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  1. Re:gimme a break; learn to use a VCR! on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    I use this feature on my TiVo it is called a manual recording. I like it it works every time and I do not have to worry about videotapes. Some people get there by car some by plane and others by boat. I prefer to fly because it gets me their faster. I use the same approach with life's other conveniences.

  2. Re:The timeliness of /. never fails.. on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    Yea take a clue from them... Man talk about taking it in the butt. You want TiVo to take advice from people who have convinced others to pay for radio!!!! I know Tivo is a for profit company and if you don't want the service charges you can pay for lifetime service. Is this an option with XM or Sirus? From everything I've seen it isn't but I'm no expert in this area.

  3. Re:You don't know what you are missing. on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    What are you homeless? In the US it is hard to walk down the street without tripping over TV sets (metaphorically). I understand the ideological stance you portray in your post but come on. There is reality and fantasy and the fantasyland you live in is simply on the opposite extreme of those who do nothing but watch tv all day long..

  4. Re:Almost 50% of the *voting* public voted for Bus on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why is this post not moded to troll?

    TGD, Do you prefer week-minded vacillators that do nothing in office but spend a lot of time talking in circles and getting head jobs in the oval office? I know for an adolescent immature mind this would be a dream come true but it is not something I would consider a valuable trait in the leader of the free world.

  5. Re:1 thing on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    Six of one, half a dozen of the other. I prefer the TiVo myself. I do not see enough of a difference now to justify one over the other.

    My reason for using the TiVo was that I received it as a gift. I got used to it the remote and the ability to control multiple devices with the TiVo remote. The cable box uses a serial connection the TiVo remote control both the TV power and the power/volume on my receiver. It is nice to have one well-designed remote that controls all and declutters the coffee table.

    Other than these personal preferences I have yet to see any features on the replay that are not countered by equally important features on the tivo and vice versa.

  6. Re:A TiVo Feature I'd Like on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    I had the same problem with "The Screen Savers" and I am about to have the same problem with the new "Extended Play", drool. I resolved it by simply moving to a manual recording. I record m-f techtv from 11:00am-12:00pm. Works like a charm although I too would like to see it as a part of the season pass recording.

  7. I find slashdot editors funny. on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    "I don't think I will buy a car until they come with self healing engines." If you cannot afford one right now that is fine but do not make some lame excuse like your waiting on them to put DVD burners in them.

    I know I know I am just a "fanatic". Does anyone else find irony in a story about fanatics coming out of the New York Times?

    BTW, can anyone tell me if Michael's last name is Moore, cause it would explain a lot?

  8. Re:Why I prefer C/C++ on Too Cool For Secure Code? · · Score: 1

    It would be like running something like? Open Office. Which, on a slow computer is like watching grass grown in the desert during a drought.

  9. Anyone can test this theory out. on Prime Numbers Not So Random? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Take the first 1000 primes from the site listed. Put them in your favorite spreadsheet. Then use the formula they give to find out they are mostly full of it. For they first few it looks like a pattern is forming then it looks like nothing but noise when plotted. I can't believe no one even tryed this before they actually published this article.

  10. Re:DC Voltage on LED Light Fixtures for the Home? · · Score: 1

    Hrm flamebait for a posting of fact.

  11. Re:Grrreat. on Judge Grants Padilla Access to Lawyer · · Score: 1

    Your treating this as a criminal case and well it just isn't. Padilla is a memeber of an organized millitary force who has already engaged targets on American soil. Can you spell e-n-e-m-y- -c-o-m-b-a-t-a-n-t.

  12. Re:I will hunt you down in this thread... on Judge Grants Padilla Access to Lawyer · · Score: 1

    This is a hostile force capable of an organized millitary. End of Story. They are the enemy not those who are fighting against them. At least show them a little latitude instead of throwing all off the benifit of the doubt towards the people trying to kill americans. You would think this would be self evident but there sure is a small but vocal percentage that just doesn't get it.

  13. Re:Look, look! on Judge Grants Padilla Access to Lawyer · · Score: 1

    What are you trolling for? He didn't judge anyone he just stated facts. This guy is a member of al qaed. In case you missed it these are the people responsible for sept 11th. This makes him an enemey combatant and they can deny him a lawyer all they want. More than likely this rulling will be ignored just like his last.

    http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/04/padilla.ruling /

  14. About fscking time!!! on Judge Grants Padilla Access to Lawyer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh my god are you totally lost there michael. This isn't some candy store robber here this is a real life terrorist. In case you missed it we are at "war" with terror. This makes padilla the equivalent of an enemy combatant and gives the government the right to refuse padilla without any of the rights associated to any american citizen uil the war is declared.

