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Comment Re: The old "Star Tours" was fun (Score 2) 129

I literally went on this ride in Disney World in Florida 10 days ago. I was stopped by Darth Vader, not Kylo Ren.

  I think you are mistaken.

Off subject, my family went on Rise of the Resistance and the ride broke down. My son told me they had to all walk off through the ride and had to use a set of steps called "Starkiller".
Second time, though, all of us went on it and it was blast.

He's not mistaken.

The scenes are randomized. So you can get a different beginning, middle and end.

Here's an article with the possible combinations: https://touringplans.com/blog/all-of-the-star-tours-the-adventures-continue-combinations/

I do miss the old Star Tours. Actually, I miss Captain Rex (R-3X) who was voiced by Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens). "brakes, brakes, where are the brakes!"

In regards to "Rise of the Resistance", it's a bummer but it really does break down quite a bit. I've only been on it once. Usually the line is too long. If the ride has a wait time of over 30 minutes, I usually don't go. LOL

Comment More characters would make it less boring. (Score 1) 94

Regardless if continuity, I think it would be cool to see more characters at Galaxy's Edge. Fans, young and old, would enjoy that. It would be kind a like what they do with Avenger's Campus with different Avengers or other Marvel characters walking around interacting with guests.

IMO, Galaxy's Edge needs more attractions. It would be cool if they could move Star Tours to Galaxy's Edge that way they can re-do Tomorrowland, again. If only they could bring back the People Mover.

Comment I never left the office!! (Score 1) 196

I think missed out on that whole "work from home" thing.

Last March, the company sent most people to work from home. I.T. was not part of that crowd. We (2 of us) worked from the office supporting all the remote workers and supporting the infrastructure locally. There was only a skeleton crew working in the office consisting of HR, Management, and IT.

Comment Re: Dupe (Score 2) 840

I'd still rather do it myself than have some shit head torque my oil plug to 200lbs.

Amen to that brother!!!

Some dip shit at Easy Lube or whatever it's called at the Long Beach Town Center (yeah, calling you out!) put an oil filter for a 2.0L. Ford Focus on a 2.3L Ford Focus and subsequently killed the engine. Why? Because the 2.0L has a much longer oil filter, so when you put it on a 2.3L it catches on road hazards ripping it out.

Comment Re: Dupe (Score 1) 840

I did the math at one point and realized it cost me money to change my own oil. The filters, oil and disposal cost me more than paying some one to do it.

You must not live in the US, because it's still cheaper to change it yourself and disposal is free. Just go to Walmart and buy a 5 quart jug of Mobil 1 synthetic (or to Costco when they have a 10 dollar off coupon for 6 quarts). Get your filter somewhere else, just don't get Fram. Wix are good though.

Most oil places charge you 70 bucks for full synthetic oil changes, but you can get 5 quarts of good synthetic for less than 30 bucks. A filter will be less than 10 bucks. So you're saving 30+ dollars. Also, oil disposal is free, just take it to Pep Boys, Jiffy Lube, O'Reilly, AutoZone, whatever. They take it. No questions asked.

Time? Takes no time at all. Because while the oil is draining you can inspect other items on the vehicle, such as tire pressure, power steering fluid, transmission fluid (if you're a girl and have an automatic transmission that is), and washer fluid. Stuff you need to do anyway. Once it's done draining, screw in the plug, change the filter (be sure to add a little fresh oil inside the filter and lube the seal - this is so that it fills quicker upon fire up), fire it up, and check for leaks. Done!

Comment Re:In other news... (Score 1) 199

You should ask your parents what exactly they did to deserve the public revolutionary trials. As them how many people they tortured or killed, or how many were killed because of their denouncing to a corrupt military dictatorship drunk on the blood of countless people.

And don't be a fool, I visit Cuba regularly and have several friends over there, they even got me to "la cabaña", the place where the trials and executions took place. I even got the list of executions, and even while I disagree in principle to the summary trials, the numbers were quite lower than I expected based in the hype from the Miami crowd.

As for a joke, supporting 50 years of embargo against your won people with the explicit goal to create hardship and unrest is not even funny.

You've been to "La Cabaña"? Big deal. So have I. I went there with my cousins. Then even got me in at Cuban prices. LOL They told me the truth about the place. In hushed voices. Why? Because if someone overhead, he'd probably be in trouble. The "Cañonazo" was pretty interesting to watch.

I'm not going to argue with you, because unless you're of Cuban descent then you just really won't understand. You probably never grew up hearing about how great things were before Castro. You didn't grow up hearing about the stories and romanticism of pre-Castro Cuba.

Ask your friends what would happen if they stood out in the open and cursed Castro. They're probably wouldn't even think about it for fear of what could happen.

Comment Re:In other news... (Score 1) 199

Castro's revolution had its flaws but he never openly tortured or killed his fellow citizens

That is flat out, 100% WRONG. One of my high school friends was from Cuba. Both his father and his uncle were tortured by the Castro regime because they didn't fight on the "right" side. They were lucky they weren't simply shot, but my friend's dad walked with a severe limp for the rest of his life. And Che was a murdering bastard who had a habit of shooting people he only suspected of not being loyal enough.

Know what those Che tshirts are good for? It makes it easy to spot complete morons.

True effing that! Damn kids wearing Che shirts. Bunch of ignorant idiots. It's offensive.

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IT Worker's Revenge Lands Her In Jail 347

aesoteric writes "A 30-year-old IT worker at a Florida-based health centre was this week sentenced to 19 months in a US federal prison for hacking, and then locking, her former employer's IT systems. Four days after being fired from the Suncoast Community Health Centers' for insubordination, Patricia Marie Fowler exacter her revenge by hacking the centre's systems, deleting files, changing passwords, removing access to infrastructure systems, and tampering with pay and accrued leave rates of staff."
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Corporations Hiring Hooky Hunters 610

No longer satisfied with your crinkled doctor's note, a growing number of corporations are hiring "Hooky Detectives." Private investigator Rick Raymond says he's staked out bowling alleys, pro football games, weddings and even funerals looking for people using sick days. From the article: "Such techniques have become permissible at a time when workers are more likely to play hooky. Kronos, a workforce productivity firm in Chelmsford, Mass., recently found that 57 percent of salaried employees take sick days when they're not sick — almost a 20 percent increase from statistics gathered between 2006 and 2008."
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One Night Stands May Be Genetic 240

An anonymous reader writes "So, he or she has cheated on you for the umpteenth time and their only excuse is: 'I just can't help it.' According to researchers at Binghamton University, they may be right. The propensity for infidelity could very well be in their DNA. In a first of its kind study, a team of investigators led by Justin Garcia, a SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellow in the laboratory of evolutionary anthropology and health at Binghamton University, State University of New York, has taken a broad look at sexual behavior, matching choices with genes and has come up with a new theory on what makes humans 'tick' when it comes to sexual activity. The biggest culprit seems to be the dopamine receptor D4 polymorphism, or DRD4 gene. Already linked to sensation-seeking behavior such as alcohol use and gambling, DRD4 is known to influence the brain's chemistry and subsequently, an individual's behavior."

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