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  1. Re:2 AA batteries ? on How To Turn a Mini Maglite Into a Laser · · Score: 1

    Batteries don't maintain their peak voltage as they discharge; the laser will stop working long before the battery is exhausted.

  2. Re:2 AA batteries ? on How To Turn a Mini Maglite Into a Laser · · Score: 1

    That depends entirely on the batteries as there's quite a range of capacities. At around 200mW, cheap batteries would probably run the laser for an hour or two, and expensive batteries for about 20 hours.

  3. Re:New OS X User on Ubuntu Linux vs. Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Don't go getting info, just copy the directory and hit paste in your terminal window. Boom.

    The behaviour changes depending on where you're pasting to. Select multiple files and hit copy. Paste in the terminal and you'll get the full paths. Paste in a plain text editor and you'll get the item names. Paste in a rich text editor and you'll get the icon, or (in cases where the file is a recognisable piece of media) the picture / movie / sound.

    It's perhaps not obvious, but it's oddly intuitive. Stop thinking like a computer scientist and just assume what you want to do will work. That, I think, is the real sexiness of the Mac.

  4. Re:Opening Weekends on Canadian Theatre Chain Sued for Abusive Search · · Score: 1

    You're still basing your argument on the presumptions that "experts" are always correct and that lower-than-expected earnings were caused by leaked films. A single movie launch does not a universal law make. Further, correlation is not causation.

  5. Re:First and foremost on Explosion at Scaled Composites Kills 2, Injures 4 · · Score: 1

    Respectfully, I think first and foremost important is figuring out what happened and ensuring that nobody else is in immediate danger. It is better that mourning is delayed than compounded by more deaths. Maybe it's sympathetic, but I think it's glib to say "first and foremost" are our condolences.

  6. Re:I'm just waiting. . . on Steve Jobs Hates Buttons · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As a cyclist, I beg you, I implore you and I demand that you turn you damn phone off when you get in your car. Your tacit assumption that it is okay to use any phone while driving is nothing short of murderously inconsiderate.

    Switch the damn thing off when you get in your car. Let voicemail take the calls. Switch it back on when you get to your destination. Accept that no call is so important that it is worth the life of the person you splatter across the pavement.

  7. Cults and Language on World of Warcraft Hits 9 Million Users · · Score: 1

    pvp ... ganked ... tank ... respec ... nerf ... buff

    You know, it's a defining aspect of cults that they use their own language among members.

  8. Re:GB finally laid to rest on Nintendo May Retire Game Boy Name · · Score: 2, Insightful

    With games costing almost half the price of the console, I must say you have a strange definition of "cheap".