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  1. Hmm..... on Human Pac Man · · Score: 5, Funny
    players realize their Pacman fantasies

    Is this before or after the men in white coats take them away?

  2. Re:Don't stay home... on Ways to Beat the Telecommuting Blues? · · Score: 1

    Dude - get married. Of if you're married, find yourself a mistress.

  3. not any time soon on Magnetic Induction Technology Headset Reviewed · · Score: 1

    The fact that no current or announced cell phones have this "magnetic induction technology", probably means that we're a few years away from mass adoption. Few people want to attach a wired adapter to their phone in order to use a wireless headset. Bluetooth still rules the land of wireless headsets! Long live Bluetooth!

  4. Re: Mac, all the way! on How to Set Up a Gift Website? · · Score: 1

    Apple started using standard IDE drives several years back. There are no longer any compatibility issues - you can pop in your Windows drive and the Mac will be able to read the partitions.

  5. HDTV support on All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro Review · · Score: 1

    Damn it, where's my HDTV support?????

  6. Re:Paranoia paranoia everybody's comming to get me on Roadside Assistance System Used for Eavesdropping · · Score: 1

    Unless, of course, nobody's listening. I'm sure when they play back the recording three weeks later they'll rush to the scene of the accident to aid the sorry sap that's paying $9.95/month for the service.

  7. Re:I FIGURED IT OUT. on So, HP, What Exactly Are You Trying To Sell Us? · · Score: 1
    Your statement: Actually, "secret sauce" was introduced by the interviewer, not the interviewee IS FALSE because the interviewer never used the term "secret sauce". Period.

    The question asked was, "What's the special sauce?"

    "secret sauce" != "special sauce"

  8. Available in U.S.? on Encrypted Cell Phone Hits the Market · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Are these available in the U.S.? The last time encrypted cell phones made the news there were no plans of selling them in the U.S.

  9. Re:This is a gem! Way to go Carly! on So, HP, What Exactly Are You Trying To Sell Us? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Can anyone point to a product or service from either company that became stronger/better with the merger?

    Their Adaptive Enterprise technology is certainly impressive.

  10. Re:I FIGURED IT OUT. on So, HP, What Exactly Are You Trying To Sell Us? · · Score: 1

    Actually "special sauce" was introduced by the interviewer - the VP used Adaptive Enterprise technology to transforms it into "secret sauce".

  11. Re:Parent is a troll on Cell Phone Headsets? · · Score: 1
    Local municipalities can also ban them. In New Jersey, they're illegal in Nutley, Marlboro, and two more towns that I can't remember.

    Actually, they're probably illegal in many more towns, I just haven't driven through them to see the signs on the side of the road.

  12. Re:well on The Computer Owner - Guilty or Not Guilty? · · Score: 1
    it's not against the law to forgo basic car maintenance

    Actually, if you totally forgo basic car maintenance, you probably won't pass your state-mandated inspection. Therefore one could argue that the law requires you to maintain your car.

  13. Re:The courts will work this out....eventually on The Computer Owner - Guilty or Not Guilty? · · Score: 1
    I think the gun and car analogies are a bit too much here.

    They're also bad analogies because you need license for guns and cars. Perhaps if we started licensing computer ownership, we might be able to regulate the behavior of computer users.

  14. Re:err.. a phone? on Weblogging from Various Ends of the Earth? · · Score: 1
    Actually this is the best possible idea.

    You'll have GSM access throughout Italy, and I'm sure the local mobile phone carrier provides GPRS (high-speed data).

    Then just send your pics to a picture blogging service via MMS, most of which also have text blogs you can update from your phone:

    CamBlog + a Blogger account
    mLogs
    RareWindow

    For many, many more services and tools for Mobile Text/Picture Blogging, check out the left column on this site ("Moblog Hosting Companies"), and the right column on this site ("Software" and "Hosted Services").

  15. Why this is a bad, bad idea on Mounting Virtual Drives as Physical Drives in Windows? · · Score: 1
    Alright, check this out.

    I was low on space on one of my Win2k machines and I decided to install some software on a network drive. Sadly, this particular piece of software (I forgot what exactly) wasn't smart enough to require a local install.

    I totally hosed the system. I finally concluded that some drivers (now located on that network drive) were needed prior to Windows establishing the network connection, so Windows just stopped booting. I tried everything I could think of, but in the end I had to reinstall Windows and start from scratch.

    That's why you want to install as much as you can locally - so that your machine is still usable if your network connection goes down.

  16. Re:why? why? why? on Ritz Disposable Digital Camera Hacked · · Score: 1

    You had an excellent argument right up the point where you said "synchronize their shutters" - which is impossible with this particular camera, at least for now. Since no one's bothered writing the code to do that with any other cheapo camera, it's likely to remain that way.

  17. SOLUTION? on Gangs Extort Companies With DDoS Attacks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So how do you protect yourself from a DDOS attack? Are there any closed-source or open-source products that can do it? I've seen "network appliances" that claim to protect you, but I haven't read any reviews.

  18. $500+ for Visual Studio? on Motorola+Qtopia=Linux Smart Phone · · Score: 2, Informative
    Visual Studio 2003 costs quite a bit of cash, Nokia provides the Borland C++ Mobile Edition for Series 60 for free. They also provide free plugins for Java IDE's.

    Nokia wants to sell phones, not software, hence it's in their best interest to provide free development tools. Thanks to this enlightened policy, there's a TON of software out there for Nokia phones.

  19. WHAT PLAYS on Nokia N-Gage Cracked · · Score: 4, Informative
    Here's the list, from an unofficial source:

    Siemens SX1 plays:
    Sonic
    Tomb Raider
    Puyo Pop
    Pandemonium
    Tony Hawk

    Nokia 6600 plays:
    Pandemonium
    Puyo Pop
    Sonic
    Tomb Raider
    Tony Hawk
    (Puzzle Bubble fails)

    Nokia 3650 plays:
    Sonic
    Puyo Pop
    (everything else fails due to insufficient RAM)

  20. Re:Not quite. on Nokia N-Gage Cracked · · Score: 1

    Umm... so are you suggesting that the screenshots of the SX1 playing the cracked game is a fake? That certainly looks like "anything else" to me.

  21. Re:Bah. on Imagine A UN-Run Internet · · Score: 1
    Then why the fuck are we still giving BILLIONS to dictators in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, and plenty of other countries? Why are WE training their death squads? If George & Co. really gave a damn about "freedom" and getting rid of murderous tryants, wouldn't simply cutting the flow of foreign aid be a lot easier than starting a war????

    But you're obviously too fucking stupid to see beyond the 30 second sound bites put out by the White House.

  22. Re:Dr Criswell on Simcity Microwave Power by 2050? · · Score: 1

    What about the constant rain of small meteors? Lacking an atmosphere, you're losing all your protection.

  23. Original Steve Ballmer video on McDonald's Denies Deal With iTunes · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I found it, view the video here.

    Also look at this hilarious picture.

  24. Re:Scary footage...children look away! on McDonald's Denies Deal With iTunes · · Score: 1

    Man that was funny, I especially loved the sweat stains. Anybody got a video of the REAL Microsoft event where Ballmer acted like a drunk frat boy?

  25. Re:Fun Times with stream rippers on Penn State Students to Get Free Music From Napster · · Score: 1

    I look forward to this, even though I'm not a student at Penn State. It will give thousands of bright minds the opportunity to explore, perhaps crack, and perhaps exploit the technology behind Napster 2.