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  1. Nothing beats film and a good SLR Camera on Which Digital Camera Do You Recommend? · · Score: 1

    For high quality pictures nothing beats a good roll of film and a nice Single Lens Reflex Camera
    I'm a geek, however photography and computers don't mix in my own opinon. Some film cameras nowadays are even too advanced for my tastes.
    It's hard to beat the resolution, depth of field, and crispness of a good SLR camera. Digital cameras are good for putting a photo on a website, not for vacation photo's, not for any photos.

  2. Re:What about... on Retina-Scan ATM Machines · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'd feel very safe with a voice prompt like...
    "Enter YES to verify $1000 withdrawal"

  3. Another site - Uniquely Intel Shop on Ask Slashdot: Geek-Friendly Business Accessories? · · Score: 1

    Intel Inside has several really neat items. besides the jackets/t-shirts/hats/etc... they have really neat jewellery items like earings pendants etc... that seem really cool One of my favorite items is a P2 chip mounted in Pewter to be worn as a pendant. get your BunnyPeople dolls, shirts, and other stuff.- http://www.intel.com/intel/intelis/shop/bunny.htm

  4. Tele-computer Controller on Ask Slashdot: Linux and Telephony · · Score: 1

    In the June 1999 Popular Electronics magazine they have an article which shows how to build a Tele-computer Controller and it allows you to have ring detection and dtmf detection for only a $57 kit probably around $20 in parts. And it hooks up to a parallel port. I'm going to be using a modified circuit to build a mini pbx system for my house. http://www.geocities.com/sil iconvalley/foothills/1897/

  5. Tradewars 2000 on Enormous 80s Textfile Archive · · Score: 1

    Do you remember Tradewars 2000? I loved that game
    It sahould be brought back as a graphical game with a central server for the internet.

  6. Hack lets you use entire screen for graffiti. on Pictures of the Palm V · · Score: 1

    I think a replaceable/disposible plastic sheet the clips onto the screen to protect it, and when it gets marked up you just put a new one on.

  7. No they shouldn't on "Art vs. Design" and Code · · Score: 1

    How much do you know about cars? or do you rely on a mechanic?
    ...or a plumber?
    ...or an electrician?
    You may know a tiny bit about plumbing, cars, and wiring to be able to do simple stuff but can you rebuild an engine, install a new pump, install a new breaker panel. Huh?
    Get the point?
    Consider it a service industry.
    Your mechanic may not use a computer for more than printing bills, but he fixes our cars and we fix their computers.
    I'm sure at the end of the day mechanics sit around at a table discussing what non-mechanic idiots are doing to their cars!

  8. Slashdot Effect on Full Quickie Disclosure · · Score: 1

    I'm amazed that nobody mentioned anything about the possible slashdot effect to the Sports Illustrated site by all the geeks.

  9. Oh no.... on Y2K Has Gone Too Far · · Score: 1

    I waited so long for the server to send me this page I forgot which thought I was going to share with you.


    --
    Ever stock your Laser printer with thermal paper?
    It provides much crisper darker text and graphics.

  10. Key words: "As we know it". on Sierra recalls Game on Account of Integrity · · Score: 1

    dos is beta win98 just before they added all the gui

  11. Nintendo is just as dumb as Atari... on Nintendo May Sue N64 Emulator Creators · · Score: 1

    Simple copy protection scheme, make nonstandard cd's to be completely proprietary.

    eg: No center hole, or different wavelength of light required so it would be imposible to read with a regular cdrom or cd-burner etc...

  12. Whatever on Space Station's LAN · · Score: 1

    In one NT lab I sysadmined on co-op, the NT server was a tad flakey so if you moved the mouse too fast you got the BSOD, So I just left it alone except to do backups.

  13. NASA engineers aren't as stupid as you think on Space Station's LAN · · Score: 1
    I agree with you.

    Astronauts aren;t briliant computer users, they may now nothing at all about computers

    With Fiber and 10baseT you have to run a seperate line to where ever for a hub

    If you have trouble with these specs, build your own space station.

  14. Great, I need one for my HP Graphing Calculator on World's Smallest Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Think of the possibilities:
    Calculators
    Watches
    A Mouse that can boot Linux
    etc...