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  1. Re:Where is the left wing? on More on Columbia · · Score: 1


    Your left or my left?

  2. Re:Keep in mind on Computer Scientists Rally for Reliable Voting System · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The reverse could also be said. Those that wish to unseat the incumbent wants something different.

    The best way to elect our representatives is not through the use of technology, wiz-bang gadgets, open source software or even legal challenges.

    Its gett ing Joe Six-Pack and the rest of the disenchanted voters off thier duffs and out to the polls. Rather than complain, execrcise the right to vote people. Had this been the case in 2000, we would have had a clear winner

  3. Why on Instant Concert CDs? · · Score: 1


    Would it be pirating? One can safely assume the Clear Channel would obtain the necessary releases from the band and or thier management.

    This is nothing more than the logical growth of what Phish is pioneering with thier "Live Phish". Legit audience recording were on the circuit with 24 hrs of the NYE show. Assuming one had all the right gear in place, producing high quality copies of the show minutes after its completion would be a snap.

  4. Re:Old News on Gloss Plastic Could Eliminate Auto Painting · · Score: 3, Funny


    On the subject of commercials, how will this effect that sales of "The Ding King"?

    Will this be the end of Billy Mays?

  5. Re:The media wants quick answers on Updated Information On Columbia Shuttle Tragedy · · Score: 1

    And the seventh was?

  6. Re:I hope they banned bikes on their sidewalks too on Segway Banned In San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Assuming that

    A) I live in San Francisco
    II) I had the money
    C) I was stupid enough to buy one

    I'd rather know now that they were considering a ban on them. I'd hate to buy one and two months later find out they're being banned. Wouldn't be quite the same riding it around on my patio.

  7. Wondering on Web Site Sues Annoying Pest Troll · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sitting here with my wonderful 5 mod points. Can I get a kickback for modding posts as trolls?

  8. If This Comes To Pass on Mandated Regulation/Certification for Computer Repair? · · Score: 2

    I'm getting me a butt-load of stock in that company. You know, the one that Sally Struthers says I can get a degree from.

    Or was that the one that feed the starving children?

    Can't remember, oh wait

    1) Starving Children
    B) Sally Struthers
    III) Degree In PC Repair
    Four) Profit

  9. Re:Beats me on Where are the 70% Efficient Solar Cells? · · Score: 3, Funny


    Brought to you by the folks who gave you cold fusion in a jelly jar.

  10. Re:I don't care on Colleges Signing Secret MS License Agreements · · Score: 2


    And if he gets a good paying job, bully for him !!

  11. Re:Save your money on Phish to Sell Downloads of Concerts · · Score: 2

    Or get some 230+ SCI shows from The Internet Archive project.

    http://webdev.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-bro ws e.php?collection=etree&cat=String%20Cheese%20Incid ent

  12. Re:Great idea! on Phish to Sell Downloads of Concerts · · Score: 5, Informative

    Obviously you do not participate in (or were cognizant of the existance of) the activity of "tape-trading". Many of the shows I've collected sound as good, if not better than those produced and sold by "the man". These days its not uncommon for tapers to get direct feeds off the soundboards.

    Perhaps you should visit the Internet Archive, specifically the Audio section that deals with Etree / lossless recording. Over the past few months they've been actively aquiring and archiving shows (in shn and flac format) from taper friendly bands. Phish opt'd out of the archive, probably because they were working on thier own distribution system (which we are now seeing the genisis of).

    Download a couple of shows (if you got the bandwidth), convert and burn to audio CD. I think you might be pleasantly suprised. And the kicker is, there is quite a broad selection of acts hosted. Six months ago I never heard of String Cheese Incident.....

  13. Re:Wild...Maybe He Can Cut Us A Deal on MS Proposes Disclosing Windows Source To India · · Score: 2

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstech nology/134594397_microsoft12m.html

  14. Re:Well.... (same with the CSA) on Uprated "10-ton" Ariane 5 Fails · · Score: 2

    No offense, but I would have been disillusioned the moment I found out Canada had a space agency.

