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  1. Re:Turn turn turn ... on Zombie Report By ISP · · Score: 1

    They show up as an AOL IP address. For a while the only provider that would give me DSL was AOL. (SBC provided the line but thier DSL people said they didn't service the area). Cable wasn't an option so I bit the bullet and went with them. The uptime was pretty good and the speeds weren't bad. Figuring out how to get things to work without having AOL's software open took a little research but just set up your router to act like a standard PPPoE connection. (If for some reason you want to use the parental controls then don't do this, this allows you to bypass them.) But my IP address was in AOL's block when tested or viewed by others.

  2. Re:The nerd Image on Nerds Make Better Lovers · · Score: 1

    Even she has limits.

  3. Re:Adult Groups a Liability Risk on Oregon Woman Sues Yahoo for $3 Million · · Score: 1

    Except that isn't protection. Video Voyerism for instance occurs without consent or knowage.

  4. Re:The market is the problem on High-Definition PC Video Conferencing? · · Score: 1

    Great. So how well is that going to scale up to a 100 cameras?

  5. Re:Lets first see 640x480 completely tapped on High-Definition PC Video Conferencing? · · Score: 1

    It may be a while. The highest rez cameras are 600 or so lines. In B/W. Might be able to use a low end PTZ for viewing differant docs, maybe use pre-set positions. But the tough part is audio. Audio recording in the CCTV is iffy at best.

  6. Re:Lemme guess... on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 1

    There are many very, very liberal Texans. But to some degree the parent is right. I grew up in New England, and there I would be a moderate liberal. In Houston I find myself more on the extreme end of the party. I wouldn't say that the average Democrat is pro-gun, anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, pro-death penalty, but you're more likely to find a democrat here who might agree with two of those positions. And much more likely to find one who is at least one of those positions. Some of it is political history. Large amounts of Texan democrats should have gone Dixiecrat in the 40's but didn't. That group kept alot of party control.

  7. Re:Lemme guess... on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Molly Ivans (texas political writer) wrote that staffers for Ann Richards (the last Democrat gov, and extremely liberal by Texas Standards) had a joke game about putting a bumper sticker on thier car that read "I'm the Queer that Ann sent to take your guns." and driving to Lubbock. It is a pretty right wing state, but some of the migration from the North is having an effect on the major cities at least. And I've met people who fit some of the wackier bible-thumper sterotypes down here.

  8. Re:Do it in the open. on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Except that over throwing a good size goverment won't work from a single act of disobediance. A good revolutionary has no intrest in getting caught because it means you screwed up enough to get caught. Which means your cell is compromised. Which means contacts with other cells could be compromised.

  9. Re:BFD on Dell Founder Dropped $100M Onto Red Hat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Brand. Depending on how cheaply you can get it, the Red Hat brand might be worth it. I've run into a few people for whom Red Hat = Linux.

  10. Re:Intel failures on The Dual-Core War - Is Intel in Trouble? · · Score: 1

    They introduced RDRAM. My wife's box uses it. But the stuff was expensive then and isn't cheaper now.

  11. Re:Fantastic! on Mac OS X Tiger Released and Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Not long. The company I work for builds a .Net based app for CCTV DVR's. The remote viewing page works just fine in Firefox and Mozilla.

    www.demovi.com

    www.video-insight.com

  12. Re:Background Knowledge on Real World Anger Affecting MMOG Reality? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the bioweapon programs that the Japanese ran using Chinese civilians.

  13. Re:This is How Open Source Damages Business on Munich Court Again Enforces GPL · · Score: 1

    Would it be the same if the company had stolen code from say MS and lost?

  14. Re:Easier to track on Indian Call Center Employees Hack US Bank Accounts · · Score: 1

    Their physical security isn't much better. Alot of them are using time lapse systems that have the cameras running through a switcher before the time lapse VCR.

  15. Re:Electrons no different on Are 'Monster' Cables Worth It? · · Score: 1

    And the worst part is the differance between 75% braid and 95% is generally less then five cents a foot. Depending ony your supplier of RG-59, it may even be less.

  16. Re:Burgler Cam?? on Infrared Webcam HOWTO · · Score: 1

    For cops that works, they just need any angle. For CCTV work you need something within a few degrees of dead on.

  17. Re:Infrared Technology and the Chinese Threat on Infrared Webcam HOWTO · · Score: 1

    He was refering to things that can view IR.

  18. Re:Burgler Cam?? on Infrared Webcam HOWTO · · Score: 1

    Check your specs again. That illumanator only covers 30 ft. Second, to get a license plate at 75ft is diffcult to impossible. To get a good read off a plate, you need a small FOV, which means that the landscape has to be in your favor. You need a narrow driving path and something to slow them down for a moment.

  19. Re:Plus, TurboTax is $20 if you do the rebates. on Open Source Tax Products? · · Score: 1

    Did you read the line later on about filling out the rebate forms?

  20. Re:Analogy time, boys and girls. on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait a moment! Butterfly knives serve a very useful purpose. They make it easier to spot the people with no clue how to use a knife in a fight or as a tool.

  21. Re:You mean PTZ cameras? on Electronic Gadget Ideas for a New House? · · Score: 1

    Actully that's just a PT camera. It's the zoom that adds to the cost. Add to it that it's image is close to crap compared to Panasonic's real IP cameras...and it's poor frame rate (15 fps vs 30 fps)...and it's poor low light/lack of IR...this falls more into the glorified web cam catagory rather then something you'd actully use in CCTV work.

  22. Re:You mean PTZ cameras? on Electronic Gadget Ideas for a New House? · · Score: 1

    And the price of them isn't going to go down anytime soon. The analogue versions still cost $1300+.

  23. Re:Non-player on MMOG Currency Seller Owns Media Network ? · · Score: 1

    IGE acts as a facilitator for the transactions. The gil sellers get payment (not salary) from them. And players do blame the devs and other companies. But just because something can be exploited doesn't make it right to do it.

  24. Re:Non-player on MMOG Currency Seller Owns Media Network ? · · Score: 1

    They make characters and use them to gather large amounts of ingame currency to then sell for real money. The major reason players hate them is that they tend to camp rare and expensive items so much that the only way to get them is deal with them. Attempts to try to get the items yourself at met with the currency sellers using monsters to attack players.

  25. Re:All these useless gadgets..Still No Cure 4 Cold on Are Nanotube Monitors In Your Future? · · Score: 1

    My god! It's Brillant! I could start a whole new industry based on that! I could even call it "Biotech"! Off to my laywer to get the patent paperwork started.