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  1. It may be an unintended use... on Bacteria Used To Fix Cracked Concrete · · Score: 1

    ...but does it work on plumbers too?

  2. Save some paper on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 1

    If only 11% report using it, why are they printed? Perhaps a better option is an opt in? Make them available to those who want them, saving paper, printing costs, etc. Heck, most people I know don't even have a land line any more so it is pretty useless to someone like me. I also have a laptop and my FiOS has a battery back up (provided by Verizon) so either a CD-ROM or Internet lookup would work ok for me I suppose.

  3. Re:Bruce Willis on Asteroids Flyby — 2010 RF12 & 2010 RX30 · · Score: 1

    Yes, he does reference it in the movie, doesn't make it look any less like riding a $.25 mall horse. :)

  4. Re:Bruce Willis on Asteroids Flyby — 2010 RF12 & 2010 RX30 · · Score: 1

    Steve Buscemi rides a nuclear weapon like a $.25 mall horse on a Texas-sized asteroid about to hit the earth. What's not to like?

  5. Re:Sounds fair on New Copyright Lawsuits Go After Porn On Bittorrent · · Score: 4, Funny

    *rimjob*

    er...

    *rimshot*

  6. Sept 1st... on Apple In Talks To Bring $0.99 TV Rentals To iTunes · · Score: 1

    http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/25/apple-media-event-scheduled-for-september-1st/ I'm not sure if I'd like the $.99 rentals, but the cheaper iTV sounds intriguing.

  7. Yes but... on Warships May Get Lasers For Close-In Defense · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can it make popcorn?

  8. Great Learning Tool on Damn Vulnerable Linux — Most Vulnerable Linux Ever · · Score: 4, Informative

    We used it in my Forensic Computing masters program in some classes, definitely useful in our Network Security and Architecture of Secure Operating Systems classes to show what can happen with buffer overflows, gaining root access, etc.

  9. Here's an idea on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Why not just roll with it, have Fanning help create, and make a new company called Fapster.

  10. Re:what has the university to do with it? on University Networks Block Student Project · · Score: 2, Insightful

    According to the article, the student was fined £300, only the UK uses pounds to my knowledge...

  11. Where was I? on Where Were You When PLATO Was Born? · · Score: 1

    Not even yet a tickle in my father's pants.

  12. Re:They need to stop arresting the FINDERS on Apple Loses Another 4th-Gen iPhone · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, not true.

    IANAL either, but have you ever heard of abandonment doctrine? For example, police cannot go through your trash (in the US) if it's on your property, but when you put it out to be collected, it's on public property (sidewalk) and is considered abandoned. So you can't just store any old property anywhere you wish. Cars? That's another story, I'm referring more to small personal possessions.

    Similarly this could apply to things you leave about, however, ethics dictate that a person reasonably try to contact the original owner of such property (I would and have) to return said item. If owner not found nor seeking their property to be returned, enjoy the item.

  13. Re:Facebook works fine... on A Call For an Open, Distributed Alternative To Facebook · · Score: 1

    For me, I understand everyone's bitching about privacy. I want to be able to catch up with friends, shares photos of recent events, etc. I even have different friends lists so that new friends, acquaintances, etc can't see all my information. So when someone goes to this level to restrict their data, there's a certain expectation of privacy inherent.

    It's not about keeping secrets, it's people taking information out of context and potentially using it against you. The person that has 90% of their photos with a drink in there hand, might be perceived as a heavy drinker, when in fact it may just be at social events the person has a drink in their hand. That's just one example but people seem to take what they read and see as an exact representation of what actually is, when sometimes it is not.

  14. Eh... on No Verizon Partnership For Google's Nexus One · · Score: 1

    A phone like that needs to be able to make calls and use data at same time, Verizon is not the place.

  15. Re:Wot? on Treasury Goes High-Tech With Redesigned $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    So I take it you've never been to Vegas? Even the ATM's spit out $100 bills there...

  16. Doorstop? on Sony Update Bricks Playstations · · Score: 3, Funny

    Clearly the article said it turned it into an expensive brick!

  17. Re:Technically correct, but... on Indian Military Hopes to Weaponize the Searing "Ghost Pepper" · · Score: 1

    Is India looking to weaponize your bananas? If not, your point?

  18. Re:Technically correct, but... on Indian Military Hopes to Weaponize the Searing "Ghost Pepper" · · Score: 1

    To B: Perhaps it's because the peppers are in India as opposed to the plant that contains RTX being located in another country?

  19. Re:102 105 114 115 116 112 111 115 116 33 on How To Evade URL Filters With (Not-So) Fancy Math · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's the same combination I have on my luggage!

  20. Time For... on How To Evade URL Filters With (Not-So) Fancy Math · · Score: 1

    ...a snort inline installation.

  21. Re:New hardware opportunity? on Professors Banning Laptops In the Lecture Hall · · Score: 1

    Like my LiveScribe pen/notebook?

  22. Re:Woohoo! on Valve Confirms Mac Versions of Steam, Valve Games · · Score: 1

    Not true, my 13" Mid-2009 MBP has 256MB shared with main memory, with a NVidia 9400M GPU. The same goes for all MBP's actually, however the 15" and 17" MBP have a secondary dedicated GPU.

    http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html

  23. Re:qutrits? on Theoretical Breakthrough For Quantum Cryptography · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  24. Tilt on How To Play Poker With Your Rock Band Drum Kit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great, so when I go on tilt, get pissed off and start beating on the drum set, I inadvertently go All In and loose MORE money...

  25. Electric Shock v2.0 on How Do You Get Users To Read Error Messages? · · Score: 3, Funny

    We also had the same issue at first, my apologies for not clarifying. Our version 2.0 system includes a small amount of absorbent material woven into teh seat bottom that can hold 50X it's weight in liquid. We now call the system the Electric Shock Wow system.