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  1. Re:one of the reasons they prospered w/the PC? on Next-Gen Xbox To Lack Backwards Compatibility? · · Score: 1

    When I owned a PS2, I thought the XBox controller to be huge and awkard but I had never really played with one. Then I got rid of my PS2 and got an XBox for XBMC. Now when I play on a PS2 at a friends house, I think that the PS2's controller is too small.

    I prefer the PS2's two left/right tigger buttons over the XBox's single left/right triggers and the black/white buttons, but overall my fat stubby hands like the XBox controller's layout and size.

  2. Re:But what about SunnComm? on U.S. To Impose Spyware Control Laws · · Score: 2, Funny

    Freedomware just doesn't have the same ring to it. Malware is bad. The French are bad (well...not good). Frenchware?

  3. Re:Xbox on Recommendations for Desktop DivX Players? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes. XMBC has a web gui for queueing up files. I'm not sure how well it works as I've only used it once I beleive.

  4. Re:E-mail Advertising? on Comcast Gets Tough on Spam · · Score: 1

    Technically no. Black markets, Mexico, India, etc all provide sources...if it's even really Viagra (or the chemical equivilent). For all you know, maybe they made a typo and they really meant Vigara, some new herbal suppliment for natual male enhancement.

  5. Re:The Beggining of The End for SCO on SCO Slammed in Slander of Title Suit · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes. McD's is (was?) one of SCO's biggest customers and supporters. SCO has used them for years as a reference for new customers and also has used them as a case study on their website.

  6. Re:On a similar note... on Should Hardware Drivers be Region/Language Locked? · · Score: 1

    It does? # Hmm...there must be some way to work around the limitation.

  7. Re:Kia's warranty is disingenuous on Automakers Try To Keep Repair Codes Secret · · Score: 1

    The 10 year warranty only covers powertrain components. Basically anything inside the long block, tranny, and solid chunks of metal rods making up the driveshafts. Properly maintained these don't fail too often. Things not covered would include intake, exhaust, electrical, emissions, etc. These are the places where failures typically occur and are only covered under the 5 year/60K mile warranty.

  8. Re:Saturn service on Automakers Try To Keep Repair Codes Secret · · Score: 1
    On a side note, remember those Saturn "picnics" they'd have where Saturn owners from around the country would come? How did they find their car when it was time to go home?
    By walking up and down the rows pressing the panic button on the remote waiting to hear something. Of course this only works when there are a few people wanting to leave at any given time.

    I've wondered the same thing when visiting Disney World. Look around in the parking lots and invariably you will fine multiple instances of identical looking cars immediately beside each other.
  9. Re:More dumb analysis by the Yankee group. on Will Providers Provide Equally? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Of course, this is the Yankee Group we're talking about, so logical analysis is not to be expected. This is the same bunch of boneheads that has Didio doing their "analysis" of the SCO lawsuits.
    As soon as I saw Yankee Group, the article lost all credibility due to Didio's view on SCO. I was wondering how long it would be until I saw a comment just like yours.
  10. Re:Gotta love this line ... on Will Providers Provide Equally? · · Score: 1

    Except those blocks are across the board. They don't block port 80 if you are using Apache, but unblock it if you are using IE.

  11. Re:I have a simple solution. on Inventorying Miscellaneous Computer Junk? · · Score: 1

    Except for those same printer's toner/ink/ribbon cartridges are becoming hard to find. And I'm sure many kids will appreciate being taught how to word process using WordPerfect 5.1 and ProfessionalWrite. Text based Lotus 1-2-3 will also help them out in case their slide rules break.

  12. Re:Random Passwords aren't the problem on Password Memorability and Securability · · Score: 1
    The problem is with the 40 year old women in the office who use their kids names over and over with different numbers at the end of the password, and then write even that simple to remember password down at their desk.
    Shit. I gotta change my passwords and my location now. Thanks alot.
  13. Re:Surfing on lava makes sense on Star Wars Episode III : Birth Of The Empire · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...Annakin somehow losing his concentration...
    Leaked script segments mention something about someone named Portman and hot sourthern comfort foods...but I don't remember exactly what it was.
  14. Re:Surfing on lava? on Star Wars Episode III : Birth Of The Empire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah...cause light sabers, Jabba the Hut, and giant DeathStar are just so believable.

