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  1. Still in beta? on Yahoo! Maps to Support Realtime Traffic · · Score: 1

    Looks like it might need some work, still. Maybe they should re-stamp BETA on this one:

    hmm.

    Fire, on TRYON ST at REET Close

    Severity: 4

    Direction: SB

    31 December 2004 Friday Downtown Countdown at Tryon and Trade Streets. Come ring in the New Year starting with a family event from 11am to 1:30pm. Sponsored by Radio Disney. Beginning at 9pm, there will be live music, dancing, fireworks and a countdown clock to bring a taste of Times Square to Charlotte's Center City.

    Reported Time:
    Wed Nov 24 07:25:00 2004
    Estimated End Time:
    Sun Jan 02 05:30:00 2005

  2. Re:The principle is nothing new on More Antennas, Faster Wireless · · Score: 1

    Right. Of course. I knew that!!

    I was just..uh...testing!

    I'll be in the corner over there.

  3. Re:The principle is nothing new on More Antennas, Faster Wireless · · Score: 1

    in fact, if you increase the number of aerials so that their combined length (l) matches the exact distance between the sender and the receiver (ie: l = d), AND then you place each aerial in and end-to-end configuration so that electrons can flow in an unbroken path from transmitter to receiver... 'scuse me for being an idiot... ...but doesn't that desecribe a -wire-?

  4. Re:hehe... POS on Flash Makes Splash in Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Because not everyone knows what a POS terminal is.

    Most of them live up to their REAL acronym, by the way.

    they don't call 'em POSes for nothing.

  5. Re:And slashdot's HTML is increasingly awful... on Flash Makes Splash in Gadgets · · Score: 1

    It's a documented bug in Firefox. They've fixed it already, but fixing it breaks somethingorother. I think you can snag a fixed version of the code from the CVS tree, but it won't be implemented in the main branch for awhile.

    In the meantime, when that happens, hit ctrl-- and ctrl-+ once each in rapid succession, thus zooming in and out of the page. Everything will now render correctly...

  6. Re:I secured my windows box in a similar fashion.. on De-spamming Your Inbox The Hard Way · · Score: 1

    ...yet 1% (give or take 2%) of attackers managed to attack you.

    Through an unplugged router.

    *starts making his house into a Faraday cage*

  7. Re:Thinkpads on Going, Going, Gone: IBM Sells PC Group To Lenovo · · Score: 1

    Where the best.

    There best.

    [cue Young Frankenstein: "WEREVOLF???" "There wolf. There castle."]

  8. Re:Impractical on 7 Megapixel Camera Phone · · Score: 1

    True true.

  9. Re:Impractical on 7 Megapixel Camera Phone · · Score: 1

    I mean, seriously, until I can make a CLEAR call, and communicate with some semblence of quality, I don't want them cramming more shit into my phone ...because you -know- that extra camera feature is interfering with your calling capabilities.

  10. Re:nope on 7 Megapixel Camera Phone · · Score: 1

    You missed it, dude. Radioshack, yesterday. :P

    fucking pr jerks didn't publish a flier.

    [http://www.livejournal.com/~dejaflynn contains my decompensation for said action, and details.]

  11. Re:I *can't* vote... on Election Day Discussion · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  12. Re:get a life. on Water Cooling With A Car Radiator · · Score: 1

    So saith the AC on slashdot.....

  13. Re:But... on Doom Movie in Production For Aug 2005 Release · · Score: 1

    Dude. Didn't you see the earlier post? I guess not...

    http://void.lbstone.com/EXZHOJLGTO/humor_pong.sw f

    Pong, the Movie.

  14. Re:Not until... on Firefox - The Platform · · Score: 1

    Y'know, I hate to sound like I might be --supporting-- Windows... ...but if it's their product, why can't they put anything they want into it? Instant messenger? File browser? Antivirus software? Singing, dancing clown GIFs? Sure, it's theirs, they can do what they bloody well want...

    who am I to say what crap Billy can or cannot put into his software?

    the difference that will kill Windows, that --must-- be if Windows is to be relieved of its dominant market power is.... [insert flame-war here]. But, it will happen at this rate.

  15. no, the cat HASN'T got my tongue. on Firefox - The Platform · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The potential for development within firefox is fairly impressive...microsoft had better be concerned.

    Maybe Firefox is like the third-party candidate of browsers. Sure, it may not ever hold a dominant market share, but it will guide those who DO towards the right issues...

  16. Re:How do they keep the neurons alive? on Flying By Brain · · Score: 1

    Answers to some of your questions: [starting with "Can They Reproduce?"

    No.

    Yes.

    Carefully.

    An array of multiple electrodes. ...can you tell I work at Radioshack? [You've got questions? We've got blank stares.]

  17. Re:Technology? TECHNOLOGY?? on How Technology Failed in Iraq · · Score: 1

    Actually, yes, I do value winning over the circa 1500 AD definition of "honour". =)

  18. Re:Spin! on How Technology Failed in Iraq · · Score: 1

    Read the rest of the article...it makes an offhand mention [/sarcasm] or two of the stunning american victory.

  19. Re:Technology? TECHNOLOGY?? on How Technology Failed in Iraq · · Score: 0, Troll

    I want to give idiots like you a rifle and say, "congrats; you're conscripted. But, since fighting a war should be hard, we're working to reduce battlefield efficiency. Therefore, your rifle is equipped with an auto-jamming device. Every nine to thirteen shots at random, your rifle will jam, and you'll be forced to field strip it and clean it before you can re-engage. The enemy is thataway-ish; have at it."

  20. Re:Dumb ass metaphor on Good Bad Attitude · · Score: 1

    ...thanks for the tip! gah..I was so confused...

  21. uh...yeeeah..hurricane... on I Love Bees Coming to an End · · Score: 1

    Some people have driven hours to take part, and one player even braved Florida's Hurricane Ivan to answer a call at a pay phone that was destroyed shortly afterward.

    "Dude," said Puppetmaster 2, "it's a hurricane. Put the phone down."
    [from TFA]

    As a resident of Northwest Florida (I stayed through the storm), I would actually ENCOURAGE idiots like this. "It's a fucking HURRICANE. Go play VR games!!!" ...do they give out assists for Darwin Awards?

  22. Re:I nominate my hamster on George Lucas to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award · · Score: 1

    Hear, hear!!

  23. Re:Joe Public cares. A lot. on Science Television: Does Joe Public Care? · · Score: 1

    Apparently, 95% of Americans have below average math skills, too.

  24. Re:I'm currently in the middle of 5 ebay transacti on Paypal Grinds To A Halt · · Score: 1

    Money you don't want? What are you, INSANE?!!

  25. Re:Legality on Radio Re-Volt: Broadcasting For The Common Man · · Score: 1

    Just watch the government step in and try banning such a thing.

    FCC: "Okay."