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  1. Re:Cheap replacement for traditional customer serv on Visualizing "Answer People" In Online Discussions · · Score: 1

    1. Buy a $upport contract or pay-per-incidence
    2. Free email support! It only takes 3-5 business days to get an unhelpful reply.
    3. Visit our support forums. There are plenty of suckers out there who have already bought our product and figured it out, no thanks to us. Get your answer from them because, hey, they supply the knowledge for free and it only costs us a few $ to maintain the support forum! 4. IRC live support.

    Helllllooooooooo Ubuntuuuuuuuuuu.
  2. Re:And yet ... on Visualizing "Answer People" In Online Discussions · · Score: 1

    I am the type of person who would answer my own question a few days (months) later at least half of the time. In your opinion once your thread has hit the second page and you know for sure there are people who know the answer how would you gain their attention? Bump up the thread? Message some of the people you think know the answer? Add in any new information you may have found?

  3. Re:IBRICK. on AT&T Vs. Apple Store At the iPhone Launch · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am typing this from an iphone on a train and it works great! Pfft! The iPhone auto capitalizes the p in iPhone. Let me guess? You also forgot to set your user agent to:
    iPhone User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/1A538a Safari/419.
    Or get on a train for that matter. Pfft. Lousy 6 digit user.
  4. Re:Slashdot Poll on Boeing's New 787 Wings — Amazingly Flexible · · Score: 1

    ehm. smashmy787.com?

  5. Re:Well... on Boeing's New 787 Wings — Amazingly Flexible · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Engineering ethics usually dictates that where human life is involved, you place a safety factor of atleast 2.5 to 3. A typical human can withstand 5 G before passing out. All civilian aircraft are capable of sustaining up to 4.33 G. China Airlines Flight 006 in 1985 (Boeing B-747-SP-09) accelerated to 4.8 G and 5.1 G on two occasions. I would be supportive of giving the standard a bump but a factor of 2.5 or 3 would be insane.
  6. Re:Well... on Boeing's New 787 Wings — Amazingly Flexible · · Score: 1

    If something does go wrong, is the FAA culpable if it turns out the limit was too low? China Airlines Flight 006 loss control and fell out of the sky dropping 10,000 feet in 20 seconds. It accelerating to 4.8 G and 5.1 G on two occasions. This plane damaged its landing gear and required an emergency landing. Most planes can only withhold 4.33 G. Maybe a slightly higher standard would be appreciated in emergency flights like this.
  7. Israeli companies have been making them for years on Linux Computer in USB Key Form-Factor · · Score: 5, Informative

    Many Israeli companies have been making computer-on-a-stick for quiet a while now. For example, Yoggie has been making some running linux to be used for security applications. I pick up a regular computer-on-a-stick for about $40USD 3 years ago in Tel Aviv.

  8. Re:A surprise? on CIA Declassifies the "Family Jewels" · · Score: 1

    I think the Germans turned up unannounced and invaded Poland....

  9. Re:Space guns don't work for us because ... on Space Elevator Rebuttal From LiftPort Founder · · Score: 1

    No one knows who assassinated him nor has anyone taken claim. Many are propagating the Mossad as the candidate for either anti-Semitic reasons or pro-Semitic reasons. The pro-Semitic agenda would be to install fear into enemies. The anti-Semitic agenda would be the Jews are behind everything... blah blah blah... However, most people who do not have an agenda on the matter consider VEVAK (Iran) or the Mossad or the CIA to be the most likely candidates. My gut tells me it was most likely an independent or VEVAK.

  10. Re:74GB capacity? on Apple and AT&T Announce iPhone Service Plans · · Score: 1

    It seems like Apple has spotted it and fixed the video.

  11. Re:Thats a pretty stupid mystery app on iPhone's "Mystery App" Is H.264 YouTube · · Score: 1

    Actually many cells phones do support flash but they support it in such an unfriendly way that no body knows about it or wants to know about it. Some links: http://www.adobe.com/mobile/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flashlite/

  12. Oblig. Thompson hack on The IT Department as Corporate Snoop? · · Score: 1

    I am sure Ken Thompson still has access to Bell Labs' information.

    I guess a few of us may be a bit young to remember this one.

  13. Re:Genius yoyoq!!! on Sci-fi Writers Join War on Terror · · Score: 1

    I got the solution! We can use the same technique for the control tower.

    On a serious note: This is a problem for the Israelis. As a majority for the population are trained in hand-to-hand combat. The country is built upon being secure.

    My aunt, who lives in Israel, was once on a bus in Jerusalem. She and someone sitting near her suspected someone being a suicide bomber. My aunt went to the bus drive and told him. He pushed the trigger. Within 12 seconds the bus was surrounded by police in regular and police cars and everyone in the bus had to have their hands up in the air. They got the suspect in a matter of seconds. My aunt didn't find out exactly find what was the outcome but she heard from friends that he was just on quiet a lot of drugs.

    Guess you shouldn't do drugs in Israel.

  14. Re:Genius yoyoq!!! on Sci-fi Writers Join War on Terror · · Score: 1

    The airline in question is El Al. The national Israeli airline. One they don't suggest it. They have been doing it for at least 30 years. They do it because they have to. Almost all El Al pilots former Israeli Air Force fighter pilots. A majority of the passengers and serve in the Israeli Defence Force. The IDF recalls everyone who isn't exempt one month a year for training. A hijacking of the ground tower is unlikely in Israel because of its security. Not something can be said about most countries.

  15. Re:Hardware firewall definition on Hardware Firewall On a USB Key · · Score: 1

    Why not? This would be an unconventional hardware firewall. Actually, a first of its kind. It is still hardware. Just doesn't work in your conventional way.