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  1. I'm curious on Whisper Heard From Pioneer 10 · · Score: 1

    What if they bombarded it with a very powerful signal telling it to send back messages piece by piece in a very predictable way, that way when it sent back something NASA would know what piece of the message that it was and then could decipher the message piece by piece instead of trying to interpret the whole. sorta like a slow TCP/IP network. just send it back a bunch of yes/no type messages confirming what it sent. better yet, what if they instructed it to bounce the message off of other bodies in space, used them as repeaters?

  2. Re:Conglomeration on EA As The Next Disney · · Score: 1

    Yeah, no shit.....just look at what happened to Westwood Studios after EA got them. They went from having a very diverse portfolio to just being this RTS cog in the EA wheel. I really hated seeing Westwood go to pot like that. Am I the only person that liked the Kyrandia series?

  3. Re:Fair use restored, dancing in the streets repor on ElcomSoft Verdict: Not Guilty · · Score: 1

    actually no. Elcomsoft's program was designed to help people with the proper intent of breaking passwords on e-books that they had created themselves but forgotten. DVDs are not delievered in ANY kind of end user format that would cause the user to need to break some password or encryption that they set. They are MUCH different.

  4. Re:Sony and Microsoft should be throwing up props on Miyamoto vs. Everyone Else · · Score: 1

    actually I got hooked on the Sega Master System which was much more mature in the content of it's games. Not mature as in blood and gore, but mature as in Zillion vs. Super Jump up and down Bros. SMS fans know what I'm talking about. SO I give my hats of to Service Games.

  5. Note to self on DARPA Has $3.2M to Sniff You Out · · Score: 1

    Steps to hide from government smell detectors: Perfect the "scumbag" smell. Move into US Capitol Building.

  6. IN SOVIET RUSSIA on Tunnelling NTP Through a Firewall? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    NTP tunnels through YOU!

  7. power leakage? on Andy Grove Says End Of Moore's Law At Hand · · Score: 1

    You mean energy loss due to heat? If that's the case just route that heat into a heat plate to boil some water to run little steam turbine generators. Then with the excess steam have it condense and collect into an irrigation system used to water your indoor greenhouse which grows the vegtables which you eat...I don't see any power leakage there...well until you go take a dump I guess.

  8. What a time to be alive! on Cable Companies Despise PVRs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All of these new, consumer-enabling devices pissing off old economy thinking. I love it! Napster may be dead but I love how old economy thinkers use it in their FUD speeches. Everything that threatens them is named "The Napster of..."

  9. Re:Pocketnet death date. on AT&T Trying to Pull a Fast One with PocketNet? · · Score: 1

    yeah, they better get cheaper REALLY QUICK. Now that Sprint is offering unlimited PCS Vision for a mere $10, ATT can be prepared to loose their butt if they don't do something similar.

  10. the Crimson Guard cam on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ya know, with my GI Joe Crimson Guard Twins I can take their little skyhook thingy, attach a camera to them, and slide them down the stairs...that'd be so cool! But mom says I have to be in bed by 8 so I'll post my story about it tomorrow!

  11. Re:Subway driver? on Real-Time Collaborative Mapmaking · · Score: 2, Informative

    actually GPS in it's purest form could never map the subway, just places where it went above ground. TO map underground they'd need some sort of OnStar type system that relied on more than just a GPS signal.

  12. thumbs up to big brother on Real-Time Collaborative Mapmaking · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    you've come a long way baby. next stop....AMERICA!

  13. Re:Who uses passport anyway on Liberty Alliance Having Problems · · Score: 1

    well yes and no. As far as being forced to use passport for hotmail....you don't HAVE to have a passport to read hotmail, but a passport account is automatically created for you when you get a hotmail account. and No the microsoft wallet hasn't gone away, it has transitioned to MSN Wallet, which will be a LOT more successful as MSN will make all sites in its shopping section use MSN wallet. The pieces are all in place, the checkmate has still not been executed.

  14. Something useful on System Optimization Guide for Gamers · · Score: 1

    Ok, now that he provided bait to get his server /.ed, maybe he can provide some real tweaking advice, like secret registry hacks or something. This was nothing but basic advice and a bunch of links. Woo hoo never seen that one done before...

  15. Re:More of the old MS bitching from Slashdot on Testing an Orange SPV 'Smartphone' · · Score: 1

    no shit....you notice that they don't talk about the Toshiba 2032 or other Pocket PC Phone Editions which rule. Smartphone 2002 is just a bastardized OS that will go away once the PPC PE gets into a small enough form factor.

  16. But what about.. on eDimensional Wired 3D Glasses Review · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ....I can't even get my asus glasses to work wth anything....can this be that much better?

  17. New Headline Microsoft buys Sendo on Sendo Can't Get Microsoft Source; Ditches Windows · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...and immediately fires their asses for being mooches. Smartphone 2002 is poised to kick Nokia's proprietary ass. ou wouldn't believe how many people I know that walked away from Nokia's communicator thingy when they found out they couldn't load windows CE apps on it. Nokia you are gonna lose. Sendo has already lost.

  18. Re:Hm on Antimatter Space Drive · · Score: 1

    What are you saying? Most of the brilliant technology we have today came from acid trips! How do you think we got a man on the moon?

  19. Whatever happened to a good educational foundation on Grab A Bunk In The Dot-Com Dorm · · Score: 1

    Instead of pushing this money grabbing mentality, why don't they make the students master the fundamental educational tenants first before putting them in the "Grow-a-Dell" incubator.

  20. stupid shit on Superhero Smackdown · · Score: 1

    Superman vs Batman is so dumb....they are both fighting the fight against evil, yet they go at it? What is their animosity based on? Who is the better do gooder? Really lame. Predator vs Aliens is a MUCH better idea, since the Predator hunts, and they actually show an Alien trophy in Pred 2. If they come out with this I'll definitely go see it.

  21. Re:Will they make them themselves? on Dell To Enter PDA Market · · Score: 1

    If you don't already know by now, most Pocket PCs are made by an OEM in Taiwan these days. They are basically all the same and they just change the button layouts and the front plate. Asus is coming out with one and I think it'll have a greater impact than Dell's PDA, IF they price it right. Asus is better known in the do DYI community and Asus has a good shot at capturing all the mom and pop business.

  22. Re:Tiered Pricing on Cable Industry Taking Control of the Net · · Score: 1

    essentially I see a time when we have bandwidth meters on our house just like the water and electric meter. It's the only way to be sure that we get what we are paying for.

  23. what I don't get on Microsoft Vandalizes NYC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is why these butterfly outfits are so "frumpy". If they really want to sell they need something that competes with the iMac girl. I want my (female) human butterfly wearing nothing but wings and a smile.

  24. roll eyes on First US Camera/Phone · · Score: 2, Funny

    ok, now that you've mastered the japanese kitch phone, please develop something useful. no one wants grainy porn photos made from your cell phone.

  25. hmmm on The Nation of Macintosh? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This might be pretty cool....now if they just did a linux version of it. Perhaps just open source junkies :0