A Joyous Microcosm (2)
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Or how I learned to stop worrying, and love Apple's "Time Capsule":http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/. Which, with the purpose of having you empathize with the effort it took to finally find a solution to my Time Capsule woes--a device I bought to rid us of previous problems, not to cause us new ones--requires a break down of our rather intricate home network setup.Coming into the house we have a 20mbit tube, the router of which acts as a ...
What I know about Red Line slow zones (1)
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My pal KevinB asked about the status of Red Line slow zones after the CTA completes the subway slow zone work in October. I haven't yet asked the CTA about that, but I did review the most current slow zone maps. Here's what I can tell you. According to the map below, almost 13,000 feet of slow zones between North/Clybourn and Clark and Division should be fixed in October. So, this map indicates October should ...
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jake said:
So in a few weeks getting home from downtown will be normail?! I'll be able to leave for work at 8.30 onece three track is done!!
DHS contractor threatens woman with arrest for wearing "lesbian.com" tee on federal property (48)
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Security guards contracted by the DHS threw a woman out of a Social Security office in Van Nuys for wearing a t-shirt that read "lesbian.com." He claimed that "The Rules and Regulations Governing Conduct on Federal Property" gave him the right to throw her out for wearing a t-shirt with the word "lesbian" on it. As she headed for a line to pick up a Social Security card for her son, Gilbert was stopped by ...
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Eater said:
Huh? Wow.
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Maurice said:
wow, thank God the DHS is saving us from women wearing shirts with the word "lesbian" on it. I feel much safer!
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Jeremy Jarratt said:
This is a reminder to vote responsibly.
When you're too busy to type "Thank you"... (4)
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…simply type “thx”! It’s the perfect way to let that special someone know you don’t care about them enough to type out eight entire characters, you lazy fuck.
Terror Watchlist "Crippled By Technical Flaws" (10)
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The database used by the government to generate lists like the No-Fly List is 'crippled by technical flaws,' according to the chairman of a House technology oversight subcommittee. And the upgrade may be worse than the original. Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) says that 'if actually deployed, [the upgrade] will leave our country more vulnerable than the existing yet flawed system in operation today.' It seems that the current ...
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Miguel A. Arévalo said:
El loco mundo del SQL...
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Glenn Batuyong said:
...It seems that the current database doesn't have any easy way to do plain-text matching, forcing users to enter SQL queries. That might not sound so bad until you learn that the database contains 463 poorly indexed tables...
Software To Provide Astronaut Counseling (3)
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Currently, whenever an astronaut needs to talk to someone, a counselor is only a radio call away. Unfortunately, for voyages further out, this contact time starts to increase quite a bit, so researchers have started to look for alternative methods of counseling. I just hope the new counseling software has the Dr. Sbaitso voice. "Instead of asking astronauts to reflect on their feelings, Mark Hegel of Dartmouth Medical School has them create lists of concrete ...
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Mike said:
Holy crap, this is huge! Soon we may have software to provide wife counseling! Yeeeee haw!
Intel Claims an Advance In Wireless Power (13)
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Many readers are sending in coverage of a demo at Intel's developer forum of a wirelessly powered 60-watt bulb. The NYTimes gives background on Intel's improvement to the 'wireless resonant energy link' technology pioneered at MIT, where researchers achieved 50% efficiency of power transmitted several meters via magnetic fields. Intel reached 75% efficiency. Now they just have to make those coils a lot smaller.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Polina said:
I can't wait until I don't have to carry cords around with me.
Why Amazon’s EBS Should Worry Data Centers (27)
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Amazon has announced Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), a persistent storage offering that can be used in tandem with applications using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). With this move, it is turning up the heat on everyone from storage area network vendors, server companies and of course data center operators. Don’t be surprised if the company starts attracting corporations using its suite of web services. Amazon first started talking about this back in ...
7 Email Myths That Plague the Workplace (22)
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Myths about how to best do email abound. Some are explicitly stated and drummed into your head, and some are the unspoken expectations of the modern corporate world. To succeed at tackling the big email time sink and making email woes a thing of your past, you need to acknowledge these myths for what they are, and implement a system that works. Systems need good foundations in order to work, and when an effective email ...
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jezarnold said:
i would love to show my luddite colleague this.. but he/she wont get it
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Sean said:
A good perspective on e-mail and e-mail management.
7 Email Myths That Plague the Workplace (10)
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Myths about how to best do email abound. Some are explicitly stated and drummed into your head, and some are the unspoken expectations of the modern corporate world. To succeed at tackling the big email time sink and making email woes a thing of your past, you need to acknowledge these myths for what they are, and implement a system that works. Systems need good foundations in order to work, and when an effective email ...
McCain staffer slams Dungeons and Dragons players (31)
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Jimmy sez, "Michael Goldfarb of the John McCain campaign oddly disses gamers in his post yesterday on the John McCain blog." It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman's memory of war from the comfort of mom's basement, but most Americans have the humility and gratitude to respect and learn from the memories of men who suffered on behalf of others. Smears the Left Can Fight For ...
