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  1. its been done already on Russia Plans To Divert Asteroid · · Score: 1

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/80885/stargate-sg-1-fail-safe#x-0,vepisode,1,0

    although apophis was the name of the one that sent the asteroid not the asteroid

  2. Re:Too bad we don't have rules to deal with this on Midwest Seeing Red Over 'Green' Traffic Lights · · Score: 1

    Would swapping some of the LEDS to IR leds work?? (80% of the function of a stop light is to tell folks when to STOP and red is more or less close to IR (hint infra RED) this would minimize the amount of reworking at the fixture (or you could do a hotplate type ring wired into the "bulb")

  3. Re:Very interesting. on Google Netbook Specs Leaked · · Score: 1

    and of course letting an installed Linux distro access to the graphics chipset would also help.

  4. Before a Bounced Money Check comes.. on One Expert Pegs Yearly Cost of IT Failure At $6.2 Trillion · · Score: 1

    a Bounced Reality Check

    Every Death March can be attributed to Bouncing Checks (or checks not written at all much less cashed)

  5. Re:Absurd. on One Expert Pegs Yearly Cost of IT Failure At $6.2 Trillion · · Score: 1

    a packet of parchment in the desk bin and a fresh bottle of scotch on his desk should fix him rightly HOP TO IT KNAVE!!

  6. The way of the Guru on Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP · · Score: 1

    Your method leaves much to be desired if your actual job is software support but can be improved quite easily

    1 if said person is still at their desk then open the Help for them and suggest that they read same (bonus if you can show them the correct article)

    2 if they are not at their desk but in your sanctuary (why is this??) then do 1 and have them return to their desk

    3 for those users that like to read suggest they obtain a copy of the correct volume by the WinSaint Woody Leonhard and read this before they ask you minor questions (update 1 with page numbers as required)

    4 for those that need further help get a roll of cheap carpet and a drum of quicklime and have these items in your car at all times. Begin the process of hitting the user with the correct WinSaint volume until they become enlightened.

    in short help them navigate the help or find a quiet place to meditate

  7. Re:why? auto-discovery on Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP · · Score: 1

    going to reply to a rather obvious troll but

    1 KDE GNOME both have "control panel" type things you can use (and in fact the path is very similar)

    2 since internet paths and UNIX type paths are the same you could just blindly type an address into a command line and get punted over to the "native" web browser (same trick works in Windows btw since it just makes sense)

  8. Nobody has the Faith to do the job properly on Religion in Video Games · · Score: 1

    Ive got an idea for a game that could be big and would make a great statement of faith but i don't have the assets needed to make the game.

    if anybody would like to make a try for it email me.

    (note this will require a High End games engine to work properly)

  9. Re:What? No Due Process? on Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names · · Score: 1

    2 easy fixes for this

    1 run your party with enough "stuff" to get everybody dropping down drunk and have enough sleeping areas to support everyone (of course minus any Muslims/Baptists/Designated Drivers)

    2 have your designated driver COLLECT YOUR KEYS BEFOREHAND (heck your DD should be driving their own car in the first place)

  10. Re:"Innocent until proven guilty" on Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names · · Score: 1

    and thats why you have a "crash kit" with you at all times (with both a snack and if possible some insulin). Also any LEO should be trained to recognize a Medic Alert bracelet that would state "Insulin Dependent Diabetic" and then act accordingly. Heck if it could be done properly pulling the plate should have critical medical info on the Registered Owner.

    Plate: XY5-123T
    Registered Owner: Joeseph Random
    Address : 1234 Main street
    City,st,zip : Anytown , ND 34765
    [invert blinking text] Insulin Dependent Diabetic Code 10-52 [/invert blinking text]

    and the same or next line should read if there is a legal record problem
    [red blinking text] ACTIVE WARRANT ARMED AND DANGEROUS [/red blinking text]

    and please don't tell me an officer is not going to do a plate check in the process of pulling somebody over

  11. Re:"Innocent until proven guilty" on Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names · · Score: 1

    every driver should have US$20.00 (or similar in local currency) one of those battery based chargers for their cell phone and a "snack" in their glove compartment.

