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Comment: Re:Yes we can (Score 1) 388

by xrayspx (#38268610) Attached to: IT Pros Can't Resist Peeking At Privileged Info
Well, in my mind, the article is saying "can't help peeking at" to mean exposing yourself to it needlessly. We can agree that being exposed to credit information, medical records and the like is a daily part of life at a Sr. level. The issue is people who can't help themselves from looking at private crap that they don't need to see. Admins reading exec emails, poking through HR shared folders, and looking at Medical or Credit data in databases, just to look.

I mean, we have to have this power to do our jobs, we don't have to abuse that power just to satisfy our boredom or curiosity.

Comment: Re:I brought the orange one, and the orange one (Score 1) 319

by xrayspx (#38095014) Attached to: Toronto School Bans Hard Balls
Yeah, I kind of do to. Those chairs suck. I think the problem is that all the really good designs are patented forever, so we can't just start having the Chinese stamp out stackable Eames chairs by the millions. Perhaps my sarcasm has turned into another fine reason for patent reform?

Another reason for it is that until later in high school I was way taller than most kids in my class, and the chairs are for average height. I'm sure short people had similar problems.

Comment: I brought the orange one, and the orange one (Score 1) 319

by xrayspx (#38092230) Attached to: Toronto School Bans Hard Balls
Why do people really need to worry about this? Kids play, they get hurt, they get better, and stronger, and hopefully smarter. I propose we buy little Aerons for all schoolkids because those plastic stackable chairs suck and will hurt their backs. Many kids aren't athletic, and that's fine, but many/most kids like playing throw/hit the ball games, and they should be allowed to.

/'bout the biggest pair you've ever seen, dingleberry!

Comment: Re:Advantages vs a bike - none/few? (Score 1) 93

by xrayspx (#38032954) Attached to: Heavy Duty Electric Unicycle Maker Takes On Segway
Well, I don't think Blackwell built his unicycle to be better than a bike, he built it because it was a neat experiment and because he could. He didn't even know how to ride a unicycle before building it, he learned to ride a unicycle just to try to build a powered unicycle. I don't think he'd ever suggest you like, buy one, or anything. He even gives full hardware specs and all the software he wrote to control his devices for free.

Comment: Homebrew from several years ago (Score 1) 93

by xrayspx (#38028576) Attached to: Heavy Duty Electric Unicycle Maker Takes On Segway
Trevor Blackwell built both a couple of two-wheeled versions, but also built a unicycle about half a decade ago. He just figured "If Dean builds it with two wheels, and I can build one with two wheels, I'm gonna build one with one wheel":
Two wheeled original version
Unicycle version

Check out the video link on the Unicycle page, it's pretty amusing to watch him try and stop.

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