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  1. Re:"off the air"? on FCC Speeds Up Digital TV Signal Deadlines · · Score: 1

    speaking as a retailer of such things "we" speak mostly of Over The Air and Direct Broadcast Satellite. So an OTA digital signal has the same stuff in the channel as a DBS signal has oh and don't forget Digital Tv != High Definition

  2. Two things i would like to see on Games We've Never Seen Before · · Score: 1

    1 a camera that can be reset so you can see (for third person views) 2 games where there are two ways to do everything (meaning two copies of every key item and two paths to get from point A to Point B)

  3. Re:Long live closed source on Mac Install-Base Shown to Be 16% · · Score: 1

    well it could be said that if you have a dictatorship the process of doing an "upgrade" is a bit messy but doable (of course if you can find a "large nation" to do the uninstall parts....

  4. Re:what part of... on GPL Hard to Enforce? · · Score: 1

    Okay just to get this straight GPL IS NOT THE SAME AS Public Domain GPL is in fact copyright and you may be facing anything from Small Town laywers to Full Metal Jacket Nazguls (IBM Lawyers) Public Domain is not Copyright Period Full Stop And then there is the fact that you can Charge MegaBuck$ for GPL code however you would have to provide Source Code as used

  5. quick answer to the question on Linux Geeks To Take Over World · · Score: 1

    No and No (but if you want to compile that way...

  6. Re:If your child was kidnapped... on GPS-tracked Clothing · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be SOP anyway? Think Folks, like the second set of data given is What X was wearing at the time. And since you are going to grab a kid OF A GIVEN SIZE (age) and Gender it would be simple to have some outfits stashed. Zone the kid out and drive away. there is no ??? in this sequence

  7. Re:The Open CD on Using Computer Stores to Spread Open Source? · · Score: 1

    4 rig the NON Cost disc with a few things from the "host" (price sheets and a couple glowy webpages) None of "my" computer stores do that, and I most certainly do not! The last thing someone wants to see is another freakin ad on their PC, especially when the rep just educated the customer about spyware and adware!!! So you wouldn't as a store owner put YOUR OWN PRICE SHEET and a few Pages from YOUR OWN website on a disc that was made for/by your own store? (and besides if you read my post this would be on the NON COST CD not installed on the system) Oh as to what can go on the NON COST disc SpyBot Search and Destroy Adaware Deepburner VideoLanClient (unstable) --if not on TOCD Current .Net runtime Current Adobe Acrobat Reader Current Java Runtime Current copies of other large plugins

  8. Re:The Open CD on Using Computer Stores to Spread Open Source? · · Score: 1

    a few things 1 Do your "customers" a favour and rebuild the OCD with current versions (just correct the links) 2 get a bit sneaky and make a CD with a few NON-Cost programs to provide the services that are not GPL availible 3 burn a few sets 4 rig the NON Cost disc with a few things from the "host" (price sheets and a couple glowy webpages)

  9. Re:oh, and another thing before XP's ready on Windows Nearly Ready For Desktop Use · · Score: 1

    Um you could fix that problem the same way you do on a linux system wire a desktop shortcut with the command line shutdown -h now or SHUTDOWN -s -t 01 (i don't know about the whole logoff thing but...)

  10. Re:Sorry not interested on Earthlink Sponsors Cheap Linux PCs · · Score: 1

    You forgot One small detail If they offer the system THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT IT!! This is a NationWide Internet Service Provider having to support Linux.

  11. Re:Checks calendar... on Earthlink Sponsors Cheap Linux PCs · · Score: 1

    No this is some Earthlink person dusting off the previous campain and seeing what sticks PeoplePC= Earthlink- "toys"

  12. The Long Horn Promise (and the FLOSS response) on Nothing of .Net in Longhorn? · · Score: 1

    Just for fun lets list the promises made for LongHorn and wether the major Floss groups can/have matched them (suggested format promise LH Unix Linux OSX (yes no beta) (credit the family if any distro has the feature since we can assume that by LH launch all of them will have it)

  13. Tech hostile to scanners? on Airport Screeners could see X-rated X-rays · · Score: 1

    Since all of these scanners have a signature what happens when somebody rigs a device that activates 1 on scan 2 X time after the scan 3 and causes the scanner to shutdown ? or how about a PHS programmed staff member? News at 23:00 time???

