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  1. Re:Close, but misses the mark on Vive La Loafing! · · Score: 1

    I find the opposite to be true in your skrysak.com article on how to be a good employee. Here, no one notices how early you come in, only how late you stay. Personally, I would love to come in early, but with late afternoon assignments that have to be "done before you go", I gave up and have shifted to two hours later in an attempt to reduce the amount of time spent at work. :sigh:

  2. Re:For comparison: on Ford Launches First American Hybrid · · Score: 1
    Before making blanket statements about the size of vehicles, please look them up.

    For example, if autos.yahoo.com is right, the Prius is longer than the Escape hybrid.

  3. Yes, if for no other reason than on Is Typing a Necessary Skill? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it's boring and frustrating to watch someone type slowly, especially if you are helping them.

  4. Re:Don't laugh on Toyota Patents Winking, Laughing, Crying Car · · Score: 1

    I'm not impressed by the Odyssey requiring one level better tires, if the 356 was not offered the same modern tires. 225/60 on the Odyssey versus meager (probably) 165/78 on the 356 is far and away enough to justify a performance difference. Two inches in tread width is not insignificant, nor is the ~25% difference in aspect ratio.

  5. Re:Real question... on PlayStation 3 To Debut at E3 2005 · · Score: 1
    neither of them can display movies in progressive scan

    Sony says the PS2 is progressive scan - do you have a contradictory cite?

  6. Re:Signs of a true scientist... on On Afghanistan's Thomas Edison · · Score: 1
    I've never seen a public bathroom (i.e. restaurant, job, etc.) designed to be used without touching things. It's not so dificult, so... why not?

    A mallbetween my home and work features touchless sinks, touchless soap, and touchless paper towel dispensing. About the only thing left is that the door is manual.

  7. Re:Don't forget ReplayTV...or have we already? on TiVo vs. Windows Media Center Edition · · Score: 1

    I am very much considering ReplayTV. At $112 or so from Amazon, it seems reasonable, plus with broadband out of the box, it should actually be usable in my cable modem only, no landline house. TiVo doesn't seem to have an ethernet adapter, and if I switch to satellite tv they seem to require landlines, at least for initialization.

  8. Re:Tax Scam on Disney Launches Fireworks With Compressed Air · · Score: 2, Informative
    Compressed air in general isn't especially environmentally friendly, at least from an efficiency perspective. It gets used more for convenience and cheapness of actuators. See this link for a quick comparison between an electric and air motor.

    (Not that you'd want any more electrical stuff around fireworks than you need.)

  9. Re:...and give them a new reason to pester me. on Napster and Best Buy Joining Forces · · Score: 1
    the employees cant tell you are technosavy, there isnt a sign floating over your head that says "Slashdot Reader"

    If you promise it will help, I'll start floating a sign over my head.

    Personally, I don't mind telling a single person "just looking" or whatever, but by the third in the same department one is driven to madness.

  10. Re:RIAA Criminally At Fault? on RIAA Dumps Unsold Inventory to Settle Anti-Trust Case · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a link to a story on research that indicates homeschool children are NOT socially inept.

  11. Re:Cool stuff, can't wait for the mini-mini on iPod Your BMW Officially Launched · · Score: 1

    I can't see why the M3 is excluded - it is a regular 3 series, more or less just with a 100 odd extra horsepower. I tried looking for exclusions, but didn't see any, so my hunch is that it's an oversight. For reference, bmwusa.com, the CD changer is an option on the M3, leading me to believe it should work.

  12. Green light on v1.0 of HD-DVD Physical Specs Approved · · Score: 1, Funny
    This effectively gives manufacturers a green light to begin producing devices.

    I was confused enough by the switch to blue light, now they can use a green light?

  13. Re:Why not reclaim heat energy? on Heat Insulators for Laptops · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If it was going to take five minutes instead of four, you'd probably want a 25% (or more) increase in battery life - 20% would die before you were done.

  14. Re:Cool but too expensive on Xbox Next to Include PC/Console Hybrid Option? · · Score: 1

    I made a few bucks around the PS2 launch buying them for $300 and selling them with a markup. It probably depends on how much the kids are begging for it around Christmas time.

  15. Re:Photo Maps for Women on Camera Vans To Photograph 50 Million Buildings · · Score: 1

    I believe some vehicle manufacturers are looking to get their navigation systems to do something similar - use a heads up type display to overlay arrows onto the actual street. As long as you got the transparency of the arrow right, it needn't be intrusive and would be easier than referring to a nav screen, and it would be not language specific, a nice plus.

  16. Re:Tired of being a "cycling eunuch"? Try this! on Bicycling Science, Third Edition · · Score: 1
    "This item is temporarliy BACK ORDERED"

    Great, you slashdotted their warehouse.

    (BTW, the spelling error is the vendor's.)

  17. Re:After-market services on Technology Makes New Cars Too Expensive to Fix · · Score: 1

    It's not intentional to screw over the repair person/customer, but to make assembly easier. When, for example, the domestics have expensive labor in the plants, ever part that can be combined at a supplier is one less step of labor that they have to pay for at the higher rates.

  18. Smaller guy wins on Lindows Agreeing to Change Name · · Score: 2, Informative
    One of the world's largest corporations just lost a name dispute to a chain of auto parts retailers.

    Ford loses Futura to Pep Boys

    Ford also couldn't get GT-40 back from a pretty small company.

  19. Re:29.97 vs 30 fps (colour vs black and white) on Fifty Years of Color Television · · Score: 1

    This comment may be of interest - it talks about drop frame.

  20. Re:1669 hours... a perspective on Fifty Years of Color Television · · Score: 5, Insightful
    And years ago, the average American spent X amount of time listening to the radio, and before that, books. Years from now, it will be the internet, and then after that people will waste time on the holodeck.

    So your problem is with people, and not tv, right?

  21. Re:cars on Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar · · Score: 1

    BMW offers European Delivery, also Volvo, Saab, Porsche, Mercedes Benz, and maybe a few more I'm too lazy to look up, offer similar programs.

  22. Re:Preach on, on Congress May Force Revealing of Car Computer Secrets · · Score: 1
    Easy way to determine Focus manufacturing location:

    Hatchback Foci (ZX3 or ZX5) are assembled in Hermosillo, Mexico. The sedans and wagons are made in Wayne, Michigan.

    This will change in a bit when all Focus assembled is condensed into the Wayne facility.

  23. Re:Did anyone else search? on Need a Job? Move to India · · Score: 1
    I typed in "programmer" and the results came back predominantly with locations in India.

    http://jobsearch.globalgateway.monsterindia.com/jo bsearch.asp?cy=IN&q=programmer

  24. Re:in defence of paper encyclopedias... on How The Web Ruined The Encyclopedia Business · · Score: 1
    it's a lot harder to 'stumble across' completely unexpected stuff on online reference engines

    Wikipedia does have a Random Page link.

  25. Re:No involvement on Movies Stars Seek More Control Over Videogames · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Game developers telling movie producers to include a car chase in their movie, as they have already written a great driving section for the spin-off game?

    I swear this is the only reason for that conveyor belt/factory sequence in Attack of the Clones.