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  1. Re:What took them so long? on Microsoft's iLoo Project A Hoax · · Score: 1

    Considering it has caused a few jokes to appear about microsoft on Jay Leno and david letterman you figured the corporate PR firm would of aleast flagged thoses.

  2. Finally one of the jokes works on The Neverending Sex.com Story · · Score: 1

    1) find companies that did not go through the USPTO to protect the .com, .net or whatever attached to thier regular name.
    2) go through the USPTO and do it.
    3) Sue the company for use of your name
    4) Profit.

    I claim mcdonalds.com and mcdonalds.de see you at the USPTO offices.

  3. Re:witches of karres by schmitz on Great Science Fiction that is Out of Print? · · Score: 1

    Thier was a recent edition printed in a bright yellow cover. You can pick that up cheap at www.bn.com and other.
    Thier is suppose to be a new book being up out set in this universe, hopefully next year or so. It is being written by Mercedes Lackey, David Freer, and Eric Flint.

  4. Re:Sounds like starving to me... on Gates on Digital Restrictions Technologies · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You mean like the EULA from some microsoft products that read

    "You may not use the software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services, infringe any intellectual property or other rights of these parties, violate any state federal or international law, or promote racism, hatred, or pornography."
    ?
    For more info try this article

  5. Re:Private Company on Inside SAIC · · Score: 1

    If you retire you can also hold all your stock.
    However just a few months ago they changed it so that if you quit you could hold your stock for a couple of months, in case the market did go up.
    Thier are plenty of public companies that do the same sensitive work that SAIC does, it does not matter for them. The biggest thing hold SAIC from going public is Dr. Bester and as soon as he dies I would expect that IPO talk starts getting very load.

  6. Based on what microsoft has done in .net games NO on Is .NET Relevant to Game Developers? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The developers of AC2, developed by another company for microsoft, where given authencation code and chat server code developed by microsoft. The addition of this code has made the game unplayable. Here is a quote about the problem from the microsoft head of the game: " Right now the Chat and Authentication System (the Microsoft technology that handles this entire sort of chat) relies on system calls to another system--one that is not related to the Chat and Authentication System or to AC2--to send out the packets that contain your chat. What is happening is that under high CPU usage (that is, when the game starts reaching its peak), this third system starts to throttle the packets and queue up the game server messages (not to be confused with messages/chat to players)." From what is know about the authentication server and chat they are based on .net technologies. So since microsoft cannot produce its own reliable stuff using .net what is the chance of someone else?

  7. Re:UK line charges on Phone Companies Bill Public for Nonexistent Equipment · · Score: 1

    It depends on the location.
    Most are flat fee, around $20(around 13 Pounds) for unlimited local calls after all fees. Other locations charge lower with a fee per call.

  8. Yes it is art. on HTML: Is it Art? · · Score: 1

    But considering what is considerd modern art, anything passes as art.
    One need only to look at the new Saatchi Museum to realize that.

  9. Re:Wow on New Terminator 3 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    The high heat explosions at the start looked really nice, so did most of the other effects. Most of thoses looked like they were models or something else wrapped with effects instead of being pure CG based.

    As for CG effects in a movie they can still suck, just look at The Hulk preview, close up effects looked good , but once they got a far away view or something did alot of movement it looked bad.

  10. Re:lets hope... on New Trailer for The Hulk · · Score: 1

    As soon as they announced stallone as Dredd it was known it was going to suck.
    You don't hire that big of a star to stick behind a helmet, so you knew the helmet was going which means the uniform was going, so you needed a story were Dredd spend the majority of the movie out of uniform, QED a bad judge Dredd movie.

  11. Re:Simple solution on Catching up with Wine · · Score: 1

    It current works better then DBase IV/clipper.
    :)

  12. Check restaurant supply stores. on PC Cases for High Dust Enviornments? · · Score: 1

    With the advent of computers in restaurant area they have cases that are designed to go into area with high amount of particle in the air. Think flour,etc.
    You may have to do a search for that if you are not in big city with decent side stores.

  13. Re:the masses? on Getting Small Press (Comics) To The Masses · · Score: 1

    Don't forget some of the smaller comic lines that became moves such as 'Road to Perdition' and 'From Hell'.
    Hopfully League will do well, I would love to see alot more of Moores work done as movies.

