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  1. Re:I don't understand... on Ritz Disposable Digital Camera Hacked · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe there is no encryption because that takes CPU power. The 8051 cpu inside probably has very little horsepower behind it. Most people aren't going to wait more than a few seconds between photos.

  2. Wrong on Video Card History · · Score: 1

    Using two Rage Pro processors in parallel, the card carried a fairly high price tag

    The Rage Fury Maxx used to Rage 128 Pro chips. I found this article to be missing a lot of milestone video cards. No review could be complete w/o a Virge card, plain and simple. The first 3D decelerator.

  3. Re:Whoa!! on New Graphics Company, With Working Cards · · Score: 1

    ..XGIs top model Volari Duo V8 Ultra WOW!! but - wait a minute - guess I'll wait for the Volari Quattro Triplex V12 Turbo GTI XXL _ThAT'll be a nice graphics card!?

    Sounds like the marketting divisions of Audi and Alfa Romeo had a child out of wedlock.

  4. Re:911? on Disposable Cell Phones Arrive · · Score: 1

    I'm not even a native English speaker, and this annoys the fucking hell out of me.

    So I'm not an "biggoted yank" after all! You ask someone to work on their grammar and they give you "I'm not a native speaker you insensitve clod!"

  5. Re:How much easier does it need to be?! on Disposable Cell Phones Arrive · · Score: 1

    I could see the problem here. My Motorola C331t phone has my friends numbers programmed into 1 touch dialing. I'll get calls from people saying I called them but all they heard was rustling sounds and background noise. (From me dropping it into my pocket without locking it)

  6. Re:Finally! on Longhorn's Flash Killer? · · Score: 1

    It was an HP Envizex terminal from about 1995 or so...

  7. Re:Finally! on Longhorn's Flash Killer? · · Score: 1

    And all that came from it was embedded stuff. I remember seeing an i860 in a X terminal before. And as for i960 nearly all raid cards have one.

  8. Oh boy, politics, enter the trolls. on What the Candidates are Running · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why do the politcal trolls have to be Democrats. Why can't their be Republican trolls? Do conservatives not feel the need to troll forums?

  9. Re:Heliopause on Voyager 1 Reaches Interstellar Space · · Score: 1

    This is slashdot. Nobody clicks on the links in the story.

    No... Everyone opens the link in a new tab / browser window but they never get around to reading it. Ergo... Slashdot effect.

  10. All things considered, on Microsoft Offers A Bounty On Virus Writers · · Score: 1

    It is not that much. Considering the amount of contractors Microsoft hired to deal with the virus explosion recently. Multiply by the going contract rate, times 8 hours a day and they're easily burning through that on a daily basis!

  11. Australian voting system on E-Voting Done Right - In Australia · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what the US has been using for years anyway?

  12. Why I find this interesting on NetBSD's COMPAT_DARWIN Adds XDarwin Support · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As the Mac OS series moves on, certain hardware is eventually dropped. This may be their only chance to keep their system going with something current. Also it adds the possibility to use any NetBSD supported PCI cards on your Mac.

    This reminds me of Theo talking about running SunOS (68k) binaries on really fast 68k hardware supported by OpenBSD.

  13. Three words on Gaming Communities Cause Of TV Ratings Decline? · · Score: 1

    Reality TV overload! I never liked Survivor. Joe Millionaire, bachelor, any of those, I can't stand. In fact, reality tv is the exact opposite, they put people in unreal situations and film it while they make them gimmicky. There was one "reality" show that I did like. Frontier Quest, a Canadian show that aired on PBS in the US. Why? Because they didn't turn it into a "produced" show making the people do wierd stuff... They were given simple rules, spend one year on the frontier and then they sit back and film it. But in general, if I want to watch something "real" I'll watch the evening news.

  14. Get ready for shorting your Intel stock on Quantum Computing Breakthrough in Japan · · Score: 1

    Just think if one day you walk into a computer store and see the 100Ghz Intel system running Windows 2015 and next to it you have your quantum computer running bochs in linux, simulating 100 100Ghz intel computers.

  15. Re:Thank God we're seeing more of this on Man Arrested in Australia Over Nigerian E-mail Scam · · Score: 2

    It's so nice to see that governments and police forces are finally able to catch up to these kinds of spammers and criminals

    KILL THE SPAMMERS!!! But leave dictators alone, they're none of our business!!! What a pathetic world we live in...(Sarcasm)

  16. Re:People actually use those things? on Lindows Announces Nvu - Frontpage For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Not every web designer is a geek. I've seen a few who migrated from desktop publishing to web site making. Most of whom were raised on the Mac and rarely if ever use any HTML.

  17. OK, fine. on SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since everyone is just throwing legal opinions around, I declare SCO threats to be legally unenforcable. There. Nya nya nya! Come get me!

  18. Re:Maybe makes sense for LCDs.. on Digital Art For Your Wall-Mounted TV · · Score: 1

    I've heard quite a few Mac users complaining about the top menu bar being burned into their expensive LCD screens. (Pre-OSX days). I've seen it myself while watching the Mac boot after being off for a long period of time.

  19. Re:not that far fetched on White House Website Limits Iraq-Related Crawling · · Score: 1

    coverage of returning killed soldiers.

    I thought that was Al-Jazeera's job? Seriously if Al-Jazeera had an account on /. it would almost always be modded as Troll.

  20. Not Mandrake's fault. on LG CD-ROMs Destroyed by Mandrake 9.2 · · Score: 1

    According to LG Electronics, their ODD (Optical Disc Drive) products do not support Linux nor do they test with Linux. Unfortunately, many Dell computers (possibly others) come with these CD-ROM drives. Solution: Currently there is no solution or work-around for this issue; it is still under investigation. Damage occurs even when doing a network install. At this point, please do not install Mandrake Linux 9.2 on any computer containing a LG-based CD-ROM drive or it will damage your CD-ROM drive! We are actively looking for a solution to this problem.

    To me, it sounds like LG is not being very helpful in the situation. I say we boycott LG products until they change their policies. Even put some pressure on Dell as well, considering they sell servers with Linux some may have LG drives in them.

  21. This is really funny on Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Removes Linux Support · · Score: 1

    Considering since the beginning Linux has been designed to run on machines that are "Designed for Microsoft Windows(tm)" So what is there to worry about?

  22. Re:Those Aussies love their outlaws on Tridgell and Samba Recognized · · Score: 2, Informative

    the biggest Australian movie star got his fame as a V-8 driving ex-cop loner with a sawed off shotgun

    Who incidentally was born in upstate NY and lived there until he was 12.

  23. I get incorrectly flagged e-mail a lot on Study on the Effects of Spam on End Users · · Score: 1

    Especially when people e-mail me without a subject line, sends me a joke containing words like penis, viagra or sex. Please people, for God sakes, put a meaningful subject on your e-mail other than "fw: great joke".

  24. The rest of the e-mail on AT&T Moves Toward Mail-Server Whitelist · · Score: 1

    If you do not respond immediately, your access may not continue...
    Please foreward this e-mail to 10 of your closest e-mail servers and you will get a free Cracker Barrel gift certificate and little Mary-Lou will get her wish of getting e-mail from every American before she dies of Lukemia. If you do not, you will have bad luck for the next 20 years!

  25. I want a Mr. Bix! on Robot Sales Are Exploding · · Score: 1

    Mr. Bix Please?