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  1. photos of it in use?? on A Shocking Controller For The Xbox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone else read the page and think "so where are the pictures of it being tested on someone???"

  2. Re:I reported this problem to them some time ago.. on Spammers Exploiting Hotmail Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    That's true.. He mentioned both Hotmail and MSN so I guess if they provide outsourced email services, then that'd explain it.. I guess I just wasn't thinking they offered that.

  3. Re:I reported this problem to them some time ago.. on Spammers Exploiting Hotmail Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Sometimes, e-mail delivery between different domains are relayed through other servers. This is the reason why a Hotmail server appears in the mail header. It is possible that your ISP or e-mail provider employs such method.

    I've never heard of an ISP relaying mail through someone else's mail server.. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of BEING an ISP? Or are their IPs so blacklisted that they have to relay the mail? Either way, it doesn't make any sense to me..

  4. where'd they get the rom from? on Cheating Fruit (Slot) Machines · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can't seem to find -where- they got the ROM from? Seems like a crucial part of it to say what particular model/version.. I mean, even the screenshots have different quality graphics.

    Not to say they're lying, but I'm not convinced of their "proof". Anyone else see something I missed?

  5. Re:So ... on Will Wright's Deal with Fox? · · Score: 1

    Yessss.. Let them jump into the pool then take the ladder out.

    "Tune in next week to see if Laura finds a way out!"

  6. Re:The Plot Thickens... on SCO's Real Motive... A Buyout? · · Score: 1

    I know most of you Are Not A Lawyer, but is this legal? Not sue until it's right for the suing side while ignoring it for years?

    This sounds like he's saying that the alleged IP violations precede IBM's involvement.
    Seems like you imply this is fishy.. which it is, but is there anything that doesn't allow this?

  7. Re:Knees, eh? on OrbiTouch Keyless Keyboard Review · · Score: 1
    Or from the review:

    "Despite--or maybe because of--the OrbitTouch's similarity to the female anatomy, it's very comfortable to use. Your hands rest very naturally on the twin domes."

    .....

  8. price on OrbiTouch Keyless Keyboard Review · · Score: 4, Insightful

    According to the last page of the review, it costs $695. Interesting concept but .... need I say more?

  9. Re:Nano-tube technology and it's application: on Semiconductor Technologies Guide · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm not sure I can answer your question, but I want to clarify something. I found this on google: diagram of a mosfet transistor.

    Here's a simplified explanation. Think of a switch with source at one terminal and drain on the other. When sitting without a voltage on the gate, the source and drain are not connected. When the switch is turned on (ie. gate high), electrons are allowed through the pathway created.

    Anyways, the yellow in the diagram is an insulator. The switching is all done without touching the doped silicon connecting the source and the drain. My point is that the silicon needs to be there. It's integral to how the switching works. I don't know anything about nano-tubes but it cannot replace the silicon unless it can act like a semiconductor (both as a conductor and insulator depending on temp, etc). Perhaps it could replace the SiO2 currently used as the insulating layer but no matter what, the smaller the channels get, the more the electrons are going to want to jump..

    Anyone that knows more about SOI want to comment?

  10. Re:Secret because of the military? on Explaining WLAN Chips' Poor Linux Support · · Score: 1

    If you run everything through a encrypted VPN, then the built-in wireless security is somewhat irrelevant, right?

  11. Re:well on HTTP: The Definitive Guide · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hopefully the next version will fix this bug..

  12. Re: opx or alarm circuits on Last-Mile Solution For A Rural Land Co-op? · · Score: 1

    In a normal residential neighborhood, realistically how hard and expensive would it be to get a line from House A to House B? Seems like they'd charge a lot just to find the two wires and hook em' together at the switching place and at each end.

  13. DIY DSL? on Last-Mile Solution For A Rural Land Co-op? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I used Net-to-Net Tech's Point-to-point products to connect two places a few thousand feet apart. I emailed them a few questions and they were quick to respond.. Maybe contact them for a solution since it seems they have a wide array of products. They could probably use existing leftover copper pairs rather than trying to bury new cable/fiber.

  14. Re:Where's the beef? on MS Says Longhorn To Arrive 2005 · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they're helping O'Reilly out.. Seems to make picking an animal a lot easier.

  15. Re:What IPv4 Scaleability issues? on What's Your Timeline for IPv6 Migration? · · Score: 1
    "99+% of the net today can look at the reset of the world as a "default route"."


    I want to see what the reset world looks like. How far back does it reset it or does it just revert to an old saved version?

  16. Re:I'd check the dryer... on Search for the Missing Universe · · Score: 1

    At first I thought you said stocks.. But then again, I'm sure many people are wondering where 90% value of those went too...

  17. Re:Security camera? on Cheap Video Sniffing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great.. every time you're watching your friend's porn over x10, I have trouble downloading porn on my wireless laptop.

  18. Re:How appropriate.. on Microsoft Rolls Out iLoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess it'd also be appropriate for us Linux/*BSD users to take a whiz on it...

  19. Re:then again... on SBC Getting Aggressive With Frames Patent · · Score: 5, Informative
    Has anyone actually LOOKED at the site that got the letter from SBC? They don't use frames.. The term "frames" according to SBC means more than you might think.. Here's a quote:

    The letter suggests that any website which has static, linked information (top banners, menus, bottom banners) which are displayed while other sections of the page are displayed as non-static (the area where products appear on most websites) infringes upon the patents they hold.

    Doesn't that pretty much cover ALL websites?

  20. Re:Best way to handle telemarketers... on Telemarketer Blows Whistle on Tape-Altering Scam · · Score: 1

    I agree.. I let them talk until they ask me a question, then I just say "No thank you. Please put me on your do not call list." Simple as that.

  21. Re:on a similar note via snail mail on Telemarketer Blows Whistle on Tape-Altering Scam · · Score: 1

    I work for a web hosting company and it amazes me the number of people who get "bills" like this in the mail and by fax for renewing their domains. There's one that many get and fall for because the company name sounds professional (Worldwide Internet Registry or something like that). They end up paying for 5-10 years of renewal at very inflated prices. Oh well.. Buyer beware.

  22. Re:Three Times Quickly... on Slashback: Vaidhyanathan, Oregon, Opteron · · Score: 2, Funny

    Siva Vaidhyanathan? Yeah, well, at least you're name isn't Michael Bolton.

  23. NO ELECTIONEERING WITHIN 150 FEET on Could E-Voting Cure Voter Apathy? · · Score: 1

    So that either means candidates must stay 150 feet away from all computers during an election...

    Or do they have to stay "5 links away from the election site"?

  24. bodily fluids? on How Would You Move Mount Fuji? · · Score: 1

    What was next? Did he try keeping anyone from sapping and impurifying all of our precious bodily fluids?

  25. sounds like they're just whining on Firebird Database Project Admin on Name Clash · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    The tone of the article, to me, sounds like they're just whining. I'm not convinced that having a browser named Phoenix will harm them. Either way, I undestand them wanting Mozilla to choose a new name, but the steps they've taken seem very unprofessional.

    Feel free to try and convince me.. I'm curious what others think.