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  1. To summarize... on Inventor to Launch Pop Bottle Rocket into Space · · Score: 1

    "You fill them with a little bit of water and you pump them up with air and then they fly way up and then come back down." Nuff said.

  2. Re:Fun to look at, but not a map on Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps · · Score: 1
    I agree, I printed out a map (before they added the satellite image feature) using the latest Apple Safari to a HP Laserjet 1300 (full postscript) and the bounding box surrounding the starting end ending "pushpins" came out blank. Just a map of surrounding streets with a big white box in the middle of the map where my route is supposed to be. if it wasn't for the written directions that printed below the map, I would have tossed it and gone back to mapquest.

    BTW: What is your success rate with mapquest? I get 99%, while several people have mentioned to me that Mapquest has gotten them completely lost several times.

  3. Expanding Black Holes on Black Holes 'Do Not Exist,' Contends Physicist · · Score: 1
    If a black holes positive gravity is so great as to "suck" in objects/matter that come too close, and there is negative gravity inside the black hole repelling this matter, then there must be an area of equilibrium around the perimeter of the black hole.

    This would then cause all of the matter to accumulate around the black hole in this neutral zone of gravity, effectively increasing the mass of the black hole. The increase of mass would increase the amount of positive gravity causing more objects to be sucked in.

    This process would continue until the black hole becomes so massive that the possibility of implosion and either a super nova like event or a mini-big bang occuring.

  4. Rejection... on Google Moves Into Drink Market · · Score: 1

    What's up? I submitted this story at 7:36AM PST and it was rejected. My karma points are going to hell in a handbasket.

  5. New Linux Logo on Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux · · Score: 1

    Does this mean the penguin gets a diamond studded SideKick?

  6. Re:right click on Return of the Mac · · Score: 3, Informative
    How do you right click a mac??? OOOH, WAIT! You don't...

    1. Buy a two button USB mouse. (i.e. kensington, microsoft) OR
    2. The CONTROL key acts as the right mouse button. Handy for those that need it. Unobtrusive for those that don't.

  7. Re:How about the iPotty? on What's Next At Apple · · Score: 1

    What I want to know is, will they have paper keyboard protectors along with the paper toilet seat protectors (aka a**-gaskets)?? Or I could go in one of those and surf porn and do my business in private. (more reason for a paper keyboard protector).

  8. Other sources of IRS income... on How the Secret Service Cracks Encrypted Evidence · · Score: 2, Informative
    Other sources of income according to the IRS From the IRS website at= http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch13.html
    Other income sources (this is for real)
    • Bribes If you receive a bribe, include it in your income.
    • Kickbacks You must include kickbacks, side commissions, push money, or similar payments you receive in your income on Form 1040, line 21, or on Schedule C or Schedule C-EZ (Form 1040), if from your self-employment activity.
    Example
    You sell cars and help arrange car insurance for buyers. Insurance brokers pay back part of their commissions to you for referring customers to them. You must include the kickbacks in your income.
    • Illegal income Illegal income, such as money from dealing illegal drugs, must be included in your income on Form 1040, line 21, or on Schedule C or Schedule C-EZ (Form 1040) if from your self-employment activity.
    • Pulitzer, Nobel, and similar prizes. If you were awarded a prize in recognition of accomplishments in religious, charitable, scientific, artistic, educational, literary, or civic fields, you generally must include the value of the prize in your income. However, you do not include this prize in your income if you meet all of the following requirements.
      • You were selected without any action on your part to enter the contest or proceeding.
      • You are not required to perform substantial future services as a condition to receiving the prize or award.
      • The prize or award is transferred by the payer directly to a governmental unit or tax-exempt charitable organization as designated by you.
      • See Publication 525 for more information about the conditions that apply to the transfer.
    • Stolen property. If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.
  9. Re:It's like social engineering, without the perso on How the Secret Service Cracks Encrypted Evidence · · Score: 1
    If you rob a bank, make damn sure you pay your taxes.

    And exactly which line of the 1040 do I claim my "alleged" illicit activity??

  10. Insecure Password... on How the Secret Service Cracks Encrypted Evidence · · Score: 0
    Enter a new password: ******** [Explorer]

    Sorry, your password is not secure, please try another

  11. Insecure Password on How the Secret Service Cracks Encrypted Evidence · · Score: 0
    Enter a new password: ******** [Explorer]

    Sorry, your password is not secure, please try another.

  12. Re:How's that again? on Re-Imagining Apple · · Score: 0

    Sony designed the Powerbook for Apple.

  13. Good WAP sites... on Web Design Hampers Mobile Internet? · · Score: 1

    I have become increasingly frustrated as well trying to view website with my Nokia 3650. This phone has a fairly large screen which I felt would give me an advantage with viewing websites compared to the small screens of my previous cellphones (Sony Ericsson, LG)

    The sites that work good for me include:
    CNN
    ABC News
    Yahoo
    Yahoo Mail
    Google
    Google Images
    Mobile Yellow Pages http://wap.openmotion.com/att/wmlattypc#text
    TWC Weather
    UPS Wireless
    Fedex
    Mapquest ($$ to use!)

  14. Good WAP sites... on Web Design Hampers Mobile Internet? · · Score: 1

    I have become increasingly frustrated as well trying to view website with my Nokia 3650. This phone has a fairly large screen which I felt would give me an advantage with viewing websites compared to the small screens of my previous cellphones (Sony Ericsson, LG)

    The sites that work good for me include:
    CNN
    ABC News
    Yahoo
    Yahoo Mail
    Google
    Google Images
    Mobile Yellow Pages http://wap.openmotion.com/att/wmlattypc#text
    TWC Weather
    UPS Wireless
    Fedex
    Mapquest ($$ to use!)

  15. Space Aliens on How To Talk To Aliens · · Score: 2, Funny

    All your chess belong to us