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  1. ADA Problem? on A Teacher Asking Students To Destroy Notes? · · Score: 1

    I have and have had friends with memory problems. May be due to injury, or to genetics, but either way they become expert note takers.

    Could this be considered a hinderance to such a person's education?

    -Frank

  2. Snail Mail? on Internet Communications While At Sea? · · Score: 1

    Well, how about it?

    I understand the use of being connected, but really - is it absolutely needed?

    Will your family and friends feel cheated if they knew your photos were "really" taken a week ago?

    If you want to do a blog, you can get a friend stateside to post your letters/photos.

    -Frank

    ps: Good luck - sounds like the opertunity of a lifetime!

  3. Just let her live her life. on Fun Things To Do With a Math Or Science Degree? · · Score: 1

    Sorry to say, but just let her have her fun with life. You seem to be trying to live your life through her. I changed my mind a couple times in college and I'm sure she will to. Besides, wouldn't it be better is she were, say, the smartest journalist at her paper or the best mechanic at the shop with numbers? -Frank

  4. One More Thing For Paranoid Family To Worry Over on Duplicating Your Housekeys, From a Distance · · Score: 1

    a) As noted by others, there are easier ways to break into a person's home/car.

    b) Seems to me that for many apps, metal keys are being displaced by key cards.

    -Frank

  5. Never Thought I'd See... on Banjo Used In Brain Surgery · · Score: 1

    The day Eddie Adcock was mentioned on /. - great musician though! -Frank

  6. Already Up And Running on CO2 To Fuel, Closing the "Carbon Loop" · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...a multi-step, low pressure, and low temperature biocatalyst to break the CO2 into 'basic hydrocarbon building blocks..." We've already got hundreds of units on our 13 acre lot. We're using the beta-name of "tree"s. A big improvment over the previous installments of "straw" and "brush". What's more, we can feed the by-product into a ferrous holding center where they are oxidized, producing infrared radiation with which one can heat a living unit. -Frank

  7. Is this really an issue?! on 10 Percent of Colleges Check Applicants' Social Profiles · · Score: 1

    So .... for 38% of 10% of "prestigious" schools it's bad to have dirty laundry on your web page. Given that public schools are less picky, that implies that this would be a problem with at most 3% of schools. And where does this leave your typical student on the way to "State U"? Doesn't seem like much to worry about. -Frank

  8. Two formats for two purposes? on Metallica Guitar Hero Release Has Higher Quality Than CDs · · Score: 1

    Likely the two releases are for two different types of stereo: CD for the car (crappy speakers anyway) Download for the iPod -Frank

  9. It's just living up the the 80/20 rule. on Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow? · · Score: 1

    In other words... Because they failed to plan for the 80/20 rule, it's the customer's fault the services aren't living up to the promises. Simple fact: whether you're a restaurant, electric company, attorney etc - in most cases 20% of customers account for 80% of your business. Been that way for a long time past and likely will continue for the foreseeable future. -Frank

  10. I Can See Where This Will Head on New Service Maps Speed Traps By Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    How long before the police take advantage of the service to slow motorists? I mean, wouldn't it eventually become a lower-cost version of parking an empty police cruiser by the road. Want to create a fake speed trap? Just punch a few numbers into a cell phone. Actually, when I lived in town this would have been great for slowing traffic in front of our house! I could have created my own fake speed trap. At least with flashed headlights you know the other vehicle is not a police car. -Frank

  11. Re:They gave him -exactly- what he wants on Network Solutions Suspends Site of Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 1

    Has anyone looked into whether or not this is actually a publicity stunt of some sort? -Frank