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  1. Re:Cast Details on Animated Tron Spoof Coming to UPN · · Score: 1

    D.L. Hughley is a famous black stand-up comedian -- one of the Original Kings of Comedy.

    Rachel Dratch plays a number of recurring characters on "Saturday Night Live."

    For the rest, there's always IMDb...

  2. George Takei on He Blows Things Up So You Don't Have To · · Score: 2, Funny

    This guy's job sure sounds fun, but it's nothing compared to the $200 million Trimount Studios blockbuster film "Blow'd Up." Oh, my!

  3. Re:Poor name choice? on TV Brick - Open Source TV Streaming? · · Score: 1

    Compubrick 160 has both of these fools beat.

  4. Re:Japanese: I want my Iron Chef TV! on TV Brick - Open Source TV Streaming? · · Score: 1

    Except for the occasional special, Iron Chef has been off the Japanese airwaves for years. Only in the US, and other countries that get the Food Network, can you see it with any degree of regularity nowadays.

  5. Re:Been there, done that on TV Brick - Open Source TV Streaming? · · Score: 1

    I've tried this with my BT 878-based card when I was in school. SSH X Tunneling worked very poorly from the computer lab to the dorms: even though there was a 10 megabit link, I couldn't stream video much larger than about 80x60 pixels. The little window was also really color-distorted, and I couldn't get audio to work at all.

    This is clearly where re-encoding comes into play, but it takes a beefy PC to encode to DivX or another good-quality codec on the fly. And good luck finding a 100 Mbit link between Japan and France, unless you happen to be a major university or something...

  6. Re:New Twist to Old Joke on Microsoft SPOT Watches · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Simpsons quote...

    Lisa: (reading Comic Book Guy's t-shirt) see-DOS. See-DOS-run. Run, DOS, run! Wow, only one person in a million would find that funny!
    Prof. Frink: Yes. We call that the "Dennis Miller ratio." M'hey.

  7. Re:Nice on PyraMac Pyramid G4 Case Mod · · Score: 1

    What, like this?

  8. Re:REQ: Internet ROM on Internet Emulator · · Score: 1

    All of the mental masturbation behind "never underestimate the bandwidth of a (VEHICLE) full of (TYPE OF MEDIA)" has already been done. Rather than perpetuate this stupid plug-and-chug exercise, read the results.

    As the owner of this thread, I would like to announce that this thread is closed to new posts.

  9. Re:REQ: Internet ROM on Internet Emulator · · Score: 1

    Dear maxume,

    Thank you for your feedback. At generic-man joke productions, your satisfaction is our highest concern. Enclosed please find a refund of the cost you incurred in acquiring our defective joke.

    I appreciate your constructive criticism. In the future, I would appreciate it if you would pre-emptively contact me via e-mail to ensure that my exaggerated comparisons are accurate and scientifically just.

    I apologize for any insult that may have been transmitted via my inaccurate comparison. We respect your intelligence and look forward to serving you in the future.

    Sincerely,
    generic-man
    President, generic-man joke productions

  10. REQ: Internet ROM on Internet Emulator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please send me a copy of the Internet with which I can use this emulator. The preferred means is a station wagon full of DVD-R media.

  11. Re:uh oh, an guaranteed success. on Microsoft Rolls Out Pocket PC 2003 · · Score: 1

    OK, so it's not the fifth revision. It's the 4.2th version. :)

    The concept of a "major" revision has become quite diluted. Windows 95, 98, and ME were all considered major revisions by Microsoft's marketing, even though the internal software version changed from 4.0 to 4.10 to 4.11 (?) between them. Same for Windows 2000 (NT 5.0) to Windows XP (NT 5.1) to Longhorn (NT 5.5?).

    Even Apple has jumped on the bandwagon, charging full price for point-release upgrades.

  12. Re:What will happen on Bid On eBay To Speed Up Your Commute · · Score: 1
    Do you picture guys standing on the side of the road next to HOV lanes selling the stickers to guys who are late to work?

    That might be the stupidest comment so far in this thread.

