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  1. Re:speed and time of day? on Big Brother In Your Front Seat · · Score: 1

    wow. someone else that realizes that this thing can't tell if you're speeding. The main point, as far as I can tell, is for them to know how much you drive, how often you drive at high-risk times such as when all the drunkies are out, etc.

  2. Re:I thought visible light was the problem on Smart Glass Blocks Infrared - But Only When It's Hot · · Score: 2, Informative

    no, visible light turns into heat when it strikes and is absorbed by an object, as does IR. Transmitting more IR would just make the insides hotter.

  3. what I'd like to see on X-Connect 500W Modular PSU · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...is one of these for my Shuttle. Thing's too small for the excess wires running about.

    (what I'd really like to see is a departure from the ATX connector on the Shuttles, moving to something smaller with less wires and higher amperage rated connections, but that's beside the point.)

  4. Re:Voting her book down is the wrong tactic on Katie Jones Interviewed · · Score: 1

    according to poster, the book was not voted down on amazon. A good number of the negative votes disappeared.

  5. Re:Same players...New game... on Swedes Dominate Counter-Strike Championship · · Score: 1

    that and the fact that these things aren't full of the general lameness that exists on public servers.

  6. Re:Vision? on The Stealth Desktop: Sight and Sound With Slackware · · Score: 1

    Mostly the same here. When I put slackware 9.0 on this (first time using something besides windows), X worked with KDE flawlessly, sound worked perfectly on my NF2 IGP/MCP-T board after a (easy enough for me) upgrade to kernel 2.4.22, and getting things to work dual-booting with win2k wasn't a problem.

  7. wait. on Alpine to Release iPod Interface in Autumn 2004 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    a special interface, just for an iPod?
    I'll take a cheap(er) head unit with a standard line-in, you can connect just about anything to that.

    Including my Karma.

  8. it's a bit old on EPA Fuel Economy Myth: Too High, Too Low? · · Score: 1

    for me to know the EPA estimates, but my 1990 Ranger (with a V-6) gets around 25 with my daily drive to/from work, which is a bit of city, bit of highway, lot of hills.

  9. yet again on First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered · · Score: 1

    makes me glad I'm still using my old analog phone.
    Well, maybe using isn't the right word.

  10. Re:Fine by me on Comcast Gets Tough on Spam · · Score: 1

    my school provides an email address for everyone. Suscom, which is the cable company there, blocks 25 entirely. Result: people can't send mail from their school address from home without using the webmail.

  11. Re:What is the downside of adding OGG support? on iPod May Not Have The Horsepower For Ogg [updated] · · Score: 1

    AAC is comparable, maybe slightly better than Vorbis, and definitely better than MP3 as far as sound quality goes--there was an article on /. about it not too long ago. But, it's proprietary.

  12. Re:Hey, what's that smell? on The Wireless Backpack Repeater · · Score: 1

    watch it be a size 8D. (yeah, I really want to carry a 50kg battery on my back.)

  13. Re:AutoZone will do this for free... on Automakers Try To Keep Repair Codes Secret · · Score: 1

    yep, with OBDII (standard on all passenger vehicles since '96 AFAIK) all cars can be read by a single scan tool, and the code meanings are fairly even across the board. mod article down troll?

    and yes. the fuel system vapor leak code (think that's what... don't trust me, I work on generators) isn't too hard to trace to a loose gas cap.

  14. Re:Solution on Clear Channel Buys Patent For Instant Live CDs · · Score: 1

    kinda funny, when you think that (IIRC) the patent system was originated to ENCOURAGE innovation by giving people open access to other people's ideas so that they could expand on them.
    Someone process the digital signal before it is written to disk. CC's patent can't stop you then.

  15. Re:After a quick read on Intel Sued for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    5PM? lucky... I worked 7A-6P today. Yes, if you look in the patent... (emphasis mine) Other solutions have switched the replacement microprocessor clock rate from the new higher speed to the clock rate of the slow speed system board for data transfers with the slow speed system board, but with the advent of microprocessors with clock doubling or tripling on chip, it is often necessary to have a stable frequency for the new microprocessor clock. I gathered that the patent only applies to a conversion board...

  16. Re:Count me in! on Super MP3 Will Feature User Tracking · · Score: 1

    or even better yet, encodes them with a RIAA exec's digital signature

  17. Re:But why? on Kernel Modules that Lie About Their Licenses · · Score: 1

    they can't GPL the driver because then people would hack it to connect at over 14.4kbps.

  18. Re:Lol. Understatement. on WormRadar Node Volunteers Help Graph Attacks · · Score: 1

    need to post something relevant to make up for my offtopic further down the page.

    If the sole purpose of the bird is to get the crap kicked out of it anyways, why not take it into the mine anyways? I'm looking for a suitable piece of junk hardware that I can throw questionable programs on and try to make them phone home... might as well toss this on while I'm at it.

  19. Re:Infect, Effect and Affect on WormRadar Node Volunteers Help Graph Attacks · · Score: 1

    Parent is correct... sort of.

    Effect is a noun. Affect is a verb.

  20. Re:Polyethylene Glycol? on Military Develops Liquid Body Armor · · Score: 1

    I also believe PEG is used in some soft drinks as a coloring agent or something like that.

  21. kinda like... on Clones Are Overwhelming TiVo · · Score: 1, Redundant

    all cola is coke, all tissues are kleenex, etc... doesn't really suprise me.

  22. Re:Some of us prefer to save money on iPod Mini Hits The 'Sweet Spot'? · · Score: 1

    and your MP3 CD player is about 3-4 times the size of my Karma. Which, for the record, won't skip when dropped several feet. I found this out the hard way.

  23. Re:If only... on Koolio, the Beer Delivery Robot · · Score: 2, Funny

    and a more important question... how the heck do you card a robot?

  24. Re:MY Rights?? on Software To Stop Song Trading · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and there's more than enough jaywalkers here at my school.

    I've already lost all faith in ITS here, so I have no problem yelling at them if they implement something like this and it interferes with the legal stuff I do (say, IRC). Cable back at home's better than the school's network anyways.

  25. Re:well... on MPAA Infiltrating Campus Nets with Software · · Score: 1

    Mine uses packeteer as well. But when half the kids on campus use it...