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  1. Did you get tested? on Laptops May Be Hazardous to Your Fertility · · Score: 1

    I got tested twice before I got the okay for glove free love.

    It seems to have worked, lots of nookie in the last three years, no more kids. And this was before I got a laptop.

  2. In 1984 NY went for Reagan on Election Day Discussion · · Score: 1

    ditto 1980.

    In 1988 Bush got 48% of the vote.

    In 1992 he got 28.8, still with 20% of Clinton's 47%.

    So, 20 and 12 years ago are the answers to your questions, you were probably too young to vote then.

    I didn't remember these, there are things called search engines that let you find this kind of cool information.

  3. That's why Pataki is a Democrat on Election Day Discussion · · Score: 1

    Right, he's governor of New York, so he must be a Democrat if Republican votes don't count.

  4. Hard water has more minerals than soft on New brewing Method Means Faster Beer, Less Waste · · Score: 1

    so he'd want to get water with less in it to duplicate a Northern brew, or switch to a brew that works well with harder water like the other poster suggested, perhaps a pale ale.

    So, the only additive that would help would be distiller water.

  5. Get snipped on Nuclear Batteries · · Score: 1

    I did, and it was the best $15 I ever spent. Two kids are plenty.

  6. My favorite vehicle is from 1975 on Big Brother In Your Front Seat · · Score: 1

    the rectifiers might have an IC in it, but I don't think there's anything on it that would have a socket to stick this into. Unless it's a mini GPS with an inertial guidance system, in which I want one for each of my vehicles.

  7. Yes, and the kids prefer Win98 on A Parent's Guide To Linux Web Filtering · · Score: 1

    since there are lots more kid games written for Windows.

  8. The Atlantic and WiReD and National Geo on What Magazines Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    I let my PC subscription lapse, there was little in there that I hadn't already read at /..

    The Atlantic is good though, there's usually a few thought provoking articles per issue.

  9. Yes, Watson Glen will be a much more exciting on The Technology Behind Formula One · · Score: 1

    race when the NASCAR cars turn right.

  10. Yeah, I can see Keanu in the last few scenes on A Scanner Darkly Film Preview · · Score: 1, Funny

    as the burnout in the rehab camp, so Woody must play the agent in the earlier scenes, and they use some some computer effects to make them look alike.

  11. Spring for tiff conversion and ftp storage on Large-Scale Paper-To-Digital Conversion? · · Score: 2, Informative

    or just get the ftp storage and a DocuJob Converter, which converts DocuTech jobs to TIFF or PS, or just use a DigiPath instead.

  12. I "married" my sister in a wizard costume on What's Geekier Than a Ferengi Bridesmaid? · · Score: 1

    She and her partner wanted a fairy tale commitment ceremony, with me to do the honors, on account of my Ministerhood I got out of the back of the Rolling Stone. There were elves, fairies, a dragon, the witch from Sleeping Beauty, pirates and more, in addition to my Gandalfesque outfit.

  13. Figure 100 letter prints per minute on Magazine Eyeballs Its Subscribers · · Score: 1

    for a good color laser press. And it costs more than offset for long runs, but for short runs, it may be cheaper. Many offset presses will print thousands of sheets before the colors get right. It might cost just as much for 10 prints as for 1000.

    You are right, though, for 50,000 prints of one image, a traditional offset press would be far cheaper.

  14. Other than significantly more than offset on Magazine Eyeballs Its Subscribers · · Score: 1

    I don't know how much, at least for certain quantities. Below 1,000, laser presses may be cheaper than offset.

  15. It's a matter of the right tools on Magazine Eyeballs Its Subscribers · · Score: 1

    You certainly wouldn't hand create every cover, but you could use a VI program or plugin to determine the cover layout based on a few fields in the database.

    Then you need a fast 4 color laser to do the covers, and a fair amount of money, since it would be a bit more than offset.

  16. You need a good database on Magazine Eyeballs Its Subscribers · · Score: 1

    associating subscriber name with a TIFF of the aerial photograph of the house. There's lot of variable data software that will output PostScript (or the equivalent), combining the name, address and image.

    Given that, you could probably do the cover for all 50,000 subscribers in about 3 days of printing time, running two shifts. Add a few days or weeks for prepress work ahead of that, of course.

  17. It's snowing today, the week before Easter on Moore's Law Limits Pushed Back Again · · Score: 2, Funny

    so if you want a school where the lab is more appetizing than going outside, you picked a good one.

  18. great riding weather in upstate NY, too on PeopleAggregator - An Open Source Social Network · · Score: 1

    if you have an electric vest, windshield and raingear. That's where I'm at. Good luck finding compatible couples.

  19. Re:What about us married with children types ? on PeopleAggregator - An Open Source Social Network · · Score: 1

    Whereabouts do you live? I'm not yet to 40, my motorcycle almost runs, but I got kids.

  20. Re:My city lot has a yard on How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth? · · Score: 1

    About $73k usd, in the northeast, cities are cheapers than suburbs.

  21. My city lot has a yard on How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth? · · Score: 1

    big enough for a swing set, picnic table, small garden and a wading pool. Plus, I can walk to bars, Chinese takeout, a deli, the Y, the library and restaurants.

  22. Don't forget the original, Love Canal on Latest Chernobyl Motorcycle Photos · · Score: 1

    I've driven through Love Canal, all the deserted houses looking like people just stepped out, the lawns still mowed, the bright green grass over the clay containment facility, and new tract housing not to far away. Eerie.

  23. IIRC, a Mustang did this too on Your Future Car's Hood Will Be Welded Shut · · Score: 1

    maybe it was the Mach I that had the battery in the trunk.

  24. Re:just my opinion on Your Future Car's Hood Will Be Welded Shut · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nonsense, I have a Volvo 960, which drives me to the poorhouse very well, and I'm sure I can get a turn signal bulb for only $2.99 a two pack.

    Of course, turn signal lenses run $100.

  25. Re:corn and rice are adjuncts on BudNet Tracks Your Suds · · Score: 1

    mea culpa