I find that Caps Lock is a good unused key for talking in Ventrilo, TeamSpeak, or other voice chatting programs. The gamers out there know what I'm talking about.
Here's a thought...Use the battery charging pad technology (as seen on Popular Science and elsewhere) as a mousepad, powered via USB, to charge your wireless mouse! Chances are this has already been thought of, but hey, it just came to my head.
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I will only agree with you to one extent. Our team has been building our own robots for three years now. This year we have made it to the finals in our regional competition. The only part the students did not completely make was the robot's transmission, which was made by one of our mentors. Other than that, it was six weeks of staying up til 10 o'clock, planning, designing, building.
Don't underestimate the abilities of a young group of people with too much free time on their hands;)
Army Superintendent: "That way, when the tank explodes, hopefully it will be in enemy territory, and it will make a big BANG!"
What? Day of Defeat officials?
looked up "miserable failure"...still had George Bush as the first result. In addition, the top category was "The president is a miserable failure." Coincidence? I think not.:)
and it just so happens that both these links (this and www.drivemeinsane.com) are included in the "Other folks who have done nutty stuff like this" link on his website...
I took a field trip (science camp) to the Wilmington NWS station in NC. The guy said they used about 80% linux (not Unix) boxes for work. This was back in July...
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I find that Caps Lock is a good unused key for talking in Ventrilo, TeamSpeak, or other voice chatting programs. The gamers out there know what I'm talking about.
Dang man, if she sees this on slashdot, you're gonna be screwed for life...until she dumps you, that is.
first first first??
A rare event...a /.er has actually manipulated the masses to rank another user.
Could this be the end to fair moderating? :P
Here's a thought...Use the battery charging pad technology (as seen on Popular Science and elsewhere) as a mousepad, powered via USB, to charge your wireless mouse! Chances are this has already been thought of, but hey, it just came to my head. $0.02
I will only agree with you to one extent. Our team has been building our own robots for three years now. This year we have made it to the finals in our regional competition. The only part the students did not completely make was the robot's transmission, which was made by one of our mentors. Other than that, it was six weeks of staying up til 10 o'clock, planning, designing, building. Don't underestimate the abilities of a young group of people with too much free time on their hands ;)
that's where the BFG comes in...ah, the days of DOOM.
Army Superintendent: "That way, when the tank explodes, hopefully it will be in enemy territory, and it will make a big BANG!" What? Day of Defeat officials?
looked up "miserable failure"...still had George Bush as the first result. In addition, the top category was "The president is a miserable failure." Coincidence? I think not. :)
and it just so happens that both these links (this and www.drivemeinsane.com) are included in the "Other folks who have done nutty stuff like this" link on his website...
that was my joke!
so does that mean they can sue themselves?
I took a field trip (science camp) to the Wilmington NWS station in NC. The guy said they used about 80% linux (not Unix) boxes for work. This was back in July...