Didn't mkgray code the Wanderer like four months before JumpStation? That's eons in Big Bang time.

When you go back in time past net.Genesis, hours can seem like days.

Excellent point. A detectable amount of explosive residue is perfectly legal. A visible quantify of explosives is not.

Please don't give them the idea of replacing Ballmer with Carly.

I call BS... "Dirty power" can be a serious problem for refrigerators and air conditioners containing AC motors, but is meaningless for electronics powered by a switching power supply with a 5-volt output. You can power a router with a 120-volt sine wave or a 200-volt scribble wave, and the semiconductors in the router will still see 5-volts.

Probability & Statistics is the most appropriate math coursework for a non-STEM major. An understanding of statistics helps you in day-to-day life.

"... it is pretty rare to find ones driven by magnetic ballasts anymore."

Rare? Magnetic ballasts are all over the place. In my own house I count five in my kitchen and bathrooms. I'm pretty sure all the lights at my kid's daycare have magnetic ballasts. Any time you see a T12 lamp, it's a good bet the ballast is magnetic not electronic.

The discussions over bullying puts too much focus on the bully (what makes someone a bully?) and not enough on the bullied (what makes people prone to being bullied?).

The simple truth is that if you are a kid who's sensitive, can't laugh at yourself, or are embarrassed easily, then you're definitely going to get bullied. Other kids will sense your weakness and jump on you like a pack of wolves. The best advice for bully-prone kids is not to "stand up" to bullies. If you're doing that, you've already lost. You need to accept what you are and be comfortable with it.

Comedians say it best. Fast forward to 3:10:
http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:videolist:mtv.com:1689785

Dwarves speaking to bastards explain it pretty well, too.

Am I the only slashdotter who sees "BT" and immediately thinks it's about bittorrent?

Download a copy of the Man of Steel screener in a single millisecond. Yay !!

It's startling when you look at a chart of frequency allocation and see how much is allocated to DOD, maritime, and obselete tech. Meanwhile you have everyone and their neighbor competing over 11 channels for Wifi.

When jammed you can get super-strong 4 bars signal. It's just that the signal is all noise.

This guy never found a search he didn't like.

Will this update install the Google toobar, Yahoo toolbar, Bing toolbar, or Ask.com toolbar?

Biggest complaint I have about modern watches is the thickness. Watches today are no thinner than watches were forty years ago. Even 6mm thick still qualifies as a thin digital watch. The reason I don't wear watches anymore is because they're so bulky.

Other complaint is that every dress watch on the market still has buttons/knobs on the side which scratch up your wrist. It should be straightforward to eliminate the crown, and set the time using an optical sensor you hold up to a computer, like the old Datalink watches from the 1990's.