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  1. Remote Speakers for your Sound System on You've Dropped Your Landline — Now What? · · Score: 1

    Why not use your old phone cabling for remote speakers? Most good audio receivers have an extra pair of speaker inputs. When I moved into my condo, the former owner had a PBX some and cat 3 and 5 wiring. Since both cat 3 and 5 cables have 4 pairs of wires, I used the solid color for the positive, white for the negative, and it works like a charm.

  2. My two cents on 1/3 of Amphibians Dying Out · · Score: 1

    The problem with amphibians dying is caused by idiots messing with mother nature. My folks have a camp in upstate NY. The lake used to be stocked with just trout, bullhead and perch for as long as I can remember. Recently sport fishermen from down state started introducing bass and pike into the lake. There are no frogs because the pike eat up all the tadpoles. I'm not a scientist but if you introduce a predator without bothering to think of the impact on the ecosystem its just plain stupid. I saw a bumper sticker the other day, ignore the environment it will go away.

  3. Re:and the fourteenth error should be... on The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time · · Score: 1

    Error: The file exists, (unless you're an atheist)

  4. Chicks dig skills on The Science Education Myth · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know, like nunchuku skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills... Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills

  5. The Crest is key on Shark 6th Sense Related to Human Evolution? · · Score: 1

    X the Eliminator; I must have the Neural Crest of Sharkman

  6. Re:Absolutely on Apple Holding Back the Music Business? · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are Correct Sir! Its always about the money, greed, I wish there was some kind of watch dog organization to keep the RIAA in check. What the RIAA really wants is to control how we listen to music. Its beginning to be like 1984 soon there will be ministry of music and people will be taken off the streets for indiscrete listening. I don't download music (legal that is) for a few reasons. The main reason is that vinyl and CD's contain information, tidbits about the artists, lyrics etc (speaking of which the RIAA wants to limit access to lyric sites). Sure all that info is somewhere on the web but I'd rather read that on the couch then in front of a monitor. I grew up around the end of vinyl, 8 track, into cassettes and then to CD's. Enough already!! I am not going to pay more for music I own in another media format, well with some exceptions. It has become really easy to convert tapes and albums into CD. I still collect vinyl and why people throw out perfectly good vinyl is just stupid.

  7. Re:#6.5: on Top 10 System Administrator Truths · · Score: 1

    "I've spilled coffee on my mouse pad can you fix it?"

  8. Re:RSS on toilet paper? on Get RSS Feeds on Your Toilet Paper · · Score: 1

    Make that the USSRSS (obligatory star trek scenario) captains log star date 2190; We were flying inside the worm hole then suddenly, Sulu yells "captain we got Klingons off the starboard bow", set phasers on liquefy

  9. Re:Calling Rex on First Cell Phone for Dogs · · Score: 1

    This cell phone for dogs could get expensive, think of the roaming charges.

  10. Whats the Difference? There is a BIG difference!! on What You Should Know When Taking a University Job? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I work for a large Canadian University doing LAN admin support for 14 libraries and it works for me. I won't get rich working here but when I consider the pros and cons compared to public sector jobs couldn't think twice my decision to stay in a university environment. Some of the benefits, 4 day work week in the summer months, 3 weeks vacation a year (compared to the lousy 1 or two week vacation you might get in pub sector), not including the extra week off between xmas and new years, Knowledgeable and reliable team, Good honest managers, centralized it management, I'm even in a frikin union they have to pay me overtime if they want me to work extra. Some of the cons, yes they have committees and useless meetings there is a type of hierarchy but its no worse then anywhere else. Working University is no picnic you have still have deadlines, projects, testing, implementation phases, and people (loosers) can still piss you off. In the end I guess it helps if you work for a big university with a lot of money

  11. According to my Mom on Get To Know Mach, the Kernel of Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    The MACH kernel is brand new fighter pilot simulator, she thought so then deleted it at MACH 10.