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  1. Re:hmm. not sure this is good. on European Parliament: No More Ink-Cartridge Chips · · Score: 1

    I don't think anyone would ever want to print a 200 page document on an inkjet. You'd probably have to replace your cart halfway through, anyway.

  2. Why not? on European Parliament: No More Ink-Cartridge Chips · · Score: 1

    Most people can refill a pen. Why can't printer manufacturers make their ink cargtiges refillable in the first place? It's cost-effective, they can still make them proprietary (if they really want to), and so on. Heck, make an ink cartrige that uses pen refill things. Then you could put all those cool girly pen ink things (like those 'metallic gliterry' thingies) into your inkget and make your resumé look really l33t.

  3. Cyberlegalterrorism? on Libel Laws Used To Curb Web Protests · · Score: 1
    Here's why I find coming:
    1. Country hates American free speech, so they get paid by big evil USA corporate execs to make laws against complaint sites.
    2. Laws get passed in country, so the sites die because they can't control where they go and there will probably be all that international law un nato spork blahblah crap.
    3. ???
    4. PROFIT!!!
  4. Re:Seems like time for a mirror on Robocoaster · · Score: 1

    nevermind..their whole page is filled with JS redirects/flash movies/image based design...google cache is useless

  5. Seems like time for a mirror on Robocoaster · · Score: 1
  6. Re:Disney Quest on Robocoaster · · Score: 1

    DisneyQuest is awesome (not at disney world though...isn't it in Chicago?). The cool part is making your own coaster. Maybe someone will make a home version that lets you alter an old car's motorized reclining chair =)

  7. Hmm on Robocoaster · · Score: 1

    Seems the reduced size is a step in teh right direction...maybe they should alter another machine into a ride for better ``compression''.

  8. Re:Burn In = Security on Is CRT Burn-In Still a Problem? · · Score: 1

    A framebuffer?

  9. Re:These on What Protections Exist for Parody Sites? · · Score: 1

    Actually, they are the same elsewhere, as the ruling cited in the link above is a US Supreme Court ruling. Apparently, it is covered under freedom of expression.

  10. These on What Protections Exist for Parody Sites? · · Score: 3, Informative
    CA's parody laws: here.

    I'm sure they're similar elsewhere.

    [obligatory][lame]And, it's freedom of speech! LOL[/lame][/obligatory]

  11. Non-PDF version on New Software Secures Data when Owners Walk Away · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those of us who don't want the Acrobat plugin crashing our browser: Google's handy PDF->HTML cache.

  12. Mirrors on Opera Gives That C64 Feel · · Score: 2, Informative
    Mirrors of the screenshots: These aren't the actual image files (I reduced them from 24bit to 8bit because it halved the filesize, and they fit in an 8bit pallette anyway), but they look the same (see parenthesies).
  13. Re:Burn In = Security on Is CRT Burn-In Still a Problem? · · Score: 1
    1. Yes, you're probably right...the monitor he was showing had an annnoying yellow tint where the burnin was.

    2. Solution?

    3. Burn in other elements and call it modern art!!! Then, sell it!

    4. PROFIT!!!

  14. Hmm on Is CRT Burn-In Still a Problem? · · Score: 1

    Monitors should, before you power them down, show a white screen, and somehow scan it for imperfections. Then, if there's burn in, just blast it out with a HUGE electron gun jolt on the rest of the screen to balance things out.

  15. correction/clarification on Is CRT Burn-In Still a Problem? · · Score: 1
    ...big, bright blue diving bar thing in th...

    replace diving with dividing

  16. Re:SETI has a built in option on Is CRT Burn-In Still a Problem? · · Score: 1

    Actually, many (most?) monitors are programmed to automatically turn off if a blank screen if displayed for x amount of time.

  17. Re:You are on crack on Is CRT Burn-In Still a Problem? · · Score: 5, Informative
    Perhaps this contrast-enhanced version will help you understand.

    Note that the shape of the burn in matches that big, bright blue diving bar thing in the SETI@HOME screensaver screen capture.

  18. Re:LCD burn-in fears on Is CRT Burn-In Still a Problem? · · Score: 1
    Actually, the WinNT/2K logon screen moves around during inactivity.

    Try finding some webcam of a computer lab and watch the MPEG timelapse video. Then make funny noises with your mouth as the NT login boxes flying around when teh room is dark.

    Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

  19. Burn In = Security on Is CRT Burn-In Still a Problem? · · Score: 1
    Actually, I've always thought about 'burning in' my name/phone number/email/etc into my monitor for secuirty purposes (pretty hard to remove!). If you adjust your montior right (maybe make a screensaver that changes the screen mode to some obscure one where you have your monitor adjused so taht your "security message" will be mostly offscreen), you should be able to make on off the monitor's normal screen area.

    Of course, you have the undesirable type of burn in. Here's an idea. Take that screenshot of SETI@HOME, reverse the colors, and make some lame VB app to make that the screensaver (be sure to adjust your monitor so that the screensaver lines up perfectly with the burn in). And, from here on out, don't use the GUI version of SETI@HOME...it's terribly inefficient. Use the console version instead.

    Or, just sell the monitor to some lamer, claiming the burn in is from the next-generation Trinitron apeture grille in the monitor, for a jacked up price.

  20. Remember that MIT thing? on Making Low-Budget Movies? · · Score: 1

    Remember that thing MIT did where they took videos of talking human heads and put words in their mouths, and made convincing results? Perhaps this would work to continue dead shows...I don't know if it can save cartoons (Futurama...[sob]) though.

  21. Re:Top 10 MOST collectible? on Top Ten Most Collectible Video Games · · Score: 1

    So, the most collectable (the other collectable) version of Solitare must be the one for Windows NT 3.51. Was Solitare on Windows 1-2.0, though?

  22. Re:Incredible! on EA As The Next Disney · · Score: 1, Informative

    Electronic Arts

  23. Re:Top 10 MOST collectible? on Top Ten Most Collectible Video Games · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Solitare for Windows 95^H^HNT^H^H98^H^H2000^H^H^H^HME^H^HXP^H^H.NET???( etc).

    It's still unchanged (OK, the card backs are not 4-bit color in Windows XP, but that doesn't count).

  24. Re:Ananova on Palm OS Powered Tattooing Robot Debuts in Vienna · · Score: 1

    They do have a photo of the tatooing machine...although it does look slightly like a photoshopped robotic arm. That woman's face does look familiar...almost as if it were from some stock photo.

  25. Re:Slashdot proof server on Top SciTech Gifts 2002 · · Score: 1

    It might be easier to think that there is no [Slashdot].