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  1. Ummm... that's the Eye of Sauron on Hubble's Exoplanet Pics Outshined by Keck's · · Score: 1

    This ain't no solar system... it's the all seeing Eye of Sauron! Creepy.

  2. Re:Try TrendNet on Is Cheap Video Surveillance Possible? · · Score: 1

    I bought the TrendNet TV-IP312W (day/night with ifrared light, wireless network). It works fairly well. Requires IE for setup, but supports RTSP, save to Samba, FTP, motion detection with auto-email.

    http://trendnet.com/langen/products/proddetail.asp?prod=105_TV-IP312W&cat=48

  3. Is it too soon... on Time-Warner Planning AOL Split · · Score: 1

    ... to hope for a Microsoft Yahoo! post-merger demerger? Only with Yahoo pocketing all the cash?

  4. Too much Boing Boing... on Boing Boing Founder Warns of "Internet AIDS" · · Score: 1

    "Boing Boing" with out a "proper protection" with random "internet friends" could snag you a nice case of the clam, clap, or HIV/AIDS.

    This guy must have not been paying attention in sex ed class if he is just now realizing this.

  5. Why not compare ID with face? on Facial Recognition Vending Machine Debuts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it's that good, why don't they just require standard government ID and use the face recognizer to determine if the buyer is the person on the ID and let the ID provide the age?

  6. Little guys are saving lives/livelihoods on Skin Stem Cells Used to Mend Spines of Rats · · Score: 1

    I got a tour of this lab a few months ago. It was totally amazing to see rats at various stages of recovery. Freshly broken backs with nasty looking scar and staples dragging themselves along with their front legs, to near fully recovered rats walking on all fours. Really really amazing.

    My girlfriend always thought it was kinda mean to use lab rats, but after seeing these "heroes"... she's changed her mind slightly to "these little guys are saving lives"

    As a side, this lab had some cool stuff going on. Glow in the dark mice, rats injected with cancer. I love the sentry rats that have nothing done to them... with a sign on the cage that says "If these rats are dead. Get out of the room"

  7. Mountain Dew in Canada on How Much Caffeine is Really in That Soda? · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked, Mountain Dew in Canada is caffine free. I remember someone telling me that in Canada you can not put caffine in a pop (soda) unless it is dark coloured.

  8. Flat tire? on The Air Car Nears Completion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pesky kids let the air out of your tires, just fill em back up with your fuel... or run out of fuel, fill from your tires.

  9. Correct AndrewSullivan URL on Your Favorite Political Weblogs? · · Score: 1

    I believe the URL above should be: AndrewSullivan.com

  10. Less light == less sunburns? on More on Global Dimming · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So does this mean that if we cleaned up the air, we would get more sunlight and more skin cancer because we've already done damage to the ozone?

  11. Re:Trying to put rental places out of business? on Self-Destructing DVD's Coming Soon · · Score: 1
    I wonder about this myself, but then rental shops have a limited number of inventory that can be rented out at one time imposing a limit to the amount of money a certain movie can generate for a single day. With this EZ-D format, shops could potentially have limitless daily rentals.

    does this make up for lost revenue in late fee's? I don't know.

  12. But this is better... on Self-Destructing DVD's Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    It's the same idea (AFAIK), but this doesn't require that you own some stupid player to play the things. The old Divx idea was it's own standard/format and required a Divx player. This EZ-D stuff you can play in your DVD player... big plus, I'm sold.

  13. Lisp ?? on Reading Lips In Software · · Score: 1

    Oh oh!! L-I-P-S!!

    First I thought, Jeeze... I can already read Lisp, emacs style...

    Then... ohhhh... they mean Lisps... like a speech impedement... That would be cool, to read lisps.

    But reading lips makes much more sense.

  14. Re:Am I the only one... on The Googlewashing Of Our Language · · Score: 1

    Nope... I don't get it either.

