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  1. Re:Huh? on The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Vol. 1 · · Score: 1

    The sliders story? Link?

  2. Re:That channel went to hell on Leo Laporte Returns to G4TV · · Score: 1

    It may suck, but it does appear you watch the channel a lot anyway...

  3. Re:#1 Works! on 10 Computer Mishaps · · Score: 1

    I had Michaelangelo too, I believe that was the first widespread computer virus, right? Spread by floppies. I remember the sickening sound it made as the computer booted up - that's the sound of a hard drive being destroyed! ARRRG!!

  4. Re:Note from the metrology freak on Keeping a Data Center Cool on the Cheap · · Score: 1

    yeah, but the room will also get some heat added roughly proportional to it's floor area if it is exposed to unconditioned space via the ceiling or floor or walls. Also, people give off heat and moisture too.

    It's tough to design HVAC adequate for data centers not only because you don't know future equipment needs, but it's tough to nail down PRESENT equipment needs during the design phase.

    (HVAC consultant. Sorry.)

  5. Re:Mirror on Is Horse the New Mouse? · · Score: 1

    It looks like some kind of medical device to me...

  6. Re:Whatever on Napster Has Been Cracked · · Score: 1

    There's a program called Total Recorder, which replaces the sound driver to do just that. It can, by now I'm sure, go right to any MP3 format you want.

  7. Glow-in-the-dark AIDS on The Cure for Cancer Might be: HIV · · Score: 1
    The scientists also inserted a glowing firefly protein into the virus to track its progress. They used a light-detection "cooled charged-coupled device," or CCCD, camera to look at the glowing protein inside live mice


    Now they're just showing off.
  8. Re:ST needs a hiatus on UPN Officially Cancels 'Star Trek: Enterprise' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're both right. I've pretty much seen both DS9 and B5 series multiple times.

    DS9 is IMO the best trek series taking into consideration all aspects of it (arcs, character dev, plot twists, etc.

    Babylon 5 is a FANTASTIC series with ingenious arcs, character development, sci-fi, plot twists, and just a profound sense of completeness when considering the series as a whole.

    But I'd choose to let both series stand on their own, they are a bit too apples/oranges to say B5 blows DS9 out of the water. DS9 had to conform to the trek universe, and taking that into consideration it is quite comparable to B5.

  9. Well... realistically.... on Truth in Advertising? · · Score: 1

    When does spin doctoring cross the line and become false advertising?

    When you get sued or someone dies or both.

  10. Re:Linux sound is start to pick up on Wired: Pro-Level, GPL'd Audio Editing For Linux · · Score: 1

    Very Interesting!

    I need to try the latest mandrake then. I tried it about 6 months ago and had terrible luck getting firewire to work. I had cinelerra and Kino installed, but the firewire was a mystery.

    Could someone point me towards a FAQ on enabling firewire, assuming that the latest mandrake will still need some encouragement to hook up to my DV camera?

  11. Re:Linux sound is start to pick up on Wired: Pro-Level, GPL'd Audio Editing For Linux · · Score: 1

    What about video editing? Firewire support "out of the box" for video capture?

  12. Re:Perpetual backups on Bit Rot Stalks Your Digital Keepsakes · · Score: 1

    This is an easy solution. Just burn it to a CD, those have a shelf life of 100 years.


    Oh, Wait...

  13. Re:More than just fandom with Trekkies? on Ask Director of 'Trekkies' Roger Nygard · · Score: 1

    Don't forget about fantasy football with regard to "fan fiction" in the trek universe. And I think there is a fantasy nascar league too but I'm not sure.

  14. Re:It's with utmost respect ... on "Scotty" Gets Walk of Fame Star · · Score: 1

    quit poking me with your guitar!

  15. Re:The Sacrifice of Karma for Knowledge on Big Brother In Your Front Seat · · Score: 1

    http://www.sfexaminer.com/article/index.cfm/i/0629 04n_clintons Pizzaman probably replied but here's an article. Google led me to it.

  16. Re:Figures on Intel Begins Shipping 64-bit Prescotts · · Score: 1

    ding ding ding ding ding!


    we have a winner, folks!

  17. Re:Mirror of Images on Apollo 11 Photographs Unfrozen · · Score: 1

    http://www.visorenterprises.com/apollo11/as11-40-5 850.html

    What, we left our trash up there before we left?

  18. Here's some solid advice on Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm working through this question right now for my church. Here's some advice from a video journalist I work with on projects.

    1. Nothing less than mini DV
    2. Nothing less than a 3 CCD
    3. Nothing less than the Canon GL-2 (or equivalent level of sophistication) and this type of chassis so you can hold and maneuver the camera properly during shooting
    4. You want to have the option of inputting XLR audio to the camera from a shotgun, lapel or boom mic. This means either pony up for a cam that has these inputs or get a solid, professional grade adapter plate
    5. I'd get a firewire mini DV deck so you don't have to use the cameras deck all the time
    6. A GOOD tripod. These are, unfortunately, not cheap.

    You can get into a decent DV cam and some gear for $3k, maybe less if you buy used. Video is so much more accessable now to the masses, it's awesome. While there is some coin to be spent to get up to speed, the quality of these 3 chip cams is amazing. If you're seriously hurting for cash, go for any mini DV camera with 3 CCD's.

  19. The key to avoid phone spam on 429,000 Do-Not-Call Complaints · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is to just not have a landline phone.

    I have had *only* a cell phone for me and one for my wife for the last year, and it's worked great. We always have a phone with us when we need it, and I haven't had any solicitation calls. Oh, and for internet we use cable.

  20. Re:TENACITY! on Uniquely Bright: Experiences and Tips? · · Score: 1

    Or, perseverance.

  21. Re:My job has not been shipped offshore on Labor Department Downplays Offshoring · · Score: 1

    The key word there is "trade". Trading a skill, an actual skill, for money, actual money.

    The manufacturing industry has some problems, and a smart person ought to think hard about switching careers to something along the lines of a "trade". My point is, working at a desk in a cube farm for a large corporation where the "life and death" decisions are made 10 rungs up the ladder by people you never see - I gotta say those days are numbered and there is no more security. When times are good and the stock price is going up, they hire in droves. ONE single burp, even something that looks to be temporary, and they lay off in droves. That feast or famine cycle, simply due to a self imposed slavery to the stockholders, is stressful.

    I got out of the manufacturing/design industry and took my BSME and am learning the HVAC design trade. Move to a HOT climate and say you know how to make it COLD, #3: Profit.

    Make any sense?

  22. Re:A better choice... on Best Results From Bartering Computer Services? · · Score: 1

    Hey, you were in the gun club at rose? So was I... Sacher, that name sounds familiar, I'm Cameron, ME '97.

    I am also a high tech redneck, and I though *I* coined that phrase!

  23. Re:umm on NASA's Finances in Disarray · · Score: 1

    Well, you don't think they spend 20 million on a toilet seat, or 30 million on a screwdriver do you? It takes CASH to pay for those alien autopsies and day trips to mars, man! Put on the tinfoil hat, and things start making sense.

  24. Re:How long? on RFID MasterCard · · Score: 1

    Wow, that's quite a website. Reminds me of Nick Begich's theories (which are probably more truth than fiction)

  25. Re:I shouldn't laugh... on International Space Station Gyroscope Fails · · Score: 1

    size accordingly?