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  1. Re:Statistics on mistyping of "slashdot " on VeriSign Looks At Earning Money on Domain Typos · · Score: 1

    I went there and click on "cricket graph" but its not working.... I think we slashdotted slsahdot!

  2. Re:Want to see the AD ? on IBM's New Linux Advertising · · Score: 1

    $xine mms://windowsmedia.dvlabs.com/adcritic/ibm-linux-p rodigy.asf

    That worked for me. If you don't have Xine you can download it here

  3. Re:Any thoughts on Vinyl? on The Effect of Pirated CDs · · Score: 1
    Absolutely. With the Scout turntable + JMW tonearm at a mere $1600, you break even after only your 100th album!


    You make it sound as if playing vinyl costs more than playing a cd. There are turntables that cost as little as $100 and there are cd players that cost $1000. The point I'm trying to make is that if you don't want all the bells and whistles on your cd player or turntable and if you don't care if the auido quality isn't perfect, you only need to spend around $100.

    Also, in all my vinyl purchasing experiences, I have found that vinyl is usually 3 to 5 dollars less than the cost of the cd.

  4. already been done(kind of) on A Search Engine For The Slower Net · · Score: 1

    Back in 1998 I used to use Juno for email and had no web access. There was a free service that you could use to get web pages via email that I often used to "surf the web". the way it worked was you would send an email to webmail@curia.ucc.ie (I dont think it works now) and put "GO http://websiteaddress.com" in the body and it would email you back the html of that page.

    You could search yahoo by requesting a url like http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=search+terms

  5. Re:Understatement on Microsoft Steps Up Anti-Spam Efforts · · Score: 1

    he also didn't complain about the ones that offer to increase breast size.

  6. Re:Verizon now hosts RIAA website on RIAA Warns Individual Swappers · · Score: 1

    I typed http://www.riaa.org/index.html into my browser and here's what came up:

    câoeÃcâoeÃHTTP/1.0 302 Moved Temporarily Location: http://www.riaa.com/in


    riaa.com??? I thought they were supposed to be a non-profit organization.

  7. Re:Too damn small! on Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S. · · Score: 3, Informative

    IIRC, the instruction booklet says after 500 recharges, the battery will be 70% effective. So after just 200 the battery should still work like new.

  8. Re:www.flat-earth.org on .org Registry Offline - Not · · Score: 1

    the .org registry fell off the planet, so that's why flat-earth.org didn't take you to the Flat Earth Soceity's website. I didn't think I had to explain that part of the joke.

  9. www.flat-earth.org on .org Registry Offline - Not · · Score: 5, Funny

    the .org tld information has fallen off the planet.


    I knew the earth was flat but nobody believed me.

  10. Re:Let me help them build the list on U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry is Law · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just for fun I compiled "product byproduct's" source and ran it for a few minutes saving the output to a text file, which is 700M and never actually gets passed the 100 area code because after

    (100) 999-9999 the next number generated is
    (100) 1000-0000

    if you look at the second for loop in his code, you'll see that it checks the area code instead of the prefix

    This will get you the desired results

    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {
    int i, j, k;

    //i and j start at 200 because there is no
    //area code or prefix that start with 1 or 0

    for (i = 200; i <= 999; i++)
    for (j = 200; j <= 999; j++)
    for (k = 0; k <= 9999; k++)
    printf("(%03d) %03d-%04d\n", i, j, k);
    }

  11. Re:unfortunately... on P2P Services Speak Out Against Gnutella2 · · Score: 1

    For rare things, you might, if lucky, find one person somewhere who has it


    I looked up rare on m-w.com, here's the thrid definition.
    ---
    rare
    3 : seldom occurring or found

    ---

    If you are looking for a rare file, you will probably only find one or two people who have it regardless of what p2p software you use.


  12. Re:nice typo on Computer Made From DNA And Enzymes · · Score: 4, Funny

    from the National Geographic aritcle:
    It can't, for example, correct a misspelled word

    Slashdot must be running these DNA computers!

