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  1. 246 passengers, 9 crew possibly aboard on Another Plane Down in New York · · Score: 2

    NBC is reporting that 246 people were ticketed for this flight along with 9 crewmembers. No telling how many people were in the vicinity on the ground, I imagine this part of the Queens is quite densely populated.

  2. Re:Check *this* out... on Flat-Rate Wireless Where The Sun Don't Shine (Much) · · Score: 2
    While I'm bragging, also check out my Tower [capell.net] O' Power [capell.net]

    Cool rack, who makes it and where'd you get it? Looking for something similar for my comp room.

  3. Re:Buffy Musical on The Tick Premieres Tonight on FOX · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't forget good old Usenet as well, alt.binaries.multimedia, alt.binaries.movies.divx, alt.binaries.vcd for starters all carry TV shows that are kindly encoded and posted.

  4. How does .us differ? on NeuStar to Manage .US Registry · · Score: 2

    How is this "new" domain extension registry going to differ from all the rest? Are trademark holders once again going to get first shot? Are we private citizens going to be subject to litigation by the corporate types that want to snatch our domain names away from us? I happen to share a surname with a very large brokerage house that has seen fit to register just about every iteration of the name I can think of without stretching it to an ungodly number of characters. Is this just going to be another domain extension where they'll snap up all the useful variations of our name?

  5. Re:256 colors on Netscape 6.2 · · Score: 2

    It's a known bug, I deal with the same issue when I want to use Mozilla over Citrix or NT Terminal server.

  6. Re:K-Meleon on Netscape 6.2 · · Score: 2

    Just downloaded KMeleon and am checking it out for the first time. I was tempted to switch to the newer Mozilla builds since they implemented tabbed browsing (I've been hooked on Netcaptor's tabbed browsing for awhile now, no turning back) but Mozilla is still having issues with > 256 colors over an NT Terminal Server. Haven't checked the color issue with KMeleon, but does it do tabbed browsing?

  7. Re:HDTV Protections? on HDTV On Your PC And Hard Drive · · Score: 2

    So in 2 weeks someone will probably not only crack the encryption method but also find a way that Joe User can change the card's serial number themselves. If the manufacturer's tech support guys can do it, most likely we'll be able to do it too.

  8. Not just "incompatible browsers" on MSN Blocks Mozilla, Other Browsers [updated] · · Score: 5, Interesting
    This doesn't seem to be one of those issues where MS will claim that non-IE browsers can't view MSN because of technical incompatibilities. According to the Yahoo article, Opera is claiming that MSN is actively blocking the browser depending on what name it reports to the server. Non-IE browsers that MS hasn't chosen to block are working fine, at least according to Opera.

    "Microsoft is seeing (that) it is an Opera browser and shutting it out," said Tetzchner, whose team was testing the problem Thursday. "If you change the Opera string by one letter, it is letting us in."

  9. Re:Is anyone waiting... on Apple releases iPod · · Score: 2
    until Apple releases their new line of pastel contact lenses

    Pastel contacts might be closer than you think if this company has anything to do with it.

  10. Re:lame? on Apple releases iPod · · Score: 2
    Replace the 5 gig drive with a 20 gig drive, change Firewire to USB, keep the ability to use it as an external hard disk, drop the presumed heavy integration with iTunes, knock the battery life down to 8 hours from 10, knock $50 off the price, and you've got this

    You forgot to make it slightly larger that the iPod and to almost double the weight of the iPod.

  11. Re:Ahhh! on Football Team Blames Loss on Linux · · Score: 2

    Interestingly, if you watch the Fox pre-game shows, they use the Madden engine to diagram defensive and offensive set-ups and simulations. In theory, teams could use those same types of simulations rather than the typical X and O diagrams on the chalkboard.

  12. Re:Upgrade on TiVo Gets In Deeper With Sony · · Score: 2

    Try here for the new user guide for Philips models:
    http://www.tivo.com/support/updateguide_philips_ 2_ 0.asp

    And here for Sony models:
    http://www.tivo.com/support/updateguide_sony_2_0 .a sp

  13. Re:Upgrade on TiVo Gets In Deeper With Sony · · Score: 2

    Try here, look for the "Fall Update Guide" for whichever brand you own (Philips or Sony): http://www.tivo.com/flash.asp?page=standalone_rele ase_notes

  14. Re:Windows XP dumb terminal on Shuttle's Tiny PC Reviewed · · Score: 2
    well, XP requires 64 megs RAM minimum, and the install is about 1.3 gigs...

