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  1. Re:The *really* scary part hasn't even been mentio on Pig-to-Human Transplants On Their Way · · Score: 1

    Does something like this also account for horse transplants or will I have to give up the transplant from a stallion that I was thinking of?

  2. Short summary of 802.11a, 11b, and 11g on 802.11b at 22mbps · · Score: 3, Informative

    802.11b
    pros:
    11Mbps at low cost. Many vendors.
    cons:
    802.11b operates in 2.4GHz, which collides with among other things, bluetooth, wireless phones, and microwave ovens.

    802.11a
    pros:
    Higher speed at 54 Mbps
    Operates in 5 GHZ which is less used
    cons:
    New radios and antennas required if used to replace existing 802.11b network

    802.11g
    pros:
    Higher speed at 54 Mbps and includes backward compatibility to existing 802.11b equipment
    Antennas can be resued if used to replace existing 802.11b network
    cons:
    Operates in 2.4GHz, which collides with among other things, bluetooth, wireless phones, and microwave ovens.
    New radios required because of new chipsets

    Sorry, I can't tell you whether a or g is going to replace b, and at what speed existing b users will change to new technology.

  3. Re:User demographics on Net Phones Taking Off in the Third World · · Score: 1

    He's from Jutland, I'm from Sealand, and we both work with computer networks.
    So that makes him a third world geek?
    And me just a plain geek?
    Or is it the other way around? Since you're saying you're in Copenhagen, I guess you're probably from Jutland, and either a policeman or a drug addict.

  4. User demographics on Net Phones Taking Off in the Third World · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I use Yahoo! Messenger to talk to a friend in the US regularly.
    I "call" from Denmark, and he is not a college student.
    Does that mean Denmark is a third world country or is my friend a geek?

  5. Tax deduction rules? on Microsoft's Guide to Accepting Donated PCs · · Score: 2

    MS might be referring to tax laws. When the donator deducts taxes, he/she's deducting the depreciated value of the machine. The depreciated value of the machine includes whatever software was included in the price of the pc.

    Just a thought from a european without any knowledge of US tax laws.

  6. Re:Hate to say it, but... on Larger Flatbed Scanners? · · Score: 2, Informative

    What do you mean "The company's not around anymore"?
    http://www.plustek.com/

  7. Only vendor interoperable device on the market on Most Outrageous Vendor Lie Ever Told? · · Score: 1

    I once attended a presentation of Shiva VPN Gateway back when VPNs was hot news.
    The presenter, who was supposed to be the most technically competent Shiva engineer in all the Scandinavian countries, told us that the Shiva device was the ONLY device on the market capable of connecting to VPN devices from other vendors!

  8. A decent video grabber that works... on Geek Gift Ideas 2001 · · Score: 1

    with my !"#%& Compaq Presario!
    I have been searching a while for something that would be able to grab video from my analog video cam (PAL) in a decent quality.
    I haven't found any that looks likely to install easily in my Presario. Except for USB devices, but they don't seem to deliver decent resolution, probably because of bandwidth restraints.
    Probably a USB device that could compress to MPEG4 on the fly or an analog to firewire converter exists, but I haven't found any within a reasonable price range ( US$200).

  9. Re:PPOE on Exploiting and Protecting 802.11b Networks · · Score: 1

    PPPoE does NOT add encryption to your traffic!
    It is only the the PPP password than can be encrypted and then again only if you are using chap, not pap to exchange the password.

  10. VNC using GSM and Palm on How Much Bandwidth Does VNC Require? · · Score: 1

    I actually use a Palm VNC client running over my GSM phone at 9.6.
    The purpose of this is, that I Hotsync over a dialup connection to the Office network.
    Sometimes the Hotsync manager dies during the sync. Then I can use VNC to start the Hotsync Manager again.
    This does require a LOT of patience, but it works (and the nerd in me gets a little kick out of it, each time)!