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  1. The thing that stuck out in my mind... on 1.5GB HDs On a 1" Platter · · Score: 1

    Was the Memory Stick- I know Sony started licensing them but I think this is the first time I've seen one in a non-Sony product. BTW San Disk sells 4 GB Compact Flash Cards, but for a lot more than $65.

  2. Also skeptical on Biofeedback Gaming · · Score: 1

    I wonder how it deals with really slow heart rates. My resting rate is between 44 and 48 which makes me a chronic bradycardic (or at least on drugs j/k).

    I wonder if it would be like cheating, I'd have a steadier hand, and more precise senses...all the better to snipe you with.

  3. Different Media on DeCSS Arguments in CA Supreme Court Case · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually you can do a bit by bit copy, but not with an off the shelf DVD burner, and not with off the shelf media.

    There are two types of DVD discs (not talking about + and - here) DVD A and DVD G, which stand for 'Authoring' and 'General use' respectivly. The DVD G media is missing a physical ring on the inside of the disc that hold the encryption key. A DVD G drive won't even write the key. If the key is pysically in the wrong place, guess what? the disc won't work.

    Still if they're gonna ban DeCSS (and they shouldn't) they should have a group writting DVD player apps for every platform with a DVD drive.

  4. Re:Where are the snipers? on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement? · · Score: 1

    Yeah you're right- I've just been playing Ghost Recon all night.

  5. Re:Copying Apple on Real Launches Music Download Service · · Score: 1
    Umm actually, Jar Jar, Apple made rhapsody:
    In January of 1997, Apple computers promised that their operating system code named ?Rhapsody? would run on all computer models that they were shipping at that time and any computer models they introduced after that date, as well as on some unspecified number of Intel Pentium/x86-based computers.

    http://www.osdata.com/oses/rhapsody.htm
  6. Speaking of the Raelean Website... on Slashback: Rendering, Munich, Clones · · Score: 1

    Dude they have now applied slashdot armor to their website. No more getting slashdotted!!

    When ever you go there it loads a Flash Intro.

    Looks like they're taking this "keep slashdot out" attitude quite seriously!

  7. Where are the snipers? on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement? · · Score: 1

    There's gotta be a few good snipers in the slashdot crowd. If someone is holding a gun to your penguin are you just gonna sit around. My bet is that by the time Darl McNugget is in the news as dead SCO stock will have hit a new low.

    After all, it is your baby we're talking about here.

  8. Re:Maybe its not on KB because nobody is at work? on Microsoft Pulls Broken XP Update · · Score: 1

    Alls im sayin is that the 5 am cst equals 5 pm GMT, which is where I am. So stop tripping at me.

  9. Holy Crap, Me too!! on Bonzi Class Action Suit Settled: No Foolin'! · · Score: 2, Funny

    It was a ugly dialog box thingy that didn't really match the rest of my interface. It said that I had to "click to cancel" a theme change in OSX- so I clicked it and fortunately they were not lying 'cause everything stayed the same.

    I'm so glad OS X gave me a chance to cancel that, I don't know what I'd do if I had to deal with an interface that ugly!! (Thank You Apple)

  10. Copying Apple on Real Launches Music Download Service · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just 'cause they're using wma and a much worse pricing mechanism doesn't mean they didn't copy apple!

    After all, it is called Rhapsody.

    *tee hee*

  11. Re:Species fights on New Zealand Exterminates Rats · · Score: 1

    Actually over here (NZ) we don't have any snakes at all. That's part of the problem, they don't have big scary slithering predators after them all the time.

  12. Re:Maybe its not on KB because nobody is at work? on Microsoft Pulls Broken XP Update · · Score: 1

    Only in Soviet Russia? Actually some of us do live where the day begins more firster than the US (New Zealand).

  13. Re:Now to find out if.. on Novell Claims Ownership of UNIX System V · · Score: 1

    It's a pig or a cat that MS bought.

  14. Re: Auto Update on Microsoft Pulls Broken XP Update · · Score: 1

    If past versions of windows are any harbinger then no. I think they just write code the way they think it might work and once it compiles without critical errors they ship it.

