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  1. Scared on Google Gets Away With What Microsoft Couldn't · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google scares me. Taking over the world one service at a time.

  2. Re:I really want one of these on Examining the Treo 650 Smartphone · · Score: 1

    I was in the same exact situation and decided to go with the treo. so far, I'm not disappointed. Albeit the camera sucks, but the pda and cell phone work great along with the always on internet (i have t-mobile with gprs) Honestly, its not really worth its price, but being a gadget fiend, i've bought worse products for about the same price.

  3. Re:Maybe I'm looking at this all wrong on Examining the Treo 650 Smartphone · · Score: 1

    try traveling with those three... it sucks after a few weeks. those few extra ounces make a difference on the road.

  4. I know why on TiVo Goes After Sites Hosting Image Backups · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because they're in the midst of releasing updates to the OS to work with Apple's AAC format with Home Media Option. I bet there's some code that Apple doesn't want to share (I don't blame them). Apple probably told them to stop allowing image downloads if they're going to get on the AAC front.

    Just my $0.02.

  5. doesn't happen here.. on 'Pop' Between Tracks In New iPod · · Score: 1

    Your ipod(s) must be defective. I got a 15GB on Friday and have been using it nonstop ever since (two flights and while at work).

    Smooth transitions, no pops at all.

  6. Re:iTunes Music $tore using WebCore? on iTunes Music Store sells 275,000 Tracks in 18 Hours · · Score: 1

    Good catch!

    I bet this is OS 9 legacy code still festering about. Since iTunes recently went OS X only (IIRC), you can bet it will be pure Cocoa in the next major release.

  7. Re:Widely varying reports of quality on iTunes Music Store sells 275,000 Tracks in 18 Hours · · Score: 1
    The preview is some kind of streaming. It is not AAC (you need Quicktime 6.2 to listen to AAC: and you can preview the tunes even without Quicktime installed, so it can't be AAC).

    I'm assuming you mean QuickTime 6.2 installed.

    IIRC, Quicktime has been able to stream AAC for some time. AAC made its debut on Quicktime 6.something. iTunes is just now getting AAC. The streams are AAC.

  8. Xbox Live is muy good. on Xbox Live Goes Online · · Score: 1

    Played Moto GP Demo til my thumbs bled, Still never got first place. Played NFL 2k3 against some pros and lost pretty badly. Practice makes perfect.

    on my way to Best Buy to get Unreal Championship to do some fragging. The voices are extremely clear, the voice masks (cartoon, little child, big guy, robot, dark master, etc) are fun at first but then get annoying. hardly any lag at all in my experience, and NFL 2k3 warns you if there may be a network problem with the game before you accept the challenges.

    Microsoft surprised me with this one, they really came through. More games! More games!

  9. heh heh on WebTV/MSNTV Virus Dials 911 · · Score: 1

    man this is a funny thread...i haven't laughed this hard on slashdot ever.. :o)

  10. Re:It's Official: Jobs has lost it ... on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 1

    No No No!! C'mon people at least try!

    Wrong. "Jaguar" or 10.0.2 IS merely a bug fix and those new features should have been in 10.0.0 which was *completely* unuseable.

    You missed the year 2002. 10.1 was a bugfix for the "unusable" 10.0 version. 10.1.x is the latest, STABLE, version.

    10.2 _is_ a major update with all those features and..*gasp*...Quartz Extreme. Hardware accelerated graphics layer? Hello!?!?! McFly?!?!

    10.0.2 should be a free upgrade for those people brave or stupid enough to have had to put up with 10.0.0 or 10.0.1 and their hideous infancy problems.

    Wrong. Just..wrong. The amount of FUD on this thread is staggering.

  11. Re:I can't update my iPod? on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 1

    Not til August :(

    According to AppleCare. Confirmed on the MWNY floor.

  12. Re:glad I'm not a Mac user on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 1

    I'd call hardware accelerated graphics layer [Quartz Extreme] a major upgrade. But that's just me.

  13. Re:Price whining on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 1

    Well said!

    I'm not going to complain neither. I'd gladly pay it. Quartz Extreme? Hello? This ain't just a bug fix people, this thing is loaded with new features.

  14. Re:I love Apple's RAM prices on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 1

    *Bzzt* Try again.

    http://dealmac.com/articles/38103.html

    How much for another $128mb? Oh... only $75. Strange, I swore you could buy that much in pretty much any store for around $15-20.

