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  1. anyone remember red october? on Old Film to DVD Transfers Examined · · Score: 1

    there was a short segment that referred to having the original camera lens that took a picture, using lasers to map the imperfections in the lens, and then making a higher resolution picture than the film was capable of, by extrapolating the imperfections out of the negative..

    I wonder, if you could digitize at a higher resolution that the grain, and use such a hypothetical match on the original lenses, to even improve on that scan method....

    (what ever happend to those damn round disc film cartridges anyway-- ya know, the ones that came out between 35mm and APS?)

  2. Re:Nonsense on Vonage's CEO Says VoIP Blocking Is 'Censorship' · · Score: 1

    um, ok... it doesn't provide services to others outside the premises if they call and leave a message on the answering machine connected to my voip router?

    how is it any different if someone elses computer contacts mine, and leaves a bunch of converted to analog voice data, or a ftp file?

    my machine is serving up the facility for folks to put data through my pipe, and leave it in my house,...

    that's a server.

    what makes me believe that voip would be blocked?
    IT ALREADY IS BEING BLOCKED BY SOME COMPANIES

    furthermore, comcast is coming out with their own VOIP service, and you can be damn sure they'll do what they can to make their service more 'useful'

  3. Re:I have a question for you, if you are willing. on Vonage's CEO Says VoIP Blocking Is 'Censorship' · · Score: 1

    "comes online"? it's a port that is listening.
    http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gc i212964,00.html

    1) In information technology, a server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs (and their users) in the same or other computers.

    the linksys voip router, is darn sure providing 'services' to other computer programs and their users...

    it's not like I sent out a request for a web page, it's sitting there, waiting for something (vonage for example) to make a request of it...

  4. Re:Nonsense on Vonage's CEO Says VoIP Blocking Is 'Censorship' · · Score: 1

    Really,
    http://www.comcast.net/terms/use.jsp
    par t xiv.

    run programs, equipment, or servers from the Premises that provide network content or any other services to anyone outside of your Premises LAN (Local Area Network), also commonly referred to as public services or servers. Examples of prohibited services and servers include, but are not limited to, e-mail, Web hosting, file sharing, and proxy services and servers;


    is not a voip box ANY of those?
    so comcast MAY in your view block voip?

  5. I have a question for you, if you are willing. on Vonage's CEO Says VoIP Blocking Is 'Censorship' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My isp, comcast, specifically, for the entry level cable modem account, PROHIBITS in the AUP the use of servers for the end user.
    (with comcast pro, this can be waved)

    Do you not consider the hardware reciving input when a voip customer recieves a call on the end users machine to not be within the definition of a server? or do you think that this portion of an AUP is illegal, and therefore should be ignored? ala civil disobedience- or a third possibility I haven't considered.

    I'd like to know- comcast reserves the right to block ports when customers are found running servers....

    whats your response to that?

  6. Mod parent back up! on Microsoft Robots to Watch Kids · · Score: 1

    to whoever scored the above off topic?
    have you seen the movie? there's this really neat toy teddybear in it.. and it plays with/talks to kids....

  7. Re:Evil can only spawn its like. on Microsoft Robots to Watch Kids · · Score: 1

    i'm suddenly reminded of AI
    I'm picturing an entire tribe of those animatronic robot teddy bears, out in the woods, hunting for, something....

    FWIW loved your post, I don't think they would kill their masters, but rather the master's offspring.. do this all at once, and you have a nice generation gap 20/30 years later to really have the teddy survivors drive a wedge into..

  8. assume the position? on Build Your Own TV Without Broadcast Flags · · Score: 1
    see the legislatures position is smiling, holding out a hand for green insulation.

    it's the average citizen that would do well to have a large supply of petroleum jelly on hand..

  9. it's an empty case on Intel Flaunts Mac mini Knock-off · · Score: 5, Informative
    built soley for show..

    they haven't done anything but stick a clock on the face of an empty stylish plastic box yet.

    apple is shipping....

  10. Re:I'm not confident -- Oh, The Children, sob... on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    are emancipated teens allowed to vote?

  11. Re:I'm not confident -- Oh, The Children, sob... on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't think it's age-I think it's citizenship

    as in, the goverment is empowered to execute citizens who wrong the goverment, and minors (non-voting folks that they are) aren't CITIZENS as such, they are chattel, with some rights, but damn few privledges, and in exchange for not getting those privledges, they are not liable to the same extent.

    What I want to know? if a minor is tried as an adult, and aquitted, does he get to vote? why not?? it's been acceptably proven that the individual in question is as responsible as an adult....

  12. Re:two methods come to mind.... on AirPort Express Streaming Audio From Any Program · · Score: 1

    another thought...
    http://www.maxivista.com/
    makes a pseudo vga driver in your main pc and delivers it via network to a second pc-caveat, can't use mouse/keyboard on local pc to run the app....

