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  1. Re:data analysis on Automakers and Crash Data Recorders · · Score: 2

    That's ridiculous.

    It would record you coming to a stop at a certain time index, say 15:45:45 Sitting at the Red Light, and then accelerating away from the intersection at time index 15:46:54 where you were subsequently broadsided at 15:47:01 when you were doing 15MPH and still accelerating.

  2. Re:This sucks on MPAA Countersues 321 Studios · · Score: 2

    If you're making them yourself, they're not CSS encoded, and you can simply copy the files off the original DVD-R you made, and make a new one. You don't need any extra software to do that.

  3. But apparently, not well enough... on Computers, Court, and Fingerprints · · Score: 2

    You said: Just because the person interviewed states he doesn't "create" fingerprints does not mean he cannot alter them, or "enhance" an existing print to more closely match a "wanted" print.

    The Article said: "I don't think I could recreate a fingerprint," said Knoerlein, pointing out that he never sees the suspect's fingerprints.

  4. They'd be setting up a legal defence fund. on Apple Accuses Worker of Leaks · · Score: 2

    And you know they would be.

  5. It's already patched. on WinXP and WinAmp Vulnerable to Malicious MP3s · · Score: 2

    There is no EULA on the patch either.

  6. Re:Bad for Disney on Spirited Away Wins Award; Cowboy Bebop Opening Soon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't let facts get in the way of a good Anti-Disney rant!

  7. Putting it on the CD? on NWN Linux Client Delayed · · Score: 2

    People have already bought the game.

    They're trying to put a client together that will work with their existing data files. They don't want to repackage and reship the entire game for crissakes.

    That means that they either A) Have to have a player in the linux client that will read the bink files, or B) they need to develop and ship a utility that's going to do an inplace conversion of the existing Bink files into something the linux client can use.

  8. Re:Who cares if they make a non-free version... on Free Software, Free Society · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why would it suck? You (the figurative you, not you in particular), have released this code freely, you have no interest in trying to profit from it. Someone else uses that code, and is able to implement it in a commercial application, and they can make money selling it. How has that harmed you? The free software you released is still out there for anyone else to use in any manner in which they see fit.

  9. Who cares if they make a non-free version... on Free Software, Free Society · · Score: 1

    the free version is still there, free for anyone else to use as they see fit.

  10. It was on Beyond 2000 a long time ago too. on Refrigerators To Cool With Sound (Cool!) · · Score: 1

    I remember it pretty vividly. The demo unit they had was installed into a counter top. "Opening" the fridge consisted of pressing a button on the counter top, and a circular set of racks rose up out of the counter top.

  11. You've misunderstood... on Bricklin on Tablet PCs · · Score: 1

    Um, no. The parent was replying that they couldn't see any use for a Tablet PC apart from use as a "Coffee table computer" or for doodling during commercials. If that's what this person wants, then "Mira" is what he's looking for. That's the Niche Mira is designed to fill. My reply was strictly addressing the comment of the parent, in the "only" scenario he could see a Tablet PC being useful. TabletPC IS overkill for that scenario. And similarily, Mira is NOT a Laptop replacement, it's stricly for home/office use. Let's you essentially pick up your computer and use it from anywhere in the house. It is NOT for carting around the city, or across the country.

  12. Re:Opportunity to Crack the Desktop on Bricklin on Tablet PCs · · Score: 2, Informative

    I wish I had somewhere safe (/. effect resistant) to post a few images. I just wrote out your entire post on my Acer C102T, and my handwriting is certainly nothing to write home about.

    100% success rate recognizing. There are a few words it's not sure about, but every single one of them, it has chosen the correct word, as the first possible choice.

    The recognizer works on patterns and context, as much as it does on pure stroke recognition. I find that most people who think the recognition sucks are either block typing (which makes it difficult for the recognizer to seperate words), or are simply writing a few words to test the recognizer. Write full sentences, hell, write entire paragraphs. The more you have it recognize at once, the better it does, as it is able to use the context of everything you've written to help it recognize your writing.

