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  1. for me, before the wife... on Would You Move to Space? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    before my marriage, I had a discussion with my wife about things we wanted of each other, my wife had 'demands' and I had one,

    in all sincerity, I expressed the following..
    should the opportunity arise where I could go into space, even on a one-way trip (generation ship, suicide mission, whatever) and she could not go, (denied for whatever reason) I wouldn't go, but if she had the same opportunity, and declined to go,(doesn't want to leave the kids, doesn't want to leave the planet,) I'd go without her. she looked at me, said "ok" and immediately started laughing.

    I meant it, most truly, and remind her about it occasionally..

  2. Re:Mountains on Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites) · · Score: 1
    slashdot- is it a newspaper? or an english class? slashdot, where speelng does not matter

    in this respect, I'm not here for an english lesson, but to discuss ideas, or just keep up with news..

    fwiw i realized I'd botched identical/cle right after I was done, and I don't/didn't care.

  3. Re:Mountains on Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites) · · Score: 4, Insightful
    or, yahoo is specifically looking for the whole body of another email it's looked at too many times.

    it may not be that 'it's gmail invite' but that it's 'identicle to other mail'

  4. so-- the obvious solution on RF-Blocking Wallpaper · · Score: 4, Insightful

    wrap the drug infusion pumps...
    I bet it would cost a lot less than wallpapering the entire hospital...

  5. Re:You're the only geek on the panel most likely.. on Interviewing Your Future Boss? · · Score: 1

    buzz word bingo for applicants.. hmmm..

  6. Re:Bah, 360 degrees is nothing... on 70 Megapixel Webcam · · Score: 1
    I once took a 720 set of shots for a panorama, the same scene, with an without people..

    the idea was, to have a panorama shot that showed the same room occupied and not occupied as it spun.. the software took the images, ran for about 4 hours (Usually 30 minutes) and rebooted my computer oh well, it's still something I'd like to try, the mobius panorama..

  7. Forget stun guns on Next Generation Stun Guns? · · Score: 1
    I want to know, when will I be able to by a TASP?

    a much more humane method of crowd control to be sure....

  8. good video & whiteboard on AOL To Charge for AIM Videoconferences · · Score: 1

    MS netmeeting is kinda old... how long ago was this?

  9. actually, since the first 3-d laptop was announced on More 3D Displays to Come · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I've been wondering, how long until we have digital cameras that have dual element ccd's

    digital sterescopic imagery... for said laptops...

    I'd love to take some 3-d pictures of my son for example.. esp if I could rotate the shots a few degrees....

  10. Re:Where's the keyboard!? on Are PDAs Simply Finished? · · Score: 1

    take a look at the fujitsu p100 here it's a full fledged pc, the actually the size of a paperback...

  11. Re:"Other media files"??? on Sony Launches Three Linux-based In-car Navigation Devices · · Score: 4, Informative

    Adobe Systems on Thursday said Sony has agreed to support Adobe's PDF document format and the Linux version of its reader software in the consumer electronics company's car navigation system.
    The Adobe technologies will be embedded in the Sony HDD AV Navi XYZ system, which is available only in Japan. The system will give drivers access to tourist books, maps, and other content delivered over the Internet.

    Adobe, based in San Jose, Calif., claims to have distributed more than a half-a-billion copies of its PDF reader to date. The software is used on numerous desktop and mobile device operating systems and platforms, including Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, Linux, Palm OS, Pocket PC and Symbian OS.

  12. Re:Now what we need... on Bluetooth Gets Faster & Requires Less Power · · Score: 3, Informative

    something like this?

  13. scarier than ernest borgnine in space on NASA's Personal Satellite Assistants · · Score: 1

    HMM, what if he had access to a super duper bullet proof helicopter? oh, wait...

  14. ten second race on Testing ISP Censorship · · Score: 1

    like the darpa challenge?
    or a drag race?

  15. god save the bluetooth on Diva Gem Bluetooth MP3 Player Review · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you don't have it, and have an MP3 player already, try these headphones from coby they have a headphone plug for your MP3 player, and a headset jack for your cellphone without bluetooth.. the audio quality of the headphones is warbled (at least on my set) when the phone rings through

  16. Re:More details please on Nanotube Non-Volatile Memory Entering Production · · Score: 1

    um, in^2=6.45 cm^2 at 116 per cm^2 would equal 748 GB per inch^2
    using your figures. so that's 22 times capacity over the hard drive.

  17. yea, well, on Passwords Can Sit on Hard Disks for Years · · Score: 1

    you'd have an easier time rolling back the charge on the toner cartridge... get the bit o the last page that way..

  18. Re:Been said before, will be said again: on Send A Message To An LED Sign · · Score: 1

    I had a similar idea once, here was the result

    way2trivial's Recent Submissions
    How do you fix the slashdot effect? Wed Jan 14, '04 02:09 PM Rejected

  19. Re:This is too complicated - try this on Using a Password One Doesn't Consciously Remember · · Score: 1

    no, from behind the desk of a hotel somewhere on the east coast....

  20. Re:Lifesize Barbie Doll.... on Old Toy Modding? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, they were called "just my size barbie"
    and with the proper application of a hot knife, indeed, she became so...

  21. Re:SP2 Disabling Pirate Copies on Microsoft Changes Tune Again On SP2 Installs · · Score: 1

    Main way? it's the english version in a house where NO ONE reads/writes english, and they launch all programs by rote memorization of the process...

  22. Re:This is too complicated - try this on Using a Password One Doesn't Consciously Remember · · Score: 1
    My work,
    we have a password I have to occasionally give over the phone to an employee fix an account. every time, I change the password the next day.

    they all more or less rhyme,
    i.e. fish, dish, kiss, phish, miss,

    no matter what, I'll rerember it eventually..

  23. Re:SP2 Disabling Pirate Copies on Microsoft Changes Tune Again On SP2 Installs · · Score: 1

    a lot of the illicit copies are overseas, eastern europe, asian countries.. I worked on computers in SK that had illegal copies of win 3.1 and .11

  24. VHS on Porn Beats Search Engines in Internet Traffic · · Score: 1
    VHS took off when camcorders allowed folks to tape themselves, without having to get it viewable by means of a development lab...

    much like the Polaroid Camera

  25. Re:Your Logic Is Quite Flawed on Generating Revenue with On-Line Ads? · · Score: 1
    Of course
    but there is no way to easily figure that # of pages..

    I'm sure the NY times has a larger than average return for a webste, I'm also sure personal AOL pages return diddly..

    I was merely trying to suggest to the OP, that he shouldn't expect to 'retire early' based on ad revenue..
    he might be able to cover his hosting fees, but by mentioning that ad rev amounted to 2.3 billion, sounds like "ooh, big numbers, how do I get a piece" I'm suggesting, that's a minute # compared to the volume of pages out there..... my post was more a 'reality check' that his webpages are a small miniscule portion of the large web, which means he should expect his portion of the ad revenue to be proportionate.