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  1. you've never read a novella on Clarion Sci-Fi Auction · · Score: 1

    that later became a book? ender's game for example?

  2. Agreemsg on Death to the Fanboy Press · · Score: 1

    I've oft wished that at the top of the story (once selected) there were running totals of the mod points applied to that story.. anytime the balance was 50%> of all mod points went to funny, I could skip it.

  3. ok, I am having a bad morning 'splaining myself on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1
    original post I replied to- what can you do with a 500$ pc you can't with a 500$ mac.

    I was trying to retort, that for $500, I can type, navigate, and SEE.. the 1k monitor comment was a add-on..

    so- let me start over for 500$, pc vs mac,

    I can see a lcd screen, and type, and navigate...

    p.s. did you know that the cheapest monitor is 1k at apple? wow...

  4. Re:Headless Alternative for Less on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1
    and you do know, they UP THE COST right?

    I can get a comparable dell, with LCD monitor, for less than the apple mini

    I still want one.

  5. Re:Headless Alternative for Less on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 0, Redundant
    type on my keyboard, navigate with my mouse, and look at the LCD screen.--

    apples CHEAPEST monitor option is still a $1000 cinema display-

  6. you missed- parent missed on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs? · · Score: 1

    both lcd's provide only for RCA video input, not vga

  7. got it...-- on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs? · · Score: 1
    Airpanel, with smart display dock.. runs windows CE on it's own, recieves & transmits wifi- and the dock---they are flying out on ebay (NOS) around 299, (dock extra) seems they are soon to be discontinued--

    Turn your airpanel into a primary monitor. Includes VGA pass through and on-screen display controls. Easy expansion with additional USB (2) ports for keyboard and mouse support. Charge your airpanel battery while docked. Attractive, compact design saves desk space

    whattya think?

  8. why I love my toshiba tivo. on Linux Looms Large in DVRs, PVRs · · Score: 1
    http://customersupport.tivo.com/knowbase/root/publ ic/tv1199.htm

    TiVo Basic service is free but is not available to stand alone TiVo Digital Video Recorders (DVRs), which are not intended for use without a subscription to the TiVo service. You can upgrade to TiVo Plus or to Product Lifetime service. For more information on the TiVo Product Lifetime service, go to What Is 'Product Lifetime Service'?

  9. 14 years in Jail or move to Ecuador and on Biggest Identity Thief Ever Gets Put Away · · Score: 1
    mom loses her house.

    bail coulda been secured by someone's residence...

  10. but this sucker can also display temp on Adding Pizazz to Your RAM · · Score: 1

    which means, you can run it faster...

  11. reading your post-= I keep hearing Doc Brown on Adding Pizazz to Your RAM · · Score: 1

    1.21 Jigawatts?

  12. 32 million high speed lines nationwide on US Ranking for Broadband Falls · · Score: 1
    per pg 20 of the PDF-- 30 odd mil for residences and small biz/ 2.3 mil for larg biz/gov/institutions..

    look at the individual states, IL has over a million high speed lines..it's the highest state for one I would not have thought of as a GIMMIE for how #'s.. but I guess chicago clinched it for them

    it's really ooky to see the breakdown by state..

  13. diasgreemsg on US Ranking for Broadband Falls · · Score: 1

    in this time of number portability, any # can be at any location.. better is zip+4

  14. concerning your Point D above. on Breakthrough Efficient, Paintable Solar Cells · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I love your well reasoned and well thought out comments.. if they are raw and new for this post, I'm even flabergasted.

    I would point out, that -mostly yer right- some elements can find non-standard solutions, near montery there is a lake that is used for hydroelectric generation on a 24 hour clock.. during the day this lake pours downhill generating electricity, and at night it gets pumped back up to the lake above.. in effect, a giant battery- profitable because the utility company pays via a time of day meter, enough for the daytime demand/rate of pay to the owners- over the consumption of the pumping during the night at a reduced electrical charge rate. Your point D is what made me think of creating my response, you cover it in the base, get a large energy storage array (i.e. batteries) these don't have to be chemical- and it's important people continue to look for solutions- "outside the box"-- I think you do.

    ideas I've had sparking since typing this up-how many different mechanical means I wonder- are their, for a necassary 'energy storage array' -- compressed air, a normal water tower, a series of springsthat get wound up.. the options are quite broad....

  15. where do I volunteer on Security Holes Draw Linux Developers' Ire · · Score: 1

    to help fix windows......

  16. Re:RTFA on CES 2005 Day 1 - Walking The Show Floor · · Score: 1
    Ya think moron- but- look at my comment again.. that part between ( and )

    guess who is thinking moron now.

  17. Re:The Phantom on CES 2005 Day 1 - Walking The Show Floor · · Score: 1

    didja think to ask- what kind of video card? (nvidia I'm guessing- but- which?)

  18. Re:Hmm. on CES 2005 Day 1 - Walking The Show Floor · · Score: 1
    I see, you draw the line at being eye candy that's paid directly by the appreciative eyes..

    so long as ATI is the pimp'n middle man, it's ok..

    I'm ok with strip clubs myself, and believe the direct donor method much better than the ambigious third party.. how else ya gonna touch'em?

  19. follow all the flocking male crowds on CES 2005 Day 1 - Walking The Show Floor · · Score: 4, Funny
    thanks for the advice,

    I ended up in the gay filmmakers pavilion

  20. Re:Not a stock investor... on 2004 Digital Media Winners and Losers · · Score: 0

    Hmm, I got tivo for free. what does that make me? not tech savy-- consumer savy?

  21. Re:It's those idiot greens again on The Tin-Whisker Menace · · Score: 1
    as opposed to all then TONS of alternate materials/consumer goods that will be disposed of because they have tin whiskers?



    hmm.. .2 grams of lead in a processor? tossed after 10 years, or the whole computer, tossed every 2 years, because "it just stopped working vern"

  22. Re:Simple solution-THAT FAILS on Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams · · Score: 2, Informative
    owning a veo webcam, which can be searched for in similar fashion (I did, before I bought mine) I can tell you, I can't do JACK to the mini-server built into the camera. I can but give the camera a firmware update..

    further, if security is the issue, there are indexes that IGNORE robots.txt file, (and I'm sure there are some that actively look for robots.txt that are exclusionary) not everyone lives by the motto "do no evil"

    a spider reading the robots.txt is a nice, perfect world, internet convention, much like SMTP- and we all know how well that ended up.

  23. Re:which begs the question, on SanDisk Spins SD/USB Flash Combo · · Score: 1

    yes, exactly like that.. thanks for that.

  24. which begs the question, on SanDisk Spins SD/USB Flash Combo · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Why isn't there a memory card format that's just a USB stub, and a small bit of chip- like a thumbdrive or a diskkey or usb drive or whatever they are called this week.

    how large does a usb key have to be- could it be made to go within a camera?

  25. got ten bucks? on When Should Children Be Introduced to Computers? · · Score: 1
    I was gonna pick up IPAL Creative Coloring Book Station this week, so my kid is only 20 months old, we'll play together.

    my only tidbit- are you prepared to give the kid their own computer- or to give yours up? the tivo in my home hangs over my computer, and for some reason, my son loves watching barney standing between me and my keyboard. sometimes he will allow me to sit him on my shoulders and type

    there are a lot of 'keyboard banger' games out there, try baby keys from here in full screen