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  1. plastic is passe on Time Warner to Allow Digital Recording · · Score: 1

    A 1000 hour TiVo is 1000 time more convenient than
    a DVD player or a PC.

    What kind of couch potato wants to get up and
    search through a stack of little plastic disks?

    Pick a show from the now playing list then sit back and veg.

    "What's green on your Tivo?"

  2. Old news (AOLTV again) on Time Warner to Allow Digital Recording · · Score: 1

    This story is at leat 2 years old. The box will be a custom Tivo called AOLTV. See the (old) story here.

  3. Hack your TiVo Now! on Gates and Lasser on Palladium · · Score: 1

    Get into non Intel hardware now before
    it's too late.

  4. OS-X is free (as in BSD) on Microsoft vs. Northwest Schools Part II · · Score: 1

    It is interesting that
    free and open is still not clear to
    some of the readers of /.

  5. Pre-installed geeks on Microsoft vs. Northwest Schools Part II · · Score: 1

    The geeks are already in the schools.
    You just need to
    attract them to the LUG.

  6. ZigZag now! on Online News Stories that Change Behind Your Back · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The ZigZag boot floppy actually contains a Linux kernel, a Perl language processor, the "curses" text presentation module, and finally the ZigZag program itself. However, you won't be able to list them or see them on the disk. Getting it all to fit was a big job.
    http://xanadu.com/zigzag/

  7. cio.gov bonus on U.S. Considers Microsoft Passport as National ID · · Score: 1

    CIVIL SERVICE COMPUTER SPECIALIST

    RECRUITMENT BONUS MATRIX

    The following qualifies for a bonus of up to 25% of salary
    BS/BA Degree plus Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
    With a major in the field of Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Telecommunications, Data Processing
    OR
    Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)

    The following qualifies for a bonus of up to 20% of salary
    BS/BA Degree plus Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
    With a minor in the field of Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Telecommunications, Data Processing
    OR
    AAS Degree plus Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
    Equivalent in the field of Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Telecommunications, Data Processing
    OR
    Technical Certificate plus Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
    Certificate of completion from any accredited Technical School (military or commercial if in related fields)

    http://cio.gov/Documents/dept%5Fstate%5Fbest%5Fp ra ctices%5Farticle%2Ehtml

  8. Federal Enterprise Architecture on U.S. Considers Microsoft Passport as National ID · · Score: 1

    The Official Word on the Federal Enterprise Architecture is written in the proprietary .doc format
    http://www.cio.gov/Documents/fed%5Fenterpr ise%5Far ch%5Fguide%5FFeb%5F2001%2Ehtml

    aka HDF (the horrible document format)

    http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/hdf/index.html

  9. Call Mark on U.S. Considers Microsoft Passport as National ID · · Score: 1

    According to http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/m01-28.htm l

    Mark Forman can be reached at 202-395-1148.

  10. Spoof on Book Review: Voodoo Science · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is the Microsoft banner atop slashdot also a spoof or have we been assimilated?

  11. and in other news on Apple's Response to Microsoft: Unix Ads? · · Score: 1

    The Apache-Jakrta POI project releases Java utilities to read not only the "Horrible Document Format (HDF)", but also the "Horrible Spreadsheet Format (HSSF)" and the "Horrible Property Set Format (HPSF)".

    http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/index.html

  12. Sensationalism on Minnesota Bill Would Prevent Disclosure of Web Habits · · Score: 1

    Laws don't prevent anything. They only make
    things illegal.

  13. Re:Open Source streams Proprietary Movies on Darwin Streaming Server Beats Real, Windows Media · · Score: 1

    bcast and xmovie

  14. Re: the impact of downloads on Movie Industry Cries All the Way to the Bank · · Score: 1

    It should be easy to calculate now.
    Just look at the difference in sales of CDs, computers, electronics, and bandwidth since
    Napster was shutdown.

    It is my impression that they are all down (and many of these losses are by the same companies who broght the suit.)

  15. Easy PGP on Network Associates Gives Up Search for PGP Buyer · · Score: 1

    Try the new mailvault.com.

  16. Victim Mentality on New HDTV Encryption Obsoletes Sets · · Score: 0

    Nuff sed

  17. Re: Lickable on Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.1.3 · · Score: 1

    I did a blind lick test and couldn't tell the
    difference in lickability.

  18. Re:Uhh.. on Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.1.3 · · Score: 1

    Try www.seecolonbackslashdot.org

  19. Re:Uhh.. on Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.1.3 · · Score: 1

    Try these: www.microsoft.com www.msnbc.com www.msn.com www.msn.net www.wired.com

  20. Re:Ummm... on MIT's Acrobatic Helicopter · · Score: 1

    or infecting the crowd at the superbowl with anthrax

  21. Zealot on Borking Outlook Express · · Score: 1

    We are not zealots just because we
    see things differently.

    If you aren't interested in freedom and
    choice go somewhere else and leave us alone.

  22. Re:When will it have a DVD drive on it? on TiVo Introduces Series2 · · Score: 1

    What do you need a DVD drive for?
    A TB of storage will put every movie ever made
    on you "Now Playing" list.

  23. Eleventh Circuit on Ask Lawrence Lessig About Life And Law Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    Should an eleventh circuit be established to
    handle cyber cases which span geographic
    boundaries and require understanding of
    things not imagined before Bill Gates and
    Al Gore invented the internet.

  24. Heelys on Geek Gift Ideas 2001 · · Score: 1

    Heelys http://www.heelys.com/ allow you to transition from walking to skating without bending over to pop out our wheels.

  25. Billions on How the DOJ/MS Settlement was Reached · · Score: 1

    It is sad, that even with their billions of
    dollars, the leaders of Microsoft are so afraid
    of free software.

    What does it profit a man to gain the world
    if he is constantly afraid someone will take
    back some samll piece.

    Perhaps, one day, they will grow up and realize
    God has given us everything we need, and the
    scarcity is an illusion born of fear.