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  1. Re:Other bands to test... on Musical Wings Reduce Aircraft Stall Risk · · Score: 1

    Lets see, there are two types of stalls:
    1. Power Off Stall.
    2. Power On Stall.
    Both involve Gravity, Planet Earth, and your back side. Now which song from the Grateful Dead do I play in my "Wings"?

  2. Re:Human error on Kutztown Students get Felony Charges · · Score: 1

    I cannot understand why an adult would give a device to a child under the age of 18 without supervision. The very nature of "irresistible impluse" describes the actions of a child, or the insane.

    There are thousands of test cases from law courts against adults that created an environment for children to fail in. To think that children will act like adults is a most evil form of entrapment. To impose that children be handled like adults is far more sinister.

    I frankly don't give a tinkers damn about some businesses bottom line when it comes to children. If a business is so concerned about the actions of children, then it has every legal right NOT to sell, or give to the child; But to the childs Parent, or Guradian.

  3. I've Got A Question the Panel Can Ask NASA on Panel Challenges NASA Over Shuttle Safety · · Score: 1

    Public Common Knowledge:
    1. That Space Ship One can fall from 60 miles and not use tiles, but generic composits and land,(with M&M's on board floating around like a Skittles commerical).

    2. The shuttle starts a "Phase 2 Descent" at 50 miles, its here that heat shielding and tiles are spoken of in the same sentence.

    3. 6000 degrees heat is alot to ask of any material to endure.

    Question:
    Why does NASA still cling to a space launch model that is expensive, AND deadly; In the face of public common knowledge?

    And don't even get me started on the wasteful use of the main fuel tank after launch.

  4. As Yoda said, "Another There is." on Kurt Cagle's OpenSVG Keynote · · Score: 1

    PERL

    LISP suffers from one major drawback, readability. If LISP could be re-syntaxed so that the functions were understandable, intuitively, then Process and Control applications would benefit greatly. For example:

    car becomes firstOf

    cdr becomes restOf

    At this point, then introduction of other cultural languages sustitution could be applied.

  5. Re:Yes, but privacy? on Watch Like Device for At-Risk Patients · · Score: 1

    OK, grandpa will bite.

    How could the police use my EKG to arrest me?

  6. Personal Observations: on 10 Best Resources for CSS · · Score: 1

    I've noticed that for a lot of web designer folks; It is aways acceptable to be the second slowest Zebra in the heard. What is even more entertaining to watch, is that their client IS the slowest Zebra in the heard.

    Of course it goes without saying that unless your the lead zebra, the landscape NEVER changes.

  7. Re:Free Boxes on FedEx Cracks Down on Box Furniture, Citing DMCA · · Score: 1

    Hell, if Fed-up had been on the ball with this one, they should have sent it over to marketing. Instead, some numb butt thought it might be more fulfilling to sue some kid. I hope Fed-up fires the pin head for not seeing a golden opportunity.

    Think of Gerid and Subway Sandwiches

  8. Re:And what if... on Genetic Discrimination in the IT Workplace · · Score: 1

    Ummmmmmmm, to agree with your ideas one merely has to ignore the historic record of events.

    Funny thing about stem cell research; it's the victims of disease and accidents that see its benefits the clearest.

  9. Re:Spam Translation - Read the little font on MS Gets $7 Million From Spammer · · Score: 1

    Lets look at the facts.

    A bad guy sues a bad guy. The winner is a bad guy. The losing bad guy pays the legal costs. Nowhere are the good guys. The bad guys that profited from the other bad guys are not litigated against.

    What's really confusing is that the good guys think that by sticking a RFID chip up my rear will cause me to not be a bad guy? Or better yet, if I don't stick a RFID chip up my rear, then I'm a bad guy!

  10. Re:Yay. on Could IBM Shake up the Search Engine World? · · Score: 1

    Do you think that IBM is still pissed about Windows 3.1, and losing all that PC market share to the convicted of Redmond?

  11. Re:Whatever happened to single-stage-to-orbit? on NASA's Shuttle Plans · · Score: 1

    Fact: Shuttle 8+ people per launch. Apollo, 3 people per launch.

