Comment Re:Lemme try... (Score 1) 447
sl? At this point s, down arrow, enter works for me.
Comment Re:Most professors guilty? (Score 1) 467
The best professor I had made a set of powerpoint charts that included blank space where some problems or diagrams would be. He projected the charts onto the whiteboard and would write on the whiteboard over the chart for problems and examples. This cut down on the setup time to pose the problem and still got to the handwork that really drilled the info in. Powerpoint is a tool... if you always use the hammer where a screwdriver is necessary you are doomed to f&#* something up...
Comment Missing option (Score 2, Insightful) 1233
I use Rankine you insensitive clod! Seriously... the aerospace industry is messed up in that regard... very very messed up.
Comment Re:Would this be the place (Score 1) 334
My brother is an engineer at Boeing... he claims that this is the most screwed up engineering project in terms of cost in human history. I think he has a point.
I'm an engineer at Pratt & Whitney. I'll have to say that may be close, but Star Wars takes the cake.
Submission + - Jammie Thomas Moves to Strike RIAA $1.92M Verdict (blogspot.com)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "Jammie Thomas-Rasset has made a motion for a new trial, seeking to vacate the $1.92 million judgment entered against her for infringement of 24 MP3 files, in Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset. Her attorneys' brief (PDF) argues, among other things, that the 'monstrous' sized verdict violates the Due Process Clause, consistent with 100 years of SCOTUS jurisprudence, since it is grossly disproportionate to any actual damages sustained. It further argues that, since the RIAA elected to offer no evidence of actual damages, either as an alternative to statutory damages, or to buttress the fairness of a statutory damages award, the verdict, if it is to be reduced, must be reduced to zero."
Comment Re:Great. Just amazing. (Score 2, Informative) 226
I've done it myself, I have a Blackberry pearl 8150 (I think). It's not hard to do, if I press a button while the phone is locked it pops up a menu to either unlock, dial emergency, or cancel. So in order to make an emergency call, I have to hit a button on the phone (any button) twice, once to de-idle it and once to bring up the menu, then the little ball chunk needs to be scrolled down to highlight the second choice, then either the ball or call button gets pressed. I got a phone call from a number that had about 16 digits that came from the local P.D. asking if there was an emergency and telling me to reset my phone.
I don't know how the iPhone works, but you don't have to unlock my phone to make an emergency call, that's the one thing it will do if the phone is locked.
Basically same story from me, however I figured out (the hard way) that on many phones dialing 08 is an emergency call to 911. Why... beats me. Its very easy to accidently hit 2 adjacent numbers at the bottom of my phone in sequence and then hit the largest button on the phone (the dial button) afterwards and not notice until you get an irate call from a dispatcher...
Comment Re:Change the fucking law (Score 1) 272
That implies you have the money to even make it through the duration of the suit. If you settle out of court all bets are off.
Comment Re:So to make your browser a real success... (Score 1) 367
Because clearly I like spaghetti because my house is made of bricks.
Comment what? (Score 1) 346
Can I be bailed out from using Windows? President Ubama?
Comment Re:sabotage (Score 1) 160
Might want to CLS first and maybe check that you are in the right screen mode.
