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  1. Re:Goats on Turning Network Free-Riders' Lives Upside Down · · Score: 1

    Wait, Starbucks doesn't provide free access, do they? I thought you had to pay for it.

  2. Re:the continuing debate on this subject is sad... on Inverting Images for Uninvited Users · · Score: 1

    2WIREs come with WEP enabled by default, right? I haven't seen any that aren't encrypted. How is that working out?

  3. Re:That's not an Update, it's a removal on Proposal to Update the Electoral College · · Score: 1

    That seems like a good idea to me. It would be up to each state to implement, of course.

  4. Re:Hmm on In-Game Advertising Comes to Board Games · · Score: 1

    Aren't most debit cards able to be processed like credit cards now? In the US at least. I know mine is also a Visa.

  5. Re:some features i wish it had on Microsoft Confirms New Music Player · · Score: 1

    The point is that you still have to use iTunes. Unless you put the Rockbox firmware on your iPod.

  6. Re:big deal? on 'Hot Coffee' Scandal Officially Resolved · · Score: 1

    IIRC, you had to edit a save file or game file to get it, so a little more work than just punching in a cheat code.

  7. Re:MySpace's Response Was To.. on Banner Ad on Myspace Serves Adware to 1 Million · · Score: 1

    What exactly did it do? And I did think it was pretty stupid for them to make people upgrade to Flash 9 to stop a WMF exploit.

  8. Re:5hrs?! on Legal DVD Burnable Downloads Launched · · Score: 1

    So these aren't even MPEG2 downloads? They cost juse as much or more than buying the regular DVD, they're lesser quality, and they don't come with a case? No way I'm buying them.

  9. Re:Wait, mascots are normal? on Whatever Happened to the Gaming Mascot? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I might call Master Chief the mascot for the Xboxes. I'm not sure about PS2.

  10. Re:How can you "lose" 698/700 boxes??? on Apollo 11 TV Tapes Go Missing · · Score: 1

    They can't? Tell this guy. (Sorry, someone had to post that.)

  11. Re:but... on Microsoft, Yahoo Finally Merge IM Networks · · Score: 1

    name@yahoo.com, of course. I'm wondering about people who have a MSN messenger account and a yahoo account on the same email, though. Which one does it add? Both of them? MSN does seem to be able to add my @sbcglobal.net address. (I don't have the beta version of Yahoo messenger, but it pops up a message asking me to upgrade if I want to talk to the MSN person.)

  12. Re:Old, old Microsoft stuff on The Next Round in the Virtualization Wars · · Score: 1

    I've run Windows 3.1 and 98 in Virtual PC 2004. They also have a virtual machine additions for DOS that lets you access a shared folder from the host inside the guest os. They could, of course, start removing stuff from 2007 because it's free.

  13. Re:GoogleTalk, Jabber, Gizmo and others on Microsoft, Yahoo Finally Merge IM Networks · · Score: 1

    Near demise of AIM and ICQ? When did this happen?

  14. Re:Open source YIM? on CEO Calls For AOL Paradigm Shift · · Score: 1

    What does that have to do with this story? AOL is not Yahoo. AOL makes AOL Instant Messenger. AIM is doing fine on it's own, without the dialup service.

  15. Re:Just a thought on CEO Calls For AOL Paradigm Shift · · Score: 1

    When it comes to the content they offer, Winamp is pretty much just an alternate interface to WIndows Media Player. At least, I know it is for IN2TV. And I believe they changed the Winamp Music from nsa (Nullsoft Audio) to wma, but I can't check because it keeps crashing. Shoutcast radio and TV are still MP3 and NSV though.

  16. Re:100% WORKING SOLUTION FOR THE KIDS!!! on School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    And if they need to call somebody, say to get a ride or decide what to do after school?

  17. Re:Lock the phone on School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure all modern cellphones can do that. Most people probably don't know about it, though. What are they going to do, force you to tell them the code?

  18. Re:Got that yesterday... on Voice Phishing Hits PayPal · · Score: 1

    "The number you have dialed has been disconnected, or is no longer in service." It's gone. Skype seems to be saying Pooh Bear after the call ends though.

  19. Re:Not only that... on Microsoft To Release 'iPod Killer' at Christmas? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Real didn't try to do that, and Microsoft is not stripping DRM from files. They are allowing people to download WMAs of songs they bought in iTunes for free. Please read the sentence you're quoting before you comment on it. Does the iPod have WiFi? Can I buy music from Napster and then download it again for free from iTunes? No?
    Apple must love you fanboys.

  20. Re:Never going to happen on Is Simplified Spelling Worth Reform? · · Score: 1

    I assume you're referring to the things you wear on your feet? Americans spell it socks, not sox. At least, I only see it spelled "sox" in the names of baseball teams.

  21. Couldn't they use a newer TTS voice? on Handheld Device Reads Printed Words to the Blind · · Score: 1

    The one in the video seems pretty old. Is it limited by processing power or something?

  22. Re:What good is it... on Microsoft to Support ODF via Plug-In · · Score: 1

    And can I install those plugins without being an administrator? I doubt it. They need to include it by default.

  23. Re:As someone who builds arcade machines... on Rebirth of the U.S. Arcade? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's a horrible idea. Playing an arcade game is already too expensive. Maybe if it was 10 cents on tuesday morning and 25 cents on friday afternoon. I suppose pricing based on time works for the movies. Although, I refuse to pay the full evening rate.

  24. Re:Absence of information? Hardly. on Mysterious Website Actually Social Experiment · · Score: 1

    It made me think of Microsoft, as they seem to like making these kinds of sites. (I Love Bees, etc)

  25. Re:Great... on WGA Turning Off PCs in the Fall? · · Score: 1

    Why didn't you just download the ISO image from MSDN? And, MSDN gave you volume license keys?