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  1. Adopt a Patent on WebSense Patents Censorware System · · Score: 3, Funny
    Patenting internet filtering?
    Seems everything's patentable nowadays.

    Can someone do me a favor and patent DRM? and closed-source? and antitrust? and that stupid L-shaped enter key?

  2. Re:Interesting on GBA To Pioneer Movies On The Run? · · Score: 1

    No - it can do a total of actually 65,335 colors - just 32/line at once. The TV tuner uses special hardware in the gamegear to display more colors. The games, however, have to be palletized.

  3. Re:Submitter does not understand the subject. on DVD Player With DVI Output · · Score: 1

    I don't understand. Composite and S-Video are analog, and DVI outputs digital and analog versions of the image (the analog is for if you plug in a DVI-->VGA adapter). Anyway, you can't record from DVI, since it's output is encrypted :-\.

  4. Interesting on GBA To Pioneer Movies On The Run? · · Score: 3, Informative

    (random brag-about-how-my-system's-better fact)the SEGA Game Gear has had a TV tuner for ages. It works well, and consider this: compared to a portable TV, the GBA's screen resolution is awesome. Unfortunately, the GBA only displays 512 colors/line, so that could be a problem. The GameGear had built-in circuitry for the TV tuner, so the tuner could get around the GameGear's 32colors/line limitation.

  5. How on Boktai - Light-Sensitive Gaming Previewed · · Score: 1

    How does it detect the sun? Could you just play it under a UV lamp?

  6. Re:I wonder how it works with the GBA SP on Boktai - Light-Sensitive Gaming Previewed · · Score: 1

    It isn't backlight-compatible either :-D.

  7. Emulators on Boktai - Light-Sensitive Gaming Previewed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder how emulators are supposed to handle this...with all the cartridge 'addons' on so many games today, emulators will have tbe QUITE specialized.

  8. Re:But... on Underground DC Developers Strike Back: Feet of Fury · · Score: 1

    yes

  9. Re:if your interested in homebrew on teh DC on Underground DC Developers Strike Back: Feet of Fury · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Definately be sure to read the forums too - most new releases hit there before the main page. Plus, you can read about the progress of future Dreamcast homebrew apps.

  10. Re:Hmm on Underground DC Developers Strike Back: Feet of Fury · · Score: 1

    * the typing of the beat...sorry, typo (/me loads up Typing of the Dead for some much needed practice)

  11. Hmm on Underground DC Developers Strike Back: Feet of Fury · · Score: 1

    The Typing of the Dead. The Typing of the . I see a trend here...

  12. Re:Wireless? on Low-powerered Ethernet Hard Drive? · · Score: 1

    How about this?

  13. Re:IBM MicroDrives? on Low-powerered Ethernet Hard Drive? · · Score: 1

    The drives in iPods, et cetera, are normal, 2.5" laptop drives - which makes them cheap as well (since they're mass-produced)

  14. Yay on New Ultra-Intrusive Pop-up Ads Introduced · · Score: 1

    I'm all for it if it means making IEXPLORE users pay for the sites I visit.

  15. Hmm...heredity? on Breeding Cancer-Proof Mice · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about making ANY modification to humans that is hereditary. If there's a problem with this cancer solution, it would basically affect everybody, and we'd all be screwed.

  16. RedHat on Talk With Michael Robertson · · Score: 1
    I thought of this, and now I'm probably going to go nuts if I don't know...

    As you probably already know, many slashdot readers absolutely despise RedHat (sometimes referred to as 'AssHat') linux, due to its ethics, dominance of the market, et cetera. What's your stance on RedHat's behavoir?

  17. Re:THIS IS NOT ON A COMPUTER SCREEN on Video Magnification System for Seniors? · · Score: 1

    Overheads are expensive to run. The bulbs only last about 75 hours and cost about 25-40 bucks. I'm not sure about the practicality of this solution.

  18. Matrox video card on Video Magnification System for Seniors? · · Score: 1

    The drivers for Matrox video cards come with a program called 'Desknav' that magnifies the entire screen, scrolling it as your cursor touches the edge. The computer is controllable from the magnified display. If you've got an old Matrox card lying around, give it a shot - it works with an old Matrox Millenium (NOT Millenium 2) I've got, so I'm sure it'll work with anything you have.

  19. Why only preinstalled? on Talk With Michael Robertson · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For a while, Lindows was only available preinstalled on some WAL*MART computers. Why did you use this distribution strategy? Were you afraid of hardware compatibility issues, or did you think that preinstalled Lindows would be easier to sell?

  20. Source code on Talk With Michael Robertson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    According to my understanding, the source code to anything that's liscensed under the GPL must be available to the general public somehow (even if there is a fee for transferring it). Even though it is possible to gain access to Lindows binaries at this time, there is no way to gain access to the source of Lindows, at any price. How do you justify this?

  21. Re:Interesting??? on Intel Celeron 2.2GHz Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Good insight, but its also possible that he was confused by the homepage box on the submission screen - especially since it says something like "Perhaps you'd like to add an email address or a link next time?" if you don't fill those boxes in.

  22. Mirror on Intel Celeron 2.2GHz Reviewed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here's a mirror of the article.

  23. Re:Maybe they should... on First HDTV Camcorder · · Score: 1

    They would probably have to use some sort of striping, however. I don't think any PCMCIA cards (spare for a few Toshiba PCMCIA HDD's) have enough bandwidth to output 25mbit/s video. This could make PCMCIA-->notebook transfers more complicated, and probably less convenient than a simple cable connection.

  24. Re:Upgrade? on Matrix Sequels To Get the IMAX Treatment · · Score: 1
    Absolutely correct.

    If you have a big screen TV (a projection set, most of which are driven by LCDs), you can see the interlacing, because these sets don't have 'decreasing brightness' of the nonupdated fields, or update both fields at once.

  25. correction on Matrix Sequels To Get the IMAX Treatment · · Score: 1

    * replace 'lose' with 'regain'