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  1. so does cnet, has for at least 7 hours. on Dell To Sell To Retailers · · Score: 0

    http://news.com.com/2100-1001-954501.html?tag=fd_l ede

  2. no t-1 from qwest? on Ask About Setting Up a Community ISP · · Score: 0

    from faq
    q:Why all this struggle with Qwest?

    a:Qwest says they can't bring a T1 line anywhere near our neighborhood


    I thought the FCC tariff for phone companies had a REQUIREMENT that t-1 service be available to anyone in the US with telephone service.. or large ugly fines resulted.

  3. I'd much rather see blocking permits on NYC Law Aims To Ban Cell Phones In Theatres · · Score: 0

    Where a company could be approved for a cell phone blocker.. Let financial evolution decide where it belongs and where it doesn't, a requirement would be the business's would have to have a certain minimum sized sign out front stating the blocker is in service, and those who can't live without cellphones wouldn't go there, and those who can't stand them would go. Let the customers dollar decide.

  4. Re:Real world applications? on Amateur Quest For Lychrel Numbers · · Score: 0

    I just don't get the interest

    Obviously, you aren't a member of the knights templar.

  5. Ever read robert silverbergs 'the alien years' on NASA Plan to Read Brainwaves at Airports · · Score: 0

    If one in ten people can fool a lie detector by being calm, one in ten thousand could fool this by being a religious zealot who believes they are doing 'gods' work...

    It won't work.

  6. They cannot get their timeline straight! on Internet-enabled Robot to Mow Lawns · · Score: 0

    Electrolux OWNS Husqvarna

    And had a robotic Vaccuum cleaner they were showing as a demo in 1999
    see
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/465305.stm
    or
    http://www.eureka.com/whatsnew/robotvacupdate.htm
    (I know I wanted one then)

    Yet at the cnet story
    http://news.com.com/2100-1040-950135.html?tag=cd_m h

    the university researcher is quoted as saying
    "The next step is an automatic vacuum cleaner,"

    (something they've already done)

  7. Re:If you aim at work in the software industry. on Long-Term Career Plans for Programmers? · · Score: 0

    I wonder if that poster resides in redmond.

  8. Two old geezers sitting in a home in 2037 on Crypto Leash for Laptops? · · Score: 0

    "so- how'd you lose you hand, The war?" "nah- I carried a milspec laptop in 2004"

  9. Re:Drat! Foiled again! on Crypto Leash for Laptops? · · Score: 0

    Ask the Gov or Big Biz, to them- 99% of the time- the data is far more valuable than the machine.

  10. Oh good, enhanced mice on Mutant Gene Responsible for Speech? · · Score: 0

    Ever heard of a little movie called "the secret of nimh" ?

  11. Re:nuke? on In Case of Armageddon, Break Out the GIS · · Score: 0

    a lead lined trojan?

  12. Re:holy lenghtly URL on Touchscreen, Chair & Wheel Case Mod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ok, I got a point, and a comment, I finally registered today...