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  1. I believe on Is There a Guide for Writing XMMS Plugins? · · Score: 2

    XMMS and WinAMp use the same plugins, so just use the Winamp Documentation for XMMS plugins, and it should work.

  2. Pages of time on Could We Have Had Cell Phones In The 60s? · · Score: 4

    There are these little books in Cracker Barrels called pages of Time that have Adds from you birthyear.
    I was looking at one from the 50's, and it had a guy talking on a phone in his car. Though the phone was a regular sized phone, and it went on a hook on the Dashboard. It was pretty funny looking, and they had to have a big CB type antenna, but it worked.

  3. So.. on Spectator Gaming, Multicast Style · · Score: 1

    Is it saying like it will only add the bandwith of one extra person to the actual game, but on another connection, it will let thousandths view it? But how would they let people see from different views? That will still suck alot of bandwith off the Game server.

  4. What ever happened to... on Slashback: Toast, Cube, Light · · Score: 1

    That chip that was supposed to be a webserver?
    It was just a tiny little chip that had a built in Http server. I was actually thinking about buying one if they were going to produce them

  5. Ingredients to keep robbers away on Using Webcams as Remote Security? · · Score: 1

    1. 6-pack of drink of your choice (non-alcholic)
    2. nice quite chair
    3. Shotgun with Squirrel shot
    4. You, 9pm-7am
    You only need to fire once!
    Or, you can get a Doppler Radar on www.crutchfield.com that is used for Truck beds.
    Basically, it detects stuff up to 20ft away, and closes a relay, which could set of an alarm + lights + old 386 that dials you with a voice message + servo motor attached to sawed off shotgun trigger.

  6. Re:Favoritism? on Slashdot On Palm, No Wires Required · · Score: 1

    Holy Crap, I didn't know you guys posted within the articles!
    But can't you put text ads in?

  7. Re:Airplanes... on First Arcology? · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing you weigh about 500lbs, right?
    I mean, come on, Its good for you to get some exercise in, the Olympics is a thing in which we can watch usually very freaky anarexic or extremly fat guys jump on bars or lift weights

  8. Re:Well... on Sean In The Middle · · Score: 1

    I am in math class every day at 11:00, you should come watch me. Its funny, the teacher is trying to explain stuff, I'm gettting mad because he's a redneck hick and can't explain stuff very well, yelling, Punching my desk (my knuckles are all scraped up now), telling people that bother me that "They will never find your body".

    And you know what? I have a 93% in that class, and its because I do make a stink, and get mad when the teacher is doing a crappy job, and the guys yelling at me to shut-up? They all have 50%'s, becuase they are yelling at me to be quite so they can sleep.

  9. Re:Geeks accepted? on Sean In The Middle · · Score: 1

    I agree, I am in high school now, and in the last 2 years, I have noticed I am being more and more accepted, and respected. I even have people from school I barely know IM me on AIM asking for computer advice and such. And it does help to be big. I'm 6'3", and when I get in a fight, the guy usually is scared enough to bring a friend to beat the crap out of me by suprising me in the bathroom. And when that happens, I make a huge stink about the guy haveing his friend there, and being a wussy, and all his other friends tease the crap out of him.

  10. Re:What is a Slashdot? on Sean In The Middle · · Score: 2

    If you want a real Slashdotting, lets go their on person!
    I found this on the site...
    The Board of Trustees meets in regular session
    the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm at #1
    Duvall Street. Meetings are open to the public

  11. Sounds like... on Perpetual PDA Power? Possibly. · · Score: 1

    A cool super-power,
    "STAND BACK", "Or i Will drop my PDA!"

  12. you don't do alot of research do you? on DC Power Supply for Desktop Computers? · · Score: 2

    Look over at www.mp3car.com
    http://www.mp3car.com/hardwarecats.asp?Type=H&Ca t= P

    There you go.

  13. Freesco on The Myriad Ways of Wiring Your Home? · · Score: 1

    If you are looking for a Router/Firewall/Dhcp/http/FTP/*.*
    www.freesco.org
    It fits on one floppy disk, and is just amazing.
    Although right now my server is down because it decided to be a turd (I think I fried a ethernet card, I need to start wearing one of those Static Wrist straps).

