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  1. I'll wait on Return of the King Coming Sooner to DVD · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Not only will they release a longer version, a few months after that they'll have a box set of the three movies in extended format with even MORE added stuff.

    Considering I never bought the Two Towers and only got the non-extended edition Fellowship of the Ring, I'll wait for the box set.

  2. Re:Googling Recipies on Cooking with the Internet? · · Score: 1

    Mine one and only attempt did not go well. I don't think Garlic Ice Cream was meant to be.

  3. Googling Recipies on Cooking with the Internet? · · Score: 1

    I found using google to find recipes for unusual things very frustrating.

    For example, I wanted to try something new, so I googled Garlic Ice Cream. Unfortunately, Every site on the first 5 pages has one of exactly two recipes, neither of which is very good. Because they all copied off each other, google's results are useless in that case.

  4. Re:Awful on Your Future Car's Hood Will Be Welded Shut · · Score: 1

    It never hurts to be informed. I can't fix everything in my car, but I know enough to do an oil change, replace spark plugs, etc. Saves me a lot of time and money.

  5. Re:This is kind of depressing on Webmonkey Closes its Doors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Think you're bummed? This is the first time I've heard of it. After reading a few things, I wish I had known if it back when I was first fiddling with html and php. Would have made things go much more smoothly.

  6. Re:Yes I have on Copyrights, Videogames, and LAN Parties? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Given the above "install and use" restriction, the person isn't required to attend the event, merely not be using their copy of the game at the same time. From there, I noticed I had large pools of licenses for two games and simply split each LAN party into two parts (one playing each game).
    That's...that's...brilliant. I'm sure the company lawyers wouldn't like it too much, but it would certainly get you around such university problems.
  7. Re:MSGC on SNK Dropping Traditional NeoGeo Hardware · · Score: 1

    If you look up MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator), you can play MS, MS2, MS3, and MSX on your PC, along with a great deal of other arcade games from yesteryear. Windows and Linux version of the software.

  8. Re:Always wanted a HERO on Remember The Heathkit HERO? Check Out '912' · · Score: 1

    I played with one of those in a class once. It was a little beatup. For some reason, it had this glitch where it would transpose these two memory addresses. So, you would be programming it to say something, and it would randomly change an M to an S right in the middle of it.

    I was only in 8th grade at the time, but I seem to recall the teacher mentioning that someone had tried to rewire it.

  9. Re:Proprietary drivers on Intel to Increase Linux Support, Release Centrino Drivers · · Score: 1

    I should point out that I'm using the newer 2.0 revision of the board. I hear the earlier revision DID have some problems.

  10. Re:Proprietary drivers on Intel to Increase Linux Support, Release Centrino Drivers · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've got that same motherboard. While I haven't fiddled with the other onboard lan card, the onboard 3com one can used with only a vanilla kernel, 2.4.22 or higher. (Don't think it's gotten into the 2.6 series yet) Just use the 3com driver.

    Otherwise, haven't had any problems with my board. I'd hardly call it 'craptastic'. I've gotten much better and more reliable performance out of it than my previous boards, while using Windows or Linux.

  11. Selling lots of stuff on Navy Jet eBayed - Some Assembly Required? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This seller has a great deal of pricey stuff on Ebay. Top three, pricewise, are:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? Vi ewItem&item=2460961703&category=26442
    Some sort of dirigible, $10M

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ca te gory=4671&item=3077350284
    2 million feet of Corning fiber optic cable, $4.4M

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ca te gory=4672&item=3078834871
    Warehouse, $1.1M

  12. Re:This would be in America. right? on Cell-Phone Wars · · Score: 2, Informative

    As I understand it, that's how it works in the US as well.

  13. Re:Hmmm, Windows only. on Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo Released · · Score: 1

    I saw a linux version at 3dgamers, but their FTP links are already full.

  14. Re:Intel's secret breakthrough on Intel Devises Chip Speed Breakthrough · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Reliability?

