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  1. Use Secret Service or NASCAR taillights on "Road Trains" Ready To Roll · · Score: 1

    Just put three small lights in the center of the rear bumper:

    Green - accelerating

    Yellow - feet off pedals, engine is dragging

    Red - braking (redundant)

    Maybe make both yellow turn signals come on for feet off pedals.

  2. No, that was "virginians" on Apple Plans $1 Billion iDataCenter · · Score: 1

    ...and Skyline Drive will be rename iSky.

  3. Sell your soul - Computer Forensics / Security on Best Grad Program For a Computer Science Major? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Disclaimer: I'm a Fed Employee, with BA and MS in Computer Science.

    The Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, jointly run by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. government is desperate for cybersecurity professionals. The SFS program was designed to increase and strengthen the federal government's core of cybersecurity professionals by underwriting two-year stipends for full-time students who specialize in information assurance at approved four-year colleges and universities in exchange for agreeing to serve at a federal agency in a cybersecurity position for at least two years.

    http://gcn.com/articles/2009/03/23/sfs-cyber-workforce.aspx

  4. Any title containing "Cookbook" on Your Favorite Tech / Eng. / CS Books? · · Score: 1

    I learn best by adapting example code.

  5. Find a local business on Which Vendors Do You Trust For PC Parts? · · Score: 1

    I go to a local non-chain store in suburban D.C near work. They've been in business for a while - at least 10 years IIRC. I'd suggest a place like this where you can build a relationship with the staff.

    http://tcponline.com/Monthly_Special.htm

  6. What are your boundaries? on Ask the Air Force Cyber Command General About War in Cyberspace · · Score: 1

    General Lord,

    What are your operational boundaries? Are you restricted to incidents in .mil space? Does AFCYBER monitor and respond to critical infrastructure-related attacks on corporate assets? How does AFCYBER act as a counterpoint to US_CERT?

    DWhite

  7. Re:Negative at Baltimore, MD (Capt. Larry's) on Last Chance to Enter For Slashdot Anniversary Party Grand Prize · · Score: 1

    The party at Germantown, MD, had 6 people (7 had registered) on Oct. 25 - I (the host) received 6 shirts the afternoon of the 24th.

  8. Re:Because we all know on Why Are So Many Nerds Libertarians? · · Score: 1

    Atlas Shrugged - 'nuff said.

  9. Re:ironic on The Science of Bridge Collapse Prevention · · Score: 2, Insightful

    from what I recall, the WTC was well engineered. The heat retardant on the structural steel was applied badly, and the beyond-tolerance damage of the jumbo jets managed to take out the planned redundancy. I wouldn't put the WTC in this category.

  10. Sue that dumbazz senator who changed DST on Daylight Savings Time Puts Kid in Jail for 12 Days · · Score: 1

    I hope the lawmakers who agreed with the change get the karma they deserve for screwing everyone.

  11. All your bass... on iTunes Uncovers Musical Hoax · · Score: 2, Funny

    ah, it's not worth the treble.

  12. Re:They submitter sould have saved themselves on Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista, The Rematch · · Score: 1
    As a vi fanboy, watching someone use emacs is like watching a monkey bang on a randomly remapped keyboard, and having mostly legible stuff appear. It makes sense to them, but they have brain damage.


    Back in the day, the best thing I could say for emacs was that you could spawn off a shell and play rogue, but only the emacs command would be shown in a ps.

  13. Results due July 2007 on NIST Condemns Paperless Electronic Voting · · Score: 1
  14. oldies but goodies, mostly on What Are Your Top Five 'Comfort' Games? · · Score: 1
    depends on the platform that's handy...

    • Star trek, command line - aka sst for linux, MacOS
    • any Need for Speed on W2K, but preferably Porshe Unleashed
    • Asteroids
    • nethack / adventure
    • NASCAR racing on PS2
  15. Re:Hood? Hood College on Cray Wins $52 Million Supercomputer Contract · · Score: 1

    It's an homage to Hood College

  16. Bust the barrel of bricks vs. man story on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1
    Everyone has heard this one:
    Guy on ground has buddy push barrel of bricks from roof, while he holds the end of the rope.
    Barrel lifts man, cracking his skull as it passes, man's fingers catch in pulley, barrel hits ground and breaks open.
    Man falls down, breaking leg on rising barrel, breaking back on pile of bricks, then lets go of the rope in pain.
    Barrel falls on man.

    I would *love* to see Buster confirm or bust that story.

  17. Oreo Hunter on Listening to Leonids · · Score: 1
    One of my nephews - who got hooked 2 years ago when we watched the Perseids together - calls Orion "Oreo Hunter". :-)

    We were seriously bummed at the fog in our area, and I should have had a radio ready for us to listen in.

  18. Re:shebang on The D Programming Language · · Score: 1

    first thing - doh!

  19. shebang on The D Programming Language · · Score: 1
    Yeah, I've always called the fist thing in a shell script a "shebang"
    # = "she"
    ! = "bang"

    Q.E.D.

  20. laminated "damascus" has been "found" for a while on Recreating The Lost Art Of Damascus Steel · · Score: 1
    AFAIK, the first modern knifesmith to consistently recreate "damascus" by lamination is a guy from Middletown, Maryland (forgot his name). My uncle, master knifesmith Jack Fuller, has been forging it for at least 15 years. (Fuller's Forge site)

    I have to say, even if it's not considered correct by the historians, it is damn good stuff. You can hack through a 2x4, cut a free hanging 1 inch thick rope, and bend it 90 degrees in a vise - in that order - to show the strength, hold on sharpness, and pliability. And the laminated pattern is unbelievable.

  21. Re:Darkstar - took long enuf to mention on Robot Plane Makes Unaided U.S.-Australia Crossing · · Score: 1

    I'm shocked this wasnt mentioned earlier in the thread. Clancy's books tend to become reality a year or so after they come out.

  22. It's called FOIA... on Surveillance Society · · Score: 1

    File a Freedom of Information Act request. See http://foia.state.gov .

    Definitely not the same, but you can keep em on their toes.

  23. Re:Hopefully, they'll never read the Bible . . . on Star Wars Most Violent Movie Ever? · · Score: 1
    Yeah, 1 Samuel 18:25-27

    A King wanted 100 foreskins for his daughter's marriage and David brought 200.

    And everyone thought DeNiro was a mean father...

  24. GM SD90MAC 0-75 in 3.1 miles! pulling 200,000 lbs on Electric Car Bests Ferrari F550 In 0-60mph · · Score: 1
    A GM SD90MAC may be slow accelerating, but when you can move 170,000 lbs. at 75 mph, people DO get out of your way. (usually)

    6000 hp! (yes, six thousand) I LOVE it!

  25. Re:Killer app - pay at the pump on Auto-Suicide for Grey Market Electronics? · · Score: 1
    Imagine - your car records you doing 75 mph in a 55 zone for 30 minutes. It records you rolling through a few stoplights.

    You go to get gas, and it communicates with the pump, which calulates the fines, and you get a $472.25 bill. DOH!

    That's when I load up the '66 chevy pickup and get the hell away.