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  1. Where is the monorail? on A Complete Map To Springfield · · Score: 1

    I dont see the monorail anywhere on there....

  2. Re:Man, too bad on The DDR Workout - It's Official · · Score: 1

    You know you can get DDR for the PS2. Along with the mat. No public embarassment needed. Unless you have your friends over...

  3. Plain ol' IR remote on Home Theater Keyboards? · · Score: 1

    I just use a normal remote. But then again all I do is normal STB type stuff. No surfing or anything that would need a keyboard. I've seen wireless trackball keyboards, but nothing I'd want to use.

  4. If nothing else on Voice Over IP Goes Global, The DNS Way · · Score: 4, Informative

    VoIP is very good competition for the POTS phone companies. Its funny now I see plans for $50/mo unlimited long distance. A few years ago I can remember a friend paying gigantic sums of money on long distance phone bills. Now for $50, its an all-you-can-eat buffet.

  5. I always thought that firefox was a little light. on Firefox/Thunderbird Plugins: Is Less More? · · Score: 1

    I remember posting a long time ago to the forums, and apparently it was the umpteenth time it had been requested, but for some of the stuff in the Tabbrowser Extensions module to be incorporated into the core of phoenix/firebird/firefox. Aza said no, and that was kind of it. I still believe to this day that tabbed functionality is left out of firefox, and I wouldnt believe its that expensive to put in.

    Some things in plugins nowadays should be incorporated into core browser functionality.

  6. Re:Enterprise will be back on UPN Renews 'Star Trek: Enterprise' · · Score: 1

    Yea, I agree, this season has actually compelled me to watch. I watched the first few episodes of the series, and lost interest eventually. But this season has brought me back. This arc with the Xindi is really interesting. Maybe a little long... but still interesting none the less..

  7. Just need to last til 2025 on Nano Body Building · · Score: 2, Funny

    And by then $1000 will be a pittance!

  8. Re:Volkswagen Golf TDI on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    diesel is now way cheaper then gasoline.

    Have you been to california lately? Diesel is just as expensive in california as premium unleaded gasoline is in california.

  9. Dev Null on G4TechTV Announced · · Score: 1

    On MSNBC's tech show (I forgot what it was called) back in the mid 90s. On a related note, Leo did the voice for Dev Null on that show.

  10. Re:I still think its a big liability... on ExtremeTech Reviews Google's Gmail Beta · · Score: 1

    This same thing I described happened on AOL in the mid/late 90s, eventually they wised up but it took em a few years. I'm sure someone will try it now...

  11. Re:Dead Technology! on Plextor First With A 12x DVD+R Drive · · Score: 1

    I'm not thinking about "backing up" movies, I'm speaking to large data backups.

  12. I still think its a big liability... on ExtremeTech Reviews Google's Gmail Beta · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It could easily be a pirates den. If a CD in MP3s is roughly 100MB, users go into some IRC channel, request with an gmail addy and then it magically shows up in their inbox to download and delete. All at google's disk space and bandwidth.

  13. Re:Dead Technology! on Plextor First With A 12x DVD+R Drive · · Score: 2, Informative

    A recent article showed that the DL write speeds at 2.4x. So you can spend 45mins burning 1 DL DVD, or 2x 15min burning two DVDs at 8x.

  14. videos on Anti-Missile Laser Weapon Successfully Tested · · Score: 5, Informative

    are here.

    WMP or QT are availabe.

  15. Send your representatives an email.... on Boucher's DMCRA To Get A Hearing On May 12 · · Score: 4, Informative
  16. DMCRA = Digital Media Consumer Rights Act on Boucher's DMCRA To Get A Hearing On May 12 · · Score: 1, Informative

    nt

  17. Wow Carrie is hot... on Cyber-Soap Returns From The Dead · · Score: 1

    typing with one hand is a lot slower than i thought...

    =^)

  18. Rolled over on Phatbot Author Arrested In Germany · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I bet the sasser author rolled over on the phatbot author.

  19. FFX for $20 on Engaging Debate on Piracy and Videogaming · · Score: 1

    I picked up Final Fantasy X for $20 this past winter. Really nice game.

  20. Re:The Justice Department has already ... on ACLU Sues FBI Over ISP Records · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, in fact the "Justice" department encourages the use of the PATRIOT ACT against anyone and anything. The idea is to make it so entrenched in the way they do business, that to repeal it when the terrorist threat goes away (or at any time really) because a very big issue of public safety.

    An example of this was the G-Sting operation in Las Vegas, the feds used the PATRIOT ACT against owners of strip clubs.

  21. And still banned from the FE/PLS/PE exams on TI-84 Plus Released · · Score: 1

    Especially since these can communicate..

  22. er... remove that "not" in the first sentence (nt) on A DIMM Future for RAM Bundles · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Foo

  23. Switching over on A DIMM Future for RAM Bundles · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A lot of the shortage has to do with the fact that companies are not starting to split their resources between DDR and DDR2. Between that, and the fact that it seems like companies may buy lots of replacement computers this year (2001 was the last strong year for purchasing, and 3-year replacement cycles are typical).

    So yea, be prepared to pay higher prices for gas, milk (and associated dairy products like ice cream), meat, RAM and who knows what else this year.

  24. Re:Capitalism is the root. on Operation Fastlink Cracks Down on Warez · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, there needs to be a corporate death penalty. Revoke the business license/corporate charter that put it together in the first place. If everyone is out of a job all of a sudden, people (the peons in the organization, which also make up the majority of people in the org.) will say something, and hopefully public outrage against corporate entities takes it from there.

  25. Re:Not transfer in the internet sense, on Data Transfer Has A Speed Limit · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    If the data comes from/goes to a HD, if you take the HD out of the equation the limit goes away (for a while, perhaps). /dev/random to /dev/null isnt all that limited by HD speed. Or you can replace magnetic storage w/ something else.