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  1. Short Answer: Never on When Should You Buy Your Kid A Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Let the little b*astard earn it - then he won't be so quick to lose it.

  2. It Took Them Less Time to De-orbit Than The Drive on Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely · · Score: 2, Interesting

    . . . to Edwards' South, West, or North gates will take

  3. Re:I Search With Google, But Yahoo! Is My Portal on Yahoo Passes Google in Total Items Searched · · Score: 1

    Yahoo's personal page is a portal/ advertising platform.

    You are correct. My apologies for not including this link in the original post:

    how to make the internet not suck (as much)

    It makes My Yahoo! (and most other commerical sites) much more pleasant and bearable.

  4. Crap, That Reminds Me on Digital Cameras Force Film Off Dixons' Shelves · · Score: 1

    I need to put my Canon EOS 35mm on E-bay NOW.

  5. I Search With Google, But Yahoo! Is My Portal on Yahoo Passes Google in Total Items Searched · · Score: 1

    The My Yahoo! portal is (for the time being) superior to Google's simple offering.

    And who can resist the pleasure of flaming your political enemies on the Yahoo! news story message boards - the veritable bathroom walls of the Internet.

  6. Tips For Obtaining a DOD Security Clearance on Infosec Career Hacking · · Score: 1

    1. Don't get in trouble with the law (other than traffic/minor juvenile offenses)
    2. Don't screw up your credit (i.e. bankruptcy)
    3. Don't use drugs (rather, don't admit to or get caught using drugs)
    4. Keep your alternative lifestyle choices in the closet

    Or, barrring any or all of the above:

    Enlist in the U.S. Air Force, lie to your recruiter, pass the Defense Language Apptitude Battery, and become a RC-135 Rivet Joint crewmember - arabic speakers preferred

  7. A Surefire Way to Lose a Space Weapons Race on Do We Really Need Space Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Is to sit back congratulating ourselves on our enlightened progressivism while the other guy, who does not allow open debate or dissent on such matters, deploys his space weapons.

  8. The Folks at Edwards Have Their Fingers Crossed on Shuttle Delayed Due to Cloudy Skies · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know the people at Edwards AFB are hoping for a divert to their location.

    I was stationed at Edwards when STS-111 landed there after several days of bad weather in Florida.

    We piled into the shop truck and drove up to the ridge that overlooks the runway and Rodgers dry lake. We parked at an optical tracking station, which was up and running. The camera operator gave us a bearing to the northwest, towards Santa Barbara, to watch for the shuttle.

    We knew it was inbound when the camera began tracking. It was just a speck, but within seconds it was overhead and the double sonic boom was impressive even by Edwards' standards, where sonic booms are an almost daily occurance.

    It passed overhead and turned once, landing flawlessly on runway 22. From first sighting to touchdown was only fifteen to twenty seconds.

    Later that day, after pre-flighting a jet, we drove out to the taxiway to get a closer look at Endeavour.

    We almost made it before Security Forces chased us down and told us to get the heck out of there. In retrospect, we were lucky we didn't spend an hour or two face down on the concrete.

  9. Slashdot Poll: What Am I Thinking About Right Now? on Scientists 'Read Thoughts' Using Brain Scans · · Score: 3, Funny

    a) Breasts
    b) Breasts running Linux
    c) A Beowolf cluster of breasts
    d) Cowboy Neal's breasts
    e) Other breasts (Specify)

  10. What We Need is Kick-Ass Sci Fi on Pentagon Wants Screenplays From Scientists · · Score: 1

    Forget the multiculti crap and blow some sh*t up!