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  1. Re:They need to have somthing better then integrat on The X300 Could Usher in a New Generation of ThinkPads · · Score: 1

    Personally, "chestnuts roasting on a open fire" always gave me chills.

  2. Re:Reactors shut down because nowhere to send powe on Reactor Shutdown Darkens South Florida · · Score: 1

    awe... I killed the person next to me just as I started reading your post, why did you save that part for last?

  3. Re:woo hoo! on New Science Standards Approved in Florida · · Score: 1

    Burn the witch!

  4. Re:Florida... aye on New Science Standards Approved in Florida · · Score: 1

    well that's been the most entertaining part of my day...

  5. Re:... whatcouldpossiblygowrong on Canon Files For DSLR Iris Registration Patent · · Score: 1

    Anyone know if wearing those holographic type contact lenses changes the outcome of something like this?
    And if the meta data is stored in the camera, can't I just put my cat up to the camera for the 1st photo?

  6. Re:United Police State of America on Examining the Search and Seizure of Electronics at Airports · · Score: 5, Funny

    My favorite airport story still comes from my dad. He has metal pins in his ankle from a car wreck many years ago. He had done the usual 'take the shoes off' and as they waved the wand around his bare foot, it goes off. Dad says "there are metal pins in my ankle", airport genius says "can you take them out?"

  7. Re:Untraceable? Try Unwatchable! on Impress Your Friends While Watching "Untraceable" · · Score: 5, Funny

    So... fiction then?

  8. Re:ssh + bad password on Mystery Malware Affecting Linux/Apache Web Servers · · Score: 1

    DenyHosts
    you can set different rules for, root, real users, and logins that don't exist.

  9. Re:I agree with this... on Copyright Lobbies Threaten Federal College Funding · · Score: 1

    seconded, although I don't know about making the assumption that my peers will ever realized what's going on. When I try to explain what DRM is to most people, I just get a blank stare.

  10. Re:My wife is a high school teacher... on Facebook Photos Land Eden Prairie Kids in Trouble · · Score: 1
    With the way the new line started in my browser I got to this:

    ... Apparently teachers care more about their students'

    and filled the rest in, in my head as "than the parents do". I was almost fooled into thinking you had something good to say.
  11. Re:chicken on Stix Scientific Fonts Reach Beta Release · · Score: 1

    almost off topic, but it's saturday night, so completely fitting.

  12. Re:Equation Editor/Matlab on Stix Scientific Fonts Reach Beta Release · · Score: 1

    I tried to teach myself TeX my freshman year of college, hell of a learning curve. Then I found LyX, if you're just learning TeX I'd recommend starting with LyX and exporting to .tex to see what all you can do with something TeX based and then moving onto writing just .tex

  13. Re:Practice on Best Way To Teach Oneself Math? · · Score: 1

    think of one on 2 points, then change the radius to hit the 3rd.

  14. Re:Life imitates art on Pentagon Urges Space-Based Solar Power · · Score: 1

    In a into to mechanical engineering class several quarters ago my prof talked a US idea from way back (way may mean 1960s to 1980s, I can't remember) of putting a satellite into orbit that would collect solar energy and beam it down in the from of microwaves. The reason he gave this fell through was they did some worst case scenarios of what would happen if the beam were off by even a fraction of a degree.
    Anyone older than me remember this idea?

  15. Re:You just haven't grown up yet on RIAA Wants Agreements to Stay Secret · · Score: 1

    f) eating however much I want, when I want, where I want

    Not exactly, but too close for comfort: trans fat

  16. Re:Biodiesel on NC Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel · · Score: 1

    I was driving down I highway out in the middle of no where and a pick up passed me. It started to smell like McDonald's and I was really tempted to speed up and follow him to see if I was crazy or not.

  17. Re:The car that takes these kind of pictures on Google Debuts Street View and Mapplets · · Score: 1

    I would chase the car down the street just do I could see pics of myself doing it on google maps

  18. Re:As someone who works on the inside on University of Ohio Abandons Students Attacked by RIAA · · Score: 0

    As far as Ohio University goes, no, they don't use MAC authentication.

  19. Re:Is this the solution? on Stanford To Charge Reconnect Fee For DMCA Notices · · Score: 0

    Here at OU you can get taken off the list of whose p2p traffic to block if you use it for legitimate uses. They also expect you to run some program to delete p2p clients on your pc before being let back on the network (very flawed idea, many ways around). I've also heard they get bitchy if you have large amounts of encrypted traffic also, I'm waiting to hear about my ssh server.

  20. Re:I guess it's safe to say ... on A "Bill of Lights" to Restrict LEDs on Gadgets? · · Score: 0

    I actually have my desk bordered with Christmas lights (about 25 ft.) Those and a neon open sign are the main lights in my room.

  21. what a student at OU knows on Ohio University Blocks P2P File Sharing · · Score: 0
    Note: I'm an undergrad living on campus here at OU.

    This mainly comes from the RIAA letters and them covering their asses, and possibly from our new CIO (we've been through several in the past 5 years). The part about using up bandwidth is complete BS to me and I have never heard one word about limiting my network usage until those letters came. OU is in the process of upgrading all the buildings to gigabit.

    It's my theory that we get so many letters here because every dorm with an Ethernet jack has a world viewable IP address (no NAT and as far as I can tell it's static, mine's been the same for about 100 days). That's all great for me, but I guess the RIAA likes it too. There was an open meeting about this today at 7pm, but I had a midterm. I'll look around for a transcript or something

    Lastly, a copy of the email sent to students earlier today

  22. Re:I don't get it on RIAA Says Accused Students Are Settling · · Score: 0

    thank you.
    (as I sit in my dorm here at OU)

  23. Re:Now why would someone want to do that? on German Police May Not Break Into a Suspect's PC · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well I always leave my car unlocked at night. Then the police walked by, looked in, and saw drugs and proceeded to search the rest of the car. The drugs must have been put there by someone else for the same reason it was so easy for the police to find them. Sounds like much the same argument to me.

  24. Re:This one didn't work so well on Successful Alternatives To Password Authentication? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The best automated form I have ever had to fill out went:
    Q: where were you born
    A: ohio
    error, must be 5 characters
    So I'm probably the only person born in multiple states at the same time, "ohios"