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  1. Re:No good broadband in my neck of the woods... on Chapter 11 For Excite@Home · · Score: 1

    So you decided "Hey, I could get a cable modem, but I don't get to pick the purdy blue one, so fuck y'all"?

    You had the ability to get cable. You just had to use their modem for awhile. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see an issue.

  2. Re:Nice... tho what I never like about the series. on Cowboy Bebop Back on Toonami · · Score: 1

    You'd probably like Key The Metal Idol, then. Originally aired as 13 30 minute episodes, and 2 90 minute movies. Every episode is a continuation of the previous.

  3. Re:Looking for more anime on TV? on Cowboy Bebop Back on Toonami · · Score: 1

    I should look before I open my yap - The International Channel is available on digital cable here, a few channels away from the PPV channels, in with the weather and news. That's probably why I never noticed it.

    Hrm. I may have to get digital cable then.

  4. Re:Looking for more anime on TV? on Cowboy Bebop Back on Toonami · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure PBS's airings are regional - I've never seen anime on PBS, but I also rarely watch it.

    International channel? Like many, I've never heard of it. Unlike many, I work for the cable company here, and I'm pretty sure while browsing through our channel lineup, I would have noticed it.

  5. Re:Good for Bebop on Cartoon Network Dropping Gundam and Bebop? · · Score: 1

    What kind of crack rock did YOU just take a hit off of before posting this drivel?

    I personally didn't pick out any modifications. I've heard the word bitch several times, only one or two words dropped, I've yet to see a scene edited out, and I certainly haven't noticed any "butchering".

    All said, I'm amazed at what they've had the balls to show.

  6. Re:Watch out for these folks on The Upcoming Corel-Based Distro From Xandros · · Score: 1

    Er. His is only slightly higher than mine (2430). Maybe you were looking at the post number (to the right of the date)

  7. Re:Brilliant idea on Code Red Refunds? · · Score: 1

    And I suggest that you read the posts you're replying to before spouting off.

    Especially the part about [b]@Home[b], which the parent post was about.

  8. It's an amusing idea... on Stopping The 56K Hate · · Score: 3, Informative

    But not nearly as amusing as watching their counter skyrocket :) They're up to 277 or so hits since this was posted.

  9. Re:Wonder if anybody else did this on New Philips eXpanium Will Use 3" CDs · · Score: 1

    Personally, when trying to remain gender neutral (very rare for me, I dislike the PC crap), I use "their".

  10. Re:How about Linux users^ on ZeRo4 Wins; Quake: The Movie Released · · Score: 1

    With a.. You know.. Video player?

    XMMS handles DivX files just fine with the proper plugins.

  11. Re:An Ex-Dell Tech Post on Lawsuit Alleges That Palms Damage Motherboards · · Score: 5, Informative

    A not so quiet reader and former Dell Dimension Product Specialist posting to say that what the Anonymous Coward I'm replying to says is true. We replaced motherboards killed by Palm Vs constantly. The fact Dell replaced these things leads me to believe it's the MB's fault, not the Palms.

  12. I doubt he wants alternative PDF WRITERS on PDF Alternatives? · · Score: 5

    But rather alternatives to PDF. How about good, old-fashioned HTML+images? Or another idea is one of the more liberal eBook formats I suppose. The main point of this post is to point out the poster doesn't seem to want to have any pdfs, not just use an alternative method of writing them :P

  13. Re:Tech support on Comcast Bidding To Buy AT&T's Cable-Modem Unit · · Score: 1

    Well, actually it's $11/hour, but yeah. Heh.

    -sigh- The "tech industry" in Las Vegas sucks.

    Although I'd like to point out that we're troublecall monkeys not because we don't know what we're doing, but rather because we're not allowed to do jack shit beyond that. DHCP error? Trouble call. No sync? Trouble call (although there's not much more I'm aware of that can be done for this). TCP/IP stack hosed? No, no registry editing or manual rebuild of the stack here. Trouble call.

