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  1. Re:This is a huge crack in the dike! on Warner Opens Video Library To YouTube · · Score: 1

    The music industry over the past half dozen or so years is coming to grips with media downloading via the internet. The Music Industry created the RIAA, which initially had some minor bottom line success; Daily news reports are starting to paint different picture. I see no reason that the trends of the music industry will change; Well, except one. WB's income will be positively effected by the outcome of the interfacing with the YouTube folks. I believe that the others, Universal, Sony, EMI, and BMG will see that a buck can be made here, without doing anything. I believe I see things changing on a positive global scale, where the net result will be a Win Win solution for both listeners, AND record labels.

  2. Re:So... on 2D Drawing To 3D Object Tool · · Score: 1

    I know this is easy to say, but hard to do. I am thinking that the next step would be to be able to create/export a wire frame from the updated image.

  3. In Other News Today on Strangest iPod Cases Ever · · Score: 3, Funny

    HOUSTON, TEXAS DARPA has granted a 10 Million Dollar Phase I Grant to the Hollie Burnt On Company to study the armor plating qualities of iPod Case Mods. Ms. Sandy Bottom, a spokes person for the company stated, "This study is to analyze the penetration of iPod armor against local RPG's. The theory is that the more downloads an iPod has, the stronger the armoring will be. The final proof of concept test will be the taping of iPods all over a Bradley M4 Tracked Armored Fighting Vehicle. The 'Bradley' will then be driven through the streets of Compton, a suburb outside of Los Angeles California. If the vehicle can survive a 1 hour test in Compton, then the vehicle should easily be able to survive a 12 month non stop patrolling in the city of Baghdad, Iraq."

  4. Re:Thats it? on Vista to Create 50,000 Jobs in Europe · · Score: 1

    I can not help but think that when Vista crashes on to the scene that Grandma, and Uncle will find free products like Edubuntu a little bit more useful than having to buy a OS, AND a new box.

    "Slowly, one by one, the penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown

  5. Re:Chemical info on Borohydride on New Generation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells Powers Up · · Score: 1

    I am thinking that on a first pass, any liquid that has hydrogen in it is worthy of consideration for fuel cell technology study. But the solution I am looking for is:
    0. Lights go dim in my house; Usage is about 1 Kilo Watt Hour per month.
    1. I go to some water source.
    2. Get a container of water.
    3. Pour the water through some type of Heat based Solar and/or Wind fractionator filter device.
    4. The filtered water is piped to some type of catalyst oriented Slitter/Generator device.
    5. Slitter/Generator device joins H's, and O's to make electricty, and vapor that floats away harmlessly or flows back to the main water source.
    6. Lights get brighter in my house.
    I know the above senario has no foundation; But the favored approach for me is to keep the Toxins at a relative minimum, and the High School Chemistry down to some gunk that one can replace by a plastic gloved hand without a Hazmat Team showing up and violating at you.

  6. Speed Is Relative on Consumer Electronics Causing 'Death of Childhood'? · · Score: 1

    It is hard to be cute about a topic, when your own children are involved. But about 2500 years ago some greek dude said, "A Sound Mind, and A Sound Body." I speak from experience, "Get your children into some kind of sport, 3 to 4 times a week. And make certain you check your child's homework, DAILY." It 'IS' a time sink, and 'A' money pit; But it is better than the alternative. And I speak from that view point experience, also. Childhood does not have to be handled like a death march, all a parent has to do is smile, look down, and say, "Your doing it right, and doing it good. So, how does feel to be Brave?" Your child will respond in a positive manner; That you can relax to.

    "your mileage may vary" - Unknown

  7. Fire Up the BBQ! on HP's Dunn Stepping Down · · Score: 1

    Well, this IS an election year, and the President is a global lame duck. From the parent statement, "...10 more who did far worse go free..." During these elective times, nothing says yum like a mess of "Caught Red Handed Corporate Leaders." I'm certain the FBI, SEC, and DHS can supply the cooking ingredients, all they need is a HINT of "Evidence".

