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  1. Re:Remember... on Highest Bridge in the World Nearing Completion · · Score: 1

    Thx for that info! 5'10" is close enough. I'll brb & let you know how it went...

  2. bungee!!! on Highest Bridge in the World Nearing Completion · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've never bungee jumped before, but that pic sure made me think about it. Damn! But I'm scared of heights...

  3. Re:Stop poisoning your body on The DDR Workout - It's Official · · Score: 1

    I'm lucky to live in a city that has excellent water. At one point they actually bottled it :)

    I usually buy bottled water, but I'll refill the bottle several times before I stop using it. The convenience of a screw-top bottle is worth the $$$ to me. I'll use the same bottle for 3-8 days, which stretches those 24-pks quite a bit.

  4. Re:AGREES on Water-Cooled Half-Life 2 Case Mod · · Score: 1

    The designer/maker of this should get an award of sorts.

    Yeah! Like a big, glowing, fishnet-clad leg lamp!!!

  5. Re:Interesting on Internet Grocery Shopping Slowly Gaining Ground · · Score: 2, Funny

    Speaking as someone who has picked up cabbage when I was told to get lettuce, I can state with 99% certainty that they can pick better produce than me. Hell, my 8yo daughter can pick better produce than me.

  6. Re:tags? on Apple Releases iTunes SDK for Windows · · Score: 1

    Well, I've noticed that it doesn't always pick up on the id3 tags. I've had to go through a lot of my imported mp3s and mass-set artist & album.

    I suspect this has something to do with the way I ripped the original CDs, possibly difference in the different versions of ID3. I'm not sure, though. Because I can rip CD1 and CD2 on the same day, using the same settings, and iTunes will properly read the tags for CD1, but "miss" them on CD2. I've also had instances where songs 1-5 from a CD get picked up properly, but songs 6-10 don't.

  7. Re:It's the laptops the really get me. on Successful PearPC/Mac OS X Install Documented · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good job, saved me the trouble of a post.

    Oh, wait..

  8. Re:Straight up: your sig is gay beyond belief on Practical File System Design with the Be File System · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fo' shizzle...

  9. Re:The good old days on Plextor First With A 12x DVD+R Drive · · Score: 1

    That's not necessarily the case. The optimal speed for *all* burning uses is instantaneous. Pop the disc in & it immediately pops back out, copy completed.

  10. Re:I'm out. on Comcast Plans Cable Boxes with Integrated Wi-Fi and Snooping · · Score: 1

    You might want to reconsider. The guy who was hosting our LUGs website upgraded to business-class, for just the reasons you mention. He's had more outages and general problems since he upgraded than he ever had on residential service.

    I think he decided to go DSL, but I may be mistaken. Search the archives at GOLUM for Roadrunner if you're really interested.

  11. Re:let's be safe out there on Build Your Own Jet Engine · · Score: 1

    I just had a very convincing visual of some poor fool standing there looking shocked with plastic splinters and chunks of turbine fins embedded in his eyes.

    Strangely enough, it was amusing. Then again, I *do* like to read Darwin Awards :)

  12. Re:Repeated shutdowns while DLing the service pack on Worms Jack Up the Total Cost of Windows · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Are you saying there was a 1Gb/s pipe that fed directly into the PC with no firewall in place? That's a little difficult to believe...

  13. Re:Troll Posts asside, Apple seems stupid here... on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Preview at WWDC · · Score: 1

    That what I did at home. This, however, is my work PC. I get what they give me.

  14. Re:What amazes me most is on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should check for malware. XP runs ok on my p3-600/256mb system. Not as good as my Ath2500+/512mb, but good enough.

    128mb is a ridiculous recommendation, though. 256mb RAM should be the minimum.

  15. Re:Beingg a volunteer firefighter.. on Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents · · Score: 1

    Talk about some interesting hack possibilities...

  16. Re:Troll Posts asside, Apple seems stupid here... on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Preview at WWDC · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, I'm running XP Pro on a p3-600, 256mb RAM. I wish I had more RAM, but other than that it runs ok.

  17. Re:gmail beta testing on Gmail Addresses For Sale · · Score: 1

    Still not as desperate as creating a blogger account hoping to get one :)

  18. Re:Oblig. Deadmilkmen quote... BITCHIN CAMARO!! on A Camaro That Leaves A Wake · · Score: 1

    One of my all-time fave bands.

  19. Re:Don't get it on The FragBook · · Score: 1

    Not at all silly. As a 'Professional Gamer' (as in, I compete in leauges and attend large lan competitions), I can safely say any gamer worth anything has headphones. Most popular are the plantronics Audio.90's which are nice, decent quality, and insanely cheap($30). A lot of people say theirs broke easy, but at $30, its worth the risk.

    I just want to say thanks. I've been looking for decent cheap headphones. Every review I've seen has $100+ headphones, and I just won't pay that much.

  20. Re:why on New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers · · Score: 1

    Pay Per Click came next, and is still how "search engines" such as Oveture make money. But not used very much outside PPC search engines.

    Like google?

  21. Re:Don't believe them. on Researchers To Climb Ararat To Seek Noah's Ark · · Score: 1

    I had *just* fired up Monty Python on my second monitor when I read your post :)

  22. Re:But they're all supposed to be equal... on People Feel Loyalty To Computers · · Score: 3, Informative

    I used to work in the industry, and to a point this is true. Also the machines next to the cashiers, and the ones you see when you first walk in the door.

    That doesn't mean the other machines will never hit, or that the "visible" ones always hit. The ones at the bar are typically the worst.

  23. Re:The good technology always dies on Delorean Time Machine Replica Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    I've noticed that Ford's usually have a lower speedo. I think it's a Ford thing. I wouldn't understand :)

  24. Re:The good technology always dies on Delorean Time Machine Replica Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    Hell, my '73 Datsun 1200 (1193cc 4-banger) could spin the tires on a wet road, easily. If there was a little bit of sand or you were really lucky, you could do it on dry pavement, too. Manual tranny helped, though.

  25. Re:Hehehe on Need A Few Post-Its Around The Office? · · Score: 1

    I'd mod it up if I could. Definitely better than the ones in the article.