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  1. Re:And... what? How much will this cost? on Balloon Based Wireless Floated · · Score: 1

    a lot of the costs associated with owning the land would be washed by this i would think, but what about equipment recovery. do they just say so-long? guess i better read the article.

  2. heres a video on Homemade Mecha Walks in Japan · · Score: 1

    heres a video we had found on another site. sorry if its already been posted.

    http://www.compfused.com/directlink/723/

  3. Re:Where's Money's roll today? on Show Me The Money - Microsoft Money Vs. Quicken · · Score: 1

    Digitial Insight owns a program taht does this, but to my knowledge most companies are rolling off of this. I do believe Everbank.com's new system will do this, and i know for a fact their current system does.

  4. Re:Here's the problem. on Show Me The Money - Microsoft Money Vs. Quicken · · Score: 1

    first, id like to clear up a few things.

    banks hold transactions active in the mainframe for the last 45-60 days. After that Quicken and Money can no longer see them.

    Quicken and Money both do checking for duplicate or matchable entries. Quicken for sure, and im nearly certain about Money.

    There are several reasons this can't work.

    1. The most important. Banking software is in many cases 60 years old. The people who wrote it have in most cases passed away and the documentation and understanding is not good. Any time a change to the software needs to be made the businesses in charge of it do everything in their power to keep that from happeneing. banking software in itself is held together on a wing and a prayer.

    2. The list with unique transacation numbers is a time intensive process, especially considering at any one point 500,000 or 1 person may be accessing the transacation servers. Further, I would guess less than 5% of customers use online banking, and of that 99% use the banks proprietory service, and 1% MAYBE use quicken/money solutions. The change would not make sense from a cost standpoint, nor from a labor one.

  5. Re:My job has not been shipped offshore on Labor Department Downplays Offshoring · · Score: 2, Insightful

    well youre not insulated, sure you cant lose your job to offshoring but if your customers arent working you arent getting jobs. carpenters are the first hit by economic dips.

    Anyway, my dad told me he loves working for himself...the best part of his job is he gets to work half days, any 12 hours he *&^%ing chooses.

    sorry, i was a carpenter for 10 years, there is no safe place to hide from economic crap.

  6. i heard that... on Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem · · Score: 3, Interesting

    with the company i work for id love to make suggestions to help people rid themselves of this, but were not allowed because its all third party stuff. i dont work for an ISP, but an internet banking group, and time after time people are blaming their bank for redirect hijackers and popups...all i can say is that your computer is messed up and you should try to call your ISP for assistance. not like theyd be in a much better sitch than me. too bad we can convince people to stop clicking on every bloody thing that pops onto their screen.

  7. Re:They say they want to discourage tourism... on Australian Pilot Stranded In Antarctica · · Score: 1

    tech support doesnt get credit for that, theyve said that in construction for at least as long as ive been alive, and im sure eons before that. people are always sort sited once or twice in their lives.

    as they say in tech support: "hindsight is 20/20"

    LOL!

  8. Re:Madison, WI is *not* the middle of nowhere on Profile of a Hard-Core Gamer · · Score: 1

    hmm, ive never been anywhere that has as many bees as wisconsin, (im from racine), but i didnt think there were all that many of them. the bastards burrow in the ground though and sneak up on you.

  9. Re:hummmm on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 1

    when cds came out they were $25 a pop.

  10. Re:Make the market do it on Creating Car Free Cities · · Score: 1

    thats simply not a reasonable comparison

  11. Re:Bad idea on Washington State Legalizes NEVs on Public Roads · · Score: 1

    >>Modern, working cars don't pollute enough to make a difference either

    they don't!? hmm, im pretty sure my car doesn't run on hopes and dreams.

  12. Re:Make the market do it on Creating Car Free Cities · · Score: 1

    cost of 800 sq ft condominium per month in milwaukee, 2 blocks from work on the stink river with no lawn: $1250/month

    cost of 1300 sq ft house, 3 bedrooms, 1/2 acre of grass, 2.5 car garage in racine proper, 45 mins from work: $1000/month

    its about getting more from your money, unfortunately cit living isn't for everyone.

  13. /. as a verb. on New NASA Maps Show A Bad Day On Earth · · Score: 1

    bah, shes shut down already. anyone got the pics?

  14. Re:ESPN's Extreme programming on Questioning Extreme Programming · · Score: 1

    you are a sad man indeed :)

  15. ive honestly only had one fail... on Have Fujitsu Harddrives Been Failing in Record Numbers? · · Score: 1

    but its the only hard drive ive ever bought that failed within 5 years. and it failed in like a matter of 6 mos.

  16. Re:Here's the proof we landed on the moon on NASA Cancels Moon Hoax Book · · Score: 1

    youre one of those people who writes this code i have to support without ever testing it, arent you?

  17. i live in wisconsin on Folding@Home Client's Performance Impact Measured · · Score: 1

    im helping to keep heating costs down by running folding at home during the autumn, winter and spring months. AC runs here like one or two months a year :p

  18. Re:Here's the proof we landed on the moon on NASA Cancels Moon Hoax Book · · Score: 1

    no offense, but if it couldn't hold up under earth's gravity how did they build it? did they just hope to god it would work without testing?

  19. Re:Everbank on Online Banking And Browser Support · · Score: 1

    "It's a great day at Everbank, this is _____, how may i help you?"

  20. Re:Everbank on Online Banking And Browser Support · · Score: 1

    i work for everbank, we do support for them and about 499 other banks too. you might see that online banking look AWFULLY similar if you slip on over to another bank. Im almost positive everbank is a subsidiary of M&I just like I am.

  21. i work for the no.2 online banking company ... on Online Banking And Browser Support · · Score: 1

    we support MSIE and netscape 6.2. thats it. for some reason mozilla doesn't work on the PC platform. I would guess theres only so much you can do, but we dont even actively support a Macintosh machine with our newer online banking platform.

  22. Re:And so what if SETI did get a hit? on Folding@Home Reports Success · · Score: 1

    you've neglected the prime directive...

  23. Re:Mirror on Casemodding Enterprise Hardware · · Score: 1

    nj bro, thanks much

  24. i sold hp for a while... on Printer Makers' Ploys · · Score: 2, Interesting

    basically they teach you not to lie but they teach you lies and hype about the product. its amazing how three companies cna do 9 independant studies and arrive at 27 different results.

  25. mcAffee online on Version Fatigue · · Score: 1

    I swear they give me a new version daily, not to mention program patches and everything else. Sometimes its frustrating as all hell!