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  1. In a related story... on Cell Phones for the Deaf · · Score: 2

    Developers are nearing a major breakthrough in 5.1 Surround Spacial Narrative Vision(TM). This amazing new technology targeted towards blind people immerses the blind viewer in an immersive field which narrates the scenery as an overlay of the movie soundtrack.

  2. Re:usable OS's on Which Desktop Distro Will Die First? · · Score: 2
    Since I don't have to run Windows, and never will, I actually don't know. This had been commented on enough times that I assumed it to be true. So sue me.

    So, you do not know much about windows, but claimed you could make the perfect windows box. methinks you are just one of those poverty stricken losers stuck with a 386 and Linux is the ONLY thing which will run on it.

  3. Re:usable OS's on Which Desktop Distro Will Die First? · · Score: 2
    1. Perl is pretty much useless on a winbox, learn WSH + COM, it gives you the same functionality and is native to the platform.

    2. Emacs. Of course because having a bloated editor on a bloated OS makes so much sense.

    3. Why would you install Cygwin to obtain the GNU tools when most of them have been ported directly to Win32?

    4. Err, IE let's you switch of javascript, active x, and java. Geesh, it isn't like stting the security level to high is so difficult.

    5. Only a total loser "needs" to use a specific compiler or editor. What a loser you are.

    Then, you've got something resembling a real computer, not a media consumption box ;)

    Err, no, then you have a computer loaded with a whole bunch of shit software.

  4. Re:sigh on Bobby Fischer FBI Files Released Under FOIA · · Score: 2
    Here's a good question: How many Israeli suicide bombers have you read about?


    Why use suicide bombers when they (Israel) have over $80 billion in free US military weapons. Your ignorance of the situation in Palestine is quite sad. The US created one of the worlds best armed militaries in Israel and what does Israel do, they take land away from the Palestinian refugees and kill the Palestinian children under the guise of a "war on terrorism."

  5. Re:Time tested concepts on How Do People Evaluate a Web Site's Credibility? · · Score: 2
    WhooHoo a reply from an e-tard.

    Like ispelunker.com? Is this professional, or some sort of joke?

    Yes it is a joke, duh!!! Kudu's to you for attaining even higher levels of stupidity.

    And you're somewhat of an expert on second rate web sites, that's for sure. Go back to your real estate web site and changing backup tapes. Thanks.

    And you are an expert at swallowing buckets of cum from donkeys and mules.

  6. I miss my ST on Classic Computer Magazine Archive · · Score: 1
    A blast from the past http://www.atari.st/ has a few issues of ST Format and other stuff.

    And my own Falcon Desktop page(menus only work in IE)

    The Falcon still is a remarkable machine, full gui and tcp/ip stack plus webbrowser and a few other goodies would all fit on a floppy. Maybe one day I will get some time to scan in the reviews from ST Format and ST user. MultiTos added a BSD based multitasking kernel which was only 64k(Apple was not the first to create a consumer based *nix computer MINT)TOS

  7. Re:Who needs another disk player on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 1
    I still do not buy the "better quality music" bit. The human ear can only hear so much and it is incapable of hearing the full audio spectrum of cd's. If there was an issue of clarity as in records or tapes vrs cd's, then the point might be valid, but CD's have no distortion because it is a digital format(unless the master has distortion). With CDs, all the music is there, it is up to the equpiment to bring it out.

    Yeah, a car is pretty poor place to spend moeny on audio equipment. Even the best audio equipment cannot overcome 50 db of ambient noise in the cars interior.

  8. Re:Who needs another disk player on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 1
    The lower mids and upper bass is what get's lost in these systems and is what maeks them useless for music. all sub/sattelites systems crossover the bass at way to high of a frequency and cause a lot of music to sound very poor. A large part of the sopectrum which shoukd be in stereo is played in mono and you get poor reproduction.

    There is no substitute for large woofers

  9. Re:Who needs another disk player on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 1

    I have two sets of speakers connected, a pair of old 3 way JBL's D315's and a JBL SCS135 surround system. The SCS135 system sounds incredible for DVD playback, but is only okay for music. The D315's are great for music, but need to be driven hard with lot's of power to appreciate them(these speakers were made for heavy metal:). The big 15 inch woofers and lots of power eliminate the need for a subwoofer and turning on the sub creates a rather annoying boom. The reason for both sets is because different mediums require different approaches. Listen to a John Bonham solo through a sat/sub setup and then through a traditional pair of big woofer speakers and you will see exactly what I am talking about.

  10. Re:In the long run on Open Source More Expensive In the Long Run? · · Score: 1
    We can just spend hours on the phone explaining to the average retard what should have been on page 2!

