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  1. LOL on Microsoft Patenting IM Translation? · · Score: 1

    How will it translate "ROTFLMFAO"?

  2. Re:Totally disagree on Gesture Control for Automotive Peripherals · · Score: 1

    You shouldn't stop at just removing distractions from the car, you should remove distractions from the road as well, like pedestrians.

  3. Re:Amusing effect on fingerspellers on Gesture Control for Automotive Peripherals · · Score: 1

    That brings up the questions:

    Do they make teletype machines for cell phones?

    And if so, Can you get a cigarette power adaptor for them?

  4. Buttons on the back of the Steering Wheel. on Gesture Control for Automotive Peripherals · · Score: 1

    I still think the best method for changing radio stations or answering phone calls or other non-critical tasks in the car is buttons on the back of the steering wheel. Some cars already have it. So you don't have to take your hands off the wheel, you just move a finger or two.

  5. Re:It's not the problem on Gesture Control for Automotive Peripherals · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I agree, I drive 90% of the time with one hand whether I'm on the cell phone or not. It's after I get off a call and I don't remember the last couple miles that I wonder how I was doing it. I know my subconscious had taken over and was driving for me, but what would have happened if I needed to respond quickly or little Susy merging into my fender. It's not the lack of hands that would be the problem; it's the lack of concentration on the road.

    (Although, I've noticed that when someone is in the car with me and I'm talking to them, I don't have any problem paying attention to the road. I haven't quite figured that out yet.)

  6. What is the Internet? on Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing Innovation Dead · · Score: 1

    It's because that was the height of web browsing. We're all actually browsing inside a spyware app and it recreated the internet of 5 years ago inside it to keep us all pacified so we wouldn't realize it.

  7. It's not the same Spam! on Hormel Sues Over SpamArrest Name · · Score: 1

    Unless They were using pictures of Hormel's "Spam" product or making refrences to the food "Spam" and not electronic spam, I don't see how this would hold up.

  8. Re:Cost? on NEC Unveils Methanol-Fueled Laptop · · Score: 1

    That's a good point. Especially since my apartment is all-bills-paid. I've been looking for a way to take some of this free electricity with me when I move into my own house.

  9. Re:Technically on Regulatory Fees on the 802.11 Broadcast Spectrum? · · Score: 1

    Actually, for most bands (IE: CB), you don't need a license as long as you don't transmit over a predetermined power (4watts for CB). You can actually transmit legaly on the FM radio band (88-108Mhz) up to 1 watt. Ramsey sells several transmitters for doing this. Some can be easily modified to go over the legal limit for use outside the US. They are used alot for things like drive-in theaters and by realtors for "talking houses."

  10. Re:I wish they would do that in the US on Regulatory Fees on the 802.11 Broadcast Spectrum? · · Score: 1

    It's not flooded because everyone knows they would get the 5h1t hax0r3d out of them.

    2.4gwhtevr is licensed for only 802.11networky thingies which everybody has and can use and learn how to hax0r. When companies want to provide a service and flood a band, they create their own technology and use their own obscure proprietary systems. Like cell phone towers, and MaB3ll's unix systems that very few people know how to use.

  11. Re:What about phones etc on Regulatory Fees on the 802.11 Broadcast Spectrum? · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing it's only if you are using it to make a profit or provide a service as a business.

  12. Re:The answer - Money. on eBay Provides No Privacy For Sellers · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly from my accounting class. You have to subtract for depreciation first to get the current value of the item. Then if you sell it for less than it's current value it is considered a loss or more than it's current value it's considered a gain (even if you sell it for less than what you bought it for).

    Depreciation is the "use" you get from it while you have it. You can't resale your use of it (unless it's something like a tool and you "used" it to create something else), and because of ware and tear, it doesn't have as much "use" left in it so, it's "worth" less and selling it for what it's "worth" isn't selling it at a loss.

  13. Re:Poor bastards. on Building A (Serious) Home Network From Scratch · · Score: 1

    "Poking holes in walls less fun. Especially for renters"

    If it's done right, I doubt anyone would ever notice. At least until the new tenets move in and try to plug a phone into it. And if you want to take the connectors with you, just buy a bunch of blank plate covers to cover the hole.

  14. Re:What I've done and recommened for wiring. on Building A (Serious) Home Network From Scratch · · Score: 1

    Are there any building codes that require using plenum cable in attics or running it through conduits or anything like that?

  15. Ya, And.... on X-Box Hackers Trying to Blackmail Microsoft? · · Score: 1, Funny

    And give me all of Bill's money, or I'm going to hack into his bank account and take it!

  16. Re:kinda sad... on Microsoft Pulls Plug for Support on NT4 · · Score: 1

    "A long running joke in laptop support was that NT meant "Not Today""

    Around here, NT means "Night Trips", a local strip club.

    At my last job, the running joke was to tell people we were taking the afternoon off to go to "NT training."

  17. Re:This is a new thing? on National Do Not Call List Opens for Registrations · · Score: 1

    Shower?

  18. Re:Needs email address to register... on National Do Not Call List Opens for Registrations · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wouldn't it be easy to setup a script to register EVERY phone number by giving it an email of phone#@whatever.com, then auto reply to the incoming messages?

    Just leave out a few people you don't like (billg) so they will be getting flooded because they are the only ones left.

  19. I Passed! on Mom Meets Linux - A Lindows 4.0 Review · · Score: 1

    I passed YOUR mom test LAST NIGHT!

  20. I liked it better the first time.... on Will Video Surfing Become Reality? · · Score: 1

    ....when it was called "channel surfing"

  21. This is a GREAT idea! on Will Video Surfing Become Reality? · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, that TV thing on my desk would be likeâ¦. my TV thing in my entertainment center! And my MOUSE would be likeâ¦â¦ my REMOTE CONTROL! This is a GREAT advancement for our civilization!

  22. Re:AMD on Homebrew Rackmount Watercooling · · Score: 1

    Actually it's been unplugged for almost a year. I never need any hard copy bad enough to want to scan it. The scanner still sits there just for the cat to lay on.

  23. Re:AMD on Homebrew Rackmount Watercooling · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Better medium for cooling? on Homebrew Rackmount Watercooling · · Score: 1

    I've always wanted a reasion to have an alarm that would warn me of a containment leak. (like in the movies, flashing lights, recorded female voice over intercom, men in white suits running by)

    And the 3M stuff you're looking for is here

  25. Re:Geothermal Cooling on Homebrew Rackmount Watercooling · · Score: 1

    What do you do with the disgharged water? Does it just seep back into the gound?