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  1. Hands Free Laptop Use Cases on Advice On Notebook Backpacks? · · Score: 1

    Has anyone had any experience with cases like the Infocase Fieldmate with the User Harness? It seems to put the laptop right at your hip and suspended from straps to your shoulders. Then it can be folded up and rests flat against your stomach. Seems like the perfect acessory for picking up chix.
    User Harness

  2. Like everything2.com..sorta on Broken Links No More? · · Score: 1

    It's sorta like everything2.com, where you link phrases instead of url's, every phrase has an entry, although more obscure phrases won't have any info in the entry, but anyone can enter information in. So this broken links deal seems like that in a way, except maybe with a closed database or using google.

  3. Re:You forget about nuclear power on Saving Energy Without Derision · · Score: 1

    Well, compare the waste from a nuclear reactor to the waste from a petrol-burning factory. If the nuclear waste is kept in secure containers at the reactor, then the environment really isn't effected is it? How about the cancer rates of people living within 10 miles of the reactor? 20 miles? That's an important question. And is the world really stable enough to consider a reactor and it's waste secure sitting on the beach 40 miles from my house? And is nuclear power really that much cheaper than building solar arrays in the desert? If an accident happened, I'd think not.

    Biodiesel is the best solution for power I've found. And my unmodified 97 VW Jetta TDI is already running it. Clean, renewable, domestic.

  4. Re:Checks and Balances on West Virginian Mayor Might Defy Popular Vote · · Score: 1

    This is absurd, which I'm guessing was your point. Our government represents people, not money. The richest people pay the most taxes, there are loopholes that they get writeoffs with, but they still pay substantially more taxes.

    The people who don't have jobs may not have jobs because of bad government policy. The kind of policy that favors the rich and gives no assistance to the poor. The poor people would really want to vote for someone who may propose government spending money on federal jobs rather than corporate tax breaks, but they would never be able to vote that policy in.

  5. Left leaning? on Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How sad a day that the word 'liberal' is derogatory. The wording of an article may be an issue of interpretation, one could say either 'wholesale giveaway of natural resources' or 'bush boosts timber industry with innovative pricing' to make it sound better, but the content is based on the same bills which were really passed and not covered by the media. The media is the people's portal into the happenings of our government, but they're operating more like an entertainment industry. But if you consider the viewership these articles would bring, it's not like these articles wouldn't be covered because they're boring. Must be because they've got interest in not reporting these things. With a left or right leaning headline.

  6. Re:"Bringing the culture of openness..." on Linux Smartphones On The Rise · · Score: 1

    you're right about the drm..it certainly is a matter of not being worth it to crack the software than any sort of difficulty.

    oggplay is my music player of choice =]

  7. Re:"Bringing the culture of openness..." on Linux Smartphones On The Rise · · Score: 1

    indeed..free, open source apps have been produced for the p800. it's actually the strong rights management the phones have that lets companies charge so little for their software and still make a profit. i don't mind paying 10 bucks for a good game or application..especially since it's directly supporting a small indy developer like myself. it's like giving money to that productive version of me from the future. thanks lazy me from the past! now get to work so that i may exist!

  8. Re:First things first on Linux Smartphones On The Rise · · Score: 2, Informative

    well, the usual for getting a phone with a plan is to knock $150 off the price..so that $1k phone would still be $850..however, if you look on ebay for a p800 there's one for $325 now, and a p900 for $675. if you bring your own phone most service providers will waive the signup fee which is more affordable to them than giving you a $150 phone.

    i've had a p800 for a bit under a year, and as much as i like it, i wouldn't buy another or recommend it. using a touchscreen dialer is not as perfect as it seems..they may have improved it some with the p900, but with the earpiece in, dialing while driving is not safe because you must look at the screen as you dial. the other major complaint is lack of a d-pad, the jog dial doesn't cut it for games. i like the design of the sidekick, haven't held one but something like that running linux will probably be what gets me to upgrade. oh and waiting for those 4gb toshiba drives to get in there.

  9. duck it on Obtaining Replacement Parts for Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    mm duck tape. can't play quack 3 arena without it.

  10. Re:they'll know we want a pizza! on AT&T Sues PayPal and eBay for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    thanks ;]

  11. they'll know we want a pizza! on AT&T Sues PayPal and eBay for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1
  12. opportunity on Longhorn's Flash Killer? · · Score: 1

    this would be a good time for macromedia to diversify into linux development studios..that was once the biggest thing holding me back from linux..now of course it's the games.

