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  1. Absolutely Amazed on Refocusable Plenoptic Light-Field Photography · · Score: 1

    Just when I thought the last big thing in photography would be the multi-snapshot, multi-angle camera that allows action to be frozen, the spun around... Then there comes this. And I agree with the prior post, it is more or less obvious once you read the technique, but it never would have occured to me. No matter how many times I look at a focal-plane diagram.

    What was that 3-D freeze and rotate camaera called? It has a bunch of camera on an arc, and it was used in the Matrix.

  2. Google is Freakin Smart on Google Launches Web Traffic Analysis Service · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am amazed time and again as Google finds segments in the market and exploits them. Now they are after web analysis, and not only do they provide a service, but they gain insight into how their competitors send traffic to your site. This is even better than just hosting, as you will get many people and companies that pay for hosting elsewhere, but will use GA to analyze traffic/logs.

    Google is web-omnipresent

  3. Stuffing Hard Drives in Boxes - SO WHAT? on Homebuilt 19" Mini-ITX Server Rack · · Score: 1

    One after the other, we see people stuff a bunch of hard drives in a box, and end up with X Terrabytes of storage space. Impressive, no more than the individual drives manufactured that allow someone to shove a bunch in a box and multiply X Gigs to get X Terras.

  4. Microsoft Vs Apple+Intel+Adobe on MS Unveils Beta of New Image Editing Program · · Score: 1

    Well given Bob Cringely's well thought position on the strategy of Apple, it makes great sense that Microsoft would position a product in the face of Adobe Photoshop. Acrylic is certainly not the first image editing software Mcrosoft has given away, included with the OS, or with Office. What will be interesting, is the direction MS will take their OS, for it is a rational guess based on their recent move with the XBOX 360 that they will pursue the IBM lineage of microprocessors. This is kinda like Melrose Place, where by the end of it's run, everyone had slept with everyone else before settling down.

  5. This is Horror on Computer-Edited Photos Lead To Child-Porn Locale · · Score: 1

    It is sad beyond words to see those photos, where a child was once there, and now there are the scars of the crime left upon the photos as they have been left upon the child. This is Horror.

  6. HUH? on Virtual Island Sells For $26,500 · · Score: 1

    What thew hell - If I don't smell a publicity farce, well I smell a publicity farce and a R A T .

  7. windows makes me P A R A N O I D on IE Holes Not Microsoft's Fault, Says Bill · · Score: 1, Interesting

    anytime, anywhere, anyplace and you too can be a victim of the digital environment you call yours. why is it that neither the government nor the corporation can deliver a secure computing environment through coporate decision or legislation?

    Could the state of computing security be just the way they want it? Is there a larger work at play here, the ability to get into what you want when you want whould you be the key master?

    How can a non-US Government or Coporation even consider windows? What is it I am not getting?

    NOthing has changed aside from security getting worse. A least I we have F I R E F O X , and I am not having to rebuild my laptop every 2 months due to unauthorized software.

    How can it be this bad? What is it we are blinded by?

  8. for profit is out the window now on An Online ID Registry · · Score: 1

    you just gave it away, and now someone else will run with tha ball if it is viable.

  9. : Still Camera on Projectionists Using Night Vision Goggles in Theaters · · Score: 1

    The other day I was at IMAX watching the Nascar flick (most excellent, especially for those who my not understand the sport - turned my GF into a nascar fan instantly) - I took a number of still photos...

    Anyone know if this could land a nice guy like me in jail?

    >>rhyder

  10. Piece of Junk on Nokia 3650 Released in US Market · · Score: 1

    All things

    none done well
    ass-a-9 keys
    in the garbage
    within the year

  11. : Boys with Power end up on Corporate Agenda's on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Apple is lucky to have him, that is a lot of top-down influence. The big gears up-top *are* the ones that predominate our lives in the ways of general trend and influence. Now given, there is proactive and reactive influence, but big players will ensure social connectvity, which AL has a great deal of.