  13. Re:It's too late.... on Why (FM, Not XM) Radio Sucks · · Score: 1

    Same thing happened here in Kansas City a couple years ago. A new alternative/rock station, KRBZ, started by playing songs nonstop with no interruptions for about 3 days. About a week later they had about a minute of commercials every hour. Now a couple years later, they are just another alternative/rock station that plays 5-10 minutes of commercials every hour. I did a little bit of google searching and KRBZ is owned by Entercom. I'm not sure about KKDL, but I think they are owned by a different company.

  14. Re:Oh no! More nodes for terror! on Marriott to Add Wi-Fi in 400 Hotels · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why the parent was modded as offtopic, I think brandonY was referring to this slashdot story posted on December 8th.

  15. did the wright borthers yell on Kiwi Flight Before the Wright Brothers? · · Score: 0, Troll

    first landing!!! after their 12 second flight?

  16. Re:not the last pressing plant around on Inside One Of the Last Vinyl Record Manufacturers · · Score: 1

    This is true, I searched google for "vinyl pressing" and here are the first 4 results:

    www.urpressing.com
    www.maxdisk.com/vinyl.htm
    www.worldmediagroup.com/LPRecords.htm
    www.musicolrecording.com/vinyl/

  17. What if... on Finnish Taxi Drivers Must Pay Music Royalties · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...they sing to the customer in the backseat? Would they still have to pay royalty fees?

  18. read the article on Library Censorware Blocks Own Site · · Score: 2, Informative

    from the article:

    Fortunately, a change in the address -- www.piqua.lib.oh.us -- has allowed the library to access its own site.


    They changed their domain, they didn't get a new one. That means that the old one no longer exists


  19. Re:Mortal Kombat on The First Automotive Easter Egg? · · Score: 3, Funny

    more on topic:

    Crusin' USA for N64

    Brake, Brake, Brake, Gas, Brake, Gas - Nitro boost

    if only that could be an easter egg in a car!

  20. Re:Drink a LOT of liquid before working on a compu on Getting Help Building Your Computer · · Score: 1

    This is true. At my job I assemble circuit boards and after soldering, the boards get washed with water. And of course there is no power running through the circuit though.

  21. Re:I don't get it.... on Hacking the Highways · · Score: 1

    Well what did you expect from a /. user? Perfect spellling?


  22. Re:I don't get it.... on Hacking the Highways · · Score: 1

    Can I lovingly craft a standard school issue room number placard and label an unlabled room in the name of art?

    I did something like that this year. But I used a post-it note. The room that I was in is a small room with a couple of computers that I use to update the school's website. The room next to me is the librarian's office and it is number 23, so I took a post-it note, wrote 23 1/4 on it and stuck it above the door(I used 23 1/4 becuase the room is about 1/4th the size of a classroom). It's been there for about two weeks and students see it everyday(although none of them really care).





  23. Re:this is not legal on Spyware Fights Back · · Score: 1

    Anyway, it's not like this player will be actually downloaded much

    Especially when their site gets ./ed.

  24. DVD is more convient than tape on A Closer Look At D-VHS At DVDfile.com · · Score: 2, Insightful
    DVD Players are just now becomming as common as a regular VCR. I don't think too many people will want to shell out a few hundred more dollars for something that plays tapes.

    I think the reason most people like DVDs better than VHS tapes is the picture quality, it is smaller than a tape, you can start at any chapter immediately instead of fast forwarding for about 10 minutes, and no need to rewind it when done watching it.

    The MPAA would get a whole bunch of people pissed off at them if they killed DVD. And I would be one of them.


  25. Re:Minimal? on Mandrake Releases 8.2 Beta · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mandrake makes something called "Single Network Firewall". The latest one has a 2.2.19 kernel. I don't know when/if they plan to update it. As the name suggests, it is a firewall/router only dist of Mandrake. If I remember correclty the latest version is 7.2 and the ISO image is about 350 MB.

    go to Mandrake's site when they are done being /.ed today and search for "Single Network Firewall" and you should find it.