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  1. Here on IP Based Audio Systems? · · Score: 1
  2. Ignore your car. Mod your house on Ladies and Gentlemen Allow Me to Introduce the Cat Car · · Score: 1

    This article makes a great point (for homeowners). You may want to think about investing in reducing energy costs in your house, rather than investing in your transportation (anyway, a car is not an investment; a house is). There may be a larger payback for you - more bang for the buck if you mod your house.

  3. US Midwest not so safe either... on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here is another news source on the mega-tsunami . And, if you think you are better off living in Idaho or Montana or something like that, don't be so smug, Yellowstone may kill you there.

  4. Re:Take note on Global Air Pollution, From Above · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are underground coal fires all around the world, not just China. However, according to the article, coal fires in northern China alone are responsible for between two and three per cent of worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide - the main greenhouse gas. And here is another article from the BBC.

  5. Avoiding controversy is great... on Cure for Mouse Pattern Baldness? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Avoiding controversy is great.

    Even better, you won't have to take anti-rejection drugs the rest of your life just to get new hair (since you would be using your own body parts to make the stem cells).

    Can you imagine what your head would look like if your body rejected your hair. Oh, I guess we don't all have to imagine ;-)

  6. Re:evolution on Computer Game Player Gets Blood Clot In Leg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after a flight from the US to the Ukraine. After it was repaired (months of taking anti-coagulation medicine dissolved it) I asked my Doctor what I could do to avoid this next time I take a long flight. He told me to drink lots of water. When I asked him if that was to keep my blood from getting too thick, he said it was just to make me get up every hour or so to go to the bathroom.

    So yes, if you don't want a DVT, get up and stretch your legs and do some deep knee bends once every hour or so.

  7. Dockers Mobile Pant on Avoiding the Bat-Belt Syndrome? · · Score: 1
  8. Exhaust heat from the room on Emergency Cooling with Limited Power? · · Score: 1

    You could use this. But seriously, if you have rack cabinets, hook up the exhaust fans to suck the hot air from the back of your computers out of the computer room. And, keep the air circulating in the computer room to alleviate hot spots.

  9. Good Burn! on Sony's Memory Stick TV Tuner at CeBit · · Score: 1

    According to this article it is a concept, not a real product...

  10. LED replacement bulb on LED Book-Light Suggestions? · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can convert any flashlight to LED. These guys have a nifty little LED flashlight replacement bulb in all the normal colors. You can buy one here

  11. Re:Open Source ERP on Open Source Inventory Control Systems? · · Score: 1

    Also, according to their web page it is in java so you can run it on your Macs or PCs or whatever. Oh, and you can download it from Sourceforge too. It's status there is 5/stable.

  12. Open Source ERP on Open Source Inventory Control Systems? · · Score: 1

    Here is an open source ERP/CRM system. They do all this:
    * Optimize your Inventory
    * Enter Sales Orders
    * Receive Orders from the Web
    * Create Invoices and record Shipments
    * Collect Receipts (cash, credit cards) & match with Bank Statements
    * Generate or enter Purchase Orders
    * Record Supplier Receipts and Invoices
    * Pay your Suppliers
    * Enter manual Journals
    * Print reports and statements

  13. Where do you get the replacement parts? on Cat Organ Transplants · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So, how do you get replacement cat kidneys? Do you wait until a suitable donor dies of natural causes, or do you just butcher the first one that will work?

  14. Blades on Power Distribution in a Datacenter? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Blades? Lots of them out now:

    Sun
    RLX
    Silicon Mechanics
    HP
    Dell
    IBM

  15. Accpac on Conservative Choice for Linux Accounting Software? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Accpac has a great accounting package and has been around in commercial distribution for a long time (I knew someone who used the Windows version back in the late 1980s). It was recently released for Linux.

  16. They just need the MAC address of your modem on What Software Do Cable Installers Place on Your PC? · · Score: 2

    I have AT&T Broadband. The only real thing that their software does is register your modem's MAC address. (The rest of the software they install is not necessary).

    Until the MAC address is registered, the only place your browser can go is their Modem MAC address registration page (so you could bypass the software installation and just go there and register the MAC manually if you knew what to do).

    I had a spare PC and let them do whatever they wanted to it. After they left, I reformatted the hard disk and put that PC back in storage. Then I simply installed my Linksys wireless router and everyone was happy.

  17. Homeplug ? on Wireless Dilemma at Newton's House? · · Score: 1

    Homeplug could work if all the buildings are all on the same side of a transformer. Cringley has a timely article on Homeplug this week. Homeplug uses standard electrical lines to transmit up to 14 megabits-per-second. Quoting from his article: Now where the wire goes could surprise you, because HomePlug devices will work as long as they are on the same side of a power company transformer. In the U.S. an average of six houses share each transformer, which means your HomePlug network can extend next door or down the street. If you live in an apartment, your HomePlug network can cover the entire building.

  18. Weighted Jump Rope on Exercise for Geeks? · · Score: 1

    You could try a weighted jump rope

  19. Exploded Planet Hypothesis on Reactor at Earth's Core? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Combine that with the exploded planet hypothesis and you got yourself a great book.

  20. If you are using Mozilla... on Microsoft Opts-In Hotmail Users · · Score: 1

    If you are using Mozilla 1.0rc2 like me you get the following:

    Browser Not Supported

    Microsoft® .NET Passport no longer supports the Web browser version you are using. Please upgrade to a current Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator version 4.08 or later.