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  1. Hmm on Run Your Car on Grease · · Score: 1

    This is just one of the many ways you can run a diesel engine on vegetable oil. Personally, I would rather not use this method, but the one that involves you making biodiesel. (See www.biodiesel.org).

    You can also get a good book explaining the process. I recommend:

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/09 70 722702/qid=1051056697/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-062443 9-8328151?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

    It pretty much covers your options.

  2. Re:Whoo hoo! on Diablo II: Lord of Destruction · · Score: 1

    Waitaminute...what the heck am I talking about. Why would Blizzard beta test an expansion set when their original product has SOOO many bugs and ... lets just call them flaws. They should patch up diablo2 and get it working correctly before releasing another chunk of crap on top of it.

    Has

  3. Whoo hoo! on Diablo II: Lord of Destruction · · Score: 1

    Too bad there isn't a Linux beta test :\

  4. Ease of Programming Languages on PDA Giant Sharp Promises Linux-Running PDAs · · Score: 1

    The statement made about programming in only C or C++ for CE is wrong. You can get SDKs that plug into Visual Basic and write apps for CE with it. Not that I would want to. You can do the same with VB and Palm for that matter. Just thought I would note that. Has

  5. Re:What about an IM that was based on IRC? on AOL IM Rival Pulls The Plug · · Score: 1

    Ah yes. But I want my software to be the client, not some thin client that has to send data to server that ...well..quite frankly is not a real solution for messaging at this time. Jabber is not stable enough for me to justify its usefulness.

    Has

  6. IRC Instant Messenger for BeOS on AOL IM Rival Pulls The Plug · · Score: 1

    QNI is an instant messenger that uses IRC as its protocol. Its for BeOS. You can see it at BeBits. Granted its just a suggestion app, meant it was created with little features or functionality as it was just to get people's opinions. If you want to talk to the creater, go to #beos and look for YNOP. As for Jabber, it is still under development...that is the only excuse I can use for such a poor messenger system. The project is poorly documented, especially when concerning transports. Moreover, a number of the Jabber servers I have tried using can't guarantee that the transports work. I think using IRC would be a great idea. You could implement a way for the messages to be stored for offline messaging (heaven forbid someone actually have to implement something with no vision).

    Has

  7. Nasa Budget on Reflections on Challenger · · Score: 1

    In the past,
    Nassa has usually had funding increase during the period of a Republican President.

    Has

  8. Resending back pre-paid postage on Spammer Gets Spammed · · Score: 1

    Taco,

    To do it right, put washers and other scraps in the envelope. That way they have to pay even MORE postage due to the weight being too much for a common stamp to cover.

    Has

  9. Finally deflated? on Tech Stocks Rollercoaster - How Was Your Ride? · · Score: 1

    What do you mean its over? The reason that the stocks are down in the first place is this stupid Presidential Election. As soon as that crap is sorted out, they will begin to rise again. Look at it as a good time to buy some stocks at a good price.

    Hasues

  10. Now you too can make the news! on Custom Handheld Atari 2600 · · Score: 2

    Its easy kids! To make news and articles on Slashdot, merely search for a particular subject in the archives, find a story, and post it for submission! Its that easy!

    Has

  11. Partially correct on Say Goodbye To The Netpliance i-opener · · Score: 1

    Is it their poor net service, or is it the fact that they were underselling the cost of the device hoping to make their money back through the online service, and sooo many people were violating their terms of service, popping them open and making them fully functional computers for remote terminals in their living rooms for checking mail and such. People like me that is..

    Has

  12. Umm on Netscape 6 Fails To Support Web Standards · · Score: 2

    It isn't the issue that MS is a better browser or not (it has its flaws just as any other browser does...mainly its an operating system component as suggested by the EULA). The issue with Netscape according to the post was that it didn't fully adhere with W3C compliance. For that matter, neither does IE. Sadly, it should be remembered that due to this browser being the more popular browser due to proprietary standards which are easy to obtain due to the company's brutal market share, most content developer's are brainwashed that they should support the latest features to a more popular browser, IE. And when that one stray dog comes in with another browser, and he or she can't view content, he or she should "upgrade" his or her browser to IE. "What's that? IE doesn't run on your operating system? Well consider "upgrading" to Windows!" As on should already know, this is a silly request. Why should I use a platform that I am not interested in using...especially for the sake of losing the OS of my choice's features that I like. After all, isn't this supposed to be about browsers adhering to a standard, not bending the standard to their own will, thus ruining an experience for all of us? This is where everything is wrong. Netscape is wrong for trying to push their proprietary standards, to make their browser a more popular browser, yet when MS fights back, the consequences are much more serious, especially knowing that MS had their hands in the standards process. When I hear people complain about Netscape being the browser that should be used due to how MS is a dirty company, or that IE should be used because it is the more popular browser and to hell to Netscape and their bad business model...its all the same rap, its business. But business forgets about the common user...you and I, especially when a business attempts to control the standards to bend developers to their will. Of course there are those people who will simply scream, "Use Lynx! But c'mon, I use lynx for certain things, but not for a typical browsing session...I would rather use Mosiac. Which leads me to consider other browsers, Opera, Mozilla, etc. Mozilla is open source, resembles Netscape, yet gets screamed at because it isn't as functional and stable as most other browsers. Yet the people who really jeer and complain alot of times....don't contribute to the project, in donations and such. Then you have Opera which is claimed to be W3C compliant, but then people are mad because you actually have to pay for it (gasp), heaven forbid the people who work to make it actually eat! Good heavens! The point is, bashing these works are merely trivial, each has its own faults, just as we as people do. If Michael wants to claim that IE is the best browser, then that's fine, let him use IE. But then again, with the statement resembling that IE will forever be "the" browser, is kind of interesting, seeing that I with the same merit he uses to base IE being that kind of browser, its amazing he doesn't come up with the same sort of statements about Desktop OS market share. Oh well, continue bashing the browsers, and as soon as you do, please do send me the link for the one you have contributed for us to use. (Oh, and could you please make it available for BeOS? It's what I use :) ) Has

  13. Re:Hotmail.com on Desperately Seeking Secure and Reliable Email? · · Score: 1

    Requirements aren't met:

    SSH access, and I assume POP that you don't have to pay for among the few.

