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by tunap 13y ago
Which begs the question, who's picking the 'Nauts off the ISS these days? Not sure the US has a taxi anymore with the Crimea situation unfolding.
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by tunap 13y ago
Where's the Nasa.gov link? TFA doesn't provide one, Google isn't seeing it. Anyone?
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by tunap 13y ago
I like the growl that is administered to every video cat larger than a fat tabby. IF I ever hear that sound IRL, I won't be thinking cougar or bobcat, rather how to deter the jaguar from crushing my skull.
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by tunap 13y ago
[quote]"The American Dream", self-motivation, entrepreneurship and "pushing the frontier" are all good things IMHO.[/quote] Everything in moderation. Here in the US, however, moderation has no place. It's all o
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by tunap 13y ago
While I would not say smoking/chewing tobacco has any health benefits, the statistics they bandy about for smoking are skewed [i]heavily[/i] to weight the desired results, too. Sorry to be the unpopular guy and say this... bring o
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by tunap 13y ago
Free today, tomorrow it will be subscription based SaaS. What else do you expect from a former VP of MS's Online Services Division? edit: subscription, not prescription. yet.
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by tunap 13y ago
Ever since Vista, every time I run notepad Win calls home to Redmond to let them know I did it(non-intrusive, granted). There are ~ 40 ways Windows phones home to an MS IP when I open something or other these days. They call it 'metric
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by tunap 13y ago
A few tens of millions of XP users would sure appreciate that, April 8th is fast approaching. MS has extended MSSE updates for XP 'til 6/2015... can't wait to see what they pull out of where next month. PS: I could have sworn
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by tunap 13y ago
I did a big job a year ago and had to recruit two young guys for my team(21 & 24). Neither had met the other before and they both had neat, groomed beards. Early on they both complimented me on my late winter 'griz' and issued
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by tunap 13y ago
I was happy to see the NHL's facial hair promotion end last Fall, looked like Village People cover band auditions every night for a month. Ack! I've been wearing a beard for 18 years b/c razors irritate my face, imagine my el
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by tunap 13y ago
"No one is going to buy a TV for Amazon Instant Video support. " Actually, a client bought a "smart" TV to watch BlazeTV. When he realized it wasn't smart enough to offer the channel he wanted(licensing, crap propri
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by tunap 13y ago
"So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet..." Now I have to commence a Ramis Remembrance Week. He provided me many laughs over the decades for which I gladly give him a mulligan for Caddyshack II. RIP, funny man!
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by tunap 13y ago
So, besides unsavorily and surreptitiously profiteering off the death of privacy and issuing otherwise-legal bribes to local guv players, it appears his only crime is not being a US citizen. edit: TIL unsavorily is a legit adverb, despite m
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by tunap 13y ago
Which is nice.
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by tunap 13y ago
Toyota brakes article. FTFY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9311_Toyota_vehicle...
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by tunap 13y ago
I mean no snark here, just clarifying my interpretation of the OP's point: The only vote any of the mass majority has is where we spend our dollars & labors. These kinds of movements make everyone involved feel good and I do not de
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by tunap 13y ago
"Ok enough metaphors." Not so fast, I see no car metaphor yet. And there is no comparison of Dell's practices to those of Hitler or the Nazis, either. We are far from 'enough' metaphors, my friend.
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by tunap 13y ago
Lifting Bodies http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-011-DF...
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by tunap 13y ago
That is a good point. A step in the right direction for humankind. The problem is, despite appearances, the new boss is the same as the old boss.
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by tunap 13y ago
LiveDrive wouldn't work b/c their hotmail/msn mail/live mail service has been re-branded yet again to confuse longstanding users of their cloud-free, unsocial mail client... edit:condensed; removed OT color commentary.
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by tunap 13y ago
Even better. Thanks for the tip.
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by tunap 13y ago
While I am really frustrated with this 7 day notice, I do feel the need to plug the Cubby paid service. I keep 0 bits in the cloud, but the accompanying Direct Sync service that comes with Pro is very useful...in fact, anyone know of any ot
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by tunap 13y ago
I believe ADD is an umbrella diagnosis for a number of related/unrelated symptoms we do not fully comprehend, or want to comprehend. I'm sure nobody's brain reacts the same as any other, so 'imbalance' can easily be
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by tunap 13y ago
"in Europe they're considered "natural" That is because when a majority of people exhibit certain traits, those traits do not constitute aberrance. Marketing, Pharma influence & FUD peddling can make a majority feel
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by tunap 13y ago
It has the potential to be huge. You never know what's just under the surface until you look. The NatGeo special, "Ten Years On Mars"[1] made a point to include how when a bad tire on Spirit dug a trench in the soft crust, an
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by tunap 13y ago
Rover Abrasion Tool?
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by tunap 13y ago
"I'd be surprised if Obama holds any of the views he expressed during his campaign." His nomination of the original author of the Patriot Act[1] to be his running mate was my confirmation that we were no longer one choice awa
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by tunap 13y ago
And Opt-Ins first.
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by tunap 13y ago
That is one of the points from a book I read recently. His tech advice other than digital archiving was questionable, but all in all, a good read: http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Guide-Minimalist-Life/dp/144955...
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by tunap 13y ago
RE: offline play & non-mod modding: Too little, too late.

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