We all know that golf ball dimples help increase it's speed.
If "speed holes" were put in cars would that do a similar thing?
Maybe it could increase fuel efficiency.
Oddly enough they could be similar to the Simpsons episode where Homer acts like Krusty and is shot by Fat Tony.

Are there any programs that allow you to encrypt emails easily?
What I mean is something that you execute and it changes what you send.
Not something that requires fiddling with DNS's or even extensions; no proxies either.
Nothing in FF's 1.508 tools.options menus or equivalent in other browsers.
My guess is that few people use encryption because of the difficulty to install it. That's why I don't use it. Others probably don't because the receiver needs a program as well instead of just the sender.

P.S. How come nobody uses only 1 period, like I did, anymore?
It should be 1.5.0.8 but you don't really need those extra dots if there is only
  10 (up to .9) versions or sub-versions.

I have the game Geneforge, and 2 and 3 for that matter.
I was playing it fine when I had to more out of my apartment.
I took my computer, detached the HD and moved away.
I later reconected it but it had various errors so I decided to reinstall Win95.
I started by uninstalling stuff I don't need right now. After taking away a few things though it didn't work as well.
Well to be accurate, the mouse was less responsive.
Before when I clicked the mouse it registered right away.
Now I have to hold it down a half second or so.
Does anybody know what caused this.
I reinstalled DX8, 9 doesn't work on 95, as well as GF itself to no avail.
I also tried setting up GF to my XP comp and it works fine.
I can still use it but not as well.

I don't remember everything I removed but I did re-add a few thigns without it working the same.
Any help?

P.S. Great game. Anyone who doesn't like it sucks.
It's as close to D&D as you can get on a computer without having a human DM.
It's address is http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/.
It was talked about on /. a few months back.

Are there any places to test out how Office's Ribbons work?

I have been trying, litterly for years, to try to get the equation for the 3 roots of a cubic equation.
Everytime I try I get strange square roots or imaginary numbers.
Putting (x+2)*(x+3)*(x+5) just doesn't seem to work.
I have been to several site but they aren't right; or they don't explain it enough.
Does anybody know the answers?

I just read the LP website.
I noticed that it wants to shut down ALL welfare.
It says that the people will have to rely on churches and family.
I am wondering how the other several million will live.
I don't know how enough money will go to charities to support these people.
It hasn't happened before, in all of earth's history.
I doubt it will happen again.
Do they expect jobs to suddenly appear?
It seems unlikely that all the money saved will create the 5 million jobs needed to do that.
If it did then wouldn't that mean that before taxes, in 1785 or so, all the people would have jobs.
Even if many jobs were created they would also have to match the people.
100,000 new white color jobs won't work well with people currently on welfare and don't have an education.
If this were a small country, say even 1 million people, it might work but even that doesn't seem possible.

