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  1. Re:DVD Region Code? on Sony Crushes UK PS2 Mod Chip Developers · · Score: 2, Informative

    This modchip claims to circumvent the DVD region code.

  2. Inside on Woz's New Startup · · Score: 1

    help everyday people track everyday things.

    More often than not I lose my everyday things (keys, wallet) inside the house, where GPS doesn't work.

    Oh well ... I'll just wait for "WozGizmo II"

  3. Where on Yahoo! Launches Pay-Per-Search · · Score: 5, Funny


    Where on Yahoo is their pay-per-search? I can't find it. I will pay for this information.

  4. Re:Why doesn't the sucks.com owner do this? on Domain Names to Suck More · · Score: 2, Funny
  5. Full disclosure on Domain Names to Suck More · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it only fair that the existence of this site is disclosed while discussing this story.

  6. Re:[ot] Can anybody point me to... on 1.3GHz Duron Arrives · · Score: 1

    TigerMP.
    And a review

  7. Challenge on Chess Players 'Are Paranoid Thrillseekers' · · Score: 2, Funny

    Has Marvin been playing too much chess?

  8. Brain scans? on New Sampling Techniques Make Up For Lost Data · · Score: 1


    Okay ... I don't mind them using sampling (i.e. guessing) for my CDs and movies ... but please try and be a bit more accurate with my brainscans!

  9. 2 words on Where Did All The Online Bargains Go? · · Score: 1

    Caveat Emptor

  10. The people on Canadian Government Controls Online Flag Displays · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If a coutries flag - a symbol if its identity - isn't owned by the people then nothing is.

    If I was a Canadian citizen I would be annoyed right now and if I was in the Canadian government I would be v.worried about keeping my job come the next election.

  11. Re:what kind of hard drive does it have? on Off-The-Rack Liquid-Cooled PC Case · · Score: 1

    Re:what kind of hard drive does it have?

    It's a case ... you put in whatever drive you want.

  12. Processor speed on Off-The-Rack Liquid-Cooled PC Case · · Score: 1

    this page says

    2. Applicable types for the CALM(CPU , Graphic card)
    CPU Less than 1GHz socket type (Intel, AMD)


    it must be cheaper now, to buy a >1GHz chip than a slower one and this case.

  13. Re:In the words of CmdrTaco: on Adobe Considers Withdrawing from Asian Markets · · Score: 1

    Of course pirates can get on a plane but the software will be in English ... Adobe are halting development of Asian language products.

  14. Re:Good grief. on Antarctic Ice Sheet Growing? · · Score: 1

    There is no pleasing you.

    Or the penguins.

  15. Re:More Questions Than Answers on Export-level Encryption Proves Insufficient · · Score: 1

    Even though the drive is encrypted, said reporters somehow figure out it's an Al-Queda laptop

    NT, by default, shows you the last username & domain used to login.

    UserName : Osama
    Domain : Al-Queda
    Password :

    was a dead giveaway.

  16. Re:I wonder... on Antarctic Ice Sheet Growing? · · Score: 1

    Quite a long time - the ice didn't reach there during the last ice age
    Sydney is 33 degrees South of the equator (The US-Mexico border is nearly 33 North in California)

  17. Won't somebody think of the penguins?!? on Antarctic Ice Sheet Growing? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The penguins are suffering this year because of the strange behaviour down there.

  18. Export-level Encryption Proves Insufficient on Export-level Encryption Proves Insufficient · · Score: 1

    Export-level Encryption Proves Insufficient

    Yes ... that was the point.

    The rules were relaxed a couple of years ago though. Link. You can export anything after it's been reviewed.

  19. Re:Shannon and chess programming on 4th Computer Chess Tournament · · Score: 1

    Is there anything that site doesnt have?

    http://www.howstuffworks.com/SlashdotModeration. ht m

  20. Re:Because as we all know ... on Anti-Copying TV Technology Creeps Forward · · Score: 1


    Napster was a search engine though; how did people become exposed to music they wouldn't otherwise have been if they didn't know to search for it.

    alt.binaries.mp3, on the other hand, is continuously streaming music that I wouldn't otherwise have been exposed to (and yes, I have bought the music as a result)

  21. Re:What about this: on 4th Computer Chess Tournament · · Score: 1

    Thinking about it some more, my initial monte-carlo method would not work because it would favour opponent's bad moves as well as your good ones. You have to assume, really, that your opponent is going to try :-)

    I think you would need a heirarchy of machines, which are handed off tasks when necessary - you can't simply break down the problem once each time it is your turn to move.

  22. Re:What about this: on 4th Computer Chess Tournament · · Score: 2, Informative

    It might be quite difficult to do ... how suitable is chess to being calculated in parallel.

    Determining the best move at a single point in the game can't simply be split up among X computers because there are a heirarchy of moves - the first move available can be chosen from a small pool but each of those leads to more and more.

    I suppose a monte-carlo like simulation would work - each machine picks a random move each time and returns the first move and the the final goodness. The master computer picks the best first move from the returned results.

  23. Flamebait? on Java Creator James Gosling on C# And More · · Score: 2, Insightful

    'You guys (at Microsoft) still don't get it,' because it's sort of Java with reliability, productivity and security deleted."

    Quite simply ... this attitude worked for Windows 95, so why should MS be rattled by these remarks?

    Once Microsoft have got the market share, they can work on the reliability and security.

  24. Re:Other overclocking on P4 2.2GHz Overclocked to 3.5GHz · · Score: 1

    Nope, it's only the money I saved by not buying a PDA that is burning a hole in my pocket.