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  1. Lockpicking groups? on Steel Bolt Hacking · · Score: 1
    the book suggests that there might be a lock-picking group in every city in the U.S., when in fact I am having a difficult time finding one in my are.

    Post your address, and I'm sure a lock-picking group will find you. Or your stuff, anyway.

  2. Nice Troll. on Spam Turns 100, By One Reckoning · · Score: 1

    So, did you make that up, or do you have a link to back up the Cunard canard?

  3. Hi, my name is Joe, and I'm a User. on TiVo, ReplayTV Agree to Limits · · Score: 1
    I'm sure I could figure it out. But the documentation is so confusing and nonintuitive, with so many cross references, that I'd rather not go to the trouble. That's the problem.

    I will check out the Knoppix thing, that might be what I need. But then I will need to go build a MythTV capable PC. Why doesn't someone (hello ThinkGeek!) sell one in a nice A/V form-factor with MythTV pre-installed and pre-tested? I for one would gladly pay $50-$100 extra to avoid the hassle of building it all by hand.

  4. Right. on TiVo, ReplayTV Agree to Limits · · Score: 5, Insightful
    And do you really think Joe User will contend with:

    mythtv-suite

    ATrpms - by Distribution > common > mythtv-suite
    Meta-package dragging in all of MythTV and add-ons.

    This package is only useful in conjunction with apt-get, yum, or any other automatic dependency resolver.

    It merely contains dependencies to all other required myth components, which in turn drag in further dependencies.

    If you have an atrpms enabled apt-get or yum, all you have to do is
    apt-get update && apt-get install mythtv-suite

    or
    yum install mythtv-suite

    Have a look at the multimedia rpms to browse through the actual packages. Instructions for installing/configuring apt-get and/or yum are at the front page.

    NOTE: drivers are not installed with mythtv-suite. If any rpms for a driver exists, you can still use apt-get or yum to install them.

    NOTE: While rpms make installing mythtv and dependencies very easy, configuring mythtv/xmltv etc. is still needed. Please read carefully the documentation at the official mythtv web site. There are also walkthrough guides like Jarod C. Wilson's guide and Tyler Butler's installation guide also for the PVR-250.

    And this is on the precompiled binaries page! How the heck will any non-Linux-geek figure this out?

    Someone really needs to compile a MythTV LiveCD (or whatever) that you can just install and run on a PC with suitable video hardware. Having to figure out all this Linux mumbo-jumbo, or worse, compile it yourself, is a recipe for saying "screw it" and going back to TiVo, restrictions or no.

  5. Sounds nice on Robot Walks on Water · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but does it run Jesux?

  6. But are they weather proof? on Smooth Paper-Backed e-Voting In Nevada · · Score: 0
    They should have had the primary last week - then they could have tested the machines in Black Rock City (NV's sixth largest at 35,000).

    Of course the write-in ballots would have been particularly entertaining.

  7. Re:No.. on Government Asks Court to Keep ID Arguments Secret · · Score: 1

    This is correct. I remember occasionally buying and selling airline tickets in my college days (1990 or so). When the airlines convinced the FAA to require ID to be shown, they claimed it was about security, but everyone knew that it about yield management.

  8. Re:Don't tape your dorm. on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 4, Funny
    No, do tape your dorm.

    With duct tape.

    You won't be able to get in or out, but that's the price you pay for security.

  9. Western Electric 300 and 500 on Ring-Tone Barons? Japanese Record Companies Raided · · Score: 1
    These are not hard to get at garage sales and antique shops. The bells usually work fine.

    But I agree with you. Ring tones are the spawn of Satan. I always keep my phone on vibrate only - it's polite and non-annoying.

  10. Re:Disinformation? on Apple iPod with Video and WiFi Capabilities? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not necessarily. Supply a long list of (possibly) relevant skills, and then narrow down requirements when you meet with the candidate under NDA. If you're trying to keep plans top-secret, this is a good way to do it - it's not as if Apple had any shortage of candidates to hire, or they hired solely based on the response to an online ad.

  11. Disinformation? on Apple iPod with Video and WiFi Capabilities? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wouldn't put too much stock in a job ad. If I were Apple I would add as much miscellany to the ad posting as possible to distract the competition.

  12. "this mouse introduces laser technology." on Logitech Gives A Mouse A Laser · · Score: 4, Funny
    For decades, science fiction writers and futurists alike have been predicting the day that laser technology would finally come to fruition. Who would have thought that it would be Logitech to at last bring laser technology to market, and that it would be a lowly mouse that would make it possible?

    With this breakthrough, Logitech truly enters the forefront of American innovation. We should all look to Logitech for inspiration.

  13. Re:So let me get this straight- on Examining the Treo 650 Smartphone · · Score: 4, Funny
    so now /. is a speculation site?

    New here, eh?

  14. Bluetooth to nearest phonecam. on Peeping Tom Worm That Uses Webcams · · Score: 1

    I guarantee someone is already working on this.

  15. Re:Not the first time... on How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions · · Score: 1

    But this is really wrong. How do we know? Pemex (the Mexican oil company) sold a gasoline called Nova for decades. If Pemex could use the name, so also Chevy.

  16. IT?! on Peeping Tom Worm That Uses Webcams · · Score: 2, Interesting

    do the Editors expect IT Managers to use this worm to spy on their employees or something?

  17. No, that's a different myth. on IT Myths · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Server Upgrades Don't Matter"

  18. Firebird .. Thunderbird .. Sunbird on Mozilla Releases Mozilla Sunbird 0.2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They really like 70s and 80s cars, don't they?

  19. I Want More Expensive DRM'd Files! on Real Feels iTunes Backlash · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple fans are nutty.

  20. Anti-Phishing Tool on Anti-Phishing Tools · · Score: 3, Funny
  21. it's no problem on It's Just the 'internet' Now? · · Score: 4, Funny

    lowercase makes one handed typing easier

  22. Re:How do you enforce 3 apps? on XP Starter Edition Examined · · Score: 1
    Is your virus scanner running in the background an app?

    Not sure, but the virus running in the background definitely is!

  23. oops. on Windows XP SP2 Impressions · · Score: 0, Troll
    so all these guys using bittorrent to distribute SP2 ... can't do it anymore once they install it.

    Yet another reason to BUY A FUCKING MAC. Jay-zus.

  24. Re:The problem is with *who* the cams are on... on Judges Junk Jailcam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why find him guilty? Just throw him in his own jail pending trial.

  25. Re:Maybe Not such a bad idea... on Roxio To Concentrate on Online Music Business · · Score: 1

    CD burning is built into OS X and WinXP. EZCD / Toast is an old solution for an old problem that has since been solved by the OS vendors themselves. It's no surprise they're dumping it. What surprises me is that anyone pays for it now at all.