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  1. Re:Canadian Area Codes on iCraveTV Sued by Networks · · Score: 2
    Nitpick: 514 broke up last year.
    514 Quebec (Montreal island)
    450 Quebec (Greater Montreal region)

    Basically everyone who was 514 is now 450 except for the island of Montreal.
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  2. Why sue? .. and what if RIAA wins? on Napster Being Sued by RIAA · · Score: 2
    Why sue?
    Because RIAA can / To force NAPSTER to shutdown their servers.

    And if they succeed?
    Out of severe withdrawal symptoms, someone will develop an open-source version, thousands of servers will be out there, most out of (legal) reach of RIAA.

    At some posh Y2K party, very rich lawyers will be toasting those suckers at RIAA for giving them endless wild goose-chase lawsuits to keep them busy well into the new millenium.
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  3. Yep. on Youngest Software Executive is Three Years Old · · Score: 1
    The ``master'' can take print-outs and make charts on the computer. He puts together pictures in the file to prepare his little Power Point presentation.

    He's got all the skills to be an executive. ;-)
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  4. On purpose. on Mars Deep Space 2 Crash Program · · Score: 5

    They're crashing on purpose, right? Not like the previous metric/imperial blunder...
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  5. Profiling ????? on Take the FBI's Geek Profile Test · · Score: 2

    Criminal psychologists study years and do massive research to come up with their own method of profiling; Even then it's mostly based on past experience.
    And now the FBI just hands out a 1-page checklist and expects school teachers to become just as good???? It's just plain irresponsible. The real profilers must be shaking their heads. I know I am.
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  6. Re:Ultimate Xmas HT on Geek Christmas Ideas · · Score: 1

    ... along with a copy of Video Essentials or AVIA guide to calibrate it all.
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  7. Re:Ultimate Xmas HT on Geek Christmas Ideas · · Score: 1

    ... along with a copy of Video Essentials on AVIA guide to calibrate it all.
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  8. I wouldn't know... on Are Computer Magazines Dead? · · Score: 1

    I can never seem to find the articles with all the ads. Then again, I'm never really sure which is which.
    Can anyone find the TOC in less than 10 seconds in ANY computer magazine???

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  9. Re:good question. on Hubble Space Telescope Goes Into Safe Mode · · Score: 1

    Most comet debris (which is what the Leonids are) is microscopic, but there are a few big chunks that could do some damage. Oh, I'm afraid microscopic dust does do damage. Think of a powerful sandblaster with 50km/s impact velocity...
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  10. Re:One For All Brand Remotes on The Do-It-All Remote? · · Score: 1

    S'more cool stuff about One-For-All 'magic' codes: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/wasser/OFA
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  11. Dooh! on Post-Hacked DVD: Where to Go? · · Score: 1
    Why advocate [witholding DVD-R] such limitations? Because it beats the alternative, which is that movie studios will withhold future releases. And DVD enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting such film classics as Star Wars, Fantasia, and ET.

    Oh great. Now Lucas will never release SW-TPM on DVD. He's already all riled up about the AVI/ASF bootlegs floating on the Net.
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  12. Where to next? I'll tell ya. on More Info on Matrix Sequels · · Score: 1

    The next movie will start with him as a god. Uhm, where to next? Ok. So Neo can fly -- in the Matrix.
    - He's still an ordinary guy in the real world.
    - We still haven't been to Zion (last human city)
    - Humanity is still enslaved
    - Agent Smith was blown apart (hacked) by Neo. Hmm. Time to release Agent 2.0
    - The Nebuchodonsaur(sp?) crew is down to 4. Recruiting time, spoon boy
    - Plenty of flashback opportunity (Human-AI war, Matrix beta tests...)
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  13. Re:The linux kernel does this on Popular (& Common Sense) Y2k Fix Patented · · Score: 1
    You're right.
    But why does my TIME.H have this???
    typedef long time_t; /* time value */

    Dammit, we're still gonna have Y2K.038 issues...
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  14. Re:The linux kernel does this on Popular (& Common Sense) Y2k Fix Patented · · Score: 1
    unsigned long get_cmos_time(void)
    The code reads the CMOS (hardware battery) clock, and adjusts the year if the CMOS clock returns a year before 1970. This works nice until 2070.

    Er, make that 2038 ;-)
    Anyway, it's obvious PLENTY programmers already have applied the 'windowing' technique, there's nothing special or unique about it.
    Besides, it's McDD VS The World.
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  15. Real.com IP Names and numbers please? on RealNetworks' RealJukeBox Monitors User Habits · · Score: 1
    Could someone post the IP numbers and names so we can all add black-hole host and route resolution?

    /etc/HOSTS:
    127.0.0.1 xyzzy.real.com abcde.real.com byteme.real.com

    /etc/ROUTES:
    99.99.99.0 255.255.255.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1

    (will this be enough to block it all?)
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  16. Gameboy? on SimCity for PalmOS Platform · · Score: 1

    Are they planning to port SimCity to the Gameboy? (color?)
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  17. Mononoke denial. on Movie Review: Princess Mononoke · · Score: 1

    Halp! I can't seem to find it here in Ottawa, Canada!
    Where is it? When?
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  18. Some Really good threads are opening at senat.fr on French Senator Proposes Requiring Open Source · · Score: 1
    ... and they read as if someone had babelfished the topics over here. ;-)

    "Ok for open source, but the state must finance development effort"
    "closed source is not the problem: closed document formats are"
    "GPL fights the black-box problem, it has proven its value and, capacity to evolve. It is a political and citizen's imperative to support it."
    "A proposal for Open Source Licensing giving original authors royalties for the usage of open source code."
    "Open standards and doc formats are more important than open source"

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  19. Book Review? on William Gibson in The News · · Score: 1

    So, is anyone going to write in /. books ?
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  20. Re:Dave Barry got there first... on Why You Are Not On Any Forbes Lists of Rich People · · Score: 1

    Ah, dang it.
    Just go read it yourself.
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  21. Re:Dave Barry got there first... on Why You Are Not On Any Forbes Lists of Rich People · · Score: 1

    Oops. Sorry. The actual quote is ...
    >
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  22. Dave Barry got there first... on Why You Are Not On Any Forbes Lists of Rich People · · Score: 1
    "Everybody is making money off the Internet. And by everybody, I mean everybody except you."

    His column was funnier.
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  23. While we're killing furry creatures... on Major Star Wars Character To Die in Next Books · · Score: 1

    Y not off the Ewoks too?
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  24. Mike's face on every Ottawa paper. on Corel CEO Charged with Securities Violations · · Score: 1

    Geez. Every friggin' newspaper box in O. is showing his face. The Sun used their special event font... y'know... Arial Extra Bold 2e6
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  25. Stop the lawyers!!! on Language Translation Domain Name Claims · · Score: 1

    More to the point, PEZ will soon go after
    fish.com
    poisson.com
    pescado.com
    etc...
    PEZ forbidden in META tags
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