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  1. Re:Cheaper than parking on the street on Very High Tech - Elevator Garages in an NYC Hi-Rise · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One thing which could be done to help you would be to mandate that all employers install showers for their workers.

    That's unlikely to happen in the US. The reason is because it's a liability because someone might sliiiip and faaaaall. And sue the company into oblivion. I remember when a friend of mine who worked for a big games publisher showed me their new penthouse digs. They had installed showers but were waiting for a proper safety inspection and approval before they could open them.

  2. My main problem with this... on IBM Seeking 'Patent-Protection-Racket' Patent · · Score: 1

    ...is that after twenty or so years, it expires. Then (assuming lack of prior art in the first place) they can't sue the patent trolls out of business any more.

  3. Re:RIAA sues (Cu) Copper on RIAA Sues Usenet.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shhhhh! Don't give them any ideas or they'll sue Silicon Dioxide next!

  4. Misread as... on Bill Gates Denied Visa To Nigeria · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Bill Gates denied Vista to Nigeria"

    For a moment I wondered if Microsoft was trying to do something about 419 scams.

  5. Starfleet Academy? on Simon Pegg to Play Scotty · · Score: 1

    So with the pick of comedic actors (from what I've been reading; I don't recognize any names other than ZQ), is this going to be the long-predicted Starfleet Academy movie, with Academy as in 'Star Trek does Police Academy'?

  6. Hey, what a great idea! on 'Hybrid' HDD Technology To Allow Data Access Without Booting · · Score: 4, Informative

    Too bad that Apple has supported HD access without booting for years. Firewire target mode, and SCSI target mode before that.

  7. BMFH on The Russian Mafia Doesn't Like Spam Either · · Score: 1

    Apparently the current champion of v1*gr4 spamming solicited some of the wrong email boxes. Alexy Tolstokozhev was recently found murdered in his palatial spam-bought estate near Moscow. The implications of this hands on method of system administration are staggering.

    Simon would be proud.

  8. Re:Links For Notable Attendee Celebration Location on Last Chance to Sign Up for 10-Year Anniversary Party · · Score: 1

    The thing is, I'll probably be going to as many of the three in Austin as I can, but you only get to register for one because that's the way they set up the script. So I clicked on the first one and plan to switch afterwards.

  9. Obligatory misquote on X-Wing Rocket Launches, Disintegrates · · Score: 1

    "This is not the rocket design you were looking for. Move along, nothing to see here."

  10. Re:Intelligent chip! on Copy Protection Backfires on Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Wow, that reads just like the bullshit spewed by so many guests on Coast to Coast AM. A daft declaration followed by a digression, a deception, a diversion, a distortion, a distraction, and a divergence, then finished up with a defecation.

    I'll stick with my green magic marker.

  11. Google on Do You Recommend Google Maps API or Microsoft Live Maps? · · Score: 1

    I'd go with Google, and for one reason. Whenever someone gives me a Google Maps link, it works. Whenever someone gives me a MS Live Maps link, I don't get a map, I get some kind of "where do you want to go today" screen with two text entry boxes and no map.

    Maybe it's because I use Mozilla (if it works with Firefox, it should work with Mozilla), or maybe it's because I don't have a Live account (like I'd ever want to), but I haven't seen one link work yet. (Actually, I think it worked about two years ago when everyone talked about how Apple HQ was an empty lot on MS Maps, but that was a long time ago.)

  12. Re:Secret feature on Copier Auto-Translates Japanese to English · · Score: 1

    You fail it.

    What really happens if you try to sit on the glass and photocopy your ass, is that the copier will proptly give you a kancho.

  13. Re:shouldn't that be on Copier Auto-Translates Japanese to English · · Score: 1

    Supplies!

  14. Re:It goes deeper on Why Do Commercial Offerings Use Linux, But Not Support Linux Users? · · Score: 1

    Sometimes the Mac users get lucky and there is an OSX port, but not always.

    You forgot about the part where the Mac users end up having to use different servers and can't play with their Windows-using friends.

  15. Botnets on Microsoft No Longer a 'Laughingstock' of Security? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So Microsoft is so secure that those botnets with hundreds of thousands of zombie computers running Windows will disappear overnight? Great!

  16. I blame SCO on SCO Blames Linux For Bankruptcy Filing · · Score: 1

    ...for not aggressively trying to gain market share back to Unix. Nobody was buying SCO's product because, compared to Linux, it sucked. Instead, they were wasting their time and money with a stupid lawsuit.

  17. Re:Um, no. on Does 802.11n Spell the 'End of Ethernet'? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. When I wire up at home (and I wired my home with almost 50 ports), its to get gigabit speeds for transferring giant .AVI video and other files. Otherwise plain old 802.11b serves me just fine.

    Actually, that's not entirely true. I have 6 megabit DSL, and I can't download at full speed over 802.11b. (Yes, even with a full 4 bars.) So that's another reason to jack in.

  18. Wait a minute... on Wii Zapper To Have Zelda Pack-In Title · · Score: 1

    When did Link use a crossbow?

    I'm not saying he didn't use one in at least one Zelda game, just that I only remember him using a regular bow.

    And for the Duck Hunt whiners, how about if one of the levels was a duck hunt. Of course PETA would probably have a shit fit. (in which case Nintendo can counter-sue for them using Mario a few months ago) And they could make Tingle be the dog, so it would be more fun to shoot him.

  19. Re:not related to technology at all on Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning · · Score: 1

    I'm a musician (rock, not classical) and I often have to retune my guitar to play along with recordings even though I have a decent electronic tuner set to A4=440.

    Are these recordings on magnetic tape? The speed of magnetic tape can vary due to stretching and other such issues, which is noticeable enough when you try to put subtitles over a videotape source that a ramp factor is standard in any decent video subtitling package. So surely the speed variations of magnetic tape (and vinyl records) could be enough to affect tuning.

  20. Re:Oboe on Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning · · Score: 1

    Is tuning a fish anything like tuning a filesystem? Does ZFS tune to a different key than ext3 or HFS+?

  21. Re:Tetrachromats (OT) on Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning · · Score: 1

    From what I've read, tetrachromats have the extra band in addition to the usual three of RGB, so the four are not equally spaced.

    Here is an example.

  22. Re:Go back to the beginning... on Interesting Admissions From Record Industry · · Score: 1

    IMHO, the Monkees were only successful because even though the studio wanted marketable faces, they unwittingly picked four guys who actually had real talent.

  23. Re:Go back to the beginning... on Interesting Admissions From Record Industry · · Score: 1

    ...and Weird Al Yankovic. That's about the only music coming from an RIAA music company that I have any interest in any more.

  24. Re:movies on Virtual Earth Exposes Nuclear Sub's Secret · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've seen that before... in my rotary electric razor. That's what the cutter blades look like.

  25. Re:it's cheaper, this way. on Antique Voyager Technology · · Score: 1

    I think the patent on the original 6502, and probably even the 65816 ran out years ago. VHDL cores would be another matter entirely.

    Did they even have the patent on the original 6502? That was MOS Technology, who later got bought out by Commodore.