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  1. Re:Par2 works great on Recoverable File Archiving with Free Software? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I use Usenet Server its like $13 a month for unlimited 3Mbit downloads, has great retention and I've done 50+gigs in a month and never heard a peep from them.

  2. The Fish is your friend. on Japanese Quiz Show Arcade Game Confounds · · Score: 4, Informative
    its in engrish, but at least its a start:

    They are the plural opposition type quiz games which adopt the element of the party game which has familiarity anyone such as "quiz" "bingo". Because also rule is simple, anyone can participate with ease, the contents which can enjoy the development which still incandesces has become. The audience facing, the answer person who lines up (the prayer), with quiz program the same straw raincoat gimmick full load the problem sentence which is indicated in the frame and the enormous monitor. And, sort such as the chairman whom it mounds in the light talk also the person of clinging stopping the foot unintentionally, it observes, not only the prayer even in the gallery the pleasant real quiz Shaw game. That is "THE QUIZ SHOW". The popularity chairman bar moth - with popularity quiz program of the American HMTV channel where beauty serves the host. It is the popularity longevity program which 20 years or more continues from start of broadcast, Sunday evening 17 o'clock there is OA while happy circle to do in the family, you watch at this program, fixed turn. Furthermore, the answer person decides at application system from the All-American. Rather than hitting against the lottery in the number of applications of remainder, it is difficult also. As for secret of popularity, making questions and bar moth from colorful genre - light talk. That and existence of beauty . By the way the 5th generation assistant. Name:THE QUIZ SHOW (the quiz Shaw) Genre:Crowd opposition type quiz game Play number of people:1 - 4 people Basis:NAOMI Work time:Undecided Play fee:Undecided In addition:IC card use Copyright inscription:(C) Hitmaker/SEGA, 2004

  3. If you're going to go for Data Recovery... on Resurrecting Dead Harddrives? · · Score: 1

    don't forget the Lube. My office spent $2200 to recover less than 10 MB of data off a drive hit in a power outtage.

  4. Re:Par2 works great on Recoverable File Archiving with Free Software? · · Score: 4, Informative
    Allow me to second this. Par2 is everything the first PAR files were and more. No matter what has been wrong I've always been able to recover with a 10% parity set. (even this seems like a lot of overkill, except on USENET). Interestingly enough Par files have revolutionized USENET, I can't remember the last time I needed a fill.

    good overview here: PAR2 files

    comparison between v1 and 2: here

  5. Re:What's the problem? on 27 Central Banks Push Anti-Counterfeit Software · · Score: 1, Funny

    Canadian money also has a built in counterfeiting measure, down here we call it the exchange rate.

  6. Re:Too Harsh on Videogame Pirate Gets Long Jail Sentence · · Score: 1
    And a better alternative?

    Be careful to criticize something without having a replacement handy to refer to.

  7. He's not the real Napster on Shawn Fanning's New Venture · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's not Napster! I'm the real napster. Shawn was my roommate in college, I rote napster and named it that because I was always napping. When I fell asleep one day he stole the program from me and now he gets all the glory.

  8. Re:Silver global supplies are running low... on Is Your Silver-based Thermal Paste Really Silver? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Its funny because for the last 20 years silver has been going to surge 5-100X in the next 2-3 years.

  9. Re:when I trained for cycling on RedOctane Pushes DDR For Weight Loss Market · · Score: 1

    I always said that a great way to use prison inmates is to hook them up to workout bikes and use those bikes to generate electricity into the power grid. Maybe you could compete against them in a "Prison yard rules" match.

  10. Re:If it works, do it... on RedOctane Pushes DDR For Weight Loss Market · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The advice is to work out before you are too large to fit on a bike, but it works just as well for even larger people. Consult a doctor, but even 400 pound people can do water aerobics, which is zero impact. Don't come up with a cop out like "I'm too big to work out"

  11. Re:Probably the end of return scams on Errant E-Mail Shames RFID Backer · · Score: 1

    yes, serial numbers do work well for inventory control, however not everything has them, and to put a serial number on each and key it into the register would take forever.

  12. Probably the end of return scams on Errant E-Mail Shames RFID Backer · · Score: 1
    The tags are great news for companies because they mean that each item can be tracked forever. No longer can you buy the same exact model of a video card and swap your old busted one in for an instant return/repair. Of course nothing is stopping a theif from blocking the RFID tag's radio waves and just stealing said item.

    I'd rather just see more complicated Barcodes.

  13. Re:Play Tennis on Left-Buttoned Arcade Joystick for PS2? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the leftorium would have one.

    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP -C hina-Leftorium.html

  14. Re:Paperless Billing on Paperless Billing? · · Score: 1

    Yea cus large corps *never* fudge on their taxs *Cough* ENRON *Cough*. C'mon give the mom and pop's a break its a dollar.

