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  1. Re:Uses? on OQO Ultra-Portable Impresses At CES · · Score: 2, Insightful

    with two sets of full size monitor/keyboard/mouse at home and work, you can always pick up where you left off.. + a full computer for use in the field... hmm.. it's like having three perfectly computers all perfectly synchronized....

  2. Re: Major problem. on OQO Ultra-Portable Impresses At CES · · Score: 1

    I posted about this on usenet once, the response I got was that you'll find out very fast about CF's million read/write cycle when you are using it for a harddrive and part of that is a swapfile...

  3. Re:So will they close legoland? on Lego Goes Back to the Basics: Building Blocks · · Score: 1
    if they do, I'll be there for the closeout auction..

    picture it, uniforms, nametags, trucks, the shops, the turnstiles.. youwza!

  4. Re:"What about the Slashdot Crowd?" on Lego Goes Back to the Basics: Building Blocks · · Score: 1

    I've already bought 4 sets for my 7 month old son
    a lego table (ages 5-10) with three chairs and 1200 pieces.. $150
    a lego R/c car from radioshack for 49.99 on sale (ages 10 & up) and two conventional sets.. later this week I will find lego clothes from overseas and order them, before they are ALL GONE (see this article) legos survive.. and mine will, in the attic..

  5. Re:Standard practice on Earthquake Prediction Months In Advance · · Score: 1

    No, that is wrong. They sell policies anyway.. they just don't go into effect until 30 days after purchase.

  6. could google toolbar make this work? on Micropayments Going Mainstream? Not Yet. · · Score: 1
    a little box- with a 'click here to pay' on the toolbar-
    next to it, a percentage of users who agreed it was a good value for money paid (like page rank)

    ex. you go to the NYtimes archive story you want, the page says, 2$ for this article (xxx words) and the toolbar is 'nytimes aware' you look at the google toolbar, see the button "click here to deduct 2$" 84% valued

    and as soon as you do click it, there is a 'yes/no' box on the toolbar, and you can add your voice to the %..

    do they have the membership & market share on the net to make this work?

  7. Well.. where does he live? on Apartment Lit Solely by LEDs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    'cause it'll save him all kinds of money on his cooling bill!

  8. 2nd on MIT Technology Review Slams IPv6 · · Score: 1
    There are so many IPv6 addresses that humanity will never run out of them--never, ever.

    hmm.. even when we go extrasolar as a species?

  9. Forgive me Mr. Moran on Where Will IBM Drop Windows? · · Score: 1

    The newsboards should be abolished in favor of rumor mongering...

  10. Re:This is silly on Should a '9200' Brand Mean a 9200 GPU? · · Score: 1

    for laptops. op that I replied to was talking about desktops.
    further, does that mean in your book, it's ok to shortchange laptop purchasers- but not desktop buyers? equal rights for all I say

  11. Re:This is silly on Should a '9200' Brand Mean a 9200 GPU? · · Score: 1

    and if I buy it, knowing in two years I'm going to buy a new whitebox- and plan on moving the videocard to the new whitebox?

  12. most unbelieveable website on Your Favorite Net.Art? · · Score: 1
    www.eye4u.com



    requires shockwave

    blows my mind every time I see it..
    nothing like it anywhere else I've ever seen.

  13. linking around randomly.. looky banru on Your Own Mecha · · Score: 1

    http://www.banryu.jp/

    very interesting....

  14. Re:Old idea. on Your Own Mecha · · Score: 1
    so- what's current..

    what's available in an exosuit from hell..


    Weight? hah, try a SheVa gun..

    Stability? Apply the genius of Dean Kamen

    well, we can hope current tech is more up to the reliabiliy & proofing required..

  15. Can anyone translate for me? on Your Own Mecha · · Score: 4, Funny

    I need to know how to say in Japanese, how much, and do you finance...

  16. correction- renamed it to aw_host5.old. on What is the Worst Tech Mistake You Ever Made? · · Score: 1

    that make more sense?

  17. Heh...screwed myself... on What is the Worst Tech Mistake You Ever Made? · · Score: 1
    I was trying to track down a device driver that wasn't working..
    I thought I had it, renamed aw_host5.sys to aw_host5.sys and rebooted.. turned out to be the keyboard driver.

    did I mention I have PC anywhere on this machine, so the ONLY way to boot is by hitting CTRL+ALT+DELTE (or inserting a card I don't have) at bootup?

  18. are you sure he is a good friend? on Lego to Stop Producing Mindstorms · · Score: 1

    I mean, you posted the page on slashdot.

  19. Re:showing their age on Lego to Stop Producing Mindstorms · · Score: 1

    a camera? for the wifi
    a ultrasonic/sonar range finder
    positional system (an x and y transmitter)

  20. Re:Indirect detection on Double Pulsar Discovered · · Score: 1
    -unless, there is energy coming in from somewhere else...

    a black hole, extra-terrestrials, cow farts- the NSA..

  21. Re:Lake Superior sPlashdotted on Stone Skipping the Scientific Way · · Score: 1

    that's it.. the P

  22. Re:magneto-optical on New Sony Minidisc Players · · Score: 1

    the DRM is only for music, encoded to be played off the device
    as for data - it will transfer from machine to machine... even mp3 data...

  23. Re:On the other hand, Sony will be offering... on Real Launches New Player, Music Store · · Score: 1
    YEA! (THANKS) and they are external drive usable!
    (yea!) 7 bucks a gig (cheaper then CF!)

    BTW, thanks for that--

  24. here's my challenge to IBM on Memo Confirms IBM Move To Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1
    how about selling desktops with linux?

    I just went through the 'let me build it' option for every class of desktop..

    how about an option for LINUX installed..
    every class had only windows versions as an option..

  25. let's say you design the next 'killer app' on TiVo sues EchoStar for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1
    something as basic as 'word processing'
    and some monopoly sees it, and makes it.
    just, completely ignores you..
    what do you do?

    do copyrights have no value or purpose in your world/ethical view?

    do you know what happened to the inventors of icicle lights?