    And only 10% of the calls I take a day are trouble calls. The rest are dipshits who don't understand the pop3 server is pop3.lvcm.com, and the smtp server is smtp.lvcm.com

  14. Re:Do it the correct way... on Long-Range Networking · · Score: 1

    Figures.

    -adds *techsplanet* to spam blocking list, as that seems to be next-

  15. Re:Do it the correct way... on Long-Range Networking · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing you make a comission, and you have access to the web server's referrer logs?

    You forgot to have a referal link to something as a sig.

  16. Re:Do it the correct way... on Long-Range Networking · · Score: 1

    This message brought to you by TechsPlanet.

    Just got done reading a story about how you can modify equipment laying around to do what you want, and have the urge to do it yourself? Well, come on down to TechsPlanet.com, where we will sell you the same stuff, done "right", for signifigantly more than it would cost for you to do it yourself. And for a limited time, we'll even throw in a free Slashdot subscription with every purchase! Be the first troll on your block with a wireless LAN and a Slashdot UID over 400,000!

  17. Re:I like those boot messages on Linus Says No To Annoying Boot Messages · · Score: 1

    I have never, ever seen the option "Attempt to reach DHCP server? (Will timeout after 60 seconds) [Y/N]: "

    Nor have I seen the option

    "Load video drivers? [Y/N]"
    "Load mouse drivers? [Y/N]"
    "Load Aureal Vortex Wave Device? [Y/N]"
    "Load VIA UDMA ATA/100 drivers? [Y/N]"
    "Load VFW Interface for ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder? [Y/N]"

  18. Re:FPS on GeForce3: Real-time RenderMan? · · Score: 2

    -sigh-

    The eye can detect above 120, depending on the person. My threshold is around 80 or so, anything above that adds little to the gameplay, other than the framerate is less likely to dip below what I notice.

    What makes 24-30fps acceptable in film and TV is motion bluring. Search the archvies for the arguments, as I don't feel like getting into it again.

  19. Re:That whole last mile thing... on Bandwidth Speculation's Legacy: Dark Fiber · · Score: 1

    And then there are the "lucky" ones with unidirectional cable service. 1.5mbps down, 28.8kbps up over a phoneline.

  20. Re:@Home says if you threaten them with a lawsuit. on Judge Sues ISP for Poor Service · · Score: 1

    When the guy on the phone told me that if I was threatening a lawsuit that he would hang up, I said "Nope...you won't be dealing with my lawyer, you'll be dealing with Fremont city council's..." Needless to say, problem solved rather quickly...

    I GUARANTEE your threat didn't get you any further than if you had just attempted to resolve the issue without trying to drop names.

  21. Re:Love my TIVO! on Buying a PVR that Doesn't Require a Subscription? · · Score: 1

    TiVo is standalone, subscription optional (although 2.0.1 did remove functionality, but you won't be getting that first call anyway, I don't think. Unless they're shipping with 2.x now...).

  22. Re:Domain names suck anyway on Battle For Control Of .au Domain · · Score: 1

    Heh. I remember when Slashdot was unreachable if prefixed with www.

    slashdot.org is 12 characters. www. brings it to 16. 64.28.67.150 is 12 characters. Which is easier to remember, Slashdot.org or 64.28.67.150?

    And hell, I find slashdot.org a lot easier to type than 64.28.67.150.

  23. Re:Just another example of SpeakEasy on top on Obtaining Reverse DNS Records from Your Uplink? · · Score: 1

    Actually it's up to 10 statics :) (although most packages come with 4), and not only will they do reverse DNS, but for a monthly fee they'll host primary and secondary, or for a onetime fee, they'll host just secondary DNS for you.

  24. Re:I know it's possible.... on Accessibility and Citrix? · · Score: 1
    The KB article I was reading had to do with Microsoft's voice synthesizer for the deaf speaking your password out loud,

    Well, that explains some things about MS software... Speech for the deaf, enhanced fonts for the blind? :)

  25. Re:Good enough for Japanese TV - good enough for / on Nasubi - The Ultimate Survivor · · Score: 1

    As do I. O Holy One, please have mercy on his soul. Or some such.

    Interesting definition of pornography, by the way. Get bitten by a goatse.cx troll again?