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  1. You'd still have to buy big cards. on Nikon D2H: Digital Camera + 802.11b Option · · Score: 1

    Unless you're going to download something every 3 shots, you'd still need a large card.

  2. Loose the Internet on How Do You Get Work Done? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For some reason, i get hte most amount of work done when I have the least amount of internet connection.

  3. My Little Girl. on Petri Dish Babies, 25 Years Later · · Score: 1

    My Little Girl was mixed in a dish in 2001. She's quite the energetic 2 year old and I'd do it again.

    Of course, her brother that will be here in a month was a surprise christmas present. Goes to show you that some doctors who say 'it can't be done' aren't always right

  4. Re:G5 alternative? on Cheap PPC Linux Machines From IBM · · Score: 1

    You sure? The Serverwork chipset in the ML530 does not support AGP, and it is not mentioned in any of the literature from HP on that system.

    (speaking as a server guru who has worked/sold/marketed intel servers since 1994, the only server I've seen with AGP slot was a single CPU system that was a desktop with a server logo on it)

  5. Re:G5 alternative? on Cheap PPC Linux Machines From IBM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    However, if the IBM Machine is geared towards business server use it's going to have an ATI 8MB hard mounted video card with no AGP slot.

    Why put an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro in a machine that is going to show a login: prompt at best?

  6. So am I hosed? on DirecTV Sues Anyone Who Bought Smartcard Reader? · · Score: 1

    Fusion credit card sent me a handy dandy smart card reader to use my Visa with (I never did) but my Visa is one of those that has a chip in it.

  7. It'll be like a geek admitting he likes the Mac on New Kazaa Lite Protects Identity · · Score: 1

    I'd bet they'd find a ton of people who are looking for work right now that are still unemployed thanks to the dot bomb.

    wanting to copy CDs vs. feeding your family, people will feed their family. There are a small minority that would rather eat ketchup packets instead.

  8. Heard this on NPR. on Robot Balloon Escapes In Britain · · Score: 2, Informative

    Heard about this on NPR. Apparently the person that got the baloon ripped out of their hand was one of the kids of a scientist, and the electronics had yet to be put into the balloon hence making it difficult to track. Can't find a link to the story on the NPR website though, so maybe I imangined the whole thing

  9. Hate to Burst your Bubble on New Kazaa Lite Protects Identity · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...but the RIAA can easily get around this block of 'known' IP addresses.

    To borrow from the other scourge of the internet, They'll just pay people to work from home for $1000s a week!

    All they'll do is pay some one who wants money to run their program using their home DSL, Dial up or Cable Modem. Then the blocking of RIAA's 'known' addresses would become as big as every high speed residential network on the planet.

  10. Not only is it less expensive... on Ink More Expensive Than Champagne · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...when you buy Champagne, the bottle is actually full. Plus there is no crime against refilling the bottle and using it for your own stuff.

  11. Something must be wrong with yours on Panther Analysis Getting Underway · · Score: 1

    I've got a Powerbook 12" that I've had since March. I just roated the screen far forward, and far back, and i can read all my bookmark bar buttons and everything in the top of safari

  12. Re:Typical on Bill Gates On Linux · · Score: 1
    "No computer will ever need more then 640kb of system memory" -- Bill Gates.


    Bill never said that, or so he claims.
  13. Good Point on WiFi Exposes Sensitive Student Data · · Score: 1

    Good point as well. But maybe we bring it to the school administration first before publishing it.

    To me that's what it appears that they do.

  14. Let's see... on Law Professor Examines SCO Case · · Score: -1, Redundant

    1) Write an article how SCO is evil.

    2) get it posted on slashdot.

    3) ???

    4) PROFIT!!!

  15. WiFi Didn't expose it, stupid administrators did. on WiFi Exposes Sensitive Student Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I grow tired of seeing WiFi get the blame because someone didn't flip a simple switch on a cheap wireless hub that would had prevented 99.99% of the reporters of the world out there from doing this.

    WEP exists to stop people like this, it won't stop someone determined, but it will stop the sensationalistic 'news at 11' types

  16. Yes it was meant as a joke on Intellivision Operating System Revealed · · Score: 1

    Some folks got it, and it was at 5 earlier, now it's at 3 so some must not have.

  17. Bye Bye. on Intellivision Operating System Revealed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bye Bye IntOS. Slashdotted in 0.33 seconds.

  18. Lied to by Corporations? on Apple's G5 Speeds Challenged · · Score: 1

    You don't like being lied too by corporations?

    let's see.

    do you:

    A) not drink beer because gigantic parties with tons of super attractive women don't show up scantily clad happy to dry hump dance all over you?

    b) not drive a car, because you don't get that 'feeling' that Toyota claims or you can't go winding down a canyon road to cure your hiccups without getting arrested or flying off the road abecause the suspension on the car can't do what it did in the commercial?

    c) not live in a house because you can't get a mortgage rate the rates advertised because your credit rating isn't in the right phase of the moon to get the right score to get the super low rate that made you call them in the first place?

    Find me a corporation that doesn't mislead you, and we'll find one that goes out of business.

    Lying is a strong word, misleading would be a better one, or even misdirection. That's what marketing is. Creating a non-existant need for you to want their product.

  19. Hard Drives on Apple's G5 Speeds Challenged · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I went from an Atari 800 with a Atari 410 Cassette drive to a Compaq Plus with a Floppy Drive & a 10MB Hard Disk Drive.

    I refused to use the hard drive for like six months because floppy disk was more than enough for me.

    Of course, I was like eight at the time too and had no real idea what a system running from a hard disk would perform like...

  20. Not to mention... on New G5 Power Macs "Fastest Desktop In The World" · · Score: 1

    ..that that includes boring old ATA/100 IDE. Unless you failed to mention that was a SATA drive. But to my knowledge none of the big Intel vendors are shipping SATA drives just yet.

  21. Time to get even. on Digital Baseball Umpires · · Score: 1

    OK, Time to get even with all the jocks that poked on you by hacking their umpire to call everything a strike.

  22. End of Tailgaitors? on Honda Crash Detection System · · Score: 1

    Man that'd be funny in rush hour traffic for those folks that come running up on you in a lane when you're doing a reasonable speed for the amount of traffic.

    If you modded it? Could you have a switch that would tighten up the seat belt on the SO when they're complaining about your driving? heh.

  23. Shenanigans again! on Microsoft Kills Off Mac IE, Blames Safari · · Score: 1

    My first Macintosh was purchased July 2002. Since then, I've not seen one update for IE on the Mac.

    Safari came out later which gave MS Plenty of time to improve their browser. But they didn't.

    I won't miss it, because I never used it. I used IE about long enough to pick up Mozilla.

  24. Re:Anyone else going to go after Linux? on Red Hat License Challenged · · Score: 1

    But the guy didn't even read the license right, and what he brought up was totally wrong anyway. Their license agreement that he highlighted was about their services, not the software.

  25. Shenanigans! I Call Shenanigans! on PPC 970 Powerbooks and Powermacs in Production? · · Score: 1

    There is no way Apple would release a new notebook with a smaller screen than their brand new 17" Powerbook G4 that was just introdcued in January, and just started shipping in volume here in the last month or too.

    There is no way they'd release it. I'd be willing to believe a G4 Powerbook 15.4" and a Power PC 970 based Power Mac Tower. but no way they'd do that with the Powerbook at this time.