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  1. Re:Honda Accord is the Cadillac of Autos on 606 Takes To film Rube Goldberg-like car ad · · Score: 1

    My aunt has a yellow 1971, it was great to borrow until the power seat got stuck *all the way forward* :-(

  2. Just remember on US & Russia Pencil in Mars Launch by 2018 · · Score: 2, Funny

    to leave AMIE at home.

  3. Re:Only ThinkPad or Dell on The Best Traveling Laptop? · · Score: 1

    1 more vote for IBM
    plus, they are very international in case service is needed.

  4. I beg to differ on Concorde to be Grounded · · Score: 1

    Back in the mid/late 1960's I flew from Laguardia (LGA) to Sarasota Florida (SRQ) quite often, if I remember tickets were around $200, round trip.

    A quick check today shows ticket prices around $250.

    If you throw inflation into the mix, that $200 in 1969 would be equal to about $1000 today.

  5. How about legacy-free cars ? on Legacy-Free PCs · · Score: 4, Funny

    all the same
    1) pneumatic tires
    2) internal combustion engine
    3) suspension

    bla bla bla

    I don't think flying cars will ever get here :-(

  6. For the really lazy .. on Endless Liquid Refreshment · · Score: 1

    have kids. Then, when they are to old to fetch your soda (they move out, hopefully); volia! Grandkids!

    My kids were fetching cans of refreshment from the fridge by around 4 yo.

  7. baby sitters on Advice for a Dad-To-Be? · · Score: 1

    your kid is (almost) never to young to have a baby sitter. We got our first steady one when our kids were 2 & 17 months old.

    She was 12 yo and lived 3 houses away. Pay her well. Make sure Mommy really likes her.

    We are, still to this day, all great friends, [kids are now 17 & 18, baby sitter is nearly 30] even though we are 600 miles apart.

    oh, and yes, she turned out to be a *hottie*.

  8. In a related story on Beige Box Apple Clone? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Seymore Butts is (sort of) getting into the auto business. His new design is based on the Lada "a sturdy, proven design", spouts Seymore, who's dual stigmatism, and constant beer consumption has made for many false starts in his new one-man car company.

    Off the shelf WWII components in a hap-hazard box style chassis, a barebones 'Butt-Mobile' will be around 300 USD and require a motor, seats and wheels. Complete systems should start at around 650 USD.

  9. Would I sue? on How Much are Tongues Worth? · · Score: 1

    no. For me personally, I understand there is a certain amount of risk involved (with medical proceedures, etc) for a moderate level of, say...complications.

    We are all (mostly all of us) human, and little shit happens. As you get older you will find all sorts of examples of your own body malfunctioning in new and anoying, surprising and embarasing ways.

    How if you (1) were a public speaker and now could not; or (2) were "the" giggalo to hollywood starlets, I could see you having a case...maybe.

  10. You have skeptics wrong on Why Are Skeptics Such a Negative Bunch? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You are viewing controversy in black & white.

    When a new "unknown" is discovered (like this cow thing) people put forth theories (aliens, vampire robots, etc). A skeptic is someone who is unwilling to agree to your theory without evidence.

    I think the statement "we earthlings are being visited by extraterrestrials" demonstrates this point nicely. While there is much antidotal testimony to support such a statement, there does not appear to be evidence (no alien corpses washing up on Miami beach, no alien spacecraft shot down by Syrian shepherds and on display).

    Many skeptics also understand that usually the first theories about something are, in fact, incorrect.

  11. Re:Isn't the stock market a scam? on Google Tries To Silence IPO Rumours · · Score: 4, Insightful

    revised #3

    3) In order for the price of the stock to increase, buyers must be willing to pay more.

    This can be based on anything, as we have seen in the 1990's.

  12. In a related story .... on LCD Screens Double as Speakers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A speaker manufacturer has developed a speaker that can produce moving pictures as well. They claim that the picture quality is quite good, and compare it to average computer flat screen. Also NEC is making and selling computers that use this technology in Japan. Hardware integration like this should make for some interesting appliances in the next few decades.

  13. Commercial Applications on Synthetic Vision · · Score: 1

    This could open up a whole new level of dorm panty raids.

  14. Hey firewall boy... on Too Cool For Secure Code? · · Score: 1
    SecurityFocus columnist Jon Lasser is the author of Think Unix (2000, Que), an introduction to Linux and Unix for power users. Jon has been involved with Linux and Unix since 1993 and is project coordinator for Bastille Linux, a security hardening package for various Linux distributions. He is a computer security consultant in Baltimore, MD.

    Jeeze, he isn't even a programmer..

  15. The Money is Real .... on There.com's Virtual World & Economy · · Score: 2, Funny

    "And we sit there, around the bar, just talking," I was saying. The talk floats up over their heads in chat balloons. "I get $1000 for the night" her voice rings out through computer speakers. Other sounds drift in from the street, where the drugs aren't quite the same as in the real world, but, thanks to the physics programmed into the system, it's convincing enough ...

  16. I know it's off topic ... on Nick Petreleley on Linux Taking Market Share From Windows · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But here's an excellent map of Iraq.

  17. My idea for the suggestion box on Improving Company Morale? · · Score: 1

    Put marijuana in the vending machines.

  18. The Christian Science Monitor on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Christian Science Monitor is an excellent new source.

    They have won many awards, respected by the industry, and are very neutral. They do have points of view, but are expressed in op/ed type sections, not news stories.

  19. Good News on Cisco to Acquire Linksys · · Score: 1

    From a general economic perspective. Lately you can't even get corporations to spend the xtra money on 2-ply toilet paper. Maybe we're seeing the begining of the end (of this krappy economic "downturn").

  20. Cannon? on Build Your Own Sherman Tank · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man it looks like a Estes(sp?) model rocket motor would fit right in the canon. Look out neighbourhood cats!

  21. Re:Ultra-Cool Wireless Wearables: on Ultra-Cool Wireless Wearables · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do I have this vision ...

    circa 2023, some mega-corporate confrence room.

    A dozen people sitting at the table with goggles on.

    Time passes.

    A cell phone rings.

    person 1: Darn, we forgot to have the meeting.

    person 2: Well, off to the next meeting.

  22. Re:Goggles on Ultra-Cool Wireless Wearables · · Score: 0

    Are you sure they're goggles? It looks like a Bra to me.

  23. BMW is on the Bandwagon on A Hydrogen-Based Economy · · Score: 4, Informative
    Since 2000, BMW has been developing real world hydrogen-petrol cars. BMW estimates they will will start selling to the public by 2010 or so.


    Unless the economy turns around, all I'll be able to afford is a hydrogen-petrol Yugo :(

  24. Re:We can quibble, on Echelon Used to Capture Terrorist · · Score: 1

    >All I know is if I hear one word from the ACLU about this guy's civil liberties...

    Um, it's American Civil... (1) He's not American, (2) He's not in America (3) He wasn't captured by Americans.

    I can't really see how the ACLU would get very worked up about this.

  25. er... on Geek Roadtrips Through the Heartland · · Score: 1

    should read,
    At 17 yo I did all of this in 72 hrs: drove 1400 miles ....

    (damn my old age)