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  1. Re:Hmmm... on U.S. Shuts Down Somalia Internet Access · · Score: 1

    only the Victorious write the books. By no means is the US victorious yet.
    The USofA has only succeeded in driving out the Taliban regime.
    Who (btw) did [and for all practical matters-DO] support terrorist behavior.

  2. Re:Suspects?? on U.S. Shuts Down Somalia Internet Access · · Score: 1

    Aint you a blossoming comic... how short a memory people seem to have... the visual imagery of a Ranger being dragged dead and naked throught the K5 circle didnt stick?? geeez...

  3. Re:prior art? :) on Copyright Claimed on Telephone Tones · · Score: 1

    Overheard in Tribes 2: Ive got your number!! I've got all your numbers!!!

  4. For all of the people who disparage J.K.... on Seanbaby.com · · Score: 1

    i find it terribly ironic that a link in his storyline would get /.'d

  5. Re:I wonder how AMD was doing in embedded products on AMD To Stop Production Of 486, 586 & K6 Chips · · Score: 2, Informative

    From: PC Magazine ...the Mobile Athlon (based on AMD's Palomino core) was redesigned to have a greater number of optimized transistors than did chips based on it desktop counterpart (the Thunderbird core). This resulted in increased performance without compromising power consumption. New to the mobile Athlon 4 is the addition of a data prefetch, which predicts data needed by the processor before it is requested. AMD also added 52 new SSE-compatible instructions (dubbed 3DNow! Professional). The Athlon 4 contains the Thunderbird's 384K of on-chip, full speed cache (256K L2 and 128K L1).

  6. Deliberate attempt to Rile up /. readers on Open Source Database Underdogs · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    too early for this crap

  7. I might actually like this Idea on Nanotech: "Smart Fabrics" · · Score: 1, Funny

    the thought of pop-under ads in my jeans... whooo hooooo

  8. e-books suck on Why Nobody Likes E-Books · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can buy the book for $14.95... or the reader and the material for $200... pure economics... all geek factor aside... I cant photo copy out of an reader electronic reader either

  9. Re:Code Red Self Test on Code Redux · · Score: 1

    NOTICE TO W2K users: winipcfg does not work. go to a DOS box and type ipconfig /all fill in your IP addy after http:// e.g. http://255.255.255.0/scripts/root/exe/c+dir If you get a connection refused you are probably good to go

  10. Marketers have low self esteem on The Death Of The Open Internet · · Score: 1

    this is akin to blaming your car for oversleeping and missing work.

  11. Does, on The Three Hat Problem · · Score: 1

    Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit know about this blantant Tradmark infringement>>>

  12. hmmm wouldnt this infringe on some Hindu religions on Mouse Begone: Use Head Movements And IR Instead · · Score: 1

    Depending on what color the reflective dot is, some folks might assume you were betrothed to someone....

  13. Re:This isn't new, just a rehash on Bringing Interruption-Based Ads To the Web · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember the online game called Acrophobia? The makers of "You don't know jack" had a free game where you make up sentences based on random acronyms. Long since dead, they had 2-3 short commercials from their advertisers... Macromedia type ads... If you were losing, it was no big deal, but if you were on a roll, it was insanely frustrating...

  14. Re:Gee...CDDB on CDDB No Longer Allows Grip Users to Connect UPDATED · · Score: 1

    Im inclined to agree, altho, I have to submit that when I submitted info... it wasnt with the caveat that they wouldnt license or sell my efforts. Further, I have a personal gripe with CDDB in that whenever I tried to enter in information regarding studio masters of Local Bands... I received a rather nasty message stating that It wasnt allowed... emails to CDDB inquiring as to why... afforded no true answer.... siiiggghhh

  15. Re:Can you turn it off? on Sentient Computing Lab · · Score: 1

    Somehow, in a nebulous sort of manner, it really comes off as leading to a 'Matrix' type environment.... Can being a battery for the machine be a contractor-typoe position?

  16. Re:EyeVision and how it kinda sorta works on Interesting Commercials · · Score: 1

    I was fortunate enough to get a tour of the production facilities at RayJay on Friday with the Technical Producer Larry Barbatsoulis, and he gave me some info on the EyeVision setup.... the 33 cameras all have the same aspect ratio. He mentioned that auto-focusing was somewhat limited given the distance the cameras were from the field's crown. Some background on the process: the cameras are positioned by a cameraman in a trailer outside the stadium. He has a tripod mounted camera (without a camera) he has a display mounted where the camera normally is. otherwise he plays the same role as studio or cameramen inside the stadium. The entire game is recorded onto 2 TeraBytes worth of server space located onsite. He said it does indeed take up that much space... so much for real video for replay purposes (which he said could be instantaneous) the feed is routed from the storage drives to Digital Video. Otherwise the data is backed up onto DVD. Conicidentally, these arent HDTV cameras, and I dont remember if he said that these particular camera feeds were broadcast on the HDTV signal. The Super Bowl had 8 cameras dedicated to HDTV, with a wholly different broadcast team.

  17. Pre-Paid postage First Class on Stuffing Junkmail Postage-Paid Envelopes? · · Score: 1

    Im curious if they pay a flat rate based on the up to 1oz fee? or if its a scaled rate based on the weight? If the latter is the case just return what ever they sent in the handy envelope provided. Dont do it to with your visa, sears, discover, etc bills tho... Publishers Clearinghouse is a great candidate....

  18. :::Free for All::: misnomer on Free For All · · Score: 1

    How poetic to state "Free For All" as a title yet charge a fee for the book. Hmmmm who's the martyr here?

  19. Re:"Sharing" of information on Freenet Music Venture; Napster-like ROM Swapping · · Score: 1

    Regarding the Next war on drugs.... IMHO drugs won that war convincingly.

  20. Re:Isn't this illegal in some states? on ABC Ads Target Answering Machines? · · Score: 1

    Suppose it isnt 'blocks of numbers' but blocks of demographics ie: 18 - 34 beer drinking males that prematurely use viagra. Would going down the phone book alphabetically and dialling every third hispanic sounding name be illegal?

  21. Just a marketing tool,,, on ABC Ads Target Answering Machines? · · Score: 1

    I am of the thought that if someone is indeed home, the machine logs the length of time necessary to answer the call, then collates the information for the target market. Otherwise, its a unsolicited "push-type" advert. Id wager that people would listen to the ad over sheer confusion as this wouldnt be the normal type of message one would be used to receiving.

  22. Re:Monopoly on FCC Approves AT&T Merger with MediaOne · · Score: 1

    you forgot to add PrimeCo to that list

  23. Wellll, Howabout dat? on HP Jornada Refund · · Score: 1

    Where are all the mo-rons who were arguing about the fact that there were so many colors as opposed to the true too-few? lol

  24. Re:flatulence on Smell Of Fresh Cut Grass Trademarked · · Score: 1

    id strongly consider trademarking "the smell of freshly cut ASS"

  25. Me thinks a trend is happening on Censorship In China · · Score: 1

    In light of France telling Yahoo to remove Nazi items or face a ban, the USofA attempting to enact legislation against offshore Gambling houses, and now China... any other examples worth citing to further this censorship trending?