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  1. Re:Nah. on Star Wars Kid & Episode III? · · Score: 1
    If acting like a retard made one eligible for a Star Wars cameo

    Isn't that how Jar-Jar made it into the script?
  2. Re:More Petitions! on Star Wars Kid & Episode III? · · Score: 1

    If Libby brought me one moment of joy, I might agree. As it stands, however, I can't get enough of the SWK remixes. There sometime brillant in the original SWK video. The stuff AFV is made of. God bless you Bob Saget.

  3. Re:Worse on RIAA Parses 'P2P' As 'Peer 2 Porn' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I know this news relates to MPAA organization members, but come on, how different are they really?

    Channel 4 (BBC) is planning a "14 Alone" reality series where pre-teens are left alone with a camera crew in a house with no adults for a weekend.

    Come on... You can't fool me that this is NOT feeding a paedophile societal urge!!

    IF THE BBC has this type of show planned *IMAGINE* what FOX has planned!!!

  4. Re:They Know They're Crooked Too.. on Racketeering Suit Filed Against DirecTV · · Score: 2, Funny
    how long until America becomes a completely corporate-run state with a puppet government to speak for it...

    I believe the answer you are looking for is the Presidential Election of 2000
  5. In Communist China... on Taiwan Under Cyber Attack from China · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The software hacks you...

  6. Re:I don't like my aibo on New AIBO - Meet the ERS-7 · · Score: 1

    What kind of "team" and/or "work" involves buying thousand dollar toys?

    And what exactly "cool stuff" were you all "expecting".

    (Note: this is a lot funny with Austin Power style finger quoting)

  7. Re:Violet laser beams... on The Most Famous Geek in IT · · Score: 1

    This guy should sue SCO for use of him image on a profit web site.

  8. Re:Karma Whoring on SCO Fined in Munich For Linux Claims · · Score: 1

    At least fix the lawyer's name "Till hunter" which Babelfish butchered and the expression 'mental property' commonly refered to as intellectual property in the million SCO articles a month posted here.

  9. Translated here... on SCO Fined in Munich For Linux Claims · · Score: -1, Redundant
    So we don't kill the fish..
    Message from 02.09.2003 12:16

    SCO must pay order money

    SCO Germany must pay 10,000 euro order money. Basis for the decision of the regional court Munich I is a provisional order of the enterprise Tarent and the LinuxTags against SCO. thereafter may not the enterprise not maintain, of Linux contains illegitimately acquired intellectual property of SCO. against it is to SCO on its homepage to have offended, why Tarent had requested an order procedure in June.

    The court accuses negligent behavior "according to a report of the Tarent GmbH SCO" with the enterprise of its firm homepage . There the statement is to have read be also after the provisional order that "final users, who use the software Linux for protection injuries of the intellectual property can be made liable by SCO".

    Tarent lawyer Till Jaeger sees itself confirmed in the decision of the court that the statements of SCO as "substantial business-damaging expressions" are to be regarded, which concern a "extremely sensitive range". With unproven statements at expense third a business with the fear one make. With SCO Germany to time anybody for a statement cannot be attained; _ to request on a procedure stress Hans Bavarian, Managing director of SCO Germany, already beginning June opposite c't: "our intention was to hold back us conformal." The offence against the provisional order did not happen deliberately. ( anw /c't)
  10. Obvious pr0n industry application... on Gyroscope Gives CellPhones 'Tilt Control' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ..can't you see the interactive applications of tilt/movement of portable devices that also have a vibrating ringtone function.

    I'm just saying it seems the sex trades are the first to jump into new technology. (I'm still waiting for the multi-camera function of DVDs to appear in anything but adult entertainment)

    Did I mention they also have cameras??

  11. Re:DMCA on Scientists Crack Silk's Secret · · Score: 1

    Seriously, PETA or some animal rights laywers should use DMCA to bring about reverse engineering lawsuits. Maybe that would bring attention to how stupid DMCA is.

  12. Atmel AVR on Microcomputers for Homebrew Projects? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm not sure if anything short of Pentium/Athlon would be state of the art enough, but I'd recommend the Atmel AVR. Firstly, there are lots of demo/examples with it and existing software archives exist.
    This processor is used in some smart-sensor applications where you have distributed sensors.
    Here's a 1998 EDN mag review and some simm circuit boards which make project computers.

  13. Re:*sigh* on Columbia Accident Investigation Board: Final Report · · Score: 1
    It's sad that it had to come to something like this for a wakeup call to be heard, but i guess all they can get out of it is to be more careful and not let it happen again. what else can ya get i guess... :-/

    Jebus, I can't believe I see this mentality EVERYWHERE regarding this story!!

    Wrong -- this was the 1986 response, not the 2003 response. This is such BS that the same failure of mgmt response to engineering concerns is ALLOWED to happen yet again. Clearly nothing changed from pre-1986 NASA and I doubt anything real will change in the future NASA. Just throw enough reports and studies at the problem, wait a while, and then call it solved... erm, until the next incineration of humans due to engineering oversight.
  14. Re:Bad plan on P2P Spam? · · Score: 1

    Don't watch much late-night TV, do you?

    There's a world of Fat-Blocker2000, GliderRocker, HairPlugIntl, ChaiChiaPets, etc. who would be GLAD to get in everyone's email inbox.

    Do you think they call DURING dinner to NOT piss you off? Do you think Sprint would NOT want to associate itself with the negative image that mass-telemarketing has associated with it?