  14. Just so they don't get slashdotted. on Getting Small Press (Comics) To The Masses · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did not see anything about the $8000.
    Basicly the process is that you send in some sample work, if Marvel likes what they see they contract out to you(you need to fill in the appropriate IRS forms) to do a comic based on what you sent them. Marvel sends you $500 as payment for the contracted work. Marvel may or may not print your stuff in the Marvel Epic Line of comics.
    Since you are a contractor working for Marvel, Marvel ownes the work you do. However you can use Marvel owned characters in your comic, just no other trademarked characters.

  15. Just a sign of the times.. on Will Genetic Engineering Kill Us? · · Score: 1

    Because of what could be done with the technology, and with the past history of where you see the word genetics(Bosnia and forced sterializtion), yes they are different but the name is similar enough to just the casual watcher, people are scared.
    Alot is going to be its newness, and will be removed over time, however it does make a current scare item for fiction. After all they have already changed Peter Parker from being bitten from a radioactive spider to a geneticly engineered spider. It will be interesting to see if in the upcoming Hulk movie if they go from "an accidental release of radiation" to having the hulk created because of genetic engineering.

  16. Re:Both sides of the story on Should You Hire a Hacker? · · Score: 1

    They should do like the some other ones, flee the country to France, make movies, and be awarded by thier peers.

  17. What's with AIBO and DCMA? on Feral Robot Dogs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Based on this article it would seem that Sony does not people modding thier robot dog. So is that article the latest word or has Sony wisened up?

  18. Re:Lack of authentication on DOS Attack Via US Postal Service · · Score: 1

    Worst then that is signing up with sites such as greenpeace, ACLU,etc. You can also do the various branches of the military, but from experiences they quickly remove people.
    Since they quickly distribute the address of people they get to similar organizations it is a sure fire way to get lots of mail, and once you get on them it is hard to get off.
    The joys of college pranks.

  19. Re:3 to 4 hours of TV per night? on EverQuest - Not Just For Geeks? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget weekends, put in an additional 5-6 hours each weekend day, and you easily have the 41+ hours. Even then the 41+ hours is high, the only people I know who do that are college students, or thoses out of work.
    Now if you compare that to a sports junky, then you probably have significantly less time of them playing games instead of watching people play games.

  20. Re:Most companies are bad at marketing. on NYT On Google's Role In Internet Advertising · · Score: 1

    I would believe that. I use to use Alta Vista back when it was the big monopoly search engine, and only switched to google because of alta vista long time to load.
    Back then alta vista did a better search(more control over what was searched) and had alot larger database of pages.
    People just told others about google because it did a so-so search but you had the page up instatly, with little or no things you did not want.

  21. Re:Par for the course on Microsoft Caste System · · Score: 1

    Been a contractor/consultant for 5 year, and would not go back to being an employee for the companies I work at.
    However most of the companies I work at(I work for a different company who pay me) have allowed access to parties, for some like Christmas, we have to pay, but then the company I work for has thier own parties.
    Personnally I love it, I get higher pay, I don't have all thoses stupid business meetings I have to go to, and if they want me to work overtime, nights or weekends they have to pay extra. The only real bad thing is that the regular employees get work delays and time off for bad weather and if I don't show up I don't get paid or I have to use my regular vacation time off.

  22. internet cutting board on Internet Enabled... Toilet Paper Dispenser · · Score: 1

    Cute idea, but worthless in its current form.
    Since it is made out of glass, no cook who values thier knives is going to purchase it.
    also it would have to be really cheap to make it more worthwhile then printing out the recipe and using that, besides with the printout I can move that around the kitchen.
    So in the immortal words of Crow T Robot "Just because it is futuristic does make it practical."

  23. Re:Cleaning on Endless Liquid Refreshment · · Score: 1

    Cleaning is not really needed, except for the dispenser nozzels and the connectors to the syrup bags, which just require a quick rub down. The rest is self contained under pressure.
    As for fizzyness that is another reason to go with postmix, since the co2 is not added to the water until it is needed. With a premix(also what you get in grocery stores), you will get leakage over time

  24. Re:I don't get it ... on RotK Delayed Until May 2004 · · Score: 1

    Who cares about LOTR itself, the main thing is that the success will cause more fantasy films to be made.
    The main thing people are waiting for is The Sword and the Sorcerer II.

  25. goto the article on Free Software Hits Back at Crackers · · Score: 1

    Even if you don't don't want to read the article the ad for bill gates in red rubber is funny.