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  1. Love Microsoft on Is It Wrong to Love Microsoft? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Troll!

  2. Re:No good deed goes unpunished. on Lynn Settles With Cisco, Investigated By FBI · · Score: 1
    Should the police no longer respond when 911 is dialed unless it's absolutely certain a crime is being committed?
    No, they should take a nap! http://wjla.com/news/stories/0305/216976.html twice in the same office!
  3. Rand McNally: YOUR BROWSER IS NOT SUPPORTED on Microsoft and Google Fighting for the Skies · · Score: 1
    When I tried custom wall map on randmcnally.com
    YOUR BROWSER IS NOT SUPPORTED We apologize for the inconvenience. The CustomView Map application requires Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows at the current time.
  4. Wal-mart Harry Potter experience a few years ago! on Harry Potter's 'Half Blood Prince' Leaked · · Score: 1

    Decided to go buy HP 2 or 3?? for my daugther at midnight at my local WM (4 blocks away). Figured easier the the local book store with the big party. Standing around waiting with about 20 people. About 12:10 we flag down a manager, and ask where is the HP books?? He went back to the SECURITY room and brought out the display on a pallet with a hand forklift. Then he had to unwrap the unit, as it was shrink wrapped. He seemed to have NO clue why so many people wanted HP at midnight. Where is the planning, marketing awarness? oh yea, this is WM!

  5. Re:Did he ever see Gates McFadden nude? on Wil Wheaton Strikes Back · · Score: 1

    Star Trek 1 1/2: The Search for Captain Kirk's kids.
    Should have a long run - plenty of kids to look for.

    Star Trek 2 1/2: The Search for Wil Riker's kids.
    Should have a long run - plenty of kids to look for.

    etc., etc., etc.

  6. Laser hits Airplane - Google is a terrorist! on More Info on Google's 3D Maps · · Score: 1

    What happens when the have a glich in their lasers and knock down an airplane by blinding both the pilot and co-pilot? Can you say Homeland Security? Nice try!

  7. Re:13th Amendment (slavery) on The Open-Source Detector · · Score: 1

    Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

  8. Re:They're still there... on Intel Seeking Moore's Law Original Publication · · Score: 1

    I've still doing this after 30 years.
    * "Z80"
    * 0.5MB flash
    * 0.5MB ram
    * battery/solar cell
    * two lines of 40 chars "GUI", 40 keypad (optional)
    * non-licensed radio (or cellphone/Sat/modem...)
    * Shipped over 140,000 in ten years.
    * considered the "top of the line" for our application: Natural Gas flow measurement.

  9. Re:Santorum not clueless... on New Bill Would Ban Public NOAA Weather Data · · Score: 1

    Please be more logical. I work for a LARGE business and am I member of the religious right. I think most of what this senator does is immoral, as well as your bigotry against the right and business. Your comment is imflammatory, inappropriate and offensive.

  10. Re:Hiden Mickey on Satellite Easter Eggs · · Score: 1

    If you click on link to this map button, it will update your address bar to point back to this location: then you can past it into slashdot.

    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Clermont+FL&ll=28. 453774,-81.702533&spn=0.010085,0.015664&t=k&hl=en

  11. Re:What's This? on Satellite Easter Eggs · · Score: 1

    If you look a little to the north, you will find some weird green circles?

    For the clueless: this is farming by irrigation, the watering system rotates around the water feed, so you get a crop circle.

  12. Re:Another "egg" on Satellite Easter Eggs · · Score: 1

    Last time I flew into Alanta, I had a nice window seat, as we were aproaching, I say four planes behind me following us in, and land on the strip next to us, I thought that was not safe.

  13. Re:Dating when Google's Satellite Images occurred on Satellite Easter Eggs · · Score: 1

    If you look at the local High School, it is after the track was completed Sept 1, 2004 and before the construction began on the new field house Dec. 2004.
    Is that close enough for you?
    http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.732938,-95.97201 3&spn=0.005279,0.007832&t=k&hl=en

  14. Re:Two SR-71s on the ground, outside the hangar on Satellite Easter Eggs · · Score: 1

    Is that two B-52s also?

