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  1. the jump on Blu-Ray/Standard DVD Hybrids Planned · · Score: 2, Insightful
    from 'standard' consumer equipment is
    700 mb to 4.5 gb..



    the 9gb DVD is 2nd generation DVD burning.. want to guess what second gen blu/hdvd will bring?

  2. Congress must pass on MPAA Goes After More Bittorrent Site Operators · · Score: 1
    IANAL-- read the constitution, the aticle 6 where it mentions treaties...

    I don't think it's been tested, but I think SCOTUS would say, NO, congress does not have to make law to legalize a treaty, to enter into a treaty their must be a 2/3rds majority and presidential approval beforehand.... they are AUTOMATICALLY equivelant to the constitution in degree of enforcement..

    Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

  3. I can give you all but the G on Ultimate Wireless Webcam? · · Score: 1
    panasonic network cameras. 802.11b only -buy the wired model and put in a ethernet-g adapter.

    I own and love my veo observer, but it limits reception to IE users..

    I've since become EXTREMELY enamored of panasonic netcams, they only thing they suck on is sound, they have no audio... take a look at them try a websearch for urls that include "viewnetcam.com/" to find a camera on the internet-- I found one listed with someones posted hijack this log (I won't post the url) but it's an amazing device- push and pull motion jpegs, works on my palm phone (kyo 7135) at reasonable speed... If I didn't NEED sound, I'd replace my veo with this.. (there is a model that includes sound on panasonics JP site, that specifies it's a USA only model, but I don't find it in the USA anywhere, and converted from yen, it runs 700$ or more)

  4. I love my veo observer on Ultimate Wireless Webcam? · · Score: 2, Informative

    but it ONLY WORKS with users running IE and with active X.. it will not work on a mobile

  5. I'm sorry,-what's left on Legal Rights for Computers · · Score: 1

    has one been overlooked?

  6. Just long enough on When Do You Read the Instructions? · · Score: 1

    to deterimine if I supposed to install the CD/software or hardware first.

  7. For a fridge, it's a lot/right on the yellow label on Pliable Solar Cells on a Roll · · Score: 1
    that reply is so American it's not funny.

    for non-US readers, we have nifty governmental regs that require yellow energy consumption labels on the side of most kitchen appliances, that include likely annual operating costs, to allow the consumer to make a better informed choice...

  8. Allow me to controvert you. on Open Letter to a Digital World · · Score: 1
    I read it all the way to the end, and I take serious exception to some of his musings

    I really dislike his tossup of comparing XP home and then server 2003== which is it.. I think it sucks that he changes argument mid story to work better for his objective (and I think if he is in fact talking about home or pro- then it's both unclear and inaccurate)
    Microsoft Windows is but one component in a much larger Windows platform. What good is the operating system without remembering productivity software, anti-virus software, instant messengers, media players, software to burn CD and DVDs, and the list goes on and on? These are all things that Red Hat and every other Linux distribution includes as part of the package. Usually they go so far as to include multiple applications for each function. It would be, therefore, completely unfair if we didn't compare a comparably equipped Windows platform to a comparable Linux platform. How do you add it up though? Whose products do you pick and whose products do you ignore? It's a horrible can of worms. I tried to do it. To build the comprehensive list so that we could compare a Microsoft Windows that's fully equipped like a Linux distribution and I was able to exceed the number of advisories. I just felt dirty doing it and in the process of doing it. Besides, I came to the realization that the bug count isn't what really mattered.

    See, part of my dislike for this is the defacto slashdot argument, is that this crap DOES NOT BELONG as part of an OS, a common enough complaint against windows XP home & pro.. and part is that because this list of items is in fact INCLUDED in the home operating system., and do not belong on server software.-- so he derides microsoft for not including items, THAT THEY DO INCLUDE WHERE APPROPRIATE, and where slashdotters think are not appropriate ever.

    as an aside, is it true as claimed that the standard linux distribution includes DVD burning software?

  9. I can do this with my windows 'chine now on Labels Trying New CD Copy Prevention Systems · · Score: 1
    Use sound rec, and the lame mp3 codec

    anything that is playing can be captured with sndrec32.. to do this, you need a blank file of the appropriate length, say 4400 seconds.

    play your CD with whatever, and hit 'rec' on sndrec.. it will overwrite your blank file with the CD..



    now under properties, choose convert now, and choose your mp3 lame codec--



    then save as *.mp3

    voila...

    want individual tracks? no problem, save the whole cd, go to the end of the first track, and 'delete after this position'- then convert the remainder, and save... =reload the original, cut the first song, save that as your master (reduces steps) and cut the third+songs, then convert song #2,

    repeat.. and again, voila! no cable from in-out necassary, and no real software beyond stock necassary, except the codec.

