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  1. Re:Later in the discussion... on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    No matter what there will be countermeasures by random hackers. If it is a software thing, hackers will make software to counter it. If it is built into the machine, there will be mod chips. I think the very nature of how computers work would somehow have to change in order for them to enforce this.

  2. Re:Boat on Build Your Own Boeing 737 Simulator · · Score: 1

    I was told that without computer aid the B-2 would be impossible to fly.

  3. Re:How is this different from porn? on Violent Video Game Restriction Struck Down · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I could get into an R rated movie with no problems until the Columbine shooting. Then, suddenly, all the theatres where I live started asking for id and then denying my under 17 self.... it made me sad.

  4. Re:It is a superior format on Widescreen (Finally) Winning · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I saw a short clip on letterbox vs. full on Turner Classic movies. I was shocked at how much was lost when it was converted from the original format to the full screen format. Entire characters would disappear sometimes. Since then I have only watched letterbox. It is the way the director intended you to view it.

  5. Re:Microsoft not the only one on How Would You Move Mount Fuji? · · Score: 1

    A Microsoft guy spoke at my Information Technology class. He used to work for Apple. In your post you mentioned that Microsoft asks you if you had ever worked for Apple, etc. Did you mean that people who worked for Apple don't get hired at Microsoft?
    On a funny note, the guy had a file server in his house that he used to serve out movies, etc to his neighborhood. Said something like 150 dvd's.

  6. Re:What i want to know.... on Comparing Sci-fi Starship Sizes · · Score: 1

    In Wrath of Khan, Spock mentions that Khan's flying suggests 2d thinking. Kirk then orders the ship to go down something like 1000 kilometers and the battle is eventually won.

  7. title on A Title To Replace "Systems Administrator"? · · Score: 1

    Information Services Manager.

  8. Re:Tethered? on Fujitsu To Ship Linux Powered Robot in July · · Score: 1

    There's an optional 802.11b link.

    Could that work as the datacomm?

  9. Re:I don't need any anti-spam laws! on California Anti-Spam Law Approved · · Score: 1

    For me personally it solves the problem fine. I agree for a network, etc it's not adequate.

  10. I don't need any anti-spam laws! on California Anti-Spam Law Approved · · Score: 1

    I have Mozilla 1.3 with built in spam filters!

  11. Re:Relief on Projecting Sound 'Inside Your Head' · · Score: 1

    Imagine this being used as a weapon in war. Instead of the current psychological torture, where the music is just played really loudly, it would be played really loudly in your head!

  12. Borg on Rick Berman: Enterprise May Not Suck Next Year · · Score: 1

    I haven't liked star trek since about the time voyager clashed with the borg. It seems to me that there aren't many new trekkies either. It seems like all the current fans were fans before voyager. The Star Trek story may just need to lie low for a while and then make a triumphant return.

  13. I'm on windows because on LGP Announces Game Development Team · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, the only flaw I can find with Linux is the lack of games.

  14. Re:Dear slashdot.... on Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Reviewed · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I would like to see more games built in surround sound, not more cards.

  15. Re:True with a caveat on A Hydrogen-Based Economy · · Score: 1, Interesting

    What are really needed for a hydrogen society to work are superconducting materials that superconduct at temperatures achievable in places other than a lab. Wind and solar technology is fine. We could build windmills in remote, but windy places and solar panels in remote, but sunny places. The problem would be shipping that electricity to a hydrogen refinery. That's where superconducting materials would be needed. Then we could generate the power in remote places and ship it cross-country.
    blah

  16. Re:WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR???? on The Future That Hasn't Arrived · · Score: 1, Funny

    Also take into account parking. Imagine a huge parking lot, as bad as they can be now, and that is just with two axes! Add in a third Z-axis and oh man would it be horrible!

  17. NO! on Humans Hold Off the Machines... For Now · · Score: 0

    Unexpectedly Kasparov offered a draw soon after the sacrifice, and the computer team declined!
    The computer team sends a message like "Draw declined! W3 4r3 1337! U h4v3 b33n 0wnzed by D33P JunI0r"

  18. Re:Wow, I'm actually one of the first 20 posters.. on Kazaa: Happy In the Global Legal Briarpatch · · Score: 0, Interesting

    On the last version of Kazaa that I installed I could actually choose whether or not to install some third party spyware apps. My firewall hasn't found anything strange trying to phone home so I don't think any hidden spyware is forced on you either.

  19. Re:Senators with ideas is bad news on Senators Aim to Wirelessly Jumpstart Broadband · · Score: 0

    Wired just had an issue out whose cover involved wireless networking.
    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/

    Not exactly an ad, but meh.

  20. Re:Beats roaches on Ants Invade iBook · · Score: 0

    Someone brought me a computer that they said no longer worked. They were right, it didn't even turn on. Upon opening it up, I found what appeared to be rat/mouse urine stains and feces on everything. Everything had dried up. The feces were hard and rattled, that was the sound I heard when I was moving the machine initially. I thought there were lose screws or something, but NO! :(
    It was VERY disgusting. I scrubbed my arms like a surgeon for like 30 minutes.

  21. Re:not all that funny on Ants Invade iBook · · Score: 0

    A couple of years ago a friend of mine had his N64 infested with ants. They crawled in the little cooling vents.

  22. Re:LINUX on Ultimate Sleds? · · Score: 0

    You can race a penguin in an all out sledding contest in Mario 64.

  23. Re:Sad thing is... on Transmeta Needs Microsoft · · Score: 0

    Have you seen Terminator 2??
    I'm surprised the Atari Pocket PC didn't catch on more! You can use it to crack ATM PIN numbers!
    Ah, good old John Connor.....

  24. Good Odds on Computerized Betting System Proves Vulnerable · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good odds FP?

  25. Re:Control? on Cellphones On Airplanes · · Score: 0
    (600mph, cells spaced a mile apart...)

    I was under the impression that the majority of planes flying, at least over the US mainland, never come close to the speed of 600mph. That it is more like 200mph. Isn't 600mph close to the speed of sound, not worrying about altitude and air temperature?