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  1. Re:Standards? Anyone? on DVD-RW Incompatibilities? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just take a look at bitsetting. It addresses exactly that problem.

    Simple explanation here

    Basically, DVD-RW format did not exist when your player was built. Your player is probably able to read the disk but won't because it doesn't recognize the format. You need to trick it into thihking the disk is a plain DVD-Rom, and it should read it. (and that's what bitsetting does)

  2. Re:Yes they do on Do Videogame Skills Transfer To Real Life? · · Score: 1

    Like Gollum at the oscars, right?

    That would have tipped the scale for virtual accomplishments..
    I guess the academy did not want to be the first.

  3. Re:PATENT EVERYTHING NOW on Nintendo Patents Handheld Emulation, Cracks Down · · Score: 1

    There's a little flaw to that 20 years deadline. Ever heard of Sony Bono and the Copyright deadlines?
    They might start applying that to patents too.

  4. Re:So says Slashdot on Hollywood's Foundations Rest on Piracy · · Score: 1

    Only one four letter word to tell you.

    RTFA.

  5. Re:- Overclocking DOES NOT cause games to speed up on Overclocking Your Sega Genesis/MegaDrive · · Score: 1

    I really don't remember that game, but note it has just been re-released by Nintendo for the Famicom Mini, a GBA add on that plays nes classic games.

    An exact port of the Famicom/NES classic game for the Game Boy Advance handheld system in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary legacy of the original Nintendo Famicom system (and the release of the Famicom Edition Game Boy Advance SP system). There's only one way to collect the vegetables that the condor has placed on one of 32 challenging platform-based mountains, and that's by going all the way up!
    -- ign

  6. Re:We're #2! on Apple Sued in France for iPod Music Royalties · · Score: 1

    Blank CD tax.. wait till you see the blank DVD tax.

    Here are the current fees:
    3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the levy rates shall be
    (a) 29c for each audio cassette of 40 minutes or more in length;
    (b) 21c for each CD-R or CD-RW;
    (c) 77c for each CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio or MiniDisc;

    The proposed rate at one point was 2.75$ per DVD?R and DVD?RW

    I think they've come to their senses in the current proposed levee.

    Still.. a 59c tax for a 33c disk. That's insane.

    Ultimately, CPCC proposes rates of 51 for each audiocassette, 59c for each CD-R of 100 megabytes (Mbs) or more, 49c for each CD-RW of 100 Mbs or more, $1.15 for each CD-R Audio and CD-RW Audio or MiniDisc, and 65c for each blank DVD.
    source:
    http://cb-cda.gc.ca/decisions/c12122003 -b.pdf

    For removable electronic memory cards, or a removable hard drive, CPCC sought a rate from 0.221c to 0.55c for each Mb.
    non-removable memory incorporated into a music device, or a hard drive incorporated into a music device, CPCC proposed rates from 0.193c to 1.08c for each Mb depending on capacity.


    110$ for a 40Gb removable HD used in a MP3 player.
    and 442$ for a non-removable.
    I'll drive across the border to buy my device.

  7. Re:Sure you can....... on The Implications Of Software Commodity? · · Score: 1

    Thank you replicator. You are a real time saver.

    "If God had intended man to fly, He would not have invented Spanish Air Traffic Control."
    -- Lister

  8. Re:Where does it stop? on Windows Could Lose Media Player in Europe? · · Score: 1

    edlin

    (gawd that was awful)

  9. Re:While I like the message... on Manufacturing 1 PC Takes 1.8 Tons Of Raw Material · · Score: 1

    sure, for the box.

    what about the screen?

    Color TV: 250 watts

    CRT: 110 watts

    LCD: 30-40 watts.

    There you go. Global power consumption goes down.
    (not according to my desk though.. three monitors, a scanner, two printers and a hairdryer)

  10. Re:Apologies for my cynicism but... on Manufacturing 1 PC Takes 1.8 Tons Of Raw Material · · Score: 1

    Yes indeed.

    Too bad the water is wasted by it.

    Why do they do the water when it's used.. ship it in space?

    (of course, maybe we could just read the article..)

  11. Re:I need some clarification... on DRAM Price Fixing Investigations · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's because there's no money in retailing the gas itself anymore.

    Yet we see more and more stations with debit/credit card payments right at the pump.

    Ahh.. paradox..

  12. Re:And a User Friendly game to go along! on Yahoo! Vs. Google: Algorithm Standoff · · Score: 2, Informative

    and of course, a quick peek at imdb.com/robots.txt could explain why...

    # robots.txt for http://imdb.com/

    User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
    Disallow: /ActorSearch
    Disallow: /ActressSearch
    Disallow: /AddRecommendation ...

