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  1. VNC? on Real-time PC access on your PDA · · Score: 1

    And this is different from VNC how? I can already see screens of my WinXP and Mac OS X machines using VNC for Pocket PC.

    What's more, Microsoft also offers Terminal Server Clients for Pocket PC 2002. If you get the Hand Held PC 2000 version, and copy the CAB file a Pocket PC 2000 and install it, guess what, it installs. But there are bugs, and license fees to worry about.

  2. And remember... on Developing Online Games · · Score: 0

    ...step 3 is profit!

  3. Third world 'net on The 69/8 Networking Problem · · Score: 1

    ARIN, the organization responsible for the assignment of this address space, has stated that it is not required to ensure end-to-end visibility of said address space. This leaves the members with the tremendous tasks of locating, contacting, and educating every single network on the internet that is filtering this previously reserved space and requesting their operators update their filters.

    While they're at it, it'd be nice to educate every single network on the internet about security and such. Or, maybe we need a new policy of "turning off" networks that don't conform to the rest of the internet's policies.

    It's a huge undertaking. I don't envy them.

  4. Re:One easy answer on Slashback: Folding, Cursing, Exporting · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, that is truely scary. Especially the part where he or she says, "Or maybe a database with signatures of "bad" bits?" Man, that's gotta be a tiny database:

    create table good_bad_bits (
    bit boolean not null primary key,
    evil boolean not null
    ) ;

    insert into good_bad_bits ( bit, evil ) values ( true, true ) ;
    insert into good_bad_bits ( bit, evil ) values ( false, true ) ; /* Ok, I guess I'm done. */

  5. Again with the cell phones, already. on DMCA, Auf Deutsch · · Score: 1

    Did I miss an innovation? How can cell phones be used to circumvention copyrights?

  6. That's no moon... on Comparing Sci-fi Starship Sizes · · Score: 1

    So what about the Death Star? It'd probably make a great background image for this site.

  7. Why don't they just say... on Microsoft Shared Source -- With a Twist · · Score: 1

    "All your WinCE are belong to us."

  8. Ironic... on The Dawn of the Post-PC era? · · Score: 1

    In light of this, don't you find it ironic that pocketlinux.com could not be resolved since around June, 2002.

  9. No thanks... on Quantum Computing Programming Language · · Score: 1

    I'll just wait for Sun Microsystems to come out with J2QE (Java 2 Quantum Edition). For example:

    package java.lang.quantum ;

    public strange abstract QuantumObject {

    public abstract void deconfine ( ) ;

    public abstract void charm ( ) ;

    public Object clone ( ) {
    throw new RelativisticException("You can't clone a QuantumObject, you insensitive clod!") ;
    }

    }

  10. Re:Perhaps too obvious, but on Microsoft Wants to Take on Google · · Score: 1

    You might want to actually try that. Go to MSN and type "java" (or anything else) in their search box. You get one (count them, 1) advertisement. Not too bad. So what's the beef?

  11. BitTorrent is cool, but... on Snag the Red Hat 9 ISOs, via Cash or BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    BitTorrent is cool, but what is this "Cash" you speak of?

  12. Re:Interesting concept, but... on Geocoding All Content · · Score: 1

    Now, where does my data comes from?

    Who cares? The timestamp would also be totally meaningless in your example too - seeing as how all of the locations are in different time zones. So you must be against timestamps too.

  13. Re:PM on The Museum of Unworkable Devices · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should read the article and find out. The author makes it clear that the fun is not in the thermaldynamic reasons, but the ones that are more subtle. I especially like the explainations given for why the gravity shield would not work besides the fact that a gravity shield is unlikely to exist.

  14. Not only that... on Plasmon Exhibits Working Blue Laser DVD Drive · · Score: 2, Funny

    But in about ten years, they will combine this technology with that technology and dub it "Density Optical Hybrid" (DOH!).

