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  1. Windows 98SE support? on OpenOffice.org 2.0 Preview · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Has anyone installed it on Windows 98SE, with 64MB of RAM or less? Is that even possible with this release, or is another Office product better to go with?

  2. Re:Fandom makes for lazy writers on Can Sci-Fi Fans Face the Future? · · Score: 1

    I liked Nemesis.

    SPOILER for people who didn't see it yet:

    The scene where the Enterprise crashes, is about the best Trek scene ever. Ever ever. Way better than in Generations, where I really think they shouldn't have crashed the D.

  3. Re:Easy Solution on Debris is Shuttle's Biggest Threat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Polarizing the hull plating would make more sense [in Enterprise at least]. I'm sure once we figure out that deflector dishes should be standard fare, these accidents will take place much less often.

  4. Re:Fandom makes for lazy writers on Can Sci-Fi Fans Face the Future? · · Score: 1

    With no clear route for the next Star Trek Movie either, the future of Trek is looking dark indeed. Bring Back Kirk Trailer II had more insightful Trek storyline than some past Enterprise shows. It irked me to no end that they had so little of the Enterprise series take place on Earth, and obviously that's where a lot of the Federation building would have to take place.

  5. Sci-Fi fans are often nerds on Can Sci-Fi Fans Face the Future? · · Score: 0

    Nerds, unlike geeks, have not learned to integrate themselves into normal society. Change is frightening, and what can be more scary than not having your favourite TV show as an excuse to stay home away from people?

  6. Mod parent down... -1: Incorrect on Invisible Malware Install 65MB Large · · Score: 1

    Once you have it installed, it requires two patches in Windows update.

  7. Last year, when they upgraded their Boards... on eBay Scrambles to Fix Phishing Bug · · Score: 1

    eBay left a forum Admin tool accessible to the Web, and several, if not hundreds of users's personal information such as their address, phone number, and Board violations were accessible to people with the correct URL to view this information.

  8. Kazaa's Australian Assets Frozen on Kazaa's Australian Assets Frozen · · Score: 1

    Kazaa's Australian Assets Frozen

    - I'd have told them it was a bad idea to keep their money in a PayPal account, but they never thought to ask me I guess.

  9. Re:But you CAN transfer film to DVD at home on Old Film to DVD Transfers Examined · · Score: 1

    I recorded both the click-click and the narration of family, and myself. The click-click was more interesting to listen to, I don't have a good naration voice. I ended up wiping the audio track on some of the film clips, to save space on the DVD so more video and family pictures would fit.

  10. Re:But it works! on Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television · · Score: 1

    My reading comprehension doesn't need work, maybe my writing wasn't clear because I asumed you'd know where I was going with your comment.

    "'F'in this F'in that is extremely lazy, and limiting clique-talk.'

    If it conveys the message, why do you care?"

    That isn't a denial that it's lazy, and cliqueish, it's an admission. It's another debate as to whether that is ok or not, since maybe it's the next evolution of english to reduce the number of adjectives available to us. But it's a loss of clarity, for the sake of brevity, and exclusion of those they know their language will offend.

  11. Re:Would love to see ... on Old Film to DVD Transfers Examined · · Score: 1

    I too used this method too last Summer, moving 8mm to my Computer and VHS simultaneously, with a Sony video camera, a projector, screen, and an ATI All in Wonder 8500DV.
    It didn't work flawlessly, there is flicker I didn't try to remove using Virtual Dub's plugin for that, and the brightness leaves something to be desired, but I ended up with a DVD of precious memories.

  12. Re:But it works! on Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television · · Score: 1

    "
    Guess you never heard of 'you can't judge a book by its cover' huh?"

    I've heard of it, but for people who "convey their message" with F'in this F'in that, I see you acknowledge that the cover is what's in their book.

    Why do I care? Because I don't like lazy, rude, and cliquey people.

  13. Re:But it works! on Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television · · Score: 1

    "Why does using certain words automatically mean the speaker is unintelligent?"

    If the person is acting, it may not. However, most people who talk like they live on the street, have the education to go along with their vocabulary. Intelligence isn't only about knowing how to do things, or solve problems, it's also about social graces and acting appropriately for your company.

    F'in this F'in that is extremely lazy, and limiting clique-talk.

