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  1. Re:How much $$$ to produce?? on "Cloudy Future" For CueCat · · Score: 1

    There's a CPU (a 8051 workalike) and (...)
    No, I think it's more something like a pic, it costs a lot less, it's smaller, and it's way enough for what the cuecat does...

  2. Re:Intellectual Property on "Cloudy Future" For CueCat · · Score: 1

    yes, right, send the guy to http://www.linuxmall.com

  3. They seem to use Inprise C++ builder on 2001: A Space Laptop · · Score: 1

    If you check the icon at the top left of the screen capture there it is the standard icon for C++ builder apps (hey they could recompile everything using Kylix...)

  4. Re:What a juxtaposition of new and old technology. on 2001: A Space Laptop · · Score: 1

    no, they have to use old stuff, as it also need to be somewhat radiation resistant (they have to change the laptops every onece in a while, as charged particles f**k chips up
    remember, when they changed the computer on Hubble, they installed a special 486 which was "hardened" that cost about 5 grand per processor...

  5. The Readme on Possible GPL Violation from Compaq UPDATED · · Score: 2

    I just downloaded the file and the readme states :

    ------

    Compaq Personal Jukebox
    Example Filesystem Code

    Copyright (C) 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation

    NOTE: The Personal Jukebox is not a Compaq product. It was developed
    by Compaq Corporate Research and was licensed to Remote Solution.
    You can read a little more about the research effort for the PJB
    by visiting: http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/pjb

    You can purchase a Personal Jukebox by contacting Remote
    Solution, or by visiting the web site at http://www.pjbox.com

    ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------

    This kit is released under the GNU Public License. There should be
    a file 'gpl.txt' containing this license. You can read more about
    the GPL by visiting http://www.gnu.org

    ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------
    This kit contains enough code to communicate with and manipulate the
    file system of a PJB-100 Personal Jukebox.

    It is not a complete Jukebox Manager application. Instead, it is
    an open-source version of some of the library routines used in
    the PJB's shipping Jukebox Manager. With this library source,
    you can write your own Jukebox Manager for Windows, Linux,
    or any other operating system that supports USB.

    There are some specifications for the file system in the docs/
    directory on this kit.

    In particular, check out docs/todo.txt.

    We hope you find this useful.

    Thanks!

    Compaq Corporate Research

    -----

    To get the file, you have to go through a clickwrap licence at
    http://crl.research.compaq.com/downloads/downloa d.cgi/xxxx@xxxx.com/Linux+Jukebox/winjukeb ox_v1_0.zi
    p
    (email address hidden to protect the innocent)
    it seems that this clickwrap license is generated by a standard(tm) cgi that is on all files you want to download.
    The files are accompanied by a file called gpl.txt containing the text to the gpl version 2
    Thus, the Clickwrap licence violates the gpl in the file...
    probably the hasty work of a web designer that is more a graphist than a sysadmin...

  6. Re:Go Creative! on Creative Boycotts CeBit Over MP3s · · Score: 1

    More modern drives have a "digital audio out", which does digitally encoded audio to the soundcard, but I'm not sure if it's really an exact copy of the CDDA data

    It is an SPDIF output, thus a perfect copy of the digital data on the disc (there is a copybit thing though, but it's not difficult to get rid of it)

  7. Re:broadcasting? on DeCSS Source Song · · Score: 1
  8. yeah, right on 'Gnome Foundation' Takes Aim at MS Office · · Score: 1

    and now for some journalistic humor:
    The Tuesday meeting itself will feature a keynote address by Michael S. Dell, chairman of Dell Computer, and will include an announcement from I.B.M. that it will make a Gnome version of Linux available on its Thinkpad portable computers as a user option.

  9. 3D compression on Tighter Video Compression With Wavelets · · Score: 1

    this is gonna be great for holodeck stuff...
    think about what the army could do with this tech (this is related to that...)

  10. Re:Registration? on Fake PayPal Site · · Score: 2

    you ned to use
    whois paypai.com@whois.easyspace.com
    to get the entire info

  11. Re:Region codes are history on Hidden-Feature DVD Players Again · · Score: 1

    Yeah, right
    Furthermore, if you go to the virgin Megastore in Paris, you won't find any DVD player that handles the region coding, they are all region free

  12. Re:What a cool looking system.... on Apple Cube Confirmed · · Score: 1

    well, if there is a driver for the Matrox G400... you have 2 screens...

  13. Re:Here's the (driver) scoop: on ATI Radeon Released · · Score: 1

    ah yeah ? Where do you get the register level docs ?

  14. Email Wiretapping on FBI E-Mail Wiretaps - The Carnivore System · · Score: 1

    Seems that the cases for which the software has been used featured stupid people.
    if I was to do some sort of crime, I would definitely tend to encrypt all communications...
    This is similar to the echelon crap. It can go through plain text, but encrypted stuff is another matter.

  15. Re:Sony doesn't get it, Philips did on Sony Announces Upcoming 1.3GB CD Products · · Score: 1

    also some very low speed recorders that would use a 90 minutes tape to record 24 hours of heartbeats (holter)

  16. Re:Just Wrong on Why Should Dealers Require OS Licenses? · · Score: 1

    >in Australia we have laws that prohibit second line forcing ie when you buy a product you can't be forced to take another

    You mean, like when you go to the fast food and take a menu, they are not supposed to propose some extra ice cream ?

  17. Re:ATMs on QNX Crypt Cracked · · Score: 1

    happened differently at the post office here (Paris, France, 20th burough).
    they used a caterpillar earth moving equipment stolen from a nearby in-construction building to grab the ATM and loaD it into a truck.
    I SAW the results, and the marks of the teeths on the wall can still be seen...

  18. Re:PostgreSQL on Is there An Enterprise-Level Open Source RDBMS? · · Score: 1

    Check version 7 coming out in 3 months. This problem has been solved. and it has a lot more features now...