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  1. Re:Funny. on Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi · · Score: 1

    Just curious, what fuel do you think is the most commonly used in ships?
    Oh, Cousteau's Alcyone is half the size and probably cost a lot less, not that it matters to you, but whatever.

  2. Re:Funny. on Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi · · Score: 1

    Wooden sailing ships had a stellar safety record too!
    Oh wait. Let me check t3h Intarweb.
    Nope.
    They didn't. In fact it was quite dismal.
    There are a couple reasons why people were press ganged into serving aboard them.

  3. Re:Funny. on Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi · · Score: 1

    [allegedly the French government]
    umm. . . the French defense minister kind of came out and admitted it was a sanctioned operation.
    Perhaps you should at least make an effort to try to look informed.

  4. Re:Thing is..... on Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi · · Score: 1

    That's a pretty broad brush you are using.
    Please.
    Carry on.
    Tell us how you can't support the US Military because they fired on civilians at Kent State.
    Or how you can't support the NRA because one of their members blew up a building full of people.
    Or how you can't support the police because there are bad cops out there.

    Wait.
    Oh.
    Yeah.
    None of those make any fucking sense.

    Please don't make people who fundamentally agree with you look stupid. We'd appreciate it.

    PS. I don't know about you, but I personally don't view Greenpeace as being terrorists. Hippies certainly, eccentric definitely, misguided probably, but I'd be a lot more worried about the ELF than Greenpeace, and even they just burn shit down / blow shit up.
    I'm getting a bit tired of people labeling those who do not agree with their political ideology / whatever as terrorists. Don't weaken the word. Suicide bombers are terrorists, hippies who put signs on smokestacks and hang off bridges really can't compare with that.

  5. Re:Torrent on Moore Approves Fahrenheit 9/11 Downloads · · Score: 1

    correction, used to be. It is a thousand times better than before.

  6. Re:Very cool on New Radar Sees Through Walls · · Score: 1

    There are "pistol" sniper "rifles" effective to a pretty good range. But yeah, combined with other sources, it could be very useful.

    http://www.snipercountry.com/Articles/FHG09_Snip er Pistol.asp

  7. Re:Is piracy really that much of a problem? on EFF Begins Digital Television Liberation Project · · Score: 1

    You know what I thought was the most distubing part of your post?
    Ballpark guy has the right to vote.

  8. Re:not the first or only time this happened on Does A Pentium 4 Need A Weapons License? · · Score: 1

    you mean click "I agree" and type in a us zip code?
    yeah, fine security there. . .
    (this was for the agreement to download 128bit ssl from ms about 4-5 years ago.)

  9. Re:Get it right... on Does A Pentium 4 Need A Weapons License? · · Score: 1

    no kidding . . far stupider shit has remained / passed.

  10. Re:Stupid binary clock for CF.net a la thinkgeek on On Microsoft's Embedded DevCon Keynote · · Score: 1

    hehe, yeah, I was bored and recall pasting a lot and changing a couple things.
    I think some alcohol and a bet / piss off professor X with 500,000 case statements was involved.
    I made another version using just ifs or something - I'm not sure what happened to it.

  11. Re:$$$ according to Zagat on Las Vegas Monorail Finally Ready To Open · · Score: 1

    Dunno, when I went (end of may), it was like "Holy shit that is the hottest woman I've ever seen" every 4.36 seconds. Not like "wow, shes hot", but "belongs in a magazine-hot."
    You could literally see a wave of heads when one walked by if you focused hard enough ;)

    This was on the strip, and inside the casinos, yeah, probably there isn't much to look at except for the flashy lights and stuff.

  12. Re:Unconstitutional Sentencing? on Night Goggles Capture Spider-Man Movie Bootlegger · · Score: 1

    Better question.
    Why the fuck did he let himself get caught? By fucking rent-a-cops at that. Run away you tard.

  13. Re:Stupid binary clock for CF.net a la thinkgeek on On Microsoft's Embedded DevCon Keynote · · Score: 1

    Well, that update was a major bitching point for many people - especially since they promised it, and then renegged.
    I had a warranty on my e335 and when it broke, Office Despot sent me an e450 - only caveat, broken charger (from a brand new unit), and toshiba support didn't have any chargers or other parts (cradle, etc) for the e4xx or e800 in stock - and don't expect to for another MONTH.
    The damn supervisor pretty much hung up on me after saying there was nothing he could do. It's nice that e335 charger works for it, but if it didn't I'd be SOL.
    I hate that company sooo much.

  14. Stupid binary clock for CF.net a la thinkgeek on On Microsoft's Embedded DevCon Keynote · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Stupid binary clock written for CF.net. It was rather fun / simple to program simple stuff for it, I think it would be significantly less fun if one had to program a real app for it. The source code has a bunch of code for checking the status of power, etc, so you might find it helpful if you are designing an app like that.

    Install cabs

    Source

    That said, my palm m105 was a lot more stable than my current pocket pc, which is a toshiba.
    Toshiba pocket pc support sucks ass by the way, AVOID BUYING TOSHIBA PDAS AT ALL COSTS!!

  15. Re:Well, we could... on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    I'm sure someone just as "eccentric" could be found..

  16. Re:Play fair. on WA Bans Gift-Card Expirations, Fees · · Score: 1

    you can buy gift certificates for much less than face value. . .

  17. Re:Is this really so hard to fathom? on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    but wait, they already have regulations. . .
    aww, fuck it, you'll probably be in denial anyways, so I'm not going to continue.

  18. Re:Hey, whose side are they on? on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    yeah, it's a daily thing over there. . .

  19. Re:One flaw in your argument... on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    wrap one in a dozen layers of duct tape, stomp on it a bit and you got yourself an explosive (electronically fired too)

  20. Re:Hey, whose side are they on? on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    starship troopers (the book) had a similar idea.

  21. Re:This stuff is useful, look for yourself! on RIAA Dumps Unsold Inventory to Settle Anti-Trust Case · · Score: 1

    Personally, I'm amazed by the shock and surprise that seems to be present when one of these many articles get posted. It's almost like people think this isn't the expected behavior of this company or that company or that cabal.

  22. Re:This stuff is useful, look for yourself! on RIAA Dumps Unsold Inventory to Settle Anti-Trust Case · · Score: 1

    Technically, if you want to use a newspaper as a weapon, you want to roll it up and thrust with the edge, like a knife. You can cause internal injuries fairly easily this way, especially if you aim below the ribs and thrust up.

  23. Re:Free speech? on Judge Halts Utah's Spyware Law · · Score: 1

    The spyware companies apparantly forgot their weekly payment.

  24. Re:Oh now that's the last straw on AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme · · Score: 1

    you apparantly haven't seen many pictures of aol subscribers. . .

  25. Re:Tactical Flexibility on U.S. Navy to Deploy Rail Guns by 2011 · · Score: 1

    Aircraft can be shot down and cost a lot of money. . .
    A lot of predator drones are now being used for recon, and if they get shot down, it isn't that big of a deal. Carriers still will be there with their support vessels, but if there isn't a need to launch something expensive with humans in it, why bother?

    Also, the time it takes for a ship to fire their railguns will generally be less than the time it takes for the aircraft to take off and fire theirs.