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  1. Re:Huh ? on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hmmm....the only problem with neutral is that in a lot of vehicles the transmission is no longer physically connected to the shift lever either. The electronics in those fail as well and then what do you do? It happened to me; luckily I was just starting off and the tranny was stuck in 1st, even though I had it in drive.

  2. Re:In all seriousness... on USPTO Won't Accept Upside Down Faxes · · Score: 1, Funny

    I actually think that is what the form letter is referring to. If more people on /. used their brains, well, it wouldn't be ./

  3. Re:Thanks Fyodor! on Nmap 5.20 Released · · Score: 1

    I believe that the poster is referencing that OpenBSD touts itself as secure out of the box and NMap would find no unsecure open ports in its scan....of cource i am most likely wrong.

  4. Re:I haven't used DIVX in years on HandBrake Abandons DivX As an Output Format · · Score: 1

    You are correct, the "locking" of the archive is just a side effect :)

  5. Re:I haven't used DIVX in years on HandBrake Abandons DivX As an Output Format · · Score: 1

    Because RAR is a better format. Seriously.
    It has:
    Better compression
    Ability to lock archive from changes (Solid Archive)
    Ability to add a recovery record. You can reliably repair damaged archives w/ ZERO data loss.
    and the list goes on.

    Why would anyone still use ZIP?

  6. Re:What? on 3D Blu-ray Spec Finalized, PS3 Supported · · Score: 1

    Yes, DVD players....even in the US! Philips makes several and they are decent for the price. Quite convenient as well.

  7. Re:Carmakers lie on Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms · · Score: 1

    It is funny you say that....you should notify the officer that gave me a ticket for 35 in a 30. I was going 35. He was a prick.

  8. Re:mutate goats to have no sense of taste on Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's OK. It is obvious that you are a product of the public school system.

  9. Re:Let me be the thirst to say ... on UK Plans To Monitor 20,000 Families' Homes Via CCTV · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, at least in NY they would love nothing better than to strip us of that pesky 2nd amendment. Lets just hope there are enough of us left with our heads screwed on correctly.

  10. Re:Let me be the thirst to say ... on UK Plans To Monitor 20,000 Families' Homes Via CCTV · · Score: 1

    Where do you think they get these ideas? You don't think the Governments come up with them on their own, do you?
    I just can't wait until someone in the States thinks this is a good idea and wants to follow suit.

  11. Re:Number 9 on A History of 3D Cards From Voodoo To GeForce · · Score: 1

    I still have a PCI and a AGP Revolution 3D cards.....it was nice to be able to have 2 screens :)
    the 3D wasn't bad for the cost of the card IIRC (OpenGL only, I believe)

  12. Re:Article not quite right ... on R.I.P. MS-DEBUG 1981 - 2009 · · Score: 1

    Ahh...nostalgia....I remember low level formating my RLL drive that way...I remember thinking how cool it was to have all of that built into me drive controller ROM.

  13. Re:Well, hm... on NASA Names Space Station Treadmill After Colbert · · Score: 1

    How is this a troll? Just because you don't agree with his views doesn't make him a troll.

    Um, I forgot I was reading /. -- please disregard the above.

  14. Re:Fuck you Linus and the horse you rode in on on ACLU Sues Penn Prosecutor For Empty Threat of Child Porn · · Score: 1

    Try this on for size. In New York it is legal to have consensual sex with anyone 17 years of age or older. Now if someone were to take pics/vid of that act they would be prosecuted. Go figure.

  15. Re:Back to the future on Filmmaker Working On Eye-Socket Camera · · Score: 1

    It is funny that you mentioned toplessness (sp?). In New York it is legal for women to be topless in public. However, i have yet to see one in public. Although, my wife has told me that she has. Maybe this is because women do not wish to be ogled at more than they are now.

  16. Blown out of proportion.....again on Bill Would Require ISPs, Wi-Fi Users To Keep Logs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ok, so everyone thinks that this is going to be a big deal. How many of you have actually read Title 18 section 2703 (you should also read chapters 119 and 121 in their entirety as the include definitions)?

    from Title 18, Chapter 121, Section 2711:

    (2) the term "remote computing service" means the provision to the public of computer storage or processing services by means of an electronic communications system;

    now, I don't know about you, but my WiFi router is not for the PUBLIC. Of course IANAL, but it appears that I do not operate a "remote computing service" nor am I a provider of an "electronic communication service". I provide no service to anyone outside of my family.

    So, I fail to see the trouble here. They want ISPs, and WiFi hotspots (ie: Restaurants, Coffee Shops, etc.) to retain records. Note how it does not say you must OBTAIN information from your customers, just retain what information you have.

    One other thing that I have not seen mentioned yet. MAC addresses are not guaranteed to be unique, only unique on a particular LAN. There is no guarantee that no two wireless devices that ever connect to your WiFi will not have the same MAC address. This coupled with the fact that there is no way to track a MAC address to a particular person....

    Really, why do we even bother.

  17. Re:Bad lawyers on Canon Tries To Shut Down "Fake" Canon Blog · · Score: 1

    You're absolutely correct. It's too bad that large companies hire poor Law Firms. Just because you have a lot of money to through around doesn't mean that you should. Maybe Canon should dump L&L and hire a firm that would have acted responsibly and then take the extra cash and put into Q&A or maybe hire someone to actually read the complaints from consumers.

    Sadly for Canon, now I know about their poor Customer Service and dedication to quality. They won't be on my list.

  18. Re:No players on the market on Last Major Supplier Calls It Quits For VHS · · Score: 1

    dvd/vcr combos are easy to find. The hard part is finding a standalone vcr. Who wants a crappy vcr with a crappy dvd player attached to it?

  19. Re:STUPID, STUPID, STUPID on Nintendo DSi Software Will Be Region Locked · · Score: 1

    That is why I like the Philips players that are DivX capable. You can unlock most if not all and they will convert PAL, SECAM to NTSC on the fly...with pretty good results (although not perfect at times).

  20. Re:No legal standing to sue on Knights Templar Sue the Pope · · Score: 1

    Ah, but it was the grail that made him immortal, and the grail was lost. So where as he may not have died immediately, it is highly unlikely that he would survive with out food/water. Even if he managed that feat, he was already old and it has been about 70 years or so.

  21. Re:That might betray the presence of a hidden volu on TrueCrypt 6.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Which is why you can now hide entire OSes. Just give them the pass for Windows or ReactOS...hey it doesn't need to do much, just give them the same false sense of security that they give us.

  22. Re:Take it step by step on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Windows can't handle EVERY SINGLE Windows application. Why should anyone expect that from Wine?

  23. Re:It was a dumb concept on Goodbye To the SPOT Watch · · Score: 1

    I find it so much easier to just look at my wrist than to have to pull out my phone and take a look.
    Of course, I have a HP Pocket PC phone and it can;t even manage to get DST correct, even with the update from M$.

  24. Re:Good for him on Creative Backs Down on Vista Driver Debacle · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points.....this is so not a troll...unless that was your intention :)

  25. Re:It was a mistranslation. on Calculating the Date of Easter · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the info! I have to admit, I never really cared that much to bother to check into it. People believe what they want to believe...probably why there are so many denominations of Christianity. :)