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  1. Re:Will the PC card slot go too? on MacBook is Speedy, but no FireWire 800, Modem Ports · · Score: 1

    can't the airport card do LEAP, or is there something else it needs to do?

  2. Re:Except that on ATI Talks Revolution Graphics · · Score: 1

    that's one thing i miss about carts. The ability to put new features on the carts themselves. I had Intellivision games that had speech synths built into their carts (b-52 bomber?), not to mention the various chips in genesis and super nes chips that have been there lately

  3. Re:Pricing on 360 Launch Lineup Released · · Score: 1

    PC games also don't need to pay a console maker for the right to play on a computer

  4. Re:this idea needs much improvement on Network TV Downloadable Via iTunes · · Score: 1

    it would convince me to buy a macmini entertainment edition though. (although i already have a powerbook). But seriously, if apple releases a DVR that works with my existing TV and interfaces with TIVO quality itunes video media, I would happily pay up to 600-675 dollars for it, especially if it can burn discs for archive

  5. Re:But what about Nibblers output? on Good bye Dark Matter, Hello General Relativity · · Score: 1

    wasn't his poop neutron star material? or antimatter, maybe?

  6. Re:Alpha Centauri on Ask Sid Meier · · Score: 1

    there's an unoffical OSx port of Alpha centauri. It updates the mac os 9 version to run under carbon

  7. Re:Here's a good tool to fight piracy on Movie Studios Unveil New Anti-Piracy Lab · · Score: 2, Informative

    here in Nyc it's 9.50-11.00 usually based on where you are in the city. If you are lucky, some theatres have discount days where if you go at an unpopular time (like late sunday night or during the workday) it'll be like 6-7 bucks

  8. Re:Outlook PST Files on Dealing With Laptops in a Business Network? · · Score: 1

    i have a perl script that i wrote that copies psts to network storage, is hacky, but it works

  9. Re:The first? on GTA: San Andreas to be Re-Released Next Week · · Score: 1

    that's not what happened, they re-released punchout years before the biting incident. It was either his rape trial (or if i remember correctly, their license on his name simply ran out) that led nintendo to replace tyson with Mr. Dream

  10. Re:if only it could manipulate MP3s on Did Microsoft Invent The iPod? · · Score: 1

    or you can press the center button once and then use the scroll wheel like a jog dial

  11. Re:In Search of the Lost Accord on Japanese Musicians Defy Sony by Joining iTunes · · Score: 2, Informative

    they take cd's from cdbaby.com don't they? isn't that in effect nearly like taking cd's from anywhere. (won't cd baby take anyone who'll give them some small token of money?)

  12. Re:Intel Israel on Intel On A Building Spree · · Score: 2, Informative

    motorola does a significant amount of fabing in israel. Particularly CPU's and small electronics for other corporations. Don't know why... must be all the sand

  13. Re:fill the hole? on Apple Making a Spreadsheet? · · Score: 1

    filemaker pro?

    or is there something that it doesn't do?

  14. Re:Support on Dell We'd Sell Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    the customer support we (at my company) get from dell is from Texas. It ranges from horrid to occasionally wonderful.

  15. Re:Better be on Mach-O, folks on Apple Switching to Intel · · Score: 1

    could the uunamed party be apple?

  16. Re:Simplify, Simplify, Simplify... on Stepping Off of the Grid? · · Score: 1

    why not, simply wondering, what's wron with a tetnus shot?

  17. OFFTOPIC Re:And this is why... on Library to Require Fingerprint to Use PCs · · Score: 1

    I don't want to get into an ideological argument, but I'm honestly curious, so I have to ask. What is the right amount of money for a government to have -- theoretically, in a modern nation, the only reason money has value at all is because it is agreed that the government can inbue worthless materials with a agreed upon value. If it were possible (not that is most likely is), for you to have the same or better quality of life with a much higher tax burden, would it matter what taxes were? I'm seriously wondering. I know, in my case, that I'd much rather have higher taxes than to owe over $100,000 dollars (between the wife and me) for our higher education (B.A.'s and Masters)... Isn't it really a question of where the trade offs are made?

    Or is it simply, as I've come to find in many cases, a question of ideology? Is it simply "wrong" to tax? If so, then what taxes, and indeed, why? No flame here, I'm simply wondering

    thanks,

  18. Re:And this is why... on Library to Require Fingerprint to Use PCs · · Score: 1

    like most things involved with libraries today, the
    funding for this kind of thing comes from a grant. Most likely, some foundation or another is providing the equipment and money for this library. When I was a librarian, outside of heating, electricity and insurance, grants and donations covered almost 95% of all other expendetures

  19. Re:Flying the MoonBus on Low-Cost Space Shuttle Replacement Proposed · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a good idea, but I'm curious.... why a figure eight? is there a particular reason for this flight pattern?

  20. Re:Really paranoid security on Security for the Paranoid · · Score: 1

    faronics deepfreeze is the software. we use it in our teaching labs

  21. Re:Is IE really a feature? on It's not a Feature, It's a Vulnerability! · · Score: 1

    ICAB of course.

    doesn't everyone remember icab?

  22. Re:Consistency and Integratioin. on Improving the Windows XP User Interface? · · Score: 1


    Why can I use windows networking paths (being able to "cd //servername/sharename") in cygwin of all things, but not in cmd.exe?
    I think they had to actually try to make that one not work, as fopen() in Windows will accept those paths.

    I actually discovered a fix for this while doing some scripted batch file installs: try using pushd \\nwname\share (it will mount the share as a drive automagically and then cd to it, stupid work around, but it works)

    -

  23. Re:format war on Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005 · · Score: 1

    how doesn't a mac support a PC formated Ipod? I use a PC formated Ipod every day on a mac. What's not supported?

  24. Re:Please Explain on FCC Extends Set-Top Box Deadline · · Score: 1

    a cable box is the decoder that descrambles (or in the case of Digital TV decodes) the content coming down the wire and then transfers it to the TV. In digital cable, it also allows for a channel guide and optionally, on demand features

  25. Re:Here's the process... on date +%s Turning 1111111111 · · Score: 2, Funny

    5) ?????????
    6) PROFIT!!!!

    Okay, I can't believe I posted that

    -oh well,
    om