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  1. Re:History of Sim City on Onion AV Club To Cover Video Games · · Score: 2, Informative
    I had a copy of the code card at one time, but here's what to do to bypass the code card (haven't tried it, it may fsck up something):
    To unprotect SimCity!

    Use Norton and change these bytes in the SIMCITY.EXE file:

    Change: 0c 87 00 75 3c
    To....: 0c 87 00 eb 3c
    ^^
    Another software crack by Bentley Bear!
    I found this by googling. I'm not sure what "Norton" is in this case, but any hex editor should to the job.
  2. Re:Convergence on M-Flash, Yet Another Flash Memory Format · · Score: 1

    Well, this is basically a modified USB protocol implemented on flash memory, with support for SD/MMC protocols as alternatives for devices that don't support USB in the flash slot.

    So, there'd be an adaptor, but it'd be a wiring change, no logic involved.

  3. Re:thoughts... on Kitchen Internet Kiosk? · · Score: 1

    Or, get a second-generation IBM Model M (one manufactured by Lexmark or Unicomp) or a Unicomp Customizer 101 or 104. Spill something in it, and it'll just come out the front of the keyboard.

  4. Re:Purolator on Speakeasy Embraces Firefox · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but I WANT to target non-IE-based browsers that are spoofing as IE, also. In addition, I figure if someone's turned off JavaScript, they're trying hard enough to actually care to look at my site even though I'm trying to stop them.

  5. Re:This could be Huge on Earthlink Teams Up With SK-Telecom · · Score: 1

    Heck, I used to have a free voice phone, but it got stolen. I replaced it with a free (after rebates, which I got none of) camera phone (because it could also do data), and the signal and audio quality is BETTER (esp. signal). I actually didn't care about the camera, FWIW. Battery could be better, but if I plug it in every night, I'm fine.

  6. Re:Purolator on Speakeasy Embraces Firefox · · Score: 1
    FWIW, the code is:
    if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
    {
    window.location = "ienotice.htm"
    }
    ienotice.htm being the page that has the warning, of course.
  7. Re:Purolator on Speakeasy Embraces Firefox · · Score: 1

    I can sniff for Opera properly... if I wanted to.

    I'm sniffing for IE using a small piece of JavaScript, and if it's found, you get sent to another page telling you that IE is evil, and so is UA spoofing (not in those words, though).

    I guess I could sniff for Opera, and if I find it, sniff for IE, and send them to an anti-spoofing page, but why? Less work the way I did it, after all...

  8. Re:Purolator on Speakeasy Embraces Firefox · · Score: 1

    Heh... I use my own JavaScript browser check on the site I'm going to ul soon.

    It has one small bug, but I worked around it. Opera users who have their browsers set to spoof as IE (the default) will see the IE warning page (I remembered this the hard way when I was on another system, and forgot to change the fresh Opera install to ID as Opera). I decided to take that as an opportunity to educate Opera users ;-).

  9. Re:Remote assistance on Easy Remote Access? · · Score: 1

    Option one: Buy a Jetway MiniQ MagicTwin SFF rig, and throw XP on it. Plug two sets of monitors, keyboards, and mice in, and voila, you've got a 2-user XP rig.

    Option two: Ditch XP, and (free if you don't want Windows Update) grab a copy of Server 2003. Install it on the XP box. Use the other box as a thin client.

    Option three: Ditch XP, and use Linux. Unfortunately, you're screwed if you want to use many Windows apps.

  10. Re:Dvorak and me and studies and keyboards... on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Amen to that. I'm typing this on a Dell QuietKey right now (at school), which isn't bad... for a membrane keyboard. There is no equal to the ORIGINAL IBM Model M (it's got a little better feel than the Lexmark Model M/Unicomp Customizer 101). That said, I almost wish I had a Customizer 104, because I'm one of the three people who actually use the Windows key for it's intended purpose.

  11. Re:Whatever gets AOL off the net is fine with me. on AOL Kills Usenet Access · · Score: 1

    If AOL shuts down their operations COMPLETELY tomorrow, they're not going to Netscape. It's one of their operations.

    Also, it might hurt the Mozilla Foundation if AOL crashes and burns (then again, the ball's already rolling, so maybe not).