  14. Re:But it works! on Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television · · Score: 1

    "But if you had put the actual vowels in, I would have considered you an annoying kid."

    I think it has more to do with the context in which the "*" censorship is applied. Because the grandparent post was making an intelligent point with an example I consider the occasional swear to be non-offensive, and even insightful or funny. But a littany of f this, h that, g d etc is best use when stubbing your toe in private and not in a public forum where you're trying to show you have a brain to work with.

  15. Re:yes but.. on Gameboy Emulation on your MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    Didn't the original GB have an 8MHz CPU? Somehow I doubt even a 96Kbps MP3 would be playable on a processor that slow, and the speaker probably isn't capable of such fine sound output.

  16. Re:Does EBay profit on this practice? on eBay Accused of Price Gouging Scheme · · Score: 1

    eBay charges the seller a fixed rate to list an item, and a percentage of the final value of the item at the auction's close. In the Stores, this has gone up from about 5% to 8.5% in the past days.

    So yes, they do make more by bumping up bids to the next increment, when they wouldn't have to if their proxy system worked so that only if someone else bid against the high bidder, could the high bid be bumped up to the next increment.

  17. Re:Let me be the first to say on eBay Accused of Price Gouging Scheme · · Score: 1

    eBay is KING of evil, cent shaving scams.

    PayPal lost a class action suit [the settled] last year for not returning money when an auction was a scam.

    eBay SHOULD lose this, and a future lawsuit regarding their "faulty" billing system, which randomly double charges, and double bills users [after they've paid by PayPal they will charge your credit card on file, and if you ask for a refund they put the money in your eBay account, not back into PayPal or onto your Credit Card].

    $0.02 X 10,000,000 transactions = $200,000 in their pocket. Ever seen Office Space the movie?

  18. I use a much more simple system at the moment on Serial Burglar Caught on Webcam · · Score: 1

    I have a webcamera, and I can watch it using MSN messenger's webcam feature, and VNC into my computer at home to have a look at what the camera is pointing at. I'm definately going to set up this more advanced system now, since I have the highspeed internet connection and camera anyway.

  19. Re:Broadcast flag has been cracked on Napster Has Been Cracked · · Score: 1

    Don't laugh. One day they will incorporate a flag into the actual visual video of the broadcast, so that DRM'ed camcorders will black out the picture when it encounters a flag, much as photocopiers are designed these days to print a black sheet when you photocopy flagged currency.

  20. Re:In fairness to the cable companies... on Vonage Says VoIP Traffic Blocked By Providers · · Score: 1

    I assume the limitless IPs you refer to are IPv6? Is that the upgrade you mentioned? Won't a lot of applications have to be rewritten to accomodate that?

  21. Re:In fairness to the cable companies... on Vonage Says VoIP Traffic Blocked By Providers · · Score: 1

    http://www.dyndns.org and look at their update client, it may help you out a bit with the dynamic IP problem.

  22. Re:My passphrase... on MS Employee Calls for No More Passwords · · Score: 1

    That's all fine, until you go to log into a system, and accidentially type in the password where the user name goes, and the boss is looking over your shoulder.

  23. Worse than shutting the barn door when the horses on Enterprise Fans Buy Full-Page Ad In LA Times · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...have long gone.

    Paramount owns Star Trek, and will not let the show continue on anything but UPN, and they've probably already filled Enterprise's time slot with some crud on Friday nights at UPN.

  24. Re:Would the perfect height grass be edible? on Genetic Engineers Barking Up the Wrong Trees? · · Score: 1

    But the 6cm grass could end up taking over, perhaps because it would have better root systems, since it's water retention wouldn't be as great as tall grass's. Now even in the "wild" there is only 6cm grass growing in the ditches and fields, and nothing but weeds to be harvested as hay. Which might be really good for Canada, for a while, if this affected grass was only in the USA, since our hay export market would boom. Again, good for business, bad for life.

  25. Re:Autumn Anyone? Monsanto sucks on Genetic Engineers Barking Up the Wrong Trees? · · Score: 1

    I hate to break it to you, but Monsanto is alive and well in Canada too, sucessfully sueing Percy www.percyschmeiser.com/into the ground. Sure the federal government has officially canned one project recently, but still the common law here now about Monsanto's rights, are frightening.