    I picture the following ad in Seattle newspapers:
    HOV LANE STICKER for Sep 03, mint, unused, bought off eBay, $2000 obo. Call 206-xxx-yyyy.
  13. Re:uh oh, an guaranteed success. on Microsoft Rolls Out Pocket PC 2003 · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I meant to say "Reviews of WinCE 3.0 devices came out in 2000."

  14. What will happen on Bid On eBay To Speed Up Your Commute · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is like buying tickets for a sporting event or concert, or the domain-name speculation game.

    Speculators will bid up to enormous prices for the stickers, then will resell them to desperate motorists, making a profit.

    eBay is not necessarily a factor in determining how much something is really worth. For certain collector's items, the item may sell at a much lower price than book value if there is not a captive market (people may want to inspect a coin or medallion in person, for example). For other items that generate a huge buzz of publicity in advance, like concert tickets and now HOV-lane stickers, the price quickly rises far beyond what the market will bear.

  15. Re:uh oh, an guaranteed success. on Microsoft Rolls Out Pocket PC 2003 · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is actually the fifth version of Windows CE. Windows CE 3.0 has been out for years. Reviews of WinCE devices came out in 2000, for cryin' out loud.

  16. Re:Pitchers are unhappy too on Digital Baseball Umpires · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some pitchers are really mad about it. Curt Schilling was fined earlier in the season for destroying a QuesTec camera in Bank One Ballpark, his home park in Arizona.

    This, of course, is the same Curt Schilling who gave up two homers to a fellow player he abandoned in "Everquest," allowing said player's character to die.

  17. Re:No point against 25 year old women and SMS on One-Thumb Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Press * after you see "Usual." It cycles through the permutations found so far. I usually have a problem with short words like "me"/"of" or "an"/"am" where the phone can't tell from context.

  18. Re:Funny little quote on How to Become a Patent Millionaire · · Score: 1

    Wi-Fi stands for wireless fidelity. It's true. I don't know what the term "fidelity" means in this context, but the news media have latched onto it, and even the Wi-Fi Alliance has endorsed the term.

  19. Re:Compared to the GP32... on Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S. · · Score: 1

    Of course, the GBA also has a lot more compelling games to play, which means that Nintendo can afford to lose money or break even on every item sold. The Game Park 32 seems marketed more as a development platform than anything else, and has a very small selection of games by comparison.

    The forthcoming N-Gage and TapWave devices might break some ground with substantially more advanced hardware and built-in communications capabilities. In the meantime, the GP32 is Just Another Handheld.

  20. Re:Actually, I've got 2 airports at my house on Implementing WiFi in the Real World · · Score: 1

    Don't all access points work this way? We have three Linksys access points at work, and I've never had to switch networks as I walk across the office.

  21. Re:More on colors on Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S. · · Score: 1

    Is that a powder-blue, silver, aqua, Ocean Blue, or Zen Black PlayStation 2?

    Nintendo may have been first on the "same hardware, new colors" bandwagon (Game Boy Pocket) but they're not the only ones.

  22. More on colors on Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S. · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a high-resolution picture of the two new colors. Unfortunately, you won't be able to buy one until September.

  23. Re:feh. on New AIM Offering "end to end" Encryption · · Score: 3, Informative

    AIM+ piggybacks onto the official AIM client, offering features like ad removal, automatic logging, and cloning (run two AIM processes at the same time). I use it with AIM 4.x, and all the other features in the official client work just fine.

  24. Re:New York BEHIND-THE Times on After-School Hacking Special · · Score: 1

    "Hackzor" is every bit as literate as "Haxor," "hax0r," "h4xx0r!!!!!!!!!!!11111" or however else you want to put it.

    The New York Times shouldn't be criticized for misspelling something that isn't a word. You should read their style guide on "Elite Speech" to find out more.

    Example sentence: "Liqu-one-d l-three-fourd is an one-three-threet hackzor who prides himself on his large collection of 'wares,' or illegally obtained software."

  25. Dear Michael. on BSA Creates Piracy Statistics · · Score: 1

    If you're going to rant and pretend you're an expert on a story, please give the story an "Editorial" icon so I can ignore it.

    If not, please leave the reporting to reporters, and the comments for the comments section. Thank you.