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  1. Re:IBM Ugly on Rethinking the Thinkpad · · Score: 1

    Me-Reconsiders 1/4" Titanium diamond-plate case mod with frikkin' lasers for 'rubbish little Acer'.

  2. Re:Duh on Humanity Gene Found? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, tripedal locomotion isn't easy to master. Especially under the influence of DUF.

  3. print head on HP Launches Ink Patent Violation Manhunt · · Score: 1

    I have owned many HP Deskjet printers and I can tell you that the print head has always been part of the ink cartridge.

    Oh, and the only hp printer that died on me was a 697C but it was 8 years old and had printed many thousands of pages. The rest I gave to family and friends and, as far as I know, are still working. Still using my 9 year old 722C which is a real workhorse, just like the 500C I bought in '91 and gave away 10 years ago.

  4. Re:Wormhole Video on Botnet Herders Attack MS06-040 Worm Hole · · Score: 1

    You probably already know this but the video shows a missile launch from Vandenberg AFB, CA. Something the folks of SoCal are very familiar with and which can be a bit disconcerting when viewed for the first time as evidenced by the tone of the woman's voice in the video.

  5. Norton Anitvicar on Symantec Labels Vicars' Software as Spyware · · Score: 1

    Hallelujah brother the world just might be saved from another computer generated, prolix diatribe this Sunday. Imagine vicars having to come up with a sermon from their heart rather than a pull-down list of appropriate incantations.

    Norton needs to port this feature to sermon-writing applications for all religions. Oh, and political speech-writing software too.

    Can I get an 'Amen' from the /. congregation?

  6. Bill Maher? on Congress vs Misleading Meta Tags · · Score: 1

    Bill, is that you?

  7. Close, Amiga actually. on Microsoft Confirms New Music Player · · Score: 5, Informative

    From these guys.

    And from their developement tool page:

    Zune is an object-oriented GUI toolkit. It is nearly a clone (at both API and Look&Feel level) of MUI, a well-known Amiga shareware product by Stefan Stuntz. So MUI developers will feel at home here; others will discover the concepts and qualities that Zune shares with MUI.

    I wonder how aros.org feels about this?

  8. DOA for sure. on Windows Vista still Rife with Insecure Code · · Score: 1

    'complete with new corner cases and defects'.

    I think Symantec misspelled coroner.

  9. Not as sharp as a fart on The Sharpest Object Ever Made · · Score: 1

    A fart can go through your pants without making a hole.

    I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. Noone else remembered this. OK, I'll go back to re-drywalling the bathroom now.

    Oh drudgery!

  10. Re:MS will never learn or change... on Microsoft to Support ODF via Plug-In · · Score: 1

    I understand your thoughts but Paralegals are as tenacious as bulldogs and once they bite you in the ass they will not let go until the truth is found. I know because I'm married to one.

    I do believe, though, that Rush is a poor comparison when it comes to 'truth' in reporting, or anything else for that matter.

  11. MS will never learn or change... on Microsoft to Support ODF via Plug-In · · Score: 1

    As usual, PJ over at Groklaw has interesting information and insight into this latest from Microsoft.

    It never ceases to amaze me that some people still want to believe that MS is 'now' trying to do the right thing.

  12. Re:Like how GM bought up and destroyed the Trolley on Net Neutrality, Schlocky Salesmen vs Monopolist Plumbers · · Score: 1

    And don't forget Richfield Oil, which later became Atlantic Richfield who also had a hand in the destruction of socal trolleys. I have fond memories of riding the trolleys in LA and San Diego as a kid (yeah, I'm an old fart). Look at what both cities are doing now; spending ++millions (billions?) to rebuild the trolley systems.

    Yeah, this war could destroy the web as we know it but it is my hope that something better will replace it, reguardless.

  13. It's too hard...... on Microsoft's Mundie to Continue OSS Outreach · · Score: 1

    Microsoft could have interoperability with FOSS overnight for a cost of Bill's pocket change, if they wanted to.
    It is simply that they don't want to do it and for reasons which make no sense to anyone but them.

  14. Re:How do they know this creature was amphibious?? on Scientists Find Missing Link in Bird Evolution · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was wondering about this myself. The article did say the fosils indicated a webed foot which would indicate, at least, a partially aquatic life. 'Amphibious' is a poor choice of words without more information. I think of ducks and other waterfowl as being 'aquatic' not amphibious as they spend much of their time on the water, not in the water. However, penguins, platypus', cormorants and a few others are exceptions I would consider amphibious as they are each great underwater swimmers.

  15. Re:Ballmer shouldn't step down. on Why Ballmer Should Leave Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Ah, you're off your rocker.

  16. international spying on U.S. to Gain Access to EU Retained Data · · Score: 1

    We Have found the terrorists and they are US.

