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  1. Re:No cable? Weird. on Largest Citywide Wi-Fi Deployment · · Score: 1
    so close to Hawaiian Gardens, which is the carjacking capital of LA.

    You can always move to Arizona. Not only do we not have California's economic problems, but carjacking is not nearly the same problem here as in CA. Might have something to do with AZ allowing citizens to apply for and receive CCW permits. The half-life of a carjacker is a lot shorter out here.

  2. Re:Next step: MOD Parent Funny on Largest Citywide Wi-Fi Deployment · · Score: 1
    I'd mod you Funny +3 myself, but Slashdot has taken away my M1 moderation priveleges with no explination of why.

    That leave only M3 (Mod Parent Up/Down) posts.

  3. Not to fast yet... on Largest Citywide Wi-Fi Deployment · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Some thoughts:

    1: All this on only 11 WiFi channels, with only 3 true separate channels? What about people who have private WiFi networks already in place? Do they shut down?

    2: Also, the city has no DSL (can't the phone company just drop in a DSLAM?) or cable broadband. So what are all these WiFi access points connecting into?

    3: What happens when people congregate in one spot. Do the police come along and say, "Move along now, you're clogging the local WiFi node."

  4. Re:I should become a Canadian artist... on Canadians [Will] Pay Levy on MP3 Players - Updated · · Score: 1
    about what, 2.75 mil per Canadian

    Is that 2.75 mil Canadian, or USD?

  5. Throw the bums out! on Canadians [Will] Pay Levy on MP3 Players - Updated · · Score: 4, Insightful
    When will the Canadian voters and computer users realize that they outnumber the CPCC, record companies, and government hacks, and start dictating to the Canadian Copyright Board just how to stand up to pressure?

    This whole idea of compromise means the industry gets at least half a loaf, right out of the pockets of many people who never recorded a song in their lifetime. People who believe in compromise are the worst sort to have on regulation boards.

    And taxing MP3 players is absurd. If you buy the music you should be able to listen to it on your iPod or any other player without additional charge. It's not like you're suddenly listening to it on your home stereo, car stereo, and iPod at the same time.

    Canada needs a popular revolution, with a few decapitations thrown in for good measure!

  6. Re:Not the original...and we're better off for tha on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 1
    As a kid, I was addicted to all 24 episodes of the original series

    As a kid I was addicted to Maren Jensen. Withdrawal was a real bitch!

  7. Re:.. what are these "commericals" you speak of? on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Even if I'm not recording, I'll pause it and go do something else for a half hour just to avoid watching commericals

    Wouldn't have been enough, this time.

  8. Terminator 3 verses Battlestar Galactica on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 1

    Forget Alien verses Preditor. I want to see Kristanna Loken square off against Tricia Helfer -- no clothes bare-d.

  9. Cylon Night Fighters on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 1

    Makes me wonder how the original Cylons ever beat humans, since it is obvious they could never sneak up on us at night (with those red, sweeping eyes).

  10. Make that 2-1/2 hour epic... on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 1
    watch the entire 4-hour epic...

    Make that 2.5 hour epic. I was running the VCR when it started. By the second massive commercial break, I turned off the TV and waited until I could watch the whole thing with remote in hand.

  11. Re:Great..90w P/S on Emachines 64-bit Athlons Now On Sale · · Score: 1
    A fully Loaded Athlon 64 PC...... With Windows XP Home edition and a little 90 watt power supply that'll last 2 months.

    Excuse me, but, I don't think 90w can even fully power the Athlon 64 bit chip and it's fan.

  12. Re:finally has a toy we'd all like to get for Xmas on Emachines 64-bit Athlons Now On Sale · · Score: 1
    The hard-drives they put in will only fit those machines

    That's interesting. I doubt they manufacture the drives themselves, so how do they get a model not available to anyone else? And in ever increasing sized new models?

    Also, anything non-standard in a component oriented world virtually always costs more, not less. So how do they keep prices down?

  13. Re:Why so quiet? on Emachines 64-bit Athlons Now On Sale · · Score: 1
    It seems odd to me that if you were the first company to release an lower-end 64 bit processor you'd be "quiet" about it.

    It's not quiet the moment it hits /. And they didn't have to pay a cent for this advertising!

  14. And... on Microsoft: Patches, Patches Everywhere! · · Score: 5, Funny
    It moved to a fixed schedule of monthly patches to make the process more predictable for network and system administrators.

    ...and virus writers.

  15. New Director, New Challenges on Head Of ATF To Direct RIAA Anti-Piracy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bradley A. Buckles arrives at the RIAA just in time to tackle the problem of finding P2P users located within the 21124 square miles (82^2*Pi) surrounding every WiFi point in America. (New WiFi distance record.)

  16. In Related News on New Wi-Fi Distance Record Set In Utah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In related news, Pringles today announced ultra-Pringles-bulk-super-can for sale at Price Club and other bulk outlet stores, this 82 mile tall can...

  17. A Job's Quote to Save for Haunting on Steve Jobs and the State of Legal Music Downloads · · Score: 1
    Like, they're going to be selling plasma TVs online. Would you ever buy a plasma TV without seeing it? No way.

    Let's save this quote to see if it comes back to haunt Steve five or ten years from now. Not saying it will, however he really went out on a limb with it -- and that's what makes it fun!

  18. IBM -- Itty Bitty Machines on The Most Incorrect Assumptions In Computing? · · Score: 1
    The market for personal computers should be 250,000 over the lifetime of the product.
    ---IBM

    (Or was it just 25,000?)

  19. Diminishing Suits on RIAA Extends Legal Action · · Score: 1

    Anyone notice how the number of suits filed in each round is dimishing? How long before the next round files 1, or zero, suits?

  20. Retroactively charge AOL on Microsoft to Charge for FAT File System · · Score: 1

    Can MS retroactively charge AOL for all those floppies they once sent out?

  21. Major Gripe on New Battlestar Galactica Premieres Monday · · Score: 1
    Why do they have to call it "Battlestar Galactica"? Why play off a name that means something else? If they'd just given it a new name for the series and characters, but what is the use of trying to capture a franchise that you're destroying in the process?

    I feel the same about the Tom Cruise "Mission Impossible" movies. If Tom Cruise wants to make James Bond meets Die Hard, fine. Just don't call it "Mission Impossible", because it isn't.

    What idiots in Hollywood don't get this?

  22. Re:The Gimp only manages 262144x262144 on no! on Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier · · Score: 1
    A 262144x262144 RGB picture requires 512gig, that seems to be the limit.

    I don't know what the file size limit for Gimp is, however Photoshop CS does have a new Large Photoshop File format that allows for individual files saved at more than 2GB, which was the previous maximum file size.

    Personally I'm hoping my next version of PS will be fully 64-bit. Even if the gains will be less in some areas than others, I doubt any part of a 64-bit Photoshop would be worse than its 32-bit equivalent.

  23. Re:Photoshop CS on Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier · · Score: 1
    Photoshop CS also requires activation

    I believe only the Windows version so far. My hope in that area is that activiation will prove more bane than benefit and it won't last long.

  24. Photoshop CS on Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier · · Score: 1
    the version of Photoshop that I use cannot work with images with pixel dimensions of more than 30,000.

    The new Photoshop CS (nee 8) breaks the 30,000 pixel barrier. Of course I realize you've been too busy out shooting and stitching to upgrade yet.

  25. What has happened to the existing sets? on Peter Jackson Hints At The Hobbit · · Score: 1

    And what has happened to the LotR sets and locations in NZ? Would they be available? Certainly they must have been preserved as a tourist attraction if nothing else.