  15. Re:Operating systems are irrelevant on Linux Can't Kill Windows · · Score: 1

    Yes, your are correct, they don't care about which OS (kernel), but the OS is an application to most users. When they have to pay for upgrades, virus proctection, pop-up blockers, spam removal, etc. it becomes visable to users as an application. As Windows become more fragile and Linux becomes more of a status symbol, things will change.

  16. Re:Freedom matters on No More BitKeeper Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Pain is still pain. My IDE at work (MS shop) was using codewright which is now gone.

  17. Re:Some images blurred on Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps · · Score: 1

    Actually the White House is blurred, all you see the outline of the building, not the rockets on the roof. same with the other Govt. buildings in the area, Notice the color of the roofs are all the same, no A/C, no antennas, nada, nothing.

  18. Re:Very old images - Depends on Area on Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps · · Score: 1

    My local high school shows the blue track which was finished in Sept 2004, but not the start of construction of the new basketball court (10/23/2004)
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=H igh+School+bartlesv ille,OK&ll=36.732928,-95.971820&spn=0.005064,0.007 821&t=k&hl=en
    Just north of the city, googld refuses to zoom in as much on the lake, that entire area is a different color from an older scan.

  19. Re:Off topic - Google interview questions on Wordpress Banned by Google for Spamming · · Score: 1

    If this is a manager of software engineers, what is wrong with a knowledgeable manager, instead of a bean-counter? Our managers are required to spen 50% of their time still programming.

  20. Re:Not scalable? Really?? on EDS: Linux is Insecure, Unscalable · · Score: 1

    ( No, my ass is not scalable either. :p )
    Unfortunately, MY ass has scaled, it is much larger than version 18.0, i.e., high school.

  21. Re:Slick, but Wrong on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Typical errors for a map app (does that rhyme)?

    The local pizza place (homerun) is located downtown according to google, 3 miles west of its real location. Somehow they got an address that they can't fantom, so they default to downtown instead of an error message!

    The address comes up as "Eastland Shopping Ce" instead of "500 SE Washington Boulevard" which is where switchboard returns, which google links to, right on the ballon!
    http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%22Home%20run%20pizz a%22%20in%20Bartlesville%2C%20OK

  22. Re:no workee for me on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 1

    works for me on Firefox 1.0+ on W2k
    I'll try linux version tonight

  23. My local store charges on What Do You Charge for Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    My local store charges a flat fee for:
    Virus & spyware removal $85
    Reinstall Windows $65
    Update and install drivers $65
    Service $85/hour
    In-store, no deadline
    expedite fee $50

    I bought 3 barebones system from them in the last year. Actually the prices are from memory, no guarantees- it has been 3 weeks since I was in there!

    They have great prices on parts and cables, even a web site: http://www.wholesalecomputersupply.com/

  24. Re:Down with Flash on Video Formats for non-Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    With Firefox adblock, most of the flash ads, don't even show up, for my common sites. (fox,cnn,...)

  25. Re:Not really a problem, giving the billing struct on Mobile Users Plug-in Anywhere They Can · · Score: 1
    Sounds like a GFCI outlet. It does not limit current flow. See this http://doityourself.com/electric/gfci.htm for full info. A small excerpt:

    A "GFCI" is a ground fault circuit interrupter. A ground fault circuit interrupter is an inexpensive electrical device that, if installed in household branch circuits, could prevent over two-thirds of the approximately 300 electrocutions still occurring each year in and around the home. Installation of the device could also prevent thousands of burn and electric shock injuries each year.The GFCI is designed to protect people from severe or fatal electric shocks Because a GFCI detects ground faults, it can also prevent some electrical fires and reduce the severity of others by interrupting the flow of electric current.

    In homes built to comply with the National Electrical Code (the Code), GFCI protection is required for most outdoor receptacles (since 1973), bathroom receptacle circuits (since 1975), garage wall outlets (since 1978), kitchen receptacles (since 1987), and all receptacles in crawl spaces and unfinished basements (since 1990).