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  1. Re:Define paranormal... on James Randi Posts $1M Award On Speaker Cables · · Score: 1

    You can clean marred surfaces with Goof-Off cleaner or concentrated orange oil.

  2. Re:Not news. on Sony BMG Says Ripping CDs is Stealing · · Score: 1

    Well instead of the law-dogs at Sony BMG throwing out blanket statements and accusing most internet users of music piracy, they need to solve their own internal issues first.

  3. Re:Suppositions on Sony BMG Says Ripping CDs is Stealing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So that means the people who bought Sony MD Walkmans in the early 90's before file sharing was common place were supposed to buy a separate set of CDs for it? Did it say that anywhere on the box? No!

  4. Re:"Here's your problem" on Science In Islamic Countries · · Score: 1

    Akenaten feared the Amen-Ra priests. They had grown more powerful than himself, so the way around it that he came up with was to establish a new religion and distance himself from the old polytheistic religion of ancient Egypt. It backfired of course and many attempts were made to remove the traces of him from history. Tutankahaten was renamed Tutankamen. (So his name no longer praised the sun disk but praised Amen-Ra)

  5. Re:The point about America... on Replacing a Thinkpad? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No I think donating to a "Bush Sucks" organization would be highly encouraged in China. :P

  6. Re:Test Conversation on Free Phone Calls... If Advertisers Can Eavesdrop · · Score: 1

    Hey it worked for NetZero right? Free internet as long as they can flood you with ads that you have to click every few minutes to maintain the connection. Oh wait... No it didn't work! And now they are a traditional dial-up ISP.

  7. Re:Remote access on What To Do When Broadband is Not An Option? · · Score: 1

    I'm fairly pleased with the EVDO speed I get by tethering my Sprint blackberry to my laptop when I need to. If you can get a PCMCIA EVDO card, pick up a Kyocera EVDO wifi router. You put the card in and it rebroadcasts the signal as 802.11B/G. I think one of the major home networking companies (like linksys, d-link or netgear) sells a rebadged version of the Kyocera router. I've seen them at Best Buy as far back as maybe a year or so ago. I haven't looked lately.

  8. Re:Cable? on USB 3 in 2008, 10 Times as Fast · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the fiber part will be inside the extra space in the connector in a way that doesn't interfere with the electrical part of it. Probably when you plug in a cable the electrical part asks the connection if it is USB3 capable and if the device responds yes, it turns on the fiber transceiver.

  9. Re:So what??? on University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally · · Score: 1

    My point is the police have no way of knowing this man's intentions. And because the speaker is rather high-profile, they have to protect the senator at all costs otherwise their career would basically be over. My opinion of the person in question was he was probably a former Kerry supporter, based on his question about why did Kery concede the election when there were still about 5 million votes that hadn't been counted. I'm sure other people there had questions for Kerry as well but they didn't start ranting and raving.

  10. Re:So what??? on University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally · · Score: 1

    So if I start posting goatse, hot grits, ascii depictions of parrots and genetalia and I get modded down, should I start screaming about slashdot being a fascist police state? What happens when two people have conflicting rights? His right to free speech and my right to peacefully attend a political Q&A with a former presidential cantidate and not worry about lunatics? How would everyone have answered if a right wing person took control of the room screaming and yelling? Or what about if this guy then suddenly produced a weapon and assassinated Senator Kerry?

  11. Re:Simple stuff on Walt Mossberg Reviews Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    If you install any kind of 3rd party dvd player, Windows Media Player instantly gets the ability to play DVDs. There used to be a free software DVD codec years ago for windows but they went away. (Maybe 2000-2001 time period)

  12. Re:no suprise on Verizon Sues FCC over 700MHz Open Access Rules · · Score: 1

    When Verizon was founded, the majority of networks operating in the US were AMPS and TDMA (IS-136) CDMA was the "new thing" Sure Europe had started implementing GSM before Verizon existed, but there were hard limits to all TDMA encoded systems. CDMA in theory had less stringent limits per tower as there was always room for "just one more" call. IS-136, GSM, and iDEN all have fixed time slots per phone where each phone can only transmit during its specified time allocated to it. Once all slots are full, the tower will be unable to service any more connections. CDMA phones can transparently operate from multiple towers. CDMA can also handle 8 to 10 times as many calls per tower than AMPS and 4 to 5 times as many calls per tower than GSM. This is why all 3G implementations (as long as you don't consider EDGE 3G) are in some way CDMA based. EVDO is based on CDMA as well as UMTS/HSDPA.