  13. Re:two methods come to mind.... on AirPort Express Streaming Audio From Any Program · · Score: 1

    use output stacker to bring audio to both the laptop and the pc -simultaneously with two audio devices out- you can use both sets of speakers, and turn down the laptop when you are in range of the desktop speakers.. which you turn up..

    I suggested the USB soundcard as it has 5.1 optical out- one EXPENSIVE cable to hook to a good stereo.

  14. the intergalactic community doesn't use DNC on Craigslist to Beam Ads into Space (for Free) · · Score: 2, Funny

    what do you think really causes novas?

  15. two methods come to mind.... on AirPort Express Streaming Audio From Any Program · · Score: 1

    if the server/desktop has XP PRO, then use remote desktop connection, and "leave audio on server"

    2nd- additionally, if you want to watch via winamp, you can also use output stacker (a plug in that may no longer be available (see stories about ripping from music stores via this method)) to have the audio go out to two different destinations I use output stacker to have the audio from winamp play over a lyra wireless sound device connected to my stereo.

    a third solution, has nothing to do with the audio being on the PC, buy a cheap USB audio adapter, http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/products/audioadva ntage/ thing is smaller than most flash drives, and does 5.1 optical out, or provide a 2nd headphone jack- I have one on an OLD pc that I upgraded to XP, and XP couldn't use my soundcard (srs?) at all.. it is very CPU intensive, (kinda/exactly like a winmodem does)

    for the old PII 300mhz machine it's on, it provides excellent sound, but that machine can't display divx/xvid and audio at the same time..
    (ok, it does, at 3 frames a second or so- even in a box)-- with the audio plug disconnected, video picks up considerably, (but I can't hear it then)

    caveat, it's REALLY touch about it's port, unplug it from a USB connection, and connect it to any other USB port, and you WILL have to reboot

    as for changeover due to proximity? sorry- can't help, but with output stacker as I described, you can turn down the laptop and up the PC when you get closer....

    not sure about the framerate, video over RDC-never tried it.

    Luck....

  16. Thus spake the huddled masses on Music Labels May Seek Higher Download Prices · · Score: 1

    baaaaa!

  17. Re:Gerber Custom on Best Leatherman-Style Multitool? · · Score: 1
  18. kyocera7135-how did it slip in at verizon on Short History of Cellphone Ringtones · · Score: 1

    I can convert any mp3 to a ringtone, software included.. considering their "security" model, how did they approve that phone, I'll never know

  19. Re:Maybe something I'll look into on SLI Primer · · Score: 4, Informative
    you do realize how spot on identicle they must be?

    same revision, same card almost?

    ever tried to add a 2nd CPU to a multi CPU system 18 months later?

  20. Re:Obligatory random != pseudo random on Is the iPod Shuffle Playing Favorites? · · Score: 1

    Problem using language to describe math

    and if you start over, you get the same results.

    it's not mathmatically generated random numbers
    it's input random generation

    the original post, you can't mathmatically generate random numbers, is still correct.

    BTW biggest proof our BASIC mathmatical knowledge is incomplete? you still can't divide by zero.

  21. not sure the scale of equipment you are looking at on Unattended Equipment Loan System? · · Score: 1

    But, my off the wall idea is similar to the chains on shopping carts.. around here, you insert a quarter, or some places, a #'d tag into a slot, and the lock pops open, they are mainly used to keep carts from flying all over the lot..
    --you don't get your quarter back until you put the cart into another cart or other spot with available chains... they don't have to be quarters.

    Do these devices have kensington slots? run the cable on the kensington slot (or weld some cables on) and issue unique tokens/keys that are left behind when someone unlocks an item.. something awol? pull the tag and see who's it is.

    in my search for examples to include, I also found this potentially applicable site
    http://bike.hampshire.edu/development/summary/ about setting up community bikes & security..
    skim it, they cover mechanical to electrical to complex tracking.

  22. A major problem with your plan. on Visa To Push Swipeless Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    Ever go to the post office?
    they flat out refuse to accept such.
    (individual offices aside, they are all supposed to be doing this like gangbusters)

    For that matter, most merchant agreements (I've read enough) also instruct merchants not to accept such, but instruct that the customer must sign the card, or be refused...

  23. that's what image code is for, like johnny johnny. on ALA President Not Fond of Bloggers · · Score: 1

    they filter the noise.

  24. Re:I'd believe the FCC can't ditacte device design on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 1

    "the FCC does not have the authority to dictate device design."

    I missed the subsection that refers to "unless it doesn't limit you"

  25. really? on Court Says FCC Out-of-Bounds With Digital TV · · Score: 1

    http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/vchip.html

    As of January 1, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required all new television sets 13 inches or larger to contain the V-chip technology