    Wow.
    128MB - $28 iMac

    Hmmm... how much for another $256? Oh... only $150. Again, I'm pretty sure that I saw that in a store for $60 yesterday (and that was before a $20 mail in rebate)

    256MB - $44 iMac

    Ok... how much for a 512MB DIMM. Oh, only $250 more. Again, $119.99 in the store.

    512MB - $100 iMac

    HTH. :)

  15. its a fake pic on Dual GPU graphics solution from ATi? · · Score: 1

    the picture's been photoshopped. You can see where someone copied and pasted the first fan to the upper right. (theres a little piece of the red wire still in the image) Plus they put fan chips between between two memory chips. No way that pic's real. The card could be coming out, but that pic is definitely fake. (DeJa Vu with Voodoo 5) Read the forums from the original link to find out.

    Check it out :)

  16. Re:Question - Age of Kids at Movie?? on Review:Fellowship of the Ring · · Score: 1

    I just came back from seeing it. I wouldnt recommend letting any kids younger than 9 or 10 see this. Particularly, the scene where we see Bilbo's attachment to the ring manifested. Sheesh, it sent chills down my spine.

  17. Re:Galadriel on One Ring Rules the MIT Dome · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ok, that was funny. Wish I could mod this up.

  18. Re:It's the games, stupid. on Playstation 2 Outsells both Xbox and Gamecube · · Score: 1
    I couldnt agree more. The reason I bought the PS2 back in October was that their selection of games on the PS one was simply outstanding. Each genre had its standout title:
    • Sports: Madden
    • RPG: Final Fantasy
    • Driving Sim: Gran Turismo
    • Fighting: Tekken

    And now, we are in the midst of an ultimate gaming revolution with titles like Ico, Grand Theft Auto 3, NBA Street,Devil May Cry, and SSX Tricky available. PS2 games seem to be at their peak, but according to Playstation magazine, no one has harnessed the full power of the ps2 as of yet.

    It was published this month (in playstation magazine) that Sony has introduced a resource usage program thingy which gauges how much of the ps2's power is being used. It was first thought that Gran Turismo 3 maxed out the ps2's power but this new tool from Sony only showed 25% of the ps2's power was being harnessed. Say what?!!? It was written that Sony will be providing this optimization tool to third party developers.

    The best is yet to come people.

  19. Re:/.ed on Atari 2600 Lord of the Rings Discovered · · Score: -1, Redundant

    bahahaha

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    DashSlotteD!!

  20. Re:Common apple rumors. on Flat-panel iMacs in Apple's Future? · · Score: 1

    Apple's on a streak now. I wouldn't doubt them.

    1. Mac OS X
    2. iPod

  21. Re:Like these rumored looks? on Flat-panel iMacs in Apple's Future? · · Score: 1

    *jaw-dropping*

    wow.

  22. distributed.net? on AES Announced as Federal Standard · · Score: 1

    Lets see if RSA labs will start another contest like DES III with a 10 grand prize. Heh, I say a year from now, we'll have new d.net clients :)

    pUt th3 cr4cKp1p3 d0wN!

  23. Don't Steal Music? on QuickTime To Move To MPEG-4 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is good news for Apple, but there is a snippet of this article that raises an interesting issue:

    Analysts predict that rather than pursue an "embrace and extend" strategy, Microsoft and RealNetworks will stick to their guns and continue marketing their own formats. Although those products will not have MPEG-4's interoperability, the companies say advantages include smaller file size, better image and sound quality, and more advanced digital rights management software. Both RealNetworks and Microsoft have invested heavily in creating anti-copying technology that would make it safe for record labels and other content owners to sell their products online.


    Steve Jobs' stance has always been that stealing music is a problem of the "community" and not "technology". I wonder if Apple will stand behind this philosophy with MPEG4 or join Microsoft and Real Networks in their security schemes. Just a thought.

  24. Re:NOT! on Latest WinWorm Spreads Via ICQ And Outlook · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Correctamundo. I think the article needs an update. This payload is not non-destructive:

    from symantec

    Once the registry key has been added, the worm will try to delete files of common anti-virus and firewall products. If the files are in use and cannot be deleted, the worm will create the file %SYSTEM%\Wininit.ini, which causes the files to be deleted when the computer restarts.

  25. fp?? on GNU-Darwin Goes Beta · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post??