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  1. Re:Here's a novel concept! on DIY linux-based MP3 player Appliance · · Score: 1

    Get a dreamcast? Get a DVD player that plays MP3s?

    My DVD player (cheap, i'm poor) an AIWA XD-DV370 plays mp3's just fine and any newbie can use it out of the box. Plus with the remote you can take off any regional coding restrictions. Plus, it's a DVD player! Not the best, but pretty great.

    Plus, there is the SEGA Dreamcast! This machine can be used for anything, even running X.

  2. LOL @ most posts on File Extensions And Monopolies · · Score: 1

    It's funny that there is actually truth here, and for some reason everyone is sticking up for M$.

    I'm writing this in windows now, but I don't agree with most people saying this isn't a problem ... etc.

    Have you ever noticed that M$ [almost] always comes up with a app right after someone else has become huge at it?

    Real Player got big, and suddenly Media Player got a HUGE upgrade. AIM went outside AOL and MSN Mess came around.

    The difference with MS and lets say linux is: Linux depends on third party software to operate and M$ depends on windows to destroy third party software.

    Look at the situation more deeply than described by salon.com - i have to run out the door so i can't type anymo

  3. Reply to all. on Usenix Takes Stand Against ATA and SSSCA · · Score: 0

    Instead of replying to all the above messages I'll just write one.

    My congressman (Steve Chabot [R-OH]) has responded to my e-mails in the past and even once corrected a 'fact' in my (e)letter.[i was wrong]

    I don't like this guy at all and even worked on the campaign [sorta] for the other guy. But really no matter who he/she is - if they don't read your e-mail then they don't care about your p.o.v.

    Who cares how long it took you to write it? Chances are if you own a computer and can access e-mail you have some $$, and congress does care about you. Although I don't have squat.

    Let's get down to it, no congressman reads your e-mail, letters, faxes and etc. It's all read first by someone else.

    Flood them with 30 or so e-mails to let them know that you mean business - wait outside their office with a gun... how else do we get them to listen? Is they what it's come down to?

    One simple and easy way. [on top of your letters]
    PetitionOnline [SSSCA]

  4. Dreamcast we worship you. on Java On Dreamcast Forges On · · Score: 3, Interesting

    First let me say: I'm very active in the DC scene(s).

    Broadband adapters need to be made again!

    For god sakes SEGA is still making games for the DC, as they only pulled out of the hardware business. It's flat out impossible to play new games online (WSB2K2, Mars Matrix, etc) when you canceled your dial-up account 2 years ago.

    As for another suggestion posted above; yes streaming mp3 support needs to be covered. The DC outputs some of the best sound I've heard on a console. *If* I could get a BBA then I would be able to stream them right of the PC. But, I've also archived all my mp3's to CD so I can already play them in the DVD player, DC and PC. BUT! Playing a shout,er,icecast stream would be great for ambient music.

    The DC can be anything people want it to be. It's your all in one box. It's even got a C64 emulator.

    But what can we do to resurrect this machine to above it's full glory?

    [ps. i noticed on mtv the other day that they gave a few DC's away on a show - so people, of course, still love them.]

  5. Re:The Evidence against bin Laden on US Starts Attacking Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Refresh my memory; Is that the book which desribes J.Caesar as writing a message on a shaved head and letting the hair grow - then shaving the head when he arrived?

    That was excellent!

  6. Re:Same ol' same old on US Starts Attacking Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Sounds good, but half right.

    Warfare is needed... but it won't stabilize anything.

    Propoganda, which is what you describe, isn't really the answer. That is what 'Big Bin' uses and we can't fight the so called 'word of god'.

    Let's look back at Hitler. He even touched the hearts and minds of some Americans [Henry Ford for one]. If he could've taken control without a scapegoat it would have been done.

    Did Hitler really care about the Jews either way? Maybe not, but he wouldn't admit that.

    You need an enemy.

    The situation in Palestine/Israel is just ONE way of digging into someone's mind. If that was really an issue for 'big bin' why doesn't he [or any other Arab/Moselm nation/group] take them in? Why doesn't another country feed them, give them shelter, or military backing?

    Because you need a reason to hate the USA[and friends]. The dispute in Israel isn't over land, it's over religion. There is plenty of land in the middle east which is used for squat. If either side had it's way they would destroy the other.