    What exactly is thier mission, aside from the aforementioned "stickers - posters - advertising". The only things I can recall Canada being involved in spacewise is the shuttle arm and being a great impact zone for errant soviet satellites.

  15. Re:Communist! on Actual Costs for the Space Station · · Score: 2


    Roosevelt....

    Sometimes it actually works.

  16. Re:Well duh on Win2k Cheaper than Linux · · Score: 2


    That would be the people who find it easy to administer, obviously.

  17. Re:If NASA is serious - Dead On Arrival on NASA Considers Abandoning ISS · · Score: 2

    While it could be argued that the current Soyuz is a completely redesigned version of the original:

    Soyuz 1

    Mission Statistics:
    Date: 04/23/67
    Flight Time: 001d 02h 48m
    Number of Orbits: 0018 orbits

    Cosmonaut Crew:
    Vladimir M. Komarov

    EVA's:
    None

    Payloads:
    None

    Mission Highlights:
    Komarov became the first Russian to make a second trip into space. The main purpose of this 1-day flight was to test out the new Soyuz spacecraft. The reentry process of Soyuz 1 appears to have gone completely normal through the routine communications blackout period. However, in the last few miles of descent, the parachute became twisted in its lines and the spacecraft was destroyed in a hard impact. Komarov was killed instantly on impact. It was ironic that both the United States and the Soviet Union suffered their first mission-related fatalities within a few months of each other.

    AND

    Soyuz 11 (Salyut 1)

    Mission Statistics:
    Date: 06/06/71
    Flight Time: 023d 18h 22m
    Number of Orbits: 0385 orbits

    Cosmonaut Crew:
    Georgi T. Dobrovolsky
    Vladislav N. Volkov
    Viktor A. Patsayev

    EVA's:
    None

    Payloads:
    None

    Mission Highlights:
    What had been a most successful mission aboard the Salyut 1 space station, turned into disaster upon reentry of the crew. A pressure release valve in the Soyuz spacecraft malfunctioned, allowing the oxygen to escape from the cabin during reentry. The crew, as was the custom on earlier Soyuz flights, was not wearing pressure suits. When the recovery teams opened the hatch on the spacecraft, they found the flight crew dead.

  18. Re:Can you hear me now? on Cell Phones for the Deaf · · Score: 2

    That would be Einstein, Sherlock..........

  19. Re:Satus symbols? on Do People Really Use Their PDAs? · · Score: 2

    Yes they are. At my company, the higher you are the newer/shiner/more feature endowed the PDA. Of course, the inverse also applies, being the better the PDA, the less its actually used.

    I'm at the bottom of a three manager food chain, so I still have my Pilot. The Jornado was bought on the sly, sometimes I'm mistaken for management and asked to sign/approve/delegate.

  20. Re:I'm carrying my PDA on Do People Really Use Their PDAs? · · Score: 2

    One word: Snood

  21. Re:Lets make a cart supper computer. on High Tech Shopping Carts Offer Discounts, Ads · · Score: 2

    In additon:

    Linux Hippies resigned to employment as store box boys could now refer to themselves as Beowulf Cluster operators while out collecting the carts.

  22. Re:Lets make a cart supper computer. on High Tech Shopping Carts Offer Discounts, Ads · · Score: 2

    Hooking em all together would obviously give your the "Beowulf Cluster"

    Thanks for the opportunity to actually work that into a post.

  23. In Other News on High Tech Shopping Carts Offer Discounts, Ads · · Score: 2

    Unemployed Linux Hippes hack new high tech shopping carts.

    With the inclusion of GPS technology, carts are now able to inform thier current owners of vital information:

    "Mad Dog 20/20 now on sale at Ben's Liquor, 20th and Main"

    "Steam Grate opening available. Off street parking for cart. Cardboard box enclosure optional. Two blocks down, behind library. Ask for Crazy Tux."

  24. Fond Memories on High Tech Shopping Carts Offer Discounts, Ads · · Score: 2


    The "cost per kill" of Hunting The Silver Buffalo just got higher.

  25. Re:why does this matter? on University of Twente NOC Destroyed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boy Scouts Of America? Which merit badge would that be?