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I believe this is the link you are looking for: Wireless Extension Cords

You can buy "Wireless extension cords" from ThinkGeek.com

And no, I haven't RTFA.

Bah, I've already got one of these, and I don't have cancer yet.

I think the only reason most people don't have one is because they're only on sale April 1st of each year. Now isn't that odd? Hmm, maybe I should submit that to /.

Forgive the stupid question, but if all we need is a little magnetic field, wouldn't a few strategically placed Curiously Strong Magnets solve the problem?

Their blue laser pointer only costs a grand. Of course you don't get the uber-cool titanium alloy and you probably can't burn a hole in someone like you can with the Wicked Laser but if you don't need those cool features you could save yourself a grand on thinkgeek.

Umm....... there is one of these on sale at Thinkgeek (Another OSTG Website) for $999 http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/896a/

check thinkgeek out... $999
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/896a/

This one's cheaper...

All that searching and the cheapest source for one is right at the top of this page. ;-)

The real reason girls don't play games is the same reason guys don't play barbies. As a child you are given boy toys and girls are given girl toys. Video games fall under boy toys. This is slowing changing as time goes by and Video games are crossing the line, but in no way will the change be instance. If more girls wore shirts like this http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/ladies/85d1/ at least we would know we were about to get pwned. I can count on my fingers how many times I have beat my g/f at Wario Woods and I'm pretty sure she would need at least an unsigned int to store how many times she has beat me. But her mom and dad played video games as does my mom and dad. Simply passed down.

I agree... but there is this certain open source technology group that goes with a similar theme:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5d6a/

It seems Microsoft's photocopiers are still working.

Where do we draw that line as to what validates biometrics? Does possession of a physical key qualify, as in the Super Smart Card? What if your chair had a load-cell in it, so you had to be within five pounds of the correct body weight?

Memorizing a password is not perfect either, ya know. Security is always best-effort.

Maybe we should quit agonizing over this question so much. Here's a thought: use a small highly-secure server for every x workstations. If you need something, have the local server get it from the farm and keep it there. Keep the workstations under Deep Freeze and require that those resources be access remotely, via something nice and secure like good-old password validation. Therefor, low-security tasks can be managed from the workstations using fast and easy biometric login, medium-security tasks can be done using the local server as a network drive with a text password, and high-security tasks are done via the local server, either through something like SSH or even keyed physical access.

Anybody like that idea?

Penny Arcade knew it all along !

My father's friend has a computer, and he has clueless teenagers.

They download pretty much anything that makes noise or sparkles.

There was no point in trying to clean up, it was a straight reformat and reinstall.

I installed a firewall and antivirus software, but I forgot to disable the internet connection. 8-(

I want this for Christmas
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/388b /

D.

You, my friend, are smoking crack. Show me a Core duo PC that actually uses 400w of power in a typical (playing BattleField 2142) scenario. Maybe if you have Dual SLI and are including a 5.1 speaker setup and 20" CRT, then you might get up to 400w.

Just because a PSU is rated for 500w does not mean it will ever actually put out that much power.

You need to buy a kill-a-watt:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/

If the PS3 actually uses 380w of power, that is one thirty piece of crap.

just use this instead.

Now it just needs bluetooth so I can add one of These

At the least, the Penny Arcade comic, or anyone else who posted about Wi-Fi on a MP3 player can be prior art in a 35 USC 103 (obviousness) rejection. In my short time as a patent examiner, I rejected plenty of claims as obvious. The rejection requires disclosure of two or more items that, when combined, would amount to the claimed invention, plus some incentive to combine the parts as per the claims. The comic would, at least, provide the incentive to combine.

I do not think it matters, though. Doesn't ThinkGeek already sell a MP3 player that allows purchasing music over a WiFi connection (MusicGremlin)?

It is all part of the job

No it isn't. Having the capability to access your boss's email, i.e. root/Administrator privileges, is one thing; there is a very small set of situations where that capability is actually needed to do your job. Having such privileges (not "rights") is a position of trust; reading your boss's email is a breach of that trust, and can - and will - get you fired.

(I used to think this was funny until a co-worker was accused of it and forced to resign or be sacked - it's no laughing matter.)

...this shirt at work. Otherwise the jig is up.

You tried using 'Virtual Keyboard' with a bluetooth phone?

I think this will be more apt...thinkgeek

No, people are dumb. Get with the program and get the T-shirt. :P

I got one of these to play with last year:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/

While hooking it up to every little device I could find, I found that battery chargers, such as those for your drill or cell phone, are using electricity while their respective devices are not even connected to them. Granted, it's not much power, but with 5 or 6 of them plugged in, and no devices even attached to them.. thats wasteful. So.. unplug 'em if you aren't using them.

Yeah, and Microsoft could have also *easily* added wireless power to the Zune. What a shitty product!

He fit descriptions of ten (TEN!) different products along with pictures all on the same page! This totaly smashes the last slashvertisement's record of 3 pages. What's more there isn't a single banner ad anywhere on the page - even when viewed in internet explorer. Truly this is a great day for the web. Full disclosure: slashdot's sister company sells one of those wallets.

