Comment Feel free to start here: (Score 4, Funny) 167
This may give them a leg up on the process:
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-directories/7-moon/moon-directory.htm
Comment I donno, it might be a pretty good place to look. (Score 1) 298
Just try looking a bit harder. You may wish to check out the leads at http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/index.htm
Then again, would you really want to find life there and open that bag of worms?
Comment Why odd numbers!? (Score 1) 297
My biggest pet peeve is rechargeable batteries are charged in pairs. Lots of kid's toys use them in threes! It makes it hard to keep the sets charged together. Anybody know of a single battery battery charger?
Comment Is the telephone wiring Cat-5? (Score 1) 300
If the wiring is already Cat5, then you should be good to swap out the proprietary boxes and find the other end for the router/network closet.
If they are really telephone-grade wires, find the other ends and pull Cat5 through (by tying string/cat5 to the existing wiring.)
Whatever the right thing is, do it right the first time and the hotel will save money either fixing it or dealing with unhappy guests. It may cost more initially. Really unhappy guests don't return.
IMarv
Rogue Satellite Shuts Down US Weather Services 202
radioweather writes "On Sunday, the drifting rogue 'zombie' Galaxy 15 satellite with a stuck transmitter interfered with the satellite data distribution system used by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), effectively shutting down data sharing between NWS offices nationwide, as well as weather support groups for the US Air force. This left many forecasters without data, imagery, and maps. Interference from Galaxy 15 affected transmissions of the SES-1 Satellite, which not only serves NOAA with data relay services, but also is used to feed TV programming into virtually every cable network in the US. NOAA's Network Control Facility reports that the computer system affected was NOAA's Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) used to issue forecasts and weather bulletins which uses the weather data feed. They also state the problem is likely to recur again this month before the satellite drifts out of range and eventually dies due to battery depletion."
Google Algorithm Discriminates Against Bad Reviews 175
j_col writes "According to the official Google blog, Google has altered their PageRank algorithm to not give back linking points to bad reviews of websites belonging to online retailers, following the publication of a recent article in the New York Times describing one woman's experiences in being harassed by an online retailer she found via Google. The specific changes to the algorithm are of course a guarded secret. So considering that these changes are already live, how do we know how the algorithm determines a bad review from a good one, and whether or not innocent online retailers will be wrongly punished by having their rankings downgraded?"
Comment Re:As a Wii Owner (Score 1) 258
It is also more toddler friendly. No more scratched disks! Also back-up those games that don't let you back them up so your perfect Mario Cart Wii 3 starred mirror cups don't suddenly go poof while you have your back turned for a second.
Why isn't there better security on the "delete" features of games? (or better hidden?) Some games make deleting a save just as easy as loading it! I'm looking at you Rabbids go home.
IMarv
Comment Great Scott! (Score 0) 214
Dr Brown didn't know what a Gigawatt was when Marty got to 1955!
IMarv
Comment Simplish solution (Score 5, Insightful) 336
Stop distributing those apps in the ROM!
Add an app to retrieve them from the original (backup) version of the phone.
SafeTex: Copying copyrighted textures from original Quake to custom commercial levels without incident. IE Don't distribute what's already there.
IMarv
Comment Re:Colloidal Silver (Score 1) 374
Overrated is not a moderation for "I disagree with this."
Somebody wanted to bury this since I have at the time of this post 30% Funny 70% Overrated.
If this gets moderated in the same way, I'm going to take this as a sign that this is something valid but being suppressed. If you disagree with this, reply as such and your reasoning why.
My proof this works:
I gave a jar to my dad recently. He started taking a little bit each day. During the time he was taking the colloidal silver, his wife got ill. My dad normally gets ill when others around him get ill, but this time, he stayed healthy.
Something else I wanted to mention, larger organism (mammals, fish, plants, multicellular things) use a different method of processing their oxygen which makes Colloidal Silver safe for them.
Repost:
Go to your local GNC, buy a bottle of Colloidal Silver. Drink it over the next few days. One bottle won't turn you blue (and it is really hard to do with lots of silver).
Colloidal Silver kills Bacteria, Viruses, and Molds by interfering with their oxygen processing enzymes. It effectively suffocates them to death.
IMarv
Comment Colloidal Silver (Score -1) 374
Go to your local GNC, buy a bottle of Colloidal Silver. Drink it over the next few days. One bottle won't turn you blue (and it is really hard to do with lots of silver).
Colloidal Silver kills Bacteria, Viruses, and Molds by interfering with their oxygen processing enzymes. It effectively suffocates them to death.
IMarv
Comment Re:Yeah because it worked SO well for Pizza Hut (Score 1) 629
I think our Pizza Hut is too poor to change its sign. IIRC, one side of the sign is still broken...
IMarv
Comment Re:April fools? (Score 1) 443
I agree, this looks like it is a week late...
IMarv
Comment Re:I sit just me? (Score 1) 421
I sit is it? Hmm.
IMarv
Comment I sit just me? (Score 2, Insightful) 421
I sit just me, or would you expect that the change would only be committed once the data was written to disk under all circumstances?
To me, it sounds like somebody screwed up a part of the POSIX specification. I should look for the line that says "During a crash, loose the user's recently changed file data and wipe out the old data too."
IMarv
