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  1. Ilford on Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper · · Score: 1
    In other news, Ilford -- the world leader in Black and White printing technology is continuing to offer their products, including black and white emulsion paper.

    Looks like we haven't killed that pesky B&W just yet! Ah well, keep the faith, and keep fighting!

  2. Re:SimPark + the real thing on How To Balance Life And Technology For Kids? · · Score: 1

    How about ... going outside with the kids and making that into a bonding experience? :P

  3. Re:Meh. on Glass In Spaaaaace · · Score: 1
  4. the real world on After College, What Type of Jobs Should One Seek? · · Score: 1

    You won't get a senior position at a software company unless you have years of real world experience.

  5. Re:Rampage?? on Pharm-Bot Goes On Rampage · · Score: 1

    F. Gains primitive self awareness, revolts against slave-driver owners by sulking drearily

  6. Re:iPod on iPod Gets The Royal Nod · · Score: 1

    in iAmerica, boring trends follow YOU.

  7. service with a smile on iPod Gets The Royal Nod · · Score: 1

    I have my footman do it for me too.

  8. the sky is falling on Pharm-Bot Goes On Rampage · · Score: 1

    The doctors ran for their lives? Why? Pharm bot threatened to dispense them to death?

  9. Re:Been there done that... on Dell Axim X50 Running Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure that's not one o' them training weights for power walkers?

  10. Sell it on Who Will Google Buy Next? · · Score: 1
    Finally an answer to the oft asked question:

    Q: "What impetus could possibly turn 1.3 million formerly straight-laced geeks to shameless self prostitution in a single night?"

    A: Googlust

  11. Great ... if you work for yourself. on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    I dropped out after about 8 months. I've done great in my career as a software programmer, and I make about 30 to 50% of what my fellow engineers make -- and I'm about 30 to 50% smarter than they are. :) Get your degree!

  12. Re:Definition of a non-story: on Space Shuttles almost Ready to Re-Launch · · Score: 2

    Maybe because atmospheric re-entry is somehow subtly different than holding a blowtorch up to a log for minute or two? : P

  13. Re:No biggie on Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals? · · Score: 1
    By the same token, someone will "pique" your curiousity, not peak it.

    Embarrassingly, I pronounced "pique" as "pick" for a long, long time until a friendly Englishman corrected me.

  14. Re:No biggie on Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals? · · Score: 1

    I have no piercings or tattoos and I have no problem with people who have piercings and tattoos. The only concern I have is if the tattoo is discriminatory, overly violent, or overtly sexual. This 'no body mods or you're unprofessional' attitude is extremely narrow minded and monocultural.

  15. Re:Outlook 2003 on Where is the Killer Calendar? · · Score: 1

    less code bloat You've got the source code for Outlook?!

  16. two words on 63% Of Corporations Plan To Read Outbound Email · · Score: 1
    1. ssh
    2. mutt

    Come on. Geek out with me.

  17. NYSE/OS on Message Storm Knocks NYSE Offline · · Score: 1
    Your NYSE/OS C: drive appears to be getting full. You have approximately 4% disk space free. NYSE/OS recommends having at least 15% free disk space to properly conduct Big Buck Stock Exchanges.

    NYSE/OS has searched your drive for under-used and overly-large files and generated the following report.

    Under-used
    ----------
    c:\tickerlogs\SUNW.log 942 bytes

    Over-sized
    ----------
    c:\logs\NYSEerrors.log 543 Gb

  18. Re:Cohabitation on The Science of Star Wars · · Score: 3, Informative
    Yeah, it does seem as though the authors are making the assumption that all species are going to beat the crap out of each other.

    I think if you just plopped down the Naboo and the Gungans in their pictured state of technological development, with all their gadgets and what-not, they could probably get along.

    If we're talking about co-evolution, it seems rather unlikely, unless -- like other /.ers have said -- they consumed extremely different resources and inhabited incompatible / inaccessible areas of the planet.

    Had the two races come into contact with each other somewhere earlier down the evolutionary chain, one would have competed with and severely stunded the evolutionary process of the other. That's not to say 'driven to extinction', but rather 'driven stall at a less intelligent stage of evolution'.

    But the universe is a big place, and the only life and ecosystems we know are our own. So hey. Yea. It could happen. Why not?

  19. Re:OSS? on Secret Codes Protect Ancient Torahs · · Score: 1

    You actually need Windows CE (Country Edition) with Nuclear Power Plus! Plugin.

  20. Re:Not a flame, just a fact... on Spielberg & Lucas Approve Indy 4 Script · · Score: 1
    There's no reason why we can't have stories about Indy's adventures later in life.

    We could even have Indy mentoring a youthful up-and-coming successor. Which then opens up the possibilities for youthful female love interests... which then opens up the pockets of lusty middle aged Americans, everywhere!

    Maybe I should be a producer.

  21. Re:Vaporware the motion picture on Spielberg & Lucas Approve Indy 4 Script · · Score: 1

    It's in IMDB as "in production". Vaporous or not.

  22. Re:Indiana Jones And The Search For Actor Approval on Spielberg & Lucas Approve Indy 4 Script · · Score: 1

    Not doing the movie might bring him some bad PR, yea. But I'm guessing he's influential enough to request (and have made) modifications to the script. When everyone involved already has enough money to retire happily, compromise and cooperation probably come without the fear of career ruining mistakes.

  23. Re:Grok! on Extinct Wildflower Found In California · · Score: 1

    nothing really computer-centric about 'grok'. maybe nerd centric. there are definitely botany nerds.

  24. keep it up on Extinct Wildflower Found In California · · Score: 3, Funny

    1 down, 831 to go.

  25. Re:Are you suprised? What did you expect? on Airport Screeners could see X-rated X-rays · · Score: 1

    Sometimes the only way to cope with the absurdity of life is to laugh at it. Camus.