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  1. a @loresjoberg This and much more about a recursive Spiderman answered in the now-classic What If? Vol 2 #78 - Ed. (not a real comic or ed)
  2. @spin I think you're looking for the word "rider".
  3. After twelve years, constant pain really loses its fun.
  4. Anybody know if OS X 10.5.5 fixes where a MacBook Pro randomly freezes under load (especially in Second Life)? (Or is it just my problem?)
  5. Hrm, my Twitter Grade from @grader is 58/100. http://twitter.grader.com/t...
  6. @gruber I keep the arrows on only 'cos it's convenient to option-click them to jump to that album/artist in your own library.
  7. @gruber My dad's with the Forest Service (Dept of Agriculture), so I always expected this from the people who run the National Parks.
  8. @gruber My dad Forest Service (of the Dept. of Agriculture), so I always expected this from the agency that runs the
  9. @torley Yet the wolf dressed as a sheep _was_ funny in Disney's "Three Little Pigs".
  10. @davewiner Ebert writes a fair number of quite entertaining movie pans -- sadly his website won't let you link to the '0-stars-of-5' search.
  11. @brianaker I depend heavily on various Fink packages for my macs... but Fink at least sets up in its own isolated arena.
  12. Since @xenijardin brought up diabetes - is there a blood sugar tester that doesn't require you to stab yourself? A friend can't handle that.
  13. @gruber I think you mean 'prescriptive'.
  14. @wilw I'm giving you an F for that paper.
  15. @Scobleizer Well, saying McCain is new evil where Hitler is old evil _is_ a comparison... better to say she didn't liken McCain to Hitler.
  16. @jessykate It looks like unless you specify a name yourself, the name is mostly the process ID -- and those are usually given out in order.
  17. @jabancroft Oh, man, I'd love to go to the Neal Stephenson talk -- but getting there (and back!) from Eugene on a Tuesday eve is nontrivial.
  18. In response to comments about iphone battery life, my treo 680 with a two-week-old extended-life battery dies three times a day.
  19. @dantheshive Maybe it's anime influence -- you see quasi-lesbian schoolgirls telling their friends things like that a lot.
  20. @dantheshive I tend to call it lorem ipsum, though the term "greeking" is also used for when computers squiggle out text that's too small.