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  1. Re:I'm waiting for... on Power Over Ethernet for AirPort Base Station · · Score: 1

    LOL! ;-)

    Tesla would be turning in his grave...

    -psy

  2. I was tested for carpal on Getting Treatment for Carpal Tunnel? · · Score: 5, Funny

    In late 2002. This is how I did it:

    - Went to see my General Practioner
    - He referred me to the neurology department at a local hospital
    - They ran an EMG test
    - I saw neurologist for results

    Easy. Never a problem with forms or my employer.

    Oooooh....sorry....I live in Canada. Damn our Socialist tendancies and universal healthcare!!

    -psy

  3. I'm waiting for... on Power Over Ethernet for AirPort Base Station · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...power over 802.11!!!!!

    -psy

  4. Ewwwww on Another Fan-Made TRON Costume · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's with the nasty Tron pr0n? Did we really need so many shots of an ugly guy "modelling"?!

    -psy

  5. Re:Emacs NOT worth buying on Apple Revises eMac · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm happier with vim, actually ;-)

    -psy

  6. Re:Worth buying? on Apple Revises eMac · · Score: 1

    I just saw them on Apple's web store....reminds me of the tilt and swivel stand I had for my Mac SE! ;-)

    Thanks for the tip.

    -psy

  7. Re:Worth buying? on Apple Revises eMac · · Score: 1

    Actually, I really need a new laptop as my 2-year old G4 is falling to pieces (mind you, it's been around the world a couple of times and I use it every day). But I can't justify buying a new 15" G4-Al right now. ;-)

    As for the downturn, I was lucky enough not to have to work through most of it....I think I might have had to do a Joe-job if I did! Things seem to be picking up here in Toronto, and I work in the financial sector these days doing some rather specialist stuff, so I'm lucky.

    -psy

  8. Re:Worth buying? on Apple Revises eMac · · Score: 1

    I definitely wouldn't move it much...that's what my Powerbook is for ;-)

    Thanks for the comments....I think I'll go buy one!

    -psy

  9. Worth buying? on Apple Revises eMac · · Score: 4, Interesting

    At a grand with a Superdrive, seems like a nice little system for me to use when at home rather than setting up my Powerbook G4 when I get home...any comments on how usable it is? I'd definitely bump the RAM up from 256mbytes ;-)

    -psy

  10. SSN?! on Security and School - How Should One Speak Up? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    " I was upset about them changing from using my SSN to a proprietary number scheme for identifying students..."

    Let me see if I understand: you're upset about not being told to use a piece of information that's the root of identity theft issues? Heck, I'd be *glad* the school was moving away from having my SSN plastered all over the place!

    -psy

  11. Re:Hah on Yoda The Mouse Turns 4 · · Score: 1

    Actually, it was the near-death suffocation incident that finished the relationship ;-)

    -psy

  12. Hah on Yoda The Mouse Turns 4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Yoda's cage mate, Princess Leia, is a much larger female who uses her body warmth to keep the dwarf mouse from freezing to death. "

    I used the same excuse with my ex-gf....."snuggle me with your ample bossom, or I'll freeze to death!" ;-)
    -psy

  13. Re:The poster is a moron on Bad News for Earth's Magnetic Field · · Score: 1

    I think people think that the magnetic poles are like a battery that can only flip betwene positive and negative...they are constantly moving (magnetic north has strayed to Russia, but is currently in Canada), and they vary in strength.

    And, as you so rightly said: we're far too insignificant to be wiped-out by something of cosmic proportion or scale :-)

    -psy

  14. The poster is a moron on Bad News for Earth's Magnetic Field · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "That's a long time without a protective magnetic field".

    Actually, haven't you wondered how life existed during previous flips? We don't lose our protection....it's polarity shifts....

    -psy

  15. Re:Water wheel? on Off Grid Via Slow Moving River? · · Score: 1

    You can't do an undershot wheel?

    -psy

  16. Water wheel? on Off Grid Via Slow Moving River? · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with the classic European-style water wheel used in mills?

    -psy

  17. Ummmm... on Listen to the Sky · · Score: 1

    ....I think you missed the April 1st submission deadline :-p

    -psy

  18. The worm has turned on IBM Snags Leading Indian Outsourcing Firm · · Score: 1

    Now Americans are [potentially] profitting of offshore outsourcing....oh the sweet irony ;-)

    -psy

  19. Re:You don't need to understand grammer.. on Latest Research on Quantum Computing · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I've got an excuse: I'm lexdysic.

    -psy

  20. Re:You don't need to understand grammer.. on Latest Research on Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    You lost me there...I was referring to the poster using capitalization....hence the comment about it not being a proper noun :-p

    -psy

  21. You don't need to understand grammer.. on Latest Research on Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    ....to understand quantum mechanics, apparently. "Quantum" is not a proper noun, not even in the context of quantum mechanics!

    -psy

  22. Huh? on Computerized Time Clocks Susceptible to 'Manager Attack' · · Score: 1

    How does some guy with a punch-card affect NTP? ;-)

    -psy

  23. Ummmmm.... on Using the internet for free food? · · Score: 1

    " offering food in exchange for credit application and other horrible things like spam"
    Spam is food, you insensitive clod!
    -psy

  24. No big deal on CE Risks from Argentina's Drop to 209V? · · Score: 1

    Our building 220vac supply actually reads 208vac here right now, so I really don't think 209vac is such a big deal. Most devices have a pretty good tolerance for lower than "adveritzed" voltages.

    -psy

  25. Not safe at all! on How Safe are Government Computers? · · Score: 0

    I recently had one fall on me and it bloody hurt!

    -psy