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  1. Trashcan lid Computer. Amazing. on New iMac Announced · · Score: 1

    The design proves that you can put a computer in
    a trashcan lid.

    Of course, George Lucas showed us this with robot designs.

  2. Diet Coke and/or Cell phones cause... on Wired on Autism in the Valley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    migraine headaches, autistic births, and multiple sclerosis.

    Many reports suggest this claim.
    Of course makers of the products will say that they are harmless.
    I try not to consume either one.

  3. Money support? Pay pal on Abiword: Support Expectations · · Score: 1
    Someone needs to set up an arbitrator that will help with sending money (via PayPal or another way) directly to a specific product's development team or developer.

    And do not say to just send money to GNU. Because an organization with a monopoly of any market can not be trusted to do what it's consumers wish. This applies to GNU, Microsoft, and RIAA alike, and also to charities (like United Way) and even the government itself. If it is possible to remove the middle organization and pay directly to the entity doing the work, then this should be done.

  4. Remember Freedows? on Review of AtheOS 0.3.7 · · Score: 1

    What is a likely result of a new OS project?

    Look at:

    http://www.freedows.org

  5. Re:Insightful post, not flamebait on Mozilla 0.9.6 Released · · Score: 1

    I did say separate executables, not dynamic libraries.

    Can you exaplain how to configure mozilla to use another mail or news reader?

    The mozilla model of turning all applications into a dynamic library, then having one "everything" application link them, is quite different than the unix model, and is an unsafe model because a crash kills everything.

  6. Insightful post, not flamebait on Mozilla 0.9.6 Released · · Score: 1
    The fact that the post was moderated to flaimbait only highlights the problem with the moderation system. Insight is often crushed when it is contrary to the majority (mob) opinion.

    Years ago, netscape source became available. I thought "great, now netscape split up into separate executables (browser, mail, news, html editor, all sharing dynamic libraries". This never happened. Instead many more features and applications have been assimilated into this one package.

    I wish that the "mozilla is dead" comment were true. Unfortunatly, the majority hope and demand will prop it up for an enternity.

  7. Recognition slow and not grafitti. on First Looks at Linux DA PDA · · Score: 1

    They finally sent mine also.

    The handwriting recognition has a box that shows the letter as your write it. That's cool, but it's disappearance is timed, so you can easily write too fast and write two lettes at once.
    Also, I havn't opened th book yet, but the alphabet seems lowercasish, not grafitti. I think some single stroke alphabet like grafiti will work better and get rid of the need for a timed input window. Does someone know if the source is available in their handwriting?

    Also, I need a simple serial terminal for this. It doesn't run Palm or Java apps, so I'm limited to writing my own right now.

  8. "I think G is really going to help.." Mr. NoG said on 802.11g Approved By IEEE 54 mb/s on 2.4 gigahertz · · Score: 1

    "I think G is really going to help move along B, especially in areas where the data rate of B was holding it back," Nogee said.

  9. tiny QWERTY only helps "hunt and peck"ist on First Review of Sharp's new Linux-based PDA · · Score: 1

    If you know how to type and do not have baby hands, this tiny keyboard will not help you.

    If you know how to type, it is likely that your hands know where the keys are, but you eyes do not.

  10. X.com on The PayPal Phenomenon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They didn't mention that paypal bought their competition, x.com, which included banking, mutual funds and stocks, then discontinued all of its operations.

  11. And SAM, Atari 800. Note SAM is part of Win2000 on Text-to-Speech on a Low-Power Chip · · Score: 1

    Microsoft bought up what was SAM and put it
    in Windows 2000.

  12. CS/math classes don't need calulators to calculate on HP Calculator Department Closing · · Score: 1

    CS classes don't require calculators at all.

    Calc classses dont require calulators for numerical caluations (rather for graphing and symbolic solutions).

    Statistics only needs a few formulas, where you plug in some values.

