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  1. Re:Retarded Name on CrunchPad Being Re-branded As JooJoo · · Score: 1

    That's not nearly as bad as what I said to someone the last time I moved.. "I hope I can get Cox in this town"

    PS Cox Communications is a cable tv/internet provider in the US
    PPS I'm a straight male

  2. Re:And what happens.. on Air Cannon Ties Pirates In Knots · · Score: 1

    they could even permanently mount a bar on the front of the boat that goes below the water line then comes up and over the boat.. it would just scoop up the line automatically

  3. at the very least... on Should You Be Paid For Being On Call? · · Score: 1

    I expect to be compensated for the alcohol I can't consume when on call

  4. Re:This will never work on URL Shorteners Get Some Backup · · Score: 1

    the first time I saw Welsh in print I thought it was rot13

  5. Re:The obvious solution on Simple, Cost-Effective, Multiroom Audio? · · Score: 1

    || rm -f wife

  6. Re:Professor Myrabo at RPI on LaserMotive Finds Success In Space Elevator Competition · · Score: 1

    I'd just put mirrors all over the bottom of my helicopter and let the people on the ground worry about it

  7. Does this really need to be discussed? on Shockwave Vulnerabilities Affect More Than 450 Million Systems · · Score: 1

    You could pretty much take any two security issue threads on here, swap the comments section, and never know the difference.

    Software has bugs.
    Some of them are security issues.
    They get discovered.
    They (usually) get fixed.

    What's there to talk about?

  8. Re:Bad analogy? on AT&T Sues Verizon Over "Map For That" Ads · · Score: 1

    So when you decide to get a better car stereo and you don't know how to install it yourself, do you just buy a new car that already has a better stereo installed?

  9. Re:So on Retrievable iPhone Numbers Raise Privacy Issue · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just because an app needs access to your phone number doesn't mean the developer needs access to it.

  10. Re:I think that on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    I feel like that too.. I even got a case that covers the apple logo, but I really think the percentage of people that would peg someone as an "Apple snob" is very low. The average person is fairly clueless about computers anyway, and has no idea these ridiculous OS wars even exist (at least at the level you see here).
    I've never been a fan of Macs. This is the only Apple product I've ever owned. I like it, but I still wouldn't buy a mac. Any time someone has noticed I was using an iphone, they just seemed interested and wanted to know if I liked it or not.

  11. Re:Vaccum Tubes? on UK's Oldest Computer To Be "Rebooted" · · Score: 1

    I think they have a lot of old stock too.. I ordered some nixie tubes on ebay from a guy in Russia a few years ago, and the box looked like it was at least 40 years old.
    this is the seller's ebay store - http://stores.shop.ebay.com/orehova__W0QQ_armrsZ1

  12. Re:Indeed on GMail Experiences Serious Outage · · Score: 1

    That's interesting.. I've been using Gmail/IMAP/Thunderbird since IMAP became available and haven't had any problems that I can recall. Also been using IMAP on the iphone for 2 years with no problems

  13. Re:And I, for one on High-Speed Robot Hand Shows Dexterity and Speed · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...or make you into a one second man

    so it can basically double the staying power of the average /.er? I'm sold!

  14. the real question is.. on New Logitech Dark Field Mice Operate On Glass · · Score: 0, Redundant

    how do we attach this frickin thing to a shark?

  15. Re:Missing Details on Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 54.2% · · Score: 1

    this is very true.. here's my TV about a month after getting a wii:
    http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3567/img0542vb2.jpg
    Normally that glass panel is $265 but I just made my own for about $40. The reason there are 2 impacts is because I left the battery cover off, and I had the wrist strap on.. lost my grip and slung the batteries right out of the thing.

  16. Re:And I'll be the first to say: on Scientists Learn To Fabricate DNA Evidence · · Score: 1

    and what if the public defender says he doesn't understand.. hmm?

  17. Re:Overkill? on The Homemade Hard Disk Destroyer · · Score: 1

    for a few drives, sanding would be fine, but if you have hundreds of drives to dispose of, that could take quite a long time.

  18. Re:Interesting code actually... on Twitter Used To Control Botnet Machines · · Score: 1

    interesting.. I just tried decoding the data from the first link, and it's a zip file containing gbpm.exe and gbpm.dll

  19. fyi on Digsby IM Client Quietly Installs Badware · · Score: 3, Informative
    http://forum.digsby.com/viewtopic.php?id=4708
    From steve: digsby developer

    @All: This issue will be addressed first thing in the morning. As for performance, the functionality has actually been off this entire time. It is in the TOS because it was planned for the future and Digsby has not been using your CPU/Bandwidth when idle so if you have had performance issues it is not Digsby related.

  20. Re:Diamond Dust Dustin Diamond Screetch on DIY CPU Thermal Grease, Using Diamond Dust · · Score: 1

    What's really sad, is that this is the only reason people go to a Dustin Diamond show.

  21. disappointed on Hackers Get Free Parking In San Francisco · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hackers Get Free Parking In San Francisco

    I thought they were just going to start letting us park for free because we're so cool.

  22. Re:Hah! on Triangular Buttons Make On-Screen Keyboards More Usable · · Score: 2, Informative

    there's a photo reflector or something that's supposed to shut the screen off when it's close to your face. maybe yours is faulty? Either that, or your face has the ability to absorb the infrared light

  23. Re:My .02 on What Data Recovery Tools Do the Pros Use? · · Score: 1

    Sad thing is, before I even got to your post I was envisioning this exact scenario and was considering starting a business on the side doing house calls.

  24. crapping cable on The Unexpected Patents of Steve Jobs · · Score: 1

    I used to include Apple's power adapters-which are unusually compact and sport magnetic connectors, an optional extension cord, and little wings you can crap the cable around-as a point in Macs' favor, until I got sick of Windows fans snickering.

    If mac users are actually shitting power cables, I think the windows fans have every right to snicker.

  25. Re:I know... on Documenting a Network? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Someone in this thread mentioned password safe from sourceforge.. I just installed it, and it's pretty nice. If you double-click an entry, it copies the password to your clipboard, so the only time you have to type it is when you first enter it. You can also view a subset of a password as a reminder