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  1. Re:5 changes? I think not on Star Wars DVD Box Set Released · · Score: 3, Informative
    top 5 major changes

    That list is just the major ones, not all of them.

  2. Re:You're missing the point on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1
    That's iffy. If it's an apartment building then you have to get the landlords permission if the space you're going to install it is not in your "exclusive use" area (like a balcony). The dish can't extend outside of this space (like over a balcony railing, it has to be totally WITHIN the balcony space).

    I know because I just went through this whole thing with my leasing company, but I'm moving so I no longer have to deal with those losers and the new place will let me mount a dish on my balcony railing, but they don't HAVE to.

    Also, if you rent a house and want to mount it, the landlord can tell you where you can and can't mount it, they can't however stop you from doing the old bucket-o-cement mount, since that does not cause any damage.

  3. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1
    You've never lived in a dorm have you. My wife was a RA and has had to call campus police to be there when she had to go into a room.

  4. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1
    A dorm/student apartment is totally different. If a RA or whatever they're called at whatever school can check your room for pot if they smell it walking by. You can't do that in a normal apartment.

    When you're on school property it's a totally different ball game. If you drop out of school they can kick you out of school housing too

    You're in school housing, not private housing, or renting an apartment off campus.

  5. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 2, Insightful
    So the school tells the privately owned company to tell their tennants to stop using device X or they have to move the property off the land I they own.

    Schools do this kind of thing all the time. Some schools ban couches on front porches because they end up being used for bonfires after games. No different.

    All these rants about spectrum and the FCC and blah blah blah. They're banning a DEVICE, a thing, schools do it all the time, like the above example, or hotplates, or whatever the item may be. This is no different.

  6. Re:interference on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1

    The business next door doesn't own my house. In this case the school does own my house. No WiFi or hotplate for me..

  7. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They can make it against the rules to smoke in your dorm room, yet that is a legal activity. Face it, you're on their property, it's their building, tough titties. You don't like it, move off campus or go to a different school.

  8. Re:Come on on Your Car Is Reading Your Email · · Score: 4, Funny

    My understanding is that it reads the email to you. That way you don't have to look at the screen. I don't see how this would be any different then having a conversation with somebody. Porn popups on the other hand...

  9. Re:My Roomba doesn't take pictures on Hardware Hacking In The WSJ · · Score: 1, Funny
    It's also funny that the people that are wearing tinfoil hats because they're afraid of being monitored spend all their time monitoring themselves/frieds/others and putting cameras in everything.

  10. Re:Finding the memory usage on AbiWord vs. MS Word, For Now · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He's talking about how much memory the program uses when it's running, not how much hard drive space it takes.

  11. Re:+R for Speed, -R for compatibility... on Another Format War: DVD -R9 v. +R9 · · Score: 1

    Please explain. I just got a +/-RW drive and I've done a bunch of tests and every one of my -R works, but NONE of my +R worked in my DVD players.

  12. Re:Want extra funding? on NASA Gives OK to Fix Hubble Telescope · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly.. worked for "Al Capone's Vault"

    How else can you keep people tuned in for a room full of dirt and old bottles..

  13. Re:Probably worth it though.... on Google Sets IPO Pricing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "However, this is a different matter in that the search engine is in just the beginning of its time here while the Palm IPO was what.....8 years after the Newton was released?" I don't know about you, but I remember using search engines in '94, that was 10 years ago.

  14. Re:Ideas on DirecTV in an Apartment? · · Score: 1

    Well I'm looking to do an install that will not damage the building. I live in an old mill that was converted so it's all brick, metal/vinyl windows. I think I figured out a way. I am telling the landlord, I asked to roof mount it, I'll see what I get back. There is also rumors that the building could go condo, if that's the case we'll probably buy, but that doesn't get rid of the issue.

  15. Re:Midlife crisis... on Microsoft's Midlife Crisis · · Score: 1
  16. Re:fcc has info on DirecTV in an Apartment? · · Score: 1

    Actually, there was a later ruling that said that if the common area is of your exclusive use (like a window sill. Nobody else can get to it except me) then I can put a dish there. But they can prevent me from causing any damage.

  17. Re:Ideas on DirecTV in an Apartment? · · Score: 1

    - I have no place to put a bucket with the dish. I have no balcony and I'm on the 4th floor.
    - again, no railing since I have no balcony
    - That's a good idea
    - No neighbors with dishes :(
    - The way our roof is, not a chance...
    - Most pro installers will not install in MDU :( I've tried that.

  18. Re:try $13/month on TiVo vs. Windows Media Center Edition · · Score: 1
    He has DirecTiVo, it's cheaper per month.

    stupid 20 second rule.. damn slashdot.

  19. Re:Is RFID the new spyware? on Delta Air Invests $25 Million in RFID for Luggage · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "What is the difference between *INSERT WORD FROM BELOW* and spyware? Both seems to enable companies to track and trace me, where spyware has the advantage that it can be removed by using tools like Spybot or ad-Aware."

    - Barcodes
    - Credit Cards
    - Drivers Licenses
    - Grocery discount cards
    - License Plates
    - Cookies

  20. Re:Patents out of hand on Intel Sued for Patent Infringement · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yah, and having like 20 different patents for 20 different ways to make a paper bag makes sense.. And most of those are rather old..

    This isn't new.

  21. Re:Codenamed:Project Sundance on Will Novell Adopt The LTSP Project? · · Score: 3, Informative
    During the closed beta they wouldn't have to release any changes to LTSP code. Once they release it they will however.

    But, the code for their super easy to use configurator, that they could keep closed, and basically that's what you would be paying for.

    Kind of like YAST before that was opened up.

  22. Re:VI is everywhere. on JOE Hits 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Oh yes, that will be helpful when you're on a machine that doesn't have JOE or Pico and it's 1000 miles away in another data center.. Learn VI ya bum.

  23. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 2, Informative

    But as long as they don't release "Pentagon Linux 2.0" to the public they don't need to release the code or give it back. It's only if you release the code that you need to make it available. For internal use you can change whatever you want and keep your changes internal.

  24. Re:Scary on EFF To Fight Dubious Patents · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Depends on how the popup is created. Look at patents on stuff made outside of the computer world. There's patents on popcorn boxes and paper bags. The patent isn't always on what is created but also in the process of creating the end product.

  25. Re:When are we going to learn? on RIAA To Subpoena Univ. of Michigan Names · · Score: 1

    Huh? It seems to me it's more the the RIAA is walking around the streets looking for people giving away free copies of pirated CDs and then telling the cops. All they are doing is accessing P2P file sharing networks, looking for people sharing music, and then suing them. It's not like they're actually breaking into computers.