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  1. iPod leather cases @ $99.00 on Apple Announces Wonderful Toys · · Score: 1

    Now that's exciting....

  2. Re:better summary on Japan to Discourage Sale of Old Electronics · · Score: 1

    Gound Fault Circuit Interrupters? The outlets in my house don't have grounds!!!

  3. Re:Closing the "analog hole" on Japan to Discourage Sale of Old Electronics · · Score: 1

    UL is a private organization and doesn't have the authority to require recalls. That would be the domain of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

  4. You've got questions? on RadioShack CEO Resigns · · Score: 1

    He had no answers...

  5. Re:In Corea... on Korea Plans to Choose Linux City, University · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    only old people can spell 'Korea'.

  6. KIM-1 on What Was Your First Computer? · · Score: 1

    I got it in '76 and still have it. I also have a Visible Memory video interface for it. The processor is one of the early 6502s without the ROR instruction. Around the same time I had access to a IBM 5100, a desktop with 64k RAM, 3M data cartridge drive and APL/BASIC at the flip of a switch.

  7. I think this is BS on U.S.Laws May Make Online Job Hunting Harder · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is a big deal and the only reference is this story. I could find nothing else. The story doesn't answer the diversity subject. BS I say.

  8. You can be sure if it's Westinghouse. on Toshiba to Pay $5.4 Billion for Westinghouse · · Score: 1

    That's what the ads use to say when they made vacuum tubes, big generators and major appliances. Yesterday I put a NOS Westinghouse 6U10 in a guitar amp.

  9. Re:I don't buy it on Bill Gates' Taxes Require Special Computer · · Score: 1

    Good post. I think it has more to do with the sorry state of IRS technology than the size of BG's income.

  10. Re:Ugh...been there on EFI Modifications Leaves iMac Unbootable? · · Score: 1

    This was/is standard procedure for replacing the battery-backed NVRAM on old Sparcstations. Today. unfortunately, flash/NVRAM/etc are often soldered to the board.

  11. Re:Oh my! on George Takei To Play Star Trek's Sulu Again · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He can certainly take a joke and that laugh of his is totally infectious.

    His voice is very distinctive. While waiting for a friend in the lobby of a Beverly Hills movie theatre I heard this voice that made me turn towards the speaker. It was Mr. Takei whose voice stood out from probably 50 feet.

  12. Large defense contractor on Has Corporate Info Security Gotten Out of Hand? · · Score: 1

    I develop display software for US military aircraft. IT wants the company to switch from UNIX boxes (Suns) to Windows. Need I say it sucks? Windows screws up the case in filenames. The machines aren't set up to carry your environment from one box to another. They have to be rebooted at least every couple of days. There's so much useless crap loaded at boot that they've already consumed 300MBs of RAM before you log on. Then when they are running they're constantly probed by the mother ship. We have the blocked URLs and crappy internet access but I can live with that. They upgraded all the machines from W2K to XP but didn't bother to get compatible applications. I can't run Outlook and my Xserver at the same time. Guess which one doesn't get run? Then there's the phone system.....

  13. Re:Another scheme to grab your money? on New Device to Detect Skin Cancer From A Picture? · · Score: 1

    It doesn't appear that they're seeking FDA approval. Without FDA approval it doesn't have to live up to its claims. A dermatologist/physician wouldn't use it. It's a novelty device.

  14. That's nothin'.... on New Device to Detect Skin Cancer From A Picture? · · Score: 1

    I can detect a bullshit press release without reading it in its entirety....and I'm available TODAY!!!!

  15. The only President of the United States... on Happy 300th Birthday Benjamin Franklin · · Score: 1

    who was never President of the United States.

  16. Obligatory 'Soylent Green' reference on Algae That Cleans Emissions and Produces Fuel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isaac Berzin's algae IS people!!!!

  17. It's a valuable new instrument!!! on Retrofitting an iPod into a Geiger Counter · · Score: 1

    Now the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field is detectable.

  18. Re:Slightly off-topic- streaming all audio on PC FM Tuner Streamed Over a LAN? · · Score: 1

    Export the media on the other PC so the Windows Media Center PC can see it.

  19. Is there a way of preventing vision problems? on Computers, Long Hours and Vision Problems? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, get a sex partner. Then you'll quit spending so much time with the computer.

  20. Route 66 2006 on Crossing America on a Segway · · Score: 1

    A new TV show based on the old one which starred Martin Milner and George Maharis. The premise was they traveled RT66 in a Corvette to discover America. The new one could be two dorks on Segways doing the same thing.

    http://www.tvparty.com/route1.html

  21. Re:whatever on If DVD Is Dead, What's Next? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, 70 RPM was supplanted by 78 RPM and I'm never going back.

  22. Re:Would love to see proportionate justice on Spammer Gets $11 Billion Fine · · Score: 1

    Why weren't you on the MickeyDs legal team? Then you would know that McDonalds coffee burned 700 people from 1982-92 (per discovery by their own legal team). So many have opinions on this case but don't know shit about it.

  23. If it's endorsed by Justin Timberlake on Microsoft Unveils 'Urge' Music Service · · Score: 1

    Then it's got to be good, right?

  24. Well that's good enough for me. on French Military Police Switches to Firefox · · Score: 1

    I think I'll switch to Firefox.

  25. Re:not really on UC Wins Contract to Run Los Alamos · · Score: 1

    I'm a retired experimentalist from LANL so there is no need to theorize. Kellog, Brown and Root does the site services.

    http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php?fuseaction=home .story&story_id=1320