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  1. from the stop me before I kill again department on Google Tries Not To Be a Black Hole of Brilliance · · Score: 1

    (That's a Mad Magazine reference.) I never fully understood it, but the magazine reliably used it in situations like this.

  2. Re: My wiring looks like this on SETI@Home Install Leads To School Tech Supervisor's Resignation · · Score: 1

    4) spend the first two weeks chasing down machines that were were working fine but now do not connect to the network.

    My thought was, what if the switch has mixed 100BaseT and 1000BaseT rows. I don't know what kind of wire management could be devised for a situation like that.

  3. Re:They have to. Security Clearance. on EFF Wants To Know If the Feds Are Cyberstalking · · Score: 1

    So, if you have a friend on Facebook who had to get security clearance, you were investigated.

    And my ~1.7 million slashdot buddies, too?

  4. Re:Commendable... on SETI@Home Install Leads To School Tech Supervisor's Resignation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What exactly would cable management look like for a switch like that with wires running up a single "chimney"?

  5. Re:How hard is it to simulate a cat's brain on 1 c on IBM Takes a (Feline) Step Toward Thinking Machines · · Score: 1

    Wait. You bought the cat at a fle[a] market?

  6. Error 678 on IBM Takes a (Feline) Step Toward Thinking Machines · · Score: 1

    678: Out of milk

  7. In software and the kitchen on Former Microsoft CTO Builds Kitchen Laboratory · · Score: 1

    he's forcing ram to do preposterous things.

  8. Re:Microsoft! on Former Microsoft CTO Builds Kitchen Laboratory · · Score: 1

    You're not thinking of this from the perspective of the 100-ton hydraulic press manufacturer.

  9. Hold me. on Microsoft Plugs "Drive-By" and 14 Other Holes · · Score: 1

    I'm scared!

  10. My computer is in the glove box on An Inbox Is Not a Glove Compartment · · Score: 5, Funny

    you insensitive clod!

  11. Re:Can we get rid of the US Congress so easily? on Blogger Humiliates Town Councillors Into Resigning · · Score: 1

    Well, Google Street view apparently never made it down Chapel Street in Leigh. They were possibly blocked by that egregious barber pole.

  12. Re:Can we get rid of the US Congress so easily? on Blogger Humiliates Town Councillors Into Resigning · · Score: 1

    Not sure if you are trolling, but did you complain to Mr Mercer about how much his story sucks? http://www.wigantoday.net/wigannews/Council-removes-barber-shop-sign.5748230.jp

  13. Re:Some notes regarding the launch on "Frickin' Fantastic" Launch of NASA's Ares I-X Rocket · · Score: 1

    The flame burns outward after being ignited from the top. Wrong! (Sorry.) The flame does burn outward, but I'm not sure where ignition starts on the Ares I.

  14. Re:Some notes regarding the launch on "Frickin' Fantastic" Launch of NASA's Ares I-X Rocket · · Score: 1

    The flame burns outward after being ignited from the top.

    Sorry, that's the Shuttle. I don't know where they ignite Ares I.

  15. Re:Some notes regarding the launch on "Frickin' Fantastic" Launch of NASA's Ares I-X Rocket · · Score: 1

    The whole solid rocket booster is hollow. The flame burns outward after being ignited from the top. So, ~2 minutes is how long all similar diameter first stages will last.

    I'm no expert, but there is concern that vibrations from the solid rocket motor could be in tune with the body of the rocket.

    NASA is working on three separate mitigations for the vibrations, but they all weigh something, and extra capacity is something this rocket has none of.

    Solid rocket motor vibrations are not easy to predict, so how much weight should be devoted to a (just-in-case scenario) is a conundrum that is still being worked out.

  16. Re:What's next? on "Frickin' Fantastic" Launch of NASA's Ares I-X Rocket · · Score: 1

    There is no restart of the second stage. There is an air-start of the second stage, something that has proved difficult with the Space Shuttle Main Engine--hence, the J-2X engine.

    When the second stage is exhausted, the Ares I will still crash into the earth. The motor on the payload is fired to achieve orbit.

  17. Re:It's their own fault on Wikipedia Approaches Its Limits · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As an inclusionist, I wish that wikipedia.org would take a lesson from slashdot.org and work on a slider for the articles. Have the authors rank the articles on a scale from troll to featured-article. Let the reader dial in the pain they are willing to endure.

  18. Re:How does Microsoft define what is 'explicit'? on Bing Gets Porn Domain To Filter Explicit Content · · Score: 1

    Try "pile driver."

  19. Re:Have any of you actually used bing? on Does Bing Have Google Running Scared? · · Score: 1

    I used it once. There were Spanish and Italian links within the first three results. Around result seven was a title full of line noise and text full of random words. Somewhere in the results I saw _anal sex_. I had to wipe away a tear, for bing reminded me of the Alta Vista search engine from the 1990s.

  20. Sorry I'm late . . . on Microsoft Asks Open Source Not to Focus On Price · · Score: 1

    . . . with my comment on this article. Firefox kept crashing, so I had to switch computers.

  21. Re:Easy to defeat on 3D-Based CAPTCHAs Become a Reality · · Score: 1

    Mod parent Funny! I think that was the intent of the post.

  22. Re:Let's play the statistics game. on UK Government Ads Link Games With "Early Death" · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's like right as the Andrea Doria collided with the Stockholm (from memory), a lady flicked on a light switch. She ran up on deck in panic, convinced that she had caused the problem.

  23. Center-left documentary maker on Filmmaker Working On Eye-Socket Camera · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not sure if this refers to his politics or the camera's vantage point.

  24. Re:Math? on Mars Winds Clean Spirit's Solar Panels Again · · Score: 1

    (Not to be mean), but this might be a case where RTFS would apply.

  25. Re:Call me crazy on Don't Like EULAs? Get Your Cat To Agree To Them · · Score: 1

    Oh, you mean that kind of mouse! Sorry, Squeakums!!!