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  1. Re:Sun & Microsoft. on MS Zone Users Must Use Passport Accounts · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You don't have to do brigssb's job for him...

  2. Same as hotmail on MS Zone Users Must Use Passport Accounts · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why can't users just act the same as they do with Hotmail? Open up separate accounts for different uses, most with false information that can't be tied back to you without a search warrant?

  3. Wil is behind this! on Lunar Lasers · · Score: 2
    Wil Wheaton's interview:

    • BBspot (11): Tell us why you're doing WilWheaton.net and about future plans for you and the site?

      Wil: It's all part of my Bavarian Illuminatti-driven plot to rule the world. Now that you've read that, we're coming for you with our Orbital Mind Control Lasers.

    You're behind this, aren't you Wil?
  4. Re:Portable XT on SNES Portable · · Score: 2

    They got 'em already... they even compressed the keypad and added an antenna for ya already. Check it out here. DOS is being discontinued soon though.

  5. Stop picking on the extremists on Dirty Dozen- The Most Dangerous Toys of 2001 · · Score: 2
    Their front page front page says:

    • The mission of The Lion & Lamb Project is to stop the marketing of violence to children.
    So of course this going to release a report like this.

    Complaining about them is like complaining that religious fundamentalists are nuts... 1) their statements and our reactions are obvious and predictable, and 2) they usually don't have much influence on others anway.

  6. Re:Wow on GameCube Hardware In Depth on Anandtech · · Score: 2
    Half of the power supply is in a wall-brick, and half of it is within the gamecube (located above the motherboard, and thus not in the picture I posted).

    It doesn't make much of a difference though, the XBox motherboard proper is still much bigger and more complex.

  7. Wow on GameCube Hardware In Depth on Anandtech · · Score: 4, Interesting
    You can really tell who's more experienced at this, can't you? The difference is startling.

    size comparison

    XBox motherboard
    GameCube motherboard

  8. Re:I wonder... on You May Not Link This Web Site · · Score: 2
    OTOH, google pays a lot more attention to peers than to their server anyway.

    If you search on altavista, you'll see several KPMG servers, but not the US one. Apparently robots.txts for those other servers allow at least partial searching.

  9. Re:At the recording studio ... on You May Not Link This Web Site · · Score: 2
    Not just badly written (sounds like an attempt at a Journey-style power ballad, without the power) but horribly mixed

    It's at 20kbps / 11khz (vs the normal 128kbps / 44khz), what do you expect?

  10. Re:oh the irony, on SONICblue Granted Broad Patent on DVR Technology · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    circlefuck!

  11. Re:I'm back online on Some People @Home, Some Not @Home · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    google's IPs are: 216.239.37.100, 216.239.33.100

  12. All I want for christmas on Uber Geeks Holiday Gift Guide · · Score: 2

    is fewer damn popups, my god.

  13. Re:I dont see on @Home Network Approaching Shutdown · · Score: 2

    They haven't been profitable at all this year. The longer they stay in business, the more in debt they go.

  14. Re:Not quite. on Nintendo Declares GCN Most Popular Console Ever · · Score: 2

    And popularity doesn't necessarily translate to how enjoyable a console is. Especially when there are a lot of 12 year olds involved who just want what all their friends have.

  15. Re:New disclaimer: on CA Court: Message Boards Are Opinions, Not Facts · · Score: 2
    • "The ruling does not mean everything you say on a message board is protected," she said.
    Thus, Taco can't really put that at the bottom, because the court can rule that a post is presented in such a way as to be more factual, and therefore still subject to libel or slander laws.
  16. Some past articles... on Excite Could Go Dark On Friday · · Score: 3, Informative
    Step 1: Buy a majority stake in the top 2 broadband companies (Excite@Home and RoadRunner)

    Step 2: Merge with MediaOne and control 30% of cable.

    Step 3: Get the FCC to withdraw the cable ownership caps set during MediaOne merger

    Step 4: Buy out the number one broadband company, despite protests from stockholders that AT&T (being the majority stockholder) had set itself up to pay very little for Excite@Home.

  17. Region-lock is a requirement? on Slashback: Regionalism, Rivalry, Zensur · · Score: 2
    http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/forum/printthread.ph p?threadid=24

    Laws made by Software companies and Hollywood demand that a software company formats there dvd products with an region code.

    So I can't really answer your question, you should go for this to MS, but I'm almost certain that MS and other game developers will put region codes on there software...

  18. Re:Offtopic XBox server on Building a Better Webserver · · Score: 2
    The keyboard and mouse didn't talk to the CPU at all, just powered on.

    Anyway, it's not halfway there, more like .02% there. No idea yet on how to run random bits of code on it, Microsoft obviously will have put all sorts of hurdles there. And then you have to reverse engineer stuff for all the libraries and OS(since they're statically linked) and figure out how to talk to hardware for all the little differences from normal PCs they've added. Long way to go.

  19. CableHome BS on Cable Co's Want More Control Over Your Network · · Score: 2
    http://www.cablelabs.com/cablehome/cablehomeprimer .html

    That's the link to the NAT-alternative. It doesn't really seem that ominous. Nothing spelled out there that directly threatens NAT. Perhaps just some additional advantages that might make CAT better to NAT for the typical consumer.

    • standards in home networking components, so your fridge can talk to your NAT device
    • lower cost through standardized components
    • standard allows for remote access by cable operators, to help with support
    • quality of service within the home (??)
    • security (??)
    I'm sure many linux users will stick with NAT.
  20. Re:One thing I'd like to see on European Space Agency Developing GPS Rival · · Score: 2
    Whee, your Lego robot now has ultra-accurate dead-reckoning and perfect balance...

    Get on a swing, close your eyes, and try to stay upright while moving back and forth. It's not just in your ears, it's in your eyes too.

  21. link on California Takes Issue With Microsoft Settlement Idea · · Score: 2

    Use this link instead. ("ttp://" => "http://")

  22. Re:Archiving Audio on Linux-Based Audiophile CD Archival System · · Score: 2

    You can also get a sound card with an S/PDIF Optical output, and connect it an arbitrarily expensive standalone DAC to get as high of quality sound as you want (assuming CD's sampling rate, of course).

  23. I dunno... on Net Connected Dream Inducer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most of my life is already commercialized, I don't know if I want to concede my bedtime too... (you just know they're going to pull an OnStar)

  24. Re:The public is not being billed twice on Researchers' Right To Open Source Research · · Score: 2
  25. Re:Firewall? on Sega Drops Dreamcast Price To $50 · · Score: 3, Informative

    While the DC only has one expansion port, the Maple bus (the controller ports) can support up to 2 megabits per second. There are several ways to connect computer to this side of the dreamcast.