website and I think they run it through babel fish, as no sane human translator would make some of those gaffs.

Who knows, maybe they have trained a carp. ;-)

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Not working. Perhaps they got a C&D from Intel to stop making someone's product look better than the upcoming P4. ;-)

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More to the (OT) point, AMD is more responsible for Intel's dropping prices. They may regard AMD as an mere imitator, but they certainly are reacting to AMD, which speaks volumes.

DDR will be a good thing when we have a number of chipsets and motherboards to choose from. Fortunately for us, TaiwanInc. will have a number of these available by the end of the year, so we don't have to wait for Intel to "invent" it.

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A large black hole was discovered in Manchester yesterday. Authorities are looking into it.

(OT) My last interest in Black Holes was that the warping of space-time would be the method of point-to-point space travel. Unfortunately, if I were to synthesize a black hole in my kitchen the radiation would probably kill me. Any practical use for these things, other than fodder for nobel prizes?

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Looks like this could spell big trouble for Intel & Rambus

I read yesterday that NEC is now caving to Rambus on IP. I haven't read anywhere that Intel isn't doing a DDR chipset. (840 IIRC) While I'm glad to see benches at last, I would dismiss neither Intel or Rambus, as both seem to be in a good position to take advantage of DDR. Please note as well that DDR motherboards and RAM won't be widely available for a couple months, yet. Plenty of time for Intel (who does sometimes hold the cards closer to their chest) to make hay, too.

Now if Infineon and Micron could just dent Rambus' IP claim we might have something to really celebrate.

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It comes from not hacking nekkid. Lint comes from your clothes. Ever look in a dryer?

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Yeah, well, I used to actually wash (that's right wash) keyboards people spilled coffee into. I'd tear them appart right down to the little springs which push the keys back up and wash them, then dry with a towel and blowdryer. It never ceased to amuse me how a user could, with total poker face, tell me they hadn't been drinking any coffee near the keyboard, they had been sitting there all day and it just stopped. Then I'd hold up the keyboard and watch something like heavily creamed coffee drip out. Clearly the folks who investigated that house in Amityville need to know about this...

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No need to worry about keys coming off on the keyboard where I used to work, they were cemented on by ... uh ... dimethylgrundge, yeah that's it...

It's time to change keyboards when your fingers keep getting stuck to the gookum.

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Right about now I'm wondering if there's bellybutton lint in anyone's keyboard and how the heck it got there...

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I've only had this keyboard for about 4 months. Not quite long enough to build up a sufficient layer of crud. Keyboards at home are decorated with the residue of any variety of greasy chips. Dots of pasta sauce decorate the keyboard, 4mm tape, cd drive, cpu and monitor. Uh.. hair, crumbs and stuff, which makes the crud puppy look like Martha Stewart, is tucked in between the keys. Keys don't often stick and I'm usually careful enough to spill liquid (coffee, soup, romulan noodles, etc.) on my clothes than accidentally clean out the crevices of the keyboard. Who knows, someday the world may come crashing down and all we'll have for food is keyboard soup. 8^)

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Yes, but have you looked at who's lined up against them?

#1 on this list (of the article I read) was Micro$oft. What do you suppose their motivation might be, hmm? hmm?

The irony of Micro$oft wanting someone else to open something up is pretty damn hilarious.

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Very egalitarian. But you do know the use of the word hacker in this sense is the one bandied about in the media by people who wouldn't know paper tape from masking tape.

AFAIK Hacking originated in the physics discipline.

In my 8bit days I probably did a bit of cracking (taking the protection/loader, etc. out of a commercial package) and hacking (adding my own special mods to get the package to behave, IMHO, rationally.)

I'm sure there's a grey enough line between there somewhere, particularly where Randal Shwartz is concerned.

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A good move since Inktomi was such a pain to use, but even Yahoo's interface isn't as nice as going straight to the Google's mouth. (A tip of the lid to those /.ers who pointed me to the big G)

Yahoo is actually doing pretty well, considering how much I find it a service to use sparingly. Mostly for maps, quick check of the news and people search.

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It's the sound you make when you flip your finger up and down over your lips ... that or Porky Pig's astrological sign...

I'm a ib-ib-ib-ib-leo!

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Most people are too busy eating their Big Macs, watching Must See TV, and buying the latest SUVs to really see what's happening

Sounds like...

God sends his spaceships to America, the beautiful
They land at six o'clock and there we are, the dutiful
Eating from TV trays, tuned into to Happy Days
Waiting for World War III while Jesus slaves
To the mating calls of lawyers in love

Everything should be designed for maximum entertainment value and replace anything which is there for "our own good"
Michael Eisner in the Whitehouse, Congress wears mouse hats and sessions open with "M-I-C..."
WCW in the Pentagon
Ted Nugent as the Atty General

Sure... why not...

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I'm ticked at my bank, any phone menu system, auto dialers which say "Please stand by", news of how the rich get richer, George Lucas withholding on DVD, the people who own Dubya and the morons who discontinue (or change/ruin) some food as soon as I find I like it.

The best method of rebellion isn't tattoos or piercings, it's not to support them. Take your dollar-votes somewhere else. Put economic Darwinisim into action. ;-)

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Tech rumors

Warp Speed

Spam

True tech rumors

Legal gnomes with C&D the minute they detect someone having a better life

True tech rumors which are relavent to anything useful

Latest gossip on Natalie Portman

RIAA Greed rays

News of anything Star Wars related

MPAA Greed rays

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Nah, Bill is just using this re-routing to pump up hits on M$ websites. ;-)

What those crazy guys in Redmond won't do for a buck!

