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  1. Re:Sooo.... on Anti-Spam Webforms Leave Out The Blind · · Score: 1

    There certainly is.

    Here's a Braille PDA:
    http://www.sensorytools.com/aria.htm

    And an excellent looking keyboard/"screen":
    http://www.etri.re.kr/vr/eng/e p_21.htm

  2. Maltron on Keyboards for One Hand? · · Score: 1

    http://www.maltron.co.uk/

    We've ordered a few of these for customers and they seemed satisfied.

  3. Re:Explanation of joke. on Intel PAT Compared On 865PE Boards · · Score: 1

    http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110169

  4. Re:Would be nice... on U.S. DoD Commits To IPv6 · · Score: 1

    I thought the commercial only said 5 cents per transaction.

    It does, but with Linux, they can save even more!!!

  5. Re:EULA changes on Microsoft Releases SP4 for Windows 2000 · · Score: 1

    such as "remote registry access" and useless things like that.

    Hey, just because YOU don't find it useful, doesn't mean I don't find it useful :D

  6. Re:Would be nice... on U.S. DoD Commits To IPv6 · · Score: 1

    save the taxpayers X amount of money by not paying Microsoft licensing fees.

    Just tell them it'll save them 10 cents per transaction!

  7. Re:And every time payday rolls around... on Smart Cellphone Would Spend Your Money · · Score: 1

    But if everyone's cell phones does this, then it gives incentive to buy one of these phones earlier, because all of the buying when the phones get popular will inflate the price of the stock :)

  8. Re:Two Things on My Visit to SCO · · Score: 1

    Under traditional copyright law, this is correct. However, IBM, as part of their licensing agreement with SCO, supposedly signed a contract saying that they would keep all of their derivative works secret.

  9. Re:If you really want to escape on Experiences with Alternate Local Phone Companies? · · Score: 1

    I have 1.5megabit/128kbit DSL here, with two static IPs, and no monthly bandwidth limits. $60 CDN. If I wanted to ditch the static IPs, it would be $45 CDN.

    You see, in Canada, we have a telephone monopoly, and they treat us right! (SaskTel that is).

  10. Re:No more car tinkering... on 42-Volt Autos · · Score: 1

    So, in theory, a 9-volt battery could be almost as dangerous in those conditions...

  11. Re:No more car tinkering... on 42-Volt Autos · · Score: 3, Informative

    Exactly. There seems to be a lot of fear about car batteries in general, because people have heard that "10mA of current through the heart can kill someone". They see "500A of cold-cranking power", and start to freak out. What they don't realize is Ohm's law.

    V = I * R, or re-arranged for what I'm going to show, I = V / R.

    I measured my body's resistance using a multimeter, and usually got between 150Kohm and 200Kohm (hand to hand, going through my heart). Plugging this in for a 12V car battery, we get I = 12V / 150Kohm = .00008A, or .08mA. With a 42V battery, we get .28mA. Still WAAAY lower than what can even start to hurt a human. It doesn't matter how many AMPS the battery can put out, with that kind of resistance, that's THE amount of current it can push through.

  12. Re:SCO FUD was successful here on No Business Like SCO Business · · Score: 1

    Awwwww Telix. The memories you have stirred in my Sir Angst Badger... :D

  13. Re:Ximian Desktop 2 on Slashback: Mars, Linksys, Torrent · · Score: 1

    It's okay. The only reason I knew was because I was looking at Ximian Evolution the other night. It has to be one of the best mail clients I've ever used.

  14. Re:What is xd2? on Slashback: Mars, Linksys, Torrent · · Score: 1

    Ximian Desktop (I'm assuming, based on the monkeys comment).

    See more here

  15. Re:Why on Will Microsoft Subsidize WinXP For Lindows Buyers? · · Score: 1

    How per se would you run KazaaLite in Linux? :D

  16. Re:Why on Will Microsoft Subsidize WinXP For Lindows Buyers? · · Score: 1

    How do you propose running Kazaa-lite? Just under wine, or otherwise? I'm not seeing a linux version of it per say on the website.

  17. Re:Belkin 54g WAP/Router on Is Linksys Violating The GPL? · · Score: 1

    So does this mean that if I make a GPL program in MS Visual C++, that I have to provide a copy of MSVC++ with every source copy I give away? Otherwise, it may not be compileable.

  18. Re:Linux port ? on Nullsoft's Waste: Encrypted, Distributed, Mesh Net · · Score: 1

    Hahaha, you named your machine gibson :). HACK THE GIBSON!!!

  19. Re:IPv6? on Asia Running Out Of IP Addresses · · Score: 1

    Uhm... I don't believe that DNS cares what port you're trying to access.

  20. Re:This is going to be instantly moded down on Philosophy, Reality and The Matrix · · Score: 1

    How'd you do on it? I'm curious about both of the papers actually :)

  21. Re:Possible legal problems? on Gentoo Games · · Score: 1

    Purple is the Gentoo colour though...

  22. Re:Already on Motorcycles on DVRs for Cop Cars · · Score: 1

    Cops erasing the footage is pretty irrelevant. If a cop pulls someone over, kicks the crap out of them, and then proceeds to erase the footage, it's pretty obvious that he didn't want anyone to see it. It doesn't prove anything, but it does raise the "reasonable doubt" thing.

  23. Re:But we'll take the money anyway! on SARS Researcher Files Preemptive Patent Application · · Score: 1

    However, as we have seen in the past, patents are made even when there is blatant prior art. Would you rather have to go through a legal battle two years from now because someone just patented your invention, or would you rather file right now, get your patent, and keep it open?

  24. Re:"the Click-N-Run architecture..." on Michael Robertson of Lindows Responds · · Score: 1

    Is Clik-N-Run released under the GPL? Just because the kernel is GPL'd doesn't mean all software that comes with it is.

  25. Re:Recordable DVD Drive a Deal-Breaker? on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    Because a hard drive is more likely to die than a DVD-R stored in a jewel case? It's nice to have a back-up copy sitting around. Recently, I had a hard drive die and I *nearly* lost all of my graduation photos, except for the fact that they were burned on a CDR.