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  1. Odes to the Model M on The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made · · Score: 1
    This and other odes to the Model M are here: http://z13.invisionfree.com/OneTrueKeyboard/ar/t56.h

    The Model M is my keyboard; I shall not want.
    It maketh me sit in front of my computer;
    it leadeth me to caress the still keys.
    It restoreth my faith in manufacturing;
    it leadeth me to collect every single variety.
    Yea, though I sit at a desk in a cubicle at work,
    I will fear no carpal-tunnel, for thou art with me; thy clicks they comfort me.
    Thou prepardest a refuge for me in the presence of cheap keyboards;
    thou anointest my fingers with feedback; my productivity runneth over.
    Surely ergonomics and quality shall follow me all the days of my life,
    and I will use my Model M forever.

  2. A chilling effect on employment and commerce on Canadian Border Tightens Due to Info Sharing · · Score: 1
    I live in a poor town that borders Canada. One of my lot lines runs early 2000 feet along the border. There aren't many good jobs in my town and many of the few that do exist are with "international" companies and require cross-border travel. In my town a minor arrest record isn't uncommon and no one with such a record can be hired for such jobs.

    I've read at least one comment by someone identifying himself as a Canadian official saying that the law isn't harsh as the article states. The truth is that, unless you buy an expensive one-day visa, any kind of arrest record at all, no matter the trivialness of the offence or how long ago it was, is enough to prevent one from entering Canada.

  3. Vermont Views on Which Text-Based UI Do You Code With? · · Score: 1

    Vermont Creative Software still sells Vermont Views, a C library of text windowing and data-entry functions. The serial terminal version runs under Linux and handles different terminal escape codes with a termcap-like file.

  4. Re:a better idea on WarGames Sequel Now Filming · · Score: 1

    Esker? Is that you?

  5. Re:That's why I hide everything by ... on U.S. Gov't Spent $30M On Citizens' Personal Info · · Score: 1

    But not THE mountainman...

  6. Re:It's a start... on Copyright Office Suggests Changes To Induce Act · · Score: 1

    Vote out Leahy?

    But the reason we Vermonters voted him into the Senate in the first place was to get him out of Vermont! This way we figure we get only 1/50th of the results of his irrational behavior.

    Ditto for Jeffords and Sanders. (1/435 for Sanders!)

  7. Re:20c per watt ? kwatt-hour is needed type of mea on New Solar Cells 20 Times Cheaper · · Score: 1

    The price of existing commercial solar panels generally is compared in terms of dollars per maximum watt output. A 120W maximum output panel costs about $474 or $3.95/watt. That's the measure they're using in the article when they talk about $0.20/watt.

  8. Hyperchip's name on Is Hyperchip Hype? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I used to work for Hyperchip. I don't believe I'm violating my confidentiality agreement by revealing that the name the founder Richard Norman originally wanted was "HyperCorp" but www.hypercorp.com was taken so he settled for Hyperchip instead. The company was founded on the strength of Richard's patents in wafer scale integration and the original business plan included a lot of stuff that was accurately described by the term "hyperchip".