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  1. Re:Moral of the story? What are you saying? on Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents · · Score: 1

    That a underwear-based hard-on (pull-handle) explosion could be hard on the passengers?

    What kind of euphemisms could Quantas pull in that circumstance (or, Sir cum stance)? Precipitous Jet Stream? Unplanned Nozzle Spray? Atmospheric Thickening? Oxygen-Depleting Misting Effect?

    Will this be a sit-tuation of begging "Pray, Tell" or "Prey-Tail"

  2. Re:Moral of the story? Or, death by a dearth on Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents · · Score: 1

    of a freeze-dried throng of thongs?

    (or, are you talking about flip-flop thongs?)

  3. Re:Moral of the story? on Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents · · Score: 1

    What, is that a "fatty" spanning three seats? What, did not Blade FRY Biscuit boy with his UV lamp? Maybe Quantas better quantify things and install UV/IR reading lights and cook those *nati fliers...

  4. Re:Wow, now that's a trick! Or, given that Hallo- on Mandriva Linux 2009 Released · · Score: 1

    ween is near...

    Maybe it's a TREAT?

    (Silly rabbit, Trix are for kid... And, NO, no Lucky Charms for YOU! hehehe)

  5. Re:I love Opera Maybe because he's totally.. on Opera 9.60 Released, With Upgraded Mail Client · · Score: 1

    OP ERRATIC?

  6. Re:It could become interesting to prove outside on Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted · · Score: 1

    What's strikes me as downright odd, if not wryly funny, is that she thinks she has "international experience" by virtue of governing a state on the bleak/cold side of Russia. Does she jet-set to Moscow to get "tapped" into the goings on of the local economies there, neighboring Alaska? How many times has SHE been to visit a foreign head of state, or, to be fair, her titular equivalents overseas?

    But, to be level toward them all, in the end, they'll be controlled, or corrupted, by lobbyists, constituent's mis-speaking representatives, and by their own hidden agenda/goals. And, even though Obama has never served or worn the uniform, big deal. "America's" claim to fame is a big-dick military and scientific arsenal, but almost without fail, every SINGLE PRESIDENT has ALWAYS been to some extent matured or constrained by military, political and economic realities. If elected, Obama will have no END of experts jockeying to get close to him and on his short list of head of this or director of that. Same with McCain. But, given his past in the service, he'll think hes' more qualified/endowed to make better decisions. Obama might, by virtue of his skin color, HELP "America" become more moderate, less of a dickhead country (by leadership, not by public population, mind you), and -- hopefully -- less of a target by Al Qaida. McCain, otoh, has too much baggage and self-righteousness and POW history to be credibly respected by terrorists who hate America -- not for what she/it IS, but for what the lineage of "leaders" typically (except maybe Carter and a few other less "military expeditionary" types) "stand for".

    For the sake of the country, some could argue that McCain ought to just "bow out", just as -- to prevent the country from "tearing itself apart" -- Lincoln, Johnson, and a few others made history, world-affecting decisions that spared the US from greater pains than otherwise would have happened. The US needs more "hip", in-tune, relevant, current, CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, not just "more of the same". Like 250+ years of the same.

  7. It could become interesting to prove outside on Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted · · Score: 1

    court that what he did will "pale in" comparison to what she has been doing on the campaign trail in helping party. On NPR I heard that she claimed to be a friend of and to have a number of lesbian friends. Lesbians replied, "She's not friend of OURS", so i had a little chuckle out of that. Once people obtain the power she's seeking, what most of the public can doo will PALE IN comparison to what she is capable of or will do to protect what she gains access to.

    (captcha: distorts)

  8. Re:CDE? Nooo... I think he's talking about on Steve Jobs Patents "The Dock" · · Score: 1

    the DOCK, as in look at Ksmoothdock, and kxdock:

    http://ksmoothdock.sourceforge.net/ksmoothdock-manual.html

    http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=6585

    http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/screenshot/KDE-OpenSUSE-10.3-com-kxdock-geekzen

    http://www.xiaprojects.com/index.php?find=kxdocker

    http://xqde.xiaprojects.com/

    But, even in 1992, there was "Killer Windows Utilities", and in it was a floating, apps-customizable dock:

    I still have my old book, but i cannot find it on the internets.

