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Ponca City, We love you writes "Once the US converts from analog to digital broadcasting next February, those who receive their signals over the air will need a converter box for older, non-digital models. Government-approved converter boxes sell for $60 or less and a government-issued $40 rebate coupon is available for the asking but that hasn't stopped companies like the Ohio-based Universal TechTronics from offering supposedly free converter boxes. The gimmick: the box is free, as long as you pay $88 for a five-year warranty, plus $9.30 shipping. Universal TechTronics seems to specialize in 'high-tech' products of questionable value, marketing the Cool Surge portable air cooler, 'a work of engineering genius from the China coast so advanced that no windows, vents, or freon are needed' that uses the same energy as a 60-watt light bulb. It works by blowing a stream of air over two ice packs that you have previously frozen in your freezer. What's the best tech scam you've heard of lately?"
"We have to filter P2P to solve network congestion"--Bell Canada.
If you haven't been down-modded lately, you aren't trying.
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
DVD rewinders.
"It works by blowing a stream of air over two ice packs that you have previously frozen in your freezer." means = "no freon"?
Well, then I'm also selling water-free water for places that have water shortages. Just add 1 cup of water to the device and you will have an entire cup of water that you can drink!
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How many watts does a 60 watt lightbulb use?
Vista comes with a First Person Shooter?
Let me guess - you score points by killing penguins with thrown chairs, you buy armour by making campaign contributions, and you power up by eating up all the ram chips lying around.
Once the tree dies, its carbon goes right back into the air.
Is spontaneous combustion a big problem for trees in you area?
Fnord.
I think I hear coders working on that right now in flash just because.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
I don't believe you.
Yes it's a well-known bug in XP that the code get tired after several weeks of use because there's a qi-leak.
Now, why not take that weak shit to the park? Maybe the squirrels will believe it.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Q: What's the best tech scam you've heard of lately? A: Windows Vista.
(and probably other places)
[ Yes, people really are that stupid. ]
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Thats nothing.
http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM/
You save $49.75!!!
Check out the user reviews.
...that you can 'subscribe to'(for money) to get links to tech stories earlier than the non-subscribers. Yes, paying for links to other stories, earlier than anyone else would see it.
Like really, who the heck would pay for THAT? :)
Someone, somewhere paid $25 dollars for a solar powered clothes drier: 10 feet of rope.
(If so, why haven't I died yet?)
There water is so pure that it cures diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis.
(So, this water can reach my brain???) Their purifying machine even unclogged sewage.
(Haven't heard about this on the news...)
They even said the secret is that the bonding angle is at a perfect 104 degree angle compared to other water.
(FYI, that is the normal angle...)
Also, they say don't listen to the doctors or other people because they are JEALOUS
(OK, so, how jealous are they over your water...?)
I read the ad because I was just bored... :)