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Slashback: Playstation, CueCat, Games
Maybe a bad day at the factory? An anonymous reader submits: "I'm not sure where the other fellow got his WAP11, but mine don't show the dirty output his does." See this diagram for a much more desireable outcome, if you care to play with (a little bit of) fire.
First application should be a GPL'd AIBO obedience school. gonz writes: "An update to the previous reported linux on ps2 kit has been submitted by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) to the people previously registering interest on their technology sites. The update consist of that it will be released in May on both SCEA (us) and SCEE (pal areas, including Europe and Australia) territories. A website has been set up at this place. On a side note, registering for notification when pre-ordering can apparently be done too: 'Finally, although sales haven't yet started, if you send an e-mail with the message "subscribe" to ps2linux-request@technology.scee.net we'll let you know when pre-ordering starts.'"
Lessons in obviousness. John Kozubik writes: "I have written an article describing, in a manner I have not yet seen, why the court decision by the U.S. appeals court in SF that claimed in-line linking was not fair use was inherently flawed. It is a short piece written for both the technical and the non-technical, and I think it raises a strong point concerning the arbitrary nature of browser behavior."
If they'd launch some pigs, perhaps global phones would be affordable. Guppy06 writes: "Many of you may be surprised to learn that Iridium (famous for trying to compete with cell phones and failing miserably) is still throwing up satellites (I sure was). The article on CNN tells of the technical woes of getting this particular Delta II off the pad in Vandenberg as Iridium tries to put five more spares into orbit."
Couldn't they have spayed or neutered them instead? Speaking of old hardware, Anonymous Radio Shack Employee writes: "RadioShack has sent a notice to all of its employees to destroy all CueCats (preferably with a hammer). Apparently the CueCat is among a couple of dozen items that RadioShack has given up on, and wants destroyed. The memo says that store employee's can not benefit from the items on the list. Which sucks because my store has over a hundred of these things just sitting in the back room." This week's Linux Weekly News has a great, detailed followup to the recent flap over relative OS security sparked by a post in Windows Informant.
A website has been set up at this place.
.com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
That phrase suggests that the site was just created (which is not true, as the site was already mentioned at this comment, and it seems that the site is up since January 1st, at least) and by Sony, which I doubt (the site looks more like an unofficial community site). In fact, a whois query shows that:
#whois playstation2-linux.com
[whois.crsnic.net]
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the
Domain Name: PLAYSTATION2-LINUX.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
Referral URL: http://www.opensrs.org
Name Server: NS1.SCEA.COM
Name Server: NS2.SCEA.COM
Updated Date: 15-jan-2002
I work at the Canadian Radioshack, and we have very differnt practices (We are a differnt company, owned by Intertan).
There are vender repair codes, eg:
R
D
V
Repair, Destroy, Vender Return
And depending on the item, we would do the corresponding action.
Eg: I took back a pair of headphones today that was just below the 3 month warrenty, we didn't destroy them, I gave the customer a new pair, and then purolated the 21$ headphones to the vender to be repair, and redistributed.
This makes *far* more sense than what you have described your Radioshack does.
Keen.
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