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  1. Re:All I want from a search engine... on Searching For Google's Successor · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Most of my sites get spidered by Google monthly (or more often). It seems like it takes about 3 - 4 weeks for Google to get the new content into it's database. Here's an example of it on one of my pages that has the date, from Google's cache. The date it was spidered is in the right hand news column.

  2. Re:Google destroyed Deja on Searching For Google's Successor · · Score: 1

    Try "Tom Clancy +is +a Red", so "is" and "a" don't get dropped out.

  3. No species on other planets? on X-33 Venture Star Reborn as Space Bomber · · Score: 1

    That not what this guy thinks ...

  4. Re:Err - patent fight on the horizon? on Google To Gain a Rival? · · Score: 1
    OK, even easier... in Google's search box type

    link:http://www.ichimunki.com/

  5. Re:Err - patent fight on the horizon? on Google To Gain a Rival? · · Score: 1
    Google will show you the links back to a page. Here's the links back to my front page.

    You can use the advanced search, but I usually use the Google toolbar which lets you find backward links, page popularity, similar pages, search news groups, and lots of other stuff.

  6. Solar heating hacker on Solar Power in the Third World · · Score: 4
    A few years ago while I was looking for information on solar heating I found Nick Pine.

    He has many hundreds of usenet posts, ideas about converting an existing house to 100% solar, low cost and warm homeless shelters, and is conducting solar heating experiments, all using inexpensive / easily obtainable materials.

    If you're interested in solar heating, you should check him out.

  7. A guide to digital currencies on Using Gold As Online Currency · · Score: 2
    Here's a pretty cool web site about digital currencies with an emphasis on using gold.

  8. Cost spammers $5.34 a click on Hormel Gracefully Concedes On SPAM vs. Spam · · Score: 2
    The spammers want you to visit their web site and are paying GoTo.com more than $5 / click for you to come and see them. Help them out on GoTo.com's bulk email search page.

  9. Re:Spam filter list on Buried in email? · · Score: 1
    [Warning, the webpage is pretty hideous]

    Thanks for the link. What's wrong with the page? It looks fine to me.

  10. What? on Sean In The Middle · · Score: 1
    I called the school district to ask if there was any comment. A secretary in the administrators' office asked me if I was kidding. "No," she said. We don't have any. And what is a Slashdot?"

    What did you want the school district to comment on? Why is the secretary asking about Slashdot? Is part of the article missing?

  11. Re:Hand Crank on New Batteries Promise 2.5 Times Longer Uptime · · Score: 1
    Why doesn't someone just create a light-weight hand crank that builds up energy into a spring-like steel coil that powers a dynamo

    Because then IBM couldn't sell me a new $100 battery every year for my Think Pad ...

  12. Real Video Lectures here on ArsDigita U. Cuts On-Campus Admissions · · Score: 2

    Hours of real video lectures by Phillip Greenspun and others (Richard Stallman for instance) here or http://aduni.org/about/colloquium_schedule.tcl if you're scared of links.

  13. Re:Closing open source out on AOL vs. Open Source AIM Clones · · Score: 1
    If AOL was the one who received the income from the ads they probably wouldn't mind your clone so much.

    AOL doesn't like the clones because they use up AOL's resources, not because they don't show banner ads.

  14. Spread thin on Linuxgruven Layoffs · · Score: 2

    They have 8 locations according to their Office Locations page, that's 3/4 of an employee per location.

  15. They're pretty sure of themselves on Sauce for the Gander: Aimster Uses DMCA to Its Advantage · · Score: 1
    The animated gif on the Aimster front page says "Can't touch this!".

    Cool!

  16. PHPs cool and free PHP IDE on Announcing PHP-GTK · · Score: 1
    Great post Ananova.

    I just started using PHP in January. It was easy to learn and does lots of stuff. I used a small PHP script to change a 50,000 row database from fixed width columns to tab deliminated (so I could import it into mySQL (I couldn't find a way to import it straight into mySQL), then used PHP to output the data from the database to the web pages.

    I found a free PHP IDE at PHPEd. It only runs on Windows, has syntax highlighting, and lets you run and debug the programs you're writing right in the editor. I like it pretty much.

  17. Re:Congress will investigate Web Bugs (LINK) on Microsoft: The Biggest Web Bugger · · Score: 1
    Oops.

    before the advertiser (spammer) gets paid

    should have been

    before the advertiser (spammer) has to pay.

