Comment Re:Google (Score 1) 327
If the man wants to tilt at windmills, I say let him.
Comment Re:Fine (Score 1) 204
I bet $1 Billion you didn't RTFA.
This is idle, GP didn't read the summary, probably didn't read the title. I know I didn't.
Comment Vampire Plug (Score 1, Interesting) 118
What I really want is a vampire plug that sits on my optic nerve(s) and captures everything I see and records it to a hard drive. I would like it to automatically tag timestamps with my thoughts at the time, but that can wait for version 2.0.
Comment I Have No Car (Score 1) 789
I have no car you insensitive clod.
Comment I have no car. (Score 1) 1141
You insensitive clod!
My bike gets well over 9000 MPG though.
Comment Re:And this is news? (Score 1) 270
I use rmmod psmouse . (a line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist) It works fine on my Dell D630, it might work for you.
Comment Re:About Software (Score 1) 126
Yes, "hello, world" should start with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. The comma is also unnecessary.
Comment Man in the Middle (Score 5, Funny) 234
1. Find two telemarketers who call you at (roughly) the same time.
2. Put them on the phone with each other.
3. ???
4. Hilarity ensues.
2. Put them on the phone with each other.
3. ???
4. Hilarity ensues.
Comment Three Words: (Score 1) 285
Not Bloody Likely. Motivated students, and trust me they ARE motivated, are far more effective than the MAFIAA leaning on the government leaning on schools.
MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want 453
jangel writes "While its strategy for mobile devices might be a mess, Microsoft has announced something we'll all benefit from. The company's patented design for battery contacts will allow users of portable devices — digital cameras, flashlights, remote controls, toys, you name it — to insert their batteries in any direction. Compatible with AA and AAA cells, among others, the 'InstaLoad' technology does not require special electronics or circuitry, the company claims."
Comment Good Riddance (Score 5, Funny) 460
Unless we can set up a colony there, it just isn't worth it.
The moon, you see, is a harsh mistress.
YEAHHHHHHHH!
The moon, you see, is a harsh mistress.
YEAHHHHHHHH!
Comment Troubling This Is. (Score 1) 3
I sense a trap. Economies that play ``leap frog'' typically do very badly in the long term. See Russia. The parallels are uncanny.
Comment Re:The remediation advice is wrong (Score 1) 174
LiveCD.
Comment Vegetarian, but... (Score 0) 763
I am a vegetarian, but I still know that a good steak is medium rare, it should give as much as the spot on your nose between the bone and the tip. Cook it any longer and you have a fine hockey puck.
Comment Re:The freedom part sounded like: (Score 0) 244
What an odd poem...
... the only winning move is not to play.
