Comment Re:Kenmore Connect (Score 2, Funny) 105
Can't really believe that rebooting a washing machine is going to fix anything...
No, especially when putting your Doc Martens in the spin cycle was what broke the thing in the first place.
Comment Re:Wirelessless (Score 1) 312
wouldn't that be a state of wirelesslessness?
If you experience it while on break from a Cincinnati radio station then you are probably wirelesslessnessman.
Comment Re:Nice one (Score 1) 226
How about now?
After all, it is about EFFing time.
Comment Re:LOL (Score 1) 83
Fahrvergnügen run Bartertown.
Comment Re:a gun (Score 2, Funny) 825
Yeah, most burglars are too lazy to think that far ahead.
I mean, it takes a lot of effort to come up with a plan bee.
Comment Re:huh? (Score 3, Informative) 149
"Swag" is actually an acronym for "Stolen With A Gun".
I'm afraid that's a totally implausible backronym. There's no mention of any such etymology in these references, and I sort of doubt there is in the OED either.
Anytime someone suggests an acronym as an origin for a word which predates the 20th century, it's almost certainly false.
You are correct that "free swag" is redundant, though.
Comment Re:I wonder if Waterworld was the driver. (Score 1) 289
The diving scenes were a particularly literal sort of Deep Hurting.
Comment M. smegmatis I presume (Score 1) 74
From TFA:
As part of the study, the researchers showed they could make Mycobacterium smegmatis
Do you suppose this would be useful in the treatment of Listeriosis?
Comment Re:Whole real names in foodservice (Score 1) 432
The reason everyone has been looking at you funny is that it would make more sense to call it the "New Coke of MMORPGS".
Diet Coke is more of a success story.
Comment Those lucky gits (Score 1) 238
I would love to see Stephin Merritt perform live.
Comment When it comes to fighting pollution (Score 2, Funny) 88
My way is the highway.
Comment Re:So what real and true PC recyclers are there? (Score 2, Interesting) 320
Really? I've had no problem taking them old towers (with the hard drives removed), video cards, power supplies, and speakers. Do they not abide by the rules they have posted for your state?
Comment Best Buy (Score 3, Informative) 320
To elaborate on what an AC already posted, Best Buy has an electronics recycling program in the US which will take all manner of products, regardless of where they were purchased. Use the drop-down menu on the right to see the rules for your particular state.
Generally they insist that hard drives be removed from computers -- apparently they don't want the responsibility of dealing with sensitive data. They also charge $10 to take CRTs, but they give you a $10 gift card in return. Say what you will about Best Buy's other practices; this is a very useful program.
Their standards statement indicates they don't do anything dastardly with the stuff once they collect it. I'd be interested to know if anyone has direct experience with how they deal with it all.
Comment Re:Coastal CA (Score 3, Informative) 525
Mark Twain put it best when he said the coldest winter he ever spent was summer in San Francisco.
Unfortunately he didn't actually say it.
I was pretty annoyed when I found out I'd been misattributing it for years, too.
Good IC / Electronic Component Inventory Software? 70
Smerky writes "As I've been getting more and more into hobby electronics I have been finding it difficult to keep track of all the different ICs and other electronics that I have (resistors, capacitors, etc.). What are Slashdotters' recommendations for some inventory software? Certain qualifications that I'd be looking for personally are that it has to run on Linux/OSX well or be web-based (to run well on an Apache2 server)."