  13. it's my opinion that on 'Matrix Revolutions' Opens Today · · Score: 1

    even saying that people didn't like it is a bit of a spoiler..sets a critical mood. just the news ma'am..thanks for telling me it's out today but i'd rather not see disappointing remarks in the headline.

  14. Re:don't buy the book on Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation · · Score: 1

    well since i am a playa may i humbly suggest that you consider the use of sarcasm in bringing smiles to the faces of those you interact with. =]

  15. just like that movie.. on Warfare at the Speed of Light · · Score: 1

    ever see real genius? sleath jets mounted with powerful lasers high in the sky could vaporize an individual without worrying about AA. a secret mission could eliminate someone from the earth without any evidence how.

    the para-noid in me (avoid the noid) thinks of a future where the protests against the increasingly military global state could find disappearing organizers as the increase of dissent gets threatening.

  16. sony-ericsson p800 on Expensive Geek Toys Roundup · · Score: 1

    usually an exec would already have his phone, but if a cell phone is what you want this phone. it's 650$ (or 1150$ for the phone with development kit, which every exec would want on their shelf) with camera, bluetooth, 150mhz processor, 208x320 touchscreen, handwriting recognition, up to 256mb memory stick duo. it's yummy. i'm no exec but i went poor getting this thing ;]

  17. eek there's an imac in the livingroom on Is the Internet Your Source of Knowledge? · · Score: 2, Informative

    sitting on the table between the couches next to the phone, the little imac makes a great phonebook, notepad, internet research, music player..hibrinates instantly on and off with a push of that lit white button. ya it's nice. google has certainly made my dictionary and encyclopedia obsolete and with a web browser on my phone, i've got constant access to all the information in the world.

  18. what we've got to do on Booting Linux Faster · · Score: 1

    boot windows faster..out the door! the sooner we get to kicking that habit, the better linux will get. any distributions implementing this kind of parallel loading yet? get on it!

  19. inexpensive alternatives on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    80$ bike
    500$ electric bike kit (20 mile commute in 45 mins)
    2000$ scooter that can get to highway speed
    20$ truck rental from home depot for hauling things around
    rent a car or rv for extended journeys
    gas prices negligable for all

  20. i wonder.. on Linking Dangerously · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wilson said he also may not associate with anyone from a group that "espouses physical force as a means of change."

    does that include the US government?

  21. Re:maybe 100 years.... on Will Humanoid Robots Take All the Jobs by 2050? · · Score: 1

    Does anybody honestly think that wealthy people are going to pay for a strange woman from El Salvador to clean their houses, once a machine can do it to such an exacting standard

    as some of the rich people who can afford those robots pick them up, those ladies will start offering their services for less if nobody else picks them up. there'll eventually be a point where her prices/the price people will pay fall below living standards for her and she'll die. but it's also a regional issue since the women in el salvador don't have to pay as much for food, if anything since their family may run a farm. it really comes down to having enough farmland to provide enough food, famine-disease-war will take care of the rest.

  22. burningman,yellowstone on A Geek's Tour Of North America? · · Score: 1

    if you're able to trek out to northern nevada the last week of august, an event not to be missed is burningman you can usually hitch a ride from the bay area. plenty of info on their page. it's 225$ for a ticket now but for a weeks rent in the most eclectic place on earth it's a good deal.

    yellowstone is one of the most amazing natural spots in the world. more geysers at that park than the rest of the world combined. beautiful to every sense.

  23. primordial creativity on Marriage May Tame Genius · · Score: 1

    i'd suspect that creative genius may not be pushing the boundries of scientific schools but instead toned towards the toddler level..a good time to sort of start from the beginning and learn anew with your little blank slate. to be learning in teaching instead of learning through experimentation (wouldn't want any lab fires when there's little mouths to feed)

  24. Re:Well on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    good call..the problem isn't the child, it's the system they put the child in. there are schools that let kids learn what they want at their own pace. the educators only provide assistance while the children gather in random age groups to take on a new field of study. and they always come out academically ahead of mainstream educated students, while probably being much happier.
    another suggestion i have for many with attention problems is to excersize for a half hour every other day. it balances body and mind, for me gave me much needed concentration and emotionally i'm much much happier.
    and the diet is definitely important, i have seen studies done taking junk food and soda out of high schools and putting in salad bars and fruit juice and grades went up, office visits went down, etc.

  25. Re:overblown on Widespread Use of Hydrogen May Hurt Ozone Layer · · Score: 1

    if you're talking about nuclear fission, that's certainly not a renewable resource.