Comment Re:Shooting the messenger (Score 4, Insightful) 653
It isn't greed so much as supply and demand. There's no real estate master setting prices for the area. Each house sells at its own price.
Comment Re:I have yet to see one break (Score 1) 361
Nor have I. Now that the mice aren't physically connected to the computer, I lose the mouse way before it ever stops working.
Note that I use only a trackball with my desktop computer, which is old enough to still be physically plugged into a USB port, and still working fine.
It's only with my several laptops that I use a mouse, and lose the mouse.
Related question: What does one do with the little USB dongle once the mouse is missing?
Comment Baby Shower? (Score 3, Funny) 24
Whats an appropriate gift for a baby solar system shower?
Comment Guy with no degree says degrees are worthless (Score 1) 630
Big surprise.
Comment Re:It's easy for men (Score 1) 502
I need 2 pairs of running shoes so I don't wear the same pair two days in a row.
Comment Re:Imagine.. (Score 5, Insightful) 163
He probably has a quota of patent applications he has to file.
Comment They do ruin a good sporting event, though (Score 1) 238
I've recently tried to watch 2 different sporting events that I DVR'ed, and had someone come in the room and accidentally spoil the ending.
That really, really damages the enjoyment of watching.
I wonder what that says about books/movies vs sports.
Comment Charlotte? (Score 2) 214
Trial is taking place in Raleigh. Not anywhere close to Charlotte. Although I'm sure some non-NC people think that Charlotte is the only city in NC.
Comment API (Score 1) 222
I'd like to allow my app (StationRipper) to hook directly into this.
Does anyone know if they, or are releasing, a API?
-Greg
Comment Trick Question (Score 3, Insightful) 465
It is a trick question to see who is paying attention.
Comment where do you Stand? (Score 1) 604
The real question is, will you be heading to Boulder or to Vegas?
Comment google (Score 1) 398
Relax, it's all in the google cache.
Comment Trackball (Score 4, Insightful) 191
I use a trackball, it works well on any surface at all - sand, carpet, wood, jello, etc.
LiveJournal Says Users are Responsible for Content of Links 283
Many of you might remember the previous story about LiveJournal erroneously deleting hundreds of users as suspected paedophiles, spurred on by pressure from the group, Warriors for innocence. Since then, they've been taking action against users hosting material on their servers that they believe to be illegal. Today, LiveJournal management have demonstrated a serious lack of understanding in how the internet works, declaring that users are responsible for the content of the webpages that they link to in their blog entries. A user points out the obvious flaw: "I get ToS'd because the link's been redirected to a page full o' porn, even though context clearly shows that when I originally put up the link that it didn't actually land on a page of porn?"
One wonders how such a long-established blogging company can be so ignorant about the nature of the world wide web.
Feed Science Daily: No Evidence Of Improper Alcohol Use By Astronauts Before Space Flight, According (sciencedaily.com)
A NASA safety review released August 29 found no evidence to support claims that astronauts were impaired by alcohol when they flew in space. NASA chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O'Connor conducted the month long review to evaluate allegations included in the Astronaut Health Care System Review Committee's report, which was released in late July.
