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  1. Re:Go Bucs, Sorta... on Sporting Event Featuring Commercials · · Score: 1

    No, they had plenty of chances to protect the lead before that attempted field goal. All they had to do was play defense against a team with just one good offensive player. They could not do even that. The better team did not lose that game.

  2. Re:The ants live in "Jello" instead of sand / dirt on Ants... In... Space · · Score: 1

    For the next mission: Space Jello + midget wrestlers + bikini models = PPV special.

  3. Re:Strange picture... on Personal Submarine Cruises SF Bay · · Score: 1

    "Black Manta and his longtime companion, Dolphin Boy, enjoy a romantic cruise around the Bay..."

  4. Re:Old Security Pro on Home Made Alarm Systems? · · Score: 1
    Bottom line - and the reason i left the business - the most effective part of the system is the stickers on the window. The technology is mostly smoke and mirrors.


    so where can I get the stickers?
  5. Re:which four? on Video Games Not Protected Form of Speech · · Score: 1
    From Hon. Limbaugh's Memorandum Opinion (got the link http://pacer.moed.uscourts.gov/opinions/INTERACTIV E_DIGITAL_SOFTWARE_ASSOC_V_ST_LOUIS_COUNTY-SNL-36. PDF from another post):

    Plaintiffs provided the affidavit of Douglas Lowenstein, President of the Interactive Digital Software Association in support of its motion. Mr. Lowenstein attempted to explain the process of creating video games and included some examples, however, the Court did not get to view the final product of these games. St. Louis County did provide a videotape depicting four different games: "The Resident of Evil Creek", "Mortal Combat," "DOOM," and "Fear Effect."


    I assume "The Resident of Evil Creek" was really Resident Evil. The county showed a tape of four violent video games, and I would guess they did not show the narrative 'cinemas' from those games. The IDSA showed scripts from games, but did not show any footage of actual games to the judge. Hon. Limbaugh (uncle to Rush) is 75 years old (http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/uGetInfo?jid=1398). How else would you have expected him to rule?
  6. Re:One more note on travelling.. on Review: Creative Labs Video Blaster - Digital VCR · · Score: 1

    Flying to Florida, I noticed a family with small kids that were watching a kids DVD on a laptop, which kept them quiet, but dumped tv shows would be good for that too...

  7. Re:anonymous reviews on Review: Creative Labs Video Blaster - Digital VCR · · Score: 1

    If a reporter has a potential conflict of interest, he should state that fact. For example, the guys on CNBC report on GE and its competitors, but they routinely mention they are GE employees. Yes, an unscrupulous reporter could attempt to hide a potential conflict, but if that conflict is revealed, the public can then know that this reporter is untrustworthy. We can't do that with a reporter who is anonymous.

  8. Re:Wiretap laws on VoIP for the Masses! · · Score: 1

    If there is a technical gap in the law which does not allow law enforcement to intercept communications with this or similar VoIP systems in situations where law enforcement can intercept analog calls, the gap would probably be closed eventually, either by a judge or legislators.

    I would guess a judge would see the system not as "a consumer VoIP system implemented over broadband" but merely as another "phone line."

    This is not legal advice.

  9. Re:Tivo's not going away any time soon on PVR For Linux · · Score: 1

    http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/mh.html

    search for "get_tv_grid"

    Not as good as Tivo, but you can get listings.

  10. Re:Civil Case? on Yahoo Knows Best, Resets Users' Marketing Prefs · · Score: 1

    Might be hard to calculate damages here. Not impossible, but hard. A better option may be to tell your state attorney general to look into it. This is not legal advice.

  11. Re:Skip the keyboard and get a better mouse on More Ergonomic Keyboards · · Score: 1

    I switched to using the mouse from my right to my left and my wrist pain went away and hasn't come back, or even migrated to my left.

  12. Pa. State Constitution on PA Supreme Court Decides if Reading Email==Wiretap · · Score: 1

    Another factor in this case is that the Penn. Constitution provides for greater privacy rights than the Federal Constitution. Not sure of the current law, but where other state courts have allowed things like thermal imaging scans by police, Pa. courts have not.

    This is not legal advice.

  13. deamon on The Harvard Network Accessible Dartboard · · Score: 2, Funny
    We wrote a dart deamon to poll for dart hits. The deamon accepts multiple simultaneous TCP connections and sends the dart hits to all connected clients.


    And these guys go to Harvard?
  14. Sega CD emulators on HIstory of RTS Games · · Score: 1

    I don't have that game (or any Sega CD games), but according to this page it is playable in at least 2 SegaCD emulators.

    http://www.eidolons-inn.de/sega/segacd_comp.html

  15. Re:The only problem remaining: on Think And Click · · Score: 1

    How 'bout explaining the difference between single clicking and double clicking?

  16. Re:Good training on Think And Click · · Score: 1

    I'm sure spanking was involved.

  17. Re:Why a mokney? on Think And Click · · Score: 1

    why not use a human?

    I'm guessing the part where they implant the electrodes in the brain scares people off.

  18. Re:Interesting games on Artwork from Ancient Atari History · · Score: 1

    "1st person Cockroach" sounds quite a bit like Dance Dance Revolution.
    Is "La Cucaracha" one of the songs in that game?

  19. Re:Interesting games on Artwork from Ancient Atari History · · Score: 1

    I saw in a store a skydiving game for Playstation, but I don't think it came with fans.

  20. Re:wha? on Copy-Protected Digital VHS · · Score: 1

    It might be harder to buy a new one, but you'll still be able to find VHS VCRs in many people's houses.

  21. Re:Suppose you did this on Free Wireless Networks at Airports · · Score: 1

    I have not researched this issue, but I am not aware of any law (case or statutory) which would impose liability for a failure to provide identifying information where it is practically impossible to do so, assuming generally an ISP would have to turn over such information if it had it. This is not legal advice.

  22. Greatest Of All Time? on FreeBSD XP^H^H 4.5 available now · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is that what GOAT stands for? Don't call it a comeback.

  23. mecha lego cluster on TCP/IP Enabled Lego Brick · · Score: 1

    http://www.foundrydx.com/zaku_factory_01.htm

    Imagine if your cluster could look like this!

  24. Re:Suppose you did this on Free Wireless Networks at Airports · · Score: 1

    The airport, or whoever is responsible for the access, would probably get treated like an ISP, which would have immunity from liability caused by users in most cases.

  25. price on Hot New Silicon Graphics Workstations · · Score: 1

    Anyone see a price for it? I couldn't find it, but didn't look too hard.

    If you have to ask...