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  1. Payback Time on Denver Airport Overrun by Car-Eating Rabbits · · Score: 1

    I guess the rabbits finally found a way of getting even with all those cars that ran over their cousins.
    Lets hope the squirrels and prairie dogs don't decide to get even as well!!!

  2. Thank you Captain Obvious on Millions of Home Routers Are Hackable · · Score: 1, Funny

    Lets see:
    Make sure you have a strong Admin password on your router and don't surf p0rn/warez sites.
    Thank you Captain Obvious!

  3. Hope He Wasn't A Lions Fan on How To Rack Up $28,000 In Roaming Without Leaving the US · · Score: 1

    Only bigger insult would be if he was pulling for the Lions...

  4. Re:The Final Frontier? on Miss Digital World 2005 · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Huh? on The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Vol. 1 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You were a tad quicker off the draw that I was - that single sentance scares me: are there really people that stupid??? I hope they don't drive...

  6. Re:Gonna Order One Today on Blazing Dual Channel Thumb Drive · · Score: 1

    Yup - that is what I do now.
    Not the end of the world, I know, but sort of a PITA...

  7. Gonna Order One Today on Blazing Dual Channel Thumb Drive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I love my thumb drives, but trying to do "disk" intensive work like BIG spreadsheets can be a bit pokie. It looks like this is just what the Dr Ordered!

  8. It only works if you read it before hand... on Developing Securely In Windows · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Brown's book should be on any .NET Developer's bookshelf

    Just putting it on the bookshelf won't help - ya need to read it before you put it there.

    On a related note, this pretty much rules out all the developers I work with - if you can't get it as a Book-On-iPod, they aren't interested these days =-)

  9. And The Score Is... on Apple iTunes Security Flaw Discovered? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple Hackers: 1
    Linux Hackers: 2
    Windows Hackers: 134,443,229

    You guys still got a ways to go... =-)

  10. So How Much is that 80's Hair Band Music Worth on Apple iTunes to End Flat Fee Pricing? · · Score: 1

    Do you think you'll have to pay more or less than $0.99 for your favorite throwback band.

    Personally, I relish the though of all the kids that must have the latest/greatest junk out of the studios paying buku dollars in order to subsidize me buying up older stuff I used to love in College
    =-)

  11. Do The Math... on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1

    Linux administrators took 68 per cent longer to implement new business requirements than their Windows counterparts."

    OK - so it takes %68 longer, but you only have to do it %10 as often...
    You're still ahead =-)

  12. How can copyright free works be made MORE accessib on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    literary masterpieces as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet more accessible

    I didn't think it was possible to make copyright free, translated into a hundred languages, written on just about every type of paper ever made, litterature even MORE accessible.

    Whats next - write it on Charmin and have it installed inside the stalls of every public school bathroom?

  13. Re:I have no doubt they'll cave on Open Source Accessibility · · Score: 1

    I won't even bother with those too cowardly to post with their own names...

    As to Joking/Republican-dar - you need to get BOTH calibrated; 'cause I'm neither! =-)

  14. I have no doubt they'll cave on Open Source Accessibility · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    All the bleeding heart libs in power in Mass will cave - they always pander to the lowest common denominator instead of doing what is right for the common good!

  15. Re:somewhat current sun pic on Stereo View of the Sun · · Score: 1

    Agreed - those animated shots are mindblowing!!!

    Try it doing a couple of different wavelengths!

    You'll soon have a whole new admiration for 50X Sunblock =-)

  16. Re:somewhat current sun pic on Stereo View of the Sun · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is a link to ALL of the different Sun Pictures in all sorts of wavelengths and formats:
    http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/

    Yes, those are Live and RealTime Shots

    Enjoy!

    PS - and yes, that is a NEW set of sunspots getting ready to cross the sun!

  17. Lindows Anyone??? on Dell's Open Source Desktop Systems · · Score: 1

    An ideal solution to this would be a major manufacturer which is willing to sell computers with Linux preinstalled.

    I thought Lindows already tried this, even selling boxes at Wallymart =-)

  18. I Want A Patent! on Amazon Gets Patent on Consumer Reviews · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking about applying for a patent...
    Naming a company after large South American Rain Forests! =-)

    As to whether or not I decide to persue licensing...

  19. Re:Top 15 games as posted by 1up: on 20 Years of NES · · Score: 1

    The fact that Tetris didn't make it into the top 10 proves to me that 1up is a bunch of hacks!!!

    As much as I personally hated that game, my wife and brother both almost flunked out of college due to Tetris...

    Da Commie Bastages!

  20. Some Impressive Shots on The Best Science Photographs of 2005 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Some of those were pretty nice shots.
    The children's stuff was even more impressive - I particularly liked the bursting baloon!

  21. Re:Zoom on Hubble Zooms In On Moon Minerals · · Score: 1

    I'm very much an expert in the field. In fact, I just came inside about 15 mins ago from using my telescopes out in my backyard!

    The focal difference between an object placed several thousand meters away vs several million light years away is negligable - do your homework and see =-)

  22. Re:Zoom on Hubble Zooms In On Moon Minerals · · Score: 1

    Well then you are an idiot!

    Focal lengths are measured in millimeters, even for the hubble. Anything beyond a couple thousand METERS is pretty much considered infinity.

    I saw and studied to the HDFS you quoted - the focal difference between me and you vs. me and the furthest galaxy in that shot are negligable, from an optical point of view!

  23. Re:Zoom on Hubble Zooms In On Moon Minerals · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Define close???
    The Hubble orbits 350 miles above the earth and the average distance to the moon is 238,857 miles.

    I'd hardly consider 238,500 (apprx) miles very close =-)

  24. Excellent!!!! on OpenOffice.org 2.0 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've been eagerly awaiting 2.0 Official release for 6 months - its about time!!!

    Going to download and install it tonight - WOOT!

  25. Re:adbsurd on Interview with Tony 'Say No to Windows' Bove · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Agreed - the best Distributed Control Plantfloor Automation System available for the Pharma/Biotech industry is Delta-V ---> no other vendor on any other platform even comes close to it for the raw number of installs or capabilities in the last 5 yrs. Delta-V only runs on Windows - period!

    The irony is, before Delta-V came out 7 or 8 years ago, all DCS's were on Unix - now if it ain't on M$ - it ain't *&(*&. The other vendors like ABB, Honeywell, etc are all filing down the same path to M$ =-)