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  1. Re:if it wasnt for busted laptops i woulnt have on on Rehabilitating Damaged Laptops · · Score: 1

    Yes, Ebay.

  2. Re:Yes indeed. on Less Might Be More · · Score: 1

    I'd be very surprised if the ride beat a new Citroen C5
    Hydraulic too, but you probably all that.

    Mine's a Xsara, BTW. I'll go hydraulic one day.

  3. Re:RA and WMA? on New Hitchhiker's Episodes Available Online · · Score: 1

    DAB isn't supposed to be available in my area, so I had to improvise.
    Besides, I was told about it about four hours before the broadcast. I supposed I could have tried when it was repeated yesterday, but I thought they'd probably stream it.
    Now, where's that copy of Streambox?

  4. Re:RA and WMA? on New Hitchhiker's Episodes Available Online · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, I've got it in MP3.

    1 Plug laptop into digital TV STB
    2 Set STB to Radio 4
    3 Record
    4 Feed WAV into RazorLAME
    5 Enjoy VBR goodness

    There's an analog stage in the recording, and finding the cables to go from SCART to 3.5mm jack was a bit of a challenge.

  5. Re:1 GB? on Cornell Builds Autonomous UAV · · Score: 4, Informative

    Half of that memory is used as a flight recorder. Like it says in the article.

  6. Re:Center of gravity vs. lift on Cornell Builds Autonomous UAV · · Score: 1

    It may do both, if it's larger (and heavier) than the orginal tail. Of course, this ignores all the other changes they may have made which increase weight.

  7. Re:Center of gravity vs. lift on Cornell Builds Autonomous UAV · · Score: 1

    It may do both, if it's larger (and heavier) than the orginal tail. Of course, this ignores all the other changes they may have made which increase weight.

  8. Re:Its about time! on First Trojan for Windows CE Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    And Trend.

  9. Re:Its about time! on First Trojan for Windows CE Released · · Score: 1

    McAffe used to do a WinCE virus scanner, but now it looks like they only support Dell Axims.

  10. Re:Of course we're going to need firewalls... on First Trojan for Windows CE Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a social engineering exploit in user.exe
    To patch this vulnerability, run the following:

    clueX4.exe /beat common.sense user.exe

  11. Re:What's the point? on 3D Mouse · · Score: 2, Informative

    Maybe you only have a 2D GUI.

    It's a UNIX system! I know this!

    Yes, I know it's still a 2D display. It's supposed to be funny.

  12. Re:Yet another reason to run Linux on your PDA on Proof of Concept PocketPC Virus Created · · Score: 1

    You've missed the point. You don't need that application installed. It's an example of an application which can be installed without using Activesync.

    Of the applications I have available, only 5 out of 14 have to be installed through Activesync.
    2 must be unzipped.
    7 are CABs.
    5 need Activesync.

    If applications can be installed this way, so can viruses. This supports the grandparent's argument, but I'm sticking with my Jornada until someone makes a virus which can install itself into backup files.

  13. Re:Yet another reason to run Linux on your PDA on Proof of Concept PocketPC Virus Created · · Score: 1

    That's just not true.
    This is one application that can be installed on the device. The default download is to install through Activesync, but you can download the .CAB.
    For those of you with no WinCE experience, launching the CAB will install the program.

  14. Re:Mozilla & Netscape on Mozilla Foundation Turns 1 · · Score: 1

    Good plan. Ask for a modest fee though.

  15. Re:Start using simpler hardware on Dan Bricklin on Software That Lasts 200 Years · · Score: 1

    And I thought everyone wanted quiet PCs these days. :)

  16. Re:Start using simpler hardware on Dan Bricklin on Software That Lasts 200 Years · · Score: 1

    Pentium 4?
    Thermal protection.

    Don't try that with an Athlon XP.

  17. Re:Mozilla & Netscape on Mozilla Foundation Turns 1 · · Score: 1

    Lose the brand name for one of the top five web portals? No likely.

  18. Re:Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse? on Apple Confirms G5 Based iMac to Ship in September · · Score: 1

    I bought Duke Nukem 3(D) years ago.
    You're thinking of Duke Nukem 4(ever).

  19. Re:Elementary, my dear Watson... on 'Stealth' Worm Hinders Sandbox Analysis · · Score: 1

    Don't forget, Microsoft are talking about making their own AV software.

    OK, I'll take the hat off.

  20. Re:Reboot? on Mexican Attorney General Gets Microchip in Arm · · Score: 1
  21. Wrong! on More on Inflatable Space Hotels · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Frank Zappa's son is Dweezil.
    Moon Unit is his daughter

    But yeah, that's what I was wondering.

  22. Re:Heh... on THX-1138: The (Digitally Enhanced) Director's Cut · · Score: 1

    I had Firefox and IE trying to load the page.
    IE won, but didn't load the images.
    I right clicked on an image to tell IE to load it, and it was disabled.

    His Javascript is actually blocking access to his content under those conditions.
    That might be a good thing though, saving his bandwidth.

    There are for ways I know of to get around it.
    Re-enable right click with an extension.
    Pull the image from the cache (if it loads in the first place).
    Read the source and get to the images directly.
    Save the page and pull the images from there. This is my usual technique.

    Better still, someone posted a URL with the same images and blurb. It had more images too.

  23. Re:Heh... on THX-1138: The (Digitally Enhanced) Director's Cut · · Score: 1

    It's the principle of the thing.

    He's breaking web functionality.

  24. Re:My two cents on Building a Better Mozilla With Plugins · · Score: 2, Informative

    Already done.

    Isn't that what the article is about?

  25. Re:Heh... on THX-1138: The (Digitally Enhanced) Director's Cut · · Score: 2, Funny

    He deserved the Slashdotting for disabling right click.

    Let it burn!