    Engineering classses require complex numerical calulations the most, and this is why RPN is the engineers choice. With a stackless calculator, complex compuations require you to visualize the entire equation ahead, or use the memory button to mimic a stack.

  13. Yes, much better that "Crouching Sitting Whatever. on Jet Lag: 2 Reviews Of "The One" · · Score: 1

    Iron Monkey was the best Kung Fu movie that I have seen in the theater.

    Unlike, the crouching animals movie, this one had a plot that worked, and some real fight moves (in addition to many laughable ones).

  14. Re:?Lives Notation Polish Reversed? on HP Calculator Department Closing · · Score: 1

    Parenthesis calculator:
    Lives(Notation(Reverse(Polish))

    RPN:
    Polish Reverse Notation Lives

    Parenthesis calculator:
    Is(Sad(This))

    RPM:

    This Sad Is

  15. FTE on GNU Emacs 21 · · Score: 1

    fte.sourceforge.net

    FTE looks and acts like dos edit from the start, plus it has multiple buffers, and is custimizable.

    It does not attempt to be a poor OS like emacs, though.

  16. The airplane had something to do with it. on Blaming Encryption · · Score: 1

    The fact that the pilot and controls are protected by a curtain is more the problem, than terrorists telling eachother via PGP that american planes have no security, and planning to exploit that.

  17. I need more specific JavaScript browser options. on Browser Spyware: Watching Where You Linger · · Score: 1

    No mouseover events would be a good start.

  18. AC3, DVI, and DVD support on Ask John Gildred About Indrema And Linux Gaming · · Score: 2

    Will it support AC3 so I can hook up my stereo?
    Will it support DVI so I can hook a digital monitor or digital projector?
    And, of course will it let me play my DVD's?

  19. Early because it will be mostly computer generated on Star Wars Episode II Wraps · · Score: 1

    Actually the film will mostly be a computer generated cartoon.

    The "actors" will be overlayed with the better looking computer generated beings.

    Mostly what was shot was background to put the cartoons on.

    But, this "all digital" film will only be sold on magnetic video tape.

  20. Taco, Thanks for speaking for everyone. on Barcode Maker Responds After Forcing Drivers Offline · · Score: 1

    Taco,

    Next time, post the message and your opinions separately, and let people form their own opinions.

    An equivalant would be if a President gave a speech and someone printed it, inserting comments telling everything wrong with it.

    Your "hackers like to tinker" argument, is less of an argument than "reverse engineering IS legal and is not the IP of the one reverse engineered".
    But since you have already spoken for us, no one hears that.

  21. Why does Mozilla have themes? on Mozilla Theme Builder Released · · Score: 1

    KDE and GNOME have themes already.

    Why can't those themes be good enough or be extended with mozillaisms?

    If every application decides it needs it's own themes, that will be fun to configure won't it?

  22. Vorbisonic on Non-RIAA Record Companies? · · Score: 1

    http://www.vorbisonic.com/home.htm

    Vorbisonic is currently the only record label
    supporting Ogg Vorbis instead of patented mp3.
    I imagine there will be more to follow.

  23. hey, on Richard M. Stallman Visits Teradyne · · Score: 1

    This sounds familiar.

    You could have simplified the argument for me.
    propaganda sounds harsh, reading it now.
    Next time maybe replace propaganda with "political and inaccurate"

  24. How would SDMI compete with Vorbis or Mp3 on Linux on SDMI Technologist Talal Shamoon Interview · · Score: 1

    Can you make an open source SDMI player without giving out the unencode secrets?
    (The DVD question)

  25. One fingered engineers on Review Of The New Apple Mouse · · Score: 1

    If they are only going to make mice with one button, they should make them shaped like Mickey Mouse better fit the target audience.

    MS's 2 finger mice are bad enough, but one button?
    With one button, you have to double and tripple click and use the keyboard to get anything done.

    For simplicity, why not have a one button keyboard and have up to 102 consecutive clicks to represent each key.

    A logitech-like 3 button mouse that fits my hand please.