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Comment Over heating. (Score 1) 383

Do you have a case around your iPod/iPhone? Did you stick a nice logo or stickers or velum wrap around that makes your cool toy look like a radio? Do you wear a black t-shirt?

I noticed my iPod Touch was throwing it's pitches slower than normal. (Ok, the game was...) But that it also was warm. It wasn't like this in the winter! What was up? Well, I'm guessing here, but I bet my processor is overheating. So I pull off the super cool overlay I designed and paid $12 for. Yep... the pitcher works much better thank you.

Clue? Stop overheating your damn iPods/iPhones.

Comment Can you install a kill switch on a laptop? (Score 1) 273

They can't take something that looks like a laptop but is in reality a paper weight, right? So if I have a kill switch that makes the laptop not work what are they going to do? They would probably still take it but if they can't BOOT the thing... if it doesn't even work... what can they do?

Madmax had his kill switch tied to explosives... but I guess that would be a "no no".

Comment Hilbert Space (Score 1) 259

The invocation of Hilbert space in the article suggests a LINEAR cellular automata. It would suggest the possibility of any two points in space affecting each other through a very long, but singular line. The concept is akin, if I understand it correctly, to saying that the entire universe is one long line in Hilbert space and thus each iteration of movement affects all others.

but, IANAP

Comment Send 10 laptops or have bad luck for 7 years. (Score 4, Funny) 329

> Send a laptop to 10 people or you will have bad luck for 7 years. If you do send laptops to 10 people you will get your greatest wish!!
>
> A woman in Canada didn't send the laptops and now she is in prison for cheating on her taxes.
>
> A man in Kansas sent the 10 laptops and now has a new laptop!
>
> This is not a hoax or scam!! YOu HVAE TO SEND THIS!! 10 Laptops or something horrible will happens. Send it to all your friends!!!
> >
> > It's TRUE!! I got cancer when I didn't send the laptops, but then I sent them and now I have a million dollars!!!11
> >
> > Don't think this is a trick!! Just do it !1 Wjhat do you have to lose??
> >
> > Jack in Fredricksburgton
> >
> >
> > > I can't count the number of times I've sent out these kinds of Laptops and gotton NOTHIONG. But this is the real deal.
> > > You can't go wrong with this one. Think about it, you already got the laptop. You already have it...
> > > but dont' just accept the gift and not pass it on or your in for big troubles.
> > > >
> > > > Here is a free laptop. Pass this on to 10 friends and enjoy!
> > > >
> > > > Richard R.

Comment In other news MS attempts to bribe officials. (Score 1) 329

In other news MS attempts to bribe government officials with state of the art laptop computers by sending the gifts directly to their offices. The move prompted some pundits to suggest that such "guerrilla marketing" was a new direction for Microsoft, who traditionally had used bribes of cash or AOL disks.

"We wanted to strike out into new ground with this campaign" said Micheal Hunt, lead marketer for the campaign, "We thought 'what would be more unexpected or be more exciting than an electronic device in a brown box being anonymously delivered to your home or office?' and the answer was 'nothing'. We expect an explosion of these types of packages when we start to target other agencies such as the ATF and Homeland Security."

Comment Being depressed. (Score 1) 512

Catatonic depression basically shuts me down to the point where I'm not capable of doing anything, which is good because it's at these times that I realize that life is worthless, shitty, and without redeeming value. If I had any inertia I'd kill myself. This is the worst of the sin wave.

During the "normal depression" I just want to be alone and I find no joy in life. However anything that is escapist is appealing. I write stories, poetry, paint, and otherwise find outlets for creativity. It's all stuff you'd get really depressed if you saw, but there it is... the world deconstructed.

Then there are the times I'm feeling well. This is freedom like most people will never know. Remember that scene in Fight Club where he tells the guy that if he doesn't follow his dream he'll come back and kill him and then says something like "tomorrow his breakfast will taste better than anything you or I have ever eaten"? Well that's what it's like. The high of the sin wave. I can't even remember what depression is like... or even that I have it. All things feel good and life is wonderful. All my relationships have started in these phases. Hypo-manic, in a way.

I score in the top 99% for analytical thinking (for my age).
In the third grade I scored 152 on an IQ test.
I can solve most problems without actually thinking about the steps required. I just "know".

And yet, today I wanted to step in front of the subway train.

Comment Modding SC2 (Score 1) 141

With the very wide open API that's being created for SC2, it is very likely that someone could create this variant in SC2 in very short order.

I give it a month after release. I mean before the release. I mean after the before release... you get the idea.

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