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  1. Re:PC vs thin client on HP Introduces Transmeta Thin Clients · · Score: 1

    And add in Etherboot and you've got a thin client!

  2. It will come down to building into the tv on Open Cable Standard Not So Open · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I could see TV content providers building some of the hardware into the tv such as a decoder device that works with all devices. So the situation would be this. Get your receiver box from your cable/satellite company (or pehaps some module that plugs into the tv) that grabs the signal and determines if you are allowed to view it and pumps it into the TV using 1394 or something like that and then the TV decompresses it on the fly to the screen. By removing the analog middle man (moving the meat of the hardware to the tv) they could significantly limit the ability to record "unauthorized content" Then they could add an "analog out" port on the tv that delivers only authorized recordable content.

  3. My stance on Security Versus Science · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Cooperation within international law is what is needed. The US is forced to take some of these measures because they have to fit people based on minimal information into 2 groups "current or potential terrorist" or "non-threatening". The whole system breaks down when it comes to a judgement call and that can be a very human mistake. Say someone comes to your door and says they think they are going to have a heart attack, you make a judgment as to whether you think he or she is telling the truth and then you act. Do you let this person in your house? You know nothing about them. You get a bad feeling but this person may be at death's door. What do you do? If you are a woman, you may wonder if this person might be a rapist. But that doesn't mean you hate all men.

    From what I can tell the US isn't always able to get the information it needs from international sources. The head of Interpol was on "News Hour" a few months ago and he agreed that the system doesn't work because the right information is not available at the moment it is needed. Interpol can't always get the information it needs from the FBI and vice versa because of a lack of protocols for just-in-time transferring of information.

  4. Re:Slashdotted already: mirror on Pilot a Plane with a PDA? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    +1 informative for a Goatse link? I hope the moderator gets hit hard in meta.

  5. Re:Real features on Nokia Shows Off Phone with Printable Faceplate · · Score: 1

    public key system that encrypts the data

    My Motorola C331t phone supports encrypted TDMA but only about 1/2 of the time does it actually do it, I guess because the tower that it connects to has to also support it.

  6. Re:I got an idea for a simple case mod. on Wired Case Mod Roundup · · Score: 1

    Something similar was done a while back a guy made a big imac out of 21" Nokia monitor. http://www.applefritter.com/hacks/21imac/

  7. Abuse on Blocking Annoying Cell Phone Callers? · · Score: 1

    I got a voice mail left on my cell phone the other day at 4:30am! Some company selling DirecTV install services. They said I had "asked" them to contact me when it was available. As far as I know only about 10 people in the entire world know my cell phone number and all of them I trust.

  8. Re:E85 on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    Most 4 cylinder and 6 Cylinder Ford cars are e85 capable. They have the little green leaf logo on them.

  9. Be a man! on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    Buy something that burns petroleum like an Iraqi oil fire! V8 is the way to go. I'm not ashamed to say my 1999 Dodge truck gets about 12 or 13 Miles per gallon. And thats just with the 5.2L engine. I had a 1999 Corvette for a month (company car) and it got a consistent 20 miles per gallon with a 5.7L engine. I did however ask GM's website if they had any plans for an 80/20 Ethanol/Gas engine for their Corvettes but they said they didn't have any plans at this time for it. Then I could burn fuel and not have to really worry about it.

  10. Re:Apple Sauce on Beatles Bite Apple · · Score: 3, Funny

    "So Mr. Jobs, how do you like dem apples?"

    BANG!

    Jobs: Apple sauce, bitch



    Actually Ringo Starr means applesauce in Japanese.

  11. Re:Logitech 3 button mouse, no wheel! on Logitech Ships 500 Millionth Mouse · · Score: 1

    The 3 button one is harder to find, but the wheel mouse wheel works find as a middle click.

  12. Bull crap on Linux Most Attacked Server? · · Score: 1

    Any time a virus gets on your system, I consider that a "crack" therefore since windows viruses far out number unix viruses, I'd say windows is far more insecure.

  13. Lets return the favor on No Americans Need Apply · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are plenty of unemployed Americans in the computer industry right now. Lets give the jobs to them first. It's only fair.

  14. Re:From the horses mouth on Microsoft Identifies, Patches Another Critical RPC Hole · · Score: 1

    NC :)

  15. Didn't modems already do this on New Breed Of Web Accelerators Actually Work · · Score: 1

    Remember the old 24/96 modems? V.42bis compression? MNP 5-10? Yeah and like they said mod_gzip. My Motorola phone has "compression" software so the measley 9.6kbps connection isn't so bad when trying to get e-mail to my laptop. (TDMA phone)

  16. From the horses mouth on Microsoft Identifies, Patches Another Critical RPC Hole · · Score: 4, Informative

    This supersedes kb823980 which was the rpc patch from a few weeks ago. Basically a roll up. So if you haven't ran kb823980, you can run this and kill 2 birds with one stone.

  17. Best idea yet on RIAA Settles With 12-Year-Old Downloader · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Download the music you like without getting caught, and then cut a $12 check made out to the band. Send it to their "fan club" address. Enclose a note saying you appreciate their work and would rather they get the whole 12$ rather than the meager pennies left over by the "man"

  18. Re:US Government Rules Linux a WMD on Mobile Linux Project In Ammo Canister · · Score: 1

    Sounds crappy to me.

  19. Re:US Government Rules Linux a WMD on Mobile Linux Project In Ammo Canister · · Score: 1

    After intense lobbying by Microsoft, the United States today recognized Linux as a weapon of mass destruction

    Well after a quick search of the domain for samba clients I find 5 Mac OSX systems, 1 redhat, and one unknown system.

  20. RIAA has no jurisdiction over me on RIAA Sues 261 Major P2P Offenders · · Score: 1

    I only download pr0n!

  21. Re:Take that emacs zealots! on Linux Distro For Linksys WRT54G · · Score: 1

    Not true, I had gentoo that installs nano by default and the first thing I did was install vi!

  22. Re:But what CFLAGS to use for it? on Pentium-M In Mini-ITX Format · · Score: 1

    -march=pentium4 should work but if it doesn't you can still -march=pentium3 and manually add the sse2 flag. According to some developer docs that I've read, it is supposed to be instruction set compatable with p4.

  23. Performance on Pentium-M In Mini-ITX Format · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Pentium M is quite a bit faster than any EPIA board. Interestingly enough Pentium M MHz per MHz is faster than the Pentium 4.

  24. Re:Can ISPs get with it too? on Universities Taken Offline to Fight Worms, Viruses · · Score: 1

    Nachi (aka Welchia) just makes the removal job harder. Because it shuts the system down just like blaster/lovesan does. Sorry Mr. Whitehat that wrote it, but you failed.

  25. To keep blaster infected computers from rebooting. on Universities Taken Offline to Fight Worms, Viruses · · Score: 2, Informative

    run dcomcnfg.exe and disable distributed COM. That will allow you to be able to go online and get kb823980 from microsoft and then use a removal tool such as fixblast from Symantec. Make sure to re-enable distributed COM when you are done.