Someone figured on maintaining the safety record of NASA....

Good thinking, thank you. I usually have no issue with what someone else might think of my thoughts. It's back to bad again, for some unknown reason. I'll let it go eventually, lol. I've been reading slashdot since the beginning, but never posted my thoughts till now. Almost 10 years in the State University system and going on 5 years in the military, and I've learned to speak my mind quite freely. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts, I appreciate them.

The best part of the article is his father's statement! 'He does something with the Internet, which is just kind of mystical to me.' - LOL Something that 90% of those who know me, would say of me. Still amazes me how many people still see the internet as 'mystical'. As previously mentioned, this guy certainly has a slashdot profile, I'm sure of it!

The man, wearing a dark suit and dark glasses, who will shortly knock at your co-worker's door, is a friend. He is only there to help your friend understand how to adjust the cover photo for his/her google+ profile.

5 Horrifying Facts You Didn't Know About the Space Shuttle and this one, which is linked in the above story.... For Parts, NASA Boldly Goes . . . on eBay

Hadn't seen this picture when I posted earlier. Space Shuttle Discovery Buzzes D.C. Monuments. Would have loved to been those guys working on that scaffolding!!

It is sad to see the era end. I've been enamored by the space shuttle from the day I first built a model of the shuttle Columbia. I had that model on my desk for years, and it went to school multiple times for show-and-tell. The shuttle program changed many lives, and will continue to do so. The same dreamer that first envisioned a reusable space plane, will be the same ones who re-invent the process and space flight will still be a dream of youngsters in school. I remember both the Challenger & Columbia disasters, and despite the tragedy, the program continued. This end of an era is the beginning of a new one. I never made it to space, but one day my kids might, who knows. I know for myself, a visit to one of these shuttles is in the nearest future possible!

All I got from this story was..... She looks like Princess Leia's slightly older, much prettier sister, with a sexy accent. I can build a custom cabinet for my TV, with much more features. I must admit though, IKEA is a cool store to visit, if I want to earn browny points with the wife. She could spend days in there if they let her.

They always have some sort of teaser or demo. Just my humble opinion, if you are going to release something soon, get people excited about it. I don't know about you, but 404 doesn't do that for me.

Google has created some awesome tools. I use all of them so far. I will most likely use Google Drive as well. Funny thing is though, I visited the site today and got a 404 error! NOT GETTING A WARM AND FUZZY RIGHT NOW!!

Did anybody else think of that old Nextel commercial..... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19rVKy_pfFU) ?? In any case, it is a really interesting read for sure. Besides, with a beautiful, female nerd narrating, what geek wouldn't be interested? Score me low, that's fine, just my thoughts in the open today :-)

Wow, it's amazing how time has flown by.... It was 97-98 that I began my career in IT and in 99 was introduced to Slashdot. I have to admit, I read anonymously from my darkened caves and never posted, I didn't even sign up for an account. I've been reading pretty regularly, almost religiously since then. I finally created my account in the last little while and actually posted a couple of times. I hope that you have great success in whatever life is leading you into. I am glad that you are spending time with family, tis important, very important! You have been part of my 'extended' family for a long time, very sad to see you go. News for Nerds, stuff that matters! It's the reason I still read /. Thank you for what you started. Good Luck and Godspeed Cmdr, you will be missed.

I did not know this. I worked on an ODBII to USB app back when C# first came out. I haven't touched that project in a good while. Since I bought my Android phone, I've been looking at different app ideas. As I typed this post earlier I thought to myself, this might actually work. Thanks for the information, I may actually look into it!

You should just be able to plug your phone into your car to get the code and/or message, and then post it to FB or +. That way everyone will know your piece of junk broke down again and they can all 'Like' your rants about your broken card. You can also get tons of advice on what the problem is and how to fix it from all of your friends.