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Member since April 2, 2000

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    Chas Warren

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  1. Review - SirCam Remover

    (Jul 30, 2001)

    If you haven't downloaded the attachment, then it is still on the Hotmail server(s), so of course the trojan killer was unable to locate it or remove it.

    Also, the description of Sircam as given here is woefully inadequate. Note: This is not a comment of the trojan killer, which may work brilliantly.

  2. Review - K-Meleon

    0.3 (Feb 16, 2001)

    The fact that it looks like IE is nosiating?

    Really? It didn't influence my nose at all. Truthfully, the appearance of a thing rarely influences my nose. When I watch Pinocchio or Cyrano de Bergerac, I sometimes imagine that my nose lengthens, but that is the only example that I can recollect where appearance causes any physiological change to my proboscis, and, even then, it is fleeting and imaginary.

    I would get my nose checked, if I were you. I can't recommend a good otolaryngologist, but perhaps someone else on this forum can help.

    If IE actually causes you nosiation, I imagine that the experience is quite nauseating. See an otolaryngologist soon!

  3. Review - Connection Tester

    2.0 (Jul 26, 2000)

    In a recent emailing with the guy over at Lightware, I found out that the first few hours (or day) that BetaNews showed his program, he had taken down the zip file because of a dll compatability issue. Its back up now, all sparkly and purdy. So all you people who couldn't download it, can now.

  4. Review - Cursor Hider

    1.06 (Apr 26, 2000)

    I've always found it annoying that the mouse cursor remained on the screen when I started using the keyboard. This functionality should have have been built in to Windows in the first place. No, I am not willing to pay $15 for it, but I would use it if it were freeware or under $5.

  5. Comment - The Show Goes On

    1.06 (Sep 28, 2001 - 11:12 PM)

    Remember that we are only reaping what we have sown.

    The crusades were waged against the Moors from the 11th to the 16th century. That is 500 years of continuous persecution; imagine the hatred it engendered against the exclusively Christian perpetrators. Further, the Afghans have been starving because of our foreign policies for over a decade. Should they love us?

    Where people are fed and clothed there are very few martyrs or bloody wars. Feed our enemies. Clothe them. Strive to understand our cultural differences. When they become our friends, our allies, look back at the violence and be ashamed.

  6. Comment - Maxtor Introduces Ultra ATA/133

    1.06 (Aug 2, 2001 - 12:45 AM)

    >no there will not be another speed increase ON parallel cables

    Yes, Maxtor and Seagate promised last year that ATA 100 would be the last iteration of drives using parallel ATA technology. Serial ATA is supposed to be where the technology is heading.

    http://www.serialata.org

  7. Comment - Maxtor Introduces Ultra ATA/133

    1.06 (Aug 2, 2001 - 12:44 AM)

    >no there will not be another speed increase ON parallel cables

    Yes, Maxtor and Seagate promised last year that ATA 100 would be the last iteration of drives using parallel ATA technology. Serial ATA is supposed to be where the technology is heading.

    http://www.serialata.org

  8. Comment - AT&T Speaks Naturally

    1.06 (Aug 1, 2001 - 4:50 PM)

    I listened to demos of British Telecom's Laureate Text-to-Speech System many years ago (1995? slightly earlier?) at the BT Laboratories in Ipswich, England. It was brilliant, mimicking Bill Clinton perfectly.

    It seemed like a real security threat. I always surmised that the reason it never made a more public appearance was because of this risk. Imagine world leaders in disfiguring "accidents," swathed in bandages, but assuring us in completely normal voices that everything was all right, with the real politician assasinated and a lip-syncing actor behind the bandages...

  9. Comment - VisionTek GeForce3 Hits Store Shelves

    1.06 (May 8, 2001 - 3:53 AM)

    You fell for his little eBay scam, did you? Hehe.

    Well, at least your warning might prevent other, equally gullible people from making the same mistake.