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  1. Popular Mechanics, huh? on Maglev On the Drawing Boards · · Score: 1

    I still remember the article in 1961 on flying cars.....

  2. Re:Good grief on Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid · · Score: 1

    What if the guy whose house this is happened to be at home cleaning his gun in his basement

    That's easy. Homes in Lake Forest, CA. don't have basements.

  3. No, wired networks aren't going away soon..... on Does 802.11n Spell the 'End of Ethernet'? · · Score: 1

    and they can take the gas light from my front yard when they pry my frozen tongue from the lamp post.

  4. memtest86 on Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Doesn't get much more bloat free than that.

  5. Re:Not a problem where I live on 1300 Unopened Fry's Rebate Forms Found In Dumpster · · Score: 1

    Just wait till we bomb you into becoming good consumers. Those Iraqis just haven't come around but they will once they get their first rebate check.

  6. Rio Rancho, NM on San Francisco Free Wi-Fi Plan Fails · · Score: 1

    Their city-wide WiFi plan fell apart when they paid a bunch of money and got nothing.

  7. Well, Elton on Elton John Says Internet is Destroying Music · · Score: 1

    What new artists have you taken under your wing? When was the last time you went to a club to see an new artist?

  8. But I don't want it to have fingers like my hand.. on Bionic Hand Makes it to Market · · Score: 1

    I'd rather it had fingers like Katie Holmes...

  9. Re:Bombula on Deathbed Confession Says Aliens Were at Roswell · · Score: 1

    it just doesn't make sense that a civilization advanced enough to cross interstellar space would crash in New Mexico. And the chances of aliens being humanoid in appearance are close to zero.

    I don't know. Texans drive across Texas every summer and crash in New Mexico.

  10. In Soviet Russia.... on Vista Eating Battery Life · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Macbook drains YOU!!!!

  11. I don't get it on Steve Jobs Personally Resolves Customer Complaint · · Score: 1

    If he was "sold a non-functional computer" how did he get his data on it?

  12. The Mac needed Lisa for SW development on The Top 21 Tech Flops · · Score: 1

    The development platform for the original Mac was the Lisa so it's incorrect to say that the Mac came along and killed it.

  13. woohoo!!! on Scientists Create Sheep That Are 15 Percent Human · · Score: 1

    My weekends are about to get a whole lot better.

  14. I don't want my music stored in a mobile device on Will The iPhone Kill The iPod? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd rather be able to access it from a mobile device along with other documents.

  15. DC power in datacenters on 12 Crackpot Ideas That Could Transform Tech · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Telco COs have always had this.

  16. Problem with his test method on Dell Laptops Have Shocking New Problem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He needs to have a good ground. He's using the metal case of another PC as ground so he might just as well be measuring the voltage off the PC case.

  17. In Korea... on Why South Korea Is Shackled To Windows · · Score: 1

    Not only old people use Windows...

  18. Like biplanes? on First Flying Dinosaurs Had Biplane Structure · · Score: 1

    With legs hanging down? I've never seen legs on a biplane?

  19. Re:The VHS/Beta Porn myth sufaces again on Adult Film Industry Moving To HD DVD · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I know for a fact prOn producers used Beta machines. In the mid-80s I wrote the SW for the industry standard video cassette duplication system. These supported every video cassette duplicator available which included, besides VHS machines, Sony, Sanyo and NEC Beta machines. One of the problems cassette manufacturers had with Beta was that the duplicating machines weren't very robust. They were for the most part consumer electromechanicals in an industrial box. A large facility would have 5000+ machines, mostly VHS with some Beta, which could be partitioned into individual banks. Each of these banks would/could be duplicating different video. In order to have the quickest turnaround between runs employees on roller skates would skate down the banks taking cassettes from a shopping cart and shoving them into the rackmounted machines. There were only a few VHS machines that were rugged enough for this (Matsushita/Panasonic and JVC were the best, Sharps were worst) but there wasn't a Beta machine that would hold up.

    Trivia: We called the Beta duplicators MastahBetas; the SuperBeta was called the SuperMastahBeta.

  20. well...... on Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone Trademark · · Score: 1

    iDeclare....

  21. That's all fine and dandy... on 10 Tech Concepts You Should Know for 2007 · · Score: 1

    but when do I get my flying car?

  22. My experience on Do Big Screens Make Employees More Productive? · · Score: 1

    Engineers who use dual-monitors are much less productive than those who use a single large monitor although I think it has more to do with the dual-monitor users having less experience. The senior-level developers almost universally prefer a single large monitor.

  23. Re:You act like it's more expensive... on Linux Cell Phones Coming Q1 2007 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Linux is nice and all, but unless you feel like writing your own software don't expect this phone to be very useful.

    Yeah, that's the problem with Linux and open source embedded systems; nobody ever writes software for that stuff.....

  24. Is there a scene.... on Suit Blames Videogames for Homicides · · Score: 1

    where the player murders his family, drags the bodies outside to bury them in a manure pile with a tractor?

  25. Re:Regular house current (FYI) on Charge in 5 minutes, Drive 500 miles? · · Score: 1

    $9.00 of power based on my 'current' rate, ~$0.08/kWh, is 112.5kWh so it's even worse.