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    * Sorry about the flying car issue! * Regarding block-chains - a new twist, it appears that certain types of banned porn is being written into the block-chains. Either actual …
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    I think we can all agree (this will likely provoke disagreement) that a voting machine that records a vote electronically without a way to do a manual verification is a …
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    Another tech advance that can be done right now. For both TVs as well as computers (particularly laptops) - the ability to plug in headphones without muting the sound coming …
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    I am not sure but I bet that we will not get flying cars until we get self-driving cars. In crowded cities, people have trouble traveling in 2 dimensions so …
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    My Amiga 1000 was stolen during a burglary while I was in Paris; I bought a 3000 then upgraded to 1500 - I kept them for years but I was …
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    Dani, Yes it gave me fits b/c NOTHING looked the same and I had to tweek LastPass (my p/w protection program) to get in; the 'stay logged in' feature is …
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    Replied To a Post in Windoze Defender is ruining my gaming - help, it won't let me save.

    Actually, I did not google because I used it as an excuse to come back for a visit. So, now I googled it and it is fixed - ''check aps …
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    I have been otherwise occupied for the last 10 years or so - got a job with the IRS (boo, hiss) on a seasonal basis. Got back into making puddles …
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    It seems to me that would get pretty messy right off the bat. My cell could only hold a stack of about 10 wings before they started falling off; plus …
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    Created Windoze Defender is ruining my gaming - help, it won't let me save.

    It blocks every attempt to modify any file anywhere. I give Steam and all its subsidiary .exes permission and then it says that there is no permission to modify 'Documents'. …
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    I think that the proposed tarif wars may have conributed to some of the drop.
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    OMG! So many faces from the past (I just stopped by to ask a simple (?) about Windows 10's effing Defender) - I am gobsmacked that you guys are still …
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    Of penguin dreams and other things
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    http://www.heavymetal.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bloom-county-2015-berkeley-breathed-5.jpg
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    What do you call it when someone does the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome - a freethrow champ.
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    If you are glisading down Mount Rainier - know your ice-axe arrest
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    Replied To a Post in Is an asthma air purifier good to go to get rid of smoke ?

    HiHe: agreed - I wonder sometimes about all those different 'stink' producers available on the market - up to and including one that allows you to set moods. The most …
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    Here is a site dedicated to bitcoins: https://bitcoin.org/en/getting-started
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    HiHe: agreed - the only true solution is to not have a smoker nearby. What I am offering is a way to remove 99.97% of particles that are .3 micrometers …
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    The first college I went to had been called Montana State Normal School - it was a teachers college. It was there I first heard: Those who can - do …
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    [PLBKAC](http://www.acronymfinder.com/Problem-Lies-Between-Keyboard-and-Chair-%28PLBKAC%29.html)AND MY FAVORITE [lmgtfy](http://lmgtfy.com/)
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    Replied To a Post in Is an asthma air purifier good to go to get rid of smoke ?

    I recommend that you [research](https://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&safe=off&site=&source=hp&q=hepa+air+purifier+reviews&oq=HEPA+air&gs_l=hp.3.1.0l10.1502.5618.0.11359.9.8.0.0.0.0.1123.2202.0j3j1j1j7-1.6.0.msedr...0...1c.1.60.hp..4.5.1827.0.G2HPt3640ZY) HEPA air purifiers. I think that you can get better air cleaning at a lower cost. I know that Honeywell air cleaners do a good …
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    Almost all experts outside of the FBI do not think it was the N.Koreans who hacked Sony. Many think it was a disgruntled (ex?)employee - in the beginning of the …
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    Replied To a Post in Uber-Sydney charging AU$100.00 for trip out of CBD

