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  1. Re:Here you go on Getting Kids Started In Astonomy? · · Score: 1
    Also, regarding telescope, you might find using binoculars from the moon and space station a good start.

    Wow, that's dedication, for a new starter.

    Serious point: binoculars are easier to hold steady than telescopes, (especially refracting 'scopes) and kids don't want the inconvenience of having to use tripods all the time.

    Also, binoculars stop you from the old problem of closing the eye not peering down the telescope and all the associated ills that brings.

  2. Re:Got it here on FCC Considering 10-Digit Dialing [UPDATED] · · Score: 3
    What's the problem?

    I've had 10-digit dialing since I was old enough to reach a phone.

    2 hands, 5 digits on each = 10 digits.

    Of course, back then, phones really had dials, with 10 digits on them.

  3. Locating ISS etc on ISS Gets Wings · · Score: 2

    http://www.heavens-above.com will locate the ISS and other objects for you relative to where you are (within reason) for various dates/times.

  4. That book was good on Programming Perl, 3rd Edition · · Score: 3
    chomp <>;

    Next

    (Those books don't last like the old ones used to)

  5. Re:Too bad the Internet is not that fast on 100Mbps Internet Access For $1000 Per Month · · Score: 1
    How about hooking that firehose to a whole street full of outside taps?

    That would be almost like having lots of browsers open, wouldn't it?

    Each one getting full external bandwidth concurrently, side by side down the ISP's fat pipe to your machine.

  6. Re:Flash? Well, no, actually. on Pro-Linux Mail Trojan Running Around · · Score: 1
    I agree totally, but I can't work out why Linux users are being targeted by a virus which promotes turning to Linux.

    Pass the lettuce, my memory is on fire, brigadier?

  7. Re:Not very strange... on Virginia Beach Pays Microsoft $129,000 · · Score: 1
    there's no way for MS to keep track of what they're buying

    Why not. Do they use an Access database or something?

    I'm sure a competant sizeable tech org could manage data retrieval based on a customer lookup in their accounts records...

  8. Re:Flash? Well, no, actually. on Pro-Linux Mail Trojan Running Around · · Score: 1
    It's not Flash, it's an .exe file that goes through all your Jpeg and Zip files and appends change atleast now to LINUX to the names.

    Are they seriously suggesting that lusers should be responsible enough not to launch .exe files they are emailed?

  9. Re:Not very strange... on Virginia Beach Pays Microsoft $129,000 · · Score: 2
    This is a decentralized organisation with offices in many physical locations. Each office had its own purchasing authority, and, _should_ have filed its own certificates.

    Unfortunatley, the task of pulling all these together, in a hurry has proved troublesome.

    Should Microsoft be required to provide details of its own records of sales to this customer? Some data-protection law might help here.

  10. Past performance is not an indication of future... on Online History Of Computer Component Prices? · · Score: 1
    Does anything like this exist already?

    Yes, it's a metallic disc, with easily distinguishable faces. You flip it, and correlate the result with a pre-designated mapping eg Heads, I buy now, Tails, I wait.

    What I'd like to see is a graph of performance against price (ie backwards) as it appears that price stands almost still, and you progressively get more for your money over time.

  11. Obligatory on Money For Nothin' From The SDMI Hacking Contest · · Score: 2

    SDMI in Dire Straits comment.

  12. Re:Auto-biography? on Linus Torvalds Announces Autobiography · · Score: 1

    Yeah, like he's writing a book about his car.

  13. Broken link on Phone Numbers Instead of URLs? · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should have tried it in nemerical format ;)

  14. Re:Feel free to create some content, my friend :) on Finding Educational Materials For A Linux Class? · · Score: 2
    print the MAN page for the topic de jure

    jure is French for swear.

    You may have meant du jour.

    Come to think of it, I prefer your version. ;)

  15. Re:Try rute on Finding Educational Materials For A Linux Class? · · Score: 1
    Also from the T&C:

    Verbatim copies of the work may be redistributed through any electronic media.

    So as long as each individual takes care of their own hard-copy requirements, all is well with the world.

    Next.

  16. At last on Linus Torvalds Announces Autobiography · · Score: 1

    A self-documenting OS

  17. Try playing hardball on Hiring Programmers For A Non-Profit? · · Score: 1
    Do what the private sector does.

    Make big promises and fail to deliver on them.

    Or offer perks that really appeal to geeks - mainly based around freedom of expression, eg they can choose their own h/ware and s/ware set-up, and play with new technologies.

    This could be beneficial in many ways.

  18. Re:Satelite is so passe on Satellite Radio Coming Soon(?) · · Score: 1

    Can I suggest a Playstation 2 with Ridge Racer 5?
    That way you can concentrate on driving and have fun without having to get bored driving. :)

  19. Re:Satelite is so passe on Satellite Radio Coming Soon(?) · · Score: 1
    When is someone going to introduce in-car satelite television? Do they expect me to read to pass the time?

    I'm not sure about this, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the main focus of your attention should be a little task called driving <g>

  20. Well officer, on Other Fair-Uses For DeCSS? · · Score: 2
    I purchased a music-video single DVD (Utada Hikaru, 'Wait and See ~risuku~') and found it significantly more convenient to play it off my harddrive than to reach for the disc everytime I want to play one single video

    I find it significantly more convenient to keep Britney Spears locked in my basement, available 24/7, rather than have to reach for a disc every time I want to see her perform.

  21. Re:I get it... on Son of HAL For Sale · · Score: 1
    Have you ever used a touchscreen?

    I have, and they're great. Especially for pointing and drag&drop. Not quite so good for double-clicking or scrolling.

    The biggest drawbacks are that you can't set up ballistic acceleration, and right-click means nothing, whichever hand you use.

    Any thoughts of the implications while surfing pr0n?

  22. Re:Watch out on WebQL Turns the Web Into A Giant Database · · Score: 1
    ...You might wind up on the end of a Caesius and Desist order.

    See the unbroken link here for proof that this is on-topic and funny.

  23. Salmonella, anyone? on Nano Subs in your Blood · · Score: 2
    This has just been reported.

    Och aye!

  24. Re:What about the immune system? on Nano Subs in your Blood · · Score: 1

    The sub is coated in the blood of the patient, so it doesn't appear foreign.

  25. Re:What about your immunologic system? on Nano Subs in your Blood · · Score: 1
    There's food in the subs.

    Well, salmonella food.

    Not turkey and pumpkins.