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  1. Re:They already had a warrant. on FBI Conducts Raids Over Half-Life 2 Source Theft · · Score: 1

    Maybe if he'd called a lawyer, he wouldn't have signed off on a confiscation list that didn't include everything that was confiscated. I'm sorry, but if it wasn't on the list, he won't be seeing it ever again.

  2. You Can Calm Down or I Can Pop You in the Mouth... on Neural Feedback Training as Therapy for ADHD? · · Score: 1
    Drug free treatment for ADHD.

    If you would like more information on my bold new treatments, please send away for this free brochure entitled "You Can Either Calm Down or I Can Pop You in the Mouth Again.".

  3. Re:Odd on Oscar Screener Leak Traced · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I know for a fact that one of the major Hollywood talents has leaked his share of movies.

    He gives his screen copies to his personal assistant when he's done with them. The assistant then copies them to VCD and hands them out to his friends. Who knows where these end up?

  4. Re:Small companies can still survive on The Walking Dead of Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Why do I have a funny feeling that his new business was using intellectual property that was owned by his former employer?

  5. Re:I don't care on Real Launches New Player, Music Store · · Score: 1, Informative
    I only need one shortcut to it on my computer, not one on the desktop, one in the menu bar, one in the start button...etc. Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick to iTunes.

    Um, have you looked at all the crap iTunes puts to load at startup?

  6. Re:Savings Account on FBI Can Inspect Bank Records w/o Court Orders · · Score: 1

    Depends on the bank. Some will nickle and dime you to death (Bank of America), while others (Washington Mutual) don't.

  7. Re:Yeesh. on FBI Can Inspect Bank Records w/o Court Orders · · Score: 1

    Jewelry stores are great places to launder money, and diamonds are a huge source of terrorist funds.

  8. Re:Uh oh? on TiVo sues EchoStar for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1
    So does this mean they'll be taking a SCO approach and be going after whomever inherited ReplayTV and other companies with DVR's on the market?

    Actually, ReplayTV and Tivo sued each other a couple years back. They ended up cross liscensing each others technology.

    Pretty standard thing to do in the technology world.

  9. Re:Really, it HAS been decided... on Dell Throws In For The +R/+RW Standard · · Score: 1
    Just because the forum decides on a standard doesn't mean everyone will adopt it. Just look at the existing confusino with +/-R. There are plenty of mfgrs who for various reasons will try to interject their own technology into the market place.

    As to Asia, don't count it out so easily. The asian market is why you can now buy DVD players that play back Divx and VCD. Believe me, if China's HD-DVD format costs significantly less than the Japanese/European products, you will see it hit the shores here in the US.

  10. Re:Old standards. on Dell Throws In For The +R/+RW Standard · · Score: 1

    My folks still have their Betas. The one from the front room is now in storage, but the one in their bedroom is still in use. My dad has a large Beta movie collection (Both commercial and home) and has no interest in going through the hassle of converting them to VCD/DVD.

  11. Bigger Issues on Dell Throws In For The +R/+RW Standard · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is minor. The real question is which DVD-HD format will become the standard. It looks like we're going to have 2 incompatible formats introduced the US, with a 3rd format introduced in China.

  12. Re:I might be false... on The State of Automated Commercial Skipping · · Score: 1

    Well, accoding to Joss Whedon, its pure black. The other week when he and the cast of Firefly appeared at the LA SciFi Con, he talked about how most TV stations looking for a frame of pure black to signal the beginning of a commercial break. So for one scene where he wanted it things to turn black for a few seconds, he couldn't actually use black or else the tv stations would automatically start playing commericals. Instead they had the find the the darkest color they could that the equipment would not detect as black.

  13. Re:state of commercials on The State of Automated Commercial Skipping · · Score: 1

    I'm a big fan of OTR (Old Time Radio) and I don't find the product sponsorships that distracting. I'd rather have an actor spend 10 seconds talking about how much they enjoy jello in context of the show than to sit through 2.5 minutes of advertising that completely interrupts the show.

  14. Re:Dlink and ZyXel both have boxed solutions on Wireless APs in Homebrew Coffee Shops? · · Score: 1
    Actually, the ZyXEL solution is a LOT cheaper. The D-Link 3100 requires you buy their printer ($300) plus an AP. To get an AP with simliar features to the built in AP on the B-4000 you need to buy $230 AP.

    The B-4000 features IP Spoofing and layer 2 isolation. Basically, it keeps wireless users from being able to talk to each other. This is a good thing, as it keeps bored CompSci students from being able to hack into other users computers (Or at least makes it much harder).

    Either way, you are talking about 40% for the ZyXEL solution, and one less box.

  15. Re:Skeptical smokers too on Skeptical Environmentalist Saga Continues · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You mean like the .95 correlation between sunspot activity and global temperatures over the last 100 years?

  16. Re:Scams on the Elderly on Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim · · Score: 1
    and sometimes it's due to having grown up and aged in an era in which normal people were not targeted by frauds.

    What age was this? Are you really that ignorant that you think scams and fraud are a new thing?

    "3 Card Monte" is not product of the Internet era.

  17. Re:We're the one's that pay... on Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim · · Score: 1

    I say we part him out. Sell off his organs on eBay, and use those funds to pay off any bills he ran up. Or put him into a government work camp where he can pay back his debt to society.

  18. Re:Just wait! on Cube House · · Score: 1

    I'd settle for just the harem.

  19. Re:Good on California Makes Recording in Cinema a Crime · · Score: 1

    Good thing this law wasn't passed last time I went to Universal Stuidos. At the end of the day we took in dinner and a movie at Citywalk. I of course still had my camcorder with me that I had used all day at Universal Stuidos.

  20. Re:Why on Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier · · Score: 0

    And her balls.

  21. Re:Yes (Re:Only problem... on Bootstrapping Start-ups · · Score: 1

    Roy+Walt Disney

  22. Re:stood up link on FatWallet To Sue Best Buy Over DMCA Threat · · Score: 1

    Maybe they're using the international notation for dates? DD/MM/YYYY. So that would be Feb 12th, 2003.

  23. Re:Scan of the strip? on The Opus Interview · · Score: 1

    LOL! I saw that on a recent EVA flight!

  24. Re:Super-G FaceOff! on Broadcom Accuses Atheros Of WiFi Pollution · · Score: 1
    I can confirm the story. We recently tried testing out the G+ at work. We have two B APs, on channel 1 and 11. The G+ mode only works on channel "6". When we turned on the G+ network both of the B APs for all intents and purposes were unreachable. The G+ network functioned, but at slower than G speeds. The only way we could get the G+ to work was to turn off both B APs.

    I'm going to assume that rather than using the real channel 6, G+ uses maybe 3 and 9. I say this since to make G+ work, it has to broadcast two different streams at the same time. Since channel "6" is the only option for G+ mode, I'm guessing they actually uses in between frequencies to avoid overlap between the two.

  25. Videos on The Complete Far Side Archive · · Score: 1

    Since retiring, Gary Larson has made 2 Far Side animated anthologies. I can only seem to find them on VHS. Does anyone know if they are available on DVD? Are they any good?