    The other thing was unlike today only real hackers had been unlocking phones. By sticking to an ESN based system, it was easier to integrate with existing systems since AMPS, IS-136 and CDMA all used ESNs. Presumably the database of ESNs could all be stored together with existing customers.

  13. Re:Winning friends and influencing people... on Richard Stallman Proclaims Don't Follow Linus Torvalds · · Score: 1

    Well that's ok, Hurd is due out any time now, right? It will clearly quickly overtake Linux and Linus will fade into obscurity.

  14. Re:Supids terrorists only on Eavesdropping Helpful Against Terrorist Plot [UPDATED] · · Score: 1

    The really smart ones speak 2048bit encrypted Arabic/Farsi/Urdu/Pashto. You'd be suprised how hard it is to speak when you have an entire 8bit ascii character set to deal with, but it keeps the governments of the world off your back.

  15. Re:It's maths. on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When you have 2 ruling political parties, it is easy to make things black or white. When you have about 5 or so like many European countries, you have to include intermediate shades of color. That's also probably why there are no run-off federal elections for President.

  16. It's VNC... on Is Showmypc.com an Open Source Pretender? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It is VNC based. I tried to download it and got this message:

    WARNING: (Name of company I work for)'s security system has detected a virus contained in the web site or file being downloaded.

    Your system has been protected. There is no need to contact the Help Desk.

    File has been dropped. 2007-09-10 06:03:55-05:00CDT

    Machine name: (Name of Machine) Server: X.X.X.X Client: Y.Y.Y.Y

    Virus: "not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC.4" found! URL: http://download2.showmypc.com/ShowMyPCSSH.exe

  17. Re:Take That on Apple Releases New Touch Screen iPod · · Score: 1

    Maybe they could get around the exclusivity of their selling the iPhone with AT&T by adding T-Mobile's WiFi calling feature to the "WiPod" as an add-on.

  18. Re:Silly question, but... on Grow Your Own Heart Valves · · Score: 2

    Well if the valve failed because a defect in the formation as it grew, you'd be able to see that defect while it was growing in the lab and if it didn't have the defect, it could be implanted.

  19. Re:Not the whole story. on New York Taxi Drivers To Strike Over GPS · · Score: 1

    No they're just pissed that now their tips are being reported to the IRS instead of going right into their pocket.

  20. Re:I wish mainstream CPUs / GPUs would focus on po on Via Unveils 1-Watt x86 CPU · · Score: 1

    I wish people would stop encouraging the government to administer my life.

  21. Re:sigh... on AT&T Crippling BlackBerry for iPhone? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've got a 7130e from Sprint. GPS is completely unlocked so I can use Blackberry Maps for real-time maps and speed information. I can also use InfoSpace FindIt! for turn-by-turn spoken directions. I also have google maps that for some reason doesn't support the internal GPS but will support a Bluetooth GPS that has been associated with the phone. I wonder if users will be able to use Google Maps with their 8820 and an external GPS? Anyway all are free services. Which is strange considering since Sprint bought Nextel (who pretty much exclusively GPS enabled phones) you'd think they'd want to you to pay for TeleNav service.

  22. Re:Ever notice? on Karl Rove Resigning Aug 31 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Everytime I hear her speak it sounds so condescending. And that speech she gave about 2 years ago about "We're going to have to take some things away from you for the common good" smacked of communism.

  23. Re:Ever notice? on Karl Rove Resigning Aug 31 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm just looking forward to the next election simply because once Bush is out, I no longer have to hear about people constantly complaining about him. I'm starting not to care who wins, I just don't trust Hillary one bit. I can see it in her eyes and her expressions. I didn't get a good feeling about her even during the 1992 elections.

  24. Re:Hungary, Hungary Hippos on Hungary Officials Raid Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    Were the Hungry Hungarians looking for the free canned drinks and soup packets that Microsoft has in their buildings?

  25. Re:What a silly comparison on Vista Use Grows as Mac OS X Stays Flat · · Score: 1

    OSX is a platform, Windows is a platform. Vista is a platform release just as Tiger or Jaguar are platform releases of OSX. It's like saying, "GM sales have been flat however the new Mustang has gone up 10%! (Yet maybe overall Ford sales are flat as well)"