  13. Re:Did you even read the summary? on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 1

    Did you comprehend it? Microsoft themselves suggested the guy change his application's name to Backup Wizard for Windows(R). Your original comment makes no sense whatsoever if you had read and comprehended the actual article summary, or the article. Clearly, Microsoft doesn't give a shit what you call it, as long as you don't A) Ambigiously name your application in such a way that it implies Microsoft endorses it (Windows Backup Wizard), and B) You acknowledge Microsoft's Registered Trademarks (Backup Wizard for Windows(R))

  14. Because they're replacing Laptops. on Bricklin on Tablet PCs · · Score: 1

    It does everything a Laptop does, plus all the TabletPC Features.

    What you want is a "Mira", which is essentially a WiFi enabled, LCD Touch Screen. It runs Windows CE and uses Remote Desktop to run everything on your desktop computer.

  15. Re:Dirty Fingers... on Bricklin on Tablet PCs · · Score: 5, Informative

    The LCD's on TabletPC's are all covered with tempered glass. So you're not pressing down on the LCD Matrix at all. The Pen's are EMR Pens, like a Wacom Tablet, and the act of pressing down on the glass causes the stylus tip to press up into the pen itself. As for fingerprints, of course that's an issue. The Acer came with a nice microfibre, lint free cloth to wipe the screen with, and to be honest, it doesn't really get that bad.

  16. Re:Not exactly a problem on Bricklin on Tablet PCs · · Score: 1

    You are wrong. For Starters, Battery Life is device specific, since they all have different processors, and different capacity batteries. The Acer model we have here, get's about 4-5 hours on battery, depending on what you're doing and how you're using it.

  17. Note on the Menu's. on Bricklin on Tablet PCs · · Score: 1

    You can configure the Menu's for Left Handed, or Right Handed use. That'll get alot better as more applications build in TabletPC Support.

  18. Re:FYI, Microsoft's "Windows" trademark listings on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 1

    Actually, you'd be perfectly fine, as long as you acknowledged Microsoft's Windows(R) Trademark, and did not try to pass yourself off as a Microsoft sanctioned product. yyyy for Windows(R), rather than Windows yyyy.

  19. Trademark's are narrow in scope... on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft can't try to defend their Windows Trademark (which is in computer software) against Companies that make glass Windows, or Companies who install Windows in cars, or who create decorative Window artwork.

    Just computer software, and especially when there is substantial risk of dilution of their trademark or confusion over the nature of the products. Which is precicly why they suggested that the Backup Software be changed to Backup Wizard for Windows(R). There is no risk of confusion that the product is actually sanctioned by Microsoft, and it acknowledges the Microsofts registered trademark.

  20. Did you even read the summary? on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 1

    Straight from the Summary, Microsoft suggested the Backup product be renamed to Backup Wizard for Windows(R). -- Note the acknowledgement that Windows is a Registered Trademark.

  21. -1 Wrong on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 1

    This is just plain WRONG. How is this modded Insightful?

  22. They can, and HAVE Trademarked the word Windows. on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 1, Troll

    Look it the fuck up for christsake.

    No matter how many times you guys repeat the mistaken belief that you cannot Trademark dictionary words, it will not make it so.

    Dictionary words can, and are trademarked all over the world. Trademarks however, are narrow in scope, usually pertaining to a particular type or product or business.

  23. They have to do it. on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Trademark's are defend it or lose it. Unlike a Trademark, Copyright and Patents can be selectively enforced or licenced with no bearing on the status of the Copyright or Patent.

  24. Re:How many people have contacted them? on Phoenix To Change Name · · Score: 1

    They can't back down. If you don't defend your trademark, you can lose it entirely. Besides which, as many posters have pointed out, Phoenix the BIOS Company also makes an embedded Browser. They are 100% in the right here.

  25. It's not childish, Trademarks, unlike copyright... on Phoenix To Change Name · · Score: 2, Informative

    or patents, MUST be defended, or you can lose the trademark.

    This is why you see so many Trademark infringement cases, they MUST be defended, or the owner risks losing the trademark.