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  1. Re:Just do what colleges do.... on How Would You Design the Voting Technology? · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what we used to use (northeast suburbs of Atlanta), before the state decided to upgrade our voting technology to the Diebold machines that have gotten so much negative publicity in recent weeks.

  2. Re:pants have their advantages on Pants Were Optional, 100,000 Years Ago · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You forgot the biggest benefit of pants -- pockets.

  3. Re:Your sig on Watercooling Drifting Mainstream · · Score: 1

    Where did you get that? I've got the source for the MSVC 6.0 RTL, and that line is nowhere to be found.

  4. Re:would they be legally married? on Space Wedding Successful · · Score: 1

    Not exactly; there are legal precedents on both sides of the issue.

  5. Re:evolution on New Great Ape Discovered? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Like this guy?

  6. Re:Court-admissible on DNA Extraction From Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    How would you know the DNA belongs to the owner of the original print, or a person who may have smudged the print?

  7. Re:Fragile? on The Biggest and Baddest Backyard Roller Coaster · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, the wood is specified as pressure-treated southern yellow pine, which turns that color after a year or two of exposure to the elements.

  8. Re:Happy Fun Rock on United Nuclear · · Score: 1

    Did said biology teacher acquire the power to clean dishes telekinetically?

  9. Re:More of the same on Orbital Space Plane Problems · · Score: 1

    Well, I currently work for NASA and I would like to dispell some of the ugly rumors you are spreading. 1)Space travel is not beyond us (we have already proven that).

    But formatting seems to be :D

  10. Re:Bizarre Cool Stuff on Philip K. Dick Speaks (Sorta) · · Score: 1

    You sure this is fiction? I've long suspected that Dubya was Cthulhu in disguise.

  11. Re:And the #1 example... on The Double Edge of Copyright Extensions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's an interesting question, and it might be a route one could use to challenge the extensions in court. However, IANAL, so don't take what I say as gospel.

    Anyway, it's been quite a while since the government took the Constitution seriously.

  12. Re:And the #1 example... on The Double Edge of Copyright Extensions · · Score: 1

    It could even be the case that such a law could be effectuated retro-actively.

    Well, ex post facto laws are prohibited by the US Constitution, so that could be a bit of a problem.

  13. Re:Why should this concern us? on Request for Cosmic Collision Insurance · · Score: 1

    Actually, the dinosaurs may well have -- they apparently opted for the colonization solution.

  14. Re:In-dash distraction on Hardware-Based Commute-Map Gadget · · Score: 1

    ISTR some of the higher-end GM cars (Cadillac, Buick) do have limited HUD capabilities.

  15. Re:Or you could get a bike on Hardware-Based Commute-Map Gadget · · Score: 1

    In California, bikes are allowed to do it, but only between the two inside lanes of a freeway -- one of the few tidbits I picked up in traffic school back when I lived in LA.

  16. Re:It's a government agency, what's the shock? on Trustworthy Software For The NSA? · · Score: 1

    I've wondered about this for years. In some circles they talk of the near mystical powers the NSA must have and how they must be like 20 years more advanced than the private sector.

    You mean stuff like this, right?

  17. Re:Dude...that's just crazy. on New Deep Ocean Creatures · · Score: 1

    Just like the Babel Fish? Anyone care to use this to prove the non-existence of God?

  18. Re:Good interview. on Linus Torvalds about SCO, IP, MS and Transmeta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    like chopsticks, which were actually invented by immigrant restaurant owners in America's mining communities in the 1800s

    You mean chop suey, right?

  19. Re:What would you do with $10bn? on Microsoft Considers $10 Billion Dividend · · Score: 0, Troll

    About 10 years ago, I worked with a guy who knew Bill Gates. According to him, Bill was quite well known for hiring hookers to satisfy him orally. Upon hearing this, I immediately set about figuring out how much he could afford to pay for this service -- based on the 1994-ish value of MS stock, he could pay many thousands per hour, 24/7/365, to get continuous oral service for the rest of his life.

  20. Re:'Physiological Adaptation' on Island Tribes Develop Superior Underwater Vision · · Score: 1

    John McPhee, in his book A Sense of Where You Are, a biography of former Senator Bill Bradley during his days shooting hoops for Princeton, Bradley describes his childhood attempts to enhance his peripheral vision.

    McPhee took him to an optometrist to measure Bradley's vision -- Bradley's experiments apparently worked, as his field of vision was somewhat greater than average.

  21. Re:Maybe this is like Heathers... on RIAA CEO Hilary Rosen to Become CNBC Commentator · · Score: 1

    Unlikely, as Sir Edmund is still alive -- he was in Nepal at the end of May to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his ascent of Everest.

  22. Re:Water proof? on Palm OS Wristwatch · · Score: 1

    There have been rumors that Fry's is going to expand beyond the West Coast; I've heard they might be coming to Atlanta in the next year or two. Haven't heard anything about your part of the country, though.

    There's always Outpost.com (formerly Cyberian Outpost), which Fry's bought a year or two ago. However, it's a best a very poor simulation of the true Fry's experience.

  23. Re:Precarious? on Palm OS Wristwatch · · Score: 1

    Seeing as it's a Casio, it'll probably be a CR2016 or CR2032. Every Casio I've ever had (including a touchscreen different from the one you link to) uses one of these. They're standard coin cells, available in any Target/WalMart/drug store/etc. for a few dollars.

    Note that these are the same batteries many motherboards use to power the clock chip; if you have an old mobo sitting around collecting dust, you might be able to grab a battery from it.

  24. Re:Gargling on Making Ice Cream With Liquid Nitrogen · · Score: 1

    Back when I was an undergrad physics major, my colleagues and I did this quite regularly, dropping a lead brick on the bottle to accelerate the explosion (especially useful with 2-liter soda bottles, which are tough).

  25. Re:Another man on the moon? on Chinese Manned Space Flight Set For Autumn · · Score: 1

    Why did the United States and the USSR go to the Moon in the first place? For the science? Because the world needed velcro and Tang?

    Say what? Velcro was a gift from the Vulcans.