  8. Re:Please read the Observer article before comment on Windows Monoculture Myopia Revisited · · Score: 1

    Conclusion, FTFA; CISO's are faced with the reality of maintaining an existing network solution, knowing that it is only a matter of time before they have to earn their meager salaries. Microsoft Network Security is like a, a "Whoopie Cushion". They're both inflated. They both cost money. And everyone smiles when you sit on one.

    "Slowly, one by one, the penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown

  9. National Inquirer, Beware on Detecting Video & Audio Tampering · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking of those home movies of 'Bat Boy'; Now we will be able to find out the truth.

  10. Re:Paid software safer? on Concerns Over Security Software · · Score: 1

    I RTFA, which could place me in the minority. Something bothered me about the article's view point; That we should all wait for the manufacturer of the product to create the necessary patch. Given historical events, that idea paints a picture of me, (waiting), as the peasant farmer; While the invading hordes come over the hills. Not cool.

    "slowly, one by one, the penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown

  11. Separate the 'Sludge'? on Vaporizing Garbage to Create Electricity · · Score: 1

    I can't help but wonder if the sludge couldn't be separated while in its liquid state? The idea is that while the trash is in a liquid state, one could filter the various base elements to 'waiting pools?' Most likely the cost of filtering would choke the national debt; But what a challenge to be able to do it, and cheaply.

    I think I read about this idea in Science Illistrated a few years ago.

  12. Re:How many AOL CD's? on Vaporizing Garbage to Create Electricity · · Score: 1

    How many Kilowatt Hours would the Vista hype generate?

  13. "defective" people? on Judge Rules Sites Can Be Sued Over Design · · Score: 1

    One can only imagine the comedy viewed by some proto-chimps when they saw a group of their close relatives climb down from the trees to live their lives in the open plains. The big cats also enjoyed the comedy, but not for long.

  14. Re:Lying or incompetent? on HP Witch Hunt Also Targeted Reporter's Father · · Score: 1

    Some thoughts that are bubbling up in my mind:
    1. I can't help but wonder who tipped off the press to Sunday's meeting.
    2. The ancient saying, "First the Gods give you the gift of Pride; Before they make you fall." - Unknown
    3. Question; Has HP's Chairwoman Patricia Dunn contacted the legal staff that helped Martha Stewart?

    "slowly, one by one, the penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown

  15. Re:Free credit monitoring on Chase Data for 2.6 Million Ends up in Landfill · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have the same question as the parent above. But credit checking for only one year? The expiration dates on those cards go far longer than a year. And to think that the data is lost in some pile of trash the size of a small canyon is, to me, criminally foolish. I think a better public relations spin would be to tell Visa, or Master Card that Chase wants to know of any wrongful use of the 'trashed' credit card numbers. Chase could then look like a hero by aggressively bringing to the courts notice, those bad guys that 'found' the data. Chase could go on to say, "Stealing from the customers of Chase is great way to get on CNN, while wearing hand cuffs." Big Business may hate bad press, Bad Guys hate it even more, and the little guy likes it when Big Business gives them better service.

  16. Re:downloading... on Former MS Security Strategist Joins Mozilla · · Score: 1

    I don't think this is off topic. I personally believe that the use of 'Microsoft', and 'Security' in the same sentence is an oxymoron. And just to add fuel to this bizarre fire, everytime I try to access the anchor to the web article, firefox chokes, I'm using Konqueror right now !!?

  17. When Common Sense is Ignored on Boardroom Spying Debacle at HP · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can't help but think of the Admiral's statement in the movie, "Enemy of the State". Loosely, it was, "...if this was someone's unilateral wet dream, then that someone is going to prison..." Now I'm all for making money at someone else's expense; But not at the risk of getting caught breaking the law. I think we'll be seeing HP public relations types clawing their brains trying to put a positive spin on this. Maybe I can help, "George Bush does it; Why can't I?"

    "slowly, one by one, the penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown

  18. Re:Semantic what? on Scientists Identify Brain's Concept Control Core · · Score: 1

    It is now possible to map a persons DNA; It was not a trivial task. Why not start mapping a person's Nueral Net? It is not a trivial task. This way men could find out how wives can re-wire us; OH GOD! We need a clue here! How do they do it???

