Category Archives: Snark

Sorry to disappoint.

But I don’t think I have what you’re looking for.

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Bisexual Restrooms

A sign in the pressbox restroom at the Metrodome. Aren’t most public restrooms unisex? If it’s intended for both sexes wouldn’t the correct label for the restroom be bisexual?

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Off to Minneapolis!

I’m trying to get excited here. I’ll be at the Metrodome Tuesday, doing the radio thing. Other than that, I’ll probably stop by the Mall Of America.  Because it’s there. Thursday/Friday I may be in Houston if they get their … Continue reading

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And I thought the OS wars were bad

The Mac/Windows fanboy battles ain’t got nuthin’ on a bunch of stirred up rocket scientists. Point out that chemical rockets don’t seem to be able to scale to get us to millions of people out in space, and the wailing … Continue reading

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Orion Redux

Or, “You don’t know what you’re talking about Snarky Boy.” that came from this and this. That may be, after all I’m not a rocket scientist. However, I do have some experience scaling things, and while I might not know … Continue reading

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What's Wrong With Orion?

From Insty, it turns out that NASA’s Orion is having a little problem with cost overruns.  Who could have predicted that? Of course the REAL problem with NASA’s Orion is that they stole the name from the real Orion, a … Continue reading

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In Apple's Defense

There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth on teh Interwebz over Apple’s (or AT&T’s) 3G iPhone activation problems. Yes, Apple should have expected a large number of activation attempts today.  Yes, they could have built a system that could … Continue reading

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iPhone 2.0 OS instability

Uh, Mr. Jobs? Steve, can I call you Steve? This new iPhone 2.0 OS is kinda unstable. In fact, my iPhone is locking up and restarting itself more often than Windows ME. I mean, I never had a problem with … Continue reading

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Apple's Mobile Me – Off to a shaky start.

After a couple of days of outages, Apple’s Mobile Me, or me.com while technically up, is so slow that it’s unusable. A major complaint of the 3G iPhone has been the activation process, with in store times running from 20 … Continue reading

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More TSA Idiocy – Pilot Screening

Great Salon article. Pilot is stopped by TSA from carrying a flatware knife through a security checkpoint. The exact kind of knife they give you on the plane. “You ain’t takin’ this through,” she says. “No knives. You can’t bring … Continue reading

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