    It also includes "User-agent: *" about halfway through, but the list was different at some time..

    You can always check the previous versions of the robots.txt on the wayback machine

  13. Re:Ocr? on Cell Phone with Camera = Scanner · · Score: 1

    Japanese kids these days are using their cell phones to scan articles in magazines and not pay for them.

    I'd doubt that the magazine publishers would move to magnetic ink just for them.

  14. Re:Here's hoping on Google's Bigger Index · · Score: 1

    today: search for soupcon and soupc,on (with the cedille) both yield the same number of results..

    Let's forget about bug reports on google.
    We just need to report the bugs on slashdot!!

  15. Re:Ultima V Dungeon Siege Remake on Electronic Arts Shuts Down Origin Systems? · · Score: 2, Informative

    For fan-based remakes of ultima, get neverwinter night!

    We're in the process of rebuilding Zonker's adaptation of Ultima IV. We need more players!
    We're missing a second DM and players for Dupre, Katrina, Jaana and Mariah.

    Ultima Fans Allied on neverwinterconnections, an excellent site for player matchup and campaign management.

  16. Re:why on Handtop PC Announced Using Transmeta Processor · · Score: 1

    Compared to a gameboy it would kick arse

    that's what I would use it for anyway.

    That, and a remote for my home theater

    too many possibilites..

  17. Re:Medal of Honor and Call of duty. on Movies Stars Seek More Control Over Videogames · · Score: 1

    Diego is still alive when you meet him... sorta.

    I really like the emails coming in. Or Shodan's messages coming right after the "click... blaaaaaaaam!"

    I need to play that game again.. or at least load up the sountrack again. Only got the "Glory to the many" song in my head..

  18. Here's hoping on Google's Bigger Index · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So it's a conspiracy to eliminate the french.

    that should have been a "c - cedille" and not a regular c on the second term.
    (which would either translate to "dumb soup" or "suspicion", depending if the right character is used)

  19. Re:Here's hoping on Google's Bigger Index · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So it's not just me..

    First, the reindex that happened a few months ago removed all cross-reference with accents.
    (where google would find the same number of links for both the word and the unaccentuated word... right now: soupcon: 9,750 - soupcon: 88,500)

    Then, when searching for anything regarding ras error messages, I get 30 links from spammer and then the real stuff.
    Example: 711 error yields multiple links for similar pages...
    "Your one stop resource for all things error 711 remote access connection
    management related. ... error 711 remote access connection management. ... "

    Vintage Google.. in Net years, that's 15-16 months ago, right?

  20. Re:The Sony Way? on Rumors of Mini iPods · · Score: 1

    Sorry. I'm just tired of this overhyping game. Movies, hardware, software... Marketdroids just keep raising our expectations. And that happens each time a new product hits the shelves.

    "Oh.. don't buy that. Company X is releasing a better faster quicker cheaper equivalent in a few months. Here are the specs and the benchmarks of that widget that is still in pre-design phase."

    It's a marketting war and I was just giving my two cents.

  21. The Sony Way? on Rumors of Mini iPods · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So that's how it's going to work. Kill the current market by spreading specs and rumors.

    100$ for a 2gb lightweight device by apple? amazing indeed.

    Just like the Playstation 2's specs killed the Dreamcast.

    Sorry, I'm just bitter.
    I probably just need more brandy in my coffee.
    Merry Xmas

  22. Re:Jerks on Miramax C&Ds Kung Fu Movie Reviewer · · Score: 1

    Publicity and stuff usually goes to press..
    He's "just" a review site, it seems.
    Anyway, I should link to stuff like that. I'm in canada. (cough cough)

    That's a nice 5-10-12-10-5, btw.
    Kudos.

  23. Re:I'm not sure that there is even a story here... on SCO Investor Changing the Deal · · Score: 1

    Of course, when that same bank depends on IT resources directly provided by one of the parties of the gamble, I call that playing around with fire and gasoline.

    I fell off my chair when I read the original article. But of course, with companies that size, the left hand often ignores what the right does...

  24. What about non-sega servers? on Phantasy Star Online Claims MMO Subscriber Lead · · Score: 1
    I'd really like to see a PSO server up... Is there any team working on one?
    This happened for Ultima Online and last time I checked, the community was still going strong.

    So this is what I want for xmas, santa.

    • -PSO server software.

    • -Translation of ANY of the Atelier games to english. I still can't play that one.


  25. Re:palmtop qubit simulator? on Rubik's Cube Comeback · · Score: 1

    Start at it too long from one side, and the other side slowly becomes either red or blue depending on time.

    Of course, color and spin conservation would apply.

    What if my cat ate one piece?