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  1. 300-500 kbps on Broadband-over-Powerline Experiences? · · Score: 2

    holy crap, that's not a typo. They're really calling this broadband?

  2. Re:For a LIMITED TIME only on Real Cuts Prices for DRM-Restricted Music · · Score: 1

    encoded from the original cd rip... Until then, I got www.allofmp3.com. All the above features, at about 12 cents per song.

    Allofmp3 claims that their stuff is encoded from the original CD, but I'm not so sure. I looked into using them a while back, and they were accepting uploads of mp3s to build up their collection in exchange for download credits.

  3. I hadn't noticed on They Might Be Giants Open Their Own Music Store · · Score: 1

    --alt-preset is gone, it's just --preset now.

    I'm still on 3.90.3 (as per hydrogenaudio's reccomendations) either the --alt-presets are still used in that version, or they're mapped to the --presets for compatibility.

    And you are right. Using anything but --preset extreme will probably sacrifice quality.

    Quality will still be lost, but less.

  4. High bitrate is all well and good... on They Might Be Giants Open Their Own Music Store · · Score: 1

    and I can understand mp3 (although a choice of other formats would be nice too), but why waste such valuable space by using CBR? They could even use --alt-preset extreme and have files average out to the same size!

  5. may not be as bad as it sounds on Cell Phone Directory Coming Soon · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to this article , the CTIA claims that all the carriers who are going along with the plan are doing so on an opt-in basis for existing customers, and an opt-out basis for new customers, without any additional fees.

  6. Re:Just toss another drive into your PC... on What Makes a Good CD/DVD Duplicator? · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Copying from one drive to another on the fly like this can introduce lots of tiny errors. They're not that noticable, but the preferred method of getting an exact copy is to use something like EAC to extract to the hard drive first, then burn to CD.

  7. Re:Well... on Big Brother Will Be Watching You In Florida · · Score: 1

    The same thing can be done with humans, afterall, and no one complains about loss of privacy by seeing a police officer legally on public land looking for criminals.

    You have to draw the line somewhere. Would you be alarmed if you started seeing police on every street corner?

  8. Re:Better analogy yet on AXA sues Google over AdWords · · Score: 1

    I've RTFA but frankly, there's not much information in there. Still, I guess that the reason why Axa sued is that the ad links mentioned the brand name "AXA"

    I don't think it's that their competitor's ad mentions AXA, but that it can be triggered by searching for either "AXA" or one of AXA's trademarked phrases.

  9. Re:What's the problem? on Apple Hunts Playfair in India · · Score: 1

    If I want, I can listen to these songs on my computer using iTunes

    Yes, and you'll be able to do this on three different computers, but what happens 12 years from now when you upgrade a fourth time?

  10. they'll sue you for using their service? on Paid To Spam · · Score: 1

    from their terms of service:

    Member will not use the
    Service for chain letters, unsolicited email, spamming or any use of distribution lists
    to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process. SENDMAILS CORPORATION
    will cancel membership privileges, terminate service and take legal action against any user
    of its service that utilizes any of the acts described above.

  11. Re:Great But... on Philips Demos Keychain-sized Camcorder · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is great and all but who wants 2 megapixel anything? Camera phones, this device are create for getting quick shots, but honestly do you want to archive them? They simply don't look good, because the color is off, usually they're fuzzy etc...

    2 megapixels is perfectly fine unless you want to make large prints. The color being off, or the picture being fuzzy has more to do with the quality of the optics, the CCDs, etc.

  12. YRO? on Should You Fire Your Firewall? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does this really belong in the Your Rights Online section?

  13. Re:Beyond TV on Latest SnapStream PVR App Reviewed · · Score: 1

    You can always find people who have their setups wide open (port 8129)

    Dammit, they're all slashdotted!

  14. Re:Users would have to turn remote management on on Vulnerability In Linksys Cable/DSL Router · · Score: 1
    remote management won't be turned on so the attack won't be possible (unless the user opens up a telnet or SSH port for NAT pass-thru.
    I have port 22 opened up (forwarded to my linux box for SSH), but how exactly would this allow someone to connect to the router's webserver from outside (unless my linux box can be compromised)?
  15. SMP? on AMD Announces "Duron" Processor · · Score: 1

    Anyone have links to verify whether these will support 2 way SMP? Any motherboards that will work with 2 of these? If so I want 2. And cheaper than a PIII! woo hoo.

  16. Re:Suck sees clouds, I see silver linings on Suck On Skins And UI · · Score: 1
    I agree. Suck points out that skins have the ablility to destroy the standard interface of a given operating system:
    Navigator 6 actually requires the skins, completely ignoring the look-and-feel of the operating system it's running on. For Nagivator users, skins have become more than amusing little graphical diversions: They've become the death of the standard interface.
    While this may be true, skins also have the power to create the same interface regardless of OS. As long as the user sticks with the standard mozilla skin, the interface will be pretty much the same regardless of OS.
  17. Re:The complaint isn't always "noise" on Two Turntables and a Laser Beam · · Score: 1

    Digital equipment does not simply "output square waves". Perhaps you are referring to solid state (transistor) amplifiers which will clip a wave harshly if they are driven too hard, eventually resulting in an almost square wave. The warmth associated with a tube amplifier is due to its more pleasing clipping characteristics. I agree that tube amps can warm up a sterile digital input, but not because the digital signal is some kind of square wave..