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  1. Re:Google and Windows on 'DVD Jon' Breaks Google Video Lock · · Score: 1

    Well, at least this'll be easy to port to Linux and Mac - it's a fork of VLC, which is available on Linux and Mac.

  2. Re:One word here to on Are Older Games More Satisfying? · · Score: 1

    I've only played the shareware Quake, but it's pretty fun...

    As for FPSes, the old ones also work on old hardware. UT:GOTY is a damn fun game, and is playable (granted, at 640x480) on my laptop (a P3 700 with 384MB RAM and a Rage Mobility M (4MB VRAM)).

  3. Re:14 speakers? on 13.1 Surround Sound Coming to a Home near you? · · Score: 1

    Three beepers on computers
    Three speakers for ThinkPad
    A 2.1 system (three speakers)
    A 2.0 system (two speakers)
    Three alarm clock speakers
    Three cell phone speakers
    GB speaker
    Speaker on microwave
    Speaker on range
    Two TVs, each with one speaker
    Two speakers on radio

    24 speakers. And I could find more if I was trying...

  4. Re:The good thing is that... on AMD Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel · · Score: 1

    Have you looked at the 326? It appears to be FAIRLY comparable to the 336, except it's got Opterons... dual-core, as well.

    (Tell me if I'm wrong...)

  5. Re:OS X solution on Protecting My Daughter's Notebook? · · Score: 1

    It's called Scheduled Tasks.

  6. Re:Wrong priorities on Protecting My Daughter's Notebook? · · Score: 3, Informative
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run?

    There's no curl in Windows, but there IS FTP.
    Transfers files to and from a computer running an FTP server service
    (sometimes called a daemon). Ftp can be used interactively.

    FTP [-v] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-g] [-s:filename] [-a] [-w:windowsize] [-A] [host]

    -v Suppresses display of remote server responses.
    -n Suppresses auto-login upon initial connection.
    -i Turns off interactive prompting during multiple file
    transfers.
    -d Enables debugging.
    -g Disables filename globbing (see GLOB command).
    -s:filename Specifies a text file containing FTP commands; the
    commands will automatically run after FTP starts.
    -a Use any local interface when binding data connection.
    -A login as anonymous.
    -w:buffersize Overrides the default transfer buffer size of 4096.
    host Specifies the host name or IP address of the remote
    host to connect to.

    Notes:
    - mget and mput commands take y/n/q for yes/no/quit.
    - Use Control-C to abort commands.
    That should do the trick - you just need to have a script that it autolaunches that has "GET .secretfile.txt" and "BYE" in it. Then, you can log all attempts to grab .secretfile.txt, and grap IPs.
  7. Re:Ugh on AMD Launches Athlon 64 FX-57 · · Score: 1

    Read the post again ;-)

    I said in the near future, there'll be some Semprons and Opteron 1xx's...

  8. Re:Overcloking ? on AMD Launches Athlon 64 FX-57 · · Score: 1

    Tech Report got it to 3GHz unstable (without FSB adjustments, the next step from 2.8 is 3.0, IIRC) on a Thermaltake cooler - they suggested trying it with a different cooler, though...

    http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/athlon64-fx57 /index.x?pg=14

  9. Re:Ugh on AMD Launches Athlon 64 FX-57 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's all of the current sockets that AMD uses:

    462: Newer Classic Athlons, Athlon MPs (server chip), Athlon XPs, Duron, Old Semprons
    754: Old Athlon 64s, Semprons, Turion 64s (mobile chip)
    939: Newer Athlon 64s, most Athlon 64 FX's (53, 55, 57), and in the near future, newer Semprons and 1xx (single CPU only) Opterons
    940: Opterons, Athlon 64 FX-51 and some FX-53s

  10. Re:Ugh on AMD Launches Athlon 64 FX-57 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also, the 940 boards have to be 6-layer (costs more), and they have to have ECC (IIRC), whereas 939 can be 4-layer, and use cheaper, faster non-ECC memory.

  11. Re:MP3 player? on No PodBuddy for iPod lovers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, since the MP3 playing is a secondary function of the iPod (it's an AAC player that happens to play MP3s), they could fight it... However, it's the traditional big-business-wants-the-little-guy-out-so-they-sue- them-so-that-they-shrivel-up-because-of-legal-fees game. Microsoft's played it with Digital Research in a way - they did something that they knew would get them sued (have Windows 3.1 refuse to run on DR-DOS, and not for technical reasons). DR won the case, but the legal fees drove them under.

  12. Re:I wonder why on Windows Users Ignoring LUA Security · · Score: 1

    Good question.

    I just use them because everybody else does, and I know what 3000 miles is. (FWIW, it's ROUGHLY 5000 km) I don't use metric measurements that often, though.

  13. Re:I wonder why on Windows Users Ignoring LUA Security · · Score: 1

    I would expect a driver to know that the banging noise coming from under the hood is a problem, or when the car suddenly isn't handling right, maybe a tire's blown out, or that one at least should get the oil changed every 3,000 miles.