    Don't forget this judge already has an axe to grind with Bush to begin with so his motives are a little shacky and I would guess this order like his last with be ignored equally as well.

    http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/04/padilla.ruling /

    I really hope you realize michael this isn't your average rebelious individual looking towards social deviance to stand out in a crowd. This man is a real threat to American's lives from coast to coast.

  15. Interesting. on A 3D Animation of Kernel Source Development · · Score: 1

    Wow, you mean there is something useful about wanadoo.fr. Time to take them off the firewall block long enough to at least check this out.

  16. Re:DC Voltage on LED Light Fixtures for the Home? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It is a very simple circuit that does this. As a matter of fact it can use up to 4 diodes to make the circuit which could be replaced with LEDs.
    The circut looks like the following excuse the asci art (which would have been bellow if slashdot was worth a crud). You can also use capacitors and zener diodes to smooth out the ripple that is left in the wave giving a truer dc ouput voltage.

  17. Re:Ding! on The Riddle of Baghdad's Battery · · Score: 1

    My god you are a freak. You must have been beat up daily as a child for being such a dumbass!!!! Tone, shallow arguments, appearing documented. You are not only blind but unwilling to open your eyes to the facts because it might mean your wrong. You have a serious problem that will more than likely leave you a victim for the rest of your life.

    I am guessing you have never used a real research tool or you would understand that finding those articles is very easy. I have not plowed through them all but I have looked at enough to understand that the UN was setup to prevent another ww1 or ww2. I also understand that in this case Sodamb Insane, whom it is said idolizes Adolph Hitler, is not co-operating with the UN and has not for the past 12 years.

    I have not read the full UN charter yet but I plan to this weekend. I did however take the time to read the first and second articles, which sanctions this effort in the Middle East. Have you read it?

    As for the reference material, are you joking? No wonder you are so warped. Ya, I would like to offer up Rush Limbas new book as a point of reference. In case you never realized those authors are some of the most extreme liberals. One of them writes for the New York Times for crying out load.

    For the record, I think war is a violent destructive process that we could due without. However, I am not naïve enough to think that in this case anything but following through is an option.

    Also is my vision of you as an out of work hippie who sits around and smokes pot all day correct. ( I know man we'll join the peace corps I hear they have great weed in Nicaragua ) Just so you know, I am old enough to drink and young enough to be carded.

    What happened to your cut and paste answers.

  18. Re:The Straw Men on Open Source Code And War · · Score: 1

    It is called doing the right thing and judging by recent news your country understands it even if you and certain aerial skiers don't.

    I'm sorry you are anti-bush have you ever been pro any american leader. Let me get the duct tape casue if you say Clinton.

  19. Re:perhaps maybe? on Open Source Code And War · · Score: 1

    General Noriega is this you?

    For real here, I can't believe you argue this stuff with such fervor and yet the only points you make are predefined templates that you believe are applicable to all situations. So for you taking the situation on its merits, or lack of, and having an educated opinion is somehow beneath you? The more I read of you the more I'm seeing the tainted image of an old hippie smoking pot wondering why the world is so cruel.

  20. Re:Ding! on The Riddle of Baghdad's Battery · · Score: 1
    Just to show how much you really are in the dark I'm going to keep this one simple.


    rant

    \Rant\, n. High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics.

    Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


    Given that I would like to point you to a url that will give you a plethora of information on what your basing your argument on.

    http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/lawint/0701.h tm

    http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/lawint/0700.h tm

    Here you can educate yourself and possibly others on the facts vs. the rhetoric. I'm sure you have never read any of these articles and I hope you find them useful. In addition I think there is sufficient argument to label you as anti American. You may not realize it but your using the same prefabricated lies that have been conjured up by the enemy himself. This either makes you very dumb or a seditionist. In either case at least come back with a point or real truths as to why you think this war should not be fought. I will give you there are reasons why not to fight if you should happen to dig one up let me know.
  21. Re:A Challenge to the Antiwar Crowd on The Riddle of Baghdad's Battery · · Score: 1

    Is this a duplicate or is it just me? So many replies so little time (cut && paste).

