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  1. Look on the bright side. on Mars Rovers on New Missions · · Score: 1

    If it DOES fall down it will break it's old distance record of 88 feet :)

  2. Re:Falling down? on Mars Rovers on New Missions · · Score: 1

    Just shift the rover into nuetral, fly down the crater, and the momentum will carry you back out the other side. NASA may have a new sport. eXtreme Crater Surfing!

  3. Re:It' easy: on Using a Password One Doesn't Consciously Remember · · Score: 1

    Yes yes, I know this, but for my purposes it is secure enough. You can also add spaces, or enter it twice, just be creative and change it often. Besides, they don't know how you got your password, so they wouldnt know about the 20 only starting positions.

  4. It' easy: on Using a Password One Doesn't Consciously Remember · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just pick a telephone number that you can remember well, but not your own. Practice typing it on the number pad a few times, until you get it through your subconcious and can type it w/o looking. Then select a random key on the keyboard as your starting point, and type in the phone number.

    (i.g., 651-5984 = oiji09u ; [w/ oiu=456])

    Secure, unquessable, and easy to remember.

  5. Re:Spoetry is all the rage on Spam as Poetry · · Score: 1

    You should buy the pills and take them anyway, just to see what happens. Ya never know ;)

  6. Stun gun on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 1

    Build and carry one of these.

  7. Re:The first time I had a fully automatic rifle on Circuit Boards + Soldering Iron == Terrorist? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sorry, but no.

    Americans these days don't give a damn. And the ones that do, are intermingled around with those that don't. They could never be unified enough to rebel. A civil war in America is quite impossible.

    America may be divided, but not down the middle. We are more divided like a shattered windshield. We could never unite around one, two, or even three (semi-)common goals.

  8. Re:The first time I had a fully automatic rifle on Circuit Boards + Soldering Iron == Terrorist? · · Score: 1

    Do'oh. I meant 1861.

  9. Re:The first time I had a fully automatic rifle on Circuit Boards + Soldering Iron == Terrorist? · · Score: 1

    We tried this back in 1865. It didn't work out too well, obviously.

    And it will only be that much harder this time, b/c we do not have the strong sense of regionalism this time, not to mention one in four people are apthathetic about anything involving their lives.

  10. Hunting on Smart Bullets Phone Home · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't know about all this TNT finding stuff, but I can see the major benefits for hunters using these. Deer hunters sometimes can't bring a deer down right away (think drunks, or someone shooting through brush, both of wich are bad shooting habits) and so they have to track it through the woods.

    Now, assuming the bullet didnt go all the way through, instead of following drops of blood for miles we can follow the bullet. It says the range is only 70m, but maybe that'll get better by the time they (maybe) release it for the public.

    B/c for reasons other than hunting, it sounds completely pointless.

  11. Re:Where's the love? on Build Your Own Stun Gun · · Score: 1

    You ask that question about an article about building your own STUN GUNS? Egads are you mad!

  12. Re:Unleash Mr Prosser on H2G2 Film Website · · Score: 1

    Or have your lower intestine reach up and strangle your brain =P

  13. Re:dream on on Privacy in the Woods? · · Score: 1
    Show me a voluntary system paid for by tax dollars

    The Army.

    The Navy.

    The Coast Guard.

    The National Guard.

    The Airforce.

    The government beauracracy.

    Volunteer fire departments (to some extent)

    and the list goes on

  14. Small Doses of Caffeine Best to Stay Awake?! on Study: Small Doses of Caffeine Best to Stay Awake · · Score: 2, Funny

    Small doses of caffeine at intervals in the day?! pfft!

    What about LARGE doses at regular intervals? I'd say that's best.

    Anyway, as for the small amounts, that's where Penguin Mints from ThinkGeek come in handy =P

  15. The Real Dark Matter on Missing Matter... Still Missing · · Score: 1

    Packaging peanuts :D

    Got me a whole box of missing matter just a while ago from ThinkGeek.
    Alas, no Hitchhikers Guide Mk2 though :(

  16. Re:RTFA (can be) smart business. on Ethanol From Waste Straw · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but a while back an ethanol-hydrogen reactor was developed by the University of Minnesota

    It seems lately ethanol is not only a common thing around the house, but it's becoming a common research item as well. Soon ethanol may become an energy solution, because it comes from all sorts of waste products (restraunt/cooking waste, farm waste, etc). Most likely not, but it will at least relieve the load on some landfills.

  17. Re:got him beat on Highest Human Elevation Using a Rocketbelt · · Score: 1

    Please. I've gone way higher than 46 metersabove London - it's called a 747 people

    Please. I've gone waaaay higher than a 747 could ever dream of going - It's called LSD people. :)

  18. Microsoft? on Take Me Home, I'm Drunk · · Score: 1

    The article mentioned that Microsoft(tm) was hosting this. Since this is a Microsoft contest, I'm curious as to who keeps the design, patents, etc. Will M$ just steal it and the money, then say, "It was in the ULA"?

  19. Re:Good for the RIAA. This is capitalism at work. on RIAA's Nasty Easter Egg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The "pirating" we are seeing is only popular because

    ...IT'S FREE

  20. Re:Don't bother guys on Are Game Magazines Turning Into Men's Magazines? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You could have told me this before I RTFA!

  21. Re:Connectors? on Epson's Female Printer · · Score: 1

    That was my first though when reading the headline. "Why on earth would they want female connectors. What possible advantage could that provide?"

    That's why you should always RTFA.

  22. North Carolina on Swarm of Cicadas Takes Aim at U.S. · · Score: 1

    I live in Stokes county, North Carolina (don't worry about where it is, it's not important) and we had our swarm of cicadas infest us last summer. Noisy little bugs. After they had shed their exoskeletons, though, we the ground was covered in little shells at least one inch deep.

  23. The problem? on Protecting and Preserving Your Vision? · · Score: 1

    My issue seems to be not a declining vision, but fatigue after certain amount of time in front of the computer. It becomes so bad that I need occasionally to leave the room with computer and sit or lie down to relax for 5 to 10 minutes.

    Then you, my friend, are obviously not running on your optimum caffeine rating (ocr). Might I suggest some Bawls? Or maybe some Penguin mints?

  24. Re:Get mom an iMac on Protecting Our Parents' PCs? · · Score: 1

    Statistically, 90% of these people had PCs and didn't know what to do with a Mac.

    Statistically, 90% of all statistics are made up on the spot. But seriously, where are you getting that stat?

  25. Re:Frivolous Lawsuit on Nintendo Faces Continuation Of Seizure Lawsuit · · Score: 0, Troll

    How is this lawsuit frivalous? I mean, c'mon, if video game makers put flashing lights that they know can cause seizures into a game anyway, I think people have every right to sue. It's not like the kid looking at the fence can't look away. Granted someone will say in reply, "It's not like they have to play the game." Still, why make a game that doesnt allow people with epilepsy play w/o incident?

    Me, I've never liked flashy lights, not b/c they can cause seizures, but b/c it denotes cheapness.