    As MUCH as i applaud Apple for its design successes, i cannot back Jobs on this. At least not 100%. It's too obvious, hasn't been enforced, nor discouraged, and way too many Open Source implementations exist. Even IF the software DEVELOPERS cannot further deploy "finished" dockers, too much software capability exists such that nowadays, with a little finessing, end users can just "roll their own".

    Use of IDE's and other exploiting well-available know-how will eventually tear down the onerous burden of software patents. The USPTO needs to STOP sucking up and the US needs to stop subsidizing its income stream from patents processing. After all, it's becoming all-too-easy to just do an end-run on the patents -- with a little creativity -- as go design patents, and maybe even *some* process patents that are dubious or outright *unworthy* of patent (artificial) protection.

  9. Re:About overclockers: For a MILLIsecond i saw on Overclocked Memory Breaks Core i7 CPUs · · Score: 1

    "metaphysical"

    "This issue is a material physics problem, not a 'CPU' problem."

    That must be because for a minute few minutes i was wondering whether there is an analog in the form of overclocking the human brain (other than quickly and multiply/furiously bashing one with a decanter). Where would one "plug in" the body? How much "juice", and for what duration? Would there be a core meltdown? Would this be a "firestarter"? Would we end up singing "Who can it beeee now" when someone comes knocking on our door? Do speed freaks experience a sort of overclocking? What is the bottleneck in their performance? Do they end up talking to God and 24,480 baud, with their vocal box becoming a bottleneck? If their brain overloads God, is it a sort of "firewire", or a slower Universal Switchboard (USB)?

    Please, respond QUICKLY... (subspace frequency 2B, code 47...)

  10. Re:traction control Focusing on the sexy... on Ford To Introduce Restrictive Car Keys For Parents · · Score: 1

    Traction and ATTraction, CONtraction, REtraction...

    I find that these ARE related, as they increase the likelihood of surface-to-surface floatation.

    Maximum traction leads to greater penetration, while traction control delays the onset of losing control. You do realize what ATTRaction control actually does, right? It prevents initial deep-spin on/beyond body surfaces to which you really have not any attraction. During initial deep-spin, CONtraction offers a chance to REtract and get the hell out of that pit (most people ARE built to transfer power from one hand or palm to the knee or foot for rocking to and fro to penetrate or retract from the snow...). That is ABS, Automatic Body-Shifting, and it helps you rev up your motor for another spin. Butt, too much can be fatal or even lead fetal flaws (unintended creation). ATTraction and REtraction can be opposites. ....

  11. Re:traction control on Ford To Introduce Restrictive Car Keys For Parents · · Score: 1

    "Rocking your car out of the snow requires absence of traction control. If you can't turn it off, good job Ford!"

    Is that statement a SNOWJOB, or WHAT?

    "Ford focuses are also notorious deathtraps."

    should be:

    "Ford focuses ON notorious deathtraps."

    (there, fixed that for ya...)

    "The cars crumble more than any other car in their market."

    should be

    "The cars grumble (groan, hiss, pant) more than any other car in their market."

    "Engine will drop at the slightest of frontal impacts (we're talking bumper dent equivalent)."

    Any details on the impact of slightest rear-end impact. Will the exhaust pipe... blow?

  12. Is that a trashy... on Couple Funds Honeymoon With Recyclables · · Score: 1

    Honeymoon, or what?

  13. Re:Nematocysts what a discovery... on Fungus Fire Spores With 180,000 G Acceleration · · Score: 1

    That is kewl and fungky....

  14. Re:This is Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on Researchers To Build Underwater Airplane · · Score: 1

    In case you haven't seen these.... these are craft i wish we could build and use here... imagine their use in the hi-rise construction industry (if fuel were not ... astronomically expensive, hehehe)

    (HEHEHE WARNING: these might distract you from work for the rest of the day....)

    Craft/vessels
    http://www.space1999.net/eagle/

    audio sound tracks
    http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/links.html

    http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/links.html#Multimedia

    http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=36893

  15. Re:This is Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on Researchers To Build Underwater Airplane · · Score: 1

    Same show of which *i* was also thinking.

    And, somewhere, i read that such a flying sub would be very impractical...

    But, here is a (RC-related) link, especially since someone mentioned "Thunderbirds"

    http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4402005/tm.htm

  16. Re:Corners... on a sphere? on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: 0, Troll

    Troll my ass, you TWIT! Is it true or not?

  17. Re:Amazing. Half assed installs cause returns on Netbook Return Rates Much Higher For Linux Than Windows · · Score: 1

    When i read your last paragraph, i became enraged. But, not you, but rather, at Slasdot, for these damned lax submission shits.