  14. Re:This is old on Airport Screeners could see X-rated X-rays · · Score: 1

    Just to spell this out you would get the FC meals on board the same way you would get the FC on board (this also would slightly increase the security on the flight by preventing somebody from poisining the crew) It may limit the menu to what can be stuffed in a "cooler" but that might be a GOOD THING

  15. Re:Who cares what IBM's profit margin is? on IBM Europe Workers Strike · · Score: 1

    Try this Imagine you have a neighbor that 1 Pays the local folks in Ca$H 2 Seems to know everything that is going on 3 but switches services in a heartbeat (and maybe now has decided to start using some services "across town" instead of local folks) Major Corps are that neighbor btw whats up with the turning test thing all of a sudden??

  16. Re:Stop using big banks on Over Half a Million Bank Accounts Breached · · Score: 1

    and even UPS next day deposit envelopes (if you can get to a UPS POP) oh and btw its based in alpheda(most likely misspelled but...) georgia so no they can't do a cut and run

  17. Re:So far, so good on A Peek at Personalized Google · · Score: 1

    the thing i like is if you have a google login cookie set then it pops up automatically (note if you use GMail and have the box checked..) with your settings intact.

  18. possible first split on Next Step in Human Evolution · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would think that the tech haves and have nots would be the first split the the tech folks would split into mech and bio only engineering.

  19. Re:Are you sure? on Vex Pics from FIRST/LEGO/Vex Robotics Competition · · Score: 1

    okay lets get a few things settled 1 "The Programming Unit" will be out in August but if you are really good and know naything about thsese thigns you can hack the previous (NON RadioShack) programing kit to work. Oh btw the RS unit comes with the chapter on programming (RHI C is what you need to know. 2 One of the things that has been said is you could use a VEX kit to prototype a bot for the USFIRST program so you don't blow your funding or build out of season. 3 a few hints as to how serious vex can get A safety googles should be in the section B the manual is in a 3 ring binder for a reason C have you actually looked at the parts list?? Lego = Windows Vex = Gentoo

  20. Re:A suggestion maybe on Will America's Favorite Technology Go Dark? · · Score: 1

    so go ahead and get a Digital tuner box NOW that has the analog outputs (if you are in the US you are most likely about 5 minutes working or living from a place where you can get such a thing (a few hints 160-???? and $249.99))

  21. Re:GPL on The SCO Boomerang and the Strength of Linux · · Score: 1

    Umm any idea why groklaw.net seems to be offline??

  22. Re:Yeah... on A 2nd Core to Keep Windows Chugging Along? · · Score: 1

    oh and btw (since you didn't key to this) The name of the Store is RadioShack (it became RadioShack about the same time the corporation became RadioShack (from Tandy)). the current problem is Parts Are Not "pretty" so they get hidden in the parts drawers and the Wireless Phones are at the door

  23. Re:Cool, but - on Mandriva (ex Mandrake) LE2005 hits FTP mirrors · · Score: 1

    yep and the funny trick is the torrent file you get is linked to your IP address so if you have a disconnect and happen to get a new ip you need to do a full restart from zero. Somebody should get the file(s) and setup a torrent (just remember to keep the torrent going for a while after you have the whole thing) Im going to wait for the DVD to get online

  24. Re:the trial hasn't started yet on Judge Denies SCO's Ex Parte Motion to Adjourn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The company suing IBM is a Linux company that was named "Caldera" until a couple of years ago. There's a charming irony there, since "Caldera" basically means, "a smoking hole in the ground," which is what we expect Caldera/SCOG to be fairly soon. :) --- funny how the good and chunky asteroids are Iron Ball Munitions >8-)

  25. Re:9/11?! on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 1

    If you really think it is, then consider that I firmly believe that sick wierdos who want to run other people's lives would be much better people with a bullet hole where their head used to be. You wouldn't want to curtail my religious freedom to *act* upon that belief, would you? -------------- Your rights end where my mass begins (depending on who exactly, my rights would include giving you the gun and/or ducking and running)