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  1. Re:Quality is declining on Has the Quality of Consumer Electronics Declined? · · Score: 2

    heh, recently, I was at my local electronics store (Darty) and was met with blank stares for a power amp that would do just that, amplify an audio signal... no tuner, no super-blah video/audio/5.1/whatever...

  2. Re:Consumer "purchase protection plans"... ? on Has the Quality of Consumer Electronics Declined? · · Score: 2

    well, I just bought a Panasonic MiniDV vcr (made in japan) fro 1840 EUR... The thing has been in the store for more than a year (as a result of an order that the guy never picked up). The original price was more than 2300 EUR. When the sales guy sold me the 99 EUR warranty extension, I took it without blinking (5% of the purchase price was really nothing for 3 more years...)

  3. old computer still working... on 50 Year Old Computer Still Going · · Score: 2

    we have a working IBM 1130 here (and the IBM engineer that it was assigned to...) hehe
    www.aconit.org

  4. Re:Well on Windows Refund Day II · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Pff! You live in the United States, where lawsuits rule
    Wrong, I'm in France and Dubya is the worst idiot that earth ever had

  5. Re:Well on Windows Refund Day II · · Score: 2

    you can't get a refund on what you haven't paid for ;-)

  6. bonzibuddy on Class Action Filed Against Bonzi Software · · Score: 3, Informative

    aren't they the same ppl that created this wonder of spyware "bonzibuddy" with a little monkey character that would progressively ask you most of your personal info (including Credit Card numbers and the like) for the sakeness of "user - friendlyness" ???

  7. Obsolete on AT&T/Comcast Consider Aussie-Style Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 2

    These incumbent telcos are obsolete

  8. Re:A few hopes... on New Linux Worm Found in the Wild · · Score: 2

    Whoever is writing these worms knows how much damage they're doing to open source.
    Maybe these worms come from Microsoft themselves ?

  9. Re:Fingerprints and Slashdot's reaction on Passenger Profiling: CAPPS II · · Score: 2

    And before anyone says alibi, where were you on the 28th of July, 2002 at 21:34? I'm sure a lot of you could prove you were where you say you were, but then pick another date and time? What is the chance that you would be unlucky enough to have this "evidence" pointing to you?

    This is irrelevant, the guy that did it would be dead anyways

  10. Re:Fingerprints and Slashdot's reaction on Passenger Profiling: CAPPS II · · Score: 2

    well, tx fingerprints when you apply for a drivers licence. I see no point in this , but they do it

  11. Re:Profiling... on Passenger Profiling: CAPPS II · · Score: 2

    well, ahem, in fact, they will have equifax and all make you pay for "terror score report"

  12. The real problem with fuel cells on So Where Are The Fuel Cells? · · Score: 2

    Well, the real problem with fuel cells is that, as hydrogen is readily available from water in more ways than I can count (electrolysis, bouncing a powerful laser beam, whatever), the use of it would derail the economies of the oil producing companies (but the US doesn't really care).
    More importantly, it would destroy the oil companies of the US (and these are fueling politicians on all sides)
    Thus, fuel cells will not fly unless laws are passed to get rid of the oil

  13. Re:Geez on Canadian Government to Jam Radio Signals · · Score: 2

    The Al-Quaeda type don't care, they'll go to heaven and will have 70 virgins just for them ;-)

  14. Re:Database storage on Improving Unix Mail Storage? · · Score: 2

    better yet, make the files downloadable via a secure web server.

  15. Re:Free Software Driver ? on Matrox's New Three-Head Video Card · · Score: 2

    They have very good support for Linux (I have my G550 working better than under windows (no crashes ;-))
    the dual screen also works like a champ.

    Kudos, Matrox

  16. Re:Why publish this ? on Matrox's New Three-Head Video Card · · Score: 2
    impugnity

    Heh, that made me laugh my a** off...
    you are muxed up with "pugnace", it should really be impuNity

  17. Re:Major problems with Matrox drivers: Explanation on Matrox's New Three-Head Video Card · · Score: 2


    Then Quit using windows (any version)
    Matrox cards work much better under GNU/Linux and the X-window system...

  18. Parhelia 512 on Matrox's New Three-Head Video Card · · Score: 4, Informative

    It seems this thing will kick major (major) major ass...
    The thing works with 10 bit resolution
    has 5 outputs, and 2 display controllers (dunno how they will have 3 monitors attached)
    There is a glyph antialiasing unit (ahem...)
    DVD/HDTV decoder (10 bits) and also a 10 bit video digital interface.

    more info at
    http://ixbt.com/video2/parhelia512/chip_diagr.jpg

  19. Re:This type of thing needs to be outlawed. on Design Your Very Own Microprocessor · · Score: 2

    it's called a connection on the speaker wires...

  20. Re:This type of thing needs to be outlawed. on Design Your Very Own Microprocessor · · Score: 2

    that has already been done with the copybit remover for sccs that was published in Elektor magazine about 3-4 years ago...

  21. Re:Amateur chip designers on Design Your Very Own Microprocessor · · Score: 2

    wrong assumption.
    The fact is that there is a limited market for large commercial transports, as most planes are either flying (which does only cost the gas&pilots to the companies) and parked at the airport gate (that costs much more).
    Thus there must exist only the number of gates + the number of possible flying planes + the ones undergoing checks, with the total number of planes having the proper capacity to fly every requesting passenger.
    The only new planes required are replacements (with the old ones either being scrapped or stored in some desert).
    Thus there is only a limited production of planes required.
    Furthermore, the development of planes costing billions before seeing any returns, I enjoin you to start your own commercial plane building company and see in how many seconds you will sell your shirt off...

  22. Re:Amateur chip designers on Design Your Very Own Microprocessor · · Score: 2

    This is already there...

    The Free CPU project http://www.f-cpu.org has this purpose

  23. Re:California highway signs really suck on Hacking the Highways · · Score: 2

    now, somebody will have to explain me the use of traffic lights on roundabouts (like on every entrance and before every exit on the loop)

  24. Re:Hmm on Hacking the Highways · · Score: 2

    in italy they have a

    "60 km/h"
    "no passing"
    "exit only"

    stack of signs on the highways

  25. Re:MySQL on Oracle Investigation Grows · · Score: 2, Insightful

    better yet, what about PostgreSQL licenses ?