1. If you had to live in a different state than the one you live in what would it be?
US state=Washington, Country state=Sweden.
      2. If you were on a plane that crashed, would you rather be stranded on an island or a desert?
Maybe a rocky desert.
      3. What "catches your eye" first in the opposite sex?
Hair or clothes
      4. How much do you think a guy should spend on an engagement ring?
0, I am for emeralds or saphires instead diamonds.
      5. How old do you want to be when you retire?
The earlier the better. I'd rather not work.
      6. Would you rather be the smartest person in the world or the most attractive person in the world?
Smartest.
      7. Do you think tattoos are hot?
I don't like them, I think people do them to be different, just like everybody else.
      8. What was your first pet?
none
      9. Where did you go on your first Spring Break?
never been
    10. Are you scared of spiders or snakes?
no
A spider might even be insteresting as a pet.
    11. What was your first job?
computer technition,
    12. What is in your front, right pocket?
I don't have one.
Last time though cell phone and keys.
    13. Do you put up a real Christmas tree each year?
I sometimes help my parents do it.
    14. How many blankets are on your bed?
2
    15. Do you have a TV in your bedroom?
yes
    16. When was the last time you received a card in the mail?
Probably a month ago.
    17. Who was the last person that text-messaged you?
Never had been.
    18. Who was the first person you saw today?
No one yet.
    19. Do you have any awards hanging on your wall?
no, I like blank walls
    20. Do you own glasses?
I have several glasses and mugs in my cabinet.
No eyeglasses though.
    21. When is the last time you shaved something on your body?
Never; my hairdresser has though.
    22. What was your first vehicle?
Borrowed from my parents a Pontiac Bonneville.
Never owned one myself
    23. Do you miss high school?
Only because I am alone now.
    24. Are you more of a neat or messy person?
Both. Some parts are very messy others are very clean.
    25. Do you think that everyone should have a cell phone?
Probably not babies.
    26. Do you remember your first family vacation?
Probably Pittsburg to visit relitives.
    27. Ever been in a fight with a best friend?
No.
    28. Ever puked in public?
No.
    29. Would you prefer dinner and a movie or bowling and ice cream?
Dinner and movie.
    30. Do you sleep with your door open or closed at night?
Closed.
    31. How far do you live from work?
Unemployed.
    32. Do you believe in afterlife?
No.
    33. How many credit cards do you own?
1.
    34. Would you move to another country tomorrow, if you were offered a $100,000 job?
Depends on which country and job.
    35. How many kids do you see yourself having?
Maybe 3 or so.
    36. Were you a trouble child?
not as a child.
    37. Do you like butterflies?
Not as such.
    38. Can you shake your booty?
No.
    39. Do you shower at night or in the morning?
No specific time.
    40. Where is your favorite place to eat?
If it is free then that is fine. I don't like "elegent" food though.
For me cheap is often better
    41. What did you wear to bed last night?
I fell asleep when I didn't want so regular clothes.
    42. Do you have to sleep with something "ON" every night in order to sleep?
No.
    43. On average, how much TV do you watch a day?
7 hours, depending if I watch many shows or even movies.
    44. Do you have any piercings?
No. For similar reason as Tattoos.
    45. Would you rather go snorkeling in the Caribbean or hiking on the Appalachian Trail?
Hiking.
    46. Have you ever taken karate lessons?
Yes, for a few weeks
    47. Do you think if you got married, you would ever get a divorce?
Probably not.

Many places have laws against indecency; such as naked people on public land.
Similarly, the acts of them within their private residences are more unlimited.
Doesn't that imply the private areas like a mall can allow that?
What about a private house with it visible to the public?
Why could the gov't prohibit it in private homes? Just because it is visible from the public?
Does that mean any commercial, that is an area open to the public but not owned by the gov't, real estate can still have laws normally applicable to public only applied to it; as well as the private rules?

This is my idea of how IP should work.
It is my opinion.
I will try not to use works like property and owner since they make it seem like it is the same as physical goods.

First it is my guess, though of course I could be wrong, that the US founders, or at least Jefferson, would agree with me.

Second, it is designed such that an artist monopolizes distribution so only he can make money.
He is not entitled to the money though.
He isn't even entitled to profit.
IP is made so he can make more art;
[b]not[/b] so he can make money.

It exists so he doesn't need another job and hence take up time he could use to make more IP.

If he isn't going to make more, for whatever reason, then a job won't take up time he could be using from making more art. He won't anyways.
After his death, for example, a job won't limit his creation time, it is zero already.
For example, MLK's speech "I Have a Dream" is copywritten.
I find it highly unlikely he would want that.

IP laws also won't originally made so works could be inherited or transferred some other way.

Third, it is intended for distribution only. It was not made to prevent you from time or space shifting; nor from backing-up.
The laws weren't even passed to disallow selling, and hence deleting, or the olde-time equivalent, your copy.

If you sell a book you lose both the paper it is made of as well as the text within.
The IP laws, of course, don't apply to the paper and binding but they do apply to the text.
Very few people, well I would hope and guess so, think that the "first-sale doctrine" shouldn't exist.
Ignoring the fact that I could have bought it from someone else instead of the copyright controller, I already gave my money to the artist. I did not prevent them from making money on it, they previously have, though perhaps indirectly though others.

Fourth, I don't think the phrase "intellectual property" should be used. It implies that it is like real property and can be stolen the same way.
Plus the abbreviation is IP which is the same as "internet protocol" and confusing.
I don't know what a good name should be but IP doesn't seem right.

Disclaimer, I do not own any significant IP.
I did make a Tetris program a decade ago but if anyone obtains a copy, such as from my home website, they can do whatever they choose; including de-freewaring it, if the law allows.
Any other stuff I made isn't really completed but the same applies.