  15. Re:Surprised? on 4l-j4z333ra 0wn3d · · Score: 1

    Er, I mean IIS. Yeah, like you've never done that.

  16. Surprised? on 4l-j4z333ra 0wn3d · · Score: 1

    What would you expect? They were running ISS for crying out loud.

  17. Sprint PCS Vision Downloads on Life on the Road with 3G · · Score: 1

    "I've downloaded a bunch of little apps and ringers for the phone, and that's a good way to kill time while you're waiting in line for something, but it's hardly a killer app. Also, the "official" downloads from SprintPCS seem really expensive. Everything costs at least $1, but that can really add up, especially since everything only include a time-limited license, usually 90 days. So you download a ringer for $1, and you don't like it, so you're out $1. But if you do like it, you have to pay another dollar in three months just to keep it."

    I have had java apps expire on my Sanyo 4900, but I've never had a ringer expire. Actually, any non-java download seems to ignore the expiration. Maybe that's a "feature" of his phone, or a "bug" in mine.

    Haw-haw!

  18. For example? on Designers - Are You Influenced By What You Read? · · Score: 1

    What, no examples? What science fiction do we tend to reference? Oh, you mean like when coding a holographic matrix, make sure to add a watch-dog sub-routine to safeguard malfunctions? That sort of thing?

  19. Ok... on Strike on Iraq · · Score: 1

    ...this looks like a re-run. Where's the shock-and-awe?? Stay tuned, I assume.

  20. Impressive... on ISS Discovers A Remote Hole In Sendmail · · Score: 1

    Protection mechanisms such as implementation of a non-executable stack do not
    offer any protection from exploitation of this vulnerability. Successful
    exploitation of this vulnerability does not generate any log entries.


    So, I wonder how they noticed it.

  21. One thing... on One 3G Phone Connects 21 Macs on School Bus · · Score: 1

    The article never says the bus was moving while the 21 computers were active. In fact, from the looks of the picture, it'd be unsafe if it was.

    I was able to use my old Richochet modem at 55mph. Back then, it was supposed to be the only technology that could.

    I've been meaning to try my Sanyo 4900 (Sprint PCS Vision) with my TiBook in the car ...

  22. I don't get it... on ISP Operator Barry Shein Answers Spam Questions · · Score: 1

    Replying to the question about whitelists, Barry says:

    What you're suggesting is one of those techniques which works pretty well for individuals but is unmanageable at the ISP level.

    Meaning, keeping a whitelist isn't a good solution because it's a big task for the ISP. He's an avocate of sender pays. I'd imagine the ISP would have to be involved in this, so how is this more manageable than a whitelist?

    I got bored a few questions later, so I stopped reading the interview, so maybe this was already addressed, but if the ISP charges for sent email, what prevents a spammer from starting an ISP?

  23. Re:Hehe... Fear the shell :-) on 1.8TB Of Disk Space In A (Semi-)Normal PC · · Score: 2, Funny
    I think this is more productive:
    alias dir="echo wise guy, huh?"
    alias cd..="echo nuk-nuk-nuk"
  24. Re:Ozone gas - Toxic? on Ozone As Pesticide · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you read the article, you'd know that they intend to use the ozone gas in closed bins that store the grain.

    So, they want to use ozone in a closed environment, but if this is possible, what's the harm of using CFCs in a closed environment?

    CFCs are great because they act like water (as a solvent) in many ways, but have none of the harmful effects on electronic components. You can completely submerge a PC in CFCs and turn it on, without shorting anything out.

    Industry used CFCs for a long time until it was linked to environmental issues. Yes, they were also used as propellents in aerosols, but why did industry drop CFCs from closed environments? They feared leakage.

    So, somehow a farm's grain bin is better at keeping ozone out of the environment...go figure.

  25. It's like... on Keeping up with the Latest (and Worst) Mac Software · · Score: 0

    ...since when was Tom Green a mac user?