    Although Moore seems to make "The Second Superpower" somewhat dependant on the internet and the inhierent information readiness.

    He make some claims about the second superpower being a sort of "collective"... well, we all know how "collective" minds turn out :) mmm.... Seven...

  15. Damn Blizzard!! on Blizzard Births BBS · · Score: 4, Funny

    First BBS's, and then Warcraft!!! What next?? Some sort of fancy persistant universe?? CRAZY!!

  16. re-airs Dec 14th. on Spielberg's Taken · · Score: 1
    Schedule says it's gonna air again starting on the 14th and 15th of December in a big ass marathony type event.


    This was filmed in Vancouver BC (Along with many other of your favourite (<- see, Canadian spelling even) shows and movies! GO CANUCKS GO!


    Sucky thing is that I don't think I can watch this show on TV up here as our cable package doesn't get us SciFi. Damnit... I guess I have to wait till it shows up on the p2p nets

  17. I already own a nice CRT... on Flat Screen Monitors Sales to Reign This Year · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So logically the next thing I would buy would be a fancy schmancy flat panel.

    Are these figures skewed for reasons like this?

  18. Re:A platform for Web-based project management on Open Source Requirements Management Systems? · · Score: 1

    I've used OPT before and love it! Many really nice features, and I just love the task system. It's web based, and from what I remember, was quite easy to install/setup. Though I've never used it for a large corporate project, I've used it for personal projects (just to manage myself and such) and for a few small contract gigs.

  19. NetFlix alternative in Canada... on Snail Mail Still Winning The Bandwidth War · · Score: 1

    If you're like me, then you live in Canada and were pissed to find out that Netflix didn't ship up here (even if they did, it'd end up being expensive given the CDN peso + whatever else).

    DVDHype is a Canadian based service much like Netflix. Their website leaves something to be desired, but their service has been great and shipping fairly fast (4 days from east to left coast - they are based in Ontario I think and I am in BC).

    PS. I don't work for them, or even use subscribe at the moment (damn school), but I like em.

  20. Farscape in Canada?!? on Farscape & Stargate SG-1 New Seasons Tonight · · Score: 1

    I've been in Australia for the last 3 months (where Farscape is filmed, I believe) and now that I'm back in Canada (where SG-1 is filmed... a few eps filmed up at SFU, I might add) I'm aching to watch some Farscape. A while back, the only canadian channel to have it was YTV (Youth TV), but they cancelled it when they realized that it wasn't really a youth program merely because of the Henson puppets. SPACE (our cool ass sci-fi channel) only has ep 2 for this summer :(. So does anyone know of anystation that we can get with basic/extended cable up here in Canada (the left-coast) that carries Farscape?

    Do I have to resort to downloading the episodes again?

  21. Comprehensive kb/mouse/speaker manual on RTFM = Read the Funny Manual? · · Score: 1

    on the box my kb/mouse/speakers came in:

    "Please read the product instruction carefully before you use and don't use on the other purpose which instructions does not mention"

  22. Any other Canadian etailers? on Akira Re-Released · · Score: 1

    Anybody know of any other canadian etailers carrying this (or other cool DVD's for that matter - like farscape episodes)?

  23. Re:violate fair use? on CD Copy "Protection" in California · · Score: 1

    Apples and Oranges. When you buy a car, but buy a CAR! but when you buy a CD you are buying the music (or at least the right to listen to it or whatever). Don't be stupid.

  24. Re:Nudies? on Are Computer Graphics A Fine Art? · · Score: 1

    Well if I take an "artistic" photo of my nude body on print (not digital) it may be considered "fine art". If I digitize it, does it somehow loose it's "fine art"ness?? If I alter it, does it loose it's "fine art"ness?? Anti-art maybe :) hehe

  25. Nudies? on Are Computer Graphics A Fine Art? · · Score: 3

    I take pictures nude pictures of myself and then use photoshop to digitally "enhance" my penis. Is this considered "art".