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  1. ship movement on Comparing Sci-fi Starship Sizes · · Score: 1

    Thanks!

    I just noticed that the pictures can be dragged around for better comparison - even in the mhts I saved.

  2. My favorite on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Why copyright is unjust on Legal Issues Don't Bother American Downloaders · · Score: 1

    People can patent revolutionary designs for chairs and continuously make money on multiple sales.

  4. it probably gets very hot/cold up there on Kernel 2.2 - It Lives! · · Score: 1

    cause:
    >> "...even though its up in my attic!"

    effect:
    >> "I think it's close to death now"

  5. Keep an archive on Examining Microsoft Update · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Keep an archive of all service packs for your OS

  6. Re:Well, now we know... on AOL Enters Music Service Fray · · Score: 1

    While you may be happy to pay a local store $18 for a CD that may have 3 good songs on it, this system looks like it will allow users to try-before they buy (unlimited downloads) and then burn a CD with 10 good songs which sounds like a better deal and something that karma earning Slashdotters have been calling for in the past.

  7. Re:6th Grader Charged in Grade-Switch Caper on Lawyers Say Hackers Are Sentenced Too Harshly · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If the kid used a Blue Pen to change grades on a paper ledger while the teacher was out, would you support felony charges? I didn't think so. It's only a computer, calm down there!

  8. we need one for movies!! on Open Content Music Database Launched · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I started my own intranet movie database. The problem is that populating it takes so much time, even with the helper apps I made. I really wish someone with the server resources would allow developers to work on a movie database similar to CDDB. The benefit of it would be that people would be able to import data (title, description, rating, length, actors, etc) via XML/etc to use to populate an offline database of movies they own. This personal database could be used to do custom searches on movies the person owns. Imagine having guests stop over for movie night, hand them a wireless PDA or wireless keyboard to media PC (widescreen) for movie selection; they search by a theme, "Camping" and get two results, one of which you end up pulling off your shelf to watch with them.

  9. LED sign on Websites Complaining About Screen-Scraping · · Score: 1

    I use a Betabrite LED sign as one of my web-browsers:
    http://www.remote-control.net/software/ledsign/

    I always thought of html or xml as data that is provided publicly (internet) or privately (intranet) and the reader application uses what it can. (Internet Explorer vs Lynx vs BetabriteHeadlines)

  10. only a matter of time then... on Telemarketers Sue to Block Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List is not a viable model for some to do "business" in America, so that will probably be attacked next!

  11. Re:But I thought P2P meant MORE sales? on Music Biz Predicts 6% Decline in '03 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In case you haven't noticed, Napster is dead and gone. That was the easiest and most reliable way to sample music (even sample kiosks in music stores tend to be broken) -- being able to browse through others' favorite songs led me to buy more CDs -- I haven't bought many CDs since the death of Napster...

  12. Re:Imagine That on Music Biz Predicts 6% Decline in '03 · · Score: 1

    Or people are buying the DVD music video collections instead -- it costs the same...

  13. Re:First Hard Drive on Hard Drives Down To A Dollar A Gigabyte · · Score: 1

    They had 486s in 1990?

  14. Re:A great use... on New and Improved - SmarTruck II · · Score: 3, Funny

    A more effective thing to shout would be to take what you said and switch it around a little, "Mines are all around your base."

  15. what I really need on DVD Player as 802.11b Peripheral · · Score: 2, Funny

    What I really need is a DVD player that can stream data to my wireless computers. It would be nice to be able to continue watching a movie on my PDA when I need to take a bathroom break (slightly lower quality video would be ok)

  16. Peter Wallin II prefers Linux on Ex-Microsofter Rick Belluzzo Prefers Linux · · Score: 1

    News at 11

  17. Re:Getting some industry back? on Japan Considers Moving Away From Windows · · Score: 1

    Apparently you haven't travelled by train from Mongolia to Russia either, but atleast that quote helped get you some moderation points. Good job!

  18. another example... on Publishers' Attack Free Government Sites · · Score: 1

    there is something wrong with the government taking money from a company in the form of tax dollars to create a competing product,...

    I don't think a local government police force is wrong even though it competes against private security firms.

  19. The solution on Run Your Laptop On Nuclear Energy · · Score: 1

    ...and nobody is going to be trading in for a newer model every eighteen months.

    Standardize the removable laptop batteries.

  20. narrow path on Remote Feed: 72-Mile 802.11b Link · · Score: 1

    only if you happen to be in the very narrow linear path

  21. Re:hmmm... on Buggy Bugging Backfires On German Police · · Score: 1

    You're right about the cassette port... -- I miss those magazines

  22. Additional hardware on New Movie Download Pay Service · · Score: 1

    2 similarly fast computers, VGA to NTSC box, DV bridge (NTSC to 1394), and DV Studio 7 will allow you to enjoy it a litle longer or even on Linux;

  23. Re:hmmm... on Buggy Bugging Backfires On German Police · · Score: 1

    and if you wanted to record something, one way to do it was to type in a machine language program from a magazine and hook the audio source up to the joystick port - it did work though

  24. Slashdotted on OpenBSD 3.2 Song Now Available · · Score: 1

    The FTP site isn't responding; could someone post the song to gnutella; thanks

  25. Re:Great to see on Toyota to Move to All Hybrid Vehicles By 2012 · · Score: 1

    American cars are doing better in their ratings, but it looks like they are still remembering the old days and refusing to "recommend" purchasing American.