  14. Myrealbox on How Long Can The Free Services Stay Free? · · Score: 3

    IS the best Dang Free e-mail account out there.
    You can use Imap and use a program on your own computer, or Check it through Http.

    It has no ads whatsoever, and is being ran as a free service by the people who own Netware, and the only problem is its down about once a month because they keep their servers upgraded with the Beta Stuff to test it out.

    So, this is a free service that will most likely stay free, because it benefits the company.

  15. Re:Vladimir Illushyn on Three Russian Space Shot Deaths-- Pre-Gagarin? · · Score: 1

    Holy Crap,
    Finally, someone else who has read that,
    you don't know how many people I have told that to, and they just look at me like a Raving Lunatic or something!

  16. my god! on Is Your P4 Working At Half Speed? · · Score: 1

    Not only is this Heatsink on that thing the size of a fridge, now they tell us its not big enough!
    Well lets just strap a box-fan on the side of the thing!!

  17. Re:PBS on A Different Kind Of Digital Divide · · Score: 1

    I hate to be offtopic, But, I have always wondered, what does [sic] mean?

  18. Re:I've topped out at P3-500 & Voodoo3 on When Your Hardware Isn't Obsolete Soon Enough · · Score: 1

    Preach it Bro!
    I have a p2 400mhz with Voodoo3, and get 60fps in Quake3 AT 1024x768!!
    Now, maybe a game like Aquanox wouldn't be so hot,
    But I'm probably not going to upgrade for about 1/2 a year.

  19. hmm... on Bidirectional Video & Data Transmission from an Airplane? · · Score: 1

    Use two of the Sender/Recievers!
    Just make sure your on Different Channels, and it should work fine.

  20. I wonder... on Xbox As A Server Farm Commodity Box · · Score: 4

    If these things will overheat?
    I know playstations get awful hot,
    kind of like laptops, they aren't meant to run 24/7/365.25
    I have a p75 as my server sitting under my steps in my room, it has no fans, and is cold to the touch, the heatsink is barely luke warm.
    These things are so packed together, they probably start resetting themeselves after a couple hours, usually at the end of the 10th level too.

  21. I know! on HOW-TO: Asteroid -> Strategic Weapon · · Score: 1

    "Somebody set up us the asteroid!"

  22. USe standard setup on Ethernet Intercom Systems? · · Score: 1

    Cat-5 has 8 wires, How many do you need for speaker/Mic? 2!
    How many does Ethernet use 4?
    Theres 2 intercom lines free for you.
    I don't know if this was exactly what you wanted though ;-)

  23. I had a friend who went to something like this... on FIRST Robot Competition Wraps Up · · Score: 1

    It was called the "Science Olympics"
    It was funny.
    They had to do stupid stuff, like take 5 straws, and make a thing to protect an egg when you drop it. He said it was just redicoulas, all the other teams were like trying to shove the eggs up there noses or something. Needles to say, they came in pretty good.

  24. Square waves shouldn't hurt your equipment. on Matching Battery Backup "Waveshape" to the Right Equipment? · · Score: 1

    I am working on putting a computer in my car,
    and am running an AT power supply off a Modified-Sine Wave. There has been no problem what so ever.
    Don't let these fools spend your money for you.

    All you use a UPS for is to safely shutdown your equipment, not to run your TV and Amp off when the power is down.

    I would suggest getting a SPS, they only kick in when the power goes out, and your power only goes through it when there is no power, any other time it is routed around it, just make sure you get one with a fast enough switching time (ie. >300ms)

  25. I watched one of these get built on No Hitting Below the Drive Belt · · Score: 1

    This year as my HS schools gifted program, I got to go to my local magnet school (Live Oaks) for a drafting class every 2nd tuesday.
    They were building one of these for this competitin.
    2 things that seriously disoppionted me were
    1) It wasn't an actual robot, it was remote controlled
    2) These things are alot smaller than you think they would be.

    But it was still pretty neat,
    What they are trying to do is go around an obstacle court and collect balls, then bring them back to a pin in a certain amount of time