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  1. Alcohol is NOT odourless on TSA Opens Blog — You Can Finally Complain · · Score: 1

    Seriously, have you ever taken a whiff of Everclear? You can easily smell that several feet away from an open bottle.

  2. Screw the liquids issue. on TSA Opens Blog — You Can Finally Complain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On my move to California, the fucking TSA went into my wallet and removed money from it. I had $60 before screening, I had $40 after screening.

    They had BEST be glad I was anxious to move to California, or I'd probably still be in MEmphis, locked up and behind bars.

    The TSA is NOTHING but a thief-run organization, and all they do is train thieves.

    Anyone got any ideas on how I can get legal recourse against these assholes?

  3. You see nothing wrong because... on Time for a Vista Do-Over? · · Score: 1

    "network transfers have some sort of bug that makes file transfers slow"

    You're not looking for what's making it not work. When multimedia of any sort plays, the network performance drops DRAMATICALLY. It's a wannabe DRM feature to prevent piracy. You see nothing wrong with Vista because you're not looking deep enough for what IS wrong ith Vista, you're just looking at the surface when far beneath the skin is where you should be watching.

    XP-64 outperforms Vista, as it's based off of Win2k3, which is rock fucking solid, including driver emulation. Try Win2K3. I ditched XP, permanently. Everything I need works fine on 2K3.

  4. Re:Program me a kudzu/marijuana hybrid. on Scientists Build Possibly The First Man-Made Genome · · Score: 1

    Sadly, you missed why I was modded funny. I know it's a lie, but it's still a great fantasy.

  5. Re:Program me a kudzu/marijuana hybrid. on Scientists Build Possibly The First Man-Made Genome · · Score: 1

    No way in hell. As long as cocaine flows like water from Memphis to Atlanta, they're all gonna stay hype.

  6. Re:Why bother hacking marijuana? on Scientists Build Possibly The First Man-Made Genome · · Score: 1

    Because Kudzu grows damn near as fast as Bamboo does, and once it gets started there's not much you can do to stop it's proliferation. The yields would theoretically be higher (no pun intended) due to the rapid spread of the plant.

    Also, Cannabis helps to create topsoil thanks to deep-penetrating roots that will break up rock and clay.

    And hey, why do Cannabis growers bother to mess with the plant's genetics? For better results and yields, just like most other seed genetics companies do. Hardier, or faster growing, or drought resistant. There's many reasons for hacking Cannabis.

  7. Program me a kudzu/marijuana hybrid. on Scientists Build Possibly The First Man-Made Genome · · Score: 3, Funny

    If that can be achieved (much like a Florida geneticist once made THC-producing orange trees) then you'll single-handedly kick the War on Drugs' ass. That would be a worthy cause right there.

  8. Scientology Secret Documents Here on Internet Group Declares War on Scientology · · Score: 1

    http://www.mediafire.com/?fzdznvbnlwu

    Read and laugh away. You can't seriously get any bat-shit loonier than this, folks, unless you're a member of the Phelps clan.

  9. Calling Penn and Teller... on Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws · · Score: 1

    "It's important to recognize that you can't possibly measure which OS has the fewest flaws absolutely"

    I won't say their favorite phrase. Instead I'll just say DOS 6.22 and walk on.

  10. Missing Information... on LIGO Fails To Detect Gravity Waves · · Score: 1

    "The interferometer is constructed in such a way that it can detect a change in the lengths of the two arms relative to each other of less than a thousandth the diameter of an atomic nucleus."

    Which atomic nucleus? The nucleus for hydrogen is far smaller than the nucleus for uranium.

  11. You think LA is bad?? on EPA Asserts Executive Privilege In CA Emissions Case · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Head a little further east, into Riverside and Redlands. LA's exposure to the sea breeze drives their smog right into the inland empire, where it settles. LA may generate most of it, but the majority ends up settling in the valley. When we're lucky, we can see the mountains arund us at night. Usually it's just a haze and only the lights are visible.

    California doesn't need higher standards. California needs to start banning all old and out of tune automobiles, period. There's so many junker antiques running around that it's absolutely insane. Also, they need cleaner factories. They might as well start their own EPA while they're at it, because the one we already have isn't doing a goddamned thing. How do we get a vote to pull all of the EPA's funding into Congress?

  12. Recently??? on State of US Science Report Shows Disturbing Trends · · Score: 1

    Texas found this to be the case 20 years ago. I attended the Plano Independent School District, and mastered algebra in the 4th grade (with the exception of matrix multiplication, which to this day I still do not remember.)

  13. And when the grandkids can't upload their pics... on Time Warner Cable to Test Tiered Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 1

    "They'll be much happier with the grandmothers who download a few pictures of their grandkids every now and then."

