mjgolli commented on Top 10 Telephone Tricks

"I was tired of seeing exorbitant charges for 411 and 555-1212 calls on my phone bills at work, so I programmed my Nortel Meridian PBX switches to intercept 9-411 and 9-555-1212 calls and direct them to a free 411 service. Did this over a year ago and no one has complained yet! If you are a geek, try setting up an Asterisk phone switch at home."

mjgolli commented on Commenter Of The Day: Jerry Della Femina Edition

"I had a friend years ago (who, conveniently, worked at a McD's) that argued with me constantly that "special sauce" was not Thousand Island dressing."

mjgolli commented on Are Gadgets Using Up Some Elements?

"I didn't think any of this was supposed to matter today (Monday) at 12am GMT when they fired up the LHC."

mjgolli commented on Are Gadgets Using Up Some Elements?

"@tegronin: Oh, yeah."

mjgolli commented on Are Gadgets Using Up Some Elements?

"Didn't Australia, years ago, ditch their penny-like monetary unit and they just round purchase prices up or down to their nearest nickel-like monetary unit?"

mjgolli commented on Best Fireworks Ever Not Happening Today but in Three Days

"@SkyOtic: The fireworks that you mention will be the LHC doing its thing."

mjgolli commented on Best Fireworks Ever Not Happening Today but in Three Days

"Well, if it works as the conspiracy theorists expect, I won't have to pay a car or house payment ever again."

mjgolli commented on Speed:Sport:Life Pits GT500 Against F430 Against Elise Against... Caliber SRT-4?

"I blew away a Neon SRT4 once in my old Explorer with a 5.0 V8."

mjgolli commented on 1 Billion Computers Now In Use, Not Necessarily Useful

"How many of them are Windows...lets say about 60%...that's 600 million."

mjgolli commented on Do You Have a Home Theater System? Was It Professionally Installed?

"I did mine myself when I moved."

mjgolli commented on Paper Sheet Protects World from Nuclear Holocaust

"@Arelar: I wondered what that hollow sound in my basement floor was..."

mjgolli commented on Volkswagen's Command Center Is Like Minority Report, Minus The Cool

"I wish my datacenter was like that...but I do all my admin stuff through VNC and SSH sessions."

mjgolli commented on Traffic Jam Torment: Physics Proves That Bottlenecks Are Bulls**t

"@jolietjake: What about the dingleberries that have their foot on the brake constantly?"

mjgolli commented on Traffic Jam Torment: Physics Proves That Bottlenecks Are Bulls**t

"@abgwin: ROTFL!"

mjgolli commented on What If You Could Only Buy And Sell Cars From 1998?

"My shitty old '85 Ford Ranger with a cracked block, no A/C and manual tranny for a bicycle... 0-60 in a month and a half...but it still ran when I got rid of it!"

mjgolli commented on What Car Makes You Dream Of Summer?

"Any car makes me dream of summer."

mjgolli commented on Flying BMW Crashes and Kills Occupants, Darwin Wins

"Sheer stupidity."

mjgolli commented on Should We Be Reviving Expired Brands?

"Polar@POLAR: Oldsmobile!"