Comment Re:Work around (Score 1) 321
I am constantly irritated when I copy a link, only to paste a wall of text in my little IM window.
Comment Re:Are they joking? (Score 1) 250
Our planet is already secure — you cannot escape it.
Then you aren't going nearly fast enough.
Comment Re:Already secure (Score 1) 250
Practical attacks or merely theoretical "well, it's broken under mathematical rules" attacks?
Over time, these converge.
Comment Re:Not all bloggers, just those that make money (Score 1) 456
I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.
This certainly applies to code and, I'm sure, law as well.
Comment Re:Security through obscurity? (Score 1) 1015
It's in the same place. Ground Zero is a park, with a monument marking where the bomb hit.
Comment Re:-1 False Assumption (Score 1) 976
And in Ohio. In my city, there's no way you can make a left turn otherwise.
Comment Re:info (Score 1) 142
Maybe my post wasn't as humorous as I had expected, but I've never seen somebody put so much effort into not getting a joke!
Also, who am I framing for what now?
Comment Re:Cannonical is just trolling us (Score 1) 984
Yeah, but they did it in that order. You are now 11.
Comment Re:facebook, myspace, friendster, orkut (Score 1) 142
I don't understand what is wrong with everyone on the internet. You cry about privacy but willingly give out your real-life information to these websites.
I absolutely disagree with this, but I don't have time to discuss it now. If you want to discuss this further, you can reach me here:
Dan Cruz
656 Maple Ave.
San Diego, CA
Home: (901) 271-5342
Work: (901) 887-4040 x523
Cell: (901) 279-8601
You can reach me at my $65k/yr job from 8 to 2, and then I go to the gym for an hour. If you have to reach me next week, I'll be on vacation with my wife Julia for six days, so call my cell. Also, this reuben sandwich is dee-licious!
Comment Re:I saw the problem when I saw the name kdawson. (Score 2, Funny) 135
1a. Help & Preferences -> Dynamic Index -> Exclusions: Put a check next to "kdawson"
or
1b. Help & Preferences -> Classic Index -> Authors: Uncheck "kdawson"
2. ????
3. Stop crying yourself to sleep every night there is a kdawson story
Comment Re:Graduate Record Exam (Score 1) 243
Unless the essay is brilliant to two humans, in which case the computer is corrected. The computer only really decides whether a second opinion is needed.
Comment Re:Braid & quick-save/quick-load (Score 1) 106
How about something like this?
http://www.cracked.com/video_17823_helpful-tutorial-game-that-would-confuse-einstein.html
Comment Re:Presumes a lot (Score 1) 367
It's a myth that got perpetuated for a few reasons:
1. There was one case in Minnesota in 1988 where a ruling on an assault case was based on the defendant's martial arts experience.
2. Long before the US was familiar with something other than boxing, servicemen were supposed to register their martial arts training with their service. This was more about training QA.
3. A few high-profile boxing matches would have the contestants register with a sheriff as a deadly weapon - but it was a matter of publicity.
4. Some shady martial arts instructors offer to register their students, and produce a license card - all for a reasonable fee.
Comment Re:The story title is wrong ... (Score 1) 661
Obesity is something you *can* fix. It's not like cancer or something else where you have little to nothing control over it. You can just do it, if you really want to.
Depression is something you *can* fix. It's not like cancer or something else where you have little to nothing control over it. You can just do it, if you really want to.
A toaster is something you *can* fix. It's not like cancer or something else where you have little to nothing control over it. You can just do it, if you really want to.
Wait, were you disagreeing? I can't tell.
If you're depressed or fat, and don't care for it, go get help.
Pickens Calls Off Massive Wind Farm In Texas 414
schwit1 writes with this excerpt from an AP report:
"Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he's looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines. Pickens has already ordered the turbines, which can stand 400 feet tall — taller than most 30-story buildings. 'When I start receiving those turbines, I've got to ... like I said, my garage won't hold them,' the legendary Texas oilman said. 'They've got to go someplace.' Pickens' company Mesa Power ordered the turbines from General Electric Co. — a $2 billion investment — a little more than a year ago. Pickens said he has leases on about 200,000 acres in Texas that were planned for the project, and he might place some of the turbines there, but he's also looking for smaller wind projects to participate in."
