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  1. Re:Robot Fight Club on Robots to Rid Us of Cockroaches? · · Score: 1

    Is there an RFC on the Robot Fight Club?

  2. Bloglines: Firefox is 20% on Firefox News Roundup · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Voter fraud! on Election Day Discussion · · Score: 2, Informative

    In fact, something like that turned up this morning in Des Moines, IA, where a husband and wife went to vote. They have voted in this same polling location for 34 years and have been registered to vote with the same address. The wife was told she was registered in Ankeny, a suburb town to the north, and could not vote at her normal location. Again, here, they are registered Republican.

    Perhaps this will turn out to be an organized and targeted attack?

  4. Adams Formula on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 1

    L+U+E=42

  5. It must be a... on A New Species Of Giant Ape? · · Score: 1

    Wookie. 2m tall, sounds about right. Large like a gorilla, but more like a chimp or orangutan? Yep, it's Chebacca alright.

  6. WebCam Shot from 12:04 on Mount St. Helens Lets Off Some Steam · · Score: 1

    I grabbed a shot of it the moment the smoke went up and the server went down. It's on my (God help me) blog.

  7. Re:Hamster Cage on Making Stuff Out Of Broken Computer Equipment? · · Score: 1

    Actually, since the hamster is a beast (albeit small), it should be named Grendel. Name your cat Beowulf!

  8. Re:Treatment was prompt on Interview With Chernobyl Engineer · · Score: 1

    Sure... Millions already have. It's called Welfare or Medicare, or Medicaid...

  9. Re:The best one... on Online Replacements for Desktop Apps? · · Score: 1

    Heh... Never thought of converting hp to watts. Let see here 1100 watts is...

    ~1.5hp.

    I have a horse and a half microwave and a 3500 watt lawnmower!

  10. Re:Moon Bounce for imformation storage on Operation Moon Bounce · · Score: 1

    Now, of course, we just use transporter buffers. The only trouble being that you sometimes have to jiggle the handle a few times.

  11. x@con.com on Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go? · · Score: 1

    This should keep the riff-raff at bay.

  12. Re:Sabotage would be awfully tempting! on Train Your Own Replacement · · Score: 1
    All I know about Bush is I had a job when Clinton was president.


    So, you were a cabinet member then? Secretary perhaps?
  13. Re:so how effective is it? on Inventor of Low Tech Fridge Wins Award · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In the American West, these are common. We call them Swamp Coolers. We have moist pads on 4 sides and exhaust throught the bottom, usually.

  14. Why does the linux crowd care? on Microsoft and EU Talks End · · Score: 1

    After all, you've go the superior OS, the source and everythings hunky dory. Why then would you care what some vendor you don't use is doing with thier source?

  15. Only women would... on Epson's Female Printer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...design a printer with a single 6 color cartridge. It's bad enough my printer has 3 colors in one cartridge. Nothing like sucking money from the weak of mind.

  16. Re:VI or Emacs? on Search Engines Set To Vie For China · · Score: 1

    What's more, since these algorithms test language, some of the languages used by China might be better suited to searching... or not.

  17. Perhaps they stole their own code? on SCO - EV1, Licensees, Groklaw, Armed Guards · · Score: 1
    "McBride, 44, is pitting SCO against an industry it once helped develop. Less than two years ago SCO, formerly Caldera International Inc., was helping to form a standard version of Linux to compete with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows."
    What are the odds some of their own placed the code?

  18. Re:Headphones rocks, but... on The Psychology Behind Headphones · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just stick one of these to your forehead. I imagine this can be done with *very* low decibels.

  19. Some Dups Okay on How The CIA Duped The Soviets' Line X Network · · Score: 1

    I, for one, would like to see more stories like this, even bring back the old ones for review every couple of years. Technology in espionage may be it's highest use.

  20. Re:More Innovation! on Microsoft Looks At Integrating Forums and E-mail · · Score: 1
    Why is it that whenever Microsoft "invents" something that everyone else has had for decades, it's "big news" and "innovation" ?
    For the same reason that, when the fed upped the speed limit to 75, it was hyped as being "big news" and "innovative", when everyone had been doing it for years.

  21. Re:Windows Longhorn on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1
    After all, one of the selling points of SA6 was that you could get upgrades every 2 years at a reduced price. If they push it back to 2006, they will dramatically miss their deadline according to the terms of the deal.


    Sure, but I don't think that's the goal. It's my belief that this gives users a real reason to upgrade to XP. I use and enjoy MS products, but I just don't see them going for the long investment. At least, that's not their track record.
  22. Re:Genetics again? on Pretty Women Scramble Men's Sense Of The Future · · Score: 1

    Not so. Evolution (which, by the way, is popular not proven) is an external process. Internal processes are effecting this behavior. Rather than claiming the all emcompasing and ever-changing Evolution, wouldn't it be simpler to chalk it up to selfishness? Doesn't (most) every guy want a pretty woman?

  23. Nikon F Series on Best 35mm SLR Camera for Beginners? · · Score: 1

    My father was a professional photographer for 30 years. His favorite is his Nikon F2. Put any Nikkor lens on it and it's a jem indeed. Of the 20 or so photographers who worked with that company there was only one that didn't use a Nikon; he used a Cannon.

    While Cannon, Olympus and Minolta may all produce good cameras, none have the universality of the Nikon with the F mounts. And Nikkor optics can't be beat. The only thing I've ever found off with the Nikons is that some of the automatic lenses can be noisey.

  24. If Windows had been created "right"? on PC Annoyances · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Of course, one could point out if previous versions of Windows had been created "right" or "ran correctly," there wouldn't be need for a whole chapter (or even reams of books) on Microsoft fixes or how to get it to run properly.


    What... right like Linux? Which version of the kernel? Or did you mean a specific distro? Which one?

    Or are you talking about having the computer configured the correctly out of the box? Configured to whose preferences? Which hardware?

    Remember the "P" in PC stands for "Personal". The whole idea is that you can whack it into submission, unlike servers run by us uptight, high-strung operators.

    Go configure.
  25. Re:US Military, not EU on Galileo System To Include Jamming Capability · · Score: 1

    Why should the EU be given any control over the military power that allowed it's constituent nations to for the union in peace rather than be soviet?