  12. Rebuilt my Battery with 775 batteries on IBM 600 Series Laptops and Flaky Batteries? · · Score: 1

    I had a 775 battery pack sitting around, smaller cells:

    1. get exacto knife and cut main case open

    2. cut foil strips and remove old batteries

    3. solder wires to new batteries

    4. solder new batteries into correect positions and polarities with the newly attached wires

    5. make sure you got them all in right and no shorts or possible shorts. cover them all!

    6. tape case closed 'cause you'll be doing this again 6 months later.

    7. it works! holds charge for 45 minutes with that battery and most importantly allows you to suspend for weeks!

    use this info at your own risk : it worked for me for 4 months now, but who knows if you are as smart as me, you might mess things up and hurt yourself!

  13. Video or Documentary of the World Trade Center on More Links And Updates On Terrorist Attacks · · Score: 1

    I have seen enough and will never forget the destruction of the building which I last touched on Saturday 09/08/2001. After reading The New Yorker article detailing the construction of the foundation, I have become very interested in a video or documentary on its construciton. Anyone know what can be found, bought, watched?

    WANTED A video of the World Trade Center Construction.

  14. Re:The method of my madness. on You Cannot Turn it Off: News Addiction · · Score: 1

    I find the same method contributing to my insanity:
    -Rhyder

  15. Maps and Info - Trade Center on First-Person Account Of Today's Attacks · · Score: 1


    rhyder writes "I was last in the World
    Trade Center and the attached World Fianacial Center on Saturday evening. Many
    people I know work in those buildings, even more live and work in the shadow of
    those 2 towers. From the Port
    Authority of NY and NJ:

    1. The Port Authority
    2. Trade Center Concourse Level Map
    3. Trade Center Plaza Level Map
    4. Trade Center Complex Overview
    5. Area Map showing southern tip of Manhattan and the Trade Center
    location.



  16. Should Have Published Prior to Kubrick's Death on Kubrick's 2001: A Triple Allegory · · Score: 1

    Not liek Stan is around to comment, agree or refute the ideas suggested in this book. Maybe this author should have published a little sooner. I am sure that If Kubrick were around today this book would not be in print - as the editor would have sent it to Kubrick and heard nothing bu chuckles on the other end. A little too convenient not to have him around. IMHO

  17. Wirelss Internet - Montreal New York City on 64MB Compaq IPAQ On Sale -- Or Not? · · Score: 1

    Roaming between Montreal and New York City, I was wondering if anyone knew of a wireless solution for Internet accesss that will work in both of the formentioned cities?

  18. SOURCE CODE ON A SHIRT on "If You Can Put It On A T-Shirt, It's Speech" · · Score: 1

    I'm goint to put it on Oscar Meyer Bologna, cause it's healthy. And People should eat source code daily.

  19. Be Sure to Buy One Today on SETI@Home -- Running On A PCI Card · · Score: 1

    Heading in the right direction for distributed rendering though. Could pay for itself in some business models....

  20. As a Media Converter for Temp and Low Traffic on Software Routers vs. Hardware Routers? · · Score: 1

    The only time I justified using an NT 4 box as a router was for a temporary/non-critical situation where I needed to combine a 100 Mbps HP100VG AnyLan with a standard 100 Mbps Ethernet. It suited the purpose, cost less than $1000, and was used temporarily while converting the enitre network over to Ethernet.. FYI - The option for an HP Surestack Media Converter was $1000 for 10 Mbps and $8000 for 100 Mbps.

  21. THIS PRODUCT IS ON BACKORDER UNTIL THE END OF SUMM on A Palm-Compatible PDA for $100? · · Score: 1

    Well it is not much good now - kind of bulky looking anyway. End of summer should see a lot of 2 MB devices at that price point.

  22. Re:Stupid Ad - I made no money - on Will The Power Grid Fail? · · Score: 1

    I like home power despite the fact I live oin NYC I like slashdot despite the fact I am human I made no money, and why wouldn't home power deserve the attention? rhyder

  23. WHY DOESN'T MICROSOFT JUST BUY CANADA ???? on Microsoft Enticed To Move To British Columbia · · Score: 1

    They can afford to buy Canada, sell back Montreal to the French speaking natives and then wait for their orbiting development center between here and the moon.