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  1. Re:Google-dy-Google on ATX Power Supply Adapter for Macs? · · Score: 1
    Reminder: The ATX supply does not have 28VDC, for one.

    As for two: you want to build your own computer, but can't handle a soldering iron? Spoiled kids these days. How much do you wanna pay?

  2. Google-dy-Google on ATX Power Supply Adapter for Macs? · · Score: 4, Informative
    G4 (AGP/Sawtooth) to ATX case Conversion.

    Step #3 - ATX Power supply

    [Reminder: The ATX supply does not have 28VDC used on Gigabit G4 and later Towers for ADC. The pinout of the power supply connector/motherboard connector on the Gigabit and later G4s is not the same as earlier Sawtooth models. See my notes above.-Mike]

  3. Re:Finally on Micro-Helicopter Fun · · Score: 1

    They already had a hard time fitting Ernest Borgnine into Airwolf, do you have a small enough figurine of him to put into mini-Airwolf?

  4. Re:No... on Apple Applies For Rotary Mouse Patent · · Score: 1
    [0041] Referring to FIG. 6, the entire top surface 54 of the rotatable disc 56 is advantageously accessible to the user's fingers. This configuration generally allows the rotatable disc 56 to be easily manipulated by one or more fingers when the palm side surface of the hand is placed on the back portion 58 of the body 54. For example, the thumb 80 and two rightmost fingers 82 (or leftmost fingers if left handed) are used to grip the sides 84 of the body 54 while the two remaining fingers 86 (either by themselves or in combination) are used to manipulate the rotatable disc 56. As shown, the rotatable disc 56 can be continuously rotated by a simple swirling motion of the finger 86, i.e., the disc 56 can be rotated through 360 degrees of rotation without stopping. In addition, the user can pull or push on the disc tangentially from all sides of the rotatable disc 56. For example, the rotatable disc 56 may be manipulated forwards and backwards as shown by arrows 88 and side to side by arrows 90.
    Looks like you are right, this is just a scroll wheel. The point is, it can either be used like a normal scroll wheel with a "scratching" motion where you need to raise your finger ("tangentially from all sides of the rotatable disc"), or in a continous swirling motion. So yes, it's like on the iPod.

    The description of the mouse sounds much like the current "no button" mouse, though the last paragraph also mentions:

    Furthermore, although a conventional button as shown in FIG. 1 is not described in combination with a scroll disc, it should be noted that the scroll disc and conventional buttons may be used together on a single mouse. It should also be noted that there are many alternative ways of implementing the methods and apparatuses of the present invention. For example, although in most cases the default of the scroll disc would correspond to vertical scrolling, in software, the cursor may be moved to the horizontal scroll bar on the screen to actuate horizontal scrolling. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims be interpreted as including all such alterations, permutations, and equivalents as fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.
    This horizontal scroll-wheel could also be used as a (second) button (though it is described as being part of the "button body" of the mouse), or like a device similar to the "eraser-head-mouse-pin" on ThinkPads.
  5. Re:No... on Apple Applies For Rotary Mouse Patent · · Score: 1

    Gee, I guess you want them to use the full 12 button telephone pad.

  6. Re:The Facts on Call for Papers: Chaos Communication Camp 2003 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As a Candian you can certainly tell me: How is it like living in a country USAmericans keep making fun of?

  7. Re:"Motorists will need a degree in maths..." on Reverse Parking Made Easy · · Score: 1

    Okay, I checked several articles on this, and this is the only that even tries to put down the formula. They all give the algorithm for parking, but forget the actual result of the formula, "the distance from the parallel car at the outset (p)".

  8. "Motorists will need a degree in maths..." on Reverse Parking Made Easy · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the Article: Motorists will need a degree in maths to understand Dr Hoyle's formula, which reads: p=r-w/2,g)-w+2r+b,f )-w+2r-fg max((r+w/2)+f,(r+w/2)+b)-((2r),(r+w/2+k)).

    Well, journalists need a few opening parentheses, so we can understand the formula.

