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  1. Link to the leaked memo on In Leaked Email, NASA Chief Vents On Shuttle Program's End · · Score: 3, Informative

    I didn't see a link to the memo, here it is:

    http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=29133

  2. Re:I'm wondering about the contents of my burrito. on DNA Bar Coding Finds Mislabeled Sushi · · Score: 1

    Haven't you noticed the absence of your neighbors pet, Fluffy, lately?

  3. Re:I made my first slideshow. on Microsoft Releases Photosynth · · Score: 1

    Unless I'm missing something, all you do is upload pictures and the site/software does the rest for you. Meaning it "synths" the pictures the way it wants and leaves you with minimal input/control.

  4. I made my first slideshow. on Microsoft Releases Photosynth · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought I would share.

    http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=db981975-7b23-4c45-b27b-73d294ca76e7

    Uncle Pete is still my favorite uncle.

  5. Req's on Microsoft Releases Photosynth · · Score: 4, Informative

    While navigating a couple galleries... It feels like I'm drunk and forgot how to use a mouse.

    Remember kids, set Graphic Acceleration to Full!

    Minimum System Requirements

    Important: Photosynth makes heavy use of your graphics hardware. If you have an older graphics system, Photosynth may not run. Also, Photosynth requires that your graphics acceleration be set to full.

    Operating System: Only Windows XP (SP2 or SP3) and Windows Vista are supported at this time. Running Windows on a Mac? Photosynth runs under Boot Camp only. Parallels and other VM software cannot run the viewer.

    Web Browser: Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, and Firefox 3

    Memory: 256 MB of memory is a bare minimum; 1GB is recommended.

    Graphics: Minimum 32MB of graphics memory required, 64MB or more is recommended. Photosynth runs on some DirectX6 capable cards and all DirectX7 cards.

  6. 2008 Is the Coldest Year? on 2008 Is the Coldest Year of the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    It's August 22nd. I would have appreciated this article months ago so I could prepare better.

    Sheesh.

    Who's got the inside scoop on 2009?

  7. Re:Minimum Age on Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud · · Score: 1

    "She won despite her age, not because she took drugs or anything. I think she deserves her medal."

    I think you're the only one. Liukin deserved the gold, as every announcer and critic that night agreed. Hexen was lucky the judges were either in-experienced or biased.

    "Ripped off" was a quote I remember...

  8. This thread is useless without pics on Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud · · Score: 1

    I've got a fever, and the only cure is more Camel Toe!

    "But your honor, her passport said she was 16."

  9. Re:COBOL. on California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL · · Score: 1

    Yup. Not when you can make [your salary]x2 growing legal marijuana.

    A quote from Arnold himself: "It's not a drug, it's a leaf."

    I think the only industry :)

  10. Happy Birthday NASA on NASA Turns 50 · · Score: 1

    If you guys haven't seen this guys work check it out. Being a space geek I fell in love with the documentaries on first sight.

    http://spacecraftfilms.com/

    An outstanding job compiling hours and hours (days?) of unseen footage, re-mastered and re-stored. For example the complete uncut audio loop from Apollo 1 catastrophe.

    I wasn't able to leave my living room all weekend with my first order of:

    Apollo 1
    Project Gemini: A Bold Leap Forward
    Project Mercury: A New Frontier
    The Mighty Saturns: Saturn 1 & 1B

  11. mw4mw mw4w mw4m w4mw m4mw w4ww m4mm mm4m on Craigslist Forced To Reveal a Seller's Identity · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe Craig was too busy responding to bots and picture collectors. Real results takes all day!

  12. While you're at it... on First Images of Russian-European Manned Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    ...swing by Cape Canaveral and pick up the US astronauts holding their thumbs up.

    All things aside, think about what they went to the moon in, and landed with, for the Apollo missions.

    I'd sure as shit rather be in a capsule and lander from 2008 than the 60s.

  13. All they need to work on next on GM, Utilities Partner To Advance Plug-In Hybrids · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is making GM cars not TEH SUCK.

    Just imagine, a Electric Cavalier, sweet!!!

  14. What The.. on What Does It Take To Get a PC With XP? · · Score: 1

    Who the heck on /. still buys PCs from vendors?

    Wasn't building your own computer the next step after learning to not shit your diapers?

  15. Nah... on Send the ISS To the Moon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Send that POS into the sun. Good riddance.

  16. Re:.. sent home without their sync complete on Full Review of the iPhone 2 On Launch Day · · Score: 1

    They aren't selling the phones online yet AFAIK. (U.S.) The lines are literally wrapping around the mall, going outside, around two trash bins, and coming back inside where the line ends near the store.

    It's insane.

  17. .. sent home without their sync complete on Full Review of the iPhone 2 On Launch Day · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's if you ever get past the line to even get a phone in the first place.

    iPhone 3G lines make DMV look like baskin robins.

  18. The Universe.. on Artist/Astronomer Exhibits Photos Of Spy Satellites · · Score: 1

    ... revolves around the earth. Those are gods tears in the sky, not spy satellites. The church doesn't have anything to hide.

    Now go to your room for life and don't tell anyone what you've discovered.

  19. Gold Disks on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 5, Informative
  20. I snoop.... on 1 In 3 Sysadmins Snoop On Colleagues · · Score: 0

    ...the mail that comes through the symantec mail security filters. Some of the spam and chain letters that are sent around are outrageous, and NWS. If Susan in Accounting sends another god damned Jesus Loves You chain mail I may just blacklist her for jokes.

    In a lot of environments I've been in, it's not so much the admins snooping, it's peers snooping on each other.

    How many typical users really know how to do something as trivial as a password protected PST. Even worse are the network drives being littered with "New Folder" and "New Folder (2)-(38)" users add and keep their personal information unsecured, including their mail. It's fun to right click when you don't understand what you're doing I suppose.

    Some shops run a tight ship, the others are so far at the other end of the spectrum... it's about collecting a check.

  21. Re:And unofficially... on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 0

    Thanks!

  22. You have a choice: be a victim...or be part of the on Hackerteen Volume 1: Internet Blackout · · Score: 1

    ...sol [Connection reset by skeezer]

  23. Re:Asheron's Call Still Active? on "Something Special" For the 100th Patch To Asheron's Call · · Score: 1

    Yeah it's a shame, AC2 was quite beautiful...