User: 1st1

Re:Proof at last!

On: Web Server Packed into RJ45 Connector

Great, that will make fridges cheaper!

Because the camera is looking all the time the little guy will no longer need to turn off the light . So we can save whatever salary the little guy gets.

Re:To late.

On: Mike and Phani's Essential C++ Techniques

Thought it was just /. who had delayed the review for 3.5 years. (The book is quite old)

Book is from 1999

On: Mike and Phani's Essential C++ Techniques

It is an old book: September 1999

./ configuration request: Exclude Duplicates

On: Second Hand Hard Discs Reveal Secrets

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Ethernet

On: Web Enabled Spacecraft

From the article:
"Mission managers will actually be able to operate the spacecraft from anywhere that has an Ethernet port with Web access."

So FTP only works if you have an Ethernet port?

Re:Why illegal?

On: Using R44 And A PowerBook To Bust Illegal Seawalls

So, again SlashDot is too late with a story - all the salt water frogs have already been killed ;-)

We come in peace

On: Hundreds Spot Fireballs In Colorado, Nearby States

Please no birds!

Re:Another Advantage Over Dogs

On: Honeybees Trained to Find Landmines

> Unless I'm mistaken, a dog used to sniff out a mine could easily set it off, even if it were careful.

So why stop using dogs? They find the mine and set it off. Problem solved.

Bees on the other hand only do half the job: Finding the mine.

- No, I'm not a dog owner

HIFI pen

On: Felt Tip Marker Defeats Copy-Protected CDs

I remember reading an article in some HI-FI magazine some years ago...

"I you use this [a special very expensive] pen on the edge of the CD it will remove reflections on the CD and it will sound a lot better"

Now I believe them! It will actually make the CD playable.
(Well at least if this thing actually works)