    One analogy that I'm going to use is an old one about understanding stuff, though. It's been said that one doesn't need to understand internal combustion to drive their car - makes sense. Obviously, you can go to it being unnecessary to understand how, say, Windows works under the hood to use a computer.

    However, one who knows how internal combustion works could take that into consideration, and use a different acceleration profile on the car (for example). One who knows how Windows works, at least to a limited extent, can more easily find where problems are, and also manage everything so that the system runs better (read: faster).

  14. Re:It could be the default option during install on Windows Users Ignoring LUA Security · · Score: 3, Informative

    Try something next time...

    Change the shortcut to point to "runas /u Administator /p (the admin password) /e (the path to the exe) /a (whatever the arguments are)". That should let you run something as an Admin while still being an LU.

  15. Re:XviD codec? on CVS Disposable Camcorder Hacked · · Score: 1

    I do believe that it uses a Hitachi microcontroller with an MPEG-4 encoder built in, and I'm sure that Hitachi paid the MPEG-4 licensing fee.

  16. Re:Flash on Flash Drives in Future Apple Laptops? · · Score: 1

    Benchmark a UFD versus a USB HDD.

    It's not USB that's the problem (although, that IS with a different chipset on the drive end. The FAIR comparison would be to use a CF to IDE adaptor, and benchmark a high-speed CF card versus an IDE HDD in a USB HDD enclosure.

  17. Re:MS OneNote on A Simple Note Taking Software - Which One? · · Score: 1

    OneNote is available without a TPC, FWIW. Just go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/onenote/howtobuy/d efault.mspx, and it'll give you an order link. $100 for non-academic, though. It's certainly more useful on a TPC, but it works on an ordinary laptop as well (not very useful on a desktop, but it could be used on one).

    FWIW, I admit that I use one of the Office 2003 AIO CDs that are floating around the BT sites. They've got O2K3 Pro, OneNote, FrontPage, Visio, and Project Pro (all corporate, all working on Office Update) on one CD.

    I personally use OneNote a LOT for taking notes - it gets the job done. I'll use an MS program if it's the best app for the job.

    However, this guy wants Linux support. Unless it runs on CrossOver Office (actually, that's pretty likely) or Wine, OneNote won't work.

  18. Re:And then... on Hotmail To Junk Non-Sender-ID Mail · · Score: 1

    This could have been a bad test, as my Hotmail and GMail accounts have the same username, but weirdly, the e-mail I JUST sent went in the Inbox as questionable (but not spam)...

    The two accounts have no prior knowledge of each other, FWIW.

    I DO know that a friend told me that she didn't get my e-mails because they landed in her Spam folder...

  19. Re:Strategy? on First Look at Apple's Intel Developer Macs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    First, I haven't seen a problem with MS Virtual PC running on a system using direct connection to the network. I'd be surprised if it WEREN'T two IPs, one MAC.

    Second, a simulated NAT could be done. So, the second OS has a different IP address, and doesn't directly touch the router, only the OS that eventually touches the router.

  20. Re:And then... on Hotmail To Junk Non-Sender-ID Mail · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Heh... I use a GMail account for normal use, and have a Hotmail account for use with Hotmail users. (it appears that Hotmail automatically blocks GMail e-mails)

    I tell the person in the first e-mail (from the Hotmail account) to make my GMail address a contact - therefore whitelisting it. I also usually send a GMail invite their way once they whitelist me.

  21. Re:Here's a thought.... on More Info on Google's 3D Maps · · Score: 1

    You'd have to make sure that the letters are raised...

    Of course, Google WOULD get Slashdotted if they caught ANYBODY in the nude...

    I just can't wait for them to do a scan on Halloween, and find a goatse pumpkin...

  22. Re:Giant Anderson Shelter on More Info on Google's 3D Maps · · Score: 1

    Looks like a quanset hut. Cheap, good storage for things like trucks, tractors, and hay.

  23. Re:Next Up- on Linux on Nintendo DS, Update · · Score: 1

    ELKS at least makes an attempt to be compatible with Unix.

    Lunix appears to just be a *nix lookalike, but it isn't at all POSIX compliant - AFAICT, you can't recompile a POSIX app for Lunix, it only runs Lunix apps. That's why I didn't mention it at all.

  24. Re:A look into the past on Is There a Place for a $500 Ethernet Card? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The only time I've heard of that was with Ethel, an Apple II ethernet card. It used a PIC that ran the TCP/IP stack, and fed stuff to the A2.

    Of course, the A2 is perfectly capable of running it's own TCP/IP stack - Uther doesn't do any of that, IIRC, and nor does the LANceGS (although, it seems that the LANce can only do pings on the //e - either that, or it just costs too much).

  25. Re:Next Up- on Linux on Nintendo DS, Update · · Score: 2, Informative

    You would recompile it for the processor.

    Often, new libraries have to be written for weird devices like this, because there isn't support for things like the graphics chip, the touchscreen, the wireless, etc.

    Linux on the NES is infeasible because there isn't NEAR enough RAM, for starters. Also, the CPU is 8-bits - I don't know of any Linux variant that runs on less than a 32-bit CPU (except for ELKS, but that's getting a bit far away from Linux).