    Recap what makes you a type 3 moron.

    "FACT...IF...MIGHT" is subjective.

    "AMONG OTHER THINGS" you mean you have more subjective opinions to bombard us with that may or may not be relevant to anyone or anything outside of an asylum.

    I would also like to point out your use of the term UNILATERAL. I am seeing this a lot from the anti-war side. Part of me wonders how UNILATERAL translates from Arabic. In any event, I will explain it to you since you are using it incorrectly. Unilateral means to benefit one side only. I am not going to bore you with details, beyond proving it is not true, because they seem unimportant to you anyway. Getting sadam out of power and helping to rebuild the country helps Iraq and Israel without question. Sodamb Insane has a stranglehold on his people and pays suicide bombers families in Pakistan. No longer unilateral but I understand you hear it used it is a big word so you feel like you should use it also.

    I will like to close with a true fact. There is nothing that prevents the Commander and Chief of our armed forces from using our military to help enforce resolutions imposed by the UN. In case you missed it, George Bush, the president of the United States of American, is the Commander and Chief of our armed forces.

    I hope others read this and decide to do their own research on why this is a just move on Bush's part and why we are doing the right thing here. People like you "Un pobre guey" are scum not even offering a true rebuttal to war instead spreading what is otherwise known as bullshit. You mask it as a stance for peace, but at the expense of American ideals and values.

    As an aside, I support those who truly think war is never an answer. I despise those who are using this situation to spread false accusations against our president and our country. To the former I extend the olive branch. To the later I extend my finger.

    Guess what you would be seeing right now "Un pobre guey"?

  22. Re:A Challenge to the Antiwar Crowd on The Riddle of Baghdad's Battery · · Score: 1

    Might as well hit it before others do. I know typo completes. (There is something to be said for the preview button. I just can't remember what it is.)

  23. Re:A Challenge to the Antiwar Crowd on The Riddle of Baghdad's Battery · · Score: 1

    Can I say wow! A sane voice on slashdot able to form completes sentences and understands this looming war in Iraq. I am beside myself reading this and your follow-ups. I hope this is just a glimpse of more to come. I hope more users become frustrated by the blathering no nothings who post their anti-war/anti-american messages without considering all that has been done already to avoid a war. Thanks for helping to prove that not everyone out there is blind to the facts or crazed with misdirected anger towards our country.

  24. Re:Ding! on The Riddle of Baghdad's Battery · · Score: 1

    I would like to poke the troll.

    You say fact followed by might.
    Your using, "among other things," as if to impose a feeling of more to come even though you begin with something unfounded.
    Lastly, you use the terms "unlawful military threats" and there exists no such law governing the use of our military as an enforcer of UN resolutions against Iraq. Our President is our Commander and Chief. He has complete control of our military. I would also like to add that this is nothing new and has been going on since approximately 1991 and the use of our military to control Sodamb Insane is more than an option for the Commander and Chief of our armed forces.

    So while it is now obvious your a poser who has no clue what is going on, I would like to add the following.

    Currently, there are three types of people who are anti-war. People who truly believe war is not an option under any circumstance to which I say you have my full respect for your views on life and god bless the innocent. There are the Middle East supporters of struggles both political and religious, regardless of the consequences. These are the sickos who should keep you up at night. Finally, there are the seditious freaks who are the anti-American Americans. These are your Timothy McVeighs and your Susan Sarandons.

    Of these groups, I could only make guesses as to what the percentages are. I can guess from polls showing supporters of war against Sodamb Insane the anti-war crowd are all a minority of the populous.

    BTW, what group are you in? Never mind they all say they are in the first one anyway.

  25. I'm left wondeirng why... on FTP: Better Than HTTP, Or Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    and this isn't even a cliff post.

    To the question at hand I have to thrown in my .000002 cents just because I feel like typing tonight.

    HTTP, good for files small enough to be downloaded in seconds. FTP anonymous access, good for files that take minutes or more.

    People who don't use this technique are the exception not the rule. Unfortunately people exist who refuse to look beyond the face of getting the job done. In areas were outcomes are not always rendered under ideal controlled conditions this leads to unpredictable outcomes. People who think simply either deal with this or allow their servers to propagate worms like nimbda, codered, or slammer.

    That being said your best bet is to run a chrooted ftp server with anonymous access. Use this server for large files and your http server for webpages and images.