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  1. What? on Some Of The Lost X-Patents Found · · Score: 1

    "only about 2,800 have been recovered....Until this spring, that is, when two lawyers...a clue to several important patents from the 1790's - including one from 1826 for the first internal combustion engine..."
    What? You didn't finish the thought. That quote doesn't make sense!

  2. $120/mo on SciFi Channel To Air A New Galactica Series · · Score: 1

    You paid $120 a month for cable ?????!!!!

  3. My Brain on Disney Suggests Mandating DRM On All Media · · Score: 1

    My brain can record audio from the internet (I can remember what I heard -- ever get a song stuck in your head). Are they going to try to regulate that too?

  4. 2 steps on What Will It Take For eBook Adoption? · · Score: 1

    1. Make the books with no DRM whatsoever.

    2. Create a society were people respect other peoples work, and won't pirate copies.

  5. One ring? on SCO Claims Linux Lifted ELF · · Score: 1

    Maybe now they've decided to go after "The Lord of the Rings" and sue them too!

  6. Good or Bad? on THX-1138: The (Digitally Enhanced) Director's Cut · · Score: 1

    I don't know if this is good or bad. On one hand, it takes him away from Esp III, so it may turn out even worse. On the other hand, it takes him away from Esp III, so maybe someone else can step in and make it a good movie.

  7. What if I'm not at home when the show is on? on EFF Begins Digital Television Liberation Project · · Score: 1

    Many times I have to work, or something else keeps me from seeing a TV program I want to see. Don't they realize that if I can't record it, I can't watch it at all. And if I don't watch it, I'll never see the commericals?!

  8. TLA on Sun to GPL Project Looking Glass · · Score: 1

    So..PLG is GPL?

  9. Components on ISS Spacewalk Cut Short · · Score: 1

    American components....Russian components...all made in Taiwan!

  10. One more? on Babylon 5 Creator Pitches Trek · · Score: 2, Funny

    While he's at it, think Straczynski could take on Star Wars Ep III too?

  11. Benchmarks? on Java Faster Than C++? · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not the benchmark's that count. It's the programs I need to run. Every program I've tried that's written in Java takes longer to start up than one written in C/C++. Althought that may change with .Net :-)

    Java has gotten better though. The programs are usable now days. (Just have that start up time as the virtual machine loads.) Use to be the programs loaded slow and ran slow.

  12. Should The FCC Be Abolished? on Should The FCC Be Abolished? · · Score: 1

    No...now the US Patent Office that's a different story :-)

  13. Re:Best part of the story: on Japanese Digital TV Viewers Complain About DRM Restrictions · · Score: 1

    and prompt actors and singers to refuse to appear on TV

    Really? Yahoo!!

  14. Re:A bright future on Can Star Wars Episode III Be Saved? · · Score: 1

    Didn't Disney's family sell the company after Walt passed away? I'm sure there's a chance Luca's family might be willing to sell.

  15. Re:Spoiler alert - Leia? on Star Wars Episode III : Birth Of The Empire · · Score: 1

    Yeah, real clever, let's raise Darth Vader's son using HIS OWN LAST NAME OF SKYWALKER ON HIS HOME PLANET.

    I'm not sure about the last name part. But the planet could make sense. After what happened to his mother, DV probably doesn't want to go there again.

  16. Money on How To Get Googled, By Hook Or By Crook · · Score: 1

    You could just buy an ad from Google so your site shows up and you help keep google free for the rest of us :-)

  17. Auto Scroll on Best PDA To Read e-Texts On? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Whatever you get, make sure the reader program you use has some kind of autoscroll feature. Its way better than having to keep hitting a button to get to the next page.

    If you get a Zaurus, check out OpieReader at http://www.timwentford.uklinux.net/

  18. Old computer magazine on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 3, Informative

    Slighty off topic, but related:

    the classic computer magazine archive at http://www.atarimagazines.com/ has the text from some issues of Antic, STart, and Creative Computing magazines.

  19. Re:The changing face of "book" publishing on Notebooks Replace Textbooks in Texas · · Score: 1

    Well said.

    Why can't I have moderator points when I need them?!

  20. I can't get it! on Many Internet Users Happy With Dial-Up · · Score: 1

    I would pay twice the going rate for a broadband connection if I could just get it were I live! There are still a lot of people who can only get dial-up. (And many are like me--no internet at work either)

  21. Re:It crashes on First Person Shooter - Under 100KBs of Code · · Score: 1

    I think you have to have the hardware they ask for. I tried it on a 1.4 GHz Athlon XP 1600 with 256 MB and an ATI All in wonder 7500 and I got the same error. (This was running Windows XP Home)

    I tried it on an 1.8 GHz Athlon XP 2500 with 512 MB and an ATI 9600 and it worked fine.

  22. Tech Support on Inside Look at Patent Examination · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the training people receive for answering tech support lines.

  23. or... on Clear Channel Plans To Roll Out Digital Billboards · · Score: 1

    I wonder how long before someone with lots of time on their hands hacks into the system and starts tampering with the messages ...or how long until Amazon.com claims they have a patent on it...

  24. Or. on Intel Potentially Reverse-Engineered AMD64 · · Score: 1

    Or maybe they just went to AMD and asked for (or bought) the specs.

  25. Oh No! on Gnome.org Compromised? · · Score: 1

    Someone might actually be able to see the code to Gnome! Oh wait. Nevermind. :-)

    Why would someone try to hack into an open source project?