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  1. Re:However, your rights end. . . on Cell-Phone Wars · · Score: 1

    while jamming that person, how do you know you did not jam other important calls. and you are infringing on others right, I agree he should not have cursed you out, and he was wrong there, but you were also wrong. and if the FCC finds out about you , the fines can be as large as $5000, just because the FCC has not done enforcement on this issue before does not mean that they will not in the future. If the problem get to be to great. they will have to do something.

  2. site was /.ed before story went live on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 2, Informative

    so here is the story

    Neowin has learned of shocking and potentially devastating news. It would appear that two packages are circulating on the internet, one being the source code to Windows 2000, and the other being the source code to Windows NT. At this time, it is hard to establish whether or not full code has leaked, and this will undoubtedly remain the situation until an attempt is made to compile them. Microsoft are currently unavailable for comment surrounding this leak so we have no official response from them at the time of writing.

    This leak is a shock not only to Neowin, but to the wider IT industry. The ramifications of this leak are far reaching and devastating. This reporter does not wish to be sensationalist, but the number of industries and critical systems that are based around these technologies that could be damaged by new exploits found in this source code is something that doesn't bare thinking about.

    We ask that for the wider benefit of the IT community that members and readers support Microsoft by forwarding anything they know about the leak to the Microsoft's Anti-Piracy department.

    Please do not post any links/screenshots/hints or anything to do with the source code outbreak. Discussion is allowed but we will not condone people spreading this source code.

  3. can I get MS to pay for my fantasy trip? on Inside Microsoft's New Digital Photo Project · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder how can we get MS to pay for other fantasy trips, I would love to get a boat and live on the sea and go diving every day. I would let them take all the pics they want, hell I would even let them test out the new MS scuba computer with me(as long as I get analog backups)

  4. Re:remember on The Impact of Technophobes · · Score: 1

    I will buy that, but to get them to understand the product we must also take steps to make it easier to understand (read user friendly)

  5. remember on The Impact of Technophobes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That is what the computer industry is about, makeing computers accessable to the end users. If we do not help them, then we are self defetting.

    It is our jobs to make it easy to use. Be it as a programmer, a sysadm, or a help desk person. The end goal is to get the end user to use the product.

  6. Loss of service on Cable Modem Hackers Release Improved Firmware · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would think that doing this could put one in dangar of lossing their service. I this more then likely is a violation of the TOS of most cable ISP's and when you violate a contract( TOS's are contracts of a form ) you void it, so then the cable company is not obligated to server you any more. Is the promise of high speed you don't pay for (theft) worth the lose of service, and posable legal action?

  7. Re:I would like to see more bluetooth on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    Ya, but I am talking about not having the ear and mouth stuff on the phone but that you need to have a bluetooth head set for it.

  8. Re:I would like to see more bluetooth on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    you could connect the palm tell you though the bluetooth headset that is used with the cellphone. And it could be set to automaticly give the alarm in there, so it does not bother other people.

    but then it would require one to wear the headset in their ear at all times.

  9. Re:I would like to see more bluetooth on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    Oh Ok, That would be nice to tell it the number. That would make coping my palms data to my iPod, usefull, for the few times I don't have my palm. But again is the voice dialing worth it?

  10. Re:I would like to see more bluetooth on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    That would be a problem. what is the accurate rateing of voice recognition? My phone has it, but I have not taken the time to set it up, is it worth setting up?

  11. Re:I would like to see more bluetooth on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Your PDA should be able to dial your phone for you. I have the Palm Tungsten T2 and I use the dial program to dial my cellphone. I don't see why other PDA's should not be able to do it.

  12. Re:More featuares means more incremental sales on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    We in pittsburgh have a company call cricket that does that alread, but you can only do local calls. But I don't like the fact that you can not use it for data. So I am with T-mobile but they have a great plan that I use.

  13. I would like to see more bluetooth on Plain Cell Phones Fading Away? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would say that with Bluetooth, cell phones should get less stuff on them. I had a friend said that with Bluetooth a cell phone can just be relegated to a communication conduit. Ideally the cell phone can be made smaller and just stay in the pocket. Or even put in a palm pilot that does not have an ear piece or mouth piece. And have it come with a Bluetooth head set.

