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  1. Cheap Cell Phone detector? on Cheap Cell-Phone Detector · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would you want to detect cheap cell phones?

  2. Re:In other news... on Duke University Giving iPods To 1650 Freshmen · · Score: 2, Informative

    Duke is most certainly NOT part of the UNC system. It's a private institution, UNC is public.

  3. Re:Amazing! on Build Your Own Subwoofer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear that Norm is using electric stain nowadays . . .

  4. Re:Deadline past on Junkyard Wars: The Next Generation · · Score: 1

    Translation: We want to make sure that you look like someone we would put on TV. While your skills might apply, there is no show stopper like the wrong looks.

    Have you seen the contestants on Junkyard Wars? I'm fairly certain that looks were a non-issue when they selected the contestants.

  5. Re:OPening e-mail attachments on I Love You "Virus" Hates Everyone · · Score: 1

    Speaking of Eudora, does anyone know where I could download the old version of Eudora light, the one without the ads? I'm talking about version 3.0.6. If anyone knows, a link would be appreciated.

    -Flerg

  6. Re:Good For Apple on Apple Possibly Pursuing Another iMac-look Clone · · Score: 1

    Since when was apple ever number 1?
    I imagine they were #1 early on when they made their early machines, up until the IIe or so. This is just recollection, I may be wrong.

    -Flerg

  7. Re:I wonder if Mettalica will sue netscape? on Pay Lars · · Score: 1

    I can't wait until Netscape 6 is done, so I can skin it and finally have that Kill 'em All button I've always wanted.

    -Flerg

  8. Re:Then I guess this is doubly illegal. on Japan Makes Linking Illegal Material Illegal · · Score: 1

    420 was the police code for possession of marijuana at some point. It's come to be associated with marijuana in the US. If anyone remembers the exact origin, help me out. He's not refering to Hitler's birthday here.

    -Matt

  9. Re:Other site for report? on Why Do Open Source? · · Score: 2

    Alternatively, just use the partners link here. I'm pretty sure it doesn't require an account.

    -Flerg

  10. Re:I fear it.... on PS2 a Weapons Development Platform? · · Score: 1

    Not Since Missle Command has there been a game/platform as threatening to national security!

  11. Re:If Napster lose this suit... on Napster, Gnutella, Bans, Lawsuits And More · · Score: 1

    If history is any indication, yes. I scanned this off the sleeve of Thin Lizzy's 1976 album Jail Break. Once the music companies figure out how to make money off MP3, they'll be the biggest defenders of the format, just watch. It's just like the movie industry and VHS.

    -Flerg

  12. Re:The great non debate on The Napster DMCA Defense · · Score: 1

    Well said, I agree completely. MP3 sounds bad to me, even though I've got a good sound setup on my machine. Of course I'm one of two people I know with a turntable that don't work as DJs.
    That said, I think that's the reason that the use of napster in and of itself is a problem. If I listen to something a lot I automatically go out and buy it. Some of my napster using friends here at college are shocked that I actually buy music. After all, why would I? It's free, we're on a T1, it's fast. It's just shocking to me that so many of the people that have gigs of MP3s only have a dozen or two albums. If you're using napster becuase you're too cheap to buy an album, you've got it all wrong. If you use it (or a workalike) to get hard to find songs until you get to a music store that carries them, that's fine.

    -Flerg

    As an aside: A good music store for that sort of thing is papa jazz in Columbia, SC.

  13. Re:Principle and comparison on Linux And Hip Hop · · Score: 1

    You seem to think gangster rap is the only type of rap there is. Perhaps you should listen to some rap other than that in the mainstream. There's a lot of rap that doesn't fit that image at all. Listen to the Roots, listen to Ozomatli, listen to The Jurassic 5, listen to any number of early rap groups. Gangster rap is only a small subset of rap as a whole.
    Additionally, the practice of using parts of other songs in other songs (for instance, Atomic Dog by George Clinton is used in dozens and dozens of songs), is similar to the open source ethic of being free to use code in new projects.
    Rap is not all gangster rap, and Linux is not all script kiddies. Both are just subsets of the whole, with bad reputations.

    -Flerg

  14. Re:The times they are a changin' on Playing Nintendo Causes Blisters? · · Score: 1

    No kidding, I've got Ice Hockey for the NES, and if you play for about 10 minutes, you'll be in a world of pain. It's the best hockey game ever made (don't give me that Blades of Steel crap) but it's downright painful to play. Anyone know where you could buy one of those newfangled NES's that came out after the Super Nintendo? I seem to remember that they had pretty good controllers.
    -Flerg

  15. Re:This reminds me of Eudora on Free-PC Bites the Dust · · Score: 1

    Wow, this is news to me. I'm not thrilled about the prospects of having to use the new one, and I'd like a back up copy of the installer for the old eudora light (version 3.0.6) for the next time I reformat my hard drive. It seems as if it's been removed from the eudora site. I guess I'm not hardcore enough to use pine all the time to get the mail off the university network, but I don't want all the crap that comes with netscape mail, or outlook express. Also if anyone knows a good simple free email client, like the old eudora light, post, and let me know.

    -Flerg
  16. Re:Microsoft on Will Microsoft Open Windows Source Code? (No!) · · Score: 1

    How to Remove Linux and Install Windows 2000 or Windows NT on Your Computer

    Looks like they're working on it. Geez, even if you wanted to do this, give people credit, you'd think if you were running linux in the first place, you're technically inclined enough to figure out how to install windows.

    -Flerg
  17. Re:DVD is great on DVD Forum Creates Further Confusion in RW · · Score: 1
    Run Lola Run : Yes, a highly recommended movie, with a great soundtrack. Find a friend that has a beast of a stereo system (or yourself, if you're like me) and hook up the VCR. Best movie I've seen in the last few months. And watch it in german, dubbing is bad.

    -Flerg