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  1. Compute! RUN on Introducing Children to Computers? · · Score: 1

    Ah yes I remember that. You first had to enter the program that accepted the assembly code. Before the HEX-program, they had a decimal version which had about 30% more typing.
    Once, after spending about 16 hours straight entering a program to give me an 80 column screen, I accidentally reformatted the disk. I think that was the last time I bothered entering those programs...

  2. Re:Yes, introduce them to IP piracy at a young age on Introducing Children to Computers? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why not show your real name instead of posting anonymously? Afraid someone will notice you are just trying to bring attention to your own post?

  3. Why not incorporate moderating into Wikis? on Wikipedia Criticised by Its Co-founder · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It seems that incorporating a version of Slashdot's moderating routines would not only solve most of wiki's downsides, but people may learn lot from just metamoderating.

  4. Re:Some don't want a hotmail-account on eBay Retires MS Passport Sign-In · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of when I was going through a box of old computer stuff, and stumbled across my old BBS password list. It had way more logins and passwords than I use today. It was kind of interesting comparing what passwords I used at the time compared to now.

  5. Re:Could this somehow work with colors/images? on New Graphic Displays for the Blind · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Instead of color, you could display a grayscale image by varying the depth of each pin depending on that pixel's brightness.

    Maybe if you could let the blind user alternate the display from a "grayscale" channel to a red, blue and then green channel, the user could then try to visualize the scene in his head. I suppose a lot of this has to do with the resolution of the device, and how many varying levels of depth it can reproduce...

  6. Re:This is NOT reassuring ... on Asteroid Flies Under the Radar, Literally · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Even if they did find something, the government would cover it up so as to avoid a panic. May as well save tax dollars and let the amateurs do it.

  7. Re:You did a disservice to your wife on Open Letter to a Digital World · · Score: 1

    Hmm. My mistake. I don't have it here at home to veify and was going off a memory from when I was trying to make an app usable by only one user.

    Thanks for your info. I googled and found am article that has a procedure for "locking down" users in XP Home: http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxphusrm.htm

  8. Re:You did a disservice to your wife on Open Letter to a Digital World · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most consuner PC's are sold with Windows XP Home Edition preinstalled. There is no such thing as a non-"power user" login in XP Home Edition. It just seems silly for you to blame the author for a lack of security in an operating system when Microsoft itself purposely removed the security from said operating system.

  9. Re:5 hours!? on Open Letter to a Digital World · · Score: 1

    That seems like a good idea. Too bad most consumer pc's come with XP Home Edition where all of the security features have been neutered.

  10. Re:Err...bollocks on Labels Trying New CD Copy Prevention Systems · · Score: 1

    Very informative indeed. :)

  11. Re:Finally, a REAL "Profit!" plan.... on Microsoft Acquires Spyware Removal Company · · Score: 1

    I don't know which is worse. The paperclip, or those who actually like the paperclip.

  12. Re:I don't know how these function, but... on Cell Phones In The Air? · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking jammers won't be legal to use on planes. Just imagine the fun you could have if it accidentally jammed all the plane's communications in addition to the phones'.

  13. Re:When Will AntiVirus remove it? on Inside an Adware Company · · Score: 1

    A good alternative to re-ghosting every week would be Deep Freeze. Once it is installed, a simple reboot erases any changes the users have made to the system... including installing spyware, moving icons, or deleting files.

  14. Re:I know the exact moment math became on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    I like how you missed the prime number 2. ;) When I did this algorithm years ago, I stored all of the prime numbers in an array and then used those stored numbers up to the square of the currently disputed number to check for prime.

  15. Re:LAW SUIT on Lycos Declares War on Spam Servers · · Score: 1

    So I take it you already had a list of hundreds of open proxy servers? Not that I have a need to know, but how did you end up with that list?

  16. Re:Netcraft confirmed? on The VHS is Dead · · Score: 2, Informative

    Very few VCRs can record Macromedia encoded content without additional hardware to strip/clean the video signal. What Macromedia does is add an alternating black and white stripe to your video signal that displays off the screen for most tvs. This "invisible" stripe tricks your VCRs auto-gain control into adjusting the picture brighter then darker over and over throughout the movie. The resulting recording is thus unwatchable.