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  1. Re:Passive house - what about windows on Woz Details His Plans for Energy-Efficient House · · Score: 1

    Which Seattle do you live in? Washington? 'cause, I have seen a LOT of houses in the area - hanging out with contractor friends - and in older homes I seldom see double glazed, never mind triple.

    I also spent time with contractor buddies in Portland, and they are no better.

    (Two years ago, when I built a house for a friend I got MAJOR price breaks from my contractor friends, NOT because they were my friends but because they were all saying "Let me do it dude. I never get to do this in the shit houses we have to build for people who have no sense of value.")

  2. Re:DirecTV on Bandwidth Crunch Looms for Cable Companies · · Score: 1

    Another way is to park a slingbox at your friends place somewhere in the UK.

  3. Re:$500 - not a bad price on DARPA Develops Dolphin-like Tail For Divers · · Score: 1

    I have seen several guys with unicycles on the trails around Vancouver, BC.

  4. Re:War of words. on Blogger Finds Bug in NASA Global Warming Study? · · Score: 1

    Well, I live _IN_ Canada. Vancouver seldom sees significant snow. In 2006 we had major snow storms in early November. Does it mean it's getting colder? To paraphrase Carlin, I am not worried about the Earth's future; the future of the human species on the other hand ...

  5. Re:A counter example on New Explanation For the Industrial Revolution · · Score: 1

    Actually the thinking is a "little" different. Basically, it goes like this "Many, if not majority, of my children will die before reaching adulthood; so, the more kids I have, the higher the chance of some of them making it and keeping my bloodline going."

  6. Re:From the article.... on New Explanation For the Industrial Revolution · · Score: 1

    Depends on your definition of "growth". If you think numbers, you are right. If, however, you think girth... shashdotters rock!

  7. Re:Just happened to be browsing firehose... on The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org · · Score: 1

    They, TPB, are providing a service. Maybe you and I don't agree with what they do/offer, but, they do provide a service nonetheless. They make some money for it. Well, good for them I say. Its not something I'd like to do, but I have no problem with someone else doing it.

  8. Re:Put the right power source in! on DeLorean to Come Back (Sorta) · · Score: 1

    the toruble with wankel engines is that they gulp down gas by the gallon.

    Not here in Canada. We've gone metric a long time ago. We no longer fear the gallon gulping engines.

  9. Re:So what happens now on Cisco to Kill Linksys Brand Name · · Score: 1

    Hear, hear.

    These days Buffaloes are the best price performance wise.

  10. Re:Miro is on Democracy Player Is Dead, Long Live Miro · · Score: 1

    How about "let's watch"?

  11. Why bother with fake Vista, go fake OS X instead. on Pimp Your XP · · Score: 1

    If you're going to waste your time, you may as well make it fun.

    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/ Themes/FlyakiteOSX.shtml

  12. Re:Radio? on Congress Considering More Low Power FM Stations · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or, go here http://www.pcs-electronics.com/pc-transmitters-c-6 4.html#Pci%20max and put your own box together for less.

  13. Re:yeah, right on Proposed Amendment Would Ban All DVD Copying · · Score: 1

    "After hours?" Why?

    1. Set up shell company
    2. Import stuff as you see fit
    3. When shut down by *AA close company
    4. Set up new shell company
    5. Lather, rinse, repeat

  14. Re:Pilot not required? on USAF Developing New "SR-72" Supersonic Spy? · · Score: 1

    Or use only female pilots??

  15. Re:I blame Michael Moore for Bush's winning on Michael Moore's New Film Leaked To BitTorrent · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It all started with "Roger & Me" Moore documentary, he claimed he had NEVER interviewed Roger. There is clear and overwhelming evidence that he had interviewed him TWICE.
    It's all downhill from there. (The rifle stunt in Columbine ... they did the prep work for 30 (THIRTY) days so he can show up and get his rifle at the bank. Yes, it's moronic that a bank would give away rifles as a promotion, but, to show it as if you could just walk in fill in some papers and then walk out wit a rifle is a lie.)

    Anyhow, have a look at the "Manufacturing Dissent" documentary.

  16. Re:yet another... on Michael Moore's New Film Leaked To BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    So, two wrong DO make a right? Cool.

  17. Re:About that Cuban healthcare... on Michael Moore's New Film Leaked To BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    You obviously don't see the same news I see here in Beautiful British Columbia. God help you if you have anything but a life-threatening problem. I seem to be lucky, and have had most of my ailments looked at and treated in less than two years. Others have not been so lucky.

  18. I blame Michael Moore for Bush's winning on Michael Moore's New Film Leaked To BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    I am not American, nor do I play one on TV; but, if I were, I would be pretty damn pissed at Moore for his rather large contribution to Bush's reelection.
    Through his fact twisting, and sometimes outright lies in Fahrenheit 9/11 he provided a rallying point for the conservatives who could justly point to Moore's lies and misrepresentations and then unjustly paint all liberals with the same brush. A lot of previously neutral voters were swayed to the right by this.

    (This, of course, assumes one is not happy with Bush having been reelected, which seems to be the case with most Slashdotters. If you are happy with Bush's win, go ahead thank Moore. Personally I couldn't care less who won. As far as I am concerned, most of them, dems and GOPers, are crooks.)

  19. Re:Rather get one of the scion models or even a ya on Smart Car Coming To the US In Jan. 2008 · · Score: 1

    New formula diesel is now mandatory in the US. FYI.

  20. It used to be that Smart != Mercedes.... on Smart Car Coming To the US In Jan. 2008 · · Score: 1

    A couple years ago, when I walked through the factory in Böblingen I saw "posters", basically, admonishing people to not even use the word Mercedes.

    They seemed REALLY intent on keeping Smart as a separate entity. Has that changed now?

  21. Re:Did it many MANY times. on Are Keyboards Dishwasher Safe? · · Score: 1

    Forgot to mention, I do that with wireless keyboards as well. Again, problem free, as long as they are dry before reinserting the batteries.

  22. Did it many MANY times. on Are Keyboards Dishwasher Safe? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Not the dishwasher route though. I put them in the sink and wash them well; I usually use "Simple Green" as a detergent.

    Shake well, or run a shop-vac over them after cleaning, and put them in a warm place with decent air circulation for the weekend. On Monday plug in, turn computer on ... NEVER one problem.

  23. Re:Am I the only one disgusted by this? on Weapon Found in Whale Dated From the 1800s · · Score: 1

    I am all for that. Let the whales make their case at the UN.

  24. Re:Indigenous culture. Time to change? on Weapon Found in Whale Dated From the 1800s · · Score: 1

    You never know, do you?

    Make your case at the "International Italian Hunting Commission" and see how it plays out.

  25. Re:Computer? on How Long Could You Live Without Your Gadgets? · · Score: 1

    As far as I am concerned, the computer ceased to be a gadget when my mother, 65 at the time, got one.