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  1. Re:Had my cup o' pedant this morning.. on Happy Birthday, Amiga · · Score: 1

    Why not an A3000 or A4000, maybe even a Video Toaster in there :)

  2. Re:Had my cup o' pedant this morning.. on Happy Birthday, Amiga · · Score: 1

    Most Amigas defaulted to allowing 4096 colors at a time out of a palette of 65536.
    Later Amigas [via AGA] could use 262114 out of 16777216.

    It did this through "HAM" [Hold And Modify]

  3. Re:The possibilities are...scary!!! on Power Armor For the Elderly · · Score: 1

    Maybe the suit can turn off with a tv-remote, just think, someday they'll sell keychain remotes that stop your body!

  4. Re:I wonder ... on Google Offers Hybrid Satellite and Map View · · Score: 1

    Well it seems that [recently] the Google Maps 'satellite' images were replaced with those images used in the Google Earth product [Google Maps had some nearby areas with older/different images that I could easily notice the change, and there was no change from Keyhole to Google Earth (I had the demo about a month before Google changed it)]

  5. My 'baby' on What Are Your Favorite Computing Memories? · · Score: 1

    Well, it's not really after 'all these years' as I've had many other computers longer, but it is certainly my old baby - Compaq Portable III - see my journal for more info, I've got it doing things beyond everyone's expectations.

    Oh, and my favorite memory? Pushing and popping that stack!

  6. Re:well... on FCC Proposes Abolishing Morse Code Requirement · · Score: 1

    They may still require a general knowledge of morse, but they will most likely due away with the 5wpm requirement, and possibly only require the ability to read a chart.

  7. Re:Put the blame where it belongs. on Government Pressure on ESRB · · Score: 1

    Hah! I was playing Wolf3D when I was 7. I have yet to go around shooting people that seem to be made of Lego(r) bricks, and I'm not about to start.

  8. Re:Cheap on Space Tug to the Moon and Beyond · · Score: 2, Informative

    L1 is the first Lagrange point of the moon, the point between the Moon and the Earth where the perceived gravitation is negligable

  9. Re:Another solution on How Do You Locate That Access Point? · · Score: 1

    I believe that both netstumbler and ministumbler will automatically interpret the GPS data combined with the strength data to give a rough idea of where the AP is.

  10. Re:more specs for consideration on How Would You Archive Mounds of Genealogy Data? · · Score: 1

    If you go the opto-digital imaging device route [what you call a camera], and it is directly connected to a PC, why use JPEG? You can use RAW data and download it directly with most newer 'digital cameras'. Also, cross polarize. Set a polarizer on the camera and one on an off-'camera' light at 90 degrees to it.

  11. Re:Self Defense? on Reminding Customers Patented by Amazon · · Score: 1

    If you have the money, why not go all the way?

  12. ARPANET and Links on U.N. To Govern Internet? · · Score: 1

    Ok, ARPANET was created in the USA. Others wanted to link to it. The USA allowed others to link to it. Others now want to take control of it.

    My ISP created its own subnet. Customers wanted to join it. The ISP allowed customers to join it. So if the UN succeeds in taking control of ARPANET, can I take control of my ISP?

  13. No on BBC In Trouble Over Free Music · · Score: 1

    The BBC performances are seperate from that of the suing groups. The suit is over the right to perform that SCORE. It is over the SCORE.

  14. Re:My solution on Organizing Computer Gear Clutter? · · Score: 1

    You could just press the bookmark/favorite button in your browser......... or copy the url to an email..... I would do this, but I just posted a comment here too and can use your way :)

  15. Re:Two cheap solutions on Organizing Computer Gear Clutter? · · Score: 1

    And for the cheap of us, the things that they wrap grape vines in in supermarkets work just as well, they are usually green strips of fabric that *magically* stick to themselves when wrapped around something [such as a wire].

  16. Re:exercise is good on Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life · · Score: 1

    I believe the grandparent was referring to the Arcade and Nintendo Entertainment System game: JOUST.

    There are more than just two jousters....

    Play Joust online

  17. Re:This is not the beta on Windows Longhorn Beta Screenshots · · Score: 1

    The one who is not anonymous and works at Microsoft [according to his website]

  18. Re:MIRROR: I happened to save 4 of them on Windows Longhorn Beta Screenshots · · Score: 1

    Nope, bad metainfo, and for future refrenece, http://melikamp.net/gfx/LH%20Screenshots.torrent is a link, http://melikamp.net/gfx/LH%20Screenshots.torrent is not.

  19. Re:Mirror? on Windows Longhorn Beta Screenshots · · Score: 1

    Mirrordot still says unavailable..... Guess its gone for good.

  20. Re:Be afraid, be VERY afraid on Cell Phone Records for Sale · · Score: 1

    They even let you trace the owner of a payphone!

    You provide the payphone number and the state, we will provide the owners name and billing address on that account RESULTS WITH IN 1-3 HOURS
    (http://www.datatraceusa.com/products.asp)

  21. Re:who cares on Study Finds Value in Email Spam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well if sending messages about getting thinner gets them thinner, does that mean that the penis and breast enlargement emails will make me fully endowed in both regions?

  22. Re: bios passwd on Protecting My Daughter's Notebook? · · Score: 1

    That's worse, then the would-be computer theif will see the pizza, want some, open it, see the computer, and take it in the pizza box, and no one will even see him/her taking the computer.

  23. Re:Hmm on Cringely Shows How to Get Free Cell Calls · · Score: 1

    Get a block of business lines, have them seek, multiple out, multiple in

  24. Re:E-book on Amazon's 1,082-volume Classics Collection: $7,989 · · Score: 1

    But if you buy it now, you save $5,327.75 (That's 40%!!!!)

  25. Re:IBM 5100 on Retro Machines Key to Rescuing Old Data · · Score: 1

    The 5100 has nothing on my Compaq Portable III