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  1. The world ends in 2012 though... on SF Author Robert J. Sawyer Looks at 2014 · · Score: 1

    according to the Mayans and some of that funky ELS code stuff those uncanny guys get out of the old testament... oh, and Moby Dick... So a typical day in 2014 might be, sort of dull.

  2. Re:I hate to be pessimistic, but... on Digital Radio With Removable Flash Storage · · Score: 1

    The MPIO FY200 is available in the US, records FM radio and will allow you to upload to your pc to convert to MP3. I've seen nothing happening against them, and this is portable, digital recording of radio...

  3. Re:It can't be fake! on Slashback: Fairness, Radioactivity, Recovery · · Score: 1

    who says it was fiction? Elena has more facts in her story then Mary does in her jibe against Elena. Elena obviously wasn't alone since someone had to have taken the pictures OF HER in some of those photos, and I doubt a Russian agency is ever 100% reliable on anything including trying to protect their own rear ends in crunch time. What I wanna know is, why'd she say she rode through alone? She obviously didn't.

  4. Linux in rats... on Installing Linux on a Dead Badger · · Score: 1
  5. Moore's law no excuse... on TiVo Will Die · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Article failed to mention SnapStream, and that's probably a huge possible TiVo killer. As a Dish Network customer, I find the Dish 500 suitable enough to take care of recording the shows I program it to, and with the option of recording them on one of my PC's using SnapStream, so I can take it with me on a laptop if I chose? Unreal. I highly doubt the "death of TiVo" is approaching, and perhaps with some better PR they'll climb out of whatever dark hole other companies are trying to put them in, but there are tons more options these days. ...and Moore's law is no excuse for the death of any technology, only the explanation by which that technology should progress beyond levels of doubt and bad publicity.

  6. There's a sucker born every minute... on City Officials Almost Ban Foam Cups · · Score: 1

    What was it P.T. Barnum said? oh yeah... ...ok, so it was Hannum that actually said it, but...

  7. Re:Lies, I tell you. on Congress May Force Revealing of Car Computer Secrets · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're absolutely correct, and this is common misunderstanding.
    My father and uncle own an auto-repair shop in Brooklyn, my father being the head mechanic and the one that runs all the diagnostic equipment. He's been running into this issue for years now, and whenever he needs the codes to access the computers of a car, he either has to pay the manufacturer for the DVD/CD's that will access that computer via the diagnostic machine, or call the manufacturer's local rep and get it out of him nicely.

    The only problem is, the vehicle repair manual doesn't contain the necessary codes for everything, and that just prolongs how long a car stays in the shop, until the mechanic running the daignostic machines updates the latest codes. Regardless of 50 years of experience with cars and trucks, foreign and domestic, since he was put to work by the commies or now here in his shop in the US, he still has to wait around for hours sometimes and pay through the nose for some access codes. He can still fix a car better than any rookie out of tech school.

  8. Re:A few factoids... on Dish Network & Viacom Settle Their Differences · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That money is going towards the customers now, not Viacom... I imagine that's either a short insult to Viacom or Dish's way out of any possible lawsuits that could occur. Either way, kudo's to Dish and wow gee, now I get to see repeats of CSI and South Park.