    Simply said: 'bin' is a man of action who hides behind words. He obviously isn't someone who just talks, but does he really care about Palestine? As I watch the taliban is reporting that we have bombed civilian sites.

    Can we make mistakes? Could we have done this on purpose? Yes to both. But did we? I bet we haven't. I know we do dirty things - but this isn't the situation where you do that sorta' thing. You don't throw gas on the fire.

    It's a war of words, and ideas. Historically smaller, weaker forces with ideas in their heads take down larger forces because the will to fight.

    Quote me on this, and remember where you heard it first: "Don't cut the head off the chicken, cut off the beak" -me

  7. Re:Hi there [way off topic, flame, read] on Mouse Gestures in Mozilla · · Score: 1

    You are right... it's a site that lets your inside bastard come out online.

    I guess its also a site which thrives on lies, insults to whole groups of people, and dumb people who like to type.

    Someone should'a bought that kid mavis beacon.

    As someone on that site pointed out, he is probably getting paid directly by M$

  8. Re:Where does HP fit now? on Intel Gets PA-RISC Engineers · · Score: 1

    I don't know... we may be suprised when HP releases a Linux distro.

    My last HP had a soft-modem installed, but a nice guy at their tech support offered to trade it for a new [used] one.

    HP has a linux page, Compaq gives some help on installing linux on laptops...

    ...cross your fingers!

  9. Re:Hi there [way off topic, flame, read] on Mouse Gestures in Mozilla · · Score: 1

    I clicked on your sig, and I must simply say: You are a moron.

    My favorite part:
    Chat Log [?]
    jsm: yeh for fucking infrared mice, and for about a thousand makes of webcam it does. Get real here. For my fucking floppy disk drive, I am telling you through bitter experience it does not. Even if someone has written the drivers in the last week


    It seems you are saying thousands of [usb] webcams are supported under linux, which would be a good thing, but it's not true.

    You obviously know nothing about computers. First off, you never mentioned that EVERYWHERE, EVERYONE says to backup your HD before trying to mix Linux and Windows. It's common sense.

    You lost data because you don't know what you are doing. Yes, you must defrag the drive before resizing a partition! Even windows apps such as PartitionMagic[tm] tells you to do this. But! Normally the windows' defrag will place the data at the start of the drive but it won't always do that. I would recommend putting down big bucks for a defrag program that you can customize like Norton.

    [2] Linux broke your computer? How? Because of some crappy data loss. Since '95 came out I've formatted my HD 6-7 times because I had no choice. But! I could reinstall windows every time! Even though the Win98SE CD-ROM doesn't boot on it's own and I must drive miles to get a bootable floppy, with the right CD-ROM drivers... etc.

    [3] LFT!?!? Read this:
    linuxbabe: you shuold have defragmented. windows scatters data all over your hard drive so the installer cant just find a clean chunk to install into. it isn't linux fault {---- distinct signs of LFT being approached
    linuxbabe: that windoze disk management blows

    She's right! It does suck. So does it's memory management.. and so on.

    [4]Soft modems.
    jsm: So in other words, my fucking modem is never going to work with Linux at all?
    While I don't agree with linuxbabe [but i still love and respect you 'babe] saying that it's an M$ plot to control the OS market. Soft modems are supposedly designed that way to save costs. The company who made your modem made it that way to use less chips and control the modem through software. It's a faulty design on any system. Your CPU is doing all the work while the modem should be. The costs are cut at your expense.

    What the whole thing comes down to: Your dumb. You should'a done your homework before installing another OS. You could'a installed it inside your current partition. Try installing NT; I just installed debain [for fun] and I can't get past step 4 in the NT install. You bought Linux books? There is nothing in those books for a normal user that isn't on the web. You don't have common sense. And lastly: I hate you.

    Thank you the flamer lamer has left the building.

  10. What gives? on Intel Tualatin Processors and Motherboard Support? · · Score: 1

    Intel = Microsoft

    That simple... someone from intel broke into MS and stole Bill's marketing techniques.

  11. Legality... what does this do now? on Truly Off-The -Shelf PCs Make A Top-500 Cluster · · Score: 1

    I know selling a supercomputer to 'rouge' or communist nations is illegal, but what if a nation just orders a bunch of PCs?

