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  1. VideoLAN on A Video Studio Over Ethernet - Can it be done? · · Score: 4, Informative

    A possibility is VideoLAN which, while not able to send raw data across the network, can stream mpeg-1, -2, and -4, as well as other formats/codecs. For direct data streaming, netcat is a possibility. However, like stated in a brother post, the traffic on the network is an important aspect to consider.

    These are "poor-man" methods, so the choice is up to you if you want to use these or a more professional method of streaming.

  2. Re:I've thought of this before too on Contactless Electrical Current Transfer? · · Score: 1

    Mr. Tesla is one of the more underrated scientists of the 20th century. From his coil to his steam turbine (which goes fast enough to cause it to break apart under centrifical (or is it centrifugal? I can never remember the difference) force much like spinning a CD with a drill/Dremel. Speaking of which, the poster should check out Sam Barros' site, which shows his past experiments (most/all of which include technical information) You are bound to find something helpful/entertaining in there (like fun things you can do with an old microwave oven :) --Brendan Orr (after hitting the preview button and going to the site, I realized that Sam deals with mostly high-power [i.e. that could kill & fry you in under a fraction of a second], so it might not be too helpful, still fun to read.)

  3. I can see it now... on 2004: Year of the Penguin? · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...as millions of Windows users migrate to this "new" OS, a "My Boxen", "My Qbphzragf", and "My pr0n" icons will appear on the desktop, people will change their homepages from www.msn.com to slashdot/newsforge/rootprompt.org, and one will not be considered cool unless they borked their hard disk at least once in the first 10 days of using it. Ah, pop culture.

  4. Re:In your house? on Gigabit Networking for the Home? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Man, I can't wait till we get Yottabyte-sized storage... ...imagine the amount of pr0n you can store on that!!! (for the non-geek, 1 YB = 2^80 bytes [1.24 X 10^24])

  5. Re:oy on People with real l337 speak names? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Could always make a shirt "I fork()'ed with my spouse"

  6. Re:Mirror (already Slashdotted) on IF Quake Takes Fragging To Whole New Level · · Score: 1

    Been done with aalib. I've personally played Text Mode Quake (screenshots), however not aaquake2 (yet) or the Text Mode UT. The Text Mode UT (aaut) page has some useful information one how aaut and ttyquake work.

  7. Re:ok on Flat Panel Antenna for C-band TVRO? · · Score: 1

    Wiki-pedia: C-Band and KU-band.

  8. Re:Uh-oh on Debugging The Spirit Rover · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, Linux, Mac OS X, *BSD, and other *nix users have /dev/null as a trash can.

  9. Re:I would suggest... on What is the Best Way to Handle a GPL Violation? · · Score: 1

    For compiled programs see the strings(1) manpage or use a hex editor to pull strings and compare. it is what Mplayer did to show that KiSS was taking their GPL'ed code from the subtitle-reading portion. (see the posting for 2004.01.02)

  10. Pure Lazyness on US Treasury to Post Previously Private Email Addresses Online · · Score: 1

    "The unusually large number of comments received...has made it difficult to remove all street addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses from the comments for posting on our Internet Web site in a timely manner"
    How hard can it be to simply not include something? I just can't fathom how hard it could be to use only certain fields of a database. Or even use Perl!

  11. kdrive is nice on Hackers on Linux's Exciting Desktop Future · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Kdrive (freedesktop.org's X project) is nice, however, it still lacks support for nvidia. Rather, it is impossible to have accellerated support for nvidia (and no, you cannot use your binary-only nvidia drivers with kdrive). now, if only there were a way to get the various extensions+xcompmgr to work with my existing 4.3 server :\ (mmm, kde... more eye candy :)

  12. Re:TV for nerds? already got it. on TV For Nerds: Cable Science Network? · · Score: 1

    Nah, NASA Tv is tv for nerds. Unfortunately, you have to own a c-band satellite dish.

  13. Re:Bounty Hunters? on U.S. Spam Law to Take Effect Jan. 1 · · Score: 1

    Nah, Boba utilizes his honeypot at bobafett.org.
    He read securityfocus's article about making one here: securityfocus.org/infocus/1747
    (note, I've been getting some connection problems, here is the google cached version.)