  18. who to blame: on Encrypted Images Vulnerable To New Attack · · Score: 1

    Ken Starling!

  19. Seeing 'CAD' made me think... on Computer Detection Effective In Spotting Cancer · · Score: 1

    'AutoBREAST'... But, i also instantly thought of Star Trek's medical tricorder, too. (captcha: defects)

  20. Corners... on a sphere? on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: -1, Troll

    It never ceases to amaze me that people use that tired, GRATING, erroneours phrase 'corner of the planet', or corner of something about a sphere or some surface having no obvious terminating walls or corners. /rant

  21. Re:Ummm... Could it be that Linspire was... on Michael Robertson Sued Over Missing Linspire Cash · · Score: 1

    very unlinspiring?

  22. Re:Hang on a sec... How would *i* deal with a on How To Kill an Open Source Project With New Funding · · Score: 2, Funny

    situation like this?

    Why, of course, it would be .... Sophie's Choice... hehehe

  23. Re:eh ... Then, maybe it's time for OSS Tap-In? on Linux Rescues Battery Life On Vista Notebooks From Dell · · Score: 1

    If newbies and windows-worn-out users can be shown enough of Linux to go "ooh"/"ahh", then it's time for the various Linux/Open Source Software hosting sites to embed feedback and usage links or make it more open if such links exist. Then, when users USE the apps, then should be asked to give feedback not to the original developer alone, but to an IBM/HP/Sun-sponsored entity that takes the most well-thought out/well-regarded apps and sponsor the developer/s of the apps to either afford to work more on them, or to bring in additional help to help enhance the app, but ensure helping it keep the shine and allure it started out with. Not the shine and allure seen by GEEKS, but by less gifted, daily users. GUI/UI quirks, limited functionality, strange behaviors, and so on could be dealt with faster.

    The Linux distros have many of these feedback channels, but i can't help but wonder about the limited resources and lack of time possessed by the many well-meaning people who give us useful apps. But, the professionally-polished apps cost more money, have many restrictions, and the closed-source apps can often be so controlled by the owners that it could be one or 2 subsequent years before users get the stability or features they seek.

    But, honestly, too, we collectively need to stop parroting that "Linux has more and freer and stabler and more functional apps than windows users could ever hope for".... That's true for SOME apps. Open Office, Celestia, Filelight, Guarddog, Firestarter, to name a few. But many still look like they are from the 70's or 80's, have constrictive interfaces, weird file exploration methods, and marginal usefulness. App comparisons need to be permanently linked online so that users who shouldn't be disappointed can have better, more realistic expectations. Otherwise, people will lose that ooh and all feel.

    As for me, I'm using on my Gateway P-6301 laptop with 128 MB of video RAM, with 2 GB system RAM with 2 hard disks and 17" display (weight in at around 8.6 lbs), Mandriva PowerPack 2008.0, VirtualBox, and vista. I'm ONLY using vista because I cannot yet get used to CAD Schroer (though it's nice they made a Linux version), can't get Punch! ViaCAD in Linux, and have a number of other windows-based apps that have no Linux VERSION. I like that Celtx and StoryLines have Linux versions. I don't say "counterpart", as I don't want' a crippled/semi-functional knock-off. When i find a windows-based app i like, then I want ALL that functionality.

    So, maybe we can try to cajole IBM to starting a merit pool for CAD and gamer companies to make a case for or tell that they've been "tapped" with a prize/award of $xxx,xxx.00 to in under 6 months bring to Open Source a product several users claim will be a HIT in Linux. Charge for support, but don't intentionally mire the app for income-generation purposes. It wouldn't be different than or any lower than what msoft goes to to keep developers hooked on mscode.

    My suggestions:

    Lotus SmartSuite
    Punch! ViaCAD
    Delftship ....

  24. Re:point to point, or from a lack of fiber in the on Replacing Fiber With 10 Gigabit/Second Wireless · · Score: 2, Funny

    backbone, try Meta-muse-ul to restore regularity between bottlenecks and freely-flowing packets...

  25. Re:eh... I can just see the commercials now: on Linux Rescues Battery Life On Vista Notebooks From Dell · · Score: 1

    "You know, sleep does a number on your pc. So, what's YOUR PC's sleep number?" (not brought to you by SleepTrain)

    http://www.sleeptrain.com/page.aspx?nid=91