  9. Re:USB 2.0 controller and Macs on Recent Macs Have Built-in USB 2.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    As a US citizen I want the same rights as Iraqi citizens have now. Like the right to loot or to kill who I please.

    All these buildings are yours-- except the Ministry of Oil. Attempt no lootings there.

  10. Re:Military Industrial Complex on Secret Empire · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is a BBC documentary about the USS Liberty incident that claims a nuclear retaliation strike (using a A-4 bomber from the USS America) against Cairo was blown off at the last moment by SoD McNamara.

  11. Re:A time of leaps and bounds on Secret Empire · · Score: 1

    Well, America went from piston powered prop planes in 1947. Great Britain and Germany already were ahead.

  12. Re:Frustrating on Friday Apple Quickies · · Score: 1

    Wow, you're my hero. After I did the same to the "Ultimate" Mac, and removed Bluetooth and Modem (but still with 120 GB HD), it cost $2,920.00. Sorry, PCs are just too expensive.

  13. Re:Now who needs General Hospital? on Apple Posts Earnings, Denies Bid for Universal · · Score: 1

    It's the title of a soap opera. I could have chosen any other, no special meaning.

  14. Re:in other news on Apple Posts Earnings, Denies Bid for Universal · · Score: 1

    Which was kind of my point - if there is nothing behind the rumor, who's behind the rumor that brought down Apple shares twice in a week?

  15. Re:Not good at all... on Apple Posts Earnings, Denies Bid for Universal · · Score: 1

    As opposed to say AMD?

  16. Re:Mac processor upgrades on Sonnet Announces New Upgrade for Old Macs · · Score: 1

    Well, ever heard of the Intel Overpriced, err, Overdrive?

  17. Re:Macintosh Processor Speeds on Intel's P4 3GHz w/ 800MHz Bus & Canterwood Chips · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the 3.06 GHz chip has been out for a while. And the 3.0 GHz chip will not be out for a while. We are seeing real progress here.

  18. Processor postponed on Intel's P4 3GHz w/ 800MHz Bus & Canterwood Chips · · Score: 1
    Says Heise (in German).

    A small number of processors had "unexpected results" in FSB800 mode, that Intel has to check out more carefuly now.

  19. Re:Macintosh Processor Speeds on Intel's P4 3GHz w/ 800MHz Bus & Canterwood Chips · · Score: 1

    Well, too bad Intel postponed the processor.

  20. Intel does overclocking on Intel's Anti-Overclocking Technology Simplified · · Score: 1

    German article about IDF. Note the image (screenshot in English).

  21. Re:And as we know... on Apple Plans to Purchase Universal Music · · Score: 1

    Downloading for hours, sorting out the wrongly labled, bad-quality rips, looped duds...

  22. Re:who knew? on Apple Plans to Purchase Universal Music · · Score: 4, Funny

    Phil Schiller: "Hey Steve, look what I found under the sofa cushions!"

  23. Re:Visicalc on Implementing VisiCalc · · Score: 1
    On the minus side, I've probably gotten laid less.

    You're American, right? Sue the bastard ;-)

  24. Re:So is there freedom of speech or not??!! on The Googlewashing Of Our Language · · Score: 1
    This article isn't about a tiny change in the definition, or that "the first guy is not showing up on Google".

    First of all, the term wasn't used by just one guy, but apeared in several newspaper articles and press releases from major NGOs like Greenpeace, and was even used by Kofi Annan. But that isn't the point either.

    The point is that 7 weeks ago Google showed a wide range of articles if you searched for that phrase, and now it almost only shows that page and others talking about it. Now if the phrase was "Open Source" or "File Sharing", and 27 of the top thirty hits would point to microsoft.com or riaa.com and assorted back-patting sites - would you still not get the point?

  25. Re:The real problem on CAT Scans Suggest Cause of Columbia Disaster · · Score: 1

    Russian-sized budget like during the Cold War, or as in "We don't have enough money to pay the people working for us, or the lease on Baikonur"?