    Personal View: This is not new design, this is CYA at the top of the food chain. Why?

    Given: The cost of Burt Rotans WORKING solution, why not go in that direction?

    Fact: EVEN if you use Burt's solution for only one launch; Its STILL cheaper than the apollo solution.

    Conclusion: After Burt Rotan's solution, M&M's are no longer sold at NASA vending machines; Why?

  12. Re:Just outlaw tourism on RFID Tags To Track Foreigners, Identify Dead · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe the president,(call sign 'fearless leader'), could lead the country by having one of these rfid chips implanted where the sun don't shine? And hell, its only tax payer money; Lets have his friends over for another state party for back patting, and do the same for them?

  13. Re:Uh, it can work like that on Getting A Handle On Vista · · Score: 1

    I think it would be very enjoyable to windows users if the convicted of redmond's 'security features' meant less access points by crackers that still wear super hero underware.

  14. Re:Camera Views on Shuttle Discovery Lifts Off · · Score: 1

    I can't help but wonder what the shuttle would look like if Burt Rotan was heading the project. I'm going out now to buy a bag of M&M's to celibrate today's launch.

  15. Re:How about parts? on Possession of Cantenna Now Illegal? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As everyone knows, "Use a can of Pringles, go to jail".

    All joking aside, the FCC has always mainted, "That the air waves are free". Recieving data is one thing, but transmitting back is quite another. And just because my front door is open, doesn't mean anyone has permission to enter. The good guys can do everything the bad guys can do. The difference between the good guys, and the bad guys is that the good guys choose not to do it.

  16. Re:Is anyone else thinking super soldiers? on Power Armor For the Elderly · · Score: 1

    There is a question that bubbling up from my mind, "Given a Power Suit, What will be the 'Power' Supply?"

  17. Re:Anonymity on The Seven Laws of Identity · · Score: 1

    I can't help but be reminded of a young person standing up and proclaiming to all, "The King Has No Clothes ON!"

  18. Re:No, but probably on The Seven Laws of Identity · · Score: 1

    I remember a time when I didn't HAVE to put sun block on. Maybe those who dwell in the cool damp darkness should come out and see what the big blue room is becoming?

  19. Re:Shockings will continue... on FDA OKs Brain Pacemaker for Depression · · Score: 1

    I can't help but wonder if its from living in a 'Blue' state. Does Blockbuster carry a DVD copy of the 'Terminal Man'?

  20. Re:I would agree if you didn't know of the contrac on Microsoft Sues Google For Hiring MS Exec · · Score: 1

    Is American contract law binding in the P.R.C.?

  21. Re:Devuce drivers on Desktop Linux Mass Migration · · Score: 1

    The solution is simple to describe, but hard to accomplish. Make KDE, and openOffice look like it is a Windows product. As long as the products can interface with other users Windows applications, then the boss doesn't have to get involved. And we all know what the boss is going to say, if the boss has to get involved...

  22. Re:Sophistry at its finest... on SpamSlayer - should we DDOS spammers? · · Score: 1

    How does a Spammer React to ANY form of denial of service?

    Simple, use another IP Address.

    The nature of a spammer is a Socialpathic Ass-Hole,(SAH). This SAH has a goal of making a buck, and if doing so causes you a problem, then its your problem, not the SAH's. You will never change the profit orientation of a SAH, but a method of causing the SAH's ability to not communicate on the net is something that is worth considering.

  23. Re:We have this one every time... on The Internet Archive Sued Over Stored Pages · · Score: 1

    An interesting question comes to mind, "Does the existence of a document authored by the Defendent show the negligence of the Defendent?" A resonable and prudent person would say, "Yes."

  24. Now for Step 2 on Check Boxes and Radio Buttons Conquered by DHTML · · Score: 1

    What would be the next step so that in this would be used in CSS3?

  25. Re:They're felons, they have no rights. on Death Penalty For Hackers? · · Score: 1

    The law in Hawaii was, "All Laws Broken Are A Capitol Offense". It was noted by early explorers how initially friendly the natives were. There was a way to get sanctuary for law breakers, but you had to put your life in your hands to do it, and there was no guarantee.