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  1. Re:I've always wondered... on IBM's Advanced PvC Technology Laboratory · · Score: 1
    From the article:

    • And all these devices are navigable from everywhere else, meaning they can be controlled from anywhere in the country via a cell hone.
    • Retail applications include remote purchasing transactions between the home and the grocery or other retailers.
    • You could check the fluid levels of the car remotely with a pager, or transmit data from the car to car dealers for service checks.
    There is a reason why they call them "internet enabled" appliances.
  2. Re:So... on CD-Eating Fungus Among Us · · Score: 1

    Magneto Optical disks. The actual medium is sealed in a glass disk.

  3. Other software on Four Companies Get Half Your Clicks · · Score: 3

    Both AOL, Yahoo!, and Microsoft have other software that accesses their servers.

    AOL has the AOL client, and is really more of a very large BBS than an ISP, some AOL users may hardly ever use the internet, they might just use the BBS services. A second point about AOL is that many people that don't use the official AOL might use AIM.

    Yahoo! also has an instant messenger, which people probably leave connected while using the internet.

    Microsoft has MSN, and who knows how many people use things like windows update and other "features" of windows that access Microsoft's servers.

    Many people who use Napster probably just leave it connected so people could download files from them, also downloading MP3s can take a long time.

    These results do not really reflect the actual usage of the websites.

  4. Re:Bad Aim on Aimster Loses Domain to AOL · · Score: 1

    gets, not get

  5. Re:Bad Aim on Aimster Loses Domain to AOL · · Score: 1

    %host badaim.com
    badaim.com has address 209.67.50.20

    The "whois" query get filtered out by the lameness filter, but badaim.com is registered.

  6. NY Times Login... on Time Warner Says Employees Must Use AOL Mail · · Score: 1

    Because the NY Times requires a Login, I though I would post some of the logins that I have found work:
    ---Login:Password---
    subscriberid:password
    12345678:12345678

  7. Re:Raises more Questions (Re:And sometimes it does on Using Webcams as Remote Security? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, forgot that posting is in HTML... What I meant to say was:

    -"they're both shown in a single frame in one of the images, dumb shit."
    If you had actually looked carefully, you would have noticed that "both" people are wearing the same hat and look exactly alike. If you had looked, you also might have noticed that there is a sliding mirror closet door there...

  8. Re:Raises more Questions (Re:And sometimes it does on Using Webcams as Remote Security? · · Score: 1

    >they're both shown in a single frame in one of the images, dumb shit. If you had actually looked carefully, you would have noticed that "both" people are wearing the same hat and look exactly alike. If you had looked, you also might have noticed that there is a sliding mirror closet door there...

  9. Then why did they have the challenge at all??? on SDMI Challenge Participants May Face DMCA Action · · Score: 1

    Why did SDMI have the challenge in the first place? They were enthusiastic about the challenge, but when someone cracks their technologies, they get so upset and were even reluctant to admit that someone had. If they say "try to crack this" they should accept it if someone does crack it, and also accept the results of that. Furthermore, why were they challenging people to crack a watermarking technology that is currently being used???

  10. DSL speeds in America on A Study on Regional DSL and Cable Speeds? · · Score: 1

    In checking DSL Reports.com, I have found some fast DSL speeds available, such as 2Mbps, but I haven't seen anything as fast as 4Mbps. (almost)Anything that fast(2Mbps) in America costs several hundred dollars a month. Of course there is also the matter of actualSpeed supposedSpeed. That would be very much the case with cable. Though I don't have it, cable seems to be a "This is the speed you will get if everyone else is not using it" set-up, they sell that speed to people, but what really matters is the speed you will get when people are using it. The total sum of all the speeds that people were promised is more than the total network segment speed. The low traffic time speeds are extremly fast, while the high traffic times can be extremly slow. This is what I have heard, but it may be incorrect.

  11. Linux Napster on Napster Adding "Protection Layer" · · Score: 1

    What about open source programs like Gnapster? I'm assuming that they would use the Napster client to manipulate the MP3s, so if another client was used like the ones for Linux, or an alternate windows client, the MP3s wouldn't be changed. If Napster decides to do this, I'm sure that there will be some alternate client, or will they have something that checks to make sure that you are using the real client? Considering that they really don't want to do this(I hope), but feel that they have to, they might just go with adding some extra "features" to the Standard Windows client, which is what most people will use anyway, and not change anything else. If that is the case, the Linux version will remain unchanged, and the service will be the same for Linux users, or am I wrong about this, and Napster will add some stupid protection scheme?

  12. Apple patents golfish bowl??????? on Apple Patents GUI Theme Engine · · Score: 1

    In recent news, the Apple Corporation has sued some of top makers of goldfish bowls. They claimed that they had a patent for them. They stated that the patent said: "Clear or translucent rounded container that is desgined mostly for decoration with specialized hardware for supporting it. Its function will be greatly reduced if it becomes frozen, as internal processed will be killed. The processes will need to be restored in order for it to resume its function. It requires periodic cleaning of internal medium contents due to fragments left behind by running processes accessing that storage medium. The processes will be killed if they are removed due to inability to access storage medium. It can become very unstable if there is not enough space available, possibly causing a crash. If the container applications do not recieve bytes regularily, they can also be killed." (IMAC == fishtank)???

  13. Law suits on Apple Patents GUI Theme Engine · · Score: 1

    Great, I'm going to have to recompile KDE if I want to change the theme:(

    I wonder if the fact that KDE, Enlightenment, Gnome, etc... have been using themes for a long time will help them much if Apple sues them?