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  1. Who's walking down the streets of the city on Google Street View Shoots the Same Woman 43 Times · · Score: 2, Informative

    Smiling at everybody she sees

    Everyone Knows It's Wendy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NobLudmMRSU

  2. Techno-Simple on FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving · · Score: 1

    Just make the distracto gizmos not work if they are moving more than 5 MPH

  3. For additional crimes on Data Entry Errors Resulted In Improper Sentences · · Score: 2, Funny

    Crime never adds up.

  4. It's Too Late on How To Vet Clever Ideas Without Giving Them Away? · · Score: 1

    I'll just patent the process of vetting good ideas, and profit $$$$$

  5. Re:Don't worry about it on How To Vet Clever Ideas Without Giving Them Away? · · Score: 1

    What's missing in Facebook is that's it's only a binary system : Friend / not-friend.

    In the real world you might have something to share with 'close' friends, but not with family, sports or work friends.

  6. modern laptop flaws : on Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Laptop battery doesn't hold charge one month before warranty is up :
    Look up replacement battery specs on manufacturers site online, buy battery, CMOS flashes improper battery message, contact support,
    their solution : 'ship laptop in for repairs', my solution : return battery, search online using ID number off old battery.
    Buy identical battery +extra.

    Laptop CMOS / BIOS battery might be dead (when swapping out laptop batteries, CMOS settings are lost)
    contact support, their solution : 'ship laptop in for repairs', my solution : plug in AC power before swapping batteries.

  7. Re:Getting to be a cliche on Burglar Nabbed By Backup Program · · Score: 1

    no education required to be a criminal

  8. It was canceled because : on Sarah Connor Chronicles — Why It Died · · Score: 1

    Someone from the future came back to put an end to it. /Terminated

  9. OK on Would You Pay For YouTube Videos? · · Score: 1

    If it's 1 cent per year all you can watch deal, but no more, final offer.

  10. Learn the Next language first on Programming Language Specialization Dilemma · · Score: 1

    FORTRAN( C =0; C++; Java(Cobol)) GoTo Reboot;

  11. $24.99 Solar shed light on DIY Solar Resources? · · Score: 1
  12. Digital Night Game Camera with IR flash on Is Cheap Video Surveillance Possible? · · Score: 1

    get a Digital Night Game Camera with IR flash http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0046571417902a.shtml

  13. F or D on Ford Claims Ownership Of Your Pictures · · Score: 1

    PR group grades Ford on their customer relations,

    : insert photo of wrecked Ford here :

  14. in the future... on IBM's Five Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    taxi an bus drivers will be outsourced to remote overseas jobs

    embedded cell phones with palm screens and Uncle Martin telescoping antennas

    MIPS per Watts will be the top benchmark

    theft proof cars and all personal electronics only work for their owners

  15. Re:A day at work on Your Favorite Support Anecdote · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Received a database backup on 5-1/4" floppy disk for DB repair via overnight delivery.
    Stapled to a memo letter right through the disk's data...

    Those interesting ways to determine if the end user has a 5-1/4" floppy drive or 3-1/2"
    Can you bend it?
    'crack'
    (Oh, it's a 3.5)

    From another support call.:
    Please insert the disk and close the door.
    "Ok", sounds of disk inserting, followed by several footsteps and a then the thud of
    office door being closed...)

  16. Sales and Marketing on The Living Dilbert? · · Score: 1

    Capital driven economic effects trickle down to the empowered.
    If you can sell yourself, you can be hired into any job position.

    If you work well with others, you may pass Go and collect $$$.

    A problem with working for a small company, if you are very good
    (for the business) it can become a large company.

    In the big business world, the sharks keep the Dilberts / Dingberts around for a food source.

  17. Cast away a falling Star... on Star Flung From Milky Way at High Speed · · Score: 1

    Bruce Willis and Tom Hanks in a Great Solar roundup,
    yippie-ki-yay.

  18. Consciousness is the primary element of all things on What Do You Believe Even If You Can't Prove It? · · Score: 1

    (or primary dimension)
    No matter, no space, no energy, not even time exists beyond or without Consciousness.
    If collection of matter can clump together and call itself You or I.
    Then the mind and body and objects within one's grasp are mere tools of one's Consciousness.
    'Life' (not always as we know it) exists wherever it is possible to exist, and is a product of Consciousness.

    Some other online papers on consciousness:
    http://jamaica.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/online.html

  19. Bigger is Better on What Do You Believe Even If You Can't Prove It? · · Score: 1

    So sayth thy spammers...

  20. RoboPhobia on Robots in Medicine · · Score: 1

    Fear of Surgical Robot with 'Made by RonCo' label,
    it slices, it dices,,,
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=RoboPhobia&bt nG=Google+Search

  21. Note: "Herb" actually refers to Hermann Minkowski. on 100 Years of Einstein · · Score: 5, Informative

    Note: "Herb" actually refers to Hermann Minkowski. (And "Izzy" and "Ari" are, of course, Isaac Newton and Aristotle.)
    http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/al.html

  22. Hidden radio chip receiver? on Ken Jennings Gets a New Challenge · · Score: 1

    Could he have receiver under the skin, just behind each ear? Some of his head movements look like he's adjusting for reception;-) He'd only need someone in the audience with tiny camera that scans the question, uploads to the answer team, and has the response back before Alex has the 'Answer' read?
    What's his percentage on the video type Answers?

  23. So Where are the Quantum Darwin Awards? on Subatomic Darwinism · · Score: 1
  24. A giant crash Air Bag for Earth? on 2004 MN4 Asteroid Odds Inching Up Again · · Score: 1

    At least redirect it into the Moon so we can watch the fireworks;-)

    -Moonstruck-

  25. Identity Theft becomes a thing of the past... on Tech Headlines You Won't Read in 2005 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When credit vendors are required to reimburse the victims.

    http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/