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  1. Not unless by "Linksys" you mean "Cisco" on Cisco Products Have Backdoors · · Score: 1

    But seriously, it only affects WLSE and HSE software, my brief investigation tells me this is not the software that the Linksys devices run. Someone correct me if you have contrary evidence.

  2. But, you're giving away all our best tricks! on Cisco Products Have Backdoors · · Score: 1

    "They're not tricks!"

  3. Y's, the Ideal Utopia on Classic GBA Game Ports We'll Never See? · · Score: 1

    That game was GREAT! It was one of my first RPGs, and definitely the best game to make use of narrative cut sequences at the time in my opinion. I'd get a TurboGrafix just to play it. Y's II was somewhat of a disappointment.

  4. Pop the keys off and rearrange them? on Apple Extended Keyboard Lives Again · · Score: 1

    Assuming all the letter keys are the same shape, that'd do it.

  5. Noone modded the next post down, same comment on Apple Extended Keyboard Lives Again · · Score: 0, Troll

    The post just below this one says the thing is overpriced, but I'm the troll and they're modded up? Exactly why I have no intention of changing my views for pointless karma.

  6. ONLY $100? on Apple Extended Keyboard Lives Again · · Score: -1, Troll

    for a standard keyboard that emulates decades old keyboard technology?

    It's definitely a Mac peripheral, that's for sure.

  7. I don't need to on Tesla Special on PBS · · Score: 1

    That's what slashdot is for!

    Slashdot, venting frustrations from your high stress job since 19.....

  8. No dumbass, on Tesla Special on PBS · · Score: 1

    I was replying to a post, _one_that's_already_been_posted_, that contained the afore-mentioned humor clairevoyance. If I'm replying to a post that's already there, I'm not predicting anything, am I?. Take an English class, then take a Logic class, then reread the thead.

  9. Slashdot readers... on Tesla Special on PBS · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...appear to be much better at predicting what jokes other slashdotters will post than they are at actually coming up with jokes.

    I'm curious what the ratio is of actual jokes to people who post "I can just see the xxxxxx jokes coming in now!" Or, "Here come the underpants gnome jokes." or "I wonder how long before someone corrects them on their usage of 'begs the question'?"

    Slashdot should open up a psychic hotline with all the soothsayers around here.

  10. Raves (or Clubs if that's all you can find) on Why Do Other Geeks Leave the House? · · Score: 1

    Wherever the house music and techno is, I'm there.

  11. If they've already switched to a Unix variant... on Cobind Desktop Reviewed, With Interview · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...chances are they're not going to be using IE anyway.

  12. Say it ain't so on Sega Settles Discrimination Suit With Filipino Game Testers · · Score: 5, Funny
    "I look around and see some friends who are game testers, and I talk to a couple of people who are in the industry, and what I get from other people is that game testers... are almost disposable."
    You mean, there's no shortage of people willing to play video games for a living? How could this be?
  13. Is that Mack trucks? on Ballmer On Microsoft's Search Goofs · · Score: 1

    Or is "Mac Trucks" some pickup shop in Dirtbag, Iowa?

  14. What's with the Active Directory fetish? on 100-Year Domain Renewals? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Every post about DNS has someone saying we need to make DNS more complex, more resource-intensive, and more prone to problems. I don't get it. DNS works great.

  15. FYI: 'ZZ' is the same as ':wq' on Modernizing the Save Icon? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And both are a heck of a lot better than 'Alt, f, s, Alt, f, x', the way it was done with EDIT under DOS.

  16. Yes, floppy disks are floppy... on Modernizing the Save Icon? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The 3.5" variety just happen to be covered by a plastic exoskeleton and a metal access door. If you take apart one of these and one of the soft covered 5.25" floppies, the media are essentially the same.

  17. Copyright infringement != Theft on Hollywood's Foundations Rest on Piracy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's definitely a legal distinction between the two. You're not taking property without paying for it, you're duplicating information without paying for it. The latter does not directly result in a loss by the victim.

  18. No, they're not gone. on Pocket PCs Masquerade as iPods · · Score: 1

    Ever hear of the slashdot effect? Not to mention that the site is actually still up!

  19. Sell your license! on Is Windows Worth $45? · · Score: 1

    That is if you haven't activated it yet.

  20. You could say the same thing about cash on PayPal Settles NY Probe, But Faces Others · · Score: 1

    ... but that wouldn't make any sense would it? Nor does your statement.

  21. Update: on Interacting with Onboard Car Computers? · · Score: 1

    It appears that the new version does allow you to interface with the vehicle's computer to retrieve diagnostic codes, but I'm not sure of the level of integration possible.

  22. Similar to TEC on Interacting with Onboard Car Computers? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Electromotive systems makes a system called T.E.C. (Total Engine Control) that performs the functions you're looking for and much, much more. Although with this setup, you don't interface with the car's computer but replace it entirely. It allows you to control fuel curves, ignition advance, turbo boost, and pretty much any function of the engine to your exact specifications.

    Maybe it's time to start developing OpenTEC?

  23. Am I the only one that noticed... on NASA's Playlist for the Mars Rover Mission · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...that when they were booting in "crippled mode" they played "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones, which Microsoft used at one time to promote Windows. Windows = "crippled mode"? You be the judge.

  24. This obviously means the project is dying on DarwinPorts Project Crosses 1000 Ports Mark · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    After all, FreeBSD is dying, and they've got 10 times more ports. These guys must really have one foot in the grave.

  25. Have you tried on Replacing Rescue CDs with USB Keys? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ghosting from your CD to the USB dongle?