    Sorry...

  18. Re:Congress will investigate Web Bugs (LINK) on Microsoft: The Biggest Web Bugger · · Score: 1
    Goto.com sells placement in it's searches. In this search for bulk email, the number one result paid $4.51 per click through to be the first search result.

    I belive you have to actually click the links that result from the search before the advertiser (spammer) gets paid, so I clicked on the top ten results. (I hate spammers too).

  19. Touch pads on Where Is My Heavy-Duty Mouse? · · Score: 1
    I bought a Cirque Cruise Cat Touchpad many months (a couple of years?) ago because I couldn't find a mouse or trackball that liked all the dog hair and dirt that it was exposed to.

    I haven't had any problems with it since I bought it (except lack of Win 2000 drivers for the cool extra stuff, they're finally beta testing them). If you're using it with Linux, just get the cheapest model touchpad they have and it will emulate a regular old mouse. You can wipe it off with a damp rag if it gets too dirty, but dirt doesn't seem to affect how it works.

    It's really great for internet browsing because along with being able to scroll pages like a mouse w/ a wheel, you can also go back and forth between pages with out having to cursor up to the arrow keys at the top of the window.

    I know it's not a mouse, but it's a pretty indestructable pointing device and it's really nice to use. It takes up way less desk space than a mouse too.

    Another cool feature is (from the web site) -- And that's not all... a fourth hot button on the touchpad allows access to many other shortcuts including copy, paste, minimize, maximize, close application and more. These easy, fast-action commands are like nothing you've every seen in a pointing device. Touching the button brings up Cirque's new "Touch Gestures" feature, a unique benefit in our 5th Generation touchpad that lets you quickly "draw" any letter or symbol on the surface with your finger to activate a command. Drawing an "X", for example, might close an application; "F" might open your financial spreadsheet; "Hi" might bring up the last version of your letter to Mom; and so on. You can build on Cirque's default Touch Gesture settings or create your own.

  20. Re:Next up cindy crawford on Spidergoats · · Score: 1
    Dude,

    It's Cindy Crawford, I'm sure she already does, and it smells like air freshner...

  21. ZD Net says it's just a bios upgrade on Pentium 4 Systems Recalled By Some U.S. Stores · · Score: 2
  22. Here's the link to the keychains on Quickies, Coast to Coast · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Red Hat==Microsoft - I'm a believer! on RH7 Crashes In Three Weeks (But Fixed) · · Score: 1
    Recommendations, anyone?

    Mandrake 7.2 beta is pretty bleeding edge and is running great on my computer.

  24. This might be the future of music distribution on Napster Usage Quadruples · · Score: 1
    I wish I had stock options! I could see this sort of a service (like echo.com) become the new method of making sure the right people (customers and fans) hear your (an aspiring band's (or film maker's or writer's or ...)) music. Just throwing your music on a web page or on Napster won't work if nobody knows to look for you.

    New artists will need something like echo.com to get thier work heard by people who will probably like them and support them (cd sales, t shirts, banner ads on the bands web site, or something)

  25. A new Napster alternative on Napster Usage Quadruples · · Score: 2

    I've been trying to find a good way to hear new (to me) music. Downloading random mp3s from Napster or IRC just doesn't seem that productive. I found a new site Echo.com that lets you customize streaming music to your computer. As each song plays you get to rate the song, the artist, and the album. You can also rate them on the web site The web site then uses these rankings plus the types of music you select when you set up your station to send you a custom stream.

    Your steam includes songs you've ranked highly and new music that is similar to what you've ranked highly (you get to select how much new music you hear compared to ranked songs). It has an incredible selection of music. Rock (old and new), Jazz, Rap, Country, Religious, and other types. There are well known artists (to me at least) like The Black Crowes, Eminem, Pink Floyd, Dr. Dre, Fleetwood Mac, and Limp Bizkit mixed in with people I've never heard of. Exactly what I want.

    You can set up different "stations" with different music types and invite other people to listen. You can also chat with the other people listening to the same station as you. It requires Real Player 8, Flash, and a recent version of Netscape or Internet Explorer and it works great on my Win 2000 box. They also give you points for listening (based on how long you listen), and you can redeem your points for stuff.

    This seems like it would be a great way for new artists to get noticed. The player has a BUY button on it that takes you to amazon to let you buy the artists CD, and if people were rating them highly, they would be played more often as an Echo suggestion.