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  1. Virtual Headsets? on 2.2 inch LCD Display featuring VGA Resolution · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't know about you, but the buga boo in the past with virtual headsets was
    not being able to do true 640x480.

    I'd love to see a head set doing true 640 x 480.

  2. Re:UNIX forever? on Unix's Founding Fathers · · Score: 1

    Plan 9 http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/

  3. Re:"Think for yourself" on Moore Approves Fahrenheit 9/11 Downloads · · Score: 1

    Please mod parent up. Wish I had said this.

  4. Re:"Think for yourself" on Moore Approves Fahrenheit 9/11 Downloads · · Score: 1

    OK then make specific arguments about the facts and assertion's in the
    movie.

    Be factual, if you disagree talk about the issues that the movie raises
    that you disagree with.

    All I have seen you say is "It's a bad movie it's not factual", what
    facts do you disagree with?

    It's hard to see that you are "Thinking for yourself" when you can't
    see any thinking going on.

  5. Re:Not a documentary on Moore Approves Fahrenheit 9/11 Downloads · · Score: 1

    "Argument by assertion." "Ad hominem."

    OK then please define what a documetary is. the fact that did not, does not lend to your argument.
    here let me help.

    n : a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or
    event [syn: {docudrama}, {documentary film}, {infotainment}]

    How is it not this? I mean really, you might question the facts in it, I know I would but dismissing it out of hand, by simply say it's not a documentary?

  6. Re:Windows XP Embedded on On Microsoft's Embedded DevCon Keynote · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Yes I do mean the colorpass, and no the vendor nor canon have been very helpful. Canon does not support *ANY* anti-virus software other then McAffee. Our corporate standard is Symantec. Canon up to this point has be as useful as cattle prod in a swimming pool. Christ I can keep 400 plus workstations secure, with less effort than one *embeded device* And to Canons credit it should not be their problem. Any microsoft product should at least be able to use Microsoft update and or SUS.

    "Your printers should be bedhind a firewall with all external access blocked to protect from the majority of these baddies, if possible."

    No kidding really?

    Firewalls are a good first defence at best you should never rely on them to be more then a speedbump. Never ever rely primarly on firewall for security.

    Yes, I do work as an analyst for a Canon dealer ;)

    Look as a administrator I help set policy and make the majority of decisions on what products to get. First question I ask now is "does it run Windows XP embeded? They say yes. And I say: Oh I'm sorry I don't want that on my network. Come back when it runs somthing else.

  7. Windows XP Embedded on On Microsoft's Embedded DevCon Keynote · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I noticed a couple comments on Windows XP Embedded on that website, has anyone else had issues trying to keep embeded secure? You can't run windows update or SUS and service packs don't work. And Cannon won't support any anti-virus software.

    In my opinion Windows XP Embedded is the largest boondogle I've ever come across.

    Is there a way to keep these boxes(cancer) secure?

  8. Re:slashdot! Ack! on What Magazines Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    Ack! Good God man! Snap out of it! :)

  9. Re:slashdot! on What Magazines Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    Crap! the links the links!
    The Week
    The sun

  10. slashdot! on What Magazines Do You Read? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I don't subscribe to anything to do with technology, thats why I have slashdot!

    The two things I do subscribe too are national / international news magazine called The Week it's great for the stuff that you don't think about till the weekend.

    And a literary magazine called The sun, that does mostly personal essays, fiction, interviews, poetry, and photographs.

  11. Re:Interesting on Mandrakelinux Goes X.org · · Score: 1

    "And I supose that Debian is a secret Illuminati organization?" There is no cabal!

  12. Rio Karma on Fourteen Digital Music Players Reviewed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Christ where is the Karma? My Karma just kicks ass, It uses USB 2.0 and Ethernet. Supports Linux. Sounds great, gets loud when I want it to be. Came with decent earphones Sennheisers no less. Has amazing battery life and weights just a few ounces, and holds 20 gigs.

    And get this, it does ogg and flac, why would I want anything else?
  13. Re:Coraline is really freakin' creepy on 2003 Nebula Awards · · Score: 1

    I read coraline to my at the time 7 year old; she loved it. Why do people think that kids can't deal with stuff like this?

  14. Re:They're users... fix their account type! on Protecting Our Parents' PCs? · · Score: 2

    This is the best advice I could give.

    Create a plain user account, tell them if they want to install anything
    to call you and stick to your guns. I would not give my mom root. why
    give your parents administrator?

  15. Re:Up with Ogg on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1

    Sure. I rip my music, it's all ogg why do I need a mp3 player?

  16. Re:Up with Ogg on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1

    After rereading your comment I need to ask; you do realize that there were two different people responding right?

  17. Re:Up with Ogg on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1


    Look maybe I was replying to a troll, you have me there. But please look at it from the context of his first line.
    "I swear if I hear another fucking complaint about the lack of OGG support I'm going kill you all!"

    Impressive no?
    I did not say he was a thief, just infered that he might be. :)
    Now if you are saying "grow up" becasue I responded to a troll? fair enough.
    But to say grow up because I was caustic and dismissive? thats... curiously hypocritical: pot, kettle, black.

  18. Re:Up with Ogg on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1

    Point is it's one I did not want to pay.

  19. Re:Up with Ogg on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1


    "Wow you're an idiot."
    Wow name calling, boy you sure now how to discuss differences with intelligence. A attempt at furthering the cause and all that?


    Ok you don't care, I got it, deal is you should, ogg is free as in freedom but you don't care right? It's a superior codec, you like to listen to music, why not care? You don't care that it cost more money to use iTMS then own a CD, fine economics is not you're strong suite.
    You don't care about Fraunhofer, you just give you're money to some other company that makes it difficult for people that don't like acc.

    You have to ask yourself does the world revolve around you and only you?

  20. Re:Up with Ogg on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1

    "When's the last time you had to pay for MP3 software??" I have it was part of the cost of my rio karma. And I bet part of the cost of windows XP think media player.

  21. Up with Ogg on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Depends on if you're another person who does not rip their own music, mearly steals it from other people. Kinda sounds like you might be in that catagory. There are people out there that don't belive in ripping off other people. Why not use the best codec? Why not expect products to support what you want? Why pay a tax to the frau^^^^houfenber people?

  22. Re:Why? on Rumors of iPod mini, 100 Million Songs, Xserve G5 All True · · Score: 1

    "Yeah what happened there?" Not a fucking clue. Slashdot is a strange place.

    You implied or inferered just fine, personaly my disagreement came from a fondness of the rio it's a good product, with a few flaws but better then a ipod for the single reason I don't have to go through any contortions to find a windows box to use officaly santioned software. Another thing is battery life: it's pretty good.

    To awnser your question I use ethernet for everything except firmware updates, all of my music was already ogg encoded -q 10 btw so almost as good as FLAC. PS, The Java app for ethernet linux use is brilant first java standalone app I've ever been able to tolorate for more then five minutes.

  23. Re:Why? on Rumors of iPod mini, 100 Million Songs, Xserve G5 All True · · Score: 1

    Holy shit moderation has gone insane! This seems to me to be a intersting and insightful comment, one I dissagree with but well worth reading.

  24. Why? on Rumors of iPod mini, 100 Million Songs, Xserve G5 All True · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why would I get a mini ipod when I can get a rio karmafor 260 dollars. It's 20 gigs, does both USB and ethernet, and plays ogg and flac.

  25. Re:Worst! The Da Vinci Code on Best and Worst Books of 2003? · · Score: 1

    heh..... point well taken, I was in a hurry sorry. :) At least I was not complaining about grammar and spelling.