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  1. Re:New Terms in A Nutshell on AIM's New Terms Of Service · · Score: 1

    I saw the date. I haven't downloaded/used AIM software in over 3 years, and I haven't signed up for an account in over 5.

  2. Re:Haha on Microsoft to Offer Patches to U.S. Govt. First · · Score: 2, Funny
    More like:
    C:\SYSTEM\PLANE\CONTROLS>LANDNOW.EXE
    Error reading altitude.
    [A]bort, [R]etry, [I]gnore, [F]ail?
  3. Re:New Terms in A Nutshell on AIM's New Terms Of Service · · Score: 1
    Well I've been signed up since before then, and I have not and will not register for AIM services or download AIM software or updates after Feb. 5, 2004. I may download software that operates on the AIM network, but not AIM software.


    Also note -- it clearly states:
    AOL will provide at least 30-days' notice before any material changes take effect.
  4. Re:Step 1: Get eaten by dingoes. on Aus. Gov't Considers Fines for Online Suicide Info · · Score: 1

    Step 3: PROFIT!!!

  5. My thoughts on Comparison of Nine SATA RAID 5 Adapters · · Score: 4, Informative

    Areca ARC-1120 looks better on each and every page except for the sequential read/write tests where it tends to come in third [I'm just reading off the graphs].
    The RAIDCore BC4852 seems fastest for sequential reads/writes.

    BOTH of these have linux support. The Areca supports: Mandrake (9.0),Red Hat (7.3, 8.0, 9.0, AS 3.0), Fedora Core (2, 2 AMD64), SuSE (7.3, 9.1 Pro, 9.0 SLES, 9.0 SLES AMD64)
    The RAIDCore: Red Hat (9.0, AS 3.0), Fedora Core (1)
    The Areca also supports Windows XP and Server 2003 64-bit versions and BSDs: 4.2R, 4.4R, 5.2.1 (incl. source).

    Also, the Areca ARC-1160 (they finished testing after the original article was written, so it didn't make it into most of the text) appears at the top of all of the Index/performance tests, except for "Fileserver - Large Filesize - RAID 1/10" and "My SQL - Data Drive - RAID 1/10".

  6. Re:the most free/popular building design software on 3D Home Planning Software? · · Score: 1

    I actually used to use the old Build Engine's level editor [build.exe that came with Duke Nukem 3D] to create 3d rooms and buildings. It works, not as intuitive as Lightwave, AutoCAD, or another 3d modeling app., but it works. That being said, try just getting a 2d CAD program and using a top-down view. You can get cheap ones in jewel cases on racks in stores like K-Mart for 2.50-10.00 USD, and I remember actually seeing something labeled 'home design' there. Many are older/lower end SoftKey titles. Example:

    http://salestores1.com/soswkdece3ds.html

  7. Re:I've heard that... on Monitoring Your Laptop's Health? · · Score: 1

    And Amigas [m680x0] are great solutions to iBooks, 80686+, and most other modern computer issues that weren't issues 10 years ago.
    Isn't it amazing how the software companies just 'invent' these 'features' that only create new problems?

  8. Re:I don't think so on FEC Extending Election Regulation to the Internet · · Score: 1

    I actually would like it if the candidates called me at home and talked to me/asked me about some of the issues. The problem is the people who work for them just trying to get votes call and/or email me.

  9. Re:Would love to see ... on Old Film to DVD Transfers Examined · · Score: 1

    They also make little boxes that are nothing more than a Mirror and a spot for your projector lens and a spot for your video camera lens. Note: You will most likely need a video camera with a variable/selectable shutter speed, as film speed does not match video speed (this is why telecines were created, to correct for the mismatch in framerates and to preserve quality of frames with sharp lines [alternating fields are slightly offset]). Anyway, if you want higher quality and/or do not have a video camera or video capture method of some sort, you might be able to use a flatbed scanner with a film adapter and the software that comes with it (HP and Epson both make ones that automatically will crop to a frame) to scan the frames, give them sequential numbers, then import them into an animation program and perform a stabilization on them.

  10. Re:First on New Vulnerabilities Discovered in Firefox 1.0 · · Score: 1

    It's worse than that, IE has security vulnerabilities too. I have to use NCSA Mosaic again!

  11. Re:Emergency Calls? on Face Recognition Comes to Cameraphones · · Score: 1

    Would it need to see your face in order to decide if you are so stressed that it is a real emergency, or would it just let you call, figuring you would only use the phone if it really were an emergency?

  12. Re:Squirt and Juice on Best Leatherman-Style Multitool? · · Score: 1

    The Squirt EL [RadioShack -- $40] is very nice and pocket sized, the difference between it and the normal Squirt is that it has plyer/wire-strippers/cutters in the normal plyer -OR- cutter spot.

  13. Re:Whats next ? on RFID + Dart gun = DartMail! · · Score: 1

    Heck, 3.5" HDD (Hard Disk Darts) could work.

  14. Re:This is silly on Microsoft Blocking Wine Users From Downloads Site · · Score: 1

    I don't see Microsoft specifically preventing users of VMware from using Windows update.

