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  1. Indexes on How Would You Improve SQL? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Right now there is no standard way of maintaining indexes. Most databases have some sort of CREATE INDEX query, but it is by no means standardized.

  2. USENET. on How to Go About Team Building? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Really all I think Linus used is USENET, mailing lists, etc (A bit of luck dosn't hurt, too).

  3. Re:The only thing I found on Google Maps Meets Carmen Sandiego · · Score: 1

    Even if it is one of the most advanced systems in the world. If I am not mistaken, the highways even can tell how fast traffic is travling, and divert some of it through private roads.

  4. Re:doesn't need to be 100% on PS3 Price, Compatibility In Question · · Score: 1

    Nintendo has confirmed it's all free (the NES games and online play, at least). Just buy, connect online, download, and play.

    Nintendo:
    Putting the 'R' back in free!

  5. Laptop? on Webcasting, Windows Media or Quicktime? · · Score: 1

    A laptop would hardly do, now that /. knows about it. Just go with what you all ready have.

    I hear that you can also stream video with Flash, that could be a very good solution, too.
    http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/fl v_download_04.html
    It wouldn't require an investment anything more than Windows Server (required for streaming video to Windows Media Player).

  6. Re:If you already have the hardware/software on Webcasting, Windows Media or Quicktime? · · Score: 1

    75% choose to view in Windows Media... Because Microsoft brain-washes their customers!
    Really, if WMP was not pre-installed with windows, that figure would be around 30-50%.

  7. A Feeling... on MS On 360 Wireless Issues · · Score: 1

    Somthing gives me a feeling that this 'fix' is for Wal-mart's inventory system and has nothing to with with the kiosk.

  8. Re:Cost Effective? on The PS2 Five Years Later · · Score: 1

    Yes, but than come in games: 20-60 dollars a game, with mabye 15-50 hours of fun per game. That is about a dollar an hour, it costs less than many arcades, but still, it adds up.

  9. Re:Amazing how the world has changed on The PS2 Five Years Later · · Score: 1
    when Sony "hypes" up an upcoming technology, it's only a matter of time before it becomes reality.


    Yah, you gotta love those Betamax players!
  10. Where have you been? on Media Players for Windows Without DRM? · · Score: 1

    Get on the Linux bandwagon, man!

  11. Re:as a relatively new member of slashdot,... on FBI Raids Home of Spam King Alan Ralsky · · Score: 2, Interesting
  12. Re:as a relatively new member of slashdot,... on FBI Raids Home of Spam King Alan Ralsky · · Score: 1

    Yes :)

    http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend6_20021206. htm

    http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/12/06.11 .shtml

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1554 227&tid=133

  13. Re:Is it ok ? on Video iPod Apple's First Bad Move? · · Score: 1

    Of course! Once copyrighted content is under your private use, you can do anything you want with it, as long as it is kept private.

    See also: Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios

  14. For starters... on Microsoft Looking For Xbox Moms · · Score: 1

    It would help if you TARGET that audience. Nintendo [PDF] puts it nicely. Learn (AKA Copy) a thing or two, thats how the XBox came out in the first place, right?

  15. Game-related? on Credit Card Required To View 'M' Rated Information · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't this belong under YRO?

    Microsoft passport requires this to access many first-party features, so it isn't somthing new. But the fact you do need to enter a credit card number is disturbing, not just detering people away from the game. Passport stores your number in a database after you enter it; would this?

  16. Re:Doesn't matter on Dell's Open PC Costs More Than Windows Box · · Score: 1

    Are you joking? This is a very ood article about getting a refund if you do not agree to the windows license. It is possable!

  17. Re:Pringles can? on Portable Wi-Fi Antenna for Centrino Laptops? · · Score: 1

    Nonsense! Antennas, as long as they don't send signals, are perfectly okay with the FCC (70% sure). The only power the FCC has is controlling what goes over the air. And just because enforcment thinks it is illegal does NOT mean the courts will agree. (There was no source cited in those articles, so it is impossible to tell if they are even true)

  18. Pringles can? on Portable Wi-Fi Antenna for Centrino Laptops? · · Score: 3, Informative
    Can I hold a Pringles can up to the right spot and expect results? Basically, what are my options, and which do you recommend?

    Yes, actually. I built one, and it works quite well. I have only bothered getting signals from a mile or so, but it should work up to two or even three.

  19. Thats what you get when you use firmware on First PSP Trojan Reported · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They COULD have manufactured the firmware updater in the ROM, not flash/RAM/wherever. But no!

    If there were a virus like this for the DS, it could totally spread like a virus. Imagine:
    "Oh, COOL! I thought [game] wasn't out yet! I'll download it right away!"

    Now imagine coupling this with some sort of wireless buffer-overflow exploit (that does not exist, as of yet). The horror!

  20. DS Baby! on PSP vs. DS Six Months On · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The DS is much better because of two all-important features:
    • The touch screen
    • Download games and programs from peers
    The second option has seeded the way for using the DS to interact with the Revolution, because this allows you to use it as part of the game, not just for transfering information.
  21. BitTorrent? on RIAA Says P2P Encourages Illegal Downloads · · Score: 1

    It should be worong for users to advertise that P2P can be used for trading copyrighted materials when they usually would not be allowed to. HOWEVER this does not mean that the programs are doing anything wrong!

    Simply sugesting thet BitTorrent is bad because it is P2P is like the RIAA sending a letter to the government saying to "ban the internet!"

  22. "Google? Hah!" on Bill Gates Speaks Out · · Score: 1

    My favorite quote: Q: [...] Do you feel you're in competition with Google, Yahoo and other Web properties for developers' attention? Gates: No, I don't think so [...] Yah, right.

  23. Re:Lack of Suckers on Online Gambling Running Out of Steam · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Funny thing is, Exxon Mobil just published their biggest profit EVER. High prices is, mostly, just speculation.

  24. RPG? on Are Games Getting Easier? · · Score: 1

    Mabye I just like to talk, but I just love talking about Metroid prime, and it's absolutely brillant craftsman ship. It's not what you would call easy at all; and my gameplay time is nearing 30 hours, but this dosn't includes all those times I've died (Than we are talking about 60-80 hours). Reguardless, if this is true, I think the biggest contributer is RPGs, many you don't die, in you just spend several hours whittling away at opponents health.

  25. Re:DS as controller. on The Evolution of the Revolution · · Score: 1

    And poker!