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  1. Buz'ed on Iomega Ships 35GB 'Son of Jaz' · · Score: 2, Informative

    Anyone remember their video capture gizmo, the Iomega Buz?

    I bought one about 2 months before they totally scrapped that pile of junk, with absolutely no driver updates/support whatsoever.

    Oh, yeah, I also had to send every Zip drive our company ever purchased to an early grave. The Jaz was the only thing they ever made that I actually got really solid use out of.

    Buyer beware.

  2. black smoke on Power Outages Strike East Coast · · Score: 1

    "black smoke brought on by an automatic shutdown"

    ...must be a Microsoft transformer.

  3. So when did he stop using email? on Spaf's Farewell, Ten Years Later · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Reason, etiquette, accountability, and compromise
    are strangers in far too many newsgroups these days."

    Same beefs, different protocol.

  4. smaller cars on Reverse Parking Made Easy · · Score: 1


    The simplest solution is to buy an incredibly small car.

  5. Iron Giant on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    Without a doubt, one of the best movies that disappeared from theatres in a hurry. An animation classic by all standards.

    Fortunately, it got more attention when it was released on video, though the image quality of the DVD suffers at times...

  6. Comparison vs. Nikon F-Series on Improving Digital Photography · · Score: 1

    This pic compares the Sigma X3 camera to the Nikon F-Series FILM camera, showing pixelization on the part of the film camera.

    Here's a clue: Film has no pixels until it it encounters a FILM SCANNER. So the pixelization is not film's fault, but a limitation of the scanner used to digitize it.

    I like the Foveon concept, but this is a misleading comparison.

  7. Re:Pixel Noise on Improving Digital Photography · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Read a bit about The Color-Sensitive Cones

    "In 1965 came experimental confirmation of a long expected result - there are three types of color-sensitive cones in the retina of the human eye, corresponding roughly to red, green, and blue sensitive detectors. "

  8. I don't have shoelaces, you insensitive clod. on Mathematics Unravels Optimum Way To Lace Shoes · · Score: 1


    Switched to mocs.

  9. Re:My suggestion... on An Interstellar Lifeboat for Humanity · · Score: 1


    Maybe not.
    According to a Mr. Heinlein, they could start a revolution and
    loft huge moon-rocks into our gravitational pull.

  10. not a big leap on Searching for Life's Blueprints · · Score: 1

    I am no genetics expert, I'm not even a big math whiz. I have read a bit about fractals, and actually wondered about the relationship between fractals and DNA. I'm sure a HUGE number of actual fractal mathematicians have, too.

    I guess his patent is specific enough, involving the application of fractals to introns, for this to go through, but I doubt this is a completely original idea.

  11. Attack of the green stuff on Scientists Attempting to Create Simple Life Form · · Score: 1


    People also thought Kudzu was a good idea. Now it's devouring the entire southeastern United States.

  12. screen res on Scientific American Reviews 'Simputer' PDA · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you go by that screenshot, that thing must have 1280 resolution. You gotta love people who Photoshop screen mockups of web pages onto PDAs.

  13. Re:OT - How many Roms are legal? on MAME To Become GPL? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    About as many legal ROMs as there are Colecovisions still in use.

  14. vaporwheels on Landshark · · Score: 1

    This is not a vehicle. This is someone's college 3D Studio Max project. You might as well report on the all of the plastic-skinned low-polygon dragons that have been attacking Los Angeles lately.

    I've seen renderings on the internet. It must be real.

  15. Watch for falling rocks on Earth's Little Brother Found · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Some have speculated that it could be nudged into a permanent Earth orbit where it could be studied at greater length. "

    Just what we need. Someone pushing huge space rocks closer to the planet to get a better look.

    Have you never broken a microscope slide by zooming in too far?

  16. Burning Legion on Hundreds Spot Fireballs In Colorado, Nearby States · · Score: 1


    Blizzard tried to warn us, but nooooooooooooooo. We were busy crushing newbies online. Now the Burning Legion is upon us, and I don't think our hero, George W., has leveled up yet.

    We at least need more time to creep.

  17. Re:Consider the Savings on Burn your genes on CD -- for $500,000 · · Score: 1


    But the RIAA will spoof copies of you on Kazaa, so that anyone who downloads you gets 900 loops of your left arm.

  18. Re:Fan Site? on Firefly Premieres Tonight · · Score: 1


    They used FrontPage, they can't be THAT web savvy.

    ;)

    meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"

  19. hacking poor man's 3D on Poor Man's Stereoscopic Projection · · Score: 1



    ahh...this reminds me of 10 years ago when I hacked an Amiga Video Toaster to record interleaved 3D video from 2 cameras and play it back through LCD shutter specs.

    Those were the days...

  20. This is already being done. on Pig-to-Human Transplants On Their Way · · Score: 1
    Pig Livers and heart valves are used today to save human lives.
    In 1978, Lincoln heart surgeon Dr. Deepak M. Gangahar, president of the Nebraska Heart Institute, was the first Nebraska physician to insert a pig valve in a patient. Today, the use of pig valves -- as well as other "biologic" valves constructed from cow heart valves or from human valves taken from cadavers -- is routine.
  21. Re:"fine" art on Are Computer Graphics A Fine Art? · · Score: 1

    You can output the images to a high-end medium, such as an Iris print or similar. This allows for printing on finer papers, and the addition of a proper framing will certainly add to the value of the piece.

  22. "fine" art on Are Computer Graphics A Fine Art? · · Score: 1

    The trouble is that you are trying to join a club whose membership is subjective.

    The definition of "fine art" is in the head of the beholder.

    As far as art galleries go, "fine art" typically means art that has been produced using traditional, classical media. That means that they will never let new art media enter the club. Photography is still not truly considered "fine art", though it is shown in some, but not all art galleries.

    Don't let it get you down. There are increasingly more galleries in larger cities that are beginning to have purely digital showings. Just get your stuff out there. People who want to see its merit will certianly do so.