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  1. Good post, but... on Second Test of X-43A Scramjet Tomorrow · · Score: 1
    2) Do I really want to float around in the North Atlantic for several days, clinging to a pillow full of beer farts

    ...don't forget to give George Carlin credit when using his material (one of the best shows he ever did, BTW).

  2. Time cost of this on An Ignition Interlock In Every Car? · · Score: 1

    I figure that my work time is worth $50/hr. If I have to wait one minute for every time I want to go somewhere and return, who do I bill $303.75 for the 6 hours and 5 minutes I'll be wasting every year, even though I don't drink a drop of alcohol?

  3. Naw... on Disney's Disposable DVDs Deemed Duds · · Score: 1

    He probably just drives a Canyonero...

  4. Attack of the clones extras on The Best and Worst Movies of 2003? · · Score: 1

    Yes, a lot of the extras from that DVD were garbage. However, the extra deleted scenes between Padme and Anakin on Naboo were interesting and important, IMO. They may have helped with that awful sequence in the theater, where Padme came off like a psycho lip slut. They fleshed out the relationship between them much better and made Padme seem much more like a real person, with a family with real problems, etc.

    It wasn't Oscar-winning material, but it would've really helped that section out.

  5. Re:The example misuse on New IE Bug Hides Real Site Address · · Score: 1

    At http://www.zapthedingbat.com/security/ex01/vun1.ht m, did you just enter the url or did you click on the button? If not, try this again.

    If you just enter the URL above (http://www.microsoft.com%01@zapthedingbat.com/sec u rity/ex01/vun2.htm) in the URL bar, it does show the true URL properly - no bug. However, if you click on the button, which uses Javascript to redirect to the false URL, the bug appears.

    This is a real flaw, and is something Microsoft should be jumping through hoops to fix asap.

  6. So true... on Stealth Inflation · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My wife had a c-section last November and it required an epidural(sp?). The eppy needle left a slight leak of spinal fluid (happens about 3% or so of the time when they do them), which in turn lowers the brain fluid level, which can cause horrible headaches when the woman stands up (i.e. her brain slaps against the skull w/o the fluid cushion).

    My wife started having headaches, and we asked the nurse to get a doctor/anesthesiologist to come check her out. An anesthesiologist comes in and talks to us and says that she probably has a very light case of it (which turned out to be the case) and told her to drink caffeinated soda. It took him 3 minutes to discuss it. Dude didn't even walk all the way in the room - stood near the door the whole time and then left. When we got the statements from the insurance company, it turned out the dude had charged $300 for the three minute "consult"! Total BS... I used to feel sorry for docs in general for getting squeezed by insurance companies (malpractice insurance, HMO contracts, etc.) until I saw that.

    It's become a war between the physicians and the insurance industries - elevating the stakes over and over again, forgetting that us peons aren't making enough money to cover the increasing premiums.