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  1. Pen sucks... learn to type! on Crusoe To Power Microsoft-Based Tablet PC · · Score: 1
    I would highly suspect that a lot of people can type a heck of a lot faster than they can write. Can you write 70 words a minute? If I can get 3 words a minute into my Palm, I'd be happy!

    Sure, a pen is more "traditional", but it sure isn't efficient! Give me keyboards! Give me speach recognition (although I have privacy concerns with that... try writing your resume at the office that way!), give me thought-readers (uh-oh, how'd Meg Ryan's breasts end up in my presentation?)

    MadCow. kevin@removeThis.cazabon.com

  2. Re:Barf. on Don't Trust Code Signed by 'Microsoft Corporation' · · Score: 1
    From Barf's message:

    The update package includes a CRL containing the two certificates, and an installable revocation handler that consults the CRL on the local machine, rather than attempting to use the CDP mechanism

    Ok, so when I download the CRL program that identifies the stolen certificates, do I trust the signature on it? If I was a malicious hacker that had a bogus certificate, I'd post an "update that rectifies the problem"... q:]

    MadCow.

  3. Re:Getting you money's worth on Don't Trust Code Signed by 'Microsoft Corporation' · · Score: 1
    The funnier thought is that Verisign probably billed Microsoft for the 3 certificates they gave out too... on that account, it's too bad they were caught!

  4. Heck, most of the stuff I dl'd, I already own! on Dear CDDB Users: Thanks For Helping The RIAA! · · Score: 1
    Man, most of the songs I got from Napster I already own, so it's not even stealing! It just happens to be in a more convenient format than my old tapes, LP's and 8-tracks! (hey, I can rip my own CD's...)

    MadCow42.

  5. What if they block non-copyrighted songs? on Dear CDDB Users: Thanks For Helping The RIAA! · · Score: 2
    What if my band decides to release, copyright-free, a song titled "etallicaMay - nterEay andmanSay"?

    If the RIAA and Napster block this song because it just so happens to be the same as the Piglatin translation of a copyrighted song, can I sue them for blocking it?

    Any lawyers out there that can shed some light? Any bands out there that want to release some non-copyrighted material?

    MadCow__42 kevin@cazabon.com

  6. I'll jot down your number... on $10 Paper Mobile Phone To Launch This Year · · Score: 2
    Gimme your phone so I can jot down a number... who needs memory when you can write on the phone?

  7. Re:Color calibration- why bother? on Linux Color Calibration? · · Score: 1
    Actually, there are some very HIGH-END graphics systems based on UNIX... the company I work for sells a system called "Repri" as a photographic retouching station. Repri is known in the social imaging industry as "the" premier retouching system, and the Repri Color Space is ideal for representing photographic color on a computer monitor.

    Now, having said that, this color management system is not available independently from the Repri system, but it shows that it can, and has been done very well on the UNIX platform.

    (FYI, it runs on an SGI O2 box)

    Check out the Sienna Imaging Home Page for info.

  8. Re:One-Click SPAM removal. on Handling Spam from Large Commercial Entities? · · Score: 1

    Actually, their patent is on "42 click SPAM removal"... the business advantages for such a system are enormous. It's also referred to as the "carpul-tunnel" SPAM removal process.

  9. Like Canada, eh? on Could Mars Be Habitable In 100 Years? · · Score: 1

    You mean martians have yappy neighbours too? q:]