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  1. Turn Left at Orion on Talking Science and God With the Pope's New Chief Astronomer · · Score: 1

    Guy also wrote a wonderful book for observational astronomers called "Turn Left at Orion" He speaks well with lay people.

  2. When are gun manufacturers going to jail? on Build a Secret Compartment, Go To Jail · · Score: 4, Insightful

    On the face of it his incarceration is ludicrous. If he specifically created the compartment for drug smuggling and took part of the profits . . . well then I can see some justification.

  3. Re:Verizon is missing from the roll out list on Google Releases Jelly Bean Updates For the Nexus S · · Score: 1

    Are you using it on Verizon?
    Where do your updates come from?
    Have Jellybean yet?

  4. Verizon is missing from the roll out list on Google Releases Jelly Bean Updates For the Nexus S · · Score: 1

    And their approach to getting users off the unlimited data plans is to not subsidize upgrades.
    With a Nexus handset upgraded this way who needs their feature phone bloat?

    eBay here I come.

  5. Remeber when? $i_sill_do++ on Gmail Takes Largest Webmail Service Crown · · Score: 1

    Assuming this has to be a me too comment in this group

  6. Re:More details, please on Ask Slashdot: Advice For Using a Cell Phone In China? · · Score: 1

    I have the same question as the OP, but I'm going to Beijing for a week in late October

  7. More than a cliche on Doctor Marries Doctor's Daughter, TARDIS Explodes · · Score: 1

    He is marrying his better half.

  8. Stall Speed? on Aerial Video Footage of New York Taken By RC Plane · · Score: 1

    How slow can a wing like that go?

  9. Not Privacy? on Google To Block Piracy-Related Terms From Autocomplete · · Score: 1

    My glace at the headline read Privacy, not piracy. C'mon Google, get it right.

  10. it's more complicated on Intelligence Density and the Creative Class · · Score: 4, Interesting

    With employment being fungible for the vast majority where to live is driven by how one wants to live. I look for high density and diversity in restaurants. You want something else.

  11. Get the lesson on How Do You Handle Your Keys? · · Score: 1

    Go watch Sex, Lies & Videotape. There's a message for you.

  12. Re:Checks on Deposit Checks To Your Bank By Taking a Photo · · Score: 1

    Yet ACH, like debit card authorizations, are checked against current balance and in some cases given provisional credit immediately. The practical difference is close to nil.

  13. Re:Checks on Deposit Checks To Your Bank By Taking a Photo · · Score: 1

    But ACH - and it takes a banker to know the difference - is free and happens close to real time.

  14. Re:Checks on Deposit Checks To Your Bank By Taking a Photo · · Score: 1

    As the employee of a large bank that makes ~30% of its income from credit card transaction and processing fees I say: Yeah! Bring it on!

  15. Turn Left at Orion on What Objects To Focus On For School Astronomy? · · Score: 1

    This book was written for owners of small scopes like yours. Inter library loan or I'll send a copy to your school from Amazon (h/t Doctorow)

    You might also consider getting help from the closest astronomy club. They do this kind of thing all the time.

  16. Re:-Enterprise on Enterprise FOSS Adoption Beyond Linux Servers? · · Score: 2, Funny

    aw c'mon I was happily enjoying some food until you posted that.

    sharepoint - to file sharing as Excel is to databases

  17. Not to worry, Randal's on it on Apple's Mac OS X Update Breaks Perl · · Score: 1

    Randal Schwartz uses a Mac book. He'll get a fix, work around or something soon to scratch his personal itch.

  18. Forget potholes, get out on a gravel ... on MIT Team Creates Shock That Recharges Your Car · · Score: 1

    washboard road. That's where these shocks could generate some serious juice.

    Or for fun test these shocks on the corduroy roads this country had as an early form of paving.

  19. LHC? THC? on Physics Nerds Rap About the LHC · · Score: 1

    Rap? When''s the reggae version coming out?

  20. Another Cyclist Biking to Work on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    I lost 50 pounds before I even thought about changing my eating habits. There are a lot of muscle groups that cycling doesn't help. For those there's Yoga.

  21. Re:what a quote.... on Smart Parking Spaces In San Francisco · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, Portland has that technology. There are also signs at the ends of rows indicating how many free spots there are. A sign at the entrance shows how many free spots there are on each floor of the garage.

    It really makes short term parking at the airport nicer. You are effectively directed to a spot.

    Also...

    When crossing the bridges into downtown there are signs showing the number of open spots in each of the city run garages. Slightly helpful in choosing among garages in the general area you are going.

  22. You do? I don't on Why Do We Have To Restart Routers? · · Score: 1

    I don't recall the last time I had to boot any of my little routers. A Linksys WTRG54L and a Netgear WGT have been humming along for months.

  23. Another El Mariachi? on NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed · · Score: 1

    Maybe this will fund a great movie or two.

  24. Hard Drive Destruction Policy on White House Says Hard Drives Were Destroyed · · Score: 1

    Some banks, the one that employs me included, physically destroy any hard drive that contained customer data when it is rotated out of use.

    Desctruction in this case started with physical disassembly and drilling through the platters.

  25. Re:It's Oregon, you can't throw a dead cat on Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate · · Score: 1

    Why throw cats when you can swing hop vines?

    But do the other vanity brew owners have something from Jamie Flood at Ninkasi (Under Construction site)? It's like having a beer from Craig Nichols, Christian Etinger, John Harris or John Meier.

    If one fourth of Steve Novick's decisions are as well placed as his brew selections he'll be a top notch senator.