P.S. Ironically ,the bottom of /. says, "Comments are owned by the Poster."
Many other sites have similar rules.
I have copied various bits of them for interestingness or humor. I wonder if I could be sued.
I should post them sometimes.
One of my favorites is "It's like a kitten with a tuba, it makes no sense," referring to a useless unique unit in Civ4.
I'm hoping that one catches on.
Everyone who sees this, try to use it yourself and get others to do the same.

If I get good comments I might even try to get it published to the from page of Slashdot.

Has anyone noticed that less mod points have been distributed lately?
I haven't gotten them in a while.
I haven't even been able to metamod recently.
Well I have recently but a couple meta's in a few months and one mod all summer.
Unless there is another switch besides the enable "do you want to mod" one.
I might as well turn it off.

I also found that there are less +5 comments. Maybe that means others have smaller post point changing as well.

UK Has Become a "Surveillance Society" with 262 "+1" replies has no +5 or even +4's.
Usually that size and topic story would probably have 10 or so +5's and maybe 25 +4's.

How often of you guys recieved them?

P.S. My UID is prime.
It is 99E99 in hex.
Almost a Googol squared.
Or a square Google.

I downloaded the "Metroid Redesign" Super Metroid patch but am stuck.
Now actually it requires a significant number of wall-jumps which I am not good at.
Is there any way around this?

The closest thing I could think of was to edit the IPS, SMC, or save state to give myself the space-jump but I don't know how to do that.
I found several apps but they don't work on patched versions.
Especially since this one even has new items like the wall-jump boots.

The normal Super Metroid game has only one place to get a few optional items.
This patch\redesign needs at least half a dozen so far.
And they are harder than the original, which was hard itself.

If I change the "up" and "down" keys so I don't accidentally press them it can go faster but that still takes a while and is not garuanteeded either.

Should I just give up?
I decided that the wall jumps so far are too hard, and not fun, so it isn't worth playing if they are too difficult.

I thought that if I sign up and ask him he will probably just say that it isn't for me or to try harder.
I would like another opinion.

P.S.
Actually I did find out another way. By using a save state from the non-patched version I can end up in someplace I shouldn't.
I might be able to use that to go to the beginning and start from there.
The only problem with that is that many bosses may be killed and items taken.
Even missle doors might already have been blown open.
And even if not I would want someone else to go to the begining so I don't see the future parts.

I want some test hard drives.
To install Windows and other programs.
They don't even need to be that good.
Plus I might even be able to use them as backups for my data.
Yes I know that isn't such a great idea but with enough of them it will be almost RAID-like.
I can still get more if they fail.

Yes I know I could get 80 gig for like 80 dollars but I don't need nor want that.
Are there any that are really cheap, less than $20, that I can get.
I found a few on Ebay but they are much more, like 40.
1 gig is what I need.

Now if I did get a big one is there any easy way to install multiple win9x's?

I have Partition Magic 3.02 but that only goes up to 8 gig.
I need one that can go much higher and works in DOS.
I could still use my current version and set up 4 2-gig partitions.
The rest of the space would just be wasted but I might not need it anyways.

How do tags work?

I open the box and type in a name.
It then creates a link on my tag page.

How do I add it to the story?
Or does it automatically do that based on my page?

Hows, I like that word, come the story still doesn't have any tags?
Do enough people have to tag it that to attach it?

How do I even remove it from my tag page.
What if I remove it from my tag page?
Will it remove it from the story?

It only shows an arrow and text saying "(tagging beta)".
When I click on the arrow it shows some examples and a text-box and button.

I typed in, "diebold" in that case, then buttoned.
It added it to my page but not the front page, even after reloding, was the same; nothing between the arrow and the beta words.

P.S. I am a subscriber but it was the same before I subscribed, a few days ago.

Anyone here from Toronto; or know anyone who is?
I read that you can see the skyline of Rochester from the CN Tower on a clear day.
I am wondering if you can see fireworks as well.
The Fourth is over but there may be other days, such as New Year's.
Similarly is anyone in Rochester who can see Canada's fireworks on one of their days?

OK, I've been seeing zen topics quite a bit.
What is it?
And who started it?