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  1. ATI All-In-Wonder card on Excellent Hacks to the ReplayTV 4000 · · Score: 2

    Has tv inputs and software. Even has a guide service. I think the TV-Wonder does also.

  2. Yup on Peek-a-Boo(ty) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wish I'd seen this before I submitted the story on the Great Firewall to kuro5hin. Arrgh.

  3. Lucas: Prince of Darkness! on CIA & KGB Gadgets On Display · · Score: 2

    A friend of mine had a 69 650 Triumph Bonneville. And that Lucas t-shirt. He rewired the bike to use circuit breakers rather than fuses.

  4. Re:Morons....uh I mean OxyMorons..... on Cryptogram Judges MS Security · · Score: 2
    You saying that they code the way you spell?

    I remember when we said the same thing about their commitment to the web. "But IE 2 sux!, they'll never be serious about it!" When MS decides something is Important, watch out.

  5. Ummmm, No on Cryptogram Judges MS Security · · Score: 1

    Couldn't have been covered last week. It was posted today.

  6. RMS on Alan Cox Interview · · Score: 2
    I can't remember who said this.


    Richard Stallman, the Old Testament prophet of free software, is the archetypal hacker: brilliant, driven, awesomely prolific, and without a life.
  7. I've only seen it once on Lack of Digital Screens for Attack of the Clones · · Score: 2

    During a showing of "Young Frankenstein".

  8. Cigarettes are not good for you ? on Magazines Faking Game Reviews? · · Score: 3, Funny

    But.. But... If they're not, then why are they being sold? You aren't implying that the government would allow something dangerous to be sold to the public are you?

  9. -1, dump it on Serial Cables Illegal Due to DMCA? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This has already appeared on the Other Site.

  10. I wish I had mod points on David Brin on Privacy · · Score: 1, Redundant
    the Constitution places limits on the power of government, not private individuals/corporations

    That is something that far too few people that post to sites like slashdot and kuro5hin understand.

  11. No on KDE 3.0 Beta 2 is out · · Score: 2

    From Hunter S. Thompson, author of "Fear and Loathing..." I'm not sure which of his writings it's from.

  12. Mod this up on KDE 3.0 Beta 2 is out · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Just to fuck with him.

    Unless that's his plan... Sneaky...

  13. Better, faster, higher on KDE 3.0 Beta 2 is out · · Score: 2

    Oh wait, that's the Olympics. Still true about KDE 3, though.

  14. Privacy Rights on Surveillance in Washington DC And At Bookstores · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Unfortunately, privacy is not a right that is explicitly enshrined in the Constitution. It is, however, the basis (on the grounds that it's an implicit right) of Roe v Wade. Which is why I support the "pro-choice" crowd.

  15. Recent complaints on Dot.Con · · Score: 2

    In another book review some people complained that all slashdot reviews were of books rated 8/10 and similar.

  16. Comment 3 million! on Details of MSFT's Antitrust Lobbying · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And it's even on-topic...

  17. Cedar City! on The Cold War's Legacy of Mutation · · Score: 2

    I lived there from 89 to 2000! Graduated from Southern Utah University in 1993. The local paper sucks. Read the Trib instead.

  18. The scary part is... on Security Hole In SNMP · · Score: 2

    Disabling SNMP doesn't close the SNMP hole, in some cases. Apparently, the hole may be in SNMP itself.

  19. FYI, GIS==Geographic Information System on WLAN Visualization Meets GIS Mapping · · Score: 3, Informative

    In effect, map data stored in a database. I've seen maps like those in the article before. The first I saw was in 1993, but it didn't have nice colors. It was from a company that determined FM signal coverage, when given the location of the transmitter and its signal strength.

  20. Re:Whay are all the leading men... on 13 Nominations to Rule Them All · · Score: 2

    Normal is boring.

  21. Counterpoint on Part One: Information Arts · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Leonardo Da Vinci

  22. Probably not on Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback · · Score: 2
    if the patent is declared invalid. Can they sue for the license fees that they paid?

    There's usually a "no refunds if patent invalidated" clause in the licensing agreement.

  23. Simple? on Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Nothing simple, or easy anyway, about it.

    I suspect that Lockheed probably has prior art, however. Force feedback is fairly standard in fly by wire military aircraft.

  24. The Celtic Tiger on Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback · · Score: 2

    From what I hear, here across the pond, Ireland is the silicon valley of Europe.

  25. If they win on BT Pushing Hyperlink Patent · · Score: 2

    I'm gonna look for a fossil driver for Linux. Is FidoNet still around?