  15. Re:GL? on ATI Introduces FireGL V5000 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The FireGL series has been around since it was a workstation graphics card line owned by Diamond. ATI bought Diamond's graphics cards a while ago, and then started to make their own FireGLs. The new ones are more for gaming than the old ones were, but they are still decent workstation graphics cards. They are supported in Linux using the default ATI driver as far as I am aware. These cards are called FireGL due to their amazing OpenGL accelleration.

    My Diamond FireGL 3000 is sitting around waiting for a new machine (old one died), until then, I cannot really tell you much about Linux support.

  16. Re:What? on Mozilla Chairman Speaks on Open Source/Microsoft · · Score: 1

    That post was not replying to the great-great-grandparent of this, but the great-grandparent, the one that claimed that the great-great-grandparent had got really fucked up set up issues then. My point is that if his 1 GHz machine can only do that, he has some issues of his own to deal with.

    1) He never specified a speed, and what if his 1 GHz processor is a Celeron or other piece of junk? (seriously now, his OS will take up all of the processor time not leaving much to be used)
    2) Thats not what he said, he said "My 1 ghz computer can play CD quality music", and anyway, why not? http://www.bigg.net/mp3/software/amiga/players.sht ml lists 5 players.
    3) He said the 3d shooters were high quality, not the graphics. Doom is high quality. Quake is high quality. Wolfenstein 3D is high quality.
    4) As with any MPEG compression, It all depends upon the source, noise regions, color regions, etc.
    5) Depends on the software, as it does with any system. Oh, and for you FAT32 users, my Amiga doesn't have a 2 gig file size limit.

    And yes, the code has become VERY bloated. That is why they are developing Amiga OS 4 for PPC/G3/G4/G5 machines.
    Oh, and in case you are wondering, my Amiga has more free HD space than my PC has total.

  17. Re:games too on Floaters are the New Pop-Ups · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you trying to say that Wolfenstein 3D didn't have a story line????

  18. Re:What? on Mozilla Chairman Speaks on Open Source/Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Wow. You've got really fucked up set up issues then.
    Actually, you do.
    My 1ghz computer can play full-screen, full motion video, while running a sizeable numerical simulation code in the background.
    So can my Amiga 3000, and I can be using a real-time paint program at the same time.
    My 1 ghz computer can play CD quality music, while doing 3D-POVRAY shading with a contour mapped bitmap.
    My Amiga can play CD music while performing a full Lightwave render at the same time.
    My 1 ghz computer can function as a games box, playing high quality, 3D shooters at quite ridiculous frame rates, at resolutions undreamed of 20 years ago. While encoding my home videos as MPGs and burning them to DVDs.
    Hmm, so can my Amiga.... (well except for the DVD part, but VCDs, sure)
    My 1 ghz computer can search enormous databases for information in a matter of seconds, while I'm sending multimedia emails to my friends with the other hand.
    Guess what: So can my Amiga.
    Thats right, a computer that runs at 25 MHz can do just as much as one that runs at 1 GHz. Now do you see his point?

  19. Re:Ummm... Bill of Rights anyone? on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The FCC is a department of the executive branch, having no power to propose laws, yet alone create and approve their own.

  20. Ummm... Bill of Rights anyone? on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 2, Informative

    The FCC's lawyer, Jacob Lewis, acknowledged the agency never had exercised such ancillary power but maintained it was permitted by Congress since lawmakers didn't explicitly outlaw it.
    Hmmm... according to the Tenth Ratified Ammendment to the Constitution of the United States of America: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. -- The FCC should not be able to impose sanctions on anything, yet alone private trade (the devices).

  21. Re:Legitimate reason: on HP Secretly Rendering Printer Cartridges Unusable? · · Score: 1

    What if there is a delay in the queue (software most likely) [due to lack of paper feed, jam of some sort, dry pen, etc.] that makes it that the job queued on Day 12 at 1700h (A friday, right before closing) doesn't plot out until Day 15 (Monday) at 0900h? The date stamp might be a *bit* off.

  22. Re:...i had to say it on Wi-Fi VoIP At 80 mph · · Score: 1

    Only if the flux capacitor is properly polarized, and Mr. Fusion is working properly. (ok, you can do without the Mr. Fusion, but still...)

  23. Re:don't have TiVo... Yet on Can TiVo be Saved? · · Score: 1

    My cable company will be starting to offer DVRs inside the cable boxes soon, as well as the current on-demand programming.

  24. Re:now, to try and get tech favor again on Lexmark's DMCA-Abuse Case Coming To An End · · Score: 1

    I boycott Lexmark based upon this and the horrible quality of their products. I have never seen a printer die so quick as the Lexmarks do [this includes my Epson FX that gets chucked around the room (quite literally) and has yet to die]. Even if they do get their products being purchased again, it won't be by anyone that has been abused by them previously.

  25. This aint anything new. on Amazon Seeks Personal Search History Patent · · Score: 1

    How can they patent this? I have a BBS server on my Amiga that stores user history, and yes, you could remove something from the history, but the admin could still view it.