    Question: I know there was a story on /. about PS2's [sony, not IBM] being made Taiwan or some area and the threat of high end chips going to China. There has been talks of Linux running on PSX or some such cheap hardware so that it may be clustered in Iraq.

    [now the q:] Where is the line drawn? Aren't there computers in nations such as Iraq? I just can't believe that he/they can't get 10, 200, 2000 PCs and hook them up. People smuggle drugs, can't they stow a pc? You wouldn't even need to transport the case, - hell you could build a case from wood or adobe [Native Americans made...]

    So where is the line drawn? And why can't I store buy a simple cluster? Anything?

    I know chip prices fall usually because AMD, Intel, etc stop making them and go onto new lines but why not 4 Athlon's [Slot A, cheap] onboard at 750 MHZ? I know the limitations; software needs to be writen for that, speed isn't 750Mhz x 4, etc.

    I want an almost super computer!

    Tell my Kernel to use one for disk i/o, one for net, one for X... one for seti i guess. Advaced crontab, AT 6PM RUN FETCHMAIL ON CPU2! Damn, I wish I could write code!

  12. Re:setting up an end run on the Constitution on Cyberspace a Separate Place? · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes, but in Ohio we must pay all sales taxes not already paid over the internet during our income tax filing. [paying the tax in your county, as sales tax varies from county to county]

    This case I believe isn't going to stand because it gives people the ability to dodge local laws, or any laws really.

    Look for this to be overturned because there is too much special interest involved, RIAA, your state, FBI... whoever wants to make a criminal of you.

  13. Re:Now let's see more e-partments... on DIY: Building A Wireless Freenet · · Score: 1

    There is an apartment building in Cincinnati, Ohio which has 'high speed' internet access.

    They don't give details over the phone, but I've gotten one report it's a shared T1 system - with a febile attempt at load balancing; but fast none the less.

    Someone I know lived there while they put the system in. This place is pricey so it's basically in the rent, not to mention that business travelers usually stay there. My one friend's father stayed there, he just had to plug his network card in and boot up [windoze]and it all worked.

    It's in the downtown area so I won't give out the name... as I'm encouraged to boycott that area.

  14. Re:Yeah Well, Except... on Microsoft Worms and Global Routing Instability · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the fact it's mainly home users running w2k who are infected.

    But really, if your running a web server why would you want to reboot it? Isn't this the solution to a Code Red infection, simply reboot?

    Ok I know if I ran a web server I'd run *nix, *bsd, NOT windows of any sort.

    Rebooting is for lamers.

  15. Re:NOT dangerous.. on Consumer Hydrogen Fuel Cells · · Score: 1

    Like a candle, the canvas acted as a wick and the H[2] acted like wax.... not to mention the other fuels present.

  16. Re:P2P Is Crucial In Securing the Future of the Ne on File Sharing: Decentralizing, Open-Source Fasttrack · · Score: 1

    Locating the mirrors would be done by not only the client but other servers.

    When my client logs in, and I tell it to relay web sites (instead of hosting filez etc) it connects to others who do the same. If someone in my neighborhood logs on to 'browse' they will find me. The term mirror isn't what I want to use, I'd rather use relay.

    Major hubs that cache the content then trickle the content down to others. If you can't get on CNN then get on the network, and type the web page. Your client finds a relay and you get the page.

    All this is done by other relays cacheing pages that are frequently used/viewed. If I don't have the content someone is looking for my client can direct them to another relay. [or even get the page for the user]

    With the stats involved a smarter network of relays is set up - allowing regional access to sites instead of going straight to the page.

    Set aside so many MB of space that can be used to relay and voila!

    People with always-on connections at home like cable or DSL can use thier bandwidth for good and not evil after all.

  17. Re:P2P Is Crucial In Securing the Future of the Ne on File Sharing: Decentralizing, Open-Source Fasttrack · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I mean people whose mom's bought them that new dell or other such computer off of a commercial or the such.

    Three of my friends just bought computers with at least 1.4MHZ and one has 1GB of DDR ram! He doesn't even know what Ram is...
    ...imagine me trying to get him to install linux on his OTHER FREE hard drive....

    These people are lame, and we need a way to use them.... nuff said.

  18. Re:It's worked here... on Municipal Networks as Alternative to Commercial Broadband? · · Score: 1

    Being from Cincinnati OH I wish I could move to 10Mbps downstream!

