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  1. Re:You've come to the right place. on Home Server On IPv6-only Internet Connection? · · Score: 1

    Yes... Why did you need to ask?

  2. Re:so what? on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 2

    I had the opportunity to look up an address in Washington State on Google Maps and found that there were a lot of boats in the suburbs of Seattle. They were typically parked on their trailers in or very near the front yards of their owners' homes. Small boats, surely, but obviously ready to use when the desire presented itself.

  3. Re:Wait, what? on Perl's Glory Days Are Behind It, But It Isn't Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    A little bit of troll food here: There is a roadmap and a vision for the future.

    Get informed/involved at perl.org

  4. Re:And yet... on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    The "Gun Show Loophole" has been closed for several years. Even to buy a gun from a private seller at a gun show, you must pass a background check. Here in Colorado, it's an instant check (that looks into the FBI and CBI databases), but it has to be paid for, done, and passed before you'll be sold a firearm.

  5. Re:Your Freedom and Rights don't matter when... on Buckyballs Throws In the Towel · · Score: 1

    Do you not believe that natural selection is a good thing? ;^)

  6. Re:What people really want on The Privacy Illusion · · Score: 1

    He also freed his slaves and made it his business to promote the abolition of slavery in America. (Analogous to this -- Who do you think gave women the "right" to vote? Hint: It was men.)

  7. Re:Not Published = Trash on Surfacestations: NOAA Has Overestimated Land Surface Temperature Trends · · Score: 1

    But the pool of specialists in an area tend to be small and somewhat in-bred. The more specialized, the more closely related the group will be.

    There is the way it should be (you seem to understand it) and there's the way that it is...

  8. Re:Willing to bet.. on 12 Dead, 50 Injured at The Dark Knight Rises Showing In Colorado · · Score: 1, Insightful

    First: you may run. I may not. Bravery is sometimes described as not the absence of fear, it is the control of it.

    Second: Not everybody is required to own a gun and just a couple of people in the theatre could have stopped this goon. (Also, practice can be fun.)

    Third: There is a simple solution to this. If another person with a gun is pointing it at the goon who is shooting unarmed people, then you don't shoot him, you help him.

  9. Re:iPod touch on Ask Slashdot: Best Mobile Phone Solution With No Data Plan? · · Score: 1

    or iPod Touch with Peel520 -- http://www.peel520.net/

    Then add a TMobile SIM on the Pay As You Go plan -- http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-as-you-go-plans. If you get $100 worth of minutes, they'll roll over after a year when you buy any amount to renew.

  10. Re:as well they on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    A new patient/customer is not a burden, but rather an opportunity for business/profit.

  11. Re:Damn Apple and its unbridled success on Apple Buys Israeli Flash Manufacturer · · Score: 4, Funny

    GRRRR! :^)

  12. Re:typo? on Will Apple's Lion Roar For Business? · · Score: 1

    mod parent hilarious!

  13. Re:iPhone 3G? SOL on Apple Releases iOS 4.3.3 To Fix Location Tracking · · Score: 1

    and get an iPhone... ;^)

  14. Re:Arrogant Ignorance? on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    I'm not God, but there are 1760 yards in a mile.

    You seem a little bit upset by this discussion. Perhaps this isn't what you should be reading today. ;^)

  15. Re:Don't know why - but I like it on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    The only thing you missed is the point: GP was raised metric.

    Also, unless you're using a laser interferometer or somesuch, you're not really going to measure out 0.36 extra millimetres, are you?

    Real work would be done by placing the posts approximately 1' 2-1/2" apart and letting the variation in materials make up the difference.

  16. Re:You're kidding, right? on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    Contracts signed under duress are unenforceable... No?

  17. Re:False assumption on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1

    You've been trolled. Wasn't it obvious? :^)!

  18. Re:Best comics on "Calvin and Hobbes" Creator Bill Watterson Looks Back With No Regrets · · Score: 1

    Your statements, sir or madame, are self-refuting.

    Thanks for playing.

  19. Re:first post on TI vs. Calculator Hackers · · Score: 1

    Is that you, Tommy?

  20. Re:PDFs? on 20 Years of MS Word and Why It Should Die a Swift Death · · Score: 1

    My iPhone displays PDFs very nicely. :^)

  21. Re:Laughably Medieval on Ball And Chain To Force Children To Study · · Score: 1

    I mentioned this to two of my daughters (9 & 7) after reading it. They are both smart, but one of them is self-motivating, the other isn't. One of them was offended, the other was eager to get it.

    The one who probably needs it wants it. Unfortunately, curiosite.com says it's unavailable... ;^)

  22. Re:But did they fix the real bug? on Apple Fixes Safari "Carpet Bomb" Windows Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Well, Safari isn't exactly embedded, but it's handy if you want to download Firefox or Opera and then make one of those your default browser...

  23. Re:naming this effect? on The Tiger Effect and Internet DDoS · · Score: 1

    Tiger/Wood. effect

  24. Re:So I gotta buy a book? on Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5 · · Score: 1

    Search around in the php files that your home page uses. Comment the image out. Save. Test. Done.

    (Or were you just complaining? :^)

  25. Re:Duct Tape on How Duct Tape Saved Apollo 17's Moon Buggy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My experience with _gray_ duct-tape in the Antarctic is that it's absolutely pathetic in the cold.

    For this story to be true, the splint must have been applied indoors and kept under clothing.