Or if you're too lazy you could just buy one.

Well, you can use either of these hardware keyloggers:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/7af2/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5a05/

That said, I HIGHLY recommend that you don't keep tabs on your kids. I grew up with the internet and I'd be a stupid, naive dolt, not to mention I'd probably be one of those complete-asshole-why-do-today's-kids-have-to-be-so -annoying kids that spl this n u kant ndrst4nd zem and day abbreviate evtg, if I didn't learn the lessons that I have via the internet.

Just educate your kids and tell them not to give away personally identifiable information online. Let them experience the internet untapped, I'd say.

Well, you can use either of these hardware keyloggers:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/7af2/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5a05/

That said, I HIGHLY recommend that you don't keep tabs on your kids. I grew up with the internet and I'd be a stupid, naive dolt, not to mention I'd probably be one of those complete-asshole-why-do-today's-kids-have-to-be-so -annoying kids that spl this n u kant ndrst4nd zem and day abbreviate evtg, if I didn't learn the lessons that I have via the internet.

Just educate your kids and tell them not to give away personally identifiable information online. Let them experience the internet untapped, I'd say.

...it's product placement, stupid!

...from here.

Forget that he was playing a video game. Can somebody tell me exactly how the 14 year old acquired the gun? If you want to blame the parents for anything, i'd blame them for that.

Strangely enough, this is the shirt i'm wearing today.

...why not start with one of these? It projects a virtual keyboard onto a flat surface, why not hack it to change the character driver? At least you're not stuck waiting for some breakthrough in manufacturing technology to get a full-sized keyboard...

(Personally, this thing gets my vote for "gadget most likely to actually attract babes in a club". Yes, I understand actually having this category for gadgets makes it extremely unlikely that I ever will attract babes in a club, gadgets or not.)

Exactly. To quote Jonathan Gabriel, "It's not my fault you suck." T-shirt here.

At ThinkGeek (apparently exclusively)

it came out as a featured item in this week's think geek email. from the pictures it looks like it doesn't have anything but analog

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/89ed/?cp g=37H

You can also get them on thinkgeek... :)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/7c99/

"That is quite a choice," says Keith Rosenberg. "Being an IT geek, both are critical to my job and I really cannot do without either. ... So I would get rid of both and get a job as a vacation tester!".

Kill-A-Watt monitors electric usage for 1 device or one powerstrip. $30 http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/

The Energy Detective (TED) monitors the entire house. $140 http://www.theenergydetective.com/

I have both of the above. I use Kill-A-Watt for easy analysis of a device and TED for monitoring the turning on/off of major appliances. I also switch the wiring of TED to my generator to monitor it and make sure I don't go over desired load.

Watt's Up Pro is like Kill-A-Watt is for 1 device or one powerstrip but has additional features similar to TED. $120 http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7acf/

Kill-A-Watt monitors electric usage for 1 device or one powerstrip. $30 http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/

The Energy Detective (TED) monitors the entire house. $140 http://www.theenergydetective.com/

I have both of the above. I use Kill-A-Watt for easy analysis of a device and TED for monitoring the turning on/off of major appliances. I also switch the wiring of TED to my generator to monitor it and make sure I don't go over desired load.

Watt's Up Pro is like Kill-A-Watt is for 1 device or one powerstrip but has additional features similar to TED. $120 http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7acf/

This one is qite a bit cheaper at $30.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/

Search for Kill-A-Watt.

It will track the consumption of a device (or even a breakout block with 4 sockets, with this thing in the wall) over a period of time.

The alternative is replace the power distribution box in your house so you can monitor each room's usage.

That's why we have the Watts Up Pro: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7acf/ . It even has an RS232 interface. But it's relatively expensive.

I have a Kill-A-Watt, and it has all the problems you mentioned, but it also does everything it promised to do, for cheap. I'm quite happy with it.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/

Instead of this on a tshirt. How about "I fixed your vote."

I'm amazed that the USB Fondu pot didn't make the list!

My most sincere apologies to Fiftythree.org, but when I read about plugging unconventional things into the computer, this classic came to mind. Note: the USBKiller is not listed. Scatter a few of these outside the back door of your local bank.

The EtherKiller and friends: http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/
The Google cache

Or this stupid thing is more in line with the aim of the article.

oh wait....I must have forgotten: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml

2) kitchen-table light - on a rheostat. Don't even BOTHER putting these on a rheostat. You don't even get the normal span of an incandescent out of it.

I assume "rheostat" (being a word for a variable resistor) means the kind of switch where you turn a knob or move the lever in a halfway position to cut the amount of current going to the light? Most CF bulbs will have a warning not to use them on this sort of switch, it's a fire hazard because it doesn't allow them to get up to their full efficiency (thus they'll generate a lot more heat at the lower voltages) unless they're specifically designed to allow it.

As for LEDs - there are some on thinkgeek/etc but they're nowhere near as much light as normal incandescent/cfl bulbs. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/7aa8/ - doesn't say there, but 60 lumens is about equivalent to a 25-watt incandescent bulb.