    AND IF YOU HAVE A SEVERE MEDICAL CONDITION YOU SHOULD HAVE A "CRASH BAG" IN YOUR CAR.

  12. Re:This is different how? on Ford's New Cars To Be Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    Stargate +Solar Flare = fixed that for you

  13. eh hem heard of GrokLaw?? on Best Open Source Business Tools? · · Score: 1

    even there you best you will get is some wild guesses as to what is generally held to be legal and enough "buzzwords" to speak to your own lawyer without making a fool of yourself.

    No lawyer worth his bartab is going to say "this is what the law says" unless they are a local lawyer and you have some sort of payment arranged. (yeah you may be able to get some help buying one of the paras a beer but just remember 2 things
    1 You have lost points just getting to the courtroom
    2 the man that is his own lawyer has a d4ed fool for a client)

  14. Re:Not a solution. on DMCA Takedown Scandal, Part Two · · Score: 1

    i would say use SecondLife since its the closest to "real world"

  15. Re:Hrmm on Call To "Open Source" AIG Investigation · · Score: 1

    waste of a bullet besides hanging is better (rope is reuseable)

  16. Re:Locks OUT!? on Office 2003 Bug Locks Owners Out · · Score: 1

    yes since the current projects programmers grand children will ensure it

    (note to the ladies: save the world bear a geekchild)

  17. Re:Tag: Not a bug, defective by design. on Office 2003 Bug Locks Owners Out · · Score: 1

    I will see your link and raise you the rest of the Portable Suite
    http://portableapps.com/suite

  18. Invoke OSHA and or ADA on Music While Programming? · · Score: 1

    if you can phrase it correctly then you could make a case for it being a workplace safety issue
    and if you are diagnosed with one of the Geek Curses then it also could be a "reasonable accommodation"

    hmm who wants to band together and have a study done on this subject??

  19. Re:Or parents... on FTC Says Virtual Worlds Bad For Minors · · Score: 1

    credit card numbers are useless to prove age (or lack thereof) since

    1 prepaid cards can be purchased by or for minors
    2 there is always the dodge of grabbing an adults card
    3 some legit adults don't have access to credit cards (or won't have them on principle)

    Parents just need to be parents

    Challenge for The Geeks design and have some company build a modem/router that has builtin easy to use logging.

  20. Re:Take on AdBlock? on Google Chrome Extensions Are Now Available · · Score: 1

    okay lemme give you an example of why i block ads

    Video streaming sites/show video sites
    if i go to "watch full episodes now" i want to see the show in question
    what i do not want to see is
    1 3/4 of the screen taken up by frame "stuff"
    2 ads should be slipped into the stream not interrupt the stream
    3 interactive applet ads should be forbidden (and break full screen viewing)
    4 the most important thing on the page is the show not the ads so no ad banners or taking over the [redacted] frame to display ads
    5 give me a simple show list not some silverlight/flash/java chooser applet
    6 the show should start/stop when i say it does

    in short make your content worth paying for and i might do so

  21. Re:$500,000 or $200,000,000 ?! Which is it ? on Air Force Extends Plug-and-Play Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    the 500K is just the hello use this office and this lab with these interns part
    the other 19,500K is to actually get something done.

    (the "entertainment" and "stuff" gets paid for later)

  22. Re:For English definitions ... on Google Launches Dictionary, Drops Answers.com · · Score: 1

    Given the Age of said Dictionary some folks more or less say
    the OED DEFINES THE ENGLISH MEANING EOD == QED

  23. Re:Stealth aircraft vs. the Taliban?? on US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft · · Score: 1

    wanna bet that the next new aircraft is about to roll off the line??

    You don't let something like this go public until you have something better

  24. Re:Old news to me on US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft · · Score: 1

    as has been stated elsewhere in this thread
    Mid Air refueling = Good
    Mission clocks above 24 hours in anything smaller than a B2= BAD

    the meat in the cockpit gets a bit "ripe" around say hour 20 or so

  25. Why not just find PORTS on Air Cannon Ties Pirates In Knots · · Score: 1

    Start figuring out what ports these ships are using and then bomb the [redacted] out of the ports

    tell the nations that own the ports if they don't want to be NEXT then they should start dealing with the pirates themselves.