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  1. Re:1980 Volkswagen? on On Afghanistan's Thomas Edison · · Score: 1

    I once had a 1980 Ford fullsize pickup run my foot over with no damage. The foot test is useless.

  2. Re:Mouse dos on Large User Groups Cause Spontaneous Greying · · Score: 2, Informative

    DOS Shell was an early GUI for DOS. Why is it funny if your mouse dosen't work? And my mouse also works just fine on the freeBSD command line, so why not DOS?

  3. Re:Always right....? on Best Buy Says Customers Not Always Right · · Score: 1

    Fighting words aren't covered under the 1st amendment, true, but they are NOT justification for a fight. They can ask you to leave, and perhaps forcibly remove you if you fail to do so, but you are not allowed to just fly off the handle, even if they did say something offensive to you.

  4. Re:sheesh on Mobile Cell Phone Towers For Disaster Relief · · Score: 1

    American cell companies have had this since at least 1992. When Hurricane Andrew leveled a good part of South Florida in the summer of 92, Bellsouth had temporary towers in and operating within about 24 hours of the storm's passing.

  5. Re:Sports writer says: ... most powerful movie ... on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Depends in which way you like kids. If it's anything a hair more than platonic, yup, that's a pedophile. Most philia's aren't bad connotations like pedophilia is.

  6. Re:Sports writer says: ... most powerful movie ... on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    Of course they like movies, and the prestige of the Cannes festival. But they're also quite far from the French-bashing set of Americans, if they're not downright Franfophiles.

  7. Re:Sports writer says: ... most powerful movie ... on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 0, Troll

    While there's a plurality of Americans on the jury, the fact that they're on the jury of the French film festival gives pretty good odds they're Francophiles, and are far from the Americans who are off eating "freedom toast" for breakfast and switching to Californian wine.

  8. Re:Not Slackware X? on Slackware 10.0 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    That's because the fault line's aren't very stable there. Move to more solid ground, and you'll get a more stable version of slack.

  9. Re:Great browser, but... on A Look at the Newly Released Mozilla Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1

    The brushed metal dosen't match the rest of aqua worth a damn, but when it's the only thing visible on my 12" powerbook, it looks kinda cool. Blends well with the brushed metal looking trim around the screen.

  10. Re:lightning.. on When Lightning Strikes · · Score: 1

    That "electrical" smell is ozone. When your hair wants to stand up from the charge, and you smell that ozone building up, that's your last minute warning that lightning is striking real close, real soon!

  11. Re:OT: dollar bill tracking with serial #s on RFID License Plates in the UK · · Score: 1

    That could never work. I hit the ATM, it records the numbers it gave me. I pay you back the $20 I borrowed last week. You go down to the corner store to buy a 12 pack. Habib pockets the money from the drawer and makes a donation to his local mosque. Turns out there's a fanatic or 2 there, and that $20 finds it's way into an arms deal. They're pretty far off base if they come looking for me.

  12. Re:old stuff... on Short Text Messages In Mid-Air · · Score: 1

    It's been done before. I've seen ceiling fans that had an LED array that spelled "Heineken" as the blades spun.

  13. Re:Great... on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 1

    Not new at all. My 87 Camaro has a lockup torque converter. I'm pretty sure they were doing them regularly by 85 at least.

  14. Re:its all about the accessories on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Same here. I carry my 12" powerbook in my old backpack, wrapped in a big plastic bag in case it rains. Getting stuck in the rain on a motorcycle sucks bad enough, I don't need it runining $1800 worth of computer equipment.

  15. Re:not accessible from China? on Groklaw Turns One · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm amazed that you're allowed to read /. from China.

  16. Re:I don't understand the Army's interest in this on E3 Wrapup Documented · · Score: 1

    But the kid that 0wnz043d j00 is itching to turn 18, sign up, and try the real thing.

  17. Re:Prisoners photos? on Digital Cameras Change War Photo-Journalism · · Score: 1

    Do you really have to ask this? The media is about telling you what to think, not providing you with the information to form your own thoughts. Is this a suprise?

  18. Re:what a gimmick on A Running Shoe For Agent 86? · · Score: 1

    This has probably been mentioned already, but the pump had nothing to do with support. The pump just inflated bladders that made the shoe fit more snugly. I wore them back in the day. I could keep them nice and loose for a comfortable fit around school, then pump them up so they fit snug and stayed on when we played basketball.

  19. Re:Human feet on A Running Shoe For Agent 86? · · Score: 1

    The problem with this is that not everybody has the right feet. Most people don't have a neutral gait. Without corrective measures in their shoes, the average overpronator would have their knees/shins/ankles/hips self-destruct in short order from the uneven twisting forces with each and every step.

  20. Google Pic Whoring on A Camaro That Leaves A Wake · · Score: 1

    Here's a picture from a google image search. It's a convertible, cool! http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/W/watercars pecial/watercar-a.jpeg

  21. Re:Camaro with a WRX Engine on A Camaro That Leaves A Wake · · Score: 1

    You're right, in alot of ways it isn't. But he used a funny car body, so he didn't really have a camaro motor to start with, plus we wanted to go rear motor since it's a custom frame thingy that turns into a boat. Thats where the box-4 motor comes in. But if he does have a spare LT1/LS1 around, I'll take it off his hands for him.

  22. Re:Mr. Garrison's invention? on Build Your Own Monowheel · · Score: 1

    Mr. Garrison had 4 levers, one front, one rear, and he was "jerking" one with each hand for control.

  23. Mr. Garrison? on Build Your Own Monowheel · · Score: 1

    I didn't RTFA, but didn't Mr. Garrison invent one of these once on South Park? If the controls are the same as his, count me out. I'll stick to my old fashioned motorcycle.

  24. Re:calculators are dead on TI-84 Plus Released · · Score: 1

    And as far as school use, professors will have a fit if you try to use a palm as a calculator.

  25. Re:Rack Mount!? on Rack Mounted PCs for the Home User? · · Score: 1

    Having them sit with the ports out? I hope they're not windows boxes, you'll need to get to the reset button far more often than you'll need to get at the cables. Unless you just pull the power cable for a second.