    "slowly, one by one, the penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown

  19. Simple Realities on Will Solve Captcha for Money? · · Score: 1

    Facts of the Problem:
    0. You probalby do not want to pimp some bogus product using your web site.
          0a. You will not get paid for it.
          0b. You could get embarassed by pimping it.
          0c. You have to then explain way you support said bogus product.
    1. A computer program.
    2. Created by a human.
    3. Inserts 'wierd' content into your Blog.
    4. Biostatistics; Given 8 Billion living humans, there exists at least one person that will challenge you.

    Solutions:
    0. Bad Bloggers are on the job, 7 24.
    1. Monitor has to Monitor.
          1a. Do not worry about weaknesses, Bad Bloggers will only be willing to show them to you.
          1b. Add another format to confuse the robot.
    2. Consider using some kind of flitering methods.
          2a. Keep a copy of the bad blog message in a separate blog table.
          2b. Also keep a copy of all avaialable input data in the separate blog table.
          2c. keep notes on what you think is bad blogging.
          2d. Add another format to confuse the robot.
    3. Consider using at least DHTML solutions.
          3a. Use of a random number generator for outputting content formats.
                  3a1. Makes the robot think.
                  3a2. Robots do not like to think.
                  3a3. Robot masters are then forced to think.
                  3a4. Robot masters do not like to think.
                  3a5. Add another format to confuse the robot.
          3b. Make it more expensive to figure out the HTML formats.
                  3b1. Consider using XML/XSLT based formats.
                            3b1a. Use a 'XSLT Preprocessing' statement in the XML document.
                            3b1b. Place a random number generator statement in the XSLT program.
                            3b1c. Add another format to confuse the robot.
          3c. Get input data of robot masters.
                  3c1. Do not forget those who would punk you.
                  3c2. Add another format to confuse the robot.

  20. Re:Simple on Permanently Set Process Priority in Windows? · · Score: 1

    I'm also scratching my head on this one. I think the answer by the parent is NOT OFF TOPIC. It demonstrates why windoze sucks. If one is hesitant about simple kernel recompiles, then one could do the following:
    1. log in as a low priority user
    2. execute the following line of shell code: wine 3dsmax.exe [3dsmax program arguments]
    3. pipe the results, and move on.

    "slowly, one by one, the penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown

  21. Re:Just what we need on Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Let us ponder the Logistics here. Millions of Vista O/S'es in the wild. And exploit has been detected. The bad people find out. The good people find out. Bad people start writing code to use the exploit. Good people start writing code to remove the exploit. Within a day, Root Kits are sent out globally. 3 or more weeks later,(using past performance data), Vista patches are sent out globally.

    I predict, "who ever writes patches for Microsoft will have a job for life." I envy that person.

    "slowly, one by one, the penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown

  22. Re:How much longer can this go on? on RIAA Doesn't Like Independent Experts · · Score: 1

    I can not help but wonder if Legal Data Bases like, "West Law" have been keeping track of these types of law suits. My thinking is that the only way the RIAA can get any evidence is by way of, "Wire Tapping", something the F.B.I. has said to me as being illegal for people like myself; And a good reason why the jails are so full. Now I know I am "Tap Dancing" on a angry spider's web here, but why is it that the RIAA can get away with wire tapping?

  23. Re:Worst idea ever. on State of Ohio Establishes "Pre-Crime" Registry · · Score: 1

    A couple of ideas; One, I'm going to re-rent the movie "Minority Report". The other is that maybe a web page should be created for people that would take away our freedoms for some comfort.

  24. Re:What happens on NASA Still Wants Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    how much carbon would it take to build a space elevator? sometimes it's the simple question that can cause people to pause.

  25. A Constructive Observation. on Making Website Mock-Ups in Linux? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If simple HTML is a challenge for you; You have wondered into the deep end of the pool. The best advice you can receive is either climb a little higher on the learning curve; Or hire advice from someone who has been there before. Either way is relatively painless, and causes the project to be completed on time.