  14. Re:KDE is quite complete on KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE? · · Score: 1

    Nope, Quark isn't made by Adobe. Pagemaker is however. There are linux equivalents. Including (arguably) KWord. Scribbus is perhaps the one that comes to my mind the most however

  15. Re:The State Of KDE -- new, improved edition on KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE? · · Score: 1

    Blech, sorry for the formatting, forgot to insert a few
    's (Yeah, I know, "Use the friggin Preview Button") give me some slack (no pun) its nearly 2:30am :)

  16. Re:The State Of KDE -- new, improved edition on KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE? · · Score: 1

    I used to use Gnome back when it was 1.x. I preferred it to KDE then. But then Gnome was the first Linux desktop that I used. And I also didn't like the qt license issue either. That meant my prediliction for using Gnome at the time.
    Yeah, I don't like Qt's licensing scheme either, it makes it hard for commercial developers to make software with it, since it, IIRC, is a per-developer license. I hope that someday it will go to a pure GPL, instead of a bi-licensed QT/GPL. Codebase I have no idea, since I don't code. KDE does look very professional and organised. I'll give an example if I may - I noticed that you weren't able to download user manuals for KDE and Gnome in pdf format from their respective websites. I emailed both KDE and Gnome about this - only KDE replied. That says a lot about professionalism. Yeah, I love doing development for it (however I don't do any core/library development yet). One thing I like about KDE is its developement process:it is very solid and very organized. At this moment, KDE 3.2 is in string freeze, so the focus is not obviously making it better (from a feature standpoint) but making it faster and more stable. When it will be released in Jan. 2004, it should be one hellofa DE. That's MY personal choice. Personally, I'd like to see both major desktops merge, but it's an impossibility. Right on about the personal choice. KDE and GNOME users shouldn't see it as a battle between us. It is like saying that slackware is better than RedHat or Debian, when in fact no distro is better than another, just different. Same holds true here. GNOME is much simpler in controls: "it just works" Whereas KDE is for those of us who need to tweak every single option to make it not only unique, but to give ourselves an environment that is truely ergonomic. --Brendan Orr

  17. Re:I think on KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE? · · Score: 1

    actually there already is a "Reset to Beginner Mode" Everybody sees it with a fresh install and is easily accessed from the KMenu>Settings>Desktop Settings Wizard (excluding distros that change this) alternatively, run "kpersonalizer" --Brendan Orr

  18. Finland and Sweden? on Lindows Ordered To Stop Using Lindows Name · · Score: 1

    The last I checked, both companies are US based, how is it that foreign countries can enforce a name change for a company that doesn't have its primary base in that country.

  19. Re:Glad I didn't watch on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 1

    Why watch it? I intentionally didn't watch it Monday and Tuesday because I had my doubts and knew they'd replay it a dozen times (like they did with Taken).
    Hey! I still haven't seen 1 episode of Taken. I hope they air it again!

  20. Re:Hot damn! on Berklee Encourages Peer to Peer Music Trading · · Score: 1

    I would be going there... if I could afford the tuition! !$30,000+ a year is too steep for me, even with financial aid :\ Though I did audition to replace a bassist who was offered $20,000 to go there, lucky stiff.

  21. Jungle WiFi on TCP/IP over Bongo Drums · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heh, well at least we can expect the Massai not to send spam. Oh gosh... ...can you imagine someone getting DDoS'ed?

  22. Re:OpenOffice needs data analysis... on More Linux Activity in German Government · · Score: 2, Informative

    check out Scientific Applications for Linux It is sure to have something you are looking for (plus more)

  23. Not removing the "human factor"? not quite on Essay Grading Software For Teachers · · Score: 1

    I am not sure of which system my college uses, but when I transfered, I was subjected to an essay as a placement for the English courses. At any rate, there was no human involvement, you could appeal the computer's score and have it reviewed by a person, but for the most part it wasn't. What if your English 213 final was graded by a computer, but recieved bad marks for "style"... ...ouch.

  24. Re:Uhm... on Nmap Featured in The Matrix Reloaded · · Score: 1

    Linux... how do you think people would react when they start seeing BSODs all over the place?

  25. hmm on Unix-Haters Handbook Available Online · · Score: 1

    I needed some humor in my collection of books. This "UNIX-Haters handbook" should create some really good laughs