  17. Ancient Plume on World's Largest Pyramid Discovered in Bosnia? · · Score: 1

    Looks like an ancient plume of magma much like 'Enchanted Rock' in Texas.
    Just my two cents worth.

  18. missing link ~ Steve Ballmer on Evidence of the Missing Link Found? · · Score: 1

    Easy, Vlad the Impaler.

  19. //40 rods to the hogshead... on New Data Transmission Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, 40 rods = 1 furlong but what I can't get is how many hoofbeats/furlong would that be?

  20. Re:Now that's just silly on Microsoft's Not So Happy Family · · Score: 1

    [Kk]* ~ take your pick.

  21. Great if you can hear.... on Online Test Measures Speed of your Brain · · Score: 1

    ...and this is their only test for brain speed and their only product for increasing auditory/cognitive skill is, well, auditory.

    I am 61 years old and I would like to know how my brain is working but this test wouldn't help me much because I have been losing my hearing over the last twenty or so years due to injury, infection and environmental noise. I have learned American Sign Language and 'talk' to several deaf friends to practice my new language.

    The C|net article is nothing but an ad for $500 Posit software or an $1100 Dell computer bundeled with the Posit software, however, it does state that some researchers are using visual tests to determin brain processing speed which would be better for me. The Posit Science site doesn't have much to say about the science behind their software product.

    Hopefully, someone is working on tests for those people who are deaf and blind to determin brain speed and or cognitive function.

  22. correct wiring on Cisco Plans Its Home Invasion · · Score: 1

    First, pins 1,2,3 and 6 are in use. 1 TD+, 2 TD-, 3 RD+, 6 RD-.

    On a straight through cable both ends would be:

    pin # wire color
    1 white w/ orange
    2 orange
    3 white w/ green
    4 blue
    5 white w/ blue
    6 green
    7 white w/ brown
    8 brown

    For a Cross-over cable, on one end you would just swap wires
    1&3 and 2&6.

    You've got me on the rollover cable. Never heard of it.

  23. moronic on Space Jackets Down to Earth · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Okay, I was a little harsh. Probably why I never made B/C because I always spoke my mind. However, you never enter a structure without an attack line and any firefighter worth his salt can see a flash-over develop, as I have many times. So, I really don't understand your point or where you are coming from at all. Also, I still say this out the window escape is bogus. Imagine being exhausted, wet leather gloved hand holding a combination tool or pick-headed ax in the corner of a window you just broke, and cleaned of course, and hanging your body weight outside. I'm thinking broken wrist, maybe a silver fork fracture and a fall to the ground. Oh, you said safety rope. Let's see, emanant flash-over, and you have time to break a window, clean the corner of shards, tie a safety rope? I don't think so babe. This might work at the drill tower but this isn't good fireground practice and if I were on your department it would be eliminated.

  24. Gnostic as I am on RFID, Sign of the (End) Times? · · Score: 1

    We Gnostics don't buy Revelations, or 'apocalypse' as you put it, same meaning, in the Bible either and believe it is mostly a fabrication put forth by the exoteric church. In fact, we buy little of the New Testament and even less of the Old Testament and see the god of the Old Testament as the Demiurgos or 'half-maker, not the one true God. You won't find anything about 'Revelations' in Gnostic Scripture. If you would like to learn more about us, go to gnosis.org. I didn't make that a clickable link because we Gnostics don't proselytize or evangelize. We believe you have to do it all yourself.

  25. Re:I am a firefighter - and I find this suspect. on Space Jackets Down to Earth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just wanted to say, your department really needs to get with the times and I would also recommend a department subscription to Fire Engineering magazine and a complete set of IFSTA and NFPA manuals.

    You should know that there are modern methods of combating flash over. The first is to ventilate the structure and the second is to use short burst of spray from a 60 degree fog nozzle which cools the unburned particles of combustion (aka smoke) just enough to eliminate flashing but not so much that the smoke banks downward. The latter is known as the 'Swiss' method because it was developed by Swiss engineers and firefighters.

    You should also know that leather boots are not recommended for structure firefighting by the NFPA. Your department should be wearing bunker boots, we wore Fire-Walker bunker boots made by Ranger Footwear, and Nomex pants jackets and hoods.
    I don't know of a fire department anywhere that still wears 'traditional' firefighting helmets with leather ear protectors, except yours, I guess. Most department have been wearing composite helmets with face shields and Nomex ear protectors.

    Everything I've described here is 'old' technology.

    Oh, and sticking a pick-headed ax in a wall, tying a rope to it and jumping out a window to escape a flash over? Sounds like something someone pulled out of their ass.

    By the way, over a 24 year period I was a Firefighter I, II, III, Firefighter/Paramedic, Fire Specialist, Fire Engineer and Engine Company Captain. I've been retired for 8 years.