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  1. Those aren't alternative fuel vehicles, but... on Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Recommendations? · · Score: 1

    these are. If you want to stick with pure electric, you might consider two more options:

    The Corbin Sparrow II is a small electric three-wheeled thing built in CA.

    And the Th!nk City, built by a company purchased recently by Ford, is available for demonstration lease in California now -- evidently for only $200 per month. (You're already familiar with such leases, since you've got an EV1.) Pretty sure it won't meet your top speed requirement, though.

  2. If the site's a threat, they're threatening Bush on Appeals Court Finds "Nuremberg Files" Site Unlawful · · Score: 1

    No really, if they've ruled the site constitutes a real threat, then it's a fairly simple jump to say that they're threatening George W. Bush, who they added to the list. I'd think the Feds might be interested in that.

    Of course, besides accusing Gee-Dub of not being a real Christian (whatever), they also say Clinton is "clearly Satanic and demon-possessed." I love these guys. Or I would, if they weren't dangerous in terms of inciting dumbshits to bomb the clinics and shoot the doctors through their windows at home.

  3. Re:uhh on Cingular Filtering Porn From Wireless Web? · · Score: 1

    I must live in a different dimension than you, then, since my Nokia 3360 is using Cingular and browses WAP sites with no trouble.

  4. Then I read the article some more... on Cingular Filtering Porn From Wireless Web? · · Score: 1

    Okay, I tried wap.sex.com, too, and still got the "No server access!" error that I got when tyring to access Slashdot.

  5. I tried three and couldn't get through, but... on Cingular Filtering Porn From Wireless Web? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I tried three and couldn't get through, but that doesn't mean they're blocked, necessarily. Here's what I tried, and what I got:

    www.porn.com - Reply unknown!
    www.sex.com - No server access!
    www.fuck.com - File format unknown!
    www.slashdot.org - No server access!

    Looks like they're blocking Slashdot, too, shucks.

    (Test performed on a Nokia 3360 cell phone. Note that I could easily use the phone as a model with my iPaq, then browse all sorts of porn using my regular dial-up ISP.)

  6. Re:For those who haven't caught on... on Bootleg Star Wars AotC Debuts on Internet · · Score: 1

    Dislike technology? Jeez, take a walk down just about any street in lower Manhattan, and I'm sure you'll find guys selling AotC on VHS already. They're a hell of a lot worse than a Divx copy floating around, too, since they're actually making a profit off the pirated material. They've been doing it for a lot longer than the MPAA's been whining about copy protection, too.

  7. As always, RTFA. on Recycle Fee For Each PC? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yay, lots of replies from people who don't read the article first.

    The collected money would finance a recycling program for computers and television sets.

    It's easier to finance the recycling program if it gets money up front than if it has no money until people start recycling the things, wouldn't you agree?

    New cars are already more expensive as a result of laws mandating what percent of the car be recyclable -- I forget if the U.S. has such a law yet, but all it takes is one European country (Sweden, I believe) to mandate it, and suddenly everyone effectively has to do it for every car they sell. Would you be happier, then, if the $25 were added under the table so that you don't know you're paying it anyway?

  8. Re:Feedback Loops & Linking on Modeling Linking on the Web · · Score: 0
    When I do go to Amazon, I just type the DOMAIN name into my browser, and go directly there, and do my own searching, follow my own links.

    But when Yahoo! users want to go to Amazon, they do a search for "www.amazon.com," and then click on the results.

  9. Cached copy on Google on The Huntsville Concrete Rocket · · Score: 0

    Here's a link to Google's cached copy [google.com].

    Of course, the story is from April 19, 2001, so it's not exactly breaking news.

  10. Nice sentence fragment. on Fighting Spam With A 17th Century Law · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, since the law stems from King James I (the VI, if you are Scottish), as such, could be held British Commonwealth wide.

    That boils down to "Could be held British Commonwealth wide." Pat, I'd like to buy a subject!

    (First we're doused in "it's" possessive, then the trigger is pulled in the form of a sentence fragment. Woe is us.)

  11. Re:A Horrible Rift on Textmode Quake 2 · · Score: 1

    No way, nytimes just reported that physicists now believe the universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate.

  12. Re:Overly confusing? on .us Domains Coming in 2002 · · Score: 1

    In your scenario, Company X needs to sack the person responsible for deciding what domain name(s) to buy for them.

    Since the floodgates have been open so long, it's very much too late for any of these scenarios to take place. Yes, it's confusing, yes, it's a pain in the ass, yes we're stuck with it.

    It's bad enough trying to explain to someone that the website is "anything-but-www.domain.anything-but-dot-com." Just you try and explain it's at "hostname.subdomain.domain.us."

    On the other hand, it will be yet another way to spot those who get it and weed out the rest.

  13. Re:Some of his tactics aren't hard to employ at al on Undercover Hacking, For Money · · Score: 1

    At Ford's Wixom Assembly Plant in Michigan, the supplier quality guys couldn't be bothered to let us (their suppliers) into the plant to do our work. But since there was a phone right next to the slow-closing security door, it was extremely simple to hold the phone to your ear, pretend to talk to someone, then slip in the door after someone left. This was the same plant that had a shooting back in '96. That nut got past security with a large gun, though -- not so useful for espionage.

  14. Re:Interesting... on Apple iWalk: Mac OS-X based PDA? · · Score: 1

    And because Apple manufactured the first modern PDA...