    Haues

  14. Cough on NASA Tests Flying Scooter For Commercial Take-Off · · Score: 1

    How many times can you write an old story? Just ask Slashdot.

    Hasues

  15. Geezus on Dark Hearts And The Net · · Score: 1

    When one says he or she took initiative for creating the Internet, they are stating that they took part in its instantiation. In Gore's case, that is a lie. I don't like the idea of Bush being in office because I don't like seeing a repeat of his father's performance. But as a citizen from TN, Gore's home state, I can say Gore blows. Its just an opinion, and as far as the statement goes about the Internet turning bright people into dark souless sludge, it is possible. Heck, anything is possible. There are less contraints on the net to allow people get involved in things they should have supervision to understand. I don't like the idea of my kids being able to view pr0n, cultish material, or violent material at the request of a mouse click, which I will take proper steps to ensure they can't until they are at an age at which they have reason. However, the point is the unbridled and easily influenced youth are impressionable. If one allows them to be influenced by ease of access material on the net, then it goes without saying that the net can influnce that person in ways subject to the material's theme. I totally understand that questionable material can be acquired anywhere, but the point is this is a door-way in one's home in most cases, so people have to ensure he or she can guard against it. Oh yeah, Katz, you still suck! Has

  16. Sparc Support on Red Hat Abandons Sparc · · Score: 1

    Well, with the recent news of Suse now running on Sun, perhaps its time for one to inspect Suse as their distro of choice. It has the same functionality of RedHat, so give it a shot.

    Hasues

  17. Linux drivers on The Good Old Days of 3Dfx · · Score: 1

    The fact that Linux drivers are not an issue obviously shows why they are not important to the rest of us. Git.

    Hasues

  18. Re:Minidisc on Inexpensive Do It Yourself MP3 Players · · Score: 1

    By the time I encoded my music selection to MiniDisc, I would have either decided that it was time to listen to something else, or else I would be too old to get my groove on. MiniDiscs are cool and all, but crikey! Real time recording? That's a joke!

    Hasues

  19. Re:WTF? on Inexpensive Do It Yourself MP3 Players · · Score: 1

    No Rob has no friends, he just merely talks to his voices. As far as the cost goes, it will have to be more expensive then say a Rio. This is because those companies have paid for a specialty board for their product because they know exactly what they want for the product. When you buy small boards or embedded ones, first you usually don't buy in quantity, and secondly they are general purpose systems.

    Hasues

  20. Re:Yeah but on Inexpensive Do It Yourself MP3 Players · · Score: 1

    It depends on the board and equipment you choose, which of course is a dependant on cash. You can pay alotta cash for a hard drive from IBM that is about the size of a quarter and can hold Gigs of information, or you could spend a little less and get one of the standard IDE drives. The same goes with the board and what periphials you want on them. The more connectors and devices on the board, it is going to have to get bigger, with the exception of getting a CPU that has things like video instructions on the chip (i.e. Cyrix's MediaGX). You would just need to shop around for embedded solution boards or SBC PC compatible boards and find which you like with a ratio of features (including size)/ price.

    Hasues

  21. Re:Cad I add CD-ROM instead of hard drive? on Inexpensive Do It Yourself MP3 Players · · Score: 1

    Yes. In fact if you do a bit of research and look for some SBC PC compatible boards that are really tiny, they have IDE connectors on them, and the only thing you need is for your embedded OS of choice to load a driver to control it.

  22. Re:Computer not a valid recording device!???? on White House Files Amicus Brief Favoring RIAA · · Score: 1

    With artists such as Beck, Chemical Bros, and many electronic music artists, I believe that you are correct. The computer can be used as a digital audio recording device. And as far as the reference timothy made about the the writer and his notice of certain politcal advocation behind the RIAA, timothy needs to be whacked with a clue stick. The Clinton administration has been all about taking away the common man's freedoms, if people would just pay attention once in awhile.

    Has

  23. Environments in Programming on Coding Classes & Required Development Environments? · · Score: 1

    I don't think the prof. should accept any platform that they can't understand. However, if this is merely a C++ and algorithmic class, it seems that the interface wouldn't matter. However, if the prof. doesn't feel like having to switch around environments, I guess it is their right. I do believe that they should respect a student's wishes to cut their teeth with a different platform. However, I would suggest that for the most part the student should simply find a school that teaches within a certain environment. My school used g++ in HPUX/Linux, later we had the option to use Visual Studio 97 if we wanted, because when making console apps, it really doesn't matter, for the data side or if one uses the ANSI libs.

    Hasues

  24. WTF? on Danger in the Big Blue Room · · Score: 1

    This has to be the worst case of journalism, articles, and subject matter ever appearing on Slashdot. "News for Nerds" bah! whatever.

    Give a monkey a website and it will swear its the king of the...

    Hasues

  25. Re:Abusing slashdot to push your political agenda? on 2600 Staffer Arrested During Republican Convention · · Score: 1

    I totally understand. I am voting for Bush not because he is who I would like to see in office, but I would rather have my toenails ripped out over the alternative. Gore invented the Inet? ha! I am voting for technology not talk. :P