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  1. Re:True Story... on Pornographic Spam And The Workplace · · Score: 1

    This is just one of the reasons why e-mail preview panes are evil and should be removed from all e-mail clients.

    Exactly. Do a view source on questionable email before opening it - it's pretty easy to determine if it's junk.

  2. Re:Yes, us victims deserve all the blame. on Another Worm Targets Anti-Spam Sites · · Score: 1

    I realize that I've goofed approximately five hundred milliseconds after

    Ahh, yes, the "ohnosecond".

  3. Re:Forced password changes on Real Security? · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you've done a dictionary search...

    Slashdot is a great place to find alternative spelling that one can use as inspiration while thinking up passwords.

  4. Mozilla Editor + HTML-Kit on Web Publishing Tools for Kids? · · Score: 1

    Mozilla has a built-in, basic WYSIWYG editor.

    Have her use this for basic layout and content and then view source/experiment with the HTML using (free) HTML-Kit to get a grasp of what's going on.

  5. DHTML Navigation on Web 'Rules' Changing? · · Score: 1


    Ideally, all pages of a website should be accessible from one menu system (I realize that this is impossible for really large sites) and that menu system should exist on every page of the site, enabling users to drill down or up to sub, sub-sub, sub-sub-sub, etc. site levels from any page.

    Milonic's DHTML menu system does this quite nicely. There are other examples out there, I only use this one because I am quite familiar with it.

  6. Re:in space, no one can hear farm animals scream on Eating in Space · · Score: 1

    molecular and cell biology almost makes it possible to grow muscle cells

    Why not? KFC has been doing it for years.

  7. Re:Zero gravity on Eating in Space · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't counter-space be like anti-matter?

  8. Re:A Bagatelle on Bombardier's Embrio: Sexier Segway? · · Score: 1


    This is frustratingly typical of what passes for journalism in this world

    The PopSci page linked in the original /. "story" referred to Bombardier as a "company that designs ATVs and jet skis".

    That's true, but they also manufacture locomotives and prop and jet aircraft (including water bombers and the famous Learjet), leading me to believe that the company has some serious engineering capabilities beyond recreational vehicles.

    Bombardier's site map

  9. Re:Stopping distance on Bombardier's Embrio: Sexier Segway? · · Score: 1

    Anything that's stopping will shift weight to the front, so front brakes count.

    Conversely, acelleration tends to be better with rear-wheel drive vehicles due to weight transfer rearwards. I've often wondered about FWD cars going uphill under slippery conditions and how they compare to RWD.

  10. Re:Nobody will track me by my mobile phone on Track People Using Their Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    I don't need people calling me when I'm not at home. I don't want to call people when I'm not at home and if I do I can use a pay phone.

    Amen, same here. Too bad I blew my mod points earlier today.

    Seems like most chatty (in public) people with cell phones have them for insecurity reasons.

  11. Re:if you're worried about it on Track People Using Their Mobile Phones · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...a friend's kid got snatched. They closed the mall and found the guy- in less than five minutes he'd changed the kid's clothes and dyed his hair

    Really? I'm sure snopes would like names and dates for this event.

  12. Twin Peaks of Kilimanjaro on PC Magazine Reviews Sharp's 3D Notebook · · Score: 1

    just doing the eye-crossing thing.

    Why does this post appear twice? You'd have thought that one of the two CmdrTacos would have caught this goof-up.

  13. Re:3D my ass. on PC Magazine Reviews Sharp's 3D Notebook · · Score: 1

    [shrug] 2.5D, maybe?

    2.5D CAD (from 1996).

  14. Re:Monster Garage - More Info -D'oh! on Monster Garage's Robotic R/C Car Challenge · · Score: 1


    Sorry, I effed up the last link's URL and forgot to include one:

    Almost-related ramblings of a software developer

    Why is Jesse James so popular?

  15. Re:Segway out of this bad idea! on The Future of Battlefield Robots · · Score: 1


    The next step in technology should involve robots with legs

    Like this thing?

  16. Monster Garage - More Info on Monster Garage's Robotic R/C Car Challenge · · Score: 3, Informative
  17. Re:not to nitpick on 20 Years of Virii · · Score: 1

    Elvis Elvii

    Where does Elvira fit into all this terminology?

    [Bart Voice] Ooohh, baby!

  18. Re:Moving orbit on ISS Fender Bender · · Score: 1

    space trash trucks cruising around up there and picking up errant junk

    Like Quark?

  19. Re:Oh, I know what this is... on ISS Fender Bender · · Score: 3, Funny

    Homer: Boy, I know you're going to like your present.

    [it's a hand-held gizmo with three buttons, Bart presses each button a few times]

    Toy: Shut up! Shut up! Kiss my butt! Shut up! Go to hell! Go to hell!

    Bart: Dad, I promise you, I will never get tired of this.

  20. Re:Will it really be good? on Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown · · Score: 1

    "Remove wrapper, open mouth, insert muffin, eat." -- Instructions on the packaging for a muffin at a 7-11.

    No mention of where to insert the muffin.

  21. Re:Use the virtual desktop with OpenGL 3D switchin on Expose Metacity With Expocity · · Score: 1

    http://desk3d.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php

    Looks cool, does what exactly?

  22. Re:Translated version on US House, Senate Agree on Anti-Spam Bill · · Score: 1


    ..."intended recipient"...[of spam, my addition]

    translates to "everyone with email".

  23. Firefly on Firefly: A Special Feature · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Was that the show with muppets or the one with space cowboys? Either way, both sucked.

    Mod -5, irreverant

  24. Gear Organization on How Do You Organize Your Gear? · · Score: 1, Funny

    Assuming that I sit at zero degrees (looking from the top, "north" being straight ahead):

    19 degrees to right is the first monitor, 30 degrees right is the second monitor. OK, skip over the empty wine bottles since this is a geek list...next is the DSL modam and a standby 28.8 modem. Further over ther is the phone and printer, and...

  25. Re:Failure Reborn on Son of Concorde · · Score: 1

    Go to any international airport and take a look at the travellers who have spent 12 hours on a flight, with 8 more ahead of them after their stopover.

    Contrast this with people that spend their money on a travel ship and enjoy the voyage instead of hyping-out on how long it takes them to get there.

    All it takes is a bit more planning.

    Watch your boss' eyeballs explode when you propose a train trip to that next meeting within the continent - starting on your own weekend time! Oh, I forgot that speed is everything.