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  1. Re:Where's the buggy-eyed smily when you need it? on Man Reportedly Jailed for Using Lynx · · Score: 1

    They're not rare, you can request as many as you like from your bank for example. They cost... $2 each.

    The BEP continues to print them whenever their stock gets low.

    $1 -> $2 -> $5 -> $10
    $10 -> $20 -> $50 -> $100

  2. Re:Well that is the core business of coffee shops on We Pay Our Rent By Buying Coffee · · Score: 1

    DIA was great for this as well, but too far out of Denver to go on a lark. When flying alone I always made sure to show up an hour or two earlier than usual to stroll, people watch, and relax.

  3. Re:testing?! on Debian 3.0r4 Released · · Score: 1

    He said aptitude, which is both a text-mode GUI replacement for dselect, and a drop-in command-line replacement for apt-get.

  4. Re:Does it say how they ripped off UCSD Pascal? on Revolution In The Valley · · Score: 1

    The disk swapping bug you're referring to is referenced here, and other than a superficial similarity has nothing to do with your pet OS, your conspiracy rant notwithstanding.

    In fact, Andy says he introduced it himself at 2am the day they built the final masters, but I'm sure he's in it with the Regents and Freemasons, or something.

  5. Re:I'm impressed. on CCC Mods Rent-a-Bike To Allow Free Rides · · Score: 1

    This only works on universities built on flat ground.

    Universities built on hills usually find that the bikes accumulate on the low side of the campus pretty quickly.

  6. Re: Biodiesel on Green Energy Almost Cost-Competitive with Fossil Fuels · · Score: 1
    The problem with using biodiesel, or even ethanol, is that you generally have to combust those to use the chemical energy. This results in the production of CO2, which everyone loves to hate these days.
    Actually, the crops grown for biodiesel or ethanol consume as much CO2 as they produce when combusted.

    Think about it.

    Biodiesel does need some breakthroughs before it is a good substitute for fossil fuels, however.
  7. Re:IMAP filtering in KMail on Preview of KDE 3.4 · · Score: 1
    From the KDE 3.4 Release Plan:

    KMail - In Progress:
    • Client side IMAP filtering. Till Adam, Don Sanders
    • Type-specific configuration dialogs for folders Aaron J. Seigo
    • Asynchronization of expensive filter actions. Till Adam, Don Sanders
    • Improved responsiveness for delete/copy/move of multiple messages. Don Sanders
    • Imap folders as targets for filter move actions. Till Adam, Don Sanders
    • Multipart/related mail support. Don Sanders
    • Full text index. Don Sanders

    Check out the full list for finished and TODO items as well!
  8. Re:What were the two Daily Doubles he missed? on Adieu to Ken Jennings · · Score: 1

    A: On Dec. 26, 1944 Patton's forces Relieved this town in Belgium's Ardennes; the germans were driven out in Jan.

    A: The name of this often brimless hat, popular in the 1920s, is French for "bell", after the shape of the hat.

  9. Re:Saxifrage Russell on Scientists Propose 'National Parks' On Mars · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is probably the most topical post in the thread, and it's moderated 0, offtopic.

    Don't forget Anne, though.

  10. Re:From the Earth to the Moon. on Apollo 12 at 35 · · Score: 1

    I think that was my favorite episode too, the comparison between the 11 and 12 missions was perfect.

  11. Re:What is special about prime numbers? on Fun with Prime Numbers · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, very large primes are trivial to factor!

    Anyways, the grandparent was probably talking about the product of two very large primes, which is difficult to factor.

  12. You know what, Stuart? on A Review of "The Incredibles" · · Score: 1

    "Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! Everybody knows that a burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground! Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?!"

  13. 1upkin? on Halloween Pumpkin Carving · · Score: 1

    1up mushrooms are green, not red as described in the article.

  14. Re:Encoded Packets doesn't Solve Problems on Replacing TCP? · · Score: 1

    If properly done, it won't increase the bandwidth requirement. Instead, you can think of it as a tradeoff between "CPU" and "data rarity", if such a thing makes sense.

  15. Re:Style issues on Smart Cars Coming to Canada and U.S. · · Score: 1

    This morning I brought *twenty* liters of water and assorted groceries home on my bicycle. That was just with rear panniers; I could move a lot more with a basket, front panniers, and a rack bag, but rear panniers are the best balance if you can fit everything on them.

  16. Re:Screen shots? on Catan Online Set to Debut This Month · · Score: 1

    I bet you sneer at the idea of playing Solitaire without cards, too.

  17. Re:Screen shots? on Catan Online Set to Debut This Month · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's a board game.

    Click here for info.

  18. Re:This is what you don't want. on Space Station Turning Into a Trash Heap · · Score: 1

    No, you're wrong. Throwing toward the center of the earth just puts it in a faster, lower orbit.

    Forward takes you Out
    Out takes you Backward
    Backward takes you In
    In takes you Forward.

    You want to throw the trash directly behind yourself.

  19. Re:what?? on Space Station Turning Into a Trash Heap · · Score: 1

    Don't you know your orbital mechanics?

    Down takes you Spinward,
    Up takes you Anti-spinward,
    Spinward takes you Up,
    Anti-spinward takes you Down.

    You'll have to throw it behind yourself to send it down.

  20. Re:Sadly ironic on Astronaut Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper, 1927-2004 · · Score: 1

    This is true, I've heard it referred to as "death elasticity".

  21. Re:Counterfiting on U.S. Offers $50 Download · · Score: 1

    caesar(6) solves these pretty easily.

  22. Re:3.5 vs. 4.0 on Comparing Linux C and C++ Compilers · · Score: 1

    No, it started with 1.1.x.

  23. Re:IBM... on The OS Community Embraces IBM · · Score: 1

    IBM,
    UBM,
    We all BM
    For IBM!

  24. Re:Wierd... on A Visual History of Spam · · Score: 1

    No, that's when they turned on corporate spam filtering.

  25. Re:Debian on X.org X11 Server Release 6.8 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not this release, but one of the ideas for X11R7 is to move everything from /usr/X11R6/* to /usr/* where it belongs.