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  1. Re:Mission Scrubbed on Inflatable Private Space Station Launched · · Score: 1

    Yes, RIP Syd. We'll miss him dearly. I think I'll go ride my bike now. "It's got a basket, bell that rings and things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could but I borrowed it."

  2. Is fully automated flight next? on Airbus Plans to Expand Cockpit Automation · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I was just re-reading Manna, the fascinating book wherein pilots and human air traffic controllers are replaced by automated systems after 2008 because of accidents and terorism. Are we to see further diminishment of pilot control over the next few years?

  3. RAID array! on Desktop Replacements and the 11 Pound Pencil · · Score: 2, Funny


    From TFA:

    ...there's even a RAID array!

    Wow, how'd they pack all those drives in there?

  4. Re:Pebble Bed reactors on NPR Story on the Future of Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    Lest you forget how serious the accident at Chernobyl was, read this account of one of the few survivors, a nuclear engineer on duty when reactor number 4 exploded.

  5. Re:smashing pumpkins on "St Lawrence of Google" · · Score: 1

    I doubt it, as the Smashing Pumpkins are (for now) disbanded. The GP was perhaps referring to their last album, called "Machina: The Machines of God."

  6. Re:Stupid name on MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop · · Score: 1

    Well, then it would go:

    Ballmer: "Do you have anything without Mac in it?"

    Jobs: "Mac, Mac, Sausage, Eggs, and Mac hasn't got much Mac in it."

    Ballmer: (jumping up and down) "I DON'T LIKE MAC!!!"

  7. Re:macbook pro page http://www.apple.com/macbookpr on MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop · · Score: 1

    > Dropped FW 800 and cardbus.

    So much for using this nice EVDO card with it. Oh well, it can stay in my PB Titanium...

  8. Re:Also. on MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop · · Score: 2, Funny

    Surely, you jest! How can we call it a PC, when it lacks viruses and spyware?

  9. Re:Ingredients of Life Found Around Sun-Like Star on Ingredients of Life Found Around Sun-Like Star · · Score: 1

    Relevant link needed.

  10. Re:The Internet? on Internet Plays A Large Role For U.S. Citizens · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that hilarious reference to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Among other notable trivia, The word "f*ck" is used 228 times in the movie. Geez, the web is such a useful tool.

  11. Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? on Bill Gates Speaks Out · · Score: 1
  12. Re:.sit sucks! on Trent Reznor Challenges Music Norms · · Score: 1

    Like "SerialSurfer-1995full.rar.sit.hqx.uue"?

  13. Re:.sit sucks! on Trent Reznor Challenges Music Norms · · Score: 1

    The DMG was probably used to automatically show the EULA (when you mount the disc image).

  14. Re:Wisconsin and 31 flavors on Yahoo Turns 10; Free Ice Cream for America · · Score: 1

    I couldn't find any stores in Madison either. Milwaukee seems to be the closest. Have a long lunch hour?

  15. Re:Auto-rips CDs? on MP3beamer Released · · Score: 1

    Correction: 20 cents per CD. Oops.

  16. Re:Auto-rips CDs? on MP3beamer Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just pay a kid 10 cents per CD to drop them in the mp3beamer for you. Like Robertson himself did.

  17. Re:Walk like a human? on One Giant Step for Humanoids · · Score: 1

    Bothers me a little bit. Looks like the corporate need to reduce labor costs will over time bring on the robotic nation.

  18. Re:Text described for the bandwidth impaired on The Lost 1984 Mac Video · · Score: 1

    The initial boot images appeared to be some sort of startup screen (possible in system 6?) showing the Golden Gate Bridge.

  19. Re:I suppose.. on The Lost 1984 Mac Video · · Score: 1

    Sorry, what I meant was:
    Are you sure?"

  20. Re:I suppose.. on The Lost 1984 Mac Video · · Score: 1

    Are you sure?

  21. Re:never seen? on The Lost 1984 Mac Video · · Score: 4, Informative
  22. Re:Macs are USB *only* on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    The ones that don't consistently work with the mac will, with a workaround. When USB/PS2 adapters are used with a KVM switch and you are toggling back to the mac, usually all you need to do is replug the usb cable (that goes into the mac).

  23. Re:Well, I'm in on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    From http://www.apple.com/macmini/,

    "Or configure your Mac mini with internal Bluetooth to use wireless keyboards and mice."

  24. Re:bus-powered usb / firewire ? on Battery-Powered USB Enclosure · · Score: 1

    I have a small Meritline USB aluminum 2.0 enclosure for 1.8" hard disks. The enclosure cost about $12.95 US. I popped a Travelstar C4K40 40 GB drive in there (~$150) and it uses no external power other than that given by the USB cable (one plug).

    http://store.yahoo.com/meritline/usb-hdd-enclosure -hard-drive-external.html

  25. Re:No power supply... on Steve Ballmer's $100 PC, Sans Windows · · Score: 1

    > i just hope it has a usb2/firewall plug

    Surely you mean firewire?