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  1. It's like peeling the phrenological onion

  2. Maniac Mansion on Disney Closes LucasArts · · Score: 1

    Did they seriously just post some assorted Lucas Arts titles and not include Maniac Mansion UR COMING WITH ME, CRATER-HEAD!!

  3. Re:Love it on Tycho Deep Space: a DIY, Open Source, Manned Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    garage hot rodding would have new remote implications with my idea i post below :) ha ha good times friend, i'll have to bring this up on the sims social forums now, see if we can get some sim-space missions theme peace

  4. this makes me think of non-biological passengers. on Tycho Deep Space: a DIY, Open Source, Manned Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    The abstract makes me imagine.. you know how people book out time on the telescopes in Arizona, Now all the cool kids go on NewEgg and buy a couple of NBPs running NetBSD! shoot it out unplug the house mic and let 'er go! Build some contraptions that shoot pictures and the (within tolerances) direction / attitude / vector / rotation you want the contraption disembarked at, load them up on a public space shuttle deal and a company could disperse them into space from on board. Hmm! And of course the contraptions run NetBSD! lol They could take pictures, and imagine the delight as the customer's latency increased as they plunged farther and farther into the outer reaches! And if it gets lots whoops! The point is it rocked! They could guide their selves with some onboard compressed air and solar action too. Excellent, it really is 2011 isn't it!

  5. Re:Good God... on Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google Chase 'Got Milk?' Patents · · Score: 1

    To manufacture a system with similar effects as an existing system, but somehow yours is better internally or comes about in a better fashion, I don't know. I cry foul on the very notion of prior art really. To the tigers in the zoo, Madeline was like "POO POO". It seems like the inverse operation doesn't hold up. Engineer 1 invents a broadcast light source, the camp light, patents it and who would want to be walking around with a candle on a plate eh, eh? This is easier than moving your smoking coal fire. Engineer 2 in the other valley lights up one of his hanging art pieces against the rock face and finds it lights up the whole area for an hour. Engineer 1 sues engineer 2 for infringing on prior art of broadcasting light, and has all these people backing him up since the camp light sales just went way down who want their money. That's how I see it and that's why I just duff around and put stuff in the public domain explicitly if anything, generally.

  6. Re:Good God... on Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google Chase 'Got Milk?' Patents · · Score: 2

    Ja I was thinking like, doesn't having a passenger in the car who sees the store and reminds you we're out of milk at home fall under prior art? *facepalm* What'll they patent next, a sign for a urinal that reminds you to kind of lean into the urinal to save on splatter?

  7. the corbomite maneuver on Ask William Shatner Whatever You'd Like · · Score: 1

    Like many of younger generations, one of the best first ways I learned the skill of the bluff was watching The Corbomite Maneuver. And the weak encryption strategy appeals especially to the truly geeky audiences. Has The Corbomite Maneuver strategy shown analogues in any real life situations for you, or can you regale us of any humorous anecdotes pertaining to The Corbomite Maneuver? Everybody's talking about.. The Corbomite Maneuver! If nothing else, make sure that ghostly alien prop prop shows up on the Conan O'Brien show next time you have a cameo :). Ha ha ha.

  8. placebo? on Bejeweled Yields Cognitive Benefit In Older Adults · · Score: 1

    So what was the placebo in this study, twiddling your thumbs? :)

  9. Re:where are the comments? on Timezone Maintainer Retiring · · Score: 1

    I keep refreshing, but there are no comments.

    why don't you RTFA?

    they're too busy reading `man zic`!

  10. Re:Sounds Familiar... on Open Source Guy Takes the Hardest Job At Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Yeah I was just wondering about that; I interviewed for that team with Robbins/Hilf etc. There was a bunch of publicity about Hilf's "coopetetive" / "coopetition" ideas etc. Doesn't seem to be much fresh news on the subject on a quick search. Personally, I went back to ignoring Microsoft and things worked out A-OK! :)

  11. Re:if the bat is on the tank... on Did Bat Hitch a Ride To Space On Discovery? · · Score: 1

    Good point there. My first thought was I hope it was a real bat and not a replica full of bomb or something.

  12. Re:Must be a slow news day.. on February 13th, UNIX Time Will Reach 1234567890 · · Score: 1
    > why is 1234567890 such a special timestamp?

    I would tender that because 1234567890 is ten times 0123456789. We're surrounded by decimal representations of number. Fascinating.

  13. Re:Perl script is unnecessary on February 13th, UNIX Time Will Reach 1234567890 · · Score: 1

    Go the full shebang and use my handy utility for observing, especially with bash -x mode: http://github.com/topromulan/12345/tree/master

  14. In English on German Bundeswehr Recruiting Hackers · · Score: 3, Informative
  15. You cannot learn Kung Fu from a book! on Ubuntu Kung Fu · · Score: 1

    You must learn by do chores for Mister Miagi!

  16. Wyoming scale? on Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano About To Blow? · · Score: 1

    540 million tons is already a half a billion. 1000 times it would be a half a trillion.

  17. Why isn't it NSCDC.OFR rather than .OFZ? on FBI Issues Code Cracking Challenge · · Score: 1

    Why isn't it NSCDC.OFR rather than .OFZ? It also seems odd that the Y=W instead of X=W. So I tried coded.htx and .htz but no page found, I guess they just silently log how cool you are. Of course my computations may be off. I think I started drinking a little too early this morning.

  18. chores around house on Interesting Uses For a USB LED Screen? · · Score: 1

    I was considering getting my wife one of these to hang over the kitchen entry to remind her of her to-do list items during the day. Of course, I might ssh in and display I LOVE YOU randomly as well. Ultimately I decided it was not a good Christmas present, as if a hint to do more chores. But, maybe randomly next month!

  19. Look for a good company with internal opps on The Stigma of a Tech Support Background · · Score: 1

    I had similar issues, for more years. I can tell you what I did. I got on in the support department of a company that I could tell actually had more going on in the same headquarters than just a call center, and eventually applied successfully into another department after working there a year or so. Good luck.