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  1. Re:Article sucks, but I remember two ... on A History of Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    My copy of OCP Art Studio for the ZX Spectrum came with the wrong LensLok. The first replacement they sent me was also wrong.
    By the time I got a working one, I had figured out how to crack it. My first crack, and as with a poster above, motivated by a piece of software I had paid for.

  2. No Idle on the Front Page, please. on Chuck Norris Backs Down On Lawsuit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'll chip in to buy it a whole new URL, in fact.

  3. Re:Time for torrents to wise up on Virgin Media To Spy On & Threaten Downloaders · · Score: 1

    Hotline used to do this.
    It was optional when running a server, but everyone kept it on.

  4. Re:which state? on Weak US Dollar Means Nintendo Favors Europe For Now · · Score: 1

    Massachusetts.
    The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 declared that all men were born free and equal, but it took a test case to bring about emancipation, which took three years.
    Hardly anyone has ever heard of Kwaku Walker.

  5. Re: Chuck Peddle on Satellite TV Hacker Tells His Story · · Score: 1

    I didn't know this.
    This absolutely invalidates all other viewpoints he may have had about any topic whatsoever.

  6. Lego Mindstorms on A Home Lab/Shop For Kids? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Computers are central to our future, the next generation should view programming skills as like the ability to use a screwdriver or drill. Sites like MySpace are already establishing basic (mis)understanding of HTML and JavaScript across non-programmer types.
    I have always thought that Lego was the best toy for children. The Lego Mindstorms kit includes USB and Bluetooth capabilities, amongst a hell of a lot of other cool stuff.
    I think it would be a great thing for a young kid to have. That and a fabricator.

  7. Re:Motivation on Satellite TV Hacker Tells His Story · · Score: 1

    If we can keep these DVD-A products out of retail channels, no-one will be able to pirate the content..

  8. Re:Mod parent up on VLC Hits the Device Market · · Score: 1

    That was an awesome post.

  9. Re:Mod parent up on VLC Hits the Device Market · · Score: 1

    Subtitle files are typically an ASCII file with each line having a timestamp (in frames) with the text to be shown at that time.
    Not a lot to get wrong really.

  10. Whichever is most popular. on Picking the Right Eclipse Distribution · · Score: 1

    Photran of course!
    It's what all the cool kids are using.

    In truth, I don't really care which components are bundled with installer X, Y or Z - I'll end up downloading what I need to add to my base installation anyway.

  11. Re:Gnutella on P2P BitTorrent Tool Could Replace Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Torrent-tella
    I award you brand-consultant of the year 2008.

  12. Re:Python? on F/OSS Flat-File Database? · · Score: 1

    Sell a compiled binary of a modified version of the program without making the modified source code available.

  13. Re:Quick translation... on Lockheed Martin Awarded GPS III · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You highlight here one of the more serious issues being discussed behind closed doors with regard to Turkish accession to the EU.

  14. Re:#4, PG-13.... on Early Review Calls New Indiana Jones Film Dreadful · · Score: 1

    Interesting.
    In the UK it was the first Keaton/Burton Batman film that led to the creation of our "12" rating. This was replaced for cinemas screenings by the "12A" (accompanied/advisory) rating, introduced for The Bourne Identity after cinemas flouted the law under pressure from the industry (sound familiar?) when launching the first Spiderman movie.
    Crystal Skull is 12A rated. All the previous Indiana Jones films have been classified PG, although Temple Of Doom was subjected to some editing to pass the censors.

  15. Re:Protection on DVD Porn Viruses Ravage US Soldiers' Computers · · Score: 1

    Doesn't work any more in Vista - registry hack only.
    (It's to disable AutoRun, infantrymen).

  16. Re:Solutions. on DVD Porn Viruses Ravage US Soldiers' Computers · · Score: 1

    Best: Run a Linux distro.
    Step 2: Prosecute your soldiers for WIPO/DMCA violations arising from their use of DeCSS.
    Step 3: There is no step 3.
  17. Re:Move over Chewbacca... her comes the OS X defen on SCO v. Novell Goes to Trial Today In Utah · · Score: 1

    Very interesting!
    Thank you so much.

  18. Re:Most likely? on Cray, Intel To Partner On Hybrid Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    The majority of them are simply crunching through the transport equation

    You might say that they have general applicability when modelling particular behaviour.
    Every Earth Science research institution I have worked with has been largely funded from defence budgets.

  19. Re:Move over Chewbacca... her comes the OS X defen on SCO v. Novell Goes to Trial Today In Utah · · Score: 1

    Is 10.5/PPC not?

  20. Re:wrong wrong wrong* on Falling Microsoft Income Endangers Yahoo Bid · · Score: 5, Informative

    Whoosh!

    And don't try the old asterisk in the subject line trick - we can see you're not a subscriber!

  21. Re:Flea Markets, Goodwill, Bargain Bins on Unreleased Atari 2600 Game Found At Flea Market · · Score: 1

    I stand corrected.

  22. Re:Flea Markets, Goodwill, Bargain Bins on Unreleased Atari 2600 Game Found At Flea Market · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's a TAM - the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
    The integrated sound system was designed by Bose (after an initial design by Bang & Olufsen was deemed not good enough), and it marks the first time Apple externalised the PSU of a desktop machine - it is contained within the floor-standing subwooofer. The design is a clear forerunner of the modern iMac all in one, but is thinner than any production iMac. Noteworthy was that your purchase was delivered in a limousine, and set up for you by a concierge.

    I have two, but one is missing its "fatback", meaning I can't upgrade it - not even to add ethernet :o(
    If anyone could help me source the part, I'd love to hear from you before I gut it to retro fit the innards of an Intel MacMini.

  23. Not unique to the "gaming industry" on Game Designers Earn More In UK Than In US · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Salaries are higher across all walks of life in the UK.
    Taxation and the cost of living is however a significantly larger proportion of ones income.
    Someone earning in Britain might not expect to keep very much of their salary after tax and bills, but conversely they will not have to save for healthcare or education out of their $25K/a.
    Swings and roundabouts.

  24. Re:Nvidia have already open sourced what they can on VIA Announces Open Source Driver Initiative · · Score: 1

    I am amazed that this is working for you, unless you are using a proprietary cable for your cards DVI out to HDMI.
    I didn't think the DVI spec made any provision for audio on the pinout.

  25. Do I have to be the one.. on A Fond Look at Some Obsolete Ports · · Score: 1

    No mention of MCA? Or must it be a fond look back?
    As soon as EISA was announced, we knew the game was over.