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  1. Re:Yay on AOL's $299 PC · · Score: 1

    not the people who would buy this. They will use the computer as it comes, and will not even consider changing the OS in fear of "breaking" it. And, they would never notice if slashdot.org was mapped to 127.0.0.1

  2. Re:.NET and C# on Microsoft Makes Push for COBOL Migration · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunatly, C# is tied to the platform. The mono project is trying, but most of your .NET class library is not going to be ported by Microsoft to linux, so I don't think that .NET will help you much.

    Now, I FAR prefer C# the language to Java the language, but C# is tied to a platform.

  3. Re:Testing the spam bots... on Cringley on Microsoft and Linux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why don't we do this with executives at spam companies and Microsoft employees? Just have the header of every page include a random "Evil" person's email address?

    Wow, I am actually serious.

  4. Re:Great devices, for the computer as well on HP Launches New Calculators · · Score: 1

    I have this calculator already (yeah, I preordered it), and it is definitly not limited: USB, IR, SD slot, Constants Library, and somewhere there is supposed to be an equation library. It comes with a usb cable, but on the calculator it uses the standard mini-usb port. I really think that using standard components like that is a very good idea.

    The menus are incredibly responsive, and the math is pretty fast. I really do think that this calculator is better than the TI-89, and for some things it is faster. It does take about a minute to computer 1500!, but it eventually gets an answer. It also can do multiple 3D graphs at a time, so you can graph an entire sphere.
    Doing side by side comparisons with the 89 shows that this calculator is faster at drawing menus, graphing, and pretty much everything.

    I can definitly recomend this calculator to anyone considering a TI-89.

    Email me with the subject "HP 49G+" if you want more info.
    corsec (at) gamebox.net

  5. Re:Buy new batteries on Recommendations for RPN Calculators? · · Score: 1

    You are correct about the battery voltage affecting the speed, because the clock for the processor is a capacitor. When the capacitor reaches full charge, it shorts, ticking the clock. if the voltage is lower, then it runs slower, as it takes longer to fill the capacitor.

  6. Re:Small shops will do pieces of games on Razor Blade Games? · · Score: 1

    Um, you will have to exclude the PS2 from your other uni-porcessor consoles up there. You are mostly talking about the XBOX, but it is not the most popular console.

    The PS3 will have even more processors than the PS2, so a game for the XBOX will be very different from a game for PS3. (MIPS 64 bit * 2 or 3 processors versus x86 32 bit * 1 processor)

  7. Re:If that's the case on DeCSS Loses Free Speech Shield · · Score: 1

    Yes, and when people sue you for shouting fire in a movie theater, you counter sue with a DMCA violation.

  8. Re:I Love You runs on RH 7.3/KDE on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    One time on a laptop, I hot swapped an IDE CD-ROM drive. that was funny. The screen went to color static. As far as running out of space, that is what "watch df" is for...

  9. Re:politician on Georgy Tells Why She Should Be California Gov · · Score: 1

    Yes, and if they don't answer VI, how can I trust them to run the government?

  10. Re:Title is wrong on Debian Turning 10 · · Score: 1

    How about a character not found in ASCII, just for fun?

    Maybe a Chinese character or something like that?

  11. Re:whoops on Buy.Com Debuts Music Download Site · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny thing, though:
    That warning does not show when browsing in Lynx.

  12. Re:Microsoft centric... on Buy.Com Debuts Music Download Site · · Score: 1

    Well, I have a Cyrix 233, I guess that doesn't count. Needs Internet Exporer, you say? Hmmm,

    #emerge internetexplorer
    Calculating dependencies
    emerge: there are no masked or unmasked ebuilds to satisfy "internetexporer".

    !!! Error calculating dependencies. Please correct.
    #

    well, I guess that it doesn't exist, then

  13. Re:winnuke all over again! on Windows Vulnerabilities Revealed, Patched · · Score: 1

    Just wait until a remote exploit is discovered that goes through the power. Then simply removing the ethernet cable would not even be enough.

    Really, there is a major virus infecting computer around the world, and it is called "Windows".

  14. Re:Bandwidth of a minivan full of CDROMs on Mailing Disks is Faster than Uploading Data · · Score: 1

    by my calculations, using a Blue lasered DVD, with about 14 gigs per disc, that MiniVan would get 5 gigs a second!
    Yet another 28.8K er, but this modem is shared on my network, YUM!

  15. Re:Stationwagon Quote on Mailing Disks is Faster than Uploading Data · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, it is SUV full of DVDs.

  16. Re:It's not just the general public.... on Public Confused by Tech Lingo · · Score: 1

    Did you patent that idea?
    A question like that would be very useful, and use it on the tech support people as well.

  17. Re:Another brilliant observation! on Public Confused by Tech Lingo · · Score: 1

    Yeah, like compaq integrated computers. They are terrible, and almost impossible to upgrade. Want a bigger monitor than the 13" that came with it? Not possible. What if you want 2 monitors?
    If you just want to buy a single thing, then you ARE going to get an Apple.

  18. Re:Price is the same, no matter what the OS is? on HP To Sell PCs With Mandrake 9.1 · · Score: 1

    Dell sells very nice servers without an OS.
    What you can also do, I think, is to call them up, and order a computer without a hard drive. Since there is nowhere to put the OS, they have to sell it without Windows.

  19. Re:long live Clippy! on Real Life Doom With Point-And-Shoot Positioning · · Score: 1

    B) Zoom in?

    DEFINITLY B, with some image enhancements, possibly simulating the skin.

  20. Re:place your bets!! on IBM Doesn't Comply With SCO's Deadline · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, considering that IBM has (more) money, and that their busines plann isn't:
    1. Sue
    2. ???
    3. Profit?

    I think that we all will agree that IBM just about has to win this case.

  21. Re:Last mile, what's it worth? on Open Spectrum: Toward Ubiquitous Connectivity · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One word for you, and this is from a user on a *shared* 28.8 modem, "Flash"

    Compression might have gotten better, but the size of websites is incredible!!!

    Stupid web designers can overcome any technological gains, and easily. I have seen a website that used JAVA for OnMouseOver(), not JavaScript. Annoying bitch. Another great (bad) example is http://www.swatch.com/internettime Flash used with no way to navigate outside that flash.

  22. Um, why not just a normal Flat TV, and a Camera? on Philips Introduces Mirror TV · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It seems to me that this would be easier with a TV and a camera. Eiter point it out, so it sort of looks like a mirror, or have it blend in with the wall. I think that a mirror would affect the image quality, as opposed to just displaying a specific image on a standard TV.

    Just my 0b10 cents

  23. Re:The RIAA guy is an idiot... on Lessig And RIAA Answer NewsHour Questions · · Score: 1

    Hell, I would make a perfect copy of my car as a backup. "Need oil or gas?"... "Time to get out the backup"

    Then, if my car was wrecked, I would just pull out the backup, also.

  24. Re:It has to be said... on One-Thumb Keyboard · · Score: 1

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    hmm, in Linux, no less.

    Lamness filter? that seems like a limiting thing here. You were one character over.

  25. Re:Using old computers on The Little Coder's Predicament · · Score: 1

    Yeah, or if you kept that computer, you could give it to your kid and know that it would work.

    I have a TRS-80 Model 100 that I learned on, and I fully intend on giving that to my kids, and I am only 19.

    My other vote would be on QBasic. I rember making programs that dumped the joystick input onto the screen, then moving the joystick and watching the numbers change