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  1. Mod Parent UP on Xbox 360 adds 1080p Support · · Score: 1

    I concurr, and I'm fresh out of Mod points

  2. Dish Network on TiVo Announces High-Def Series3 DVR · · Score: 1

    Wow I've had an HD DVR for 2 years, whats next, Tivo comes out with this new thing they call the "wheel"

  3. Re:Get over it already! on Left Sided Windows Scrollbars? · · Score: 1
    (numeric keypad on the right is my pet peeve)
    Just buy a USB numeric keypad pad ($10 on Amazon) and put it on the left side of your keyboard
  4. Quantatative Analysis? on Build a Quiet Gaming System · · Score: 1

    Spend 40 bucks at radio shack and get a Sound Pressure Level meter and give me the DB readings

    DB Reading with no equiptment on, normal to the plane of your ear, at ear height. You get the picture

  5. Re:Hype? Of course it is on MySpace Fears, Just Another Backlash? · · Score: 1

    Try kicking it and you might find a date

  6. Re:Heh on MOD Summit at 1UP.com · · Score: 1

    MOD PARENT UP!! I totally agree and have Karma to burn

  7. Re:I remember the 1950s. on New Nuclear Power Plants in the next 5 years · · Score: 1
    Everyone that has handled radioactive materials that are active enough to be immediately dangerous knows to treat them with respect


    As opposed to all the coal miners who die every year handling the "SAFE" fuel.

  8. Pot meet Kettle on The World's First Banner Ad · · Score: 1

    Funny how TFA wines about Banner adds but is hosted on a page with a HUGE banner

  9. Re:Only 12 years? on New Battery Technology Powers For 12 Years · · Score: 1

    Sorry WRONG

    do you realize how much energy is lost on all those ac/dc converters running 24x7 all over your house.

    if you really want to save energy use lithium rechargeables, then unplug the charger.

  10. DUPE!!! on New Battery Technology Powers For 12 Years · · Score: 1

    I've heard of this technology its called RFID
    Radio frequency induce voltage to tiny device, stored in small capacitor/lithium battery.

    and as a side effect, read the firmware health of the pacemaker.

  11. Re:General Questions about Adventure Games on Ask Sid Meier · · Score: 1

    What you want is Sven Coop http://www.svencoop.com/

  12. Re:OS redundancy? on Windows Vista & IE7 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 1

    Group policy *YAWN*
    Please wait while your sysadmin applys every bloated
    hack he can think of...

    However as a local admin you can Nerf most group policies.
    http://www.sysinternals.com/

  13. Re:None of us believe you on Energy Efficient and Cheap Servers for Home Use? · · Score: 1

    Insightful give you a +1 mod point.
    Funny give you +0 mod point.

    Some mods try to be generous to a funny poster

  14. Truck bed lining on Modding Game Controllers For Greater Grip · · Score: 1

    They are now coating military vehicles in Rhinolining or other truck bed spray on adhesive as additional armor.
    This would really improve your grip.. but alas the calluses would be a hinderance to / insert joke/

  15. Re:anonymous calls? on Net Phone Customers Brace For 'VoIP Spam' · · Score: 1

    Exactly I have a Wifi VOIP Handset that connects to my phone switch at work. All behind my firewall, bring on the spam if you dare.

    BTW I highly reccomend it as the best cordless phone I've ever used. Excellent battery and reception (add a cisco AP and you are golden)
    http://www1.avaya.com/enterprise/brochures/lb1875. pdf PDF

  16. Re:Then you can't buy a one-handed keyboard for $2 on A One-Handed Keyboard For $25 · · Score: 1

    you are right this one is almost $600
    http://www.half-qwerty.com/

    And this website has lots of options
    http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/enewsnov00.html

  17. Re:Projecting onto clouds on Projecting Video On Curved Surfaces · · Score: 1

    I saw a projection onto a sheet of FOG, they were using it as a screen you could walk through

    http://www.fogscreen.com/technology.html
    -snip
    The basic components of the screen are a laminar, non-turbulent airflow, and a thin fog screen (or any particles) injected into and inside a laminar flow. Created this way, the fog screen is an internal part of the laminar airflow, and remains thin, crisp, and protected from turbulence.

  18. Re:Solution looking for a problem? on Projecting Video On Curved Surfaces · · Score: 1

    And what about projecting onto moving surfaces... Waving flag anybody

    or how about ads on a moving subway car.

    and what is setup time like, does it take an hour to calibrate the camera.

  19. You can already do this with a laptop on Game Boy Advance Becomes Car Tuning Tool · · Score: 3, Informative

    Plus have GPS, Cellular internet and WIFI connectivity.

    And all the games you can cram on.

  20. Re:Yes! Furlongs per Fortnight on Google: The Missing Manual · · Score: 0

    Try this one

    one third of half a teaspoon in teaspoons

  21. Re:Two problems... on New Phone Uses WLAN or Cel Networks · · Score: 0

    I currently have an Avaya Wireless 802.11b cordless phone on my belt. And all I can say is I LOVE it, it has excellent battery life and Excellent QOS, if we have a dark spot we can just add a $50 cisco access point and go about our buisness.
    I can roam to the resturant half a block away and still make calls (my laptop cannot connect).

    It has push to talk and seamless integration into our phone switch.

    Avaya model 3626 Phone.
    http://www1.avaya.com/enterprise/brochures /lb1875. pdf

  22. LOGO and Green Globs on Educational Software To Donate With Laptop? · · Score: 0

    Both are excellent learning programs.

    Green Globs is a battleship game with MATH

    LOGO or Turtle Graphics: is the first programming language a kid needs to learn.

    In A.D. 2014.....
    All our outsourcing are belong to Uganda

  23. Re:Halt!! Ausweis on Beyond Castle Wolfenstein Re-Compiled · · Score: 0

    I found the word used
    on http://dict.leo.org/?p=1WIM..&search=Ausweis
    sear ching for pass, finally... it was haunting me

    ok then the guard would yell Achtung (attention) i think.
    that is if you didnt bribe first or give him the password, or shoot him.

  24. Halt!! Alaspice (sp) on Beyond Castle Wolfenstein Re-Compiled · · Score: 0

    ahh brings back memories

    I still dont know what the guard used to say, does anybody know what german words were used.

  25. BreakOut on Mac Gaming History Remembered · · Score: 0

    Was the First Color game I had ever played
    and argueably the best graphics (to that point)
    Also it had 8 bit sound, not 1 bit.