    And, of course, since he'd be using these as a dumb terminal, the above requirements are irrelevant.

  15. Re:* Mozilla has a new experimental Tabbed Browsin on Mozilla 0.9.5 · · Score: 2

    And Galeon copied it from Netcaptor, which has been around for a few years on Win32.

  16. Re:Email, not WWW news on Net: Now Our Most Serious News Medium? · · Score: 2

    The mainstream doesn't exactly think of Yahoo when they think of news. In fact, I spend quite a bit of time online and at many different sites, and *I* didn't think to check Yahoo on Sept 11 when CNN, MSNBC, and the other biggies weren't responding.

  17. Re:This is just to say on Raising the Kursk · · Score: 2

    Always show link domains works just fine and is barely intrusive at all. In fact, I kind of miss the notation when on other sites.

  18. Re:200 hour tivo on New DVD Recorder With 52 hours Of HDD Recording Time · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Check out the TiVo Hack FAQ for all the info you need. The drive upgrade is so easy, even a Windows user can do it.

  19. Re:Linux firms: replace IIS as a service? on Gartner Group Suggests Dumping IIS For Now · · Score: 2

    You don't use Windows much, eh? Not only can the IIS services be stopped and/or disabled from starting, they can be uninstalled and are an optional service that you can choose to not even install when building the server. Perhaps you're thinking of IE, which Microsoft claims is "integrated".

  20. Re:Slashdot editors on Microsoft FrontPage License Prohibits Anti-Microsoft Speech · · Score: 2
    should be using FrontPage. I hear it comes with a nifty grammer and spell checker.

    Hopefully those editors that you disparage will also allow *some* Slashdot posters to use those facilities to prevent people from confusing the word grammar with some town in Indiana

  21. Re:Not to be MS bashing at a time like this... on New York Red Cross Needs Tech Help · · Score: 4, Informative

    MS gave $10 million, as posted up above, 12 minutes before your post (you must've missed it since you surely read the thread before posting).

  22. Re:Linksys and NT on Choosing a Router/Firewall for the Home LAN · · Score: 2

    Out of curiosity, were you running anything besides the included NT services to provide the IP routing?

  23. Re:from http://www.skyscraper.org/tallest/t_wtc.ht on Further Updates On Terrorist Attack · · Score: 2

    Lack of good support? Those buildings showed exemplary support since they were able to withstand not only collisions with large aircraft traveling several hundred miles an hour but were also able to support the upper levels despite having large holes blown in them. One civil engineer I saw being interviewed said that the twin towers had supports spaced 3.5 ft apart, whereas normal buildings have 10 ft between supports. The building eventually collapsed because the intense heat from the fires weakened the supports at the upper levels, causing those levels to fall onto levels below. To give an example, level 110 fell onto level 109, the support below level 109 is now holding twice the weight than it was designed to hold and the support was also weaked by the heat. Level 109 collaped onto 108, 108 is also weakened by heat and is now supporting 3x the weight, so it collapsed. And so on down to the bottom. Without the fire, those buildings likely would still be standing. Goes to show that these terrorists had this thing planned down to the smallest detail.

  24. Re:My Own Experience on First-Person Account Of Today's Attacks · · Score: 2
    There are a lot of pictures and movies of the attack here: http://www.fxracer.com/trade

    Incredible pictures, I haven't seen any pics of this detail anywhere else. Where did these come from?

  25. Lots of great ideas, but... on Building a DIY Home Office? · · Score: 2

    I've seen a lot of great ideas for DIY'ers and this topic has gotten me motivated to do something with my mess of a home office. But I'm amazed at the lack of pictures! You'd think geeks would be proud enough of the solutions they've come up with to snap a few digital pics or at least scan a photograph. I'd like to see some of these self-built setups, words can only describe the details to a point.