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  1. Re:Trusting a floppy on What is the Worst Tech Mistake You Ever Made? · · Score: 1

    Once I was working as a temp in an office and a woman there handed me a floppy and told me to make some changes to the company manual. Well I made the changes and then inadvertently went back to work on some other project. I forgot about the floppy. Then later I was doing some other work, I used the floppy for putting that work on and took it into the boss. Then the woman came back and asked for the floppy. I didn't know which one she wanted but anyway we searched through all the ones I had and the company manual had been inadvertently erased by me. It was the ONLY copy of the company manaul for the entire company! The company covered the entire Southwestern United States, and she had been storing it on that floppy for years. Someone had to type it back in from the printed version. I think it was the woman who was storing it on the floppy. I bet she stored the next one on a floppy too.

  2. Re:I ruined a phone book on What is the Worst Tech Mistake You Ever Made? · · Score: 1

    I think you win this contest! Especially since you kept your job! OMG!

  3. Reality Check on Lego to Stop Producing Mindstorms · · Score: 1

    I would certainly say that most men today really do suck. And a lot of problems that women have ARE in fact caused by the fact that men do suck so much. So I think if I were you I would shut up. And all the horrid human beings calling themselves men make it difficult for the men who are actually decent human beings. So I feel sorry for you men, and I certainly wouldn't want to be ya. And if a woman wants to be a "aggressive, tattooed, NASCAR/football watching beer-drinking mandroid" what do you care? I would say that's none of your business.

  4. Re:Can't feel much sympathy for them. on Lego to Stop Producing Mindstorms · · Score: 1

    Oh and how about the fact that they are ignoring 1/2 of their market? Girls? My son loved legos but for some strange reason I can't get my daughter interested in building monsters, or pirates. Why don't they try making some that girls would like to put together? What a bunch of morons.

  5. Re:Actually, it already can on Sony Claims First Running Humanoid Robot · · Score: 1

    Can they do your programming homework, walk the dog, take out the garbage, mow the lawn, & cook dinner? If not then what good are they?

  6. Re:Jumping the gun a bit.. on Sony Claims First Running Humanoid Robot · · Score: 1

    The whole show is based on one ship not being destroyed, if the cylons waited 40 years why wouldn't they know how to destroy that one ship yet? If they really wanted to kill all humans seems to me they could. Then they would keep the reso of them in the zoo.

  7. Re:Nope on Will TiVo Destroy Ad-Supported TV? · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that television is killing itself by being mostly all ads anyway.

  8. Re:Welcome to the Global Economy. on Google Blocks 'Optimized' Pages · · Score: 1

    Yeah and if you are searching for anything related to females you pull up a bunch of porn sites.

  9. Re:I actually like this idea on Search for Miss Digital World · · Score: 1
    Fantasies that define and overwhelm your sexuality?

    How do you overwhelm your sexuality? Do you become like the guy on Saturday night life, Mr. Orgasm man?

    I made my ideal man in Sims, he cooks and cleans while I do whatever I want. Oh and he also goes to work everyday and makes lots of money. Then I can buy more stuff. If he gets tired I just give him some coffee from the hacked coffee pot.

  10. Re:useful information on What the Candidates are Running · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bash! For the Patriot Act. Bash!Bash! For the politcal term "partial birth abortion" which is not even medical terminology and can be construed in many different ways. Bash!Bash!Bash! For holding people without charges in Guantanamo Bay. Bash!Bash!Bash!Bash! So sue me.

  11. Re:Dean on What the Candidates are Running · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Yeah that's because he's smart enough to know who to hire!

    That's who we need in office, someone who will hire people smarter than him to do a good job. That's what Clinton did and it worked.

    Bush likes to hire people at his same intelligence level or just plain crazy.

  12. Re:Welcome to the Global Economy. on What the Candidates are Running · · Score: 1

    I think it is important. It shows you where they put their money. If they have a Windows server it obviously is not a wise decision. And they may not know it is Windows but they chose the person who chose the Windows so they are probably more impressed by Microsoft Certified blah blah than reality where they have to actually think about who they are hiring and what that person has done in the past.

  13. Re:There are so many... on Scamming Spammer Hooks the Wrong Person · · Score: 1
    I had a similar thing happen to me, with the cell phones, some other company was attaching themselves into the middle of the signals and taking over legitimate business. And where is the government and law enforcement? Are they just too stupid to catch these criminals or what?

    I meant they can't even control Verisign or the crap that goes on with domain names. But boy if you smoke a little marijuana they'll put you away for 10 years. That's real intelligent.

  14. Re:It's true on FTC Issues Report Critical Of Patent Policy · · Score: 1
    Is there a black market for goods manufactured that don't pay the patent owner for their patent?

    I mean if people want to manufacture something and can't because of a patent, are there people doing it anyway? Besides the pharmaceuticals?

    Seems like at some point this has to happen, because it's a bad law.

    I mean if I discover how to cure a disease and then patent it and a whole bunch of people who can't afford to pay me are dying then it's just not right is it?

  15. Re:Tyres on A Gator By Any Other Name · · Score: 1
    I had 4 of those wonderful tires. I find it impossible to believe that the tire pressure would make them fall apart like they did. As I would drive around for about 4 months, one after the other of these so called tires would become a shredded heap of rubber and steel.

    Good thing I didn't do any highway driving at the time or I might be dead like some of the other people.

    You work for Bridgestone right?

  16. Re:Pathetic! on Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New Inventions · · Score: 1

    Maybe the NYT should go back to making up stories for better reading.

  17. Re:Cat locator on Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New Inventions · · Score: 1

    Or even better a kid locator???

  18. Re:Open source ideas website on Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New Inventions · · Score: 1
    Well judging from the article I think we at least need 11 different people - how boring!

    "Prominent people" don't want the same things as regular people anyway. I want cars that drive themselves so I can take a nap or read a book.

  19. Re:Trump's onto something on Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New Inventions · · Score: 1

    Yeah but that would still coincide with what the recipients of the chips would want. I think what the Donald really wants is some slaves.

  20. Re:Great invention... on Terahertz Scanners See Inside Sealed Packages · · Score: 1
    Well yeah, our President was appointed to office while other people, who did less drugs than he did, are rotting in jail for 10 years for a bag of pot.

    Actually it's not a mixed message.

  21. Re:everyone's so up in arms about? on Terahertz Scanners See Inside Sealed Packages · · Score: 1

    Yeah unless they decide to put some in your letter and blame it on you.

  22. Re:lead lined envelopes? on Terahertz Scanners See Inside Sealed Packages · · Score: 1

    Yeah then they'll make possesion of lead lined envelopes illegal.

  23. Re:Stupidity or Insanity? on Terahertz Scanners See Inside Sealed Packages · · Score: 1

    Well for that matter scarfing down a big mac every weekend would probably be pretty harmful too, should we put Ronald McDonald in jail for selling crap to kids too?

  24. Re:Stupidity or Insanity? on Terahertz Scanners See Inside Sealed Packages · · Score: 1
    Legalizing drugs would take away criminals number one source of income, free up the jails, the courts and the police.

    Would we all become homeless drug addicts living in the city park?

    I really don't think so.

  25. Re:Stupidity or Insanity? on Terahertz Scanners See Inside Sealed Packages · · Score: 1

    Yeah why not take away criminals #1 source of income???? Makes you wonder who's guarding the hen house.