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  1. Re:A Better System on Car Owners to be Notified of Blackboxes in Vehicle · · Score: 1

    What also needs to happen...

    What I need is a way to limit my speed. Now I use the cruise control so I don't get dinged by red-light cameras but that is hard to do with traffic. ;-) I would just love it if I could set a dial to 50 or 70 and the car would not go more than that unless I dial it faster incase I am being carjacked or racing on private property. The speed limit dial should account for winter driving if possible although you can't really speed here in Canada in winter as the roads are ice anyways.

    Come on, how many hundreds of auto engineers are reading this. Come on, design it.

  2. Re:Discount? on Car Owners to be Notified of Blackboxes in Vehicle · · Score: 1

    ...or you are driving on ice and spinning and sliding around.

  3. Re:Well, you could start by... on Combating Harassing Use of Mosquito Noise Device? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and I found that EAR PLUGS work great, and keep me from yelling at the kids when I am trying to sleep during the day because I worked last night. Sure I tried to win the battle by asking them to shut up but in the end, only ear plugs worked.

  4. Re:sigh on NH Man Arrested for Videotaping Police · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The very fact that people are mentioning that THERE MAY BE MORE TO THIS STORY THAN stated in the article goes to show how police should not be above the law, and warrents are important. They are human, and have enemies, and people who they want to screw. Case in point.

  5. Re:Do Not Put Up With That on Has My Cell Number Been Cloned? · · Score: 1

    To the poster: Hint hint, your partner is having an affair. LOL!

  6. if not multitask then "none" on Mandriva Appeals to Users for Bookend Audio Bits · · Score: 1

    If you have to wait while the sounds are played, then the only answer can be "no sound".

  7. eject on Shuttle to Launch Despite Objections · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe a small cockpit, in a capsule that could eject would be smart.

  8. MY SOLUTION... on Judge Rules in Favor of Websurfing at Work · · Score: 1
    SUMMARY: drop the workweek to 30 hours and turn off the internet.

    P.S. Pleeeze.

  9. Re:Video card for Sparc? on Boost UltraSPARC T1 Floating Point w/ a Graphics Card? · · Score: 1
    Just curious. Do you know of any good CAD software for Linux other than qcad?

    Well, IBM makes what is it called Catia for linux, and EDS is making Unigraphics NX4 for linux (why it was late). Both were unix products before going to windows too.

  10. Re:Argh no handcrank! on Negroponte says Linux too 'Fat' · · Score: 1

    Foot pumps are hard. Bicycle's are easy.

  11. DOES IT TRIPLE BOOT? on Gamers Itching To Switch To Macs? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey does anyone know if it triple or more boots? Can you do Linux and Win98 too for example? Or is this a XP only cahoots deal?

  12. Re:Autovalet on Self-Parking Cars Coming To U.S. · · Score: 1

    Instead of auto-park far away, why not just let it circle the block until you are ready to be picked up. Oil is for sale not saving.

  13. Re:Cyber-terror Unlikely on America's War on the Web · · Score: 1
    Everyone has the idea that terrorists will one day hack into the power grid and cripple the stock market. They should focus on protecting the power grids from physical attacks before they start focusing on "cyber terrorism" where they could take the grid by "hacking into the system."

    Hey guys, it is not about reality, it is about profit. A new way to get tax dollars spend and even better, you control it because it is new.

  14. Re:No Surprises on Another Sony Format Bites the Dust · · Score: 1

    DVD's don't need rewinding, but be sure to rotate them after you snap them into the case by pressing down with your finger.

  15. Re:I predicted this from the start on Another Sony Format Bites the Dust · · Score: 1

    "You aren't going to invite your buddies over and watch a movie crowded around a PSP." Maybe if everyone had a PSP then you could! Maybe a wireless network connection for theaters! No big screen just bring or rent a PSP!

  16. Re:Blu Ray? on Another Sony Format Bites the Dust · · Score: 1

    Maybe the profit Sony gets by forcing customers to buy their brand of battery/memorystick whatever is worth pissing off smart geeks!?! Short term profit over and over again.

  17. Re:Finally! on IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer · · Score: 1
    If Windows had a top or ps command then the game programmers would be to blame.

    Yes ! That would be great ! They could call them something like Task Manager and tasklist..

    Ok, how is that accessed programmatically? Does MS say you are allowed? Or does your program belong to them if you do?

    (Can someone make a WYSIWYG for /.?)

  18. Re:Finally! on IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer · · Score: 1

    If Windows had a top or ps command then the game programmers would be to blame. Yes ! That would be great ! They could call them something like Task Manager and tasklist.. Ok, how is that accessed programmatically? Does MS say you are allowed? Or does your program belong to them if you do?

  19. Re:It just doesn't matter, it just doesn't matter. on IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer · · Score: 1

    or build your own computer, or buy one with no OS.

  20. Re:Finally! on IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer · · Score: 1

    Autoplay is a big flaw. Here is why: I run a game from the icon. It runs, but says put the CD in please because we want to make sure you own it. Then the Game is running all choppy because it is going twice. Blame the game all you want, but it happens all the time. If Windows had a top or ps command then the game programmers would be to blame. But there is no command, just an IDE hack to a windows.dll that may even be illegal to call.

  21. Re:On XP on IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer · · Score: 1

    I'll say. Two days ago, I wanted ran IE6 from XPSP2 for the first time in a while instead of Firfox1.5, and wham, I get this big attack. Suddenly my background is a message saying click here. I was able to do a rollback and AVG and Spybot fixed everything but now my wife knows why we do everything possible from Ubuntu.

  22. Re:Lied to the EU? on IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer · · Score: 1

    Are any of you guys computer programmers? Saying IE is tied to Windows is just BS.

  23. Re:what... teh.....fuk on ATI's 1GB Video Card · · Score: 1

    Uhhh, I did CAD for 10 years at an office designing buses. 30,000 parts per bus. We didn't put textures on the parts, and quite frankly that card is extreme overkill for CAD IMHO. Hell, any game card did fine as long as you had lots of RAM. It was a Unigraphics shop.

  24. what he will do... on Microsoft To Construct iPod/DS/PSP Killer · · Score: 1
    Here you go Mr. Gates, I am finished.

    I've mounted a battery to your XBox, now use these straps to put it on your back and voila, iPod killer all the way. Oh, here, hold this 14" LCD monitor, and erm put the mouse on the screen, now click "Start", "Programs"... I mean "All Programs" yes, uh no wait, start over. Click on the background. Now right-click on the Start button, then Explore. Where are your mp3's?... *sniff* *sniff* Whoah Hell your butt is on fire *spank* *spank* *spank* it's almost out sir *spank* *spank* *spank* OK, are you OK? Take your pants off... (CENSORED...)

  25. Re:Dinosaurs in Space on Earth Life Possibly Could Reach Titan · · Score: 1

    ... "dinosaur DNA" ... go read the latest Discover magazine. A biologist actually looked at a t-rex fossil with a *gasp* microscope and found tissue. Tissue that was thought to decompose in weeks and surely not there so why look. She found lots of stuff like blood cells and didn't want to say the DNA word yet, but they have fingers crossed.