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  1. changes on Star Wars DVD Changes XBox Dashboard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is kinda like how George changed star wars without asking the fans first

  2. Confirmed or not? on Soviet Space Shuttle Found In Bahrain? · · Score: 1

    At least the fate of one of the four Buran prototypes is now confirmed." There is not much confirmation on this, outside of a few pictures... let the reader beware Confirmed or not? Make up your mind.

  3. isn't this similar to what gmail does? on Human-Powered Spam Filtering · · Score: 2, Interesting

    from my understanding, all gmail users that click the little "report spam" button are essentially helping build the database and increase the effectiveness of its filters... though I guess they must be careful because this could potentially generate a lot of false positives.

  4. Redundancies? on Googling Behind China's Great Firewall · · Score: 1

    I notice the F-bomb appears in their list twice in english, I don't know if it also there in chinese

  5. Re:No thanks. on Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? · · Score: 1

    Maybe Lucas will authorize their creation and then die

    we should start a charity to finance "the hit"

  6. TMBG Clock Radio on They Might Be Giants Open Their Own Music Store · · Score: 1

    You can download TMBG Clock Radio off their site which is essentially a flash app that streams mp3s. I noticed that after listening that the mp3s showed up in my Internet Explorer cache and could be easily saved, no DRM or anything. I did a little searching through the newsgroups and found out the files are served by http and the only security is when the server does a browser check and denies download unless the browser is the flash app. Some sneaky people even use WGET's user-agent flag to download the files directly from TMBG. Probably not legal, but seems like they haven't done much to protect themselves.

  7. Re:I have 8 invites left on Gmail in the News · · Score: 1

    Kellen Flott
    klf@flottfamily.com

  8. Re:actually on Valve Announces Half-Life 2 Code Theft Arrests · · Score: 1

    oops... guess I misread that, oh well my mistake

  9. actually on Valve Announces Half-Life 2 Code Theft Arrests · · Score: 1

    I think you mean HL1 was on a modified quake 2 engine... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life

  10. Re:Someone ... on Suicide Caught on Surveillance Tape Appears Online · · Score: 1

    Just do a few google searches you'll find plenty of arguments on both sides... people have disagreed for a long time and I don't expect to change that here. But for some interesting reading, look into the writings of Josephus and Tacitus.

  11. Re:Someone ... on Suicide Caught on Surveillance Tape Appears Online · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This guy's real, Jesus wasn't.

    Believe what you want about who Jesus was, whether he was the son of God, or whatever, but most historians will tell you they definately believe there was a guy named Jesus who caused quite a stir among society in his time and apparently he still causes quite a stir today. How many people do you know of that are used as a point of reference when measuring time? (i.e. B.C. & A.D.).

  12. Online NES Emulator on Arcade ROMs for Download, Legally · · Score: 1

    Anyone else seen the Online NES Emulator ?

  13. Re:Photodisc on The Most Famous Geek in IT · · Score: 1

    Ipswitch's version is very similar to the thumbnail on Photodisc... did they actually get the image or just use the thumbnail?

  14. I think most will agree... on Biofeedback Gaming · · Score: 1

    ...that this game blows

  15. Re:Stagnation? Well, yeah... on Counter-Strike Xbox Screenshots · · Score: 1

    though I agree with most of your post, I must point out that xbox doesn't support progressive scan... the feature was originally to be included but removed shortly before the launch.

  16. Elmo on Video Magnification System for Seniors? · · Score: 1

    I've used devices made by Elmo, and from my experience, they are little more than a cheap camera mounted with zoom/focus controls on the base... you could probably mount an old camcorder over a well lit surface to do something similar, especially if you had one with a remote.

  17. virii instead of mice? on Breeding Cancer-Proof Mice · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If only we could breed a friendly virus that would attack cancer cells in the host body...but then I guess we'd have to make another virus to kill that one when we're done with it, and so on, and so on...

  18. Re:How Would I Move Mount Fuji? on How Would You Move Mount Fuji? · · Score: 1

    You could try faith the size of a mustard seed...

  19. Windows XP is alive! on GZipping Life Forms: Deflate Reveals Bare-Bones · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did a test run with some default images in windows xp. Windows XP's "Purple Flower.jpg" is apparently more "alive" than Windows Xp's "Tulips.jpg" but "Windows XP.jpg" is more alive than both of them!

  20. Re:Grave of the fire flies on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    An excellent film, while it is japanese and animated, I wouldn't consider it anime in the traditional sense. It has a level of drama not found in most anime. Not one to watch with the friends on "anime night" unless you don't mind shedding a tear or two in front of your buddies

  21. Signs on Call for Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie References · · Score: 1

    There's a slight reference in "Signs" which happens to be released on video tomorrow... not prior to 1991 but it's a cool movie so I thought I'd mention it

  22. A diamond is forever... on Japan Developing Diamond-based Semiconductors · · Score: 1

    ...but this one becomes obsolete every three to six months!

  23. also on CNET on Sharp 3D Monitor Next Year · · Score: 1

    This may be useless but CNET also has the same article here

  24. Tech Support on HotBot Returns · · Score: 3, Funny

    I used to work tech support for an ISP 4 or 5 years ago and there was always this one customer that would call me saying "my hotbot don't work."

    I had trouble convincing him there was nothing I could do about it.

  25. Re:More "Taken" to come? on Taken? · · Score: 1

    If there is a sequel seems like they'd have to have a change in pace... since this one spans about half a century in time span, how far into the future will a sequel extend?