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  1. Tom Bombadil on Student Publishes Extensive Statistics On the Population of Middle-Earth · · Score: 1

    Completely appropriate that Tom Bombadil (and Goldberry) would be set alone under the heading "anomaly".

  2. HP's got that today too - priced for corporate use on New Inkjet Technology 5 To 10 Times Faster · · Score: 1

    HP's got ink-based page-wide printing today: priced for the enterprise though. Scaling it down for home and small-office use is under development I am sure. Reliability is a challenge when price is a priority.

    http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/feature_stories/ 2006/06edgeline.html

  3. Now that is a funny requirement... on A Competition To Replace SHA-1 · · Score: 1

    From the official requirements PDF:

    "A.3 The algorithm must support
    224, 256, 384, and 512-bit message
    digests, and must support a maximum
    message length of at least 264 bits."

    Someone either forgot the ^ carat, or thinks the world can get by on nine bytes of data at a time.

  4. Re:PLEASE sell one without a camera! on iPhone, Apple TV Headline MacWorld Keynote · · Score: 1

    We adults (I own a Canon D20) also carry a camera phone in our pocket for when something amazing catches our eye while we're out and about on other business. My employer (major IT, 150k employees) allows camera phones onto site.

  5. Re:Nooo! on HP Developing Hybrid Tablet PC / Coffee Table · · Score: 1

    It's a *labs* experiment. HP is not (yet) trying to sell it to anyone. It is though a fun way to navigate Google Earth...

  6. One reason for pause on Apple to 'Switch' to Windows? · · Score: 1

    Here is one hint, from Mr. Dvorak's own server, as to why OS diversity might be a good thing yet:

    Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0126'

    Include file not found /article2/0,1895,1923151,00.asp, line 377

    The include file '/component/util_generate_article_discussion_info/ 0,1460,a=171069,00.asp' was not found.

  7. Re:PLEASE, enough with the words! on The Podjacker Threat · · Score: 1

    Yet, still, something is going on - it mgith be slamm, but it is a change, or at least a slight evolution.

  8. Re:I believe it on 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD · · Score: 1

    Newer DLP sets have six or seven segment color wheels (may more now?) - and the wheels spin faster. Net result is less rainbow effect boy am I sensitive to it!) and better color rendition.

  9. alchemy on Vatican Rejects Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    > No reason astrology can't be merged with astronomy either.

    And I want to see alchemy and chemistry merged too. More fun. Easier to make gold from lead too.

  10. Re:Blue light scanner mod ? on Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked · · Score: 1

    A1. scan as normal
    A2. separate the channels into CMYK in Photoshop/whathaveyou
    A3. inspect the Yellow channel.

    Correct - I did A. It worked like a charm with a very inexpensive Canon scanner at ~2400dpi. Took just a couple minutes. CYMK in Photoshop is the trick.

  11. Re:Who knows on Video iPod Oct 12? · · Score: 1
    Maybe they're finally launching 'Asteroid'

    Abrosia Soft already got there - remember Maelstrom on OS 7? Very nice.

  12. Re:Still a physical 'Click' - still some feedback on Apple Releases Multi-Button "Mighty Mouse" · · Score: 1

    From the Apple webpage:

    The Mouse Is The Button

    On Mighty Mouse, the entire top shell is the actual button. As with previous versions of the Apple mouse, simply press on the upper surface to click -- the body pivots up and down to actuate the clever click mechanism.

  13. Still a physical 'Click' - still some feedback on Apple Releases Multi-Button "Mighty Mouse" · · Score: 1

    I think this mouse still provides a physical "click" liek the typical Apple mouse - the difference is that the mouse knows which click - left or right - you meant with the click. The physical feedback is not lost. Someone please prove me incorrect and then I'll be mad a hell at Apple. Physical feedback is still a necessity.

    Evan

  14. Matrix Revolutions is available on 'DVD Jon' Breaks Google Video Lock · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did anyone notice the entire Matrix Revolutions is available there in Google Video? Pretty cool. You might think it's just 30-second clips, but hit "Play whole video" and off it goes. Whole movie. Wondering if this is a special "show-off" case google snuck in, or a black-hat's upload?

    see this link for the video

  15. Matrix Revolutions online on Google Launches Pay-Per-View Web Video · · Score: 1

    Did anyone notice the entire Matrix Revolutions is available there in Google Video? Pretty cool. You might think it's just 30-second clips, but hit "Play whole video" and off it goes. Whole movie. Wondering if this is a special "show-off" case google snuck in, or a black-hat's upload?

    see this link

  16. Re:How ironic on Adobe Blasts Nikon's Closed File Format · · Score: 1

    Adobe didn't CREATE the stupid law -- they tried to leverage it. Then they learned that is a stupid thing to do and dropped it. Attack the stupid law.

  17. Re:Amazing level of system redundancy on Titan Photos and Sounds · · Score: 1

    Well, actually that "limited data" sent directly to Earth was just a solid tone - a ping of sorts. I do not understand that signal to include any meaningful data, just a "I'm alive" signal...

  18. Naive question on World's Shortest P2P App: 15 Lines · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't the command line statements for launching or executing a program like this constitute a "line of code" for measurement purposes? It seems as much context goes into the launching of a program like this than goes into many of the lines of Python code.

  19. Ride a bike... really on Self-Adapting Traffic Lights · · Score: 1

    Ride your bike more often. Unless you're in a real hurry, those mean ol' red lights are nice little breathers between the segments of your ride.

    OK, this doesn't apply to those in a serious urban cityscape, or those with long comutes, but you get the idea. Red lights are just more oppertunities to show that a bike can accelerate from 0-10mph faster than just about anyone on the road.

  20. Re:Saw this earlier on 2004 Election Weirdness Continues · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Odd. Those nine graphs do raise some serious questions. Exit polls should reflect actual votes, if implemented correctly. Still, there might be a reasonable explaniation: perhaps conservatives are simply 'conservative' when it comes to agreeing to participate in exit polls.

    Also note thhat those nine graphs were not zero'd. Graphs need a zero in the bottom left corner for scale to be meaningful.

  21. Re:Now thats fair. on Infineon To Pay $160 Million For Fixing RAM Prices · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or for that matter, execute convicted perpetrators of fraud, as China does and did recently for four cases of bank faud. Note I do not support capital punishment, and China's examples put the topic into a perspective I've never encountered before: "a 'kill fewer, kill carefully' policy for nonviolent crimes."

  22. Re:Solar vs. wind sail on Japanese Deploy Solar Sail · · Score: 1

    Awesome - good stuff. Thanks for the insight.

  23. Re:Ironically on Japanese Deploy Solar Sail · · Score: 1

    Awesome - thanks for the insight. I hadn't thought of this.

  24. Ironically on Japanese Deploy Solar Sail · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ironically, this technology can take us to 'the stars' but not toward our own. Better not change your mind and want to turn around less than half-way to Alpha Proxima...

  25. Re:They still ... on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1
    Also, does anyone else think it's odd from the trailer that it's like Pixar wants to disown A Bug's Life?


    Actually, I thought that was odd too - Personnaly, I liked A Bug's Life more than Nemo - and have been wondering why there has been no Bug's Life follow-on. I bet it has more to do with name recognition than "disowning" as Pixar's creative spirit wouldn't likely allow for the shunning of a perfectly fine creation.