Random Ideas:

This is a space for random ideas that I have, they aren't yet complete enough to warrant their own page.  Feel free to browse them, but this page may change often if I find out that an idea is "foolish", "impractical", "impossible", "to expensive", or "excellent".  If it's excellent it will get it's own page under the Hey Kids! section.

Does anyone out there have a listing of "cruft" for various operating systems?:
http://mpt.phrasewise.com/stories/storyReader$374
Speaking of "cruft", what is the quickest way to perform an action on a computer?  To think it.  Can you translate that into commands without the use of an interface?  If using an interface, what would be the quickest way?  Is quickest necessarily the best?  What about learning curve?

What is POSIX?

Having trouble making a decision?  First define what are the top priorities, then eliminate all options not meeting those priorities.  (IE: The eternal "Where should we go to eat?" question.  If your priorities are "cheap", "not pizza", "not Chinese", then that helps you settle on smaller range of options.)

If all these "ancient civilizations" existed, how come we don't find their junk lying around?  (Ships on the bottom of the oceans floor, Airplanes crashed into the sides of mountains, etc).

If you donated blood, and then it was transferred into someone else's body, and then someone takes a blood sample from them.  At what point would the donor blood be "indistinguishable" from the recipient?
How long could you tell that someone had an organ transplant?  Is there any point where all of the organ is totally replaced by the recipients own cells?

I've been told that the most expensive part of most operations is the total cost of the workers.  (IE: Salary + benefits + overhead)  So whenever budget cuts come, usually the first to go is personnel.  Could we make human's less expensive?  Would workers accept a situation where they are provided company housing in exchange for a 20% pay cut? Company car for a 5% pay cut?  Complete auto/life/medical/accidental insurance for a 5% pay cut? A 24 hour cafeteria for a 10% pay cut? You could possibly come up with a situation where most of the company employees live in company housing, have a "car loaner program", have on-site doctors, on-site cafeteria, that the company provides, and the workers who take advantage of these programs could save 50% of their expenses every year, take a 40% pay cut, and it costs the company 30% of an employees normal wage to provide these.  Everybody wins (in theory).

What to we do with the low skilled workers in the united states who will consistently be worse and worse off with international trade?  They will consistently be worse and worse off because other countries can offer lower wages (because their cost of living is lower).

Toshiba Cable Modem PCX 2200/2500 Diagnostic Page:
Set IP to 192.168.100.2
Set Subnet to 255.255.255.0
Set Gateway to 192.168.100.1
Reboot and then point browser to http://192.168.100.1

Nobody finished a hard days work, goes to hang out with their friends and say, "Man I'm beat. Quiche?"

What if end users could be trained to be systems analysts / designers?

How do you make a "Foxhole Radio" with a Razor Blade, Wire, Safety Pin, and a Pencil? (History Channel: Mail Call)

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