    I have to admit though I'm on OSX and I still don't use Auto Update, better to let someone else try it for a week (for instance I totally skipped from 10.2.4 to 10.2.6 because of the kernel panic introduced in 10.2.5 that would have affected my system). Fortunately Apple is pretty good about posting security patches individually and independent of OS bug fixes.

  15. Re:Wtf??? (Informative, Offtopic, Funny) on AirTraf 802.11b Security Package · · Score: 1
    It's easy just use 3 simple steps...
    First find the link you want Second??? Post it to Slashdot

    See simple huh?

    Ok, ok, write it just like you would an html link.
  16. I would spend time refuting that but... on Game Originality: Any Left? · · Score: 1

    I think if you've ever watched kids pour money into DDR at the mall you know this isn't always true (perhaps some of those "smart" people work at Konami?).

  17. Re:They showed a working one... on Ant Farm PC · · Score: 2, Funny
    But what if someone:
    %>mv /dev/ants* /dev/null ???
  18. Re:No shock here on 802.11g Slows Down · · Score: 2, Informative

    this is 16mbps, which is less than the 10-12 mentioned, which is my point.

    actually 10 and 12 are both less than 16 (in addition to being farther from 20).

    54mb *(1B/8b) = 6.75 MB So don't bother to say you ment 10-12MB.

    No no no, I understand that perfectly (I study Computer Science).

    By that do you mean that you do 1337 mods like coloring your case with crayolas? Or do you mean I know all about computer science, I just can't do simple math?

  19. Re:Crackers on Canadian University to Begin Training Hackers · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Crackers, not hackers.
    Ummm...Are you just saying that because you've heard it said?
    The University of Calgary is going to start teaching select computer science students to write software viruses in a special new disconnected lab.

    Is there anything in there at all that in the slightest way implys cracking? Specifically: "Write Software" and Disconnected Lab"

    I don't like it when vandalist script kiddies call themselves hackers any more than the next guy, but these students wil be taught to be hardcore software engineers, not crackers. Jerk. *tee hee*
  20. Re:No shock here on 802.11g Slows Down · · Score: 1

    Actually you're just confussed with the difference between Mb/s and MB/s. bits and Bytes. A byte is a sequence of usually 8 bits (unless you're a snes than it's something wierd like 10 bits/byte).

    So 1 MB/s = at least 8 Mbps. then you need to count all the protocol overhead.

    So basically the difference in terms, outside of the engineering is mainly used for marketing.
    cheers

  21. Re:Bigmouth on 30 Years of Ethernet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Al Gore says all kinds of stupid things all the time...but he still invented the internet!!!

    (ducks & lowcrawls for cover)

  22. Re:Hey look! on Wristwatch USB Drive · · Score: 1

    Opps- I just knew it wasn't a Pismo (which is what I had).

  23. Hey look! on Wristwatch USB Drive · · Score: 1

    ...in the picture- It's plugged into a Wallstreet G3 with a SCSI connector! It must scream sexy to by that close to the original smooth curves of the classic apple powerbook...

    Why is everyone looking at me all funny??! Ok ok, I'll go back to the basement now.

  24. Help I need to go pee! on Wristwatch USB Drive · · Score: 1

    It'll suck when the capacity gets bigger and you're doing you're weekly backup at work-

    almost done...just half a gig left...damn the progess bar stalled- I hate being tethered to this computer.

    [***clicks on the little task bar thingy** >> Safely remove >> Myself ]

    Sorry if I got that last part wrong, I don't really use windows to often- I guess on a Apple or Linux it's just about as funny...eject put away or...hmmm...Unmount (eak)

  25. Windows XP lets you fly! on New G3-Based Platform Runs Mac OS X · · Score: 3, Funny
    Remember those commercials that said the new features of Windows XP? Lets see new things in XP were:
    Let you email Lets you do the internet thing Lets you chat Let's you fly around and get really dizzy like the people in the commercials

    Actually I think flying might have been the only new feature they advertised.