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  1. Re:hmmm on Walk-thru Fog Screen · · Score: 1

    Wonder if you could freeze the fog to make it into a solid screen...

    Hmm

    Rus

  2. Woo on Walk-thru Fog Screen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now this is a cool and useful thing. It would be cool to have something like this in the home so I could use it as a monitor. If the main unit was hidden with a drop down keyboard. Well hidden PC :)

    Rus

  3. Colaterol Damage on Oracle's Infrastructure Now Fully Linux-ized · · Score: 1

    Have the problem with the SCO lawsuit is that FUD they are spreading. Even if they don't have a case to stand on an IT manager will just here. SCO suing people over Linux therefor something is wrong with Linux.

    Prehaps SCO want to be bought out by Microsoft as they are doing more damage than MS ever has even with the halloween documents

    Rus

  4. Re:Give Yourself an A on Disclosure of Major Software Exploits by Students? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree here. We know your heart is in the right place but other people might not see it like that. ASs long as yo udon't care about the fame and the glory just make them aware of it then move onto something else

    Rus

  5. Re:Why? on Windows 95 in 4.47MB · · Score: 2, Informative

    Now if it can run on my old PC I can finally start playing some of those old DOS games that I like. Toonstruck for example

    Rus

  6. Light on An Enlightened Look at an Over-Lighted World · · Score: 1

    I don't need light. I just sit here in the dark with the light from my monitors. No need for bulbs. OK so my eyes might go but hey :)

    Rus

  7. Accuracy on Phone or Tracking Device? · · Score: 1

    Using thie technology its only accurate to 100m or so. Now if you are meant to be in an area then its great for your boss to see it. However if you are trying to track a stolen phone then how annoying is that going to be?

    Rus

  8. Internet Voting on Maryland Plans Code Review for Voting Software · · Score: 1

    Yes electronic voting seems like a good idea but will it allow people to vote online from homes securly proving there ID? That might be the only way to reverse the trend of lower voter turnout

    Rus

  9. Ascii Starwars on Sundance Online Film Fest Call For Entries · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you think they would accept Ascii Star Wars?

    Rus

  10. If you do download files on MPAA Opens Anti-filesharing Website · · Score: 1

    called "Hot and Horney Trojan" and "It came from Outer Space and ate my hard drive" what do you expect?

    Rus

  11. Windows on Required Tools for PC Repair? · · Score: 1

    From expierence I suggest a Windows 98 disk as this can boot to a Dos Ram Disk, also W2K and XP. For hardware flat head, phillps screwdriver, anti-static wrist strap and needle nose pliers. Also knoppix as others have suggested

    Rus

  12. Outside the park on My Pal Mickey -- Interactive Theme Park Doll · · Score: 1

    What if you take it outside the park and then come back another day? Will the system just show you hanging round the gates for a few days :)

    Rus

  13. Infinity on Science and Math For Adults? · · Score: 4, Informative

    One article that I found interesting A Guide to Infinity

    Rus

  14. Re:Misses the point on Measuring The Benefits Of The Gentoo Approach · · Score: 1

    Of course if the do a build, kill it half way through then build it again with out make clean it will go even quicker. Not saying they did but stats can always be taken two ways

    Rus

  15. XFS on Mandrake 9.2b1 Released, 2.6 Test Kernel in Cooker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does anyone know if the bug where 2.6 can't mount an XFS route fs is still there. Lots of things I want to try but last time it just hung on boot trying to mount rootfs fs as UDF?!

    Rus

  16. Silly question... on Xerox Exploits Printer Flaws To Make Pseudo-Holograms · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Now this might be a stupid question but using this would it be possible to have say two pages imposed on one so you could "read" a book by twisting the page...

    Just a thought

    Rus

  17. Or.. on The Thermal Paste Revolution · · Score: 1

    We could just all just do extreme coolingcooling

    Rus

  18. Usenet Useful on EFF Chairman Interviewed · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well surprising it is especially to check out spammers to see if they have a history before they signup for account. Of course groups.google.com makes it all nice and easy to search

    Rus

  19. Re:not disclosed on Yahoo! Settles Patent Dispute · · Score: 4, Funny

    They don't want to show how much of their soul they have sold

    Rus

  20. Core Business on Microsoft's Forgotten Mistakes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Like all business they made mistakes when tyring something new. However on their core business they have provided a wide spread, realtivly easy to use concurrent platform with Office + Windows. If you look at all OSS office sweets etc they all at least try to read/write M$ Office as it is a standard. Not saying its a good one but its a standard

    Bob in Marketing can send Maggie in Accounts a spreadsheet and be able to read it. Thats gotta count for something

    Rus

  21. Local Mirror on FreeBSD Passes 9000 Ports · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and people wondered why I won't setup a local ports mirror for jvds :)

    Rus

  22. Wireless on Interoperable Remote Controls · · Score: 1

    I would of like to ideally of seen this as wireless. Say for example I have my HiFI and I want to wear headphone which have a built in Mic. Surely with Bluetooth or 802.11b I could of walked around/out of those host listening to my streaming music collection. Also if I'm on a mobile it ringing could cause other sounds to cut out

    Just my thoughts

    Rus

  23. Everything Else on LSB & Posix Conflicts · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Everything else is going toward POSIX compliance, even NT4 can be made POSIX compliance so why go the other way? Just to be different?

    Rus

  24. But what... on Another Beer Please · · Score: 1

    If I want a different drink? Can it send that. Now what would be cool if there was a touch screen I could order at. Of course if drunk all this technology becomes a bit pointless as I would be shouting at the wall anyway

    Rgds

    Rus

  25. Re:2.6.0-test1 was really boring on New Testing Version Of Linux 2.6 · · Score: 1

    Unfortunatly test-1 had a problem that if you had an XFS root fs it didn't mount. Firstly it tried mounting as UFS then Resier. Haven't seen ins -test2 has fixed it

    Rus