Now we need a robot Samuel L. Jackson to complain about them being on a MFing plane.

Heh. There are more then five posts with a "gaping hole" headline and no one has made the obvious reference. What is /. coming to?

I was very happy when I turned in my iPhone for a Droid and could remove that POS iTunes from my machine. I would block it by group policy on every network I run if I could.

It is a neat idea, but you could get the same kind of benefits from writing assembly for Pentiums or modern micro-controllers. Easier to find equipment and more relevant and interesting.

The problem with steno is that the program has to leave footprints in the image file so it can extract the encoded text. If the BBG (Big Bad Government) knows what those footprints look like they can search the web for images that contain them. After 9/11 there was a lot of interest in terrorists using steno to communicate, so someone decided to search the whole Internet for images with known steno identifiers. Now where did I read about that...oh yeah: http://slashdot.org/yro/01/09/26/1418252.shtml

The nuns heard that helping science was a good habit to get into.

Since the total he stole was $1 million, he would still need a lot more shoe boxes.

I'm curious about the timing here. The movie came out, had a long run, came out on BR, and now back in theaters just when kids (and some adults) are going back to school. Too soon. If they had waited a year or so I might be tempted to see it again on the big screen. As it is, I'm kind of tired of the movie. The cynic in me says they just threw it out now so the new BR could be out in time for Xmas shopping season.

Because someone might use it?

"Well look, I already told you! I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to! I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?"

If we have learned anything from former HP CEO's that leave in disgrace is that they have a rosy future ahead in California politics.

I'm taking math courses at the local community college. Trying to study at in the libraries there is enough to make one loath humanity. Let's bring our cranky infant to the library so we can watch rap videos on YouTube! Great idea! They also text so much the cell phone might as well be implanted. Get off my lawn!

Global warming is wider spread then previously thought.

They should have put more pea shooters on the guard towers.

True, but the House already passed it.