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  1. Talk about a missed opportunity- Printer on fire? on The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time · · Score: -1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire

    how could that classic be dropped?

  2. Psst. buddy on eBay To Disallow Checks and Money Orders In US · · Score: 1

    before you say something really stupid-- like you've stopped using ebay and now use craigslist.

    do you know who is like a 25% owner of craigslist?

    that's like saying, I don't buy eggs from those chicken slaughtering farms, I buy them at the grocery store

  3. I wondered about that on Drop-In Replacement For Exchange Now Open Source · · Score: 1

    I run a SBS server for myself--

    I really tried and could not find where they mentioned for regular exchange that the cals included outlook seats the same as with SBS

  4. I disagree on Drop-In Replacement For Exchange Now Open Source · · Score: 1, Insightful

    it's around 2,400-- but then you also require 25 outlook licenses.

    once again, the price of the software is negligable compared to the cost of 25 employee's salaries...

    go ahead, waste a week of each one's time teaching them whats different about the new program.

  5. MORE than that on Drop-In Replacement For Exchange Now Open Source · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can give a meeting room, or a projector, or any other resource-- it's own exchange account- and set it to !automatically accept! some peoples meeting request, and other people's requests will have to be approved.. and when I send a meeting request to my boss, and two co-workers, and conference room B-- then conference room B will automatically show that it is 'busy' for my meeting.. and if I need a projector later-- I can send an invite to the 'projector' and reserve it as well..

    I can de-invite individual attendees....

  6. I think you mean Rigel VII on "Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email · · Score: 1
  7. wave power on Google's Floating Datahaven · · Score: 5, Interesting

    can be done with rolling seas..

    You send something to the sea floor and secure it

    the raising of the whole ship based on wave motion can drive a flywheel..... the displacement of the ship generates a LOT of power....

  8. Turn on the wayback machine.... on San Fran Hunts For Mystery Device On City Network · · Score: 1

    Dig up a film called "Demon Seed"

    see what that gets you..

  9. Fetal development on "Water Bears" First Animals to Survive Trip Into Space Naked · · Score: 1

    is a history of all the evolutionary changes that finally end up with current stage homo-sap

    we can 'breathe' underwater at certain stages of development-- they just now end before we reach independence from the host/parent.

  10. Re:First Posters on "Water Bears" First Animals to Survive Trip Into Space Naked · · Score: 4, Funny

    Peta may be concerned about the treatment of all animals--
    http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/08/six_flags_calls.php yes-- even cockroaches..

    but I think even they would draw the line at first posters

  11. let me give you a hypothetical-- bear with me. on AT&T Slaps Family With a $19,370 Cell Phone Bill · · Score: 1

    Partially at least because the amount of all billing can't be known in realtime with the current system

    if I travel somewhere if I cross a foreign carrier it will verify my phone is 'good' with my home carrier-- and then let me use my phone.. as I make calls-- the local systems will record the tracking/billing info-- and update it to my home carrier periodically.. it may be daily, weekly, monthly..

    now imagine I'm going through 4 countries.

    it is NOT economical or feasible for every cellular company with cross-service agreements to have billing systems open up a connection to say a USA wireless carrier for each call I, and EVERY subscriber make... it is far more sinmple for Carrier A to transimit to carrier B once per week/time period and transmit everything in a batch- that it is for them to send the equivlant of a SMS's worth of information for every call made-by every person on the planet, and wait for confirmation, and calculate everything else on a per call basis...

    (I mean crap- do you know what they charge for international data? they'd have to pay that to themselves & each other for each call!)

  12. how is using sea water for cooling cool??? on The Google Navy · · Score: 0
  13. Just a nitpick on Comcast Appeals FCC's Net Neutrality Ruling · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://preview.comcast.net/music/bb101/article2.jsp?fn=/data/music/bb101/article2Center1.html&cookieattempt=1

    Comcast Rhapsody Unlimited: Your Wish is On Demand

    Comcast Rhapsody Unlimited is for the user who wants to take their music listening experience to the next level. If Comcast Rhapsody Radio PLUS is like having a radio with over 100 channels and a direct line to the program director, Comcast Rhapsody Unlimited is like having free reign over the biggest record store in the world. For $12.99 a month, you have on-demand access to over two million tracks on 100,000 albums, with dozens of new albums added every week. Imagine waking up every Tuesday and finding 100 new albums sitting in your living room, or having over two million songs in your MP3 collection. Comcast Rhapsody Unlimited brings all that music streaming directly to your PC.