    And when the grandkids can't upload pics to grandma due to the stupid data cap and they finally get the reason why across to her in a form she can understand, grandma just cancels and insists on snail-mail polaroid pictures.

  14. Speaking of stupid..... on Time Warner Cable to Test Tiered Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 1

    "and ISPs have a very limited amount of backbone capacity"

    ISPs have limited bandwidth because THEY OVERSELL THE FUCK OUT OF IT. End of story.

    Might want to watch what you say. I've worked in the ISP realm (Back when IXL Memphis was a big provider) and it was always a case of overselling the hell out of a fat pipeline.

  15. you are mistaken in your definition of a 'lemon' on HP & Dell Face Lawsuits From Exploding Hardware · · Score: 1

    The lemon law only applies on a vehicle, and only if it fails three times in a year (in most states, some allow for two failures,) for a new vehicle only. Used cars are Caveat Emptor.

  16. Re:Gotta love vinyl.... on Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back · · Score: 1

    Negative. Phonograph cylinders were made of shellac, the first records were 25% shellac with the rest of the composition being slate, and wax. Edisons were Vinyl or Polystyrene.

  17. Gotta love vinyl.... on Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back · · Score: 1

    Mainly because lots of demos that you will NEVER FIND ELSEWHERE were released only in vinyl, and are increasing in collector's value (For example, I have the dual-vinyl demo of Alice in Chains Sap/Jar of Flies, with one side of one record holding purely a vinyl-scratched impression of the AIC logo.) Last time one of my vinyls was appraised, I was holding a four-hundred dollar album. I'll not get into the ultra-thick Edison vinyls that I have, that's another beast altogether.

  18. Large artwork... on Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back · · Score: 1

    Hell, I'd rather more vinyl albums be sold like Cheech & Chongs Big Bamboo album - with foot-long rolling papers included!!!

  19. Re:News for nerds on 2007 Darwin Award Winners · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    NERDS. DARWIN. You must not have paid attention to SCIENCE classes in high school, did you?

    No wonder you're posting as AC, so your UID doesn't get downmodded into oblivion due to your stupidity.

  20. Re:how many other "systems" like this? on 14-Year-Old Turns Tram System Into Personal Train Set · · Score: 1

    Here, have a link http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/22/scada-hackers-infrastructure-tech-security-cx_ag_0822hack.html Now, what were you saying about being secure?

  21. Re:how many other "systems" like this? on 14-Year-Old Turns Tram System Into Personal Train Set · · Score: 1

    You're new here, so let me point out that there's a story here on /. where REMOTE CONTROL OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS ACHIEVED HERE IN THE USA. So you keep on thinking that and living in your little world. The search feature is your friend, as I mentioned in my previous post. USE IT.

  22. Re:Thought crimes on EFF Takes On RIAA "Making Available" Theory · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Screw conspiracy to commit a crime, ever hear of conspiracy to witness a crime? Mississippi will arrest you for seeing a crime happening and not reporting it (regardless whether or not you have any means of contacting the police, or even if you cannot physically talk, they will arrest you!)

  23. Re:Easy... on How to Say Goodbye to Old Hard Drives? · · Score: 3, Informative

    No longer are the rare-earth magnets in hard drives that powerful. In the past year I've disassembled many laptop and desktop hard drives (I turn the platters into throwing stars) and the magnets aren't very strong at all, nor are they as large as they used to be. They barely even phase CRT monitors, even when placed flat against the very back of the electron beam emitter.

  24. And that's why IT companies fail on Young IT Workers Disillusioned, Hard to Retain · · Score: 1

    "If managers stopped "managing" people like they are a herd and became a part of their team, I don't see why they shouldn't be able to hold on to employees as long as the pay is competitive."

    That's why Solectron lost it's Memphis plant. Too many team members getting promoted to manger/team lead, then managing their co-workers and not acting as part of the team, instead just sitting on their asses and looking at their computer screens all day long. Inventory goes missing, people decide to not show up to work because of the bullshit, things get lost because nobody gives a fuck anymore because they *KNOW* they're being treated as nothing more than cattle.

    I'm glad I left that job before having to deal with the embarassment that cost them their contract with HP. Sadly, right after leaving the company, I got run over by a drunk driver. Now I'm not-so-hirable anymore, because I can't lift 50 pounds, nor can I run, but NO DOCTOR WILL SAY I'M DISABLED.

    But that's a different story.

  25. Very similar to wheatgrass on Switchgrass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But only because an ounce of wheatgrass juice has more vitamins and minerals than a full pound of veggies. I'm sure there are other plants out there that could possibly be even more efficient in ethanol production, just as there are plants out there that are better in their nutritional value.