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  1. Re:Thanks but ill pass on TIvo...why ? on TiVo Introduces Series2 · · Score: 1

    Enough with the conspiracy theories. Who cares if they have your viewing habits? You're not as important as you think you are.

  2. Re:Hmm... on TiVo Introduces Series2 · · Score: 1

    I know you. You're like this guy. Be careful not to fall off your pedestal.

  3. Re:They should get smarter on TiVo Introduces Series2 · · Score: 1

    But then again, since simpsons are already out on dvd

    The first season -- that is, the ones that weren't funny -- are. Who cares?

  4. Nomad JB on Lunchbox Computers for Live Music Performances? · · Score: 1

    The Creative Nomad jukebox is almost the perfect solution for this problem. It can record 48k uncompressed. If only it had digital inputs rather than the shitty mic input.

  5. Yeah... on Preview the New Napster · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Real new, now that they're "co-operating". Good riddance.

  6. Re:comparable XP-server is still far more expensiv on MS Struggles to Discredit Linux · · Score: 1

    (the exact amount is never disclosed, but believed to be in the $100-$200 range)

    Sure it is. Go to any dealer and ask them how much they charge for an OEM copy (a real one, with a genuine license). It's slightly less than that.

  7. Man on The Rise And Fall of Ion Storm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's Wednesday

  8. Re:Upgrade comparison... on Ultimate TV (UTV) Hard Drive Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Actually, I would rather have a network capable unit that I could just sym link to my NFS server, especially if I could have this as combined storage for multiple units around the house.

    So would I. Then there's the crowd that says "TiVo is only a mpeg en/decoder with lineups, it would be easy to duplicate." I wish someone would get busy with it. I'd be first in line to buy it.

  9. Oops on The Best Linux Games of 2001? · · Score: 1

    Obviously what you meant to say was:

    Isn't that the one, where in the last stage you eventually get sick of it and toss it out for Windows?

    Gotta love Plug-n-Play.

  10. pr0n on KT-Tech Challenges Nancy and MPEG-4 for Wireless Video · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would we really want cameras on our cell-phones?

    Kinda brings a new meaning to the term phone sex doesn't it?

  11. Re:Be realistic on Why Free Software is a Hard Sell · · Score: 1

    Holy crap. I nearly fell out of my chair when I followed this link. Thanks for the laugh.

  12. Re:The quote is a valid quote on Why Free Software is a Hard Sell · · Score: 1

    Wow. So they're now on par with Excel 97. That's wonderful.

  13. +5 Funny on Happy Birthday Perl! · · Score: 1

    Because it has a wonderful OO model which can make all OO programmers happy.
    Because it is great for procedural programming and for OO programming.


    You must be kidding. I love Perl, but its idea of OO is afterthought and a complete joke.

  14. Re:This post... on Happy Birthday Perl! · · Score: 1

    Ah, yes. Intentional obfuscation. Cool for if you want to say "Look! Decode a DVD in 7 lines!" Bad as a real example.

  15. Wait... on Universal to Copyprotect All CDs · · Score: 1

    From article:

    Universal told retailers that it would honor refunds on all returned discs -- even for CDs that have been opened.

    So what you're telling me is, I can go buy the CD, use any of a number of methods that will come out to circumvent this "technology", then take the CD back and get all my money back? And I get a full-quality copy and I don't have to search for or download it? Sweet!

  16. Re:"Access anytime, anywhere..." but only with MSI on Accounting Systems on Linux? · · Score: 1

    In order to have certain functionality they have to focus on IE. Most people who use their web interface use IE. People who will use the web interface don't run Linux. I hardly think that takes them "out of the running".

  17. RTFA on MS Oversight Committee Hopeful Stephen Satchell Answers · · Score: 2

    That's it for your ten questions as selected by Slashdot editors. There were other good questions that I think deserve a response, so I'll lump answers to them in the next handful of paragraphs.

    Did you miss that part? He looked at the postings and answered more than what they sent him. Other interviewees have the same ability.

  18. Open source OSes on Testing the Audigy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The review doesn't mention how the Audigy works under any open source operating systems, though.

    So what? It also doesn't mention how it works with the Commodore 64. If you care how it works under certain circumstances, then get off your ass and find out.

    Maybe people wouldn't have such an aversion to open source if the advocates wouldn't cry like children when they don't get their way.

  19. No way on For Sale: 1 Damian Conway, 1 Dan Sugalski · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2 in a row?

  20. Asheron's Call? on MS Zone Users Must Use Passport Accounts · · Score: 1

    I thought /. readers only played hunt the wumpus anyhow.

  21. Could on MS Zone Users Must Use Passport Accounts · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it be?

  22. Re:An interesting combination on Is Hacking Cars a Thing of the Past? · · Score: 1

    That doesn't mean much though.

    That's okay. We weren't talking about garage door openers. We were talking about remote starters.

  23. Re:An interesting combination on Is Hacking Cars a Thing of the Past? · · Score: 1

    Me and a friend quite easily designed a garage door openor once that would scroll through the 1024 possible signals of a popular brand. I wonder if it would be very hard to design a starter remote to do a similar thing. Me-thinks no.

    Me-thinks you are wrong. Did you do that neat scrolling trick back in '85 also? Because back then, they were still using those types of controllers.

    Nowadays, we have our fancy flying cars, and to start them remotely, we have rolling-code transmitters. You can't brute-force them or "listen" and play back the code. Modern garage door openers do the same sort of thing. Dip switches are a thing of the past.

  24. STARLIGHT on Transatlantic Gigabit Gaming.. err, Research · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Science Technology And Research Light-Illuminated Gigabit High-Performance Transit. All hail acronyms.

    Yeah. More like "All hail naming a project to fit a stupid acronym".

  25. What? on Homepage Usability · · Score: 1

    A review of a book that you can't purchase on ThinkGeek? The nerve...