    So someone is a retard because they are not an expert on a single product like you. Did you know your mechanic, doctor, lawyer etc all could think the same about you. Could you imagine your dentist saying

    "You retard, you are supposed to get all the plaque off of your teeth. What idiot taught you how to brush. Now you are wasting my time by making me have to earn the dental bill I am sending you by cleaning your teeth. You know there are other people who have more important dental problems I could be fixing and now you are wasting their time by not brushing your teeth properly"

    And FYI, we have several highly professional tech support people we contact on a daily basis. They understand that they are the experts on that one particular system and that we depend upon them to resolve issues quickly, just as our users depend upon us to resolve their issues. It is the chain and any tech support person who does not understand this will not have a very profitable career.

  11. Re:Who needs another disk player on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 1

    5.1 encoding is meaningless in attempting to reproduce music. The band plays in front of you, not in the front with the drummer in the left rear and the guitarist in the right rear, and the bassist roaming around the audience. The .1 takes the bass out of the music and causes and unnatural sound.

  12. Re:Who needs another disk player on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 2, Insightful
    The target audience here, for now anyway, is clearly audiophiles and people who want to use their 5-speaker home theater setup for music as well

    Audiophiles do not listen to music in home theater mode.

  13. Re:Who needs another disk player on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 1
    If you're listening on any kind of home theater equipment, the difference between CD and SACD or DVD-A is very easy to hear, particularly if you've got a full six channels. If you're listening on crappy headphones or computer speakers, it's less apparent.

    Most people as well as myself do not listen to music in 5.1,6.1 or 7.1 format. Pumping 2 channels through 4 channels 2 of which are time delayed will cause undesireable effects in the music. The .1 is your subwoofer and in most cases you really want to turn it off for listenign to music. Okay listening to Pink Floyd in 5.1 is incredible, but it does not reproduce the original music.

    My receiver has several built in surround modes for music, things like Studio, Arena etc... These are nice sometimes, but they also degrade the music and do not faithfully reproduce it. In other words, you are hearing a difference because of the audio processing, you are not hearing a difference in the actual music.

  14. Re:Who needs another disk player on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 1

    Wow, those numbers are impressive. Doesn't mean you can hear the difference. No speakers or amplifiers currently on the market as well as typical human hearing can take full advantage of the audio spectrum of regular CD's, SACD is a complete waste.

  15. Re:Jargon on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gee, a little of RTFA might help you here.

  16. Who needs another disk player on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Who can tell the audio difference between SACD and CD. It might be higher quality, but can people actually hear the difference.

  17. Obligatory FP on New Audio Disc Formats and Copyrights · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP, WhooHoo

  18. Time tested concepts on How Do People Evaluate a Web Site's Credibility? · · Score: 1
    Appearance is extremely important, that is why you put on your "sunday best" to go to church, temple, mosque. That is why you wear a suit to an interview or to meet an important client. It has long been shown that attractive people are viewed as more credible than unattractive people.

    We all know that "you never get a second chance to make a first impression," and that applies to websites also.

    The content is not as important as the "believability" of that content. The credibility of that content is based upon the appearance of the site presenting it. If the site is not presenting itself in a professional manner, then a second rate website will be considered to have second rate content.

  19. Re:I dont mind the eye candy on How Do People Evaluate a Web Site's Credibility? · · Score: 1

    Moz might be highly CSS2 compliant, but compliance does not mean it is done in an attractive manner

  20. Useless idea on Is W3C's P3P Good Privacy? · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The flaw in P3P is that it assumes people have preferences in these matters. Most people simply do not care. For those who do care, it is even more flawed because nobody has the will power to avoid their favorite websites because of disagreements over the sites privacy policies. How many Slashdotters would quit using Slashdot if Slashdot needed to sell some customer information to stay afloat?

    It is a solution looking for a problem

  21. All we need on Could Eolas End Microsoft's Browser Dominance? · · Score: 1

    This is all we need, a further split in commonly used web technologies and a return to not only proprietary formats, but proprietary implementations.

  22. What would be cool is... on My Compost Bin And I · · Score: 1

    If the compost bin was made out of an old iMac case.

  23. We never went to the moon!!! on NASA Cancels Moon Hoax Book · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because the moon doesn't exist.

  24. Re:Reliability on IBM's "Pixie Dust" Drives Improved · · Score: 1
    (R)edundant (A)rray of (I)nexpensive (D)isks.

    (R)edundant (A)rray of (I)nexpensive (D)drives.

    (R)edundant (A)rray of (I)ndependant(D)isks.

    (R)edundant (A)rray of (I)ndependant(D)drives.

    (R)edundant (A)rray of (I)DE(D)disks.

    (R)edundant (A)rray of (I)DE(D)drives.

    There is no OFFICIAL definition of RAID.

  25. Re:Paula? Is that you? on PPC Amigas Go On Sale · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm only interested if they rename the PPC chip "Even Fatter Agnus".

    That would be "Rubenesque Agnes" or perhaps "BBW Agnes"