    It gets better! [Ubber](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/uber-begins-charging-2-dollar-taxi-hailing-fee) is now charging a $2.00 booking fee in New York City! Life is good.
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    People still forget about the Blackberry; still so secure that is the only cell phone the President can use. Still uncrackable after all these years.
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    Paris - till I walked the whole city from Arrondissement 1 to 20 looking for pochoir (Jeff aeroplane, MissTik, banksie, et cetera
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    Virginia City in Nevada. Pretty wild area, home of the Bonanza western.
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    You need a lot of money, a lot of hardware that emmulates a super-computer, the software, and plenty of time. all the easy bitcoins have been mined; you now need …
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    Created Uber-Sydney charging AU$100.00 for trip out of CBD

    Can you dig it! In the midst of the hostage situation in downtown Sydney, [Uber](http://crooksandliars.com/2014/12/uber-criticized-charging-minimum-100-fare) was charging $100 to get to safety plus 4 times normal milage. I know - …
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    Replied To a Post in What is the last place you visited?

    Well, if we don't count my just cooking some lamb in the kitchen I will have to say Buenos Aires AR. My first and only visit to that continent. (other …
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    Replied To a Post in i just ordered a RR placement screen for my hp

    With new laptops as low as $200.00, that screen better be pretty cheap. TSA cracked the screen on my laptop - I did not notice it until I opened the …
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    Vega: We used to spray tumbleweeds with fake snow and use them as Xmas trees. Hard to believe that 'weeds are not native to US - what would a western …
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    The only real use I have for laptops is to attach external monitors and keyboards to them. I hate HP products because of the the excess shite that they load …
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    In Seattle the main distraction is plate subduction quakes plus there has been so much fill that the ground could liquify and everything sink just a bit - they found …
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    I have a great new knock knock joke - you start it
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    I still have checks from my last apt - I pay rent and utilities with checks. I use to send 7 page letters; I use send letters that wandered through …
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    Gave Reputation to Reverend Jim in Random Facts

    If you took all the people who slept in church and laid them end to end they'd be a lot more comfortable. Can we get off the guns now?
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    > could you please produce several other examples of such language "distortion"? How about the entire English language is a distortion of Middle English which was a distortion of - …
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    What I am beginning to hate is the torture of 'criminals' or they catch the bad guy and someone just slugs them. Hawaii 50 is big on knocking bad guys …
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    @kplcjl: no it didn't - the story started from the point of view of the stranded traveler and followed that point of view for a number of years and landed …
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    ddanbe: > Time travel? What if you go back in time and killed your father or mother or both, when they were 10 years old? Read [All You Zombies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Zombies) Every …
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    > vmanes: 4th dimension, time travel....they give me headaches! I read a time travel novel years ago that started with the point of view of someone being rescued and ended …
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    Replied To a Post in Anyone try a portable laser keyboard ?

    EP: of course I did, sigh. Look [here](http://www.theendearingdesigner.com/creative-and-unique-computer-keyboards).
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    Replied To a Post in Anyone try a portable laser keyboard ?

    Here is a referral to 77 'interesting' kybrds, including the wrist one - I liked #1, #11, maybe 14&15, #42, #46?, #57 could be interesting, #77 is just too vegan.
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    There is an interesting twist on the Flatland named "[the Planiverse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planiverse)" - Flatland was a 2d world seen from above; Planiverse is 2d world seen from the side (ie a …
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    Time is not a dimension it is a coordinate; there is a 4th dimension and it is the space occupied by a hypercube,hypersphere, and so on. The mathematics of lower …
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    Replied To a Post in Anyone try a portable laser keyboard ?

    How useful you find the laser keyboard might depend on how you learned to type. I learned on a manual typewriter where there was almost an inch of play while …
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    The book "Stank On Zanzibar" starts with (among other very VERY weird shit) the human race, standing shoulder to should, could fit on Zanzibar and ends with ... a list …
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    Window glass is made by floating molten glass on molten tin. Glass is vitrious ie. an amorpheus solid that softens as heat is applied until gravity is able to affect …
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    I just went all nostalgic and listened to Frank Zappa "[Trouble Every Day"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girnJH7tvpM)

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