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  1. Re:Two Tier Highways on ISPs Race to Create Two-Tiered Internet · · Score: 1

    Same thing in Melbourne, Australia. Citylink costs money, but gets you there quite a bit faster.

  2. Navizon is already doing this on Wireless Positioning · · Score: 2, Informative

    they have a working client for pocket pc pda/phones. http://navizon.com/

  3. Re:Au Contraire on Vonage's CEO Says VoIP Blocking Is 'Censorship' · · Score: 1

    Wow, you actually got through to Vonage support? All I've got for the past 3 days is a busy signal after going through the menu options.

  4. You're right on Anti-Muni Broadband Bills Country Wide · · Score: 1

    The article implies that it's preventing community groups as well, but it appears not. See this post on the subject from Alameda Wireless

  5. Re:Think "Big Picture" on Humans are Causing Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Know where the most overpopulated place in the world is? No, it's not some 3rd world hell hole, it's Monaco.

  6. internal channel changing on MythTV 0.17 Released · · Score: 1

    It's strange that the changelog in .17 says that it won't change the channels on a 6200 yet, but in .16 it says: "A small program (6200ch) has been added to the contrib directory for changing channels on a Motorola DCT-6200 cable box via a 1394 (aka. Firewire) connection. See the README for compile and usage info."

    Anyone tried that app with .17 successfully?

  7. Re:Price qualifies for a big NO on Using The Gyration Media Center Remote With Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Funny, I have mine packaged up to be RMA'd right now because half the keys don't work.

  8. Re:say wha? on Verizon-Pushed WiFi Bill Becomes Law in PA · · Score: 1
  9. Re:say wha? on Verizon-Pushed WiFi Bill Becomes Law in PA · · Score: 1

    But I can't build a road with $1000 in my pocket. You still haven't made a case for why the government should run a wifi network, instead of the people. Plenty of people are already doing this in places where the incumbents suck, and without taking tax dollars to do it.

  10. Re:say wha? on Verizon-Pushed WiFi Bill Becomes Law in PA · · Score: 1

    So if it's not a good idea for people to do it, why is it a good idea for government to take people's tax dollars to do it?

  11. say wha? on Verizon-Pushed WiFi Bill Becomes Law in PA · · Score: 1

    It costs you billions to go over verizon/comcast/charter/whoever's head and buy bandwidth directly from a bandwidth wholesaler, and connect it to an access point? Cogent will sell you 100Mb/s of bandwidth for $1000 per month, and voila, you're competing with Verizon without stealing your fellow man's tax dollars.

  12. Re:The Real Question on US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion · · Score: 1

    Especially since none of the reality shows are actually filmed in HD.

  13. Re:digital broadcasts on US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion · · Score: 2, Informative

    Get a HD decoder card, and put an antenna up then.

  14. I'd love to use Myth, but... on PVR's Head-to-Head: MythTV vs. Microsoft MCE · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...the only guy working on a linux driver for a MyHD mdp-120 card packed up and went on a Mormon quest until Nov. 2005. http://myhd.sourceforge.net/

  15. Re:This is not a cover-up. I repeat – This is on SETI Researcher Quashes Signal Rumors · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Lots of denial, without any explanations. We want to know why its all hype and noise, why it's not unusual, and why it's not a signal. In short, what did they realize it was?

  16. Mark asked the wrong question... on Mark Cuban on the future of HD Media · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "I ask if anyone in the room has ever downloaded or uploaded a movie or TV show in HD quality to or from a P2P network. No one has ever raised their hand."

    That's because they're not downloading HD off a p2p network, they're using alt.binaries.hdtv on usenet.

  17. Re:Has Lance started trying yet? on Tour De France Showcases Multitude Of Tech · · Score: 1

    They also moved the long, solo time trial to near the end of the race where it's most likely going to be irrelevant, instead of before the mountains.

  18. 100mW EIRP limit in the UK on Cardboard WiFi Antenna Upgrade · · Score: 2, Informative

    These would probably put you over the legal limit, if you get more than ~5dBi out of them, which you should. Most cheap consumer gear is 15dBm, so 15+5=20dBm=100mW

  19. Re:It's a newbie error in world politics... on EU Ministers Went Off-Brief In Patent Vote · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually, I'd say the USA got it right the first time. ;)

  20. Re:Our gratitude on New Radar Sees Through Walls · · Score: 5, Funny

    wow, a glowing blob, what an invasion of privacy.

  21. erm on Slashback: Wireless, Gasoline, Prevarication · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Just the sight of all those massive antennae clustered on one field invoked visions of E.T. popping in for a visit"

    I think I'd be scared too if I saw a field full of gigantic insects

    ahem.

  22. Re:That's a lotta monitor. on ViewSonic VP2290b Super High-Res Monitor · · Score: 1

    Let us all know where you get Apple 30"'s for $300

  23. Re:THey just don't get it... on ATi HDTV Tuner For The PC Arrives · · Score: 1

    Your regular analog reception could suck, and still have perfect HDTV. With digital, it's pretty much perfect or nothing. (there are artifacts when you're right on the edge though)

  24. So can PC users on ATi HDTV Tuner For The PC Arrives · · Score: 2, Informative
  25. so you can 0wn a movie? on Rendering Shrek@Home? · · Score: 1

    How many people would insert their tag into the frame before it was sent back? They'd need some kind of encryption to prevent user tampering.