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  1. Trillian Pro v1.0 on Gaim For Windows · · Score: 1

    Trillian has also released their "next-generation" IM client, Trillian Pro. Luckily (for me at least), those of us who have contributed at least one dollar in the past can get it for free, and those who didn't must pay $25 for it.

  2. Re:Article on Financial Companies Ask IM Companies To Work Together · · Score: 2
    For the month of July, 12.7 million office workers were using instant messaging services, including those from AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Trillian.
    Whoa! I never knew Trillian was an instant messaging service--I'd always thought it was just a program that operated with other instant messaging services. I must've missed out on something. Maybe the newly released Trillian Pro is an IM service as well as client.
  3. Re:Yeah right!!! on Financial Companies Ask IM Companies To Work Together · · Score: 2
    Sure every once in a while they do something good, but the large majority of the time they do not. Case in point: Passing those terrorist bills after 9/11/2001 that limit freedoms more than terrorism.
    Am I to assume that by "government" you mean the federal government, namely congress and the President? Nearly all of the things government agencies do are things the American people as a whole want, and local governments are generally more productive than the federal government.
  4. Re:With All due respect... on Electronic Voting's Fundamental Flaws · · Score: 2
    First you say a recognized expert is kinda right, but lo and behold, if only we had open source, that would be the end of our woes.
    I agree with you--simply using open source software won't solve the problem. But if Florida had decided to use open source software they could have reviewed the code themselves--rather than having to trust the company that made the software.
  5. Re:Slashdotted? on Discarded AT&T Microwave Bunkers For Sale · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If I had it, I'd buy one. That is, if I knew where they were. I guess the site was preemptively /.ed.

  6. Re:Lets look at some real data... on Linux Outpacing Macintosh On Desktops · · Score: 2

    Ok, did they know about the Yahoo, AOL, Netscape or CompuServe searches? If they used those, then they used Google, and it was duly recorded on Google's servers.

  7. Re:Who knew the sign that someone was a total geek on BBC Hails "fair" Microsoft XP SP1 · · Score: 2

    Uhh, the article didn't mention EULA changes, and I've yet to see comments posted about them.

  8. Re:Karma Whoring on BBC Hails "fair" Microsoft XP SP1 · · Score: 2

    I wish that I could also force other programs from opening up webpages in explorer for me. Other than that I've never had a problem with file type properties.

  9. Re:Google Mirror on Google Mirror Beats the Great Firewall of China · · Score: 2, Informative

    When you input a search term it has to be backwards as well, and I've never mastered the art of typing backwards. So if you suddenly forget the url for /., you have to type in "todhsals" at this mirror to find it.

  10. Re:Increasing the waste of resources on FTC Encourages Consumers to Forward Them Spam · · Score: 2

    There is little overlap in the amount of spam you and I get, but if we both forward it the FTC has that much more information. From a recent /. poll about spam I saw the uce@ftc.gov address and a link to a press release about this. The release said that they had notified people whose addresses had appeared multiple times in the get-rich-quick schemes (wherein you send $5 to some address, spam hundreds of others, and make thousands of dollars) that the schemes were illegal and they had to return all the money they made and stop sending out the spam (about 150 of them)). Eight people kept doing it, so they were prosecuted.

  11. Re:Read about Microsoft's efforts to do this. on FTC Encourages Consumers to Forward Them Spam · · Score: 2

    So this is what he means when Bill says he's giving money to charities that support third-world kids.

  12. Re:from the posting on FTC Encourages Consumers to Forward Them Spam · · Score: 2

    Perhaps they should use ftc-uce@hotmail.com instead.

  13. Re:VIA is a bit smaller. on New Small Form Factor PC Reviewed · · Score: 2
    You said arguably the smallest, and I'm gonna argue.
    Me too.
  14. Re:De-l33t-ified (long) on Slashback: Google, Prince, Bayesian · · Score: 2
    Need we say more? See for yourself... There's already only 7 of these corporate giants
    Or six
  15. Re:I can't help but think.... on Convert Unneeded VRAM Into A Storage Device · · Score: 2

    I was going from memory (no pun intended) so I might have messed up a little. I know it's RDRAM because a sticker on the RAM itself says so.

  16. Re:I can't help but think.... on Convert Unneeded VRAM Into A Storage Device · · Score: 2

    I'd love to know that as well--I'd never thought of that. I can't find RAM that'll fit in my system right now. Supposedly my system is using PC2100 DIMM RDRAM, but when I buy that it doesn't seem to fit. A PCI card like you mention would work nicely to allow for multiple types of RAM. The only problem I foresee is that PCI cards are kind of close together and there might not be room to put extra RAM in either the top or bottom of the card. I'm sure there are ways to work around this though.

  17. Re:Who cares? on Baseball Cracks Down on Fan Sites · · Score: 2

    They mention that the other kind of football (where you do carry the ball) doesn't care about fan sites, as long as the sites are non-commercial.

  18. Toilet Remote on The Ultimate Universal Remote Control · · Score: 2
    Now I wonder if I could remotely flush my toliet?
    That'd be cool--wait for someone else to go to the bathroom and flush it while they're sitting down.
  19. Re:What does this say about PCs vs. consoles? on Gamers Drive High-End PC Market · · Score: 2
    Nobody has succeeded in running an "unauthorized" game on an unmodified XBox, Playstation 2, or Nintendo GameCube.
    Ok, but the XBox had been hacked to run Linux, so I'm assuming "unauthorized" games aren't far behind.
  20. Re:We already do pay for TV without commercials on How Could TV Survive Without Commercials? · · Score: 2

    That sucks. I always thought the NFL itself (not the teams) had the rights to the broadcasts of games, but I guess the Seahawks found a way around that.

  21. Re:Um, how would anything change? on How Could TV Survive Without Commercials? · · Score: 2
    Remember the 1970's Coke commercial, where you had a big extended family singing under a christmas tree? It did bring tears out of rocks, and won countless awards.

    It also disn't work. Coke sales kept plumetting after that award-winning ad.
    Well, that was sort of before my time. But I remember the Taco Bell chihuaha(sp) commercials that were popular, but couldn't bring up sales. The producers of the commercials couldn't escape the fact that they were advertising for Taco Bell--and the couldn't work miracles.
  22. Re:In show ads on How Could TV Survive Without Commercials? · · Score: 2

    I meant commercial free as in free of 30 second commercials. As long as it doesn't interrupt the game, I'm okay.

  23. Re:In show ads on How Could TV Survive Without Commercials? · · Score: 2

    If you've ever watched soccer on TV, you'll realize that it is commercial free for each 45 minute half. To make up for the revenue lost, about every five minutes the announcer says "this segment of the game is brought to you commercial free by Visa. Visa: it's everywhere you want to be." Then the Visa logo is displayed in the corner of the screen until the next segment comes along.

  24. Re:Front Line Reason on Combined DVD Burners Coming Soon · · Score: 2

    Right, it's not much more complicated, but when you confront people with acronyms they've never heard of they get confused.

  25. Re:Floppies on Combined DVD Burners Coming Soon · · Score: 2

    1.44MB is almost too much. After all, "640K ought to be enough for anyone" (Bill Gates).