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  1. Re:testing method? on Verizon Subscribers Can Now Opt Out of "Supercookies" · · Score: 3, Informative

    You just go to any of the web pages that will show you your http headers. Opt out. Notice that x-uidh header is now gone.

  2. Re:The best part of the article is at the bottom on N. Carolina May Ban Tesla Sales To Prevent "Unfair Competition" · · Score: 1

    Is it OK to talk about a candidate you support? A letter to the editor? How about putting up a sign in your yard? A tweet? A blog post? A website? A billboard? A radio ad? A tv ad? Where do you draw the line? I'm not trying to say that I think drawing a line is impossible, I am just not sure where one would draw it.

  3. Midcontinent on The Fastest ISPs In the US · · Score: 2

    In addition Midcontinent has prices that aren't bad. Good bandwidth at a good price in a city with a population under 500. I would have never believed it before moving here.

  4. Re:variable names and data structures. on Claimed Proof That UNIX Code Was Copied Into Linux · · Score: 4, Informative
  5. Re:I like the Brother HL-5170DN on Affordable Laser Printers? · · Score: 1

    I like mine, too. It works great.

  6. Others use it, too on Biometric Payment Arrives in a Store Near You · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Cub Foods also uses it. You need to enter a 7 digit number along with your finger print. It really didn't seem easier than swiping a card and entering a four digit number, so I didn't go with it. They suggest using your phone number for the seven digit number. I imagine the number is needed to make the database lookup practical. I wonder what would happen if LOTS of people started using the same seven digit number "1234567"...

  7. Re:OT: Wanted: Lightweight PDF viewer for Firefox on 2006 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship is Open · · Score: 1

    The newer version (7?) is much, much faster.

  8. Doing something interesting on Google Faces Employee Retention Challenge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As long as they have interesting things for people to work on, I don't think they should have too much trouble keeping people. Who really cares about money? It is hard to find interesting problems to work on Google lets their employees do that AND pays them for it. What more in life could a person ask for?

  9. Non-electoral college system problems on Analyzing the Electoral College · · Score: 1

    If we had a national popular vote system, would we also need to have elections run by the Federal government? For example wouldn't it benefit a state (with a clear majority) to say have no minimum age on voting? At the current time, voting age is determined by the state. It would seem like a good idea to let ANYONE vote and allow their parents to help them.

  10. Just shove it all in the pocket on What's in Your Billfold? · · Score: 1

    I just shove all the cards, receipts, cash, nametag, post-it notes, pens, etc into my pocket. It just seems easier.

  11. Re:AAC encodes better than MP3 on Are iTMS's 128kbps Songs Worth Collecting? · · Score: 1

    Everything I have downloaded from the iTunes Music Store is at 44.1 kHz.

  12. Re:Excercise? Ooops, bad word. Sorry. on How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I walk to the mall, the grocery store, work, home, Shopko, McDonalds, Culvers, Fleet Farm, Subway, and everywhere else I go. It actually works. It takes a lot of time, however. It also is not very fun when sidewalks are covered with ice or there is a strong wind.

  13. Stout is a great school. on The Best Colleges for Network Engineering? · · Score: 1

    University of Wisconsin - Stout is where I went to school. I was not in this major, but I heard good things.

    B.S. in Telecom

    I majored in Applied Math & CS.

  14. Maybe you just go to the wrong school... on Ripoff 101: Gouging Students for Textbooks · · Score: 1

    The university I went to (the University of Wisconsin - Stout) had a great system. A small fee was added to tuition on a per credit basis. This money was used to fund a textbook rental program. At the beginning of a semester, you would go pick up the books you needed. At the end you return them. If you really liked the book and wanted to keep it, they would sell it to you. When they quit using a book, they would sell it for cheap. The system seem to work great.

  15. Re:For whom the potato tolls. on The Software Monoculture · · Score: 1

    > Consider that most people on this planet don't get enough to eat.

    Is this true? I've never heard that before and if it is true, how about a source?

  16. Re:Standard operating procedure on Student Fights University Over Plagiarism-Detector · · Score: 1

    Is that the point? For many/most people, the point is to get the piece of paper that allows them to get a job.

  17. Re:it's their loss on Outsourcing Winners and Losers · · Score: 1

    I would probably buy the cheaper of the two. You can always get a new watch in a year or two.

    Software that you want to last 20 years is another matter.

  18. Rental on University Textbook Exchange Software · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The school I went to had us rent text books. We paid a fee each semester (much less than buying even one book). The school had the books in a part of the library and at the beginning of each semester, we went and checked out our books for the semester. If someone really wanted to buy one of the book, they could. Discontinued books would often be sold for $1. After the first week of classes, they were OK with people getting books for classes they were not in. At the end of the semester, the books were returned.

    Instructional Resource Service

  19. Re:The Economics of Empire on The IT Market: Cyclical Downturn or New World Order? · · Score: 1

    So you are advocating giving up the freedom to buy the best product at the best price for some limited job security?