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  1. slashdumb.com on Cable Modem Tax Proposed by FCC · · Score: 0, Troll
  2. Re:At some point it's going to backlash. on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 1

    "The major labels are the RIAA's clientelle"

    I think "cartel" is a better suited word.

  3. 8 cooling fans? Does it hover too? on 17" Monitor Case Modding -- The "iMike" · · Score: 1

    Just curious.

  4. This is a PD's wet dream on Review: PogoProducts' Radio Your Way · · Score: 1

    And a jocks nightmare.

  5. BEWARE THE MECHA-STREISAND on Barbra Streisand, Miss Vermont, And Your Website · · Score: 1

    There is no Mega-Portier to save us.

  6. Fujitsu on Major Tablet PC Running Into Problems? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're right... the Fujitsu is the nicest of the bunch.... when it works.

    I've had to send mine back TWICE for a failed NIC. The first time they replaced the systemboard, and it worked for about a month. It just went back for the second failure. Wireless works great, and the handwriting recognition kicks ass, even with my shoddy penmanship.

    The Toshiba is a close second, although it is more of a laptop with a pen than a tablet. The weight difference between it and the Fujitsi is noticable. And even though BOTH are running WinXP Tablet, the Fujitsu's handwriting rec. works better.

  7. Re:I don't need embedded 98 but boot-from-flash 98 on Run Win98 From 16MB Flash Disk · · Score: 1

    I put a full install of Win98 on a 256mb Lexar Jumpdrive Pro. Works pretty good, although you need to install it on a hard drive first (so the USB driver can be installed), and ghost the image over.

  8. Re:Recommendations for external DVD burners on DVD Recording - Is There a Winner Yet? · · Score: 1

    You can build your own using ADS Tech cases.

    I've put together a couple of Pioneer A05 drives in ADS cases with USB2.0. It burns and plays back seemlessly. (As an aside, I've also put 48x burners in the case as well, with no problems.)

    For pre-made items, I haven't had any issues with LaCie drives.

  9. I don't think the article is entirely accurate. on Gator Examined · · Score: 5, Informative

    Unless I missed something...

    We have had dumbasses within our company install Gator, and it generates pop-ups on our intranet pages as well, not just "targeted" domains.

    I didn't seem to see anything in there that covered that.

  10. IANAL, but.... on Spam, Milord · · Score: 1

    >> New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer heralded the case as the first criminal prosecution of a spammer under New York's six-month-old identity-theft statute. "Spammers who forge documents and steal the identity of others to create their e-mail traffic will be prosecuted," Spitzer said at a press conference.

    Couldn't this be loosely manipulated to tag spammers that spoof a known good email address as the sender?

  11. But now... on Lucas Returning to Digital Animation · · Score: 2, Funny

    He can make really crappy movies and not destroy an actors career with it.

  12. Re:Flamebait on What's Microsoft Up To? · · Score: 1

    Nah.... Posts like this are necessary, imho.

    Look at Ralph Nader. Not many people wanted him as President, and a good chunk of the stuff he says is crap, but every once in awhile he pops up with something that you needed to see, hear, or know about. I consider the "Anti-M$" posts around here in the same category. Microsoft frequently does stuff that you need to know about. It may not stop you from buying or using their product, but you can never have too much awareness on issues that effect your every day life.

    MS people bash Linux, Linux bashes MS, Mac users bash both (The most hard core deny that BSD had any real impact on OSx). It doesn't mean those people have nothing of worth to contribute, assuming you can filter out the noise :-)

    --Lester
    --Remembering the days with my Amiga.

  13. Re:Find a Sponsor on Starting an After-School Computer Club? · · Score: 1

    First off, this isn't a BS club.

    Secondly, there is a difference in participating in a BS club, and being the one that started it.

  14. Re:I think this STAR WARS stuff should made illega on Star Wars Extras Needed · · Score: 1

    "Mensa member, beware of the high IQ"

    Shouldn't that be "Beware someone taking themselves too seriously"?

  15. Re:Manhole covers on How Would You Move Mount Fuji? · · Score: 1

    They are round because any other shape could fall, or be manipulated through the hole.

  16. Re:Unlikely on The Virus Did It · · Score: 1

    Wasn't there a hole in Kazaa that allowed something like this to happen?

    If so, and it was My Music that was the shared folder, then this could be how his shared files were "stuffed neatly" in My Music. (Did he say they were movie files? That's not neat... that's mislabeled! :-)

  17. Re:Correction "Indian/Chinese" IT market will grow on Tech Jobs Projected to Double by 2010 · · Score: 1

    Looks like it's time to start training the Afghani's. :-)

  18. I like the assumption.... on Congress to Make PATRIOT Act Permanent · · Score: 3, Insightful

    that Gore wouldn't have done the same thing, had he won.

  19. HP LaserJet Series II Still Going Strong. on Are Printers What They Used To Be? · · Score: 1

    New Lexmark Z45 dead before it reached a year.

  20. You forgot AT LEAST SP5 for NT. on What Would You Put Into A Software Survival Kit? · · Score: 1

    If you're going to take NT4, you need to have at least SP5 with you.

    And I'd take the XP disk just to be sure.

    And a USB Flash Drive (256mb or higher).

  21. JAG warned us that this could happen. on U.S. Forces In Iraq Ban GPS Phones · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Except he wasn't.... on Portable Pioneer Adam Osborne dead at 64 · · Score: 1

    He was an American. By choice, no less.

  23. Re:Why? - For all those who continue to ask. on Updates on War in Iraq · · Score: 1
  24. Re:If not me, who? on Updates on War in Iraq · · Score: 1

    "all that was required of most of us: that we do nothing [endthewar.org]"

    So the U.S. has done something against the same sort of regime. What's the problem?

  25. My turn to beat the dead horse. on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 1

    You are correct if you say he didn't say "invented". He did say "created", which in my mind is little different.

    http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/ president.2000/transcript.gore/index.html

    GORE: Well, I will be offering -- I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be.

    But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.

    During a quarter century of public service, including most of it long before I came into my current job, I have worked to try to improve the quality of life in our country and in our world. And what I've seen during that experience is an emerging future that's very exciting, about which I'm very optimistic, and toward which I want to lead.
    ----
    rtsp://www.crm114.com/real/a_2.rm
    (With RealAudio you can hear him say it.)
    ----
    Not making it up, just postin' de facts. Don't get me started on the word "is". :-)