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Whatever you do, don't reminder her that she was born back in the 1900's, it just sounds wrong... ;-)

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I just tried talking to my palm. It didn't work So I tried screaming it it. Still no luck. Am I doing something wrong or is my palm defective?

And as soon as the PDA can sing to you ...

1. Turn on PDA, Tell it to find Billy Holiday singing "Miss Brown to You"
2. A legal gnome appears and tells you because your device accessed a server and played the song rather than find a station playing it you are breaking the law.
3. RIAA sues various people, Lars Ulrich shows up and whines alot.
4. MPAA sues to keep you from watching movies over it.
5. You hold it in your right hand, level with the ground and bring it forward quickly, imparting a spin with the last touch of your index finger.
6. It might have got 3 good skips if it weren't for the wave.

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Shades of Scotty trying to talk to a Mac (in Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home) assume of the trend continues this joke could, at some point, be right over peoples heads.

"He tried to talk to the computer and it didn't answer, I don't get it."

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... you need a PDA to keep track of what that blob of gray matter used to.

... you opt for circuit implants because you just don't have time to press buttons or even talk.

... a dead battery is more serious to you than a positive biopsy.



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Now people like that twit on my flight yesterday can jabber into their PDA while tapping keys on the laptop and listening to CD's at the same time. I was rather liking the fact that once the jet started moving the cell phone crowd had to shut the hell up.

Technology is such a wonderful thing, when the brain is actually engaged.

"Oh, I'm not the only one in the world?!?!?"


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Championship Quarterbounce

John Madden vs. Dennis Miller, Who Can Ramble On Longest Without Accidentally Commenting on the Game

/. Effect: Contestants must keep servers from crashing

South-Of-The-Border Water Drinking Contest, be the last to get Moctezuma's Revenge

Silicon Valley Survivor: Snow Wall Street and keep your dotcom alive the longest without a viable product! :o)

Java Survivor: Write the most lines of code before finding API is documented wrong

TV Survivor: Watch TV the longest without raiding the fridge. (Time deducted for comatose periods)

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I've probably played as many "adventure" games as Mr. OMM, but never referred to them as Adventure games. They were simply Text games (not same as screen games, like NetHack.) The incomprehensible nature of many of these, like his example of the moustached impersonator of the non-moustached man, and the non-obvious path of logic I hadn't often chalked up to the author being on acid, so much as the author/publisher trying to make a killing on Hint books.

I still think Text games have an audience, but not where authors expect someone to follow their non-obvious logic.

Example of non-obvious logic:
A small red-brick house stands nearby. A bed of colourful flowers grows around the outside with a birdfeeder and several garden gnomes tastefully set about. A driveway extends to the east with a mailbox, flag up, standing at the end.
There is a rock here.
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Example of obvious logic:
A computer store with a large display window stands nearby. A Beowulf cluster of 1GHz Athlons is producing some impressive graphics on a gorgeous letterbox LCD display, while audio booms out of what must be a THX sound system behind the flimsy glass, making it shake. A riot is going on down the street, thus keeping the local constabulary occupied.
There is a shopping cart here.
There is a brick here.
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Um... Try this link
Gottum book, related books and some discussion links.

When in doubt, just surf over to http://www.ora.com

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So that's why I'm always compelled to buy Fritos, Coke and McDonald's food after playing Star Wars pod racer...

Clearly this could be used for no good!

<flash>Buy Big Bob's Colostomy Bags</flash>

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Actually a good point, motion picture and television (US) are pretty close to the same frame rates and it's nothing perceptible beyond that. More importantly: with that extra horse power I should be able to render more quality rather than going beyond 30 raster scans per second. Benchmarks are possibly attempting, by some skewed view, to demonstrate this. (more fps == better images at 30 fps)

I think we're hitting the end of the curve for this sort of thing, unless we zap out and buy the latest Phillips TFT wall display at 1.6 gazillion pixels X .8 gazillion pixels. Sure, that'd be cool, but then you'll need the memory, bus, etc. to deliver that much stuff to the card - or - [Please wait for graphics to be loaded into 3dZilla - 11 Sec. remaining]

Time to make the games better, IMHO.

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Digital Convegience and Radio Shack didn't give this away for you to have fun with! You're supposed to make them rich! Now, get it right and go back to Radio Shack and buy stuff! Geez... darn iggorant public anyways... can't trust em to do anything...

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Maybe there's a copyright on this process! (It'd serve M$ right! ;-)

You suffer from a chronic lack of imagination if you can't imagine the 2001 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas will feature a dozen imitations of TiVo. Simple, inexpensive and a natural for southeast asian factories. XBox smells like it's trying to be too much, a terrible habit a certain Redmond firm saddles itself with. By the time it comes out it'll probably be outclassed by seperate units which perform each task better. Way to go, guys.

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I wish I could be more optomistic, but having a differently worded older patent or even documentation of inventing something before a current patent awardee was born does not seem to matter much these days.

Your patent is only as good as your lawyer.®

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In a nutshell: "Martian meteorites may not be from Mars, but from the same source Mars comes from."

Ok... so it's some kind of Open Source thing... ;-)

So when was this theoretical big comet or meteor which may have wiped out the dinosaurs? About that time, perhaps?

Personally, I think it's all explained some sort of intersteller billards shot, the cue ball probably smacked into the Sun and we'll have a heck of a time retrieving it for the next shot. :-)

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