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  1. Re:Now all you need... on Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris · · Score: 1

    highschool? unless you're a teacher/it admin, put on some diapers and come back in a couple years...

    joking aside, you're correct about keeping an eye out for unmarked cops. I speed a little (70-80mph in 65) but im always on the lookout for unmarked cops. I tend to recognize them by their headlights/corner lights. Impala's and Crown Vic's are surprisingly recognizeable (at least at night)- largely because of the positioning and brightness but in conjunction with the cornering lights looking a little dotted/speckled or however you describe that effect, I can almost always tell if a cop is approaching from behind or coming at me. Impala break lights are easy to spot too, big and round.

    there's a difference between driving 5-15 over and going straight ahead and going 5-15 over and weaving all over the place and passing. Cops tend to notice someone all over the place more than someone staying in a lane/cluster. If you keep some larger vehicles between you and potential radar sources, radar isnt as likely to get you specifically- but lidar obviously would still catch you.

    In any case, if you're in high school, i'm not too inclined to trust your vast driving experience.. Though you do seem to be ahead of the curve.

    for the record, im several years out of college, and while i consider myself a good driver (have class B CDL), i certainly don't know everything either.

  2. Re:the oil and car industry will band together on Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris · · Score: 1

    the article said no gears..

  3. Re:Profiles blocked. on Oregon Woman Sues Yahoo for $3 Million · · Score: 1

    howd you figure that out?

    btw, boobs? what boobs?

  4. Re:Are people really this stupid? on Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury · · Score: 1

    thus in my original reply, i said something like 'not that he shouldn't have been able to tell that the inside was plastic'

    but some other asshat made it about metal connectors, was just trying to give an example.

  5. Re:Are people really this stupid? on Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury · · Score: 1
  6. Re:Are people really this stupid? on Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury · · Score: 1

    this doesnt show the bottom, and isnt the best example, but you can still see the plastic parts

    http://216.59.138.2/assets/product_images/KA01cnnw 0001-170.jpg

    it really is actually a connector picture, i'll stake my karma on it.

    otherwise google images for shielded rj-45

  7. Re:Are people really this stupid? on Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury · · Score: 1

    ever seen one of these connectors? the whole thing isnt covered, just the top of the rectangular section, not the bottom where the pins are and it doesnt extend the whole length of the connector either, so you can still see the wires where there isnt metal.

    troll elsewhere

  8. Re:Nyygbtrgure abj on New Phone Service Promises to ID Songs · · Score: 1

    The song being played is:
    Vorsicht, heiss und fettig
    by
    eine Musikgruppe niemand weiß

    thank you, that'll be 99 cents please.

  9. Re:I'm not a Californian on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 1

    Why not just remove all of the siding, put stainless steel or tin sheeting, ground it all, and then nail the siding back on over the metal? The city would have no right to complain then I don't think.

  10. Re:Are people really this stupid? on Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury · · Score: 1

    There are some ethernet cables with plastic ends and a metal shielding covering over most of the plastic... not that the guy shouldn't have been able to recognize the inside as plasic..

  11. C6 on What Ever Happened to Virtual Reality? · · Score: 1

    The C6 at ISU is one example of immersion. There is a whole center devoted to VR and the C6.

    http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/

  12. Re:pre-emptive lawsuit on Apple Sued over Tiger, Injunction Sought · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And in other news, the popular car maker, Jaguar, is reporting sales decreases of 20% for this quarter alone! (number made up)

    Could it have anything to do with a $h1t7y economy? Certainly not! But Jaguar is filing suit due to their loss of google rankings.

  13. Re:pre-emptive lawsuit on Apple Sued over Tiger, Injunction Sought · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I thought trademark suits only work when theyre in competing industries? TigerDirect doesn't have an OS or even a computer named Tiger.

  14. Re:60 degrees can kill you pretty quickly on Opera CEO Prepares to Swim across the Atlantic · · Score: 1

    400-410 would flash boil wouldn't it? Like there would be no water to swim in at that temperature and you'd be one crispy critter from the steam?

  15. I highly doubt it on Petition To Get OS/2 Open Source · · Score: 1

    I -highly- doubt they'll open it up.. Last I knew, there were still a handful of banks (Washington Mutual for one) that use OS/2 as a desktop OS. The possibility for exploits is probably too high.

  16. Re:Why is everybody complaining? on Hibernation on Demand · · Score: 1

    Well, lots of us do read every article.. and reading the same thread again is like reading pride and prejudice again for another english class... and for everyone else there's the 'Older Stuff' section.

  17. Re:Daddypants is sleeping on Hibernation on Demand · · Score: 1

    And yet a couple of truly decent articles I had got rejected. Go figure.

  18. Re:Now add some UV LEDs... on USB Disco Dance Floor · · Score: 1

    p.s. also just making a joke/giving you a hard time. nothing personal.. even if it was perfect english, i still would have made the joke ;o)

  19. Re:Now add some UV LEDs... on USB Disco Dance Floor · · Score: 1

    Well, it's slang thats sort of a holdover from the days before electricity... People still leave their lights 'burning' .. but the phrase really isn't used much anymore, and I'm not sure I've heard it applied to an LED before- doesn't mean it's wrong or anything..

    So I guess the answer is, it's probably ok, but not so common anymore.

    IANAET (I am not an english teacher.. nor an extra terrestrial)

  20. Re:ping dancefloor on USB Disco Dance Floor · · Score: 1

    Of course it's stayin' alive! It will continue to do so as well. My disco bible says so!

    At first I was afraid; I was petrified,
    ...
    D' you Think I'd crumble, you think I'd lay down and die?
    No, not I, I will survive...oh as long as I know how to love,
    I know I am still alive.
    I got all my life to live, and I got all my love to give,
    I will survive, hey hey!


  21. Re:Now add some UV LEDs... on USB Disco Dance Floor · · Score: 1

    "Note that the LEDs get quite hot when burning."

    <sarcasm>
    Well, maybe they shouldn't be lighting LEDs on fire.. they produce a much more even light when electric current is applied instead of the waviness of an open flame.
    </sarcasm>

  22. Re:Legal reprimand? on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 1

    except that he did owe a debt for services rendered- the installation, and threatened to call the cops if he didn't pay.. Guess he got the cops anyway.

  23. Re:Well, in all fairness on Microsoft's Tips for Buying an MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    Read some of the other posts, people have had it skip doing routine things, like driving.

  24. Re:Well, in all fairness on Microsoft's Tips for Buying an MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    while a big jolt, it was still just one. The iPod will skip eventually given enough continuous vibration at enough magnitude.

  25. I have an alarm clock too on The World's Most Devious Alarm Clock · · Score: 2, Funny

    My alarm clock is almost 6 months old and has piercing tones and a foul odor at random times in the morning. He's guaranteed to wake you up at least 4 hours before you absolutely have to be up.