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  1. Re:Old Reliable on Sony Launches First Commercial Electronic Paper Display Reader · · Score: 1

    and they won't have cartoons thay draw in their books when they grow up. too bad. there are a lot of memories in my paper-based notebooks :-)

  2. Re:It's quite strange... on Many Internet Users Happy With Dial-Up · · Score: 1

    Actually I know a lot of programming geniuses who have no idea/don't care how computer works. Take my former professor, put his name in google and you can find him all over the place. He said in class once that he like computer from Costco because it's cheapest he can find.

  3. is it really easier to use? on Researchers Develop 3-D Search Engine · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it's alot easier to type "fireplace" than draw it.

  4. Re:But what about? on The Average PC is Infested with Spyware · · Score: 1

    agree. my friend has average mac (orignal ibook), and it doesn't have a single sharp edge to poke you around whilen walking carrying it. A lot safer than my boxy average win/tux notebook :-)

  5. Re:trouble with CF is that... on SimpleTech Announces 8GB Compact Flash Card · · Score: 1

    yeb, it's true. Just ask NASA guys if you think it's not.

  6. Re:Clever tactics on Mars Rover Opportunity Lands Safely · · Score: 4, Funny

    If those martians fall for this, then it's obviously they've never played Warcraft II.

  7. Re:But what about? on TRON: The Unknown Open-Source? · · Score: 1

    It's not uncommon for the US to use trade laws as a weapon.

    In this case, the US might tell the Japanese gov that, if they adopt Tron, there will be 500% increase in tax for every import car from Japan. Something like that.

    Every gov. of the country trading with the US knows this practice all too well.

  8. Re:But what about? on Running Linux On Acer's C100 Tablet PC · · Score: 1

    You have to be kidding me. Have you ever seen what "ink applications" does? You are going to redo the work which exists right now, because you don't want to use something from a company which you have paid for?

    somewhere 12 yrs ago...someone asked Linus..
    You have to be kidding me. Have you ever seen what "Windows" does? You are going to redo the work which exists right now, because you don't want to use something from a company which you have paid for?

  9. Re:No... on Apple Applies For Rotary Mouse Patent · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a rotary dial, like on the iPOD, or those old telephones.

    They should add redial to the mouse then, so I can click and redial instead of doubleclick. I'm a lazy person..

  10. sharp too on Fully-functional Miniature Notebook Planned · · Score: 1

    sharp actius mm10. My friend just bought one. 2.1lbs, 0.5" thick..
    http://www.transmetazone.com/articleview. cfm?artic leID=1348

  11. Re:Your point? on Sun Sued Over H1-B Workers · · Score: 1

    how about, if you are a boss, asking your engineer "could you make 50 copies of this papers for me"

    Those H1-B always say OK and do it quickly for you.

    For american engineers, some of them will do it, but usually you get "I'm not your secretary"-type respond.

    You can also substitute "H1-B" with "community college graduate" and "american engineers" with "big-and-famous univ graduate" and it works too.

  12. injury is a good thing on Speeding up Evolution · · Score: 1

    Injury encourages the chance of survival by making us (and other animals) fear of being injured. It prevents you from skydriving, thus you're not gonna die because of your parachute malfunctions, for example.

  13. Re:reply on Office 2003 Beta 2 Screen Shots · · Score: 1

    (C)-brain anyone?

    uh-uh, dont forget Jerusalem too :-)

  14. dell inspiron 2100 on Buying a Small, Light Linux Notebook Computer? · · Score: 1

    This small and light notebook works fine with Linux and it can be had for $700 on eBay. The only thing that doesn't work is MIDI

  15. Re:Overhyped? on Examining a Tablet PC · · Score: 1

    right..but when it comes an open-book exam, I don't think your prof would let you carry it into the test room :-)

  16. you can still buy good goods on Has the Quality of Consumer Electronics Declined? · · Score: 1

    If you want to buy, for example, hi-fi components, then buy them from real hi-fi company. My 15yr old NAD 3225PE integrated amp still sounds better than anything at circuit city. Today NAD's products may not last that long but it sure beats anything from Sony and friends.

  17. Re:Definitely useful on Secure, Efficient and Easy C programming · · Score: 1

    -can release the final product as interpreted, with slow execution speed

    If you can't, but deadline is near, release the prototype anyway :-)

  18. Re:One simple question on A Much Bigger Piece Of Pi · · Score: 1

    Because he had crazy question in his head and dare to find the answer.

    Much like Newton did when he had crazy question in this head (why apple falls on my head) .

    Or when Einstein asked hinself why the speed of light doesn't change no matter how fast the observer goes.

    When they found the answers, I don't think they saw immediate uses of their finding, but in the future, who knows

  19. I won't read the article this time... on Relativity Finally Meets Quantum Theory? · · Score: 1

    I usually read the articles (if I got there fast enough, that is), but this time...relativity and quantum theory blended together? Sorry, but I remember getting D in phy101 couple years ago...

  20. Re:Mozilla's stance on this issue... on Only Thieves Block Pop-Ups · · Score: 1

    why dont just let them open the pop-up, but instead of showing the pop-up windows, put them in some kind of "pop-up taskbar", like taskbar in Windows but only contains unrequested windows. If you really want to see it, you can click it open, or just close or ignore it if you done't.

    (Sometimes I really do want to see the pop-up, for example, some websites have "click here for instructions", which is a pop-up but somehow mozilla thinks it's unrequested pop-up)

  21. Re:Loaded Post on Transmeta Astro Processor · · Score: 1

    If you read artivle at transmetazone.com linked above, you will know that one of them is Powerpoint with big presentation file running on XP

  22. Re:The goal in mind being UNIX? on Why UNIX is better than Windows... By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    hmm...mayby Harvard Grahics? remember using dos verseion of it

  23. Re:The goal in mind being UNIX? on Why UNIX is better than Windows... By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Without Word, Excel, and IE?

    Then Lotus, WordStar,a nd Netscape would be around, and there would be mac version of those program.

    Oh, netscape is still around, and tabs alone is enough to dump ie.

  24. Re:Wonder what the useful lifetime of these things on New Display Technology to Compete with LCDs? · · Score: 1

    actually today LCD is based on the movement of small molecules in the thin film of liquid. Apply voltage, molecules stretch (or rotate, depends on designs), light can go thru, no voltage, light can't go thru.

    (I think LCD requires constant voltage to keep the molecules excited tho,unlike this new technology that clams to use less power to keep the state of each pixels than change it).

    So, I think the lift time should be pretty about the same between LCD and this thing, since they both move some kinds of small molecules around.

  25. Re:I havn't found a good voicemail app. on Is Linux Used in Production Telephony? · · Score: 1

    I did too, same results. The almost work was vgetty, but it just didn't work.