  15. Re:Realism? In a Gran Turismo game? on Gran Turismo 4 - Under The Hood, Driving The Prologue · · Score: 1
    Ever play street rods 2?

    If that was updated I'd see it as being a great simulation. There was damage, parts became used over time as well as your car could become wrecked.

  16. Realism? In a Gran Turismo game? on Gran Turismo 4 - Under The Hood, Driving The Prologue · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    C'mon I can't believe for a second that this game will be realistic. GT 1, 2, and 3 are the reason why so many people believe that a simple muffler/intake can add 50hp to your car. Realism is thrown out the window in the game. Until they add either car damage or part wear I'll pass on saying its a driving simulation, its pure arcade.

    I mean I know they'll be using the best textures they can and make the cars look beautiful, but adding a turbo and cranking up the boost to get 600 Hp out of a 1.6L civic and then not letting the mustang or camero in the game get any higher in power than that same 600 HP is just plain stupid. Not to mention that the handling of the cars never seem to be adversly affected by extreme high power output. I could go on forever about how "real" the game is but I think I'm dangerously close to becoming a troll.

  17. Re:Much more interesting camgirl on JenniCam Closing After 7+ Years · · Score: 1, Funny
    C'mon give her some credit. She is a girl.

    Reminds me of the old joke: Why couldn't Hellen Keller drive?

    Because she was a woman.

  18. Re:Deja vu, MSN on AOL's $299 PC · · Score: 1

    If you've ever seen how a person over 55 who's not used to using a computer uses the internet then you know just how little it will cost AOL for the service. My uncle seriously uses his aol once a week for an hour.

  19. Re:Nature on Blowfish Poison Derivative Could Be A Painkiller · · Score: 1

    Sure, nobody's doing leeches as a recreational drug......yet.

  20. Re:How do they tell? on Will TiVo Destroy Ad-Supported TV? · · Score: 1

    Never said I watch 5-10 hours of tv a day, just that I tivo that much. Its a new way of controlling television, you've got to experience to understand. Hell between futurama, family guy and the simpsons My cable channels show 2 and a half hours a day of just those three shows.

  21. Re:How do they tell? on Will TiVo Destroy Ad-Supported TV? · · Score: 4, Informative
    How do they tell? Well your PVR keeps track of things like this and the data is then fed back to the PVR company as long as you do not opt out. This was done to see which superbowl commercials were reviewed the most or what play a few years back was rewatched most often. Of course it is sent anonymously, with at most your zip code attached. If that failed they could always do a study with people in a room being watched and taking note as to how they watch PVR television. As a tivo user I feel that this number is about right, I watch almost zero commercials in recorded shows and probably as little as 50% in live shows through the use of "caching" of live shows so I don't have to be bothered by ads.

    To answer your second question, this differes from a VCR for two real reasons. One is that it is effortless to set and record sometimes up to 100 or more hours of programming. Even realistically speaking I probably tivo between 5-10 hours of programming a day. This could not be done with one single VCR and one tape, and even doing so with multiple tapes/VCR's it would never be anywhere near as easy. Second, while watching live tv a tivo user is able, automatically, to pause and then resume anything they are watching. This is the caching I spoke of above. I pause the show I want to watch live for seven minutse while I prepare dinner, shave, shower, etc. and then come back and resume the show 7 minuts behind. Whenever there is a commercial I fast forward. in this way unless its a sporting event or a show which I can't watch delayed because friends are over I rarely even see a commercial in live TV. To do this with a vcr would mean, recording, rewinding and watching the episode after it has completely finished and then missing out on whatever comes next to do so. With tivo you can do this back to back and never miss a "live" show.

  22. Re:Crap on G4 Cubequarium · · Score: 1

    The point of having a car is to use it as a car. If it takes you from point a to point b and can get your there just as fast as a more expensive car, why bother buying a car that has style and personality. After all, its jus a car, right? You're either the kind of guy who appreciates nice cars, or your not. And the same goes for computers.

  23. Kids Remember: on iPod-Jacked · · Score: 1

    If you're jacking into a strange woman's iPod, wear protection.

  24. Re:Ocean? NASA? on NASA Installs Linux Supercomputer · · Score: 3, Funny
    Didn't you see the movie "The Abyss"?

    or the tv show "Seaquest DSV"?

    the ocean seems to be a gateway to the stars...

  25. Re:um, that's stealing on Ritz Disposable Digital Camera Hacked · · Score: 1
    Moreover, if you "rent" something and don't stipulate a return-by date or charge a fee for extended possession,, it most likely would fail to meet any legal condition for "rental". The idiocy of a company can rarely be mitigated by the idiocy of law.

    Uh, NetFlix anyone?

    Uhh they charge you every month until you return that dvd. So you could keep it forever, but you'd be paying $14.95 a month. This camera has nothing like this tieing the end user down.