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  1. Re:I USED to use 802.11A on Cutting Through a Wi-Fi Traffic Jam? · · Score: 1

    Also, you don't need a microwave oven any more. Food just cooks as you take it out the fridge.

  2. Re:Heh on KDE 3.3 Beta "Klassroom" Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot the mid-life Krisis.

  3. Re:Update Breaks 3rd Party kexts on Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update available · · Score: 1

    I'm using both uControl and SideTrack, on my 15" PowerBook G4 FW800, with 10.3.2, and it all works fine. Maybe you just need to get newer versions? I know I updated uControl a couple of days ago.

  4. Re:very strange indeed. on Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Removes Linux Support · · Score: 1

    Why not let it continue to work?

    Because if you can't run it using Virtual PC, you'll need to run it on another, real, PC. Try buying a PC these days without Windows pre-installed.

    They get another license fee out of you, even though you're going to put Linux on it.

  5. RAC interactive route planner on Best Online Mapping Site? · · Score: 1

    www.rac.co.uk is the best for Europe IMHO, it uses a java applet to let you zoom and pan in real time. The more you zoom in, the more detail it shows you. You can also print out a list of directions with a little map of each junction, which sometimes helps with the more complicated roundabouts.

    Give it a try with, for example, Manchester to Oxford, or Battersea to Chelsea.

  6. Whole PC in regular PC PSU on Wired Case Mod Roundup · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think this one is pretty cool. It's built into a PC PSU, which is then installed back into a normal beige case. The case is otherwise empty (apart from a 70's disco ball, as if it wasn't surreal enough already).

  7. Re:Camera Phones on Origami Helps Cellphone Cameras To Focus · · Score: 1

    Cameras have many uses, especially one that you always carry because it's built into your mobile phone. When a truck skidded into the front of my car, I had my Nokia 7650 with me to take some pictures for "evidence" (in case it's not obvious, the last two on the page came from my phone).

    Having said that, in this case it didn't do me that much good, as the insurance companies decided that the accident was an "act of God". :-(

  8. upsetting? on Mac OS X Hints · · Score: 1

    As a Mac OS X user, this is upsetting...

    I think the reviewer was just trying to inject a little humour, read that sentence again. It was a joke, i.e. of course a book entitled Mac OS X Hints is going to contain hints about Mac OS X, what else would it be expected to contain?

  9. It is not an offence... on Card Makers Say UK Citizens Want Biometric ID Cards · · Score: 1

    You are not required to carry your driver's licence while driving. As you say, if you are stopped by the police and you don't have it, you are given what is known in the vernacular as "a producer", which means that you have to turn up in person at a police station with your license within 7 days. But it still isn't an offence.

    I have also read some advice to never produce your licence at the scene, even if you have it on you. The paperwork involved in a producer means that sometimes you'll get let off, either on the spot or when you visit the station later.

  10. I have a contingency plan on Lifetime Careers in IT? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm 30-year-old Java programmer now. Sometime before I'm 40 I'm going to become either a plumber or a plasterer, and start earning some *real* money.

  11. I misread the title on US Geeks Recycle GNU/Linux Boxes for Ecuador · · Score: 1

    I read it as "Us Greeks Recycle GNU/Linux Boxes for Ecuador", and I thought it was something to do with sending them away because they had games installed on them.

  12. no... on Boeing Joins In Anti-Gravity Search · · Score: 1

    If the bread is on the cat's back, it will still avoid the carpet if the cat lands on its feet. Surely you need to strap the bread to the cat's feet, with the butter side down.

  13. Re:What's the solution to 5 pieces to form square? on Tech-Interview Riddles · · Score: 1

    Do it the "long way" like I had to.

    Measure each piece and work out its area. Add up the areas. Take the square root. Now you know how long one side should be. Have a look for edges that add up to the length of one side.

  14. Virus on Anthrax To Kill Snail Mail · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Because everyone knows you can't get a virus by email.

    Hey, wait a minute...

  15. Re:IrDA on Kernel 2.4.11 Released · · Score: 1

    Kernel development doesn't work like that. It's not like the "team" decides which bit to work on. In this case, someone stepped forward with IrDA patches. You can't assume from this that they would have otherwise been working on NTFS.

  16. Re:They're in England already... on Coming Soon: Burn-Proof CDs · · Score: 1

    The best response is to keep returning them.
    Imagine the number of returns they'll have to process. The stores will get fed up with it, and contact the label to request that they don't create any more of these "broken" CDs.

  17. Re:file-by-file is okay, but all together is bette on Gzip Encoding of Web Pages? · · Score: 2
    S: Here is foo.html.your.pak

    You just made it so that pages can't incrementally load any more. The browser would have to wait until the whole .pak was downloaded before it could start laying out the page.

  18. They've already got your home address on Shopping Online While Protecting Your Privacy? · · Score: 1

    They need your home address to deliver the stuff to you anyway. To register on their site you already need to have a valid Tesco storecard. When you got your storecard you gave them your home address. The User Agent thing is nothing. They already know where you live. They could look you up in the local Electoral Roll if they wanted to. My advice is don't be so paranoid.

  19. It's NOT (quite) big brother on UK Satellites May Keep Cars From Speeding · · Score: 1

    I heard an interview on the radio this morning with the guy that's been heading up the research. It seems that it just uses the normal GPS satelites to cross reference the car's current position with a database of road locations and speed limits. So the box in the car works out the speed limit based on the car's current position and enforces it there. The data path is one way only, from the satelite to the car.