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  1. Re:Cheaper to buy... on Your Own Linux Wireless Access Point · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ad 1/

    there ya go.
    4 port pci switch/hub thing

  2. Re:Glad it's only 3 on 3 Major HD Makers Recalling Drives? [UPDATED] · · Score: 1

    hitachi and ibm are the same drives.

    if you go to ibms site lookin for drives, you'll be sent to hitachi.

  3. Re:Completely missing the point on A First Look At The Xandros Desktop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're absolutly correct. Sort of. Correct me if I am wrong, but doese'nt WINE give emulate a windows environment and allow the execution of many win32 apps? Also, many newbs and kids still in grade school have a shot at starting out on the alterternatives like OpenOffice or the KOffice suite if they are activly developed and contributed to by companies like Corel.


    yes.. but its so friggin hard to make a lot of programs work, it isnt feasable to expect anyone not in the scene to do it themselves.

  4. Re:Well.... is it really worth it? on Hot-Rod Your CD-RW Drive · · Score: 1

    In that the disc itself can't handle being spun at more than a certain RPM before it comes apart.

    This is most likely an urban legend.


    i've seen, in the last two years at this shop, at least 5 discs (given, crappy) explode in cdroms (also crappy drives.)

    but it does happen.

  5. is it possible.. on More Attacks on Linux than Windows · · Score: 1

    is it possible that this is because a remote linux machine is more useful than a remote windows machine?

  6. Re:We are talking about purchace cost,not manufact on Mac Users May Be Smarter · · Score: 1

    get a clue, p3 and k7+ shit is all risc.

  7. Re:cheap yes, but practical? on Harvesting Capacitors for Backyard Munitions · · Score: 1

    bass caps are one half to one farad, not .1
    us $100 to $150 unless you ebay them

  8. Re:Computers are tools on Cryogenic Mouse Mod · · Score: 4, Insightful

    my mom gardens and does some koi pond stuff as a hobby. her tools are shaped like turtles and other things of the sort. theres a difference between doing a job out of necessity and doing it for amusement and peace of mind, and if making the tool more appealing to yourself makes you happier, than why not?

  9. Re:Still Unclear on MSFT's Strong Dislike of Linux on Linux "is not piracy" Says Microsoft Lawyer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, I'd rather be Bill Gates, if only for the money...


    promise me you'll spend some of that money on a decent haircut..

  10. ATI TV Wonder PCI on Review: Creative Labs Video Blaster - Digital VCR · · Score: 1

    ati has a tv decoder card that does mpeg1,2, and avi (you chose the codec, neat). both the mpegs are done on the card, so all you need to worry about is the speed of your media. I used it on my old tbird 1.2, via chipset on the mb, and it crashed a lot durring recording. I use an intel mb and a 1gig p3, it works great now, no issues at all. It costs 75 or 80 dollars, better than the creative thing.

  11. Re:What? on Grand Theft Auto Still Banned Down Under · · Score: 1

    the only reason it doesnt encourage you to steal cars is because you keep dying :b

  12. Re:Just in case people forget the calendar on KEO Time Capsule To Remain In Orbit 'Til 52001 AD · · Score: 1

    Just because it can stay up there 50,000 years doesn't mean people can't find it before then (if they dont know what it is, then a lot of the info inside it is also forgotten.) Say, 200, 1000, however many years ahead of us doesn' matter, as long as it's there long enough for people to forget it's there.

  13. my god. on For The Overclocking Junkie · · Score: 1

    It doesn't strike any of you as odd that this meathead would spend 1000 dollars on a liquid, to be cooled by liquid nitrogen,and he doesn't even check its freezing point?

  14. Re:Crack em! on SightSound To Distribute Films Via Gnutella · · Score: 1

    They will probably set up some kind of interet based authorization, and as for the guy that asked about 1 time licenses, it would most likely be something like Divx was, with a 1 or 2 day license, so you can view it as many times as you like within a time period. (ie, renting a movie.) im not sure if this could be cracked. probably.

  15. translator.. on Portable Translator Devices? · · Score: 1

    franklin makes thse. they even make one that will speak the words. they are all english to , but they have removable cards so you can get a card for each language you need.. if you needed to translate between two non english languages, i don't think the franklin will do it.