  14. when I was a kid... we had Omnibot Jr. on Robots Learn To Follow · · Score: 1

    and there was a radio shack version as well, Robie Jr.
    and the japanese had a version, called "charmmy"

    the remote had an ultrasonic transmitter, and you input fwd, back, left & right commands which were transmitted
    inaudibly, but as the robot had two microphones on his sholders- he followed commands.

    then you flipped the 'follow me' switch- and he just homed in on the remote--- using 'stereo'

    this was back in the 1980's

    what's the big deal? can't the doc carry something that can be tracked from two points on the robot?
    imagine, a doctor has a nambadge with an rfid on it (likely already does-even if he doesn't know it) and the robot has
    dual RFID readers.... Ping!

  15. Damn straight and thank you-- on Live Architecture — Grow Your Own Home · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally- the last comment.

    Hmm-- let's see- trees remain after storms... so that's great!
    -- so lets change trees, so they aren't treelike, but houselike

    but still trees! so they will stay! perfect!

    what a bunch of f**knuts

  16. CERTAIN ROUTING NUMBERS? on Too Easy For Bank Accounts To Spring a Leak · · Score: 1

    from the article But once someone has certain routing numbers for a customer's account, fraudulent transfers become possible unless the customer carefully scrutinizes all of the transactions on the monthly account statement.

    those 'certain' numbers are printed on EVERY CHECK for that account.. WTF?

  17. oops on Digital Storage To Survive a 25-Year Dirt Nap? · · Score: 1

    and for my original post, I meant the to use 1884 date, not 1844

  18. umm on Digital Storage To Survive a 25-Year Dirt Nap? · · Score: 1

    In 1884, George Eastman developed the technology of film to replace photographic plates, leading to the technology used by film cameras today.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography#History_of_photography

  19. Don't guess about the future-- look backwards 25 y on Digital Storage To Survive a 25-Year Dirt Nap? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    what format was around 25 years ago, that is still available today?

    now- what was around 50 years ago- that is still available today?

    now-- for the hell of it, what's been around since 1844--- and still available today?

  20. fyi-- the MX/batteries on What To Do With All of My Gadget Chargers? · · Score: 1

    they are integral-- much like the iphone/ipods
    they don't come out-- and do require a wall charger...

  21. yea-- that is really tricky.. on In-Game Gold Farming a $500M Industry · · Score: 1

    people who don't play as much as others.. a way to keep them in synch. What you need is a device that allows more casual gamers to stay somewhat on par with other players, as to character level. It's also a clever device to encourage less-active players to keep their accounts, making players want to come back and play some more after some time away from the game. Rest also adds more value to the subscription fee. In light of the controversy of game addiction, rest also gives players reason to cease play. Blizzard has also indirectly stated that World of Warcraft play should be taken in moderation according to loading screen tips.

    First-- it would need a name..... rested bonus?
    http://www.wowwiki.com/Rest

    nah-- that's lame-- that could never work..... and it would certainly never be the same MMOPRG I know.. Could it?

  22. so this game you want to make-- on The Future of Persistent Worlds In MMOs · · Score: 1

    it's based on Robert Jordan's "wheel of time" novels?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time

    the whole-- small influences but the long term trends continue thing, to me, smacks of the storyline of the wheel of time books....

    protaganist side always take 32 steps forward, something happens to knock them 31 steps back...

  23. no-- that's ok too now.. on Comcast Has 30 Days To 'Fess Up About P2P Throttling · · Score: 1

    Boobs at least
    http://www.npr.org/blogs/visibleman/2008/07/closing_the_books_on_janets_wa.html

    "So, a Philly appeals court has tossed out the $550,000 indecency fine the FCC hit up CBS with after Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the halftime of the 2004 Super Bowl."

  24. KErrist! on How Do I Prevent Lan Party Theft? · · Score: 1

    Picture- much faster-- take a picture of the face, take a picture of all the serial#'s/devices...

    move on..

  25. I gotta wonder though... on Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud · · Score: 2, Insightful

    14 & practicing or 16 to compete?

    if they aren't allowed to compete because they aren't old enough yet-- don't you think if they are olympic hopefuls they are trainig every bit as hard at 14 to do it as a win at 16-- so where is the savings against personal injury?