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  1. Microwave it? on RFID Drivers' Licenses Debated · · Score: 1

    Couldn't you just toss it in the microwave oven for a while to deactivate the RFID?

  2. Just look at what happened with Freedows??? on Syllable 0.5.4 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um... Well.. actually nothing happened to Freedows.

  3. It's the whole picture to the system I refer to. on Intelligent Transportation Systems · · Score: 1

    All that stuff you mention was not in the system I have seen, it was very low tech. They used Pentium 166s because those were the cheapest discarded computers they could find. It could communicate to nearby similarly equipped vehicles but big brother was not notified. You may be thinking of equipment that is already in use in some commercial shipping vehicles.

  4. What he said and... on Mount St. Helens Lets Off Some Steam · · Score: 1

    If it erupted big time and blew north it would only be what you (native) Washintonians deserve anyway, with the way you drive and all. Remember seeing those "Slower Traffic Keep Right." signs last time you were in Oregon? They are there for YOU! But noooooo, 'I'm planning on taking a left about seveteen miles up the road so I'll just sit here in the left lane making sure I am extra safe by going eight miles per hour below the posted speed limit'.

  5. Nothing but magnets on Intelligent Transportation Systems · · Score: 1

    I hate to shatter any consipracy theories but a prototype of such a system are working with nothing more than magnets embedded in the roadway. The vehicle equipment consists of some sensors and an old Pentium based computer in the trunk. The magnets are oriented either North up or South up to represent 0s or 1s to give the computer binary information about location, etc..

  6. MSN and Hotmail on A Visual History of Spam · · Score: 1

    I want to see a graph of the percentage of spam that has headers identifying it's origin as msn.com and hotmail.com (yes, I know headers can be forged).

  7. Works in K-Meleon on Windows - Some missing though on Report Claims SCO Intends to Charge IBM with Fraud · · Score: 1

    K-Meleon (Gecko based, IE lookalike, kmeleon.sourceforge.net), works with the rollovers. Except I didn't see any summary for 'SCO fails to provide any evidence' or multiple 'SCO realizes it current stategy is going nowhere so a brand new tactic is adopted'.

  8. According to the NCSA on KDE Gets Gecko/Mozilla Support · · Score: 1

    "In 1993, Mosaic became the first popular graphical Web browser and was offered free to the general public from NCSA's Internet site. By 1994, Mosaic had a user base of several million users worldwide. In addition, NCSA developed WWW server software (originally called httpd--made commercial as Apache), which is now used in about 66 percent of all Web servers.

    This technology was quickly transferred to the private sector when Marc Andreessen and several other developers of NCSA Mosaic left the center to form Netscape. In addition, more than 100 companies licensed the Mosaic software through Spyglass, Inc., including Microsoft, which led to the development of Microsoft Internet Explorer."

    I also remember using NCSA Mosaic as well as SpyGlass Mosaic and, other than branding, they appeared identical.

    http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Divisions/PublicAffairs /M osaicHistory/impact.html

  9. WD-40 on Cleansing Hardware Of Dead Pig Odors? · · Score: 1

    WD-40 is a common solvent that does not conduct electricity and also displaces water. I have flooded a ThinkPad with it after knocking a pint of beer into the keyboard. It worked but the keyboard eventually got sticky. So if you prefer the odor of oil over rancid flesh...

  10. Can see the connection. on KDE Gets Gecko/Mozilla Support · · Score: 3, Funny

    While your argument may have merit, I fail to see the connection between the 'Windows Driver Foundation' and getting stoned before browsing Slashdot.

  11. Are you stoned and browsing slashdot? on KDE Gets Gecko/Mozilla Support · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh come on, that never happens.

  12. Re:That was done a long time ago. on KDE Gets Gecko/Mozilla Support · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Based on NCSA Mosaic. NCSA Mosaic(TM); was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign."

    Maybe you should tell someone at Microsoft that.

  13. That was done a long time ago. on KDE Gets Gecko/Mozilla Support · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually it ran in X before it ever did in Windows. IE is the browser formerly known as NCSA Mosaic.

  14. Advertising directed only to humans on New Ad Technology Tracks Consumer Movement · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine how much advertising is wasted on animals, objects, the sky, moon, ect.. Now the technology is here to target only people. What a breakthrough !

  15. Imagine a... on Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? · · Score: 1



    (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)

  16. Right on Solaris Coming to IBM's Power Architecture? · · Score: 1

    Yeh, right after they buy Novell.

  17. Re:... and Sun's potential acquisition of Novell on Sun Rays For Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sun also considered the purchase of the moon, the second law of thermodynamics, and Walt Disney's frozen head during the same meeting. However it was decided the media would none respond as favorably if such suggestions were made.

  18. Internet Access from the couch. on Amateurs Pushing the Dreamcast's Boundaries · · Score: 1

    I have not discovered a better way to casually access internet resources from the comfort of my living room couch without going to the trouble of booting up a computer or spending a fair bit of dough. You can telnet, edit/upload html, check email and browse web pages with a Dreamcast. I have a stack of demo games that rarely get played but the Browser 3.0 and eCos Linux CD's get used regularly. I am not much into games so a PSOne suits me fine, the Dreamcast is an obviously more advanced platform only surpassed by the PS2 and the "BIGBOX".

  19. Virus Free Music ? on Peter Gabriel: Digital Music Downloading's Future · · Score: 1

    OD2 apparently has "virus free music". Is that something new and innovative or what?

  20. What would be more useful. on Marian The Robot Librarian · · Score: 1

    I think it would be more useful to have a robot that put the books back.

  21. Re:so that would explain on HP Memo Predicts MS Patent Attacks on Open Source · · Score: 1

    You really think there is any limit to how low Microsoft will "stoop"?

  22. HP Overstock on SGI to Scale Linux Across 1024 CPUs · · Score: 2, Funny

    They bought HP's overstock of them for pennies on the dollar.

  23. Re:i use LINUX on Why Does SCO Focus On A Minix-to-Linux Link? · · Score: 1

    Based upon the way Novell have been handling their new aquisition of SuSE, I had absolutely no issue with paying for this version of 9.1 Professional on my new laptop.

  24. Re:Arrow into Unixware on Why Does SCO Focus On A Minix-to-Linux Link? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Linux Kernel Personality actually. I wonder if they modified GPL'd source code and did not return the modifications. If so, further reason for them to dispute the validity of GPL. I had that version of Unixware and it did run some Linux binaries (I wiped that hard disk, shredded the CDs and the license and no longer support that OS, that's what SCO wanted, isn't it?).

  25. Arrow into Unixware on Why Does SCO Focus On A Minix-to-Linux Link? · · Score: 1

    Did anyone notice on the SCO timeline the arrow from Linux 2.4.0 in to Unixware 7.1.1+LKP around Aug 21, 2000? This is probably why SCO seems to think there is common code.