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  1. nice big protection on Active Noise-Canceling Headsets In Server Rooms? · · Score: 1

    Stop by your local hardware store, and get a nice big pair of those headphone/earmuff style hearing protectors. You can find them in a few colors, or cover them with stickers, or mod them with LEDs, etc.

    The biggest convenience of those things is being able to take them off easily, and not having to scour your ears daily to avoid having earwax all over. (with the little in-ear plugs) And they'll actually protect your hearing, to boot.

  2. Re:SVG on Firefox 2.0 'Beta Candidate 1' Released · · Score: 1

    That's odd, there's a whole section on interactivity in the SVG 1.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/interact.html

    Not to mention one for animation, and another for scripting, and one on extensibility. (embedding whatever, even flash if you wanted.) Either you don't know what you're talking about, or you should have specified that you were referring to what's commonly implemented in viewers at the moment. Or I could be confused, and just not quite realize what you're talking about, in which case feel free to fill me in so that I can learn something. Or was this just a quick troll?

  3. Drop in appliance? on Google Calendar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If Google came out with a drop in mail / calendar / storage / search appliance, I could see small to medium businesses dropping their exchange servers and all the licensing and support headaches they include. Either that or I'm optimistic and a little crazy.

  4. Re:One thing on Massively Multiplayer Games Quickified · · Score: 1

    So when I read a choose-your-own-adventure book, it doesn't have a plot because I can go back and the first parts are still the same? Just because your actions don't regularly remove/add content for other people doesn't make thier effects invalid.

  5. Re:Dual boot laptop on Macworld to Bring Updates to Laptop Lines? · · Score: 1

    Thanks to WoW, I no longer have the game excuse. So now I'm saving up for a cheaper, cooler intel-based something. Haven't decided on a book or a mini, but either way. Though I should probably wait for the second generation.

  6. Re:The introduction calls for it on Dotless Top Level Domains? · · Score: 1

    Er, no? If you aren't asking this company's servers to resolve, you aren't going to see the domains they've "owned". When they get a multinational service provider, or multiple countries of digital prominence, then you can start worrying about hostile takeovers.

  7. The wrong approach? on Dotless Top Level Domains? · · Score: 1
    Dotless domains almost sounds enticing enough to happen, but at those prices, I doubt the world is going to start redirecting at a great enough rate to make this company's plan viable.

    I'd imagine if it does pick up any steam, you'd just find ICANN offering the same thing at a decent price. (or allowing someone to do so)

  8. Taps on VOIP? on VOIP Tappings Under Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    If the taps are on VOIP, what concern is it of the web? Slippery slopes don't count. Or is it possible to tap only VOIP, leaving other traffic alone?

  9. missed the link on Parents 'ignore game age ratings' · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Flat Out on Parents 'ignore game age ratings' · · Score: 1

    I'd hazard that you haven't played with truck dismount. I still need to check out the newest entry in the series.

  11. A better mou^h^h^h^h brain trap on MMORPGs Will Change the Future · · Score: 2, Interesting
    We know people don't tend to play games or watch TV because they feel they have too much time on their hands. So mostly it amounts to more engrossing and thorough distraction.

    I'd say the biggest question is: from what?

  12. SVG (& hence Inkscape) excites me on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Especially with Firefox adding native SVG support (I hear it's in Deerpark, though I haven't wanted to mess with my current install to try it out) all this scalable vector action is really cool. Just visiting Adobe's SVG demos (which I assume are still up with the (now) old version of their SVG browser plugin) gives you a good idea of how incredibly cool web pages could become. Considering animation possibilities, I start to drool even more. Yeah, yeah, Macromedia Flash - blah blah blah...

  13. There's a reason this hasn't been done. on Update on the Optimus Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I don't know specifically what that reason is, (IANAKM,) but I'd imagine something about hooking up around a hundred small screens that move independently and quite often at significant speeds with relatively little resistance yet remaining connected and running might have something to do with it.

    Or maybe I'm just too pessimistic.

  14. Sure. on Win2000 Still Performs on 8-year-old Hardware · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd think it impedes sales just about as much as making hardware that keeps working longer than six months.

  15. oops, mod me and parent down. on Reports of VHS's Death Highly Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    Oops. Didn't read carefully. OP is right, I'm going back to work. So much for my dreams of monetary dominance.

  16. Re:VCR vs DVD Player on Reports of VHS's Death Highly Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    is $30 considered expensive? If so, then I must be getting rich despite my low-paying nonprofit job. Apparently fastidious use of credit goes a long way.

  17. Re:The Canvas on Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available · · Score: 1

    Isn't SVG an already full-featured and becoming-implemented way to do this kind of thing?

  18. Weighted? on Blank Keyboard · · Score: 1

    As a musician, the last thing I want is a variably weighted keyboard to reinforce the natural tendency to have weak outer fingers.

  19. Re:Another giant step backward... on The Pseudoscience of Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    Correct. You can dig around on the UMC website, and when you finally find their doctrinal statements, they just mention the bible. I couldn't find any statement about their current stance on just how inspired etc. they believe it is.

  20. mod up parent... on Nanotech Brings Battery Life Extender for Mobiles · · Score: 1

    Exactly like.

  21. Other leg-enhancing system? on Homebrewed Robot Exoskeleton In Alaska · · Score: 2, Informative
    Anyone? Not the Berkeley exoskelton thing. I seem to recall, back in the 90's, showed up in pop sci... some kind of strap-on device that was supposed to augment your leg motions. (military was interested or actively developing, if I recall) I think it was mostly mechanical, I'm not sure if it merely multiplied the movement or affected the force, and if I recall the bulk of the legs/levers stuck out behind and below the user. (kind of like thick flamingo legs, or some other animal similar but more cool) The end result was supposed to be 2x the leg motion, not tons more effort. Kind of like more efficient and stable and jointed stilts.

    Anyone remember or know what I'm talking about? I can't seem to find anything about it.

  22. Doubling capacity to 300 GB on Latest SCSI Drive Reviewed · · Score: 3, Informative

    The other two models are 73 and 147 according to the article.

  23. Re:Been around for a long time . . . on Laser Powered Virtual Display · · Score: 1
    I saw this at the UW when it was quite new and under development waay back in the 90's, when I was part of the "early scholars outreach program" for minority jr. high students. Nothing incredible, but it was cool. Didn't get to see in it action, though.

    The only thing I really got from that whole thing was a temporary account that let me peruse the evils of usenet back in the day. How many times I've wished I'd never browsed the alt.* tree back then. And I'll always remember ftp'ing Cindy Crawford off of some wustl.edu server...

  24. Re:cheap space launches on Carbon Nanotubes Harder Than Diamond · · Score: 1

    Did I miss this the last few space elevator tangents, or is this something new and exciting to tell all my friends about?

  25. Re:Apparently I don't exist on Washington State Archives Go Digital · · Score: 1

    Me too. Neither. Gee, I hope they kept the originals somewhere.