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  1. Re:"Even women should be able to beat it" on Arm Wrestling Machine Recalled for Breaking Arms · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well that is not true, the best weight is when you feel the fittest, healthiest and have a proven good condition. Everything else is really unimportant.

  2. Re:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_nitrate on NASA Tackles Ethics of Deep-Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    Well at least it solves the problem for getting rid of the body.

  3. Re:The M-16/M4 vs AK-47/74 pissing contest... on U.S. Soldiers Hate New High-Tech Gear · · Score: 1

    Never did, but I heard the guys who where crying out loud for an AK, mostly people who never shot with anything else and watched to much A-Team.
    My diemaco, was not the best weapon I ever shot with, but it was the best weapon for the situation. And as long as you treat that gun like your best friend, it will not fail on you.

  4. Re:Just Like The M16 on U.S. Soldiers Hate New High-Tech Gear · · Score: 1

    No, it's mostly after they shot a round and realize that the gun does need to be locked to your shoulder firmly.
    But I never shot with a M16, but the Diemaco C8 comes close. The FAL was also quite fun to shoot, just as the UZI but if you like to hit something with the latter your best option is to just throw it.

  5. Re:At VT Duing Shooting on Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I can relate to that feeling, at once all daily life problems became irrelevant. Try not to understand what you're going through for the first couple of days and distract yourself with perhaps helping others. But remember you can't help others before you help yourself. The significance of every day problems will return eventually and don't feel bad when you realize that. Good luck.

  6. Re:Linux came from Europe... on Firefox Usage Near 25% In Europe · · Score: 1

    From ignorince to innovation, funny how things work in unix land.

  7. Re:Sweet. on New Solar Panel Design Traps More Light · · Score: 1

    Thank you for noticing.

  8. Re:But Microsoft Bob had an amazing effect on The Top 21 Tech Flops · · Score: 1

    "and a wife" is a hidden cost factor here and may I say very high indeed.
    About half of everything he owns.

  9. Re:Panic?! on Total Lunar Eclipse This Weekend · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe that the moon will cry out loud: "Get out of my way you big fat stupip blue planet, you're blocking my view!", of course some of my personalities disagree but there not allowed to speak out loud since they grilled the neighbours dog.

  10. Re:When will the denials stop? on World's Largest Tropical Glacier Vanishing · · Score: 1

    So, to prove that humans aren't the major factor in recent global warming, we just should kill the entire human race and see if that helps?
    Hey you know what? They've already started with that solution! Now another myth is busted too! The current US administration is doing something about is!

  11. Re:Hmmmmmm on A New Twist On Skywriting · · Score: 1

    Well actual I was partial trained for F-16 Operation Control by the RNLAF (Dutch Airforce) so I guess we where more free in our movement then others :-)

    Although it's been a while ago, I remeber one of usual sayings like: If you're not faster then the Falcon or smaller then a kite, you better do as we like. ;-)
    Though mostly my navy buddy answered with: "Can you handle 130Kg of metal flying pinpointed towards you at mach 3? No? Thought so!"

  12. Re:Hmmmmmm on A New Twist On Skywriting · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Indeed the only regulations that interfer with your flight are the no-fly zones, the rest is up to you.

  13. Re:While I would love an iPhone on Apple Turning Cell Phone Market Upside Down? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should add to that list:
    Floats in water
    Emergency Locator

    And wile where at it:
    Microwave
    Kitchen Sink
    Shark cage
    Sail repair station
    Resin resevoir
    Docking station (for your boat)

  14. Re:Er, what? on New Ice Age Theory · · Score: 1

    Film critics said it would be a bit of a stretch, so they wrote it of the script, we still have the super vulcano ,the alien invasion and the earth core stop spinning though.

  15. Re:Human Caused on New Ice Age Theory · · Score: 1

    SUN aren't that those guys from Stanford?

  16. Re:1000m? on Rare Shark Filmed in Japan · · Score: 1

    "... and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home."

  17. Re:It doesn't matter on Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    okidoki no problem I'll just go on with boat/computer analogies or airplane/computer, whatever you want.

  18. Re:It's hopeless on Apple's Macworld Looking To Corporate Users · · Score: 1

    No indeed no click and drool tools comparible to MOM, but why should I need that if I can use Open(LDAP) Directory, why do I need GPO's when I got remote shell access, it's a unix in it's base you can script the hell out of the system. For coroporate you need: Authentication, Authorization, shared resources and policy based restrictions, now all that can be done from the comfort of a command line, you know the thing you use when you want to automate a repetetive task in a corporate situation where you got more boxes then fingers and toes.

    However some fine tuning will be needed to fully mimic GPO, MS did really a great job there, althouhg GPO are usually used to prevent uncorporate behaviour like installing unauthorized software, automatic distributing of MSI packages and logon/off scripts to set resources. But keep in mind the the NT philosophy of user friendly is quite the opposite of unix in general, though MacOSX has made some improvements for the GUI handicapped users.

  19. Re:not unless... on Premiere Back on Mac · · Score: 1

    QuoteQuizzz:
    "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

  20. Re:Multiple different storage engines.... on MySQL Falcon Storage Engine Open Sourced · · Score: 1

    Ironically PostGreSQL has a bsd license so it's destined to die, not for me though, I prefer a unix like bsd system instead of a minix like windows os.
    Just like I prefer a "free for whatever" license instead of a "free as long as its free" license.
    The way I prefer Python over Perl or Java. All are personal choices, I'll never say what somebody else must do, only what you could do and I do judge people on their choices.
    Just as I'm judged on my choices.

  21. Re:Claim on Birth of an Island · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Quite simply, you claim it's yours and it's yours unless somebody else with a bigger gun says so.

  22. Re:Is this a dupe from a few months ago? on Should JavaScript Get More Respect? · · Score: 1

    hmmm I thouhgt I've read your post before too

  23. Re:What about XMLRPC? on Google Deprecates SOAP API · · Score: 1

    And I think this is where sub-professions differ, I enjoy coding, being a network administrator, but if given the choice to find the answer by getting through the code or grepping my tcpdump.
    Heck I chose tcpdump anyday, so I would make the same 'fault'* of doing something inefficient because it's mor fun :-) How luckily people differ, otherwise it would be a very boring world for the rest.

    *CEO(tm)

  24. Re:I'm all for it! on New Stargate Series In the Works · · Score: 1

    English highest evolved language? More like the most practical lowest common denominator!

  25. Re:It's funny? Laugh? on Servers, Hackers, and Code In the Movies · · Score: 1

    To quote my old sensai: 'I prefer my opponents dead, not unarmed'