  10. didn't the prior CEO of lego step down on LEGO Star Wars Video Game · · Score: 3, Interesting
    for doing too many money losing tie-ins?
    what happened to this theory?

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/12/1255 215&tid=159

    " Kristiansen goes on to blame the company's financial woes on its attempt to follow trends rather than focusing on its more traditional products. In turn, the company's plan for 2004 will include a renewed marketing push for Lego bricks as opposed to licensed products like the Harry Potter and Star Wars lines.

  11. Re:Your all missing the point... on ITunes Overcharging in the UK · · Score: 1
    I'm sorry, if UK is part of the EU, why don't things there get priced in Euros?

    there is obviously still some separation between the UK and the rest of the EU..... and that's the kinda thing that should cost them -full access to other privledges -should require- full participation in the EU

  12. yes, but if newstands have to close down, on Internet Kills LA Times National Edition · · Score: 3, Funny

    where on earth will I get my porn?

  13. if you go to their website faq on Using GPS to Track Teens · · Score: 1
    http://teenarrivealive.com/faq.htm

    you also discover, it does not work if they are on the phone.. kids in a fast moving car, could simply call each other, and 'flash' over if they get another call..

  14. aha! the new p2p model rears it's head... on Digital Packrats · · Score: 1
    an MP3 player that can transfer files in a face to face meeting...

    imagine if Ipods and others were interconnectible, and transmitted their songs at school or on the bus, or at work, you hook them together and hit 'transmit' the **AA's will have to start putting schills in the field to find you.. and you could still claim (us based) fair use...

    PSSST, HEY BUDDDY, WANT THE NEW BRITTNEY ALBULM?

    I know there are usb keys that will transmit to other keys on demand... they have both female and male sockets.. now if they would just play music too...

  15. ummm, on New Technologies for Colleges? · · Score: 1

    free ipods for incoming freshmen?

  16. when an undertaking like this is accomplished... on OpenOffice.org In Swahili · · Score: 1
    is it done as a one-off project? each word in language A is converted to language B is translated-- and then recompiled

    or is a database created- with pointers to a 'use this word' list, so that the 3rd and further languages can be added by merely updating the list of available translations?



    the second, while far more work, makes additional translations something any native speaker of english+desired language can assemble

  17. grafittti I on Palm OS To Run On Linux · · Score: 1

    can be done with tealscript, readily available at commercial palm sites.

  18. Re:International Support -- Only Toshiba left? on Going, Going, Gone: IBM Sells PC Group To Lenovo · · Score: 1

    neh, check out fujitsu....

  19. Re:next time take a router, on Given Up to Spyware? · · Score: 1
    I had a second thought on this, for windows machines at least, as you mentioned 'carrying along a full computer'

    if it was me, with what I have at hand, and dialup only, and I had to do this, I'd use my crappy toshiba laptop with (yecch) win ME, and ICS.. I'd have the laptop (mine, and secure, and patched) do the dialup, and provide access via ICS to the ethernet connection to the second computer.... my POS laptop would provide the firewall, modem, and connection-- the XP machine would be blind except for the ports it was expecting data on, the laptop would keep the rest to itself, and secured...I do carry a crossover cable in my bag...

  20. Re:next time take a router, on Given Up to Spyware? · · Score: 1
    ok, I assumed broadband, and yer right, that's a lot to assume for a techie's aunt

    as patching an XP box over dialup takes a few DAYS, I made that assumption.

    however, rg-1000's have been selling on ebay from 40-65$, and mostly near the low end of that figure....

  21. next time take a router, on Given Up to Spyware? · · Score: 3, Informative
    or real hardware firewall, set to refuse all unasked for connections...

    open ports one at a time.....

    just having a 1 port router will keep most of the fresh install vulnerabilities off line to the net, and allow you to get what you need.

  22. so far as oversized helium balloons go.. on Make Your Own Cluster Balloon · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I wondered in my life- more than once, if you only wanted to SLOW DOWN someone jumping off a building, say due to a flaming jet being inbetween you and the ground floor.

    how much helium/how large of a tank/baloon to produce enough lift and wind resistance to lower you to the ground with, at best, a broken leg... something between a hot air baloon and a $2.00 mylar in size, and only created to drop you at survivable impact speeds....

  23. and labor... on Reducing RFI at Home From Lighting Fixtures? · · Score: 1

    the value of your time, purchasing, and installing, and disposing of the bulbs...

  24. Re:Better yet ^2 on PC Setup for Small House with Child? · · Score: 2, Funny

    coming to find those letters on the CPU...

  25. drm, backward compatible.. on Thomson Releases MP3 Surround · · Score: 1

    a dvd player, can play DVD's (encrypted) and audio CD's (not encrypted) the backward compatible is that new players, be they software on a PC or hardware in a flash player, can play old files.. but all the new files would be protected.