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  1. Re:free Pepper? on Slashback: Salon, Privacy, Pricedrops · · Score: 1

    Wrapping an app around the Textedit class in your widget library != writing a text editor

  2. Re:UBE = Unsolicited *Bulk* Email on Slashback: Salon, Privacy, Pricedrops · · Score: 2

    UCE is just one subset of spam. UBE is a broader set that more accurately describes the set of all types of spam. If you don't believe me, try sending some (non-commercial) UBE and see how fast you get kicked by your ISP for spamming.

  3. Re:Pure speculation on my part on Retailers Swing DMCA To Stop "Black Friday" Sale Info · · Score: 2

    Unpublished works are also protected by copyright for the same terms as published works (see Note 3 here. That was amended in the 1976 Copyright Act. However, copyright only protects the exact text or expression of the work. If they had a scanned copy of the ad that would be a violation, but just showing the products and prices is not copyright infringement.

  4. Re:Really interesting... on Segway HT Starts Selling · · Score: 2

    Is $400 cheap enough for you? These electric scooters have the same range and speed and fold up smaller. The only coup of the Segway is that its creators lobbied hard to get this thing allowed on sidewalks. A lot of people mentioned bicycles and we could sure use the exercise, but sometimes you don't want to arrive all hot and sweaty, and very few cities have safe bike paths along commute routes.

  5. Re:Any special Modifications on Bradley Trainer Support in MAME 0.62 · · Score: 1

    "the Feds having busted down the guy's door"

    Oops, make that "haven't busted down the guy's door"

  6. Re:Any special Modifications on Bradley Trainer Support in MAME 0.62 · · Score: 1

    Forget about trade secrets, if this trainer had any kind of classifed national security info in it, you'd be looking at hard time in Leavenworth for distributing it. However, since the web page has a download link for the ROM and the Feds having busted down the guy's door, I'd say this was a crude simulator based for basic gunnery skills and didn't reveal any detailed info about the capabilities of the Bradley.

    And about the arcade hardware, the article says there was 1 wirewrap circuit board added on, and they replaced the dual joysticks with a star wars flight yoke which is similar to the Bradley's gun controller.

  7. Re:Vote with your wallet on Cell Phone Service Degenerates Further · · Score: 2

    Signing a contract is still worth it because the discount on a phone with commitment is still more than the $150 early termination fee. I think the best plan is to sign a 1 year contract and shop Ebay if you want to upgrade your phone. They'll always have offers to upgrade your phone for free or switch to a new plan with more minutes if you resign for 1 or 2 years, but don't take the bait.

  8. Re:Anyone remember Nibble ? on Classic Computer Magazine Archive · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sure do. Here's an archive of the programs from Nibble. No articles though...

  9. Re:oh well on EMI Customer Relations Tells It Like It Is · · Score: 1

    "pay-for-play, also known as payola, is very illegal, and very closely monitored"

    Two words: independant promoter

  10. Re:I hope the joystick is sturdier than the origin on Ten-in-1 Atari Joystick Available · · Score: 1

    I noticed the same thing with the original sticks. They'd last about a year before crapping out. If it wasn't the nubs, it was the springiness of the switch wearing out. I wouldn't even call it a switch, it was a bubble of metal on top of a contacts on the circuit board. Suncom made better quality and more ergonomic joysticks.

  11. Re:hmmm... on Buggy Bugging Backfires On German Police · · Score: 1

    Hey I remember that program from the magazine too! Was it from Nibble? Except it wasn't the joystick port, the one I remember used the cassette port.

  12. Re:hmmm... on Buggy Bugging Backfires On German Police · · Score: 1

    Actually it wasn't even 8 bit. The Apple II had a 1 bit speaker just like the PC speaker pre-Soundblaster. A few games like Wolfenstein used it to (barely) play voice samples.

  13. Re:Counter measures on Laser Shoots Down Artillery Shell In Flight · · Score: 2

    Two words: discarding sabot

    And even if it wasn't a prism to reflect back to the laser, a mirror coating with 90% reflectivity combined with some smoke shells could give a laser a lot of trouble. What about the effects of rain and clouds?

  14. Re:Support Issues on Nosy Vendors? · · Score: 2

    If I wiped the hard drive and installed an unsupported OS (even a different MS one like Server), I wouldn't expect any software support from Dell. However, I would still have every right to hardware support, and Dell actually gives you a bootable diagnostics CD to troubleshoot hardware. So there's no good reason for them to require a supported OS to support their hardware.

  15. Re:Vulnerability on The All-Red Route 100 Years On · · Score: 1

    "See a lot of backhoes in the ocean, do you?"

    Other things in the ocean can mess up cables like ship anchors and earthquakes.

  16. Re:Will it include all the rare items? on Vatican/HP To Put Library Online · · Score: 1

    Speaking of Vatican secrets, look what I found on the Vatican website: lo and behold, the Vatican Secret Archives. Must not be such a big secret.

  17. Re:friend of mine worked at AOL on AIM And ICQ to be Integrated · · Score: 5, Informative

    The conditions imposed by the FTC on the AOL/TW merger were that AOL must open it's IM network to competitors when it starts offering "advanced" services like video. Ever since then, they've dragged their feet on putting video features in AIM (pretty obvious when you see the "everything but the kitchen sink" feature list in AIM 5.0). Yahoo and MSN have had video for at least a year now. article here

  18. Re:You're forgetting the environment on The Free State Project · · Score: 2

    Even assuming that the 153% figure is from a representative sample of vehicles and not a worst case scenario involving an out-of-tune 1965 muscle car, rural areas do not have problems with CO pollution (CO pollution is local in high density areas, greenhouse gases emissions are global). If your big city has problems with pollution that could be helped by lower speed limits (like Houston), let them set their own speed limits according to their needs.

  19. Re:Let me guess... on Sklyarov Denied Visa to Return to U.S. for Trial · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yes, I believe a criminal background is one reason they could use to deny an entry visa. Catch-22

  20. Re:too expensive, but cool nontheless on Ultra-Strong Nanotube Composites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why? A super strong computer case made out of carbon nanotube composite would weigh less than a cardboard box. Can't hurt someone much with that.

  21. Re:What about lasers blinding cameras? on Camcorder Jamming Devices Announced · · Score: 2

    There's the slight problem of this being labor intensive and night vision scopes being expensive. If theaters could afford your plan, they could just get the usher to kick out any customers they find with camcorders. Not to mention no risk of blinding your customers.

  22. Local sellers on EBay Letting Fraud Slide? · · Score: 1

    Always a good idea to look for local sellers if possible. And if a local seller is not willing to let you pick up the item in person, that's a good sign of a fraud auction.

  23. Re:Bribes? (Re:Don't cross the beams...) on Lofgren's Anti-DRM Bill · · Score: 1

    That's why money buys influence.

    -Ignorant population believes what they hear on TV and lets commercials affect their vote.
    -Commercials cost money (lots of money)

    Therefore it costs lots of money to get elected.

  24. Re:Self-sign on Cheap SSL Certificates for Small Websites? · · Score: 1

    If this is an intranet site and you control the desktops, the IE Administrators Kit lets you install additional certificates among other useful things. I looked for a similar feature in Netscape's CCK, but didn't find one.

  25. dispatched Steve Ballmer... on Slashback: Courseware, Towers, Drives · · Score: 5, Funny

    shouting and doing the monkey dance with Kylie Minogue

    GIVE IT UP FOR ME!!!