    I've had three AMD chips. The 500 mhz K6-2 is still running strong several years later, now in a younger sister's hand-me-down PC. My first 2000+ withstood the power supply exploding and lasted another 6 months before finally giving out. I'm currently using a new 2000+ with no problems. On both 2000+ chips, I have yet to even a STOP error that I can't attribute to something else.

    How much more reliable do you want?

  15. Re:Mirror of the barcode reader file on Decode Your Barcode, Get Your Personal Info · · Score: 1

    Hate to say, it doesn't work for me.

    I'm running the jar file. I loaded in the image. I pressed decode. Some various colored boxes appeared on the image, but they don't seem to mean anything. It hasn't done anything else.

    Crud.

  16. Re:At Least there's no Will Smith. on H2G2 Cast Finalized, Starts Shooting in April · · Score: 1

    Ah, crud.

    There's no way they'll get that right. It looks like an amalgamation of the various stories of "I, Robot", with some "Caves of Steel" thrown in for good measure.

    Still, Asimov's technique of having genuinely HELPFUL robots, as opposed to the thousands of crappy stories about killer robots will probably be lost.

    Other than the story about the robot with a partial first-law removal (Couldn't kill, but could, through inaction, allow humans to BE killed), which I suppose will play a key part in the movie.

  17. Speaking of the 2.6 Kernel... on NVIDIA Drivers for 2.6 Kernel · · Score: 1

    Now that NVIDIA display drivers are there for 2.6, there's only one thing holding me back. I've got a Nforce2 motherboard. Somewhere around 2.4.23 (or was it 2.4.22?) support was added to the kernel for my onboard 3com card.

    I know that the initial 2.6 didn't have this support, and I want to know if it's been added yet or not. I know I can go to kernel.org and see the changelog for the latest version of 2.6, but where can I get a changelog of ALL the changes since 2.6 started?

  18. Re:Big Problem with "new" cars... on Worst Cars Of All Time Rated · · Score: 1

    My car is pretty low to the ground. It's been 6 months since I changed the oil, but as I recall, the pan I was using to drain the old oil into would slide under the car if I didn't jack it up.

    And I couldn't believe the book, either. Oh well.

  19. Re:Big Problem with "new" cars... on Worst Cars Of All Time Rated · · Score: 1

    I suppose I could turn the wheel, yeah, but it was already up on jack stands to drain the oil, so that didn't really occur to me. My Corsica repair manual lists removing the wheel as a step.

  20. Re:Big Problem with "new" cars... on Worst Cars Of All Time Rated · · Score: 1

    While I agree that some cars are not built for maintance, (My Chevy Corsica is a good example - I have to remove the right front wheel to reach the oil filter.) it's not impossible to do some maintance at home. Even with my car's poorly designed layout, it's not very hard to drain the oil, replace the filter, and put new oil in.

  21. Re:Common sense on Boot Windows Faster, Using Linux · · Score: 1

    I agree with your completely.

    Also, I use LILO for a bootloader, and set it for 5 seconds. That way, if I'm not looking at the screen, it boots into Windows fine, but I still have time to select from the several other OSes installed. It's a lot better than the default 30 seconds.

  22. Re:Chucky doll? on Home DNA Sequencing · · Score: 1

    I was looking at this list a few weeks ago, and I concluding that thing was the creepiest toy ever. ...

    Of course, I would probably use it by locking the "play" switch on and tormenting some kid, yeah.

  23. Re:well then on Star Wreck Trailer · · Score: 1

    I did laugh at 'Info' the Android, though. Of course, between Data, Lore, and B4, perhaps it's not something to joke about...

  24. Re:This bodes ill on New IE Bug Hides Real Site Address · · Score: 1

    But, the www.ssai.us/ievuln.html example isn't correct because when you go to the fake microsoft site, it shows the real address, not the fake one at the top... It's only in the status bar that is shows the fake address.

  25. Re:This bodes ill on New IE Bug Hides Real Site Address · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, although someone will probably prove me wrong, you couldn't do this with a slashdot link. You have to use the unescape command, and I don't see a way to do that with the allowed HTML.

    I'm sure it's main 'use' will be HTML e-mails which lead consumers to fake ebay and paypal sites.