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  1. Re:Other news on Honduras Bans All Violent Games & Toys · · Score: 1

    I don't know if that really is official, if it is that sucks...last i checked though, burma is pretty bad to be a kid, especially when the soldiers like to rape the kids on the side, before killing them

  2. Re:New beta too, plus obligatory reference on Linux Kernel 2.4.20 Released · · Score: 1

    Try going around asking people where you can score some tetrahydrocannabinol, and see what happens. . . Actually, most pot smokers know what THC standsfor, although not all can pronounce it correctly, but they know (just as a small comment from the underground)

  3. The Giver on Equilibrium · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm not sure if anyone else noticed, but the premise of the beginning of this movie seems quite like in the book, "The Giver" by Louis Lowry. In the book, everyone has no real emotion, and has to conform into their spots in society, all emotions are kept by The Giver, i'm not going to go farther into the book, for fear of spoiling, but there definitly seems to be some similarities. Definitly a recomended book to check out

  4. Re:Privacy? on "Smart" Billboards Debut in Sacramento · · Score: 1

    I don't think we should be at the point where we should be forced to listen to a CD just to protect our privacy. Wanting privacy should'nt force us to change our lives

  5. Another Look on Portable.NET Now 100% Free Software · · Score: 1

    Wow, this is just another great announcement, I'm just wondering what Microsoft is thinking...Can they even do anything about this? I know that using C# code (etc...) is free, but doesn't MS have any trade or copyrights on .NET?

  6. Anti-Static on Building a Personal Clean Room? · · Score: 1

    Anti-Static floor pads / maybe one of thoes cool anti-static air filters. This is definitly part of a clean room that could be a lifesaver, and especially when working with any kind of electronics (like the kind you're goinna be putting up in space). Another idea is to put lots of sheets of plastic over all the walls, staple them down, and then ducttape the edges of all the sheets to make a solid barrier

  7. Another Reason is because you are buying on Why Do Graphics Cards Cost So Much? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One other reason the price is so high, is because all the gamers keep buying. If they can sell it at a high price, then they will. Same principal works for the McDonalds on the sides of highways in the middle of nowwhere...They can sell their value meals starting at $8 because people will pay that much. Simple supply and demand.

  8. Re:Computer Mug Shots on Law Enforcement by Machines · · Score: 1

    some marijuana i had just bought...its the only thing that so far keeps me sane after damn public school

  9. Computer Mug Shots on Law Enforcement by Machines · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In my local town, we have a new system that is this giant red box thats a combo mug shot taker, fingerprint scanner, and general data entry system. I got arrested recently for posession and i noticed how inaccurate it kept records of me, screwed up my photo a few times, and how compared with previous ink fingerprints i've had done in the past, it picked up the smallest details, like the incredably small scar thats hard to see by eye and made it a HUGE black line across my print, almost to the point that it could have voided that print invalid due to lack of comparison points. Technology should be curtailed to jobs they can do well

  10. Re:Not even close on Freeing the Specs? · · Score: 1

    Never bothered using their source because the rpm's worked fine, so sorry about the misinformation on my part

  11. Nvidia's Drivers are Opensource on Freeing the Specs? · · Score: 1

    Nvidia gives out its linux driver sources, goto: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp And select your card, the source is available at the top for GLX, and at the way bottom of the kernel

  12. Car Multimedia on Tiny Boxen · · Score: 1

    Yay! Finally something for my car so i can do that whole multimedia stuff ive been planning on...noticed that it has a speaker port : )

  13. lcd computer on Souped Up Mods for a Souped Up Vehicle? · · Score: 1

    on dash, have a lcd computer, with either a wireless keyboard, or jet-style buttons around frame with an easy to use interface, to do anything with the car you want, you could easily add features, like, preferable, stats from all the engine sensors, and the ability to tweak each one to get better results than the car's computer can offer. Im working on that for my car....each sensor will go through the main computer, and then to the car computer...from there i can modify the output to the car computer, effectivly tricking it into thinking whatever i want...that would be cool

  14. Something along the same lines, laser vinyl player on Ripping Vinyl Via Your Scanner? · · Score: 1

    A few years ago i had the idea of something like that, except, a laser record player, using the same concept as a Cd player, you would have lasers scaning the vinyl for side to side movement, along with vertical, and converting to audio, not much modification to existing cd player hardware required, and it would have almost no ware on your records too. Also, a modification of this would be to use depth lasers to generate a 3d model of the record on your computer, you could use software to read the record off the hd, or, using one of thoes nifty plastic makers from 3d models, make a replica of the record as backup

  15. all breathable air on Deeper Science of Green Slime · · Score: 1

    umm, don't trees help with the breathable air too?

  16. Re:Why don't they use dBase IV... on MySQL A Threat To The Big Database Vendors? · · Score: 1

    yeah, but some people dont need most of the crap that Oracle or MS throws in

  17. interesting the delay in this... on The Path of Least Surveillance · · Score: 1

    figuring the i-see program has been up for a long time, its interesting how only recently the subject gets attension

  18. not 1 frame per second on Cortical Cybernetic Implants · · Score: 1

    if you read the article in more detail, thats what they started out with, but slowly upped the frames, to the point when he got to drive the car

  19. many years ago on Build A Custom-Fit One-hand Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I remember many years ago (like 7 or somethin, yea, thats a very long time for me), that someone else had almost exactly the same thing, a one handed keyboard, mainly for use in a car, ill dig through my magazines to find it

  20. obsolete? on Network Hacking · · Score: 1

    social enginneering, physical hacking? obsolete? what kinda script-kiddie are you?? it might not be common anymore, but its definitly not obsolete, unused maybe, but if you're good, its easier

  21. There already was a on Douglas Adams, Narnia, and Trailers · · Score: 1

    there already was a 'lion, witch and the wardrobe' movie...i got it here at home (although i havent watched it in like 10 years)

  22. if anyone comes up with anything good on Rube-Goldberg Type Random Number Generators? · · Score: 1

    if anyone comes up with some really cool idea thats very random, and can becompressed really small, that would be a nifty hardware project to make for a computer, to use real random numbers (winamp definitly could use it [dont get started on me using windows, i hate it too])...kinda like that mini-combo lock that was made for government computer security, its really really small, and implanted on a circuit board, so its almost impossible to hack without opening up the computer

  23. Re:dont block entire domain on Blocking Instant Messengers? · · Score: 5, Informative

    whoops, my bad...not login, but scs.yahoo.com, port 5050...if you just block that then they cant log on

  24. dont block entire domain on Blocking Instant Messengers? · · Score: 1

    Dont block the entire domain of yahoo.com, try just the subdomain...I dont use YIM, but most likely they use something like "login.yahoo.com"

  25. also cap locally on Finding the Truth Behind Cable Modem Traffic Bursts? · · Score: 1

    cap the traffic locally so users uncapping their modems doesnt make a difference. Most likely you have some equipment thats connected that supports bandwidth-throttling, if not (and i dont know why) go on ebay and grab your self a cisco router or something.