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  1. Re:Boondoggle on More on GM's New Fuel Cell Cars · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but what kind of issues would large cities have, what with all of the warm, moist exhaust being released from tens of thousands of these vehicles? I'd be curious to see what the heat/moisture output of a fuel cell is compared to that of an equivalent internal combustion engine. Remember that there are more types of pollution other than just CO, CO2 and the like.

  2. Re:Oh well on Intel to Build DRM into Next-Generation CPUs · · Score: 1

    Check out this link at "Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows" (http://www.winsupersite.com/) which explains the upcoming release of Windows code-named "Longhorn":

    http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/longhorn.asp

    While not decidedly pro-Windows in every aspect, keep in mind this site won't necessarily give you a lot of information on the negative aspects of this technology. From what I can glean from this site and others, Microsoft's aim is to support Palladium with their next OS upgrade (version) rather than in XP or Service Pack 1. (There are links from the Longhorn FAQ above to other FAQs that explain Service Pack 1, albeit in a somewhat rosy light.)

    I strongly suggest you peruse some stuff on Google to get a well-rounded perspective. This is only a starting point.

    Cheers!

  3. Re:We don't use MS's VM, anyway on MS XP Drops Java Support · · Score: 1

    Amen. I have yet to see anyone use MS's VM to run any serious Java application. To get the most out of Java, you need to download at least one external library anyway. (JSSE, JCE, Java 3D...) Why not download Sun's JVM at the same time?

    Point well taken that Java may eventually disappear from the browser. Maybe. But that ignores the fact that Java is embedded on millions of devices such as your phone, set top boxes, etc.; not to mention its usefulness as a client-server language. Java won't die out. Only the MS VM will. Oh gawd. This sounds like a frickin' ad.

    Cheers.

  4. Collaboration? No. on Sauce for the Gander: Aimster Uses DMCA to Its Advantage · · Score: 2
    How can a people "collaborate on documents" when the license agreement explicitly states users cannot actually open the files they download?

    Indeed, what many other people have already said is true: this system cannot work the way it is set up for users must break the license agreement to actually use the system for what it is "intended" to be used for.

  5. Hmmm... on Guess When Mir Will Splash · · Score: 1

    You know, it's funny: for all the griping about MIR stories, I didn't see any place in the Topics preferences that would allow anyone to exclude MIR stories. Oh, well.

    My pitiful guess for splashdown is
    2001-03-20 07:36:29

  6. Re:Um... on Slashback: Scrambled, Dreams, Stars · · Score: 2
    It would certainly help if people read just a little farther in the letter:

    At this point it is difficult to determine whether any fraudulent activity on this relatively small number of credit cards can be traced back to the attack on our system, or whether it may be the result of credit card theft elsewhere. At this point, the evidence we have gathered to-date suggests that these credit card numbers were NOT obtained from our site.

    While they are somewhat non-committal in their analysis (a good idea since they have no absolute proof at this point), I think they've done a decent job of informing people who might have been affected. C'mon people: you can read!