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HacKnight said:
Earth to Goldfarb - you're making them angry enough to leave mom's basement and vote. And no, they won't be voting for McCain. Monsters are best left to the imagination.
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Matthew said:
Funny, a lot of the people I've played with have served in the military.
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Alex said:
Ok, hold-on-a-minute. I was able to (mostly) hold my fire. Now it's on. I'm going to go roll up a new unholy crusader paladin and smite this dude.
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Allen said:
As a former D&D player I'm not amused. Now, if I roll a 15 or higher on a D20, I will vote Obama for sure.
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Jason said:
OH NO THEY DIDN'T
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jhimmelman said:
damn those pro-Obama dungeons and dragons losers!!!
Best Buy to Start Selling iPhones in September (4)
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The Associated Press: Best Buy Co. will start selling the iPhone on Sept. 7, becoming the first U.S. chain to do so outside of Apple Inc.’s and AT&T Inc.’s own stores. (Why does the AP use those “Co.” and “Inc.” abbreviations? The sentence would read so much cleaner without them.) ★
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Coleman said:
iPhone sales are gonna blow up.
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jake said:
It feels like it was just yesterday when they refused to sell any Apple product what so ever.
iTrans Chicago Metra (3)
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iTrans Chicago Metra APPLICATION DESCRIPTIONIt's more than just a map: it's the Chicago Metra in your pocket! • Get step-by-step directions between any two stations, even while offline • See train schedules for any station at any time of day • Browse the latest service advisories even while offline • Go to Current Location with a tap; show any station in the Maps application • Beautiful vector graphics at any zoom: never pixelated or grainy ...
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jake said:
I can't imagine this breaks any copyrights of any sorts.
Chicago cop suspended for screaming at Starbucks, demanding free coffee, flashing her badge and gun (11)
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The headline says it all, doesn't it? A Chicago Police officer has been suspended and ordered into counseling after she was found guilty of demanding free Starbucks coffee from five different stores on the North Side from 2001 to 2004, sometimes flashing her badge, displaying her gun and screaming at employees. Officer Barbara Nevers of the Belmont police district was suspended for more than 15 months, according to records the Chicago Police Board released today. ...
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Maude said:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
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Art said:
Oh, I would have given her free coffee -- decaf, bitch.
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Michaelk said:
At least she could have gotten in trouble over GOOD coffee.
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Mikey said:
between this the beating of the bartender and other random corruption our police force is embarrasing
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jake said:
Sweet home Chicago
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Alan said:
Wow, someone hasn't had her caffeine today.
Scientists invent "meat spaghetti" to trick kids (16)
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Erik says: "Here’s a spectacular idea: many kids don’t seem to enjoy eating meat, so why not change the flavor so you can’t taste the meat, give it an unappetizing color, and extrude it into spaghetti-like strands? The meat scientists who invented this stuff are hoping to bring it to market. Judging from the video the news page offers, which could give you nightmares for weeks, it’s going to be an uphill battle." "It tastes ...
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Jared Zimmerman said:
wait, i've got an idea, maybe lets not force kids to eat meat?
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jpwain said:
BARRRRFFFFFF
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Kay said:
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
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jake said:
Perhaps "parents who can't get their kids to eat meat" should ask themselves why they are trying to force meet into their kids. You can be perfectly healthy not Eatting meat, and it's cheaper if you don't have to but it, not toention the economical aspects. On another note, I've raised five kids, and I can't think of a time any of them refused to eat a burger or mcnugets.
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Derek said:
What the hell? The real question is why we're force-feeding meat to kids. Why not feed them something they like that has the nutrients (Flintstones vitamins, anyone?)
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Matthew said:
Only in America.
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Adam Dorfman said:
Or you could just add broccoli...
Yes. Now stop breaking our rules. (1)
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Blonde Tourist Girl: "Are you allowed to talk on the bus?"Brunette Tourist Girl: "I don't think so."Blonde Tourist Girl: "Oh...Do you think people know that we aren't from Chicago?"- Clark Bus-- Submitted by Jay
Stupidity parade... (1)
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Oh yeah, that’s why we have a Constitution! (2)
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Harry Lewis puts just right the way Homeland Security goes off the rails with its decision to give itself permission to confiscate laptops at the border: I love Michael Chertoff’s explanation of why border guards won’t bother with the niceties of probable cause provided for in the Fourth Amendment: “As a practical matter, travelers only go to secondary [for a more thorough examination] when there is some level of suspicion. Yet legislation locking in a ...
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Continuing with today's stupidity theme, I recieved this email at work:---From: P. PerrySubject: Don't Forget! Events Scheduled for TomorrowThere are no events scheduled for tomorrow. ----Umm? What the fuck? Thanks, captain obvious.Shared by jake (0)Contribute comment