    I'm familiar with GoConcepts due to their tucows' mirrors, and am very impressed.

    Pack up everyone, we are moving to Lebanon!!

  19. Re:P2P Is Crucial In Securing the Future of the Ne on File Sharing: Decentralizing, Open-Source Fasttrack · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Freenet people we know you are out there! But your system seems to be "comming along" for a long time now.

    With that said: You are right. There are networks such as SafeWeb that help people surf with anonimity - but from what I know don't do much for mirroring pages.

    P2P networks of today are built to share files: but not information. There is a difference (to me)between mp3's, mpgs, and plain old text. Even Quake 3 Arena[full registered version].zip isn't information. I know everyone loves the P2P model of 'file sharing' but what about 'information sharing'?

    Two ideas: You control the files on your PC 100%. You can add files, you can remove files. You would ideally add web pages [with images and all - via an open source compression method-which your browser decompresses and opens] or plain text files. This system requires you to gather all the pages you would need - but you have complete control over your content.

    [#2]Proxy style web cache-ing + #1! This system would save bandwidth for content providers, keep pages from being altered and keep the server from getting the 'slashdot sickness'.
    This system is similar to freenet. The key factors in this system are: browser integration, open source, key relay points [edu's, cyber cafe...], checksum'n of pages, and open source.
    The client could easily have either a mozilla based browser or IE since mozilla source is available and IE integration is a dime a dozen.

    I like idea #2. I can host my own content, mirror other people's content even on low activity host web pages for my neighbors [i've got cable].
    Structured like gnutella but with a mo'betta client structure. During heavy activity a web page could give me this error: Enter web address in your "gnuholla" client to view mirrored version. Wouldn't that be nice?

    Give it a blah:// protocol if you'd like; but one simple thing a p2p network needs is stats! Don't simply extend another protocol. As computers come and go off-line keep track of how long they do, when, and what speed they used, how much content they carry, how many nodes they connect to. We need smart p2p.

    Gnutella's limit is bandwidth right? If the clients were smarter, bandwidth consumption becomes a smaller problem because smarter connections. If I discover 3 local IP's that carry loads of content and are online for 10 hours a day on avg then my client likes him. If you are an edu site or on a Tx you can have the ability to only let clients who seem to be dedicated connect.

    Computers of today are going to waste. I know many people on gnutella, irc, kazaa and more who are lamers with 1.4Mhz machines and close to a Gb of ram. No client out there puts real stress on their machines. A client that can be used as a mirror, a file sharing prog, traffic relay and more is a system I for one would support.

    All these ideas remind me of http, gopher, archie, FTP, rolled into one. Maybe we need gnutella 5.0 the five golden rings or protocol upgrades.

    Hopefully this idea isn't taken by someone writing propriety software.

  20. Re:AudioGalaxy on File Sharing: Decentralizing, Open-Source Fasttrack · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's a nice client for linux.

    Although I love audiogalaxy (for millions of songs) - they've screwed me on a T-shirt.

  21. Sun micro on More On Tragedy · · Score: 1

    Our local morning paper released an afternoon edition which had a nice list of companies and what floors they are on.

    Many of the companies who had offices weren't only banks of the world, but computer/internet companies.

    Any news about Sun Microsystems and the like?

  22. Video Tape / PVR / VCD on More On Tragedy · · Score: 1

    I've been recording everything on TV for two days now. My GF taped some 90210 on accident, but I taped over that.

    I would like to have quality video to put on VCD, so if anyone can point me to somewhere that I can download video, that would be great. Streaming video is nice, but I own a TV and get cable - we don't need that.

    There is a mirror of some video at my public FTP site: ftp://ftp.one.net/pub/users/joe/

    Anything that is pointed out to me will be uploaded to that site.

    This is something that I believe shouldn't be forgotten - let's keep these records.

  23. extreme tech on Maxtor's ATA-133 Does 160GB · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    even their main website doesn't show this article...

    it's still focused on the fact that our country has been attacked in an act of war

  24. Re:Who Cares? on Maxtor's ATA-133 Does 160GB · · Score: 1

    lets us americans do our online part

  25. Re:Once Again, US kow-tows to Israel on Hosting Provider Shut Down By FBI · · Score: 1

    9/12/01

    Really?

    Lets see