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  1. Re:Possible use... on China Building Gigantic Structures In the Desert · · Score: 1

    Yes, but remember that Istanbul was Constantinople and now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople because it's been a long time gone, Constantinople...

  2. Re:I'm more interested... on Pancake Flipping Is Hard — NP Hard · · Score: 1

    See, in my case I pay about 50 CAN$ for a gallon (8 cans) of maple syrup. That's why I'll never leave the province.

    I'm an addict, and I know it.

  3. Re:I'm more interested... on Pancake Flipping Is Hard — NP Hard · · Score: 1

    Actually, it kinds of saturates the pleasure center until you achieve foodgasm and/or foodvana. Be careful not to overdose because that leads straight to pleasure coma.

  4. Re:I'm more interested... on Pancake Flipping Is Hard — NP Hard · · Score: 2

    I understand not everybody has this luxury, but what I do every spring is shop around in the various friends and families that happen to know people who own or operate a sugar shack and get various grades of maple syrup. I use grade A instead of white sugar for day-to-day usages (coffee, cereals, etc.), grade B when I'm out of grade A or for maple recipes and grade C for maple sauces and dressings. I once had access to grade D and the strength of the taste was incredible, especially in salad dressing.

    So yeah, I consume about two gallons of maple syrup per year plus maple butter on toasts and maple sugar instead of brown sugar and I actually keep a bottle of syrup at work to sweeten my (and my coworker's) coffee.

    Everything is better with maple.

  5. Re:August on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    Learn to say, "Yes, dear."

    Don't overuse the "Yes, dear." It's very useful in many cases, but she will notice the pattern if you use it too often, even if you try to obfuscate it.

  6. Re:O(1) on Chicken Feathers May Hold Key To Hydrogen Storage · · Score: 1

    ... So an electric car with a 300 mile range is pretty much impossible to build at any price ...

    I hate to prove you wrong, but the Tesla Motors Model S is far from impossible to build and it even has a price.

  7. Re:Bigger then Jesus? on New Google Services Announced · · Score: 1

    Maybe Jesus is bigger that the Beatles, but Google is still on top!

    http://google.com/trends?q=jesus%2C+google&ctab=0& date=all&geo=all

  8. Re:Fastest Mac on four wheels? on Ultimate Automotive Computer Installation · · Score: 1

    My '92 Subaru Loyal had it there too. I think they still mount the spare on the engine, since it's a boxer engine. They tend to be lower than other types of engines, which is good since it lowers the center of gravity too.

    Your friends shouldn't laugh, you have a full-size spare tire (not one of those tiny spares you're only supposed to use to get to the nearest garage) and it doesn't take any space in the trunk!

  9. Re:i don't quite follow... on Linus on DRM · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or are they saying that my compiler (and my compiled linux kernel) will all of a sudden stop playing downloaded MP3 just for the fact that it wasn't signed by Linus?

    Wow! Your compiler can play MP3s! I'm really jealous.

    Mine only makes binary files, or tells me that I suck at coding.

  10. Only 20$ a month? on Spammers Using Students as Relays · · Score: 1

    That's a cheap price to sell your soul!

  11. But what if I'm a repetitive compulsive buyer? on Swiss Researchers Find A Hole In SSL · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know, maybe I'm going to buy 160 different items, one at a time, each time sending my credit card number.

  12. Re:Not space related but... on Science Fact From Fiction · · Score: 1
    I'm sorry to tell you that, but there were a few submarines before Vernes' story in 1873.

    For example, there is the Hunley, which was effectively used to sink a ship with a harpoon-torpedo. Or even before that, in 1776 with the Turtle.

    And while the first real submarines were not built before the 1890's, I doubt Vernes was the main inspiration for all the work done on them. There was even a Nautilus in 1801!

  13. Re:RS232 is a difficult standard to use on Lawsuit Alleges That Palms Damage Motherboards · · Score: 2, Informative
    No, RS232 may be a difficult tandard, but the level converters usually can take up to ~20V IIRC. That's in the standard, anyways. Like other people pointed out, it must be static from the cradle.

    If the Palm's case is metallic and is connected to the Palm's ground, then I think it might be possible to avoid static discharge through the motherboard if a simple ground wire is soldered to the 0V pin of the cradle. I've never seen a Palm cradle, but they surely use a simple AC-DC converter for power which hasn't any ground wire.