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  1. I hereby on New Scientist Tries Out Copyleft · · Score: 5, Funny

    Announce that my DNA is copyleft, from this day forward.
    If any cute Geekgirl wishes to gain access to my DNA, please send a picture and an essay on the effects of GPL and the software industry and what effects this will have on humanity in whole.
    Redheads with green eyes can skip the essay.
    Thank you.

  2. Very, very nice on In NZ, Sharing Ethernet With A Whole CIty · · Score: 2

    As someone else just pointed out: Brains 1 - Suite 0.
    Although I do wonder how much the service costs, and what other costs would the locals need to budget for to get running on the network?
    Also, who is in charge of the Linux firewall boxes - someone inside the companies I'd hope, but what if the company doesn't have someone to run the machine?
    I'd love to hear more about this system - and see the details in how it was built.

  3. Re:So all this time on Physical ASCII Mosaic · · Score: 1

    Yeah, didn't ya know? If you told someone here that Monet was you favorite artist they'd shriek about all that water, and curl up...
    I did look at your site, BTW, not too bad, though your photo work does need practice - best on was the cat in the window above the door (IMHO - feel free to look at mine at http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/Henry/Travels/ )

  4. Re:methods on Comcast Gunning for NAT Users · · Score: 2

    From the top of my head:
    MAC address. The first six octets will id card / firewall / router / NAT box maker. I don't know if it possible to tell if a MAC address has been cloned or not. Maybe they figure out a way?

    Bandwidth monitoring and packet sniffing - the use of multiple ports and protocols at the same time might raise some suspect (a game and a web browser open at the same time).

  5. Re:Some useful niche applications on New Sampling Techniques Make Up For Lost Data · · Score: 2, Informative

    Accually the width value of 80 for CGA display goes back to the punchcard days, not as you state in trying to keep memory and bandwidth costs down.

    And, I'm still trying to figure out by what you mean by non-square pixels. Are you trying to say the physical size on the screen, or how they are stored in memory on the graphics adaptor?

    If these guys have the ability to return useful data from non reporting areas I can see a whole range of non niche applications - and real word applications where data recovery would be useful.

  6. But Plato already covered this! on History of Video Games · · Score: 2, Funny

    With his discussion about caves and shadows and the perfect form.
    As Plato said, we are nothing but imperfect shadows from the ideal form, which is in this cave, cast from the light from the perfect fire.
    So all we have to do is find this cave and we can play the perfect video game.
    ...waka-waka-waka...

  7. Re:and another thing... on ATT Broadband Forfeits Mediaone Domain · · Score: 2

    No, but my story is the same.
    Just for a yucks I checked my email there yesterday afternoon, or was it Thursday.
    I've never used my mediaone email address and I had 50 messages waiting for me. 2 from ATT and 48 spam.

  8. Price / Performance on Selling Open Source on the Campaign Trail · · Score: 2

    Sell them on the cost.
    After all, if the city government doesn't have to pay up fees, buy (most) software, worry about viri, and the other day to day details of IT software cost, then the money spent on that can go else where, say providing a few people to do support and development for the custom apps that the city will want.

  9. Re:That's why I own on Why 'rm -R star' Isn't Enough · · Score: 2

    Easy enough. Took a large spool of copper wire and spun my own elector magnet.
    Radio Shack does sell some nice ones as well, as does Black Box.
    The big downside to this method is that when you wipe the disk in this fashion, it is usuless. The tracks that the heads follow are wiped as well.

  10. Main Theme on Tron Special Edition On Sale January 15th · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wendy rocks.
    That was one of the coolest musical scores that I have heard in a long time.
    Very orginal, cross between eletronic and classical. Timeless.

  11. Re:That's why I own on Why 'rm -R star' Isn't Enough · · Score: 1

    Hate to reply to myself; but I need my coffee before I post, and since /. doesn't allow us to edit after posting...


    Accually, does anyone else remember the movie Blue Thunder?
    The video tape jackets had electromagnets build into them, and thus could delete any tape that the bad guys wanted.[1]


    Should have read:
    Accually, does anyone else remember the movie Blue Thunder?
    The video tape jackets had electormagnets built into them, and thus the bad guys could delete any tape that they wanted to protect their scheme.

