User: WesG

Re:Males aged 18-25, on an 800cc or larger motorbi

On: Heads-Up Displays for Motorcyclists

Yeah but didn't Australia have a problem with motorcycle gangs in the 80's.

I can't remember the names of the gangs, but Mel Gibson seems to come to mind...:-)

*sigh*

On: Remote-Controlled Robot Could Browse The Stacks

And I thought I was cool when I found my book using the Dewey Decimal System :-)

Re:Oh great

On: Companies Move Away From Cubicle Culture

Actually sharing an office does have its benefits...

I mean when was the last time I smelled my office mates fart and said, "Thanks John! I was really feeling unproductive but you just gave me the extra 'kick' that I needed..." :-)

Re:Instant +5 Funny comment

On: Superball!

Well at least he had the balls to post it... :-)

Re:Finally.

On: Star Wars Original Trilogy Gets DVD Release Date

Its almost like George wanted us to feel stranded without these DVD's.

I wonder if this is how Luke felt when he wanted to go to Toshi Station and pick up some power converters... :-)

Re:Honest users the victims

On: Symantec Hit by Product Activation Glitch

I think the hackers/crackers have released a no-CD fix for it.

Those silly hackers!

Re:Holy time machine!

On: Google Considering Merger With Microsoft

Hey wait a minute - it does look kinda like Bill Gates under the O in todays Halloween Google image.

Those silly Google guys!

Re:Villages?

On: Toshiba Pushes Safe, Small Nuclear Reactor Design

I can see it now...

Thank you for calling Toshiba technical support...Please listen carefully our menu has changed...Press 1 for laptops, Press 2 for televisions, Press 3 for DVD players, Press 4 for Nuclear reactors....

*sigh*

Felt dirty

On: Apple Releases iTunes for Windows

So I installed iTunes for Windows and it works great....

Was it me or was anyone else feeling a little weird as the installation was going on?

Almost felt like my Windows box going on its first date or losing its virginity...

Re:Kazaa Lite

On: Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs?

Whats the best P2P app though..Is it Kazaa???

Re:Music is Music

On: What Counts as Music and Why?

This might be along the same vein as those companies that can take information extracted your DNA and created an artwork from it.

Now what if someone else painted the artwork by hand.

Could you sue them?

Another similar project using Lego blocks

On: Do It Yourself CD Changer

Check out the Rubiks cube solver made entirely out of Lego's.

http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html

Even uses a cam to figure out what is on each of the cubes faces!

Luke

On: Force Field. No, Really

Use the Force Luke!

(sorry couldn't resist)

Run Linux

On: How Would You Argue for Open Source?

I would suggest running Linux instead of Solaris.

MoneyDance2003

On: MoneyDance 2003 Reviewed

I guess the secret to saving money is not paying extra for bandwidth and database connections :-)

Teleportation

On: Where Should Space Exploration Go From Here?

While many think this is a long way off, I believe teleportation will change how we view not only space exploration but everyday travel on Earth itself.

Those crazy physicists are trying a bottom up solution to teleportation - trying to create/destroy little bits of matter, the whole Alice-Bob deal. I say NOOOOOO! and suggest a top-down approach.

Lets figure out how an object moves in space - I bet the answer to teleportation is much simplier than many think.

Google holiday logos

On: Web Zeitgeist

As I was reading the Google Zeitgeist I came across a link to the various logos that Google has used during various holidays and events throughout the years. I didn't realize how many there were.

Check it out:
http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html

Playing other old DOS based games

On: Ultima 7 in Windows?

There are a bunch of other great classic DOS based games out there (Kings Quest/Space Quest/Police Quest series). It seems every time I try to run them on my newer Pentium 3 Windows XP based system there is always a compatibility issue. No sound, missing graphics, running too fast seem to be the problems that always arise.

Is there a good utility/DOS emulator out there that can make my newer system run these great games? I have both Linux and Windows XP professional.

Thanks,
Wes

Re:Well ... what is it?

On: A Much Bigger Piece Of Pi

Well this is a info.txt file afterall :-)

Last time I checked text files use 8 bits per character.

3.14

Re:Well ... what is it?

On: A Much Bigger Piece Of Pi

So if I did my math correctly:
1240000000000 characters * 8 bits/character = 9920000000000 bytes

9920000000000 bytes/ 1024000 = 9687500 MB

9687500 MB = 9.6875 TB

Thats a pretty darn big info.txt file!

I think I'll just use the 32 byte version for my SIG. :-)

3.14

Its not a bug

On: Silly Kernel Panic in Mac OS X 10.2.2

Not only does it cause a kernal panic, but it slaps the user on the head and asks them, "Why the heck did you create a directory with the same name as the current directory????"

Those crazy kernal programmers :-)

Two observations

On: What's Keeping You On Windows?

Here are the two things I've learned from reading the posts on Windows vs. Linux 1) Windows is the dominant player in the world of operating systems. 2) People who use Linux can argue and debate MUCH better than people who use Windows :-)

Re:It never was an internet company...

On: The Sinking Ship that is AOL

Yes but they do give a little back with the free ketchup and straws. Its always amazed how many places don't charge for ketchup and other "extras".

Beat the university and start a file sharing club!

On: UC Irvine Cracks Down on P2P

Fight those crazy port blockers and start a file sharing club! It can meet every Wednesday night at the library.

Hmmmmm....