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  1. Let me get this straight on DivX DVD Players Arrive · · Score: 2

    ...are these DivX DVD players or DIVX DVD players? :)

    Can't wait for that particular bit of irony to hit the fan(s).

  2. changes are afoot on The Movie Studios' Next Step in Online Movie Delivery · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Joke?

    Just because you're not aware of the big leap coming in streaming video...the joke will be on you, me thinks.

    The liscensing is being worked out now....

  3. Re:Info on the Gates Foundation on Slashback: BitKeeper, Maine, Novell · · Score: 2

    If you look at the ratio of giving vs. net worth, MS is very near the bottom of the corporate list.

  4. Re:Information wants to be free on Tim Bray on Microsoft Office · · Score: 2

    ...like I said.

  5. Information wants to be free on Tim Bray on Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    Don't be so fast...how does he know what goes on in someone else's mind. I've been imagining all sorts of good things in that regard, for quite some time.

    And it's not the documents we're talking about...it's the content. The content that has been held captive by MS for so long.

    That big sucking sound you hear it all those U-Hauls leaving Seattle.

  6. Brother, can you spare a cycle? on Canada to Launch Countrywide Virtual SuperComputer · · Score: -1, Troll

    "..."A serious shortage of [insert fovorite commodity here] in Canada prompted... "

    The list of shortages in Canada seems to grow week by week.

    Canaduh just can't seem to get a break, now, can it? I've got a spare Mandrake box I can donate...will that help?

  7. give me a break on Financial Institutions Balk at MS Licensing · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why am I having a hard time believing that business as we know it will come to a complete halt if MS isn't allowed in the door?

    Commerce in one form or another, from bartering coconuts to brokering used RAM, will find a way to continue, regardless if the transaction is on limestone, paper or bubble-ether crystals. Unified...disparate...co-mingled...far-stepped or translucid....who cares. The point is supply and demand, not demand by MS.

  8. Banks using... on Financial Institutions Balk at MS Licensing · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Many rely on Solaris, etc. for mission critical data. I'm sure there are related processes on Linux somewhere in every large banking system. Might be automated network performance reporting....automated backup audits....prototype network planning....human resource forecasting...project management analysis, etc. There are too many facets to modern banking to be able to state simply that one OS or another is responsible for 'handling' personal accounts.

  9. Think bigger... on Financial Institutions Balk at MS Licensing · · Score: 5, Interesting

    MS wants to be a bank, remember? How better to throttle back competition than by tossing a smoke bomb or two into their home office...

    "While other banking institutions are suffering from network slowdowns and corrupted databases, MS First Union can provide you with reliable access to your funds around the clock. Bank with MSFU....we keep an eye on your money!"

  10. try on Financial Institutions Balk at MS Licensing · · Score: 2

    As a bank, what will your legal staff say when they learn your IT dept. signed off on EULA's that prohibit such action?

  11. Closer than you think.... on Financial Institutions Balk at MS Licensing · · Score: 5, Interesting
    ...have you taken the time to study Excel & Word macros, lately? Break out a VB editor and crack open any of the stock templates that ship with Office....Project, ACCESS, etc. Look in the macros for strings that contain:
    • pwd...container...host....logon...restart...data source
    ....you get the idea.

    If you are looking for specific troublemaking 'poison-pill' macros, I'm sorry, I don't have those handy, but if you want, I can send you a Word document you can fill out to request them :)
  12. Re:1702FP is from Samsung on LCD Round-up · · Score: 2

    There are currently two panel suppliers sourced for 1702FP. Chimei & AMLCD

  13. Re:Those aren't LCDs people buy on LCD Round-up · · Score: 2

    Remember, Dell doesn't 'manufacture' any of their displays. Samsung and other suppliers do this for Dell.

    Dell (HP; IBM; Sun, etc) works with the supplier towards unique specs, so it is reasonable to expect a Dell 1900FP made by Samsung to have different (better or worse) performance than a Samsung SyncMaster, etc., made by Samsung Electronics Display Division.

    And don't forget that any good spec used by one will eventually migrate to the other.

  14. Apple LCDs are not Samsung under the hood on LCD Round-up · · Score: 2

    Samsung does not manufacture units for Apple...that would be LG. Perhaps we are talking about panels versus monitors?

  15. 1702FP is from Samsung on LCD Round-up · · Score: 2

    I handle OEM's for Samsung Electronics Visual Display Division/R & D. I can assure you Samsung is at least one of the suppliers manufacturing the Dell 1702FP.

  16. iTunes/Home Theater& Wireless AV on Geek-Chic Power Houses · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check this site for a how-to on your own wireless computer and home theater setup...using iTunes & Mac, of course :)

    In a pinch, just use your iPod to drive the house system...

  17. As the saying goes.... on Geek-Chic Power Houses · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Technology is like money....you know you have enough when you don't have to think about it..."

    Did it appear than anyone profiled in the article no longer thought about either? :)

  18. thanks on Symbian Signs on Samsung · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I work for Samsung Electronics Company (Display Division R & D), and I'm happy to part of things. Thanks for the positive feedback. I'm sure SEC hopes for more of the same as new products come online.

  19. You ASSume too much, on US Secrecy Efforts Hurting Scientific Research · · Score: 2

    ...and you know that any data file on Palm is PDB. In this case, the data file is used with HandDbase. C'mon...you can do a better flame than that.

  20. You mean like the... on US Secrecy Efforts Hurting Scientific Research · · Score: 2

    ....PDB (Palm HanDbase) files that were online...the ones with all the locations, etc. of every Atomic/Nuclear power plant in North America? I made sure to grab my copy before they disappeared.

  21. Apache 1.3x? on High-Performance Web Server How-To · · Score: 2

    What kind of 'high performance' web server uses back-leveled software? Apache 2.x may not be totally API compliant, but it certainly provides more than 1.3x in terms of performance.

    I am glad they used an IDE RAID, however. The SCSI myth can now go on the shelf.

  22. global warming is a myth on Mountain Moisture Melting · · Score: 2

    We as humans give ourselves far too much credit for how much damage we think we can do.

    Did you ever see a giant clam show remorse over eating too much plankton? Right....

    We're far from being a major force in the Universe. We're too new....

  23. I told you... on Mountain Moisture Melting · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...in the submission last week (that was squelched). The Sun is getting hotter...you know, like these things do right before they blow?

    Nothing to do with humans munging global warming. BTW, that article on the Sun getting ready to heave said we have 6 years left.

  24. real troll sample on Visiting the World, as a Geek? · · Score: 2

    Since you guys can't tell on your own...(bookmark it so you'll know next time)

    sniff sack and die :)

    Now, drag your ass over to the keyboard and mod this correctly.

  25. little tense, eh? on Lego Segway · · Score: 2

    "....can't do that right now, because the center of mass is below the axle when it on it's side."

    The full power routine is designed in as a safety. This routine is meant to prohibit falling over. That's all. The assumption is simplistic by nature. It can fall in two axis...fore/aft....and/or sideways. Recovering from either is a different thing to deal with and solve. He's trying to figure out how to recover from a sideways fall.