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  1. Re:Monitoring use on London's Mayor Promises London-Wide Wireless For 2012 Olympics · · Score: 1

    yes, buying them requires presenting your national id.

  2. Re:Black Galaxy? on Cannibal Galaxy the Biggest In the Near Universe · · Score: 1

    isn't the universe essentially a black hole by definition?

  3. Detachable Rings on How Do You Handle Your Keys? · · Score: 1

    I have a keychain that uses a spring-loaded clip to attach a second ring. The main, fixed ring holds the "vital" stuff (apartment, mailbox, office, RSA token, swisskey knife); all the other stuff is on secondary rings i can attach and detach at will (girlfriend's keys on one ring, bike keys on another, random friends who've given me keys on a third, parents' keys on a fourth).

    This doesn't prevent me from leaving my girlfriend's keys in my kitchen drawer, of course, but in principle, it's a great system.

  4. Re:Sound effects on MMORPG Ryzom Released Under AGPL · · Score: 1

    bungie certainly did with marathon. the "elevator starting" noise still shows up in ads on a fairly regular basis.

  5. Energy Doesn't Stink on Japanese Company Turns Diapers Into Energy Source · · Score: 1

    With apologies to Vespasian, vis non olet.

  6. Re:Yeeeeeehaw! on Texas Tells Cape Wind "You're Not First Yet" · · Score: 2, Insightful
  7. Gettysburg Presentation on PowerPoint of Afghan War Strategy · · Score: 3, Funny
  8. Re:Missing the point on Best Alternatives To the Big Name Social Media? · · Score: 1

    twitter is wall(1), not a listserv. (phpBB is listserv, god help us all....)

    along similar lines, facebook is finger(1) and slashdot, dig, reddit, etc. are nn/rn/trn/<your newsreader here>.

  9. Re:Insensitive clods on Emulation For Preservation of Digital Artifacts · · Score: 1

    they're clearly talking about eudora for classic mac os, given the references to clarisworks and stickies.

  10. Re:The Internet is Full on What Happens When IPv4 Address Space Is Gone · · Score: 1

    200 billion light years. Oy.

  11. Capitalization Fail on Google Street View Logs Wi-Fi Networks, MAC Addresses · · Score: 1

    I see morons all the time who write "MAC" when they mean "Mac", but I think this is the first time I've seen the reverse mistake.

  12. Re:great name on Iceland Volcano's Ash Grounds European Air Travel · · Score: 2, Funny

    My cat can type words like Eyjafjallajokull too.

    But can he pronounce it.

    every hairball....

  13. Re:No ads please on iPhone OS 4.0 Brings Multitasking, Ad Framework For Apps · · Score: 1

    this is an anti-apple story, of course they're taking away the i's....

  14. Re:No ads please on iPhone OS 4.0 Brings Multitasking, Ad Framework For Apps · · Score: 1

    you do realize that writing it "MAC" instantly destroys all your credibility, don't you?

  15. Re:Those silly French on France Bans Use of 2.0 · · Score: 1

    leeks?

  16. iphone mail always loads pictures on Millions Continue To Click On Spam · · Score: 1

    one of the few things i really can't stand about my iphone is that mobilemail, afaict, has no "don't auto-load pictures" setting. i worry from time to time about getting tracked or hacked by IMG links in spam that makes it past my filters. (this is particularly ironic given the 1.0.1 PNG jailbreak....)

  17. I Can Believe In It on Obama Administration Withholds FoIA Requests More Often Than Bush's · · Score: 1

    I hope you like your change.

  18. Re:924 Years and nothing has changed on Avoiding a Digital Dark Age · · Score: 1

    pioneer still sells a laserdisc (video) player. how hard it would be to use this to read a LD-ROM (or whatever these were), i have no idea.

  19. Re:Obivous Answer on "Logan's Run" Syndrome In Programming · · Score: 1

    ternaries? luxury! in my day, we did it all with the comma operator!

  20. Re:user-friendly? on Lack of Manpower May Kill VLC For Mac · · Score: 1

    clearly you haven't seen the azureus^Wvuze preference window....

  21. EQ?!? on Girl Gamers More Hardcore Than Guys · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anyone left in EQ is hard-core by definition. Why didn't they study WoW?

  22. Re:That's funny, expecting her share? on Somali Pirates Open Up a "Stock Exchange" · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Just think about it.. on Herschel Spectroscopy of Future Supernova · · Score: 1

    more importantly, if i could travel at least forty-six light years out and set up a really huge antenna, i could recover the lost episodes of doctor who!

  24. Re:Revolutions change things... on Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned · · Score: 1

    whatever made the french and russian revolutions "work", i hope to god we never see it in this country.

  25. Re:hmm on Facebook Stock Going Public? · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~christ/vfecon_asee2008.pdf

    christ goes to rose-hulman? they didn't mention that back in '97 when i was there for a prospective student visit....