  14. Re:Here's Who's Ahead on Politicians For Sale... On Amazon · · Score: 1

    Of coure Bush would not get in the "top 4 Democratic contenders" here why and it might be a big suprise he is a Republican. He has as much of a chance of getting in that group that Dean has of getting in the Republicans top 4, it just not going to happen

  15. Re:Numbers on Politicians For Sale... On Amazon · · Score: 1

    good site, but what I ment is on the people that would do this, aka the little guys not big corperations or groups.

  16. Re:Uhhh on Politicians For Sale... On Amazon · · Score: 1

    I know what you mean, I would love to see Alen Keys in there. I probably still do a write in, in the primary for him.

  17. Numbers on Politicians For Sale... On Amazon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would like to see the numbers at the end of the year. I would like to see who got how much and a break down of who is generaly intested in what contributied to who, and location.

  18. COOL on Apple and Pepsi Ad Sports RIAA Targets · · Score: 0, Interesting

    I just might watch the supper bawl for that. I just might have to get an apple air port to connect to my churches network during the game. I do lilke the apple itunes store I have spend a bit there, and even though I don't like Pepsi much I think I might be drinking a lot of it for a while. And I think that ad might be a good one it does make fun for what problems are going on now, aka the riaa just being stupid and suing any one.

  19. Re:FireWire on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1

    Well That is a idea, but I would say bluetooth, yes slower (bad) but still it is a shorter range (good) and it can be setup to sync with devices that it is paired with (good)

    I have my bluetooth cell phone setup to sync the address book with my macs address book, when I get in range it will sync the address book, which is nice, when I get home I don't have to worry about syncing my cellphones address book, it does it for me. But with your idea it still work work the same way, I like your basic idea alot.

  20. My last job on The Absolute Worst Working Environment? · · Score: 1

    This will seam like a dream job to many but once you live it for a while you realize it is not. I got paied to pritty much do nothing. there was maybe a total of 1 to 1.5 hours of work for every 8 hour shift. The job is called Computer Operations. I finaly got another job (a programming job). But 8 hours with no real work to do, it is just not fun, at first it seams like it would be a great job. I passed the time by looking for projects to do. I ended up writing two programs for the job, that make the job worse by autimating some more of the tasks, so now there is even less to do there (they still use my code)

    I do miss one thing about it though, we got to do some tech support, I did enjoy doing that.

  21. Re:FireWire on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.macspeedzone.com/archive/5.0/usbcompari son.html
    up to 800Mbps

  22. FireWire on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would like to see more MP3 makers use FireWire. I speed of updates is very nice. When I got my iPod my whole mp3 collection was on it in less then 20 minutes. (ok I have a small 10Gb collection) But with speeds like this I can run a program off of it, or store large data files off of it. Also the iPod is more then just a mp3/aac/what ever player, it makes a great portable hard drive. I don't use the Pim stuff off of it because I have a good Palm, but that is another story.

  23. not a good idea on Pop-Up Ads Lead to Consumer Revolt, Ad-Blocking · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is it not illegal to do circumventing of technology. So would this not be a violation of the DMCA. Ok sorry bad joke, but in reality, this would really hurt double click, think about it, there are people that said "we hate pop ups so much we will disable them" and double click is saying not to us, would that not create bad PR for them, if I was looking to do ads I don't think I would use double click because it would just anger people against my product, I don't see web ads as bad, but if some one disables pop-ups, I don't think I would want to have my ad come up as a pop-up that would just put me on their "do not buy from" list. just my 2c.

  24. Re:Wrong wrong. on FBI Conducts Raids Over Half-Life 2 Source Theft · · Score: 1

    It is consider theft see this page http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/netsum.ht m signed in to law by Clinton in 1997. or see this page http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju 48724.000/hju48724_0.HTM

  25. Re:Copying, not theft on FBI Conducts Raids Over Half-Life 2 Source Theft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I Belive that now copying something is considered theft by law. I do not agree with this, but if they have now defined it as theft, they are legaly correct in that statement, even if theoricly they are not right.