  15. Re:stupid telemarketers on No Call List Bypassed Using Call Centers in India? · · Score: 1

    Because it's illegal for them to discuss anything with someone other then the person on the account or otherwise authorized on the account. Collection agencies can't say "This is Acme Collections calling for Soandso." They can just say "Please have Soandso call 555-1212" Same way with Doctor's offices and medical privacy. In both cases, they have no way of assuring that you and only you get the message.

  16. Re:This is who owns that 800# on No Call List Bypassed Using Call Centers in India? · · Score: 1

    Actually I think PointOne (d/b/a UniPoint?) ownes the number. PointOne is just a VoIP telecommunications provider. It would be like listing a hosting company as the main contact for a website. It maybe a start to get you going in the right direction, but it's not the answer ultimately.

  17. Re:What a great way to start a dreary Sunday! on P-P-P-PowerBook for a S-S-S-Scammer... · · Score: 1

    But the $10 worth of office and computer supplies had been transfored by a master artist. As artistic value, it really could been worth thousands. A Monet is really only worth physically a few dollars for the canvas and paint...but the artistic value is what makes it cost so much.

  18. Re:Text version of DaimlerChrysler's response on DaimlerChrysler Looks for Dismissal of SCO Suit · · Score: 1
    I think I'll even admit that UNIX is a computer software OS. :)
    Ah...but then you, and DCC for that matter, would be incorrect. UNIX is not an OS. UNIX is a set of stadards. From The Open Group's page What is UNIX?:
    Today, the definition of UNIX ® takes the form of the worldwide Single UNIX Specification integrating X/Open Company's XPG4, IEEE's POSIX Standards and ISO C.
    So is just what defines the operating system, not the actual system. HPUX, Unixware, etc are OSs that follow the UNIX sepcs. I would say it would be similiar to saying Windows isn't an OS, but Windows NT, 2000, etc are OSs.

    Even if you say that UNIX is both the specification and the implementation, you still couldn't say UNIX is an operating system as there are more then one operating systems that follow the UNIX specifications, so more then one OS is UNIX. It only takes one little thing to make the entire statement false, thus they deny it.
  19. Re:A list on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    2nd the Filezilla recomendation.

  20. Re:Blocking IP addresses? Only a matter of time... on Sprint Cracks Down on TTY Relay Abuses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe a deaf person wants to have phone sex. Maybe he wants to be an anonymous whistle blower but can't use just an ordinary pay phone on a street. Who knows. Just because people might not normally have a need to be anonymous doesn't mean that they always won't have a need.

  21. Re:Go Blue! on IBM Subpoenas Several Companies in SCO Case · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah...but Blue ultimately died in the middle of a KY wrestling match. Do you really want to see Darl McBride and Chris Sontag in a wrestling match with IBM and watch IBM keel over?

  22. Re:Submarine patents? on 31 Lawsuits Filed Over Alleged JPEG Patent · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Submarine patents? on 31 Lawsuits Filed Over Alleged JPEG Patent · · Score: 1

    If you are going to correct someone, at least make sure you are correct. Dictionary.com and M-W.com both show leverage as a transitive verb in addition to being a noun.

  24. Re:iPod killer... on 100GB, 9.5mm thick HD from Toshiba · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And I'll get the answers out of the way as well:
    1. - because for $250 you are getting something that can actually play the music...instead of a really thin brick that would just holds music.

    2. Yes. As well as every other data format that can be stored on a hard drive.

  25. Re:2 from Indiana? on Intel Ranks Colleges with Best Wireless Access · · Score: 2, Informative

    Indiana has tech. We have some excellent schools for teaching tech. As soon as a resident gets their degree, almost all immediately jump ship to another state for a job. What Indiana doesn't have is tech jobs. Year old article here