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  1. Re:Nose picking? on Ten Things We Still Don't Understand About Humans · · Score: 1

    Recent studies have show that kids who eat their boogers tend to be sick less often later in life. They believe that the injestion of these bacteria in small doses boosts our immune system.

    1 down, 9 to go!

  2. Rule 34 on Ten Things We Still Don't Understand About Humans · · Score: 1
  3. I've actually seen the phone one! on The Mice That Didn't Make It · · Score: 1

    When I was shopping for the mouse I have now, I was in London Drugs and actually SAW the phone/mouse combo! It plugs into the usb port and comes with software so you can use it as a soft-phone.

    Doubt they sold many though :p

  4. Re:How about some nice menus instead? on Preview the Office 2007 Ribbon-Like UI Floated For OpenOffice.Org · · Score: 1

    Try reading his last sentence....

  5. Re:Ad blocking on Ads Retroactively Added To Wipeout HD, Soon Others · · Score: 1

    People who reply to retorical comments with large lists...?

  6. Re:Ad blocking on Ads Retroactively Added To Wipeout HD, Soon Others · · Score: 1

    Canada has some of the best consumer rights laws in the WORLD. The problem is convincing the grade 10 that runs the counter or his boss who was too stupid to get out of retail that suchs laws exist.

  7. Re:Can someone explain this guy's logic to me on Electric Company Wants Monthly Fee For Solar Users · · Score: 1

    If you switch to a VOIP provider using a Cable internet connection and canceled your regular phone contract with the local telco, how would you feel about the local telco still charging you for that cable you aren't using?

  8. Re:well, just wait on Toyota Reveals A Humanoid Robot That Can Run · · Score: 1

    Knowing their ability to stay up to date with technology, my guess is that it will have wheels.

  9. Re:Lasers? Star Wars? on Finally, a True Green Laser · · Score: 1

    No, no, no, no, you cover it in fiber optics. That way you can redirect the attack in any direction!

  10. Re:Crazy people on English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy · · Score: 1

    oops, that should read "/en/test" :p

  11. Re:Crazy people on English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy · · Score: 1

    Using SSL only encrypts the contents and page, not the address. Ex: https://wikipedia.org/en/test

    wikipedia.org would be cleartext during the DNS request
    IP address from the DNS request would be cleartext (required for routing)

    /etc/test would be encrypted, along with the contents

    Basically, they would know he went to wikipedia, but not which page he visited.

    Note: any subdomain (en.wikipedia.org) would also be cleartext.

  12. Location, Location, Location... on People Emit Visible Light · · Score: 1

    Was this test conducted near Hiroshima?

  13. Re:A browser ballot is stupid on Opera CTO Thinks IE Will Be Forced To Support SVG · · Score: 1

    Firefox is NOT deeply rooted into ubuntu, not by a long shot!

  14. Re:Sense of humor? on Facebook Lets Advertisers Use Pictures Without Permission · · Score: 1

    Hey you kids, get off my driveway!

  15. Re:Visist Every Residence on Australian Police Plan Wardriving Mission · · Score: 1

    And you have obviously put some thought behind that decisions. What these police are trying to do is inform the ignorant. I'm sure that 90% of people who have an unprotected "Linksys" or "Default" router do not even realize that the device connecting their two desktops even HAS wirelss, let alone that the manufacturer, in all their brilliance, decided to make no-password the default. Even if they leave it open for friends, they probably don't realize that the "shared folders" on their desktop (which allows multiple accounts to share documents) is also shared to everyone on the NETWORK!

    I for one am completely in favor of police doing this as long as they simply inform users and respect the decisions of *informed* individuals.

    Just because you understand the risks, doesn't mean every one does, or that they even know there ARE risks!

  16. Re:Draconian Laws on Facebook Violates Canadian Privacy Law · · Score: 1

    Tell you what, when you have a friend who posts "Going camping with for 2 weeks starting tomorrow" on their facebook account, then you get robbed, THEN you can come back with that sorry excuse for an argument. Until then, know that the stupid rarely go down alone!

  17. Re:Using the truth to bolster a lie on Canadians Find Traffic Shaping "Reasonable" · · Score: 1

    And how is Bell supposed to know if your torrent is time-critical? There are services out there that provide streaming video over P2P, some games use P2P for in-game experiences. Filtering out everything P2P because P2P is not time critical is just blind ignorance.

  18. Re:First Nuclear Weapon Equipped Post on Microsoft vs. Google — Mutually Assured Destruction · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If it came down to both survivor or both dieing, I would honestly chose for both of them to die.

    There will be another Google, there is no doubt about that. If they went down new companies would emerge to replace the parts that google left behind.

    Microsoft on the other hand is a monolothic bully who's practices are destroying the computer industry and need to be taken down, even if that price is Google

    Saying that, I also highly doubt Google is going to fail, but if Microsoft goes down I will cheer gleefully no matter the fate of Google.

  19. Re:I guess I should prepare for extinction then on Standalone GPS Receivers Going the Way of the Dodo · · Score: 1

    As someone who has used a real GPS out in the bush, and one built into a smartphone, I can tell you there is a HUGE difference in the quality of signal, accuracy and features (ACTUAL elevation, etc) between a stand-alone unit and a smartphone. Unless you pay at least $100 for a standalone GPS (the ones in smartphones are cheap of quality), you will NOT get a signal in tree-cover or where there is moisture in the air (cloud cover, mist, fog, etc).

  20. Re:Mostly not going to happen on Four Missed Opportunities for Privacy · · Score: 1

    Actually, his jab at IE was completely true and valid. Private Browsing only keeps other people that use your computer from seeing what you did. It in NO WAY WHAT-SO-EVER protects ANY of your information from malicious websites.

    It's things like XSS protection, security alerts and self-signed certificate warnings (though they can be annoying) that REALLY protect your data.

  21. Re:easy to stop on att just have them block txt. on iPhone Vulnerability Yields Root Access Via SMS · · Score: 1

    I Canada we get charged for incoming and outgoing calls and outgoing texts. They used to charge for incoming texts, but I believe the government stepped in (because ALL incoming texts in Canada are now free).

  22. Re:Privacy? Huh? on US Couple Gets Prison Time For Internet Obscenity · · Score: 1

    They plead guilty to the ACT, they were arguing that it was NOT a crime.

    If you were arrested for looking at someone, then asked in court if you indeed committed an "act of observation", would you lie and say you never looked or say you looked but that you had every right to do so?

  23. Re:Geocaching.com too on Seattle Data Center Outage Disrupts E-Commerce · · Score: 1

    Aha, somebody else noticed this as well!

    Not only is it a holiday, but there is a HUGE geocaching event (for 3 days) happening in B.C. and anyone attending (I know some people) are SOL for getting information about it.

    If anyone knows of a secondary site for finding info on the events, please post!

  24. Re:Button pusher did it on Seattle Data Center Outage Disrupts E-Commerce · · Score: 1

    So THAT'S why there was a do not touch sign above it...
    *avoids eye contact*

  25. Re:System failure on Seattle Data Center Outage Disrupts E-Commerce · · Score: 1

    Isn't #3 a result of #4?