  12. Re:I'm Hardly the Person to Ask on This... on At What Age is it Easier to Learn? · · Score: 1

    You know, at 6 I learned "CATALOG" (it was an Apple II - I loved it when I learned that ProDOS could take "CAT" instead), and then I decided to learn BASIC (not much, though). My handwriting is illegible. So, new Ask /.: Who here has bad handwriting, and who learned programming early in life?

  13. Re:What can you do with old memory? on What Can You Do with Old Memory? · · Score: 1

    I had it in a bag, ready to go to a local reseller (I was going to trade it in, but never got around to it), and it went missing.

    Two DIMM sockets, and it's a PC Shits BKi810 v1.6.

  14. Re:What can you do with old memory? on What Can You Do with Old Memory? · · Score: 1

    ARRGH! I HATE this, and I lost my only two PC100/133 128MB sticks (along with a Celeron 466 - I don't care about the CPU, as the older Celerons overclock better, but I REALLY want the RAM - my current system has 64MB)

  15. Re:SDRAMs are too big, but... on What Can You Do with Old Memory? · · Score: 1

    The memory may be usable after a couple of days, but it'll get ruined.

    Basically, you know how SIMMs and DIMMs have that hole on each side? You put a keyring through, and voila - instant keychain.

  16. Re:One time, on What Can You Do with Old Memory? · · Score: 1

    Probably a newer one. I've got a CRAPLOAD of 1MB 30-pin SIMMS with nine chips (one parity bit?), and a few with three.

  17. Re:But... on Meet The Co-Creator of Firefox · · Score: 1

    How slow is your PC? I've heard that it's a timing bug, and faster PCs are more affected by it.

  18. Re:One time, on What Can You Do with Old Memory? · · Score: 1

    The capacitors on my 1MB SIMM aren't visible (maybe not even there?), so all I can see is the chips (which have started to wear down on the corners). The contacts are wearing down, though.

  19. Re:WLAN drivers on Centrino-based Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    They're not official, but here's what the linked site says:

    This project was created by Intel to enable support for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection miniPCI adapters.

    Again, NOT official, but CREATED by Intel. Also, it appears that the 2200BG and the 2915ABG use compatible chipsets, seeing as ipw2200 is being used for the 2915ABG.

  20. Re:A buttload of Money on Mac mini Dissection · · Score: 1

    I HAVE seen onboard video fail.

    It wasn't inadequate cooling - I've seen other i810s in worse heat situations work fine. I actually did TWO (of the same mobo) in. I THINK plugging a KHyperMedia CD burner into the secondary IDE channel started it, and then putting the resolution to anything other than 320x200, 320x240, 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768 royally screwed it up. I'd had weird mouse problems with RH8.0 and W2K on this machine, and I've used other machines with the same chipset with those OSes no problem, so I'm going to blame the mobo, but I still have one of the two mobos in my possession that did this.

  21. Re:Gothan racing on Review: Burnout 3 - Takedown · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but clean runs aren't what you want in this game ;-)

  22. Re:130 watts... on Intel's New Chips, High Power And Low · · Score: 3, Informative

    The prices aren't that bad on the low-end Dothans if you put them in, say, DFI's board. They overclock QUITE nicely ;-)

    That said, if you don't like the board prices, wait for the DFI 852GME-MGF. Identical to the 855GME-MGF, but with the much cheaper, much more overclockable, and not being phased out 852GME chipset (which is pin-compatible, but not supposed to run with a P-M)

  23. Re:Wattage Comparisons on Intel's New Chips, High Power And Low · · Score: 1

    I don't think so. Dual Xeons DEFINITELY aren't the answer. Maybe Opteron HEs?

    The VIA C3 (well, the C5P core, anyway) appears to be DP capable, and so does the CN400 chipset. However, you'll have to do QUAD processor (maybe a single-mobo Beowulf?) to get the C3 going fast enough.

  24. Re:SCREW INTEL & AMD!!! on Intel's New Chips, High Power And Low · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm thinking he's talking about the whole platform.

    Sonoma is the i915GM (a mobile version of the i915G, of course), an A/B/G WiFi card, and a Dothan. Centrino is the i855*M* (a mobile version of the i845, optimized for the P-M), either a B or a B/G WiFi card, and either Banias or an FSB400 Dothan.

  25. Re:Hottest ships on the market... on Intel's New Chips, High Power And Low · · Score: 1

    They're delaying the inevitable, and trying to say "Hey, look, we kept NetBurst around for five years!" (never mind that it'll be P6 that will be 11 years old by then, and kicking NetBurst's ass)