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  1. Re:Fixes on G4TechTV Announced · · Score: 1

    I pray that they change the name to The G Spot. I haven't watched TechTV much since it changed over from ZDTV. This would surely draw me back in.

  2. Re:Imagine... on Smart Billboards · · Score: 1

    There is.....but it's on XM.

  3. Compact Flash is tougher than hell on What's the Hardiest Hardware You've Seen? · · Score: 1

    I've got a 128 meg compact flash card that has been in my right front pocket every work day for the last 9 months. It has a software reflash for a device that my company sells on it. I run in to customers that need the update about once or twice a week. It has now made 3 trips through the washer and dryer and still works.

  4. Code retrevial on old stuff on Dealing with Outdated Automotive Software? · · Score: 1

    This info is generally readily available online or at the library. Especially older 80's stuff, where retrieving codes is simply a matter of grounding a certain wire, or connecting a test lead to a particular terminal and watching a light flash. Seldom on the old stuff do you actually need a "Scan Tool" to pull codes, although it makes life much easier.

  5. Maybe a party would be better on Joining the ACLU? · · Score: 1

    Depending on your political beliefs, perhaps the Libertarian Party would be a better place to put your time and money. I don't know what actions of ACLU offend you. (For me, it is some of thier more Leftist defenses.) That's how I ended up contributing to the Party. Just my humble, undereducated, red necked, opinion.

  6. Re:Slashdot Posts Non-story on The Wireless Wardriving Rig · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Agreed. I fail to see what the story is here. It's slightly less funtional than my computer case that also conveniently holds my laptop, power strip, and gps unit. Granted, this is running BSD instead of XP, Netstumbler, and Delorme Street Atlas USA 2003 plus.

  7. Re:Did it for a year on Working Hints for a New Telecommuter? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ha Ha, the toilet thing happened to me only a few weeks ago. I had one of those nasty stomach viruses that has stuff coming out both ends for the whole night before an early conference call. I ended up exploding in the midst of the call and got a good laugh from all others attending.

  8. Re: Not true on Are Printers What They Used To Be? · · Score: 1

    The update that you could get from HP for it for free fixed all of my troublemakers that I took care of. (probably 8 or 10 in total)

  9. Wow...guess I don't need a floppy drive on How to Make a Starship Enterprise out of a 3.5" Floppy · · Score: 1

    Here I sit in a room with 6 PC's surrounding me. I figured I'd reach in to my desk and grab an old floppy and do this. None there. Look in the closet behind me....none there. When's the last time I actually used one? Musta been building a tomsrtbt disk about 8 months ago. Now i've got to really scavenge so I can build this useless little puppy.

  10. Advice on Advice for a Dad-To-Be? · · Score: 1

    I'm suprised that you even need to ask for advice. When my wife was pregnant, everyone had advice to offer, and most of it sucked. Here's my opinion that most people probably think sucks.
    If you make any money at all, have your wife quit her job. The more time that your child can spend with it's immediate family, the better.
    Next off, if possible, breast feed.
    Finally, if it comes down to you getting sleep, or staying up all night, cosleep. Why this is such taboo, I'll never know.

  11. What a coincidence on Why Do Some CDRs Smell Like Almonds? · · Score: 1

    I was just about to post an Ask Slashdot about a bag of nuts that I got last night that smelled like freshly burnt CD-R's.

  12. Invert on Building a Laptop Trickle Charger? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why not just hook an inverter up if you are going to convert it to 12 volts?

  13. Iraqi national broadcasts on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Judging by your obvious bias, Go directly to the source.

  14. Re:Competition with satellite radio... how? on Low Profile Satellite TV Antennas for Vehicles · · Score: 3, Informative

    Perhaps because DirecTV offers streaming audio in addition to it's television broadcast offerings?

  15. Re:where's the market? on Drug Companies Plan Male Contraceptive Pill · · Score: 2

    I would. I'm not in a baby making mood at the moment, but I could be again soon.

  16. Damn Lying Commercials! on Portable Scanner Solutions for Research? · · Score: 2

    I thought that when you plugged something in to a Mac, bing! it just worked. Hmmmm, i'm thinking maybe that moderately attractive young lady lied to me.

  17. Re:Power supply adapters and plugs... on Connectors: A History of Their Technology? · · Score: 2

    I used to know a fellow that has what appears to be a hair lip. In reality, when he was about 3 years old, he unplugged a coffee maker with his mouth. Rolled him across the floor in a rather rapid fashion.

  18. Re:Well, on Mozilla 1.0 Release Parties · · Score: 2

    The women are the ones with the body hair. Legs, armpits, and facial.

  19. Re:Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes KFC on Featherless Chickens · · Score: 3, Informative

    I read somewhere that the reason Kentuky Fried Chicken became KFC was to drop Fried from the name, due to the fact that fried foods aren't supposed to be good for you.

  20. RMS needs Dale Carnegie on RMS Replies to "The Stallman Factor" · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Eventually, users will grow tired of the ravings of this half-wit savant and find new tools and a license without a megalomanic behind it to power the system.

  21. Celebrity Appearance on Senate Bill Would Make Clandestine Video Taping Illegal · · Score: 2

    I would assume that Angie Harmon's appearance was due to her role in this.

  22. Model M baby on More Ergonomic Keyboards · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use a Model M and type like you've got a pair and all of your carpal tunnel troubles will be over.

  23. Is it because of a retail price ploy? on Epson Treats Mac Users Like Second-Class Citizens? · · Score: 2

    Maybe someone who has done a little bit of looking can answer this. Are the Mac retail outlets selling the devices in question cheaper?
    Is Epson cutting a deal with them to forego the rebate system so that they can show a real cheap retail price?

  24. God forbid... on Open Relays, Free Speech, and Virus Propagation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    someone would use a little common sense. Perhaps his "friends" need to do what the rest of the world does and get a shell account or a webmail account. If the janitor of a school left the door unlocked so that his wife could come in after hours and drop off his dinner and a bunch of kids came in through the unlocked door and trashed the place, the kids would be at fault, but the janitor would be guilty of neglegence. If the janitor didn't lose his job, he probably would be smart enough to leave the door locked in the future.

  25. Re:Humans better? on Computers Seek The Call Of An Extinct Bird · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You would have to assume that all ivory billed woodpeckers sounded exactly alike, which they don't. The human brain is way better at fuzzy stuff than a box is. I once saw a program on TV about this in regards to facial recognition. The computer was great at it, as long as it was easy to get the primary facial measurements. Throw in some distortion and the computer got lost on a sample that the human eye could easily identify