  12. I want on The Ultimate S.U.V. · · Score: 2

    the air horn for my car.
    And I want it to play both "Dixi" and "La Cucaracha"

  13. That's why I own on Why 'rm -R star' Isn't Enough · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A big 'old electromagnet.
    Degauss the disk and it's gone for good.
    Accually, does anyone else remember the movie Blue Thunder?
    The video tape jackets had electromagnets build into them, and thus could delete any tape that the bad guys wanted.[1]

    I wonder when IBM or someone will build a HD with a self delete 'fail safe' system. When the drive powers down without a password, wipe.

    [1] There is some ironny here somewhere folks. Just can't think of a witty remark.

  14. Re:Obligatory on Complete PC instead of a Car Stereo · · Score: 2

    Stuck in a (data) traffic jam, of course.
    Of course, some l33t kiddie in the mini van next to you just r00ted your car and now you have to suffer with Berry Manalo's greatest hits at full volume.

  15. Nice, but... on Complete PC instead of a Car Stereo · · Score: 2

    I see this more of a fleet vechical system than something that you'd want in your car. Memory and CPU speeds aren't really up to snuf to do the things I'd wanna do, like a HUD on the screen with night vision and directions / mapping, and a entertainment system for everyone else (something that allows both DVD and audio playback at the same time).
    Also, a lot of legacy system support is provided, which just isn't needed.

  16. Egads on Universe Pale Turquoise, On Average · · Score: 2

    Kermit the Frog was right, 'It's not easy being green!'

  17. Re:Pretty much the standard as it is... on Driver's Licenses to Become National ID Cards · · Score: 2

    Well, the speeding issue might not, since it's based on a state to state agreements.
    What I'm more worried about is the fact that my SSN is on my driver's license, and I want it OFF.
    Lose my walet, and I can lose my idenity. (Yes, I know it could happen already, but when all the states are linked, it's going to be rough).
    I also have to wonder if I'll still get confused with my father? Had a great credit record because I bought a house when I was 5.

  18. Does anyone know - on Defamation, Free Speech, Jurisdiction and the Net? · · Score: 2

    If the copy of the NYTimes that you would buy in London has been edited to the laws of England?

    I'm not talking about the European version, but one which has been imported.

    If you can get the American version of the NYTimes in England, I'd say that the laws are highly questionable with regard to web browsers, and I would clearly make that point.

  19. I disagree on Courts Begin To Frown On Online Badmouthing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It appears that in most cases if you slander a company, or libel a company (or officers of a company) then you should be held accountable for your actions.

    Spamming 35k messages at Intel employees is not the same as saying Intel sucks, even if the message is Intel sucks. Posting 14000 messages on a message board is not the same as say walking around with a sign in front of the company.

    The size of the response, even if it was technology enabled (ie, bot generated) does cross the line from being a 'Free Speech' to harassment.

    If it was five or six messages that got these people in hot water then we have an issue, but let's face it, they were being vendictive online, and it got them in trouble.

  20. Re:What if.... on Microsoft to Introduce GBA-competitor? · · Score: 2

    NeoGeo Pocket could hook up with Sega Dreamcast.
    4 or five games were released that could be played across the two systems.

    I don't see any problems with this idea, just as long as the protocols are standardized among the hardward developers or if the game developer has deep enough pockets to spring for the technology development.

  21. Re:Thought they'd get this right... on XBox Defects Draw Ire · · Score: 2

    Er, their OSes....

  22. Re:What does it matter anyway? on U.S. To Drop Charges Against Sklyarov · · Score: 1

    Son of, not a founder of. My bad for not clearing up the point, but my statement stands.
    Again, I ask, what law has been broken here in the US? If the cartel is formed, managed, and exisit outside of the US, even if it does break American laws, it does not mean that the minute some cartel boss steps into the US he / she is arrested.

  23. Re:What's wrong with this? on VPN Clients Not Allowed On Residential Service · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because, until we see the type of contract that the cable company is producing for the increase of QoS, we're just going to have to assume that (a) the QoS is the same as the home user, and (b) they are using the public's iqnorance to fill their coffers.
    Now if they can solve (a), and say that business users have 5 nines uptime then the price difference is justified.

  24. Re:What does it matter anyway? on U.S. To Drop Charges Against Sklyarov · · Score: 1

    Good argument, bad case sample.
    DeBeers are in this country. My sister went to Georgetown with one of them, about 6 years back.
    Owning / managing a cartel does not mean that you would be arrested when entering this country.

  25. Well too bad on Oxford Dictionary Does Science Fiction · · Score: 2

    That Gharlane of Eddore passed away this summer. He would've known just about everything of importance to this porject.