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  1. Re:KS Airfields on Abandoned & Little Used Airfields · · Score: 1

    Wichita used to have a ton of aviation related industry. I know they've still got Boeing and Cessna but at one time there were lots more.

    There's an old airstrip about 50 miles south of Wichita (west of Arkansas City) that I (mis)spent much of my youth at drag racing.

  2. Finder FTP bug is fixed on Mac OS X 10.2.4 Is Out · · Score: 1

    No more beachball of boredom! Wheeeee!!!!!

  3. Re:Simple on Dealing with Employers Who Perform Credit Checks? · · Score: 1

    I know why a lot of companies drug test. It makes their workers comp insurance cheaper.

    I know because I wrote the program that applies this discount (among other things) to your premium when you get your coverage from my employer.

    I ain't saying it's right, but that's the way it is. FWIW, when I was hired I signed a form allowing them to do a credit check (and I took a drug test). I have no idea if they actually ran my credit or not.

  4. Re:City of New York vs. Homer Simpson on 300 Episodes of the Simpsons · · Score: 1

    I've seen the WTC episode several times since 9/11.

  5. Series 2? on TiVo Video Extraction with Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Will this not work with the Series 2? I just traded my old Series 1 standalone for a Series 2 DirecTiVo. I haven't connected it to my network yet but this could certainly be a great incentive to do so.

  6. Re:that sucks on iPods Around the World · · Score: 1

    Sucks hell, where do I get a job doing that?

  7. Re:French Helmet Painter? on Helmet Paint Job iBook Mod · · Score: 1

    It's a profession in the US also. Just an airbrush artist that has specialized (as have I but with a much different canvas).

  8. Re:annoymous*coward on Attorney Sues eBay over Negative Feedback · · Score: 1

    I only use that name for posting in the eBay discussion boards and not even for that so much recently. At the time, it was unusual for such "posting names" to have feedback so I bought something with it. I have 2 more ID's with ~40 feedbacks each.

    Because my anonymous*coward character is a bit unconventional, I bought a 6' inflatable party pecker with it. Had some good laughs in the eBay Town Square with that one.

    BTW, the party pecker was a great pool toy for a year (inflatable pool toys never last more than a year around here). Highly recommended.

  9. Re:Why is this in the lawsuit? on Attorney Sues eBay over Negative Feedback · · Score: 4, Informative

    A screen name is your eBay personality. You buy and sell under that name and if you wish, participate in their online community.

    There's no rule against having more than one. I, for example, am "anonymous*coward" on eBay.

  10. Re:I don't know on Elect Steve Jobs President of the United States · · Score: 1

    Indeed? Let's see you come up with the diagnostic codes for a 2002 Mustang so your non-Ford authorized shop can work on the car.

    Oops.

  11. Re:Why expire? on Disney Wins, Eldred (and everyone else) Loses · · Score: 2

    Because the Constitution says so.

    Really. Look it up.

  12. My first hard drive on Hard Drives Down To A Dollar A Gigabyte · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Since everyone else is giving away their age by telling how big their first drive was and how much it cost, so will I. I'll never forget it...

    10MB Techmar with a serial interface - $2000. This was ~1984 and I was damn glad to have it!

  13. Re:Safari on All-New PowerBooks, Web Browser Featured at Macworld · · Score: 2

    You can drag and drop right from OmniWeb's bookmarks window to the Safari bookmark bar. It's still a one-at-a-time operation but not bad.

  14. Re:OMG!!! on Top Ten Most Collectible Video Games · · Score: 5, Informative

    Find a completed auction on eBay that did very well for the same or a similar item and emulate that auction as closely as possible.

  15. Re:No Hablo Espanol on When Profiling Goes Wrong · · Score: 2

    Have you tried the "Thumbs Down" button (3 times) on these suggestions? That worked for me.

  16. Re:Hardly on Microsoft's New Hurdles · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not quite. Since MS is changing the file format for Office documents, companies will lose the ability to open documents created in the new versions. This will effectively force them to upgrade, even if they don't care about new features.

  17. Re:Cool, but where... on Mac Case Mods · · Score: 2

    Do you know anyone who works at an authorized Apple Repair center? When I did (many years ago), we could create an entire Mac from service parts. In fact, when I built my MacTV aquarium I did so by ordering all the case plastic parts from Apple instead of tearing up an old computer.

  18. I mod them so much on Mac Case Mods · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That they aren't even computers any more. I've made aquariums out of 'classic' Macs, Lisas, MacTV's, and large monitors of all kinds. I've made Macs into bookshelf speakers, Old IBM PC's into cat litterboxes, and am now working on coverting an old laptop into an ant farm. I'm keeping my eyes open for a big PC tower so I can cut the top off, hinge it with a foot pedal and make a trash can.

    Why? 'cause I like to tear stuff up and make it into something else. Does anyone need a better reason?

    See a lot of my stuff here...

  19. Doesn't Apple have an investment in Earthlink? on Satellite Internet Service for Macs? · · Score: 2

    They did anyway. That would seem to make a conspiracy less likely.

  20. Battlebots is pretty good - if you have a TiVo on Comedy Central Cancels BattleBots · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That way, you can watch a 30 minute episode in about 10 minutes, skipping all the commercials and filler.

    I see a lot of comments about how it wasn't innovative and didn't evolve but I think it did. And even though more fights were boring than not, when there was a good fight, it was really cool. Even though the show had the 'feel' of Pro Wrestling, I never thought the fights were pre-determined - don't see how they could have been.

    I hope some other network picks it up - I would miss it.

  21. Re:What about Adium?? on AOL and .mac IM Not Entirely Integrated · · Score: 2

    But Adium only does AIM, right? I want all four services running at once and Fire does a pretty nice job at that. If I want Yahoo Webcam or one of the special features the 'real' client provide, I log off that service in Fire and launch the authorized app. This happens very seldom - most of the time Fire is fine.

  22. Some people already have a monitor on Lindows.com Hypes An Upcoming $199 PC · · Score: 2

    Seems to me a significant number of people might upgrade their CPU and keep their existing monitor. I see nothing wrong with pricing this way.

  23. Re:Slavery on WorldCom Fraud Doubles · · Score: 2

    LOL - maybe they should just dress how their employer wants them to dress, earn their pay, and get on with their life after work. Who gives a crap how they have to dress at work? Not me.

    Besides, a pair of casual work slacks is cheaper than a pair of 501's these days.

  24. Re:Apple? on Customers Rate PC Vendors' Tech Support · · Score: 2

    Yes, you do. What other computer company creates actual 'brand loyalty' like Apple?

  25. Re:Wow, great DL, sucky ass UL?? on AT&T Broadband Introduces Tiered Pricing · · Score: 2

    But it's possible that you may. I got a nasty-gram from Comcast last year because my wife had turned on some kind of ICQ home-page that served from her computer. It was basically a blank page with a hit counter showing about 6 hits and they were all over me.