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  1. Wonder how much space cash is on there.

  2. As for Olds for nerds? This nerd would very much like to have a G-body Cutlass Supreme, tastefully done to appear stock while having enough go, stop and handling to be a lot of fun. I'm thinking a Rocket 350 fed by a quad of Weber twin-chokes, into a Tremec five-speed on the floor, with leather interiors and some kind of tasteful alloy wheels with period-looking tall-ish sidewall tires.

    What's your Olds for Nerds?

    Ah... I have an 81 Olds with a 350 (Chev ZZ4/355HP) with a Tremec five-speed and a 9'' rear that I just completed. Looks mostly stock (other than a few interior details and some minor trim). Talk about fast and fun!

  3. Re:Hedy would approve on Girls-Only Computer Camps Formed At Behest of Top Google, Facebook Execs · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's Hedley

  4. Re:Oh this is easy .... on Ask Slashdot: Living Without Social Media In 2015? · · Score: 1

    Do you need a Google account if you buy an Android phone? Seriously asking. I swear when I set mine up I skipped the setup for the account. I added one only for the Play Store I thought.

    As in added one after the fact of the phone being setup... IE, I could have gone without it if I didn't want the Play Store.

  5. Re:Oh this is easy .... on Ask Slashdot: Living Without Social Media In 2015? · · Score: 1

    Do you need a Google account if you buy an Android phone? Seriously asking. I swear when I set mine up I skipped the setup for the account. I added one only for the Play Store I thought.

  6. Re:Bigger options button is the main one on The Fixes Sony's DualShock 4 Controller Still Needs · · Score: 1

    The complaint I have is in Madden and a few other games, is I've been screwed trying to hit the options button but missing it and hitting the touch-pad button. I've called multiple timeouts (touch-pad) in Madden when I was just trying to pause the game (options). Granted, that's maybe more of an issue with controller button mapping in the game (which I could change), but I still feel it's not the perfect layout. I do prefer it over the X360 controller I had. Haven't tried a Xbox One controller yet though.

  7. Re:NO, all candy bar on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    maddox... is that you? http://www.thebestpageintheuni...

  8. Re:Couldn't Agree More on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    even webOS was significantly underrated. multitasking on my old Pre was wayyy better than on any of the crappy android or windows 8 phones i've had since :(

    the card-view or whatever it was called as spot on... the current Android tries a similar approach but still doesn't feel quite the same...

  9. Re: stupid premise on Physical Media: Down, But Maybe Not Out · · Score: 1

    I rip to iso. Meh get the full quality from the disk and allows me to rip it to any format down the line.

  10. Re: I call BS on FBI Need Potheads To Fight Cybercrime · · Score: 1

    Well like I said before I can drink and handle it just fine but I don't because that's not 'professional'. Hell I'd probably work better with others if I could snag a couple brews around lunch.

  11. Re: Drunk on FBI Need Potheads To Fight Cybercrime · · Score: 1

    And I work better with a couple beers too but that won't fly at a job.

  12. Re: I call BS on FBI Need Potheads To Fight Cybercrime · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Must be true. You are statistically significant.

  13. Drunk on FBI Need Potheads To Fight Cybercrime · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Look I'm all for allowing them to smoke on their own time, but I don't show up to interviews or work buzzing off of a couple bloody marys. Relax the drug screenings yes, but showing up high? That's just immature IMHO.

  14. Re:Everyone open your firewalls on China's State Press Calls For 'Building a De-Americanized World' · · Score: 1

    Free hat!

  15. Re:What wrong with a wireless keyboard and mouse? on Valve Announces Steam Controller · · Score: 1

    Do wireless mice and keyboards have any lag compared to wired? I realize a controller will be wireless but I know in the past that some wireless keyboards had lag issues. Of course, I bought shitty cheap ones.

  16. space cash on Space Food From Space Farms · · Score: 1

    I better start saving up my space cash i stole from baby fark mcgee zax

  17. Another butt-ugly electric car... yawn on BMW Debuts First Electric Vehicle Made Primarily of Carbon Fiber · · Score: 1

    Yet another electric / hybrid car that looks like crap IMHO. Why not make it look more in line with your other models?

    One thing I wish Ford or one of the companies that built muscle cars, was take that body style, almost copy it exactly, and convert it into a hybrid or electric vehicle. Obviously, they'd have to change alot of stuff for structural integrity, make it carbon fiber, etc, but keep the body shape and curves.

    Imagine a car that looked like a 70's Mach 1 that was hybrid or electric... Of course, then people can't be smug driving these cars. Saying... Thanks!!

  18. Pile on USA on BlackBerry Helps Indian Gov't Spy On Users' Messages · · Score: 1

    Damnit, India now too? Now we can't just pile on the USA, Bush, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, Eric Holder and the likes.

  19. Re:Borg Immigration on FWD.us Remixes the Statue of Liberty Greeting · · Score: 1

    Damnit, now I want some spaghetti and meatballs...

  20. Re: Surpassing Vista on Windows 8 Passes Vista, Hits 5.1% Market Share · · Score: 0

    But the Start Screen is so scary... We're on Windows 7 so no point going to 8 obviously, but if I were still on XP I might look at going 8/8.1 vs 7.

  21. Re:Obviously due to global warming on Was That A Tsunami? · · Score: 1

    Obama? I thought global warming was caused by Al Gore.

    Listening to conservatives I have learned that *everything* is Obama's fault.

    Luckily, in turn *everything* can then be blamed on Bush then.

  22. Re:Throw the Book on Former TigerDirect President Indicted In $230 Million Laundering Scheme · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Team America, and then Team America goes out... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money.

  23. Re: :3 on Transgendered Folks Encountering Document/Database ID Hassles · · Score: 1

    Long... But well written and very interesting.

  24. Re:Modern Jesus on NSA WhistleBlower Outs Himself · · Score: 1

    I thought he kinda helped Clinton seal the deal (by taking more votes away from Bush Sr.), but I could be mistaken. Before my time.

  25. Re:No really, it's jQuery that's broken on WebKit As Broken As Older IE Versions? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The point of using jQuery and other frameworks is you don't have to re-invent the wheel every damn time you want to do something. Yes, jQuery might be misused in many situations, but in alot of cases, it simplifies the coding so you're not rewriting what is already done.