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  1. 20 GB enough? on The Future of Hard Drives: Ballistic Magnetoresist · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Really, for most non-warez (and related) people, a 20GB harddrive would be more than enough.
    um, time was, 3.4 gigs were enough Pent II systems
    time was, 200 Megabytes was plenty Pent/Pent PRo
    time was, 20 megaybytes (pc xt) was plenty
    time was, a 300k floppy was plenty apple //e

    Wait for it, and the usefulness of a terabyte to a home user will be achieved in our lifetimes

  2. Deja Vu? on Buy a Segway... Please · · Score: 0
    This so smacks of sir clive sinclair
    and his downfall, the c5

    it's known as history people...

    Sinclair- noted inventor, compared to edison
    Sinclair- invented novel weather exposed,
    and not very compatible with existing traffic
    vehicle, that a few die-hards bought, and killed his rep & company

    http://www.sinclairc5.com/sinclairstory/c5built.ht m

  3. Re:Yellow Pages on Interesting Privacy Decision in New Hampshire · · Score: 0
    I'm reminded of the Oregon journalists who took their Mayors, Chief of Police, and DA's trash..
    http://www.wweek.com/flatfiles/News3485.lasso

    how much would you like to bet, if you started displaying 'the courts' personal info, they might have had a different point of view.

  4. Why not get a dell custom? got cash? on Buying a Small, Light Linux Notebook Computer? · · Score: 0

    http://www.dell.com/us/en/esg/topics/linux_000_pro ducts.htm Linux solutions on DellTM OptiPlexTM desktops and LatitudeTM notebooks may be ordered via Dell's Custom Factory Install service at http://www.dell.com/us/en/esg/services/service_cfi ClientCFIServices.htm

  5. Re:Wrong, moron-wrong yerself on Symantec Claims They Knew About Slammer In Advance · · Score: 0

    Average joe-sixpack, you'd do not have a legal obligation to report it to 911 walking down the beach, if I see someone drowning, I have no legal obligation to call anyone.. this changes if I'm employed as a lifeguard.. to be an accessory, requires ACTION, inaction is not punishable.

  6. this is stupid. on UK Parliament Domain Without Registrar · · Score: 0

    They want a SSL cert, so they can sell stuff. does the site parliment.uk have to be the same site that 'sells stuff'? can the ordering of govermnet publications be handled by a second site? i.e. www.parliment-gpo.co.uk?

  7. Re:Turing test? on Websites Complaining About Screen-Scraping · · Score: 0

    Hell, the simplest would be an easy reading comprehension or logic test with a short-answer blank - the computer would never get it, and all humans would. a short logic test, and all humans would get the answer? like- the woman who cooked her laptop?

  8. Re:Um... what's the big deal? on RFID: The New Big Brother ? · · Score: 0

    "They won't know my name,"

    do you plan on paying with a credit card?
    at the point of swiping, a pulse goes out, both the purchases, and what you are currently wearing, recorded and filed.

  9. This will completely invert the age old argument on Low Profile Satellite TV Antennas for Vehicles · · Score: 0

    known as "shotgun"

  10. "the studio" on Why Do Games and Game Studios Fail? · · Score: 0

    Other day, I was babysitting for a friend
    and the kid wanted to play some games
    he's 4

    I burned thru shockwave, found squat
    went to nick.com, found lots to keep him busy

    I can totally see, renting a movie unknown to myself
    based on the studio, in certain circumstances
    (disney)

  11. Re:There's a name for it- different name- on Handshake via the Internet · · Score: 0

    Via google teledildonics 1,930 results
    cyberdildonics 1,080.

  12. Re:oh my! on Handshake via the Internet · · Score: 0

    Cyberdildonics.. I can find references from at least 1999 Old for porn... really not that exciting.

  13. ok, here's an advantage.. BINARY NOT REQUIRED. on Water Computing · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm looking at this things imagery and thinking, HEY! the image of the crossed streams
    (and at that simple phrase somthing involving pee comes to mind)
    allows the possibility that you could have a thick block, and a three lines in for water, and a trinary gate.. if only one of the streams is feeding, it still comes out the bottom, but with 2, they'd deflect together down the opposite side, (of three combinations) and all three streams at once would feed (with the right angle) straight down the middle. Hmm?

  14. Re:Hardware Sales == Lost Money on More on Microsoft vs. Lik Sang · · Score: 0

    more like 100$-125

    http://news.com.com/2100-1040-253654.html

    Blodget estimates Microsoft will "lose $125 on every Xbox console--and that's before taking into account" sales, marketing and other administrative costs.

  15. But only ONE packet ever gets through! on Exchange Email Addresses With A Handshake · · Score: 0

    And even that one rarely does..

  16. Brings a whole new meaning to two little words on Exchange Email Addresses With A Handshake · · Score: 0

    Personal Firewall.

  17. why banners- someone will find a way on Advertising on a Free Wireless Network? · · Score: 0

    instead, make each link on a loaded webpage, a page to an ad, (or every 5th) then the last thing to load on the ad is a link to the desired page..

    (ever crawl thru msnhomeadvisor?- every few pages, instead of your page you get a 'sponsor' page)

  18. Registered user? on Interview with Tron Creator Steven Lisberger · · Score: 0

    "I think that's a requirement of being a registered linux user, right? "

    oh crap, was I supposed to register?

  19. Re:Heh, on Tattoo To Monitor Diabetes · · Score: 0

    Look boss! I need sugar cane!

  20. I could do this with CF on a wintel machine.. on Convert Unneeded VRAM Into A Storage Device · · Score: 0

    I have a CF card reader that works as a small drive I could certainly put the Swap file on it.

    upto a 512 mb, it's slower than ram, but faster than a hard drive..

  21. An extra four to eight hours a week on Do Long Work Hours Affect Code Quality? · · Score: 0

    " An extra four to eight hours a week increases output by 10 to 20 percent or more" Wow, 10 to 20 percent extra time equates with 10 to 20 percent of results? Whoda thunk it.

  22. Re:Agreed on Do Long Work Hours Affect Code Quality? · · Score: 0

    "Even if later they decided not to promote you on that basis you could take action against them. " Really hard to prove methinks..

  23. Ya do know that Dr. Pepper is on How Could TV Survive Without Commercials? · · Score: 0

    a coke owned (and therefore advertised) product?

  24. Re:The Slashdot Summary is somewhat misleading on FEC Permits Anonymous SMS Spam · · Score: 0

    "just too small for disclosure statements to be practical. "

    Buttons have copywrite notices in small print along the bottom.. why can't they have disclosure statements

    A simple identifying multi digit code or even an 800# would only be ten digits.. plenty of space..

    a truly effective method of politicking then, since you don't have to identify yourself, would be to send an SMS on behalf of your opponent, to everyone, ten times a day..
    after all, you do want to see the 'better' man win, don't you

  25. The yamaha CRW-F1 may be the response. on Super Audio CDs Rolling Your Way · · Score: 0

    the review of this cdrw which I skimmed a few days ago at cnet
    http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-1095-405-2019 2504.html?tag=rev-rev

    includes the ability to
    " the drive also supports an intriguing new technology dubbed DiscT@2, which lets you "tattoo" images onto CD-R media."

    hmm, maybe it'll burn a watermark.,