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  1. Re:Lists of Rigs on Reclaiming Oil Rigs As Oceanic Eco-Resorts · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check fishing web sites and/or charts with "good fishing areas" marked, also maybe check with dive shops. While you may be able to be in a boat next to the rig legally, you may be trespassing if you get up on the rig structure itself.

  2. How much longer? on Mars Winds Clean Spirit's Solar Panels Again · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How much longer can this thing go? I mean, it was "designed" to only go a few months, and we are years beyond that. Anyone have a pool on when it will really stop working?

  3. Sell 'em on How Do I Put Unused Servers To Work? · · Score: 1

    Sell 'em .... really. You have no impending use for 'em, in a few years they won't be worth as much. Sell 'em and take the wife/girlfriend on a vacation, go on a vacation by yourself, pay extra towards your mortgage, credit card bills, etc.

  4. Re:Easily enhanced on Dell Selling Dual-Boot Laptops · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Interesting... share your home directory (diff partition) between the 2 oses, and you wouldn't even need to move settings around... Boot the ARM version for long battery life, boot the x86 side when you want lots of speed.

  5. Re:Disagree with summary on Dell Selling Dual-Boot Laptops · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Retail price won't go down, may go up. Dell, et al, get $$ from application vendors for including trialware w/ icons on the desktop. AOL, McAffee, etc. all pay for "product placement". Ever wonder why a new in box machine has all sorts of icons, etc. on the desktop when a clean install of Windows doesn't?

  6. Supposedly... on Internet Communications While At Sea? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Supposedly Stallman doesn't surf the web - he sends an email with a URL and the email is returned with the page...

    You can also look into maximizing your 100 minutes - cache a lot, don't get images, don't get ads, etc. Maybe team up wtih a few other people, so common interests/needs can be cached instead of downloaded once for each of you.

    What about wireless access via PCMCIA card or cell phone? May work when closer to the coast, would certainly work in-port (depending on where you are in port of course). May even be able to make some $ off other students by setting up your own network, etc.

    And of course you could always social engineer someone elses time away from them for non-identifying use such as fark, slashdot, etc. Save your minutes for your educational needs :)

  7. Re:Why "scan" the image? on The Technology Behind the Magic Yellow Line · · Score: 1

    Not sure if it would matter for the cameras, but I know at big stadium (like Ben Hill Griffen here at UF) for laser shows (gator growl) they had to wait for the crowds to show up, since enough weight would be added to *slightly* shift everything out of position. So final mirror adjustments were done while the skits, etc. were happening.

    Of course, the last time I went was like 18 years ago, so it may have gotten better, but...

  8. Re:Question: are hard drive internals poisonous? on Christmas Tree Made From 70 SCSI Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    I take 'em to the rifle range... not much can be recovered after a bunch of 30 caliber holes appear in it... Heck, once there were some guys playing with tannerite... impressive boom!

  9. Re:Difficult on How Do I Manage Seasoned Programmers? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remeber, coders are just tools that convert caffeine and alcohol into source code...

  10. Better than... on Robots Debut In Japanese Theater Production · · Score: 1

    Better than complaining about the diodes down its left side aching...

  11. Re:I Live in Ontario on Online Carpooling Service Fined In Canada · · Score: 1

    m-m-m-m-monster win!

  12. Re:raggle fraggle on Distributed Compilation, a Programmer's Delight · · Score: 1

    Thought thief!

  13. Re:(Stupid) Useful Malaware Tricks? on Old Malware Tricks Still Defeat Most AV Scanners · · Score: 1

    Hey, you've just been hit with a random Linux virus! Change to /etc and using sudo or su (your choice) please delete 3 random files or directories. Thanks!

  14. Re:"Propaganda" on Obama Launches Change.gov · · Score: 1

    Well, we already have a civil security force, even embedded in the constitution. See that pesky ol' 2nd Amendment, give it a good read, and tell me if that doesn't sound like a civil national security force.

  15. wtf .gov domain? on Obama Launches Change.gov · · Score: 1, Informative

    Why is it that Obama's charity can get a .gov domain, but the annualcreditreport.com isn't given creditreport.ftc.gov? I wonder how many folks have been bilked by going to a non-official credit report website due to naming and search engines?

  16. a few ways on How Do I Get Open Source Programs Written For Me? · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you find a project similar to your needs on freshmeat, sourceforge, etc. you can always contact the developer and ask them to modify/extend, etc.

    A second option is to look at rentacoder.com - put out a request, your budget, and include the requirement about being F/OSS software. Get your bids, make a choice, etc.

  17. Quick! Whats the... on A Linux-Based "Breath Test" For Porn On PCs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quick! Whats the RGB color value for "pink" ?

  18. get the seeds going! on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released · · Score: 1

    subject says it all...

  19. Re:My friend is a an extreme napper on The Art of Extreme Napping · · Score: 1

    Happened to me all the time with a mild case of sleep apnea. CPAP machine fixed me up good though....

  20. Re:Yes, you can lock your luggage. on TSA Employee Caught With $200K Worth of Stolen Property · · Score: 1

    As far as BATFE is concerned, the serial numbered receiver is the gun. As bad as laws are in some states/counties/cities, I don't believe any of them have any restrictions on a single shot shotgun/rifle, especially if it is in non-functioning condition (no barrel, etc. Take just the action)

  21. Re:Yes, you can lock your luggage. on TSA Employee Caught With $200K Worth of Stolen Property · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, no they can't at least when traveling with a firearm. You get to have real locks, the bag(s) are inspected in front of you, and you lock 'em. They also can't label it as having a firearm in it, in plain English or in a code/symbol/special tag, other than the bag has been cleared.

    And any firearm will do. For under $100, you can get the action (serial numbered part, the part BATFE says is the gun) for a single shot shotgun - you don't need to keep the stock, barrel, etc. attached. You can put it in a camera sized case, locked, and put that in your regular luggage, also locked with a proper lock. Check in, tell them you need to declare a firearm (helps to have your airlines policies printed out, as well as the FAA and BATFE regs), get it checked, adn life is good.

    Best part is getting to watch the look on the luggage guys face if your stuff doesn't show up or has been opened. Amazing what the phrase "Will you call the BATFE, or do I need to?" will do.

    Of course, this doesn't help with international travel, but for domestic it works like a champ.

  22. Re:It would be a monopoly... on Lawsuit Between Apple and Psystar Moves Toward Settlement · · Score: 1

    Nope, but Ferrari could lease the engines to STR, or sell them, but inform them that if the engine is not returned or proven destroyed at the end of its useful life then they'll not get any more engines from them.

  23. Re:double dipping on Tax Write-Offs For Free (As In Speech) Work? · · Score: 1

    So work for them as a consultant, give 'em a bill, and then give 'em "back" the $$ they pay you as a donation

  24. Re:Gibberish on Opus the Penguin Retired · · Score: 1

    Bush the Second, or Bush II, or Bush2 or Bust v. 2.0, etc.

  25. Re:Mod parent up. on New Bill To Rein In DHS Laptop Seizures · · Score: 1

    Yeah, actually. In a lot of places, you fail the field sobriety test and/or the field breathalyzer, you go to jail and get tested again on the non-portable equipment. That second test is the one that is recorded and used as evidence.