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  1. Ya I know I must look stupid but... on Dear CDDB Users: Thanks For Helping The RIAA! · · Score: 1

    I have been reading a lot about Napster and MP3. Now the question is do you need an MP3 player that they are advertising, to play from Napster or a real player will do? What other requirements are there, if any.

  2. Thought of the day! on Halfway Through The Revolution · · Score: 2
    The United States, though created in revolutionary furor, has become one of the toughest environments in the world to maintain one.

    Isn't that something to ponder over?

  3. It looks like it is the other way round on "Online Privacy Alliance" Claims Privacy Too Expensive · · Score: 1

    E-mail encryption use is low despite potential for snooping. Here is Kehoe who has tried to persuade friends to install the free software, too, but they couldn't be bothered.

  4. Some other possible ways must exist on Longest Space Walk in History · · Score: 1
    "..a 12-inch, 12-pound clamp broke free and floated off into space. The newest piece of space junk will be tracked by NASA and is expected to re-enter the orbit, although it is not clear when or where."

    Why can't they simply create a strong electro-magnetic field (or some other magnetic field) around the space craft so as to stop things from just drifting away into space?

  5. Ok here's doubt I have had for ages on CurlyCart: How To Hack Your Power Wheels · · Score: 1

    How does one manage to hack into something? Do you need special skills or almost anyone can do it? Do you also need a strong programming background?

  6. Re:A quarter of what? on Tiny, Secure Music/Data CDs Due in the Fall · · Score: 1

    A quarter is 25 cents. So it is a small coin sized disk.

  7. So now we have bigger and better surveilance on Sentient Computing Lab · · Score: 1
    And obviously with the good comes the bad. The story is a great read and inspite of the disadvantages it's a great idea.

    Ideas are always great in themselves, it's only how we use them.

  8. What the heck is Scientology? on Scientology vs. Panoussis Ruling · · Score: 2

    Can someone please explain what this scientology is all about? I followed most of the links given but got no answer, so can some one just do the explaining in simple terms?

  9. Yahoo Adopts Anti-Takeover Strategy on Bad News from Yahoo · · Score: 1

    Yahoo is at present probably faced by take over threats and is therefore getting as much of it's act toghether as is possible, which is not much though.

  10. Yep, it might help on Biodegradable Car Parts From Grass · · Score: 1

    Considering the growth in dumping cars and getting new ones, it might just prove a great boon. But perhaps these cars may turn out expensive, since the grass would have to be tempered so as not to be eaten by insects or get bio-degraded before time or perhaps catch fire with internal heating or any such weird reasons.

  11. Hardly any details on Announcing PHP-GTK · · Score: 1

    I know Html very well and am a web designer, but I do not know what PHP is all about. Can someone suggest a suitable address for info on PHP for a beginner.

  12. All a show on NASA Shuts Down X-33, X-34 Programs · · Score: 1

    Since when has NASA started running short of money? And what is the cuts for? Is it to send a psuedo message to the taxpayer that he will not be paying NASA? So maybe now we will be shown as paying taxes for employment insurance or such social service stuff, and the money will actually go to NASA. Or are they cahnging the name altoghether?

  13. You are right on The State of Broadband · · Score: 1
    Here is what one expert has to say on this.

    "I thought a few telecoms might go bankrupt, and maybe 3G would take longer to roll out than previously expected. It was all a big joke -- it never once crossed my mind that 3G might never even happen. "

  14. A long time to think and respond on Draft FIPS for the Advanced Encryption Standard · · Score: 2
    Due date for submitting public comments: May 29, 2001

    Looks like they're serious about the comments.

  15. Perhaps it is a change in strategy. on HP Ending OpenMail · · Score: 1

    With all the problems Hp is facing maybe it want's to concentrate on other core areas. Specially when the market is so unkind.

  16. It's only under hibernation on Say Goodnight to NEAR · · Score: 1

    Maybe it will last and even if it doesn't maybe when people visit such places they'll find something man-made there, so cheer up!

  17. Why they do this.. on Van Gogh... the Astronomer · · Score: 1

    People need to keep poking and picking on celebrity lives or else why is it that we keep at it relentlessly. I am sure many celebs get the reasons of their spontaneous action from such researchers.

  18. Would this help Arthritis patients? on Growing New Cartilage · · Score: 1

    Can cartillage replacement be done for Arthritis patients? If so Wouldn't this new technology help such people?

  19. The're showing our children the stars litterally on Solar Sails · · Score: 1

    WHY: To conduct the first solar sail flight and demonstrate the technique for traveling between planets -- and someday, to the stars.

  20. Don Bradman on Claude E. Shannon Dead at 85 · · Score: 1
    Talking of cricket I am reminded of the death of the most respected cricketer of all times: Sir Don Bradman.

    Story

  21. Tough times for ISPs on P2P Will Lead To Higher ISP Charges? · · Score: 2
    "ISPs might be seeing cost increases.."

    These guys already seem to be in a soup. Here's an example.

    High-speed ISPs nationwide have faced many difficulties providing competing DSL service with data competitive local exchange carriers (DLECs) and Baby Bells.

  22. Just a suggestion on Uplifting Dolphins · · Score: 5
    "My hesitation is that dolphins are primarily acoustic animals while humans are primarily visual animals. In humans, the most-used sense is vision; we use it to process data." "For dolphins, the primary route to assimilate information is via sound.

    Perhaps they could use blind people.

  23. It's great! on Uplifting Dolphins · · Score: 1

    Maybe now we can get a better insight into the animal thought process and their communication levels. This may finally give us the answers to many puzzling questions.

  24. Too many links on Web-Based Comics · · Score: 1

    Ya, I understand the good intentions involved but I had to read this post 5 times over.

  25. What a laugh! on Impartial Scientists In The Court Systems · · Score: 1

    "...is paying scientists and engineers to be impartial tech tutors to judges so they don't have to listen to biased experts that ae paid by defendants/plaintiffs." Who says scientists and engineers(paid or unpaid) can't be bribed?