Slashdot Mirror


User: eluusive

eluusive's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
380
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 380

  1. Re:On the bright side... on AACS Specifications Released · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what I do, but this doesn't help rented disks whatsoever.

  2. Re:On the bright side... on AACS Specifications Released · · Score: 1

    I'm not happy with DVDs. The ones I rent are always scratched up! Can't they PUT THEM IN FUCKING PERMINANT CASES like Zip disks or something?!?! Goddamnit.

  3. Re:Can someone please explain... on 10.4 Widget Site Opens Doors · · Score: 1

    I believe you call Cocoa functions via the ECMAscript engine. There is a binding provided for ECMAscript.

  4. Re:iMac + KVM ? on New Mac System Specs · · Score: 1

    Ignore my post, I thought he wanted to get a Mac mini. No wonder is resquest seemed so odd. I'm having the same problem. I wish the iMac accepted video imput. I'm just going to get me a G5 tower instead :)

  5. Re:iMac + KVM ? on New Mac System Specs · · Score: 1

    http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GC S1714&PHPSESSID=9a7235723e2ef09b19f8cd89e391a77e

    This is (at least a year ago with I bought one) the only "USB" KVM that supports USB keyboards and mice, and supports hot keys. Accept no substitute, or you will be disappointed. (There are others for cheaper that take PS/2 in, and have USB outputs to the computer.)

    I own this, it works great. Unfortunately due to supposed "trademark issues" the device can't spoof the USB signatures of your keyboard and mouse. Thus, you will lose function of extra buttons on the keybord (because the basic USB HID driver will be used)

    You can get the 2 port one for a little cheaper if you just have 2 machines. I have only 2, but I like having the other ports incase I'm fixing someone elses machine at my place.

  6. Re:This is good on New Mac System Specs · · Score: 1
    Did YOU?
    It's got to be good for Apple's marketing that their MHz ratings are properly competing with modern PCs nowadays
    Or are AMDs not modern PC processors?
  7. Re:This is good on New Mac System Specs · · Score: 1

    AMD-64 currently smashes P4s in benchmarks. What clock frequency are those again? Oh yeah 2.8

  8. Re:What novel? SPOILER on Battlestar Galactica in HD · · Score: 1

    How about Foundation? Though I fail to see how they're very similar.

  9. Re:Am I the only one? on Battlestar Galactica in HD · · Score: 0

    I agree with you. Although the story is okay, the filming SUCKS, and the writing too. I've watched the first 10 episodes and I _STILL_ have no clue what's going on. I gave up. Not to mention, jumping around every 3 minutes to find out what joe blow is up to is irritating as all fuck.

  10. Re:Am I the only one? on Battlestar Galactica in HD · · Score: -1, Troll

    You call jumping-around-every-3-minutes-to-see-what-EVERY-F UCKING-CREW -MEMBER-is-doing good science fiction? You can keep it!

  11. Re:Yeah, I'm outraged, but here's a solution: on Computer Program Makes Essay Grading Easier · · Score: 1

    Too bad college has just become another 6 years of babysitting after highschool.

  12. Re:Great for Advertising... on Sony Patents Matrix-Like Game Technology · · Score: 1

    Weird... I thought that _ALREADY_ happened.

  13. e-scrabble.com on Company Name in URL Not Copyright Infringement · · Score: 1

    How does this relate to that issue? Anybody a lawyer?

  14. Re:Hasbro's C&D letter somewhat inaccurate on e-Scrabble gets Cease and Desist Order from Hasbro · · Score: 1

    Those BIOS were not provided with a license. Licenses have nothing to do with patent or copyright law, but contract law. I can make any stipulations before giving you my source code, since I own it. That's what the GPL is all about.

  15. Re:solar schmolar -- CROPS are the real solar ener on New Photovoltaics Made with Titanium Foil · · Score: 1

    Google: 70.8 watts to Calories per day 70.8 Watts = 1 462.02677 kilocalories per day Google: 2500 Calories per day to watts 2 500 (kilocalories per day) = 121.064815 Watts Google rawks.

  16. Re:Give me a break... on New Photovoltaics Made with Titanium Foil · · Score: 1

    You wouldn't be a plant, you'd just be autotrophic. There are autotrophic creatures in the ocean which are not considered "plants." Also, If you could be 100% efficient with the power, you'd be gettting approx 10 times more energy than you need. Even without being at rest we only need about twice that 70 watts mentioned. You would only need to be in direct sunlight for about 4.8 hours a day provided you could store all that energy up. My point was not that you didn't need to be in the sun, but that there was enough energy in sunlight to power an animal.

  17. First Glaced on Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux · · Score: 1

    "Paris Hilton has been maimed by the Open Source Development Legue" It almost made sense for a second...

  18. Re:Not the first time on Apple Offers Huge Prizes For Video Game Ports · · Score: 1

    Do you _SEE_ any links to a news article about this? Any links to apple's website? No? Oh, what makes you think apple did this then?

  19. Dual Ethernet Ports on Mac mini as Embedded Development Platform · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd buy one if it had two ethernet ports. Think of what a leat--yet small--router you could have. My current webserver/router/firewall/dhcp/dns/etc server is a 466mhz celeron I found in a dumpster and replaced the hard drive on. heh. At least it has two NIC cards though.

  20. Re:What's the big deal? on Blockbuster Settles No Late Fee Suit · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if I'm paying a monthly fee to them for it.

  21. Re:solar schmolar -- CROPS are the real solar ener on New Photovoltaics Made with Titanium Foil · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Why? There isn't enough energy in the sunlight to sustain the metabolic rate required for movement. In billions of years, nature hasn't figured out how to covert enough sunlight into energy to sustain an animal's movement other than by concentrating it first into vegetable matter which can be eaten.
    This is absolute bullcrap. There is more than plenty of energy in solar rays to power an animal. It is more convient, however, from the perspective of a moving entity to eat other things. If they do, they don't have to stay in the sun for significant amounts of time every day! They also do not need to eat significant amounts of dirt to get their necessary minerals. Instead, they can rely on plants to do both of those things for them. To quote wikipedia: The generally accepted standard is 1020 watts per square meter at sea level. That said: The the basal metabolic rate (at rest) is appr 1.2 W per kg of body weight I weigh 57 kg. Which means I need 70.8 W resting. If I was laying on the ground at sea level I would be receiving 950 more watts that I need to stay alive. (If I could actually use all of that.) Solar sells can use approx 20-50% of that 1020 watts.
  22. Re:I'm calling Bullshit on Large Prize Offered For Writing Mac Virus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I totally agree. I think your points is a bit moot considering how much effort you had to put into it after a default install to make it "secure." Or is that how you think operating systems should come?

  23. Re:How come? on Large Prize Offered For Writing Mac Virus · · Score: 1

    Symantec is not putting on the challenge....

  24. Re:One big non-issue here on Microsoft Partially Opens Proprietary XML Format · · Score: 1

    I save RTF files from TextEDit and AbiWord all the time, and they're broken in Word. Not to mention RTF doesn't support some features I need.

  25. Re:Hasbro's C&D letter somewhat inaccurate on e-Scrabble gets Cease and Desist Order from Hasbro · · Score: 1

    The license you are provided GPL code under has a clause that covers derivative works. If you were to do what you mentioned, you would be violating the license, to which you agreed in order to obtain the original code.