  15. Still is guessing on Man Learns To See Again After 40 Years Of Blindness · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's fascinating that this guy has had sight (stem-cells can do that?? when did this happen??) for *years* and still looks at someone and isn't sure (I think it said 60% or 80% certain) if it is his wife or not.

  16. Re:Published in Nature.. on Life Extending Chemical Is Found In Certain Red Wine · · Score: 1

    Hmm, the Nature link above points to calorie restriction study of the same yeast by the same author which yields the same longevity results. This is the Nature Publication in question by Sinclair. It's the first article listed and currently the abstract is not responding.

  17. Published in Nature.. on Life Extending Chemical Is Found In Certain Red Wine · · Score: 3, Informative
    MSNBC points to last week's publication in Nature that a chemical called resveratrol can lengthen the life of a Saccharomyces yeast cell by 80 percent
    Resveratrol activates enzymes that prevent cancer, stave off cell death and boost cellular-repair systems. A naturally occurring molecule, it builds up in under-nourished animals and plants attacked by fungi. One of the latter is the grapevine. . . But wine doesn't contain much resveratrol, and the compound degrades quickly in both the glass and the body.

    I think 20 hour work weeks, the predisposition to surrendering, and lots of romance and Jerry Lewis are more likely the culprits.
  18. Link to NY Times article.. on Life Extending Chemical Is Found In Certain Red Wine · · Score: 5, Informative
    Here's the NYTimes (NO reg req) links:
    Life-Extending Chemical Is Found in Certain Red Wines &
    Study Spurs Hope of Finding Way to Increase Human Life &
    Toronto Star version

    Coincidentally, in July the FDA announced that peanuts significantly lower risk of heart disease. From the article:
    "Peanuts also contain bioactive components such as resveratrol (the substance also found in red wine), beta sitosterol, flavonoids, and antioxidants, the benefits of which nutrition scientists are only beginning to discover.
  19. Re:The True MSN telling on How Objective Is Microsoft's Search? · · Score: 1

    What's funny is I just did it and got really different results with both link: and link to:
    Note: I also have 'safe filtering off'

    using "link to: site.com"
    msn.com 557,000
    google.com 427,000
    www.google.com 167,000
    msnbc.com 61,000
    www.msnbc.com 31,800
    www.msn.com 12,300

    (Also Note: "link:www.msn.com" (no spaces) returns just 51 results, which ODDLY enough is the default method from the Advance Search page)

  20. Re:RFIDs are Meaningless on Gillette Pulls RFID Tags In UK Amid Protests · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's not just a UPC symbol. A RFID circuit could potentially have it's 'id' read when you move a box from the shelf. As you walk around the store, more readers could read in real-time where the box is and generate a profile of where you stopped and for how long. This could be linked to the final purchase and your credit history and past purchasing habits. They could then sell this information to other stores. Grocery stores would die for this capability and it is also coming soon to your shopping cart (and/or optical systems in the aisles).

    This isn't conspiracy theory non-sense (necessarily). And it isn't sci-fi. You could implement this system TODAY with enough readers and a few linux boxes.. (I suppose you'd need a hardware interface, a database and an IT guy with a few lackeys.. probably need to make a web friendly front end.. interface with corporate database..)

  21. Disposable plastic circuits are coming.. on Gillette Pulls RFID Tags In UK Amid Protests · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Conductive ink on bendable material including printable, disposable antennas seem to be right around the corner. Here's a pdf from Rochester with all the chemistry that goes into making the substrates. And an article from Business 2.0 on Plastic transistors (Google cache) and how they will change UPS tracking and WalMart's forever.

    The most interesting aspect for me is that these sensors (or even on-chip flash) will be powered and read in the presence of an RF field, like how most RFID tags work. We might one day have tons of passive sensors 'waiting' to be read with an active energy source.

  22. Re:It's OBVIOUS.. American Idol can't be wrong on How Would You Design the Voting Technology? · · Score: 1

    Oh crap, I forgot the:

    Voting subject to federal law.
    Please vote responsibly.

  23. It's OBVIOUS.. American Idol can't be wrong on How Would You Design the Voting Technology? · · Score: 1

    We should have 1-900 numbers with proceeds
    going to the deficit or else a national super-lotto.
    Tell me that wouldn't get voter turn-out.

    You must participate in election to be eligible.
    One random SSN will be drawn out of all eligible voters in this year's election.
    Odds of winning: 1 in 300 million

  24. Quota filled up on these accounts on Virus Scanner Auto-Replies - A Good Thing or Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    I also tried to contact ISP to get one user who's infected computer was sending love messages every 10 mins to my email.

    Looks like too many people are sending in notifications.

    Check out this bounced email error:
    host mx11.mindspring.com[207.69.200.82] said:
    554 Quota violation for junkmail@mindspring.com

  25. Tell AOL I've never sent anyone an email on Virus Scanner Auto-Replies - A Good Thing or Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    I am getting more unwanted 'virus notifications' from this virus than any spam to date.

    Here's my question:
    Why doesn't a spammer use these auto-notify ISP (like AOL) and send spam that way?
    ie. I send my advert (with known virus attached) with faked header
    To: whocares@aol.com
    From: victem@real.address.com
    The victem reads the email because (a) it is a legit email and (b) looks important.
    They win the pleasure of reading -- bounced adverts.