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  1. Re:Recycling instructions on Hacking Esquire's E-ink Cover · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe Canada allows it, but California has had compulsory battery recycling laws since 2006.

  2. did you search? on Cell Phone For the Blind? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Google provides a lot of info, I found some interesting information and most of it appears recent. The 22C is a screenless-specific GSM phone that appears to be a good match.

  3. Re:Time for a new Interstate project on The Power Grid Can't Handle Wind Farms · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's a Walgreens in Reno that is entirely above Interstate 80. At least a few people are using that land commercially. Where I live, nearly all the interstate medians are paved, usually with a divider. That seems prohibitive towards subterranean infrastructure, based solely on cost.

    If you're gonna destroy the existing median in order to install electric/fiber/gas/whatever please add some rails on top...

  4. Re:Stored power on The Power Grid Can't Handle Wind Farms · · Score: 4, Informative

    (obviously construction would temporarily beat up the habitat, though.)

    The desert is very fragile... When I lived in the desert, a pizza delivery guy drove through our property and the tire tracks were clearly visible 5 years later when I left.

    Renewal of cryptobiotic crusts can take from 50 to 250 years. A destroyed ecosystem may require over 3,000 years for complete recovery, say co-authors Jeffrey E. Lovich and David Bainbridge in a 1999 article on the effect of human activity in the Southern California deserts.

    I know it's not exactly on topic to parent, but it illustrates how fragile the ecosystem is. source

  5. Re:Wait, who had 480i streaming video? on Why the Olympics Didn't Melt the Internet · · Score: 2, Funny

    I like futbol and all, but how do you play it without touching the ball? Do you will it past the defenders? I'll stick to kicking it...

  6. Re:Firmware? on Infineon Chipset May Be Cause of IPhone 3G Issues · · Score: 1

    True, I was thinking more of dumb phones and forgot about smart phones...

  7. Re:Firmware? on Infineon Chipset May Be Cause of IPhone 3G Issues · · Score: 1

    It gets better for you, but how many of your friends install firmware updates to their cell phones? Most people think I am crazy for updating firmware on my phone (and honestly, part of that is to get features that my carrier decided the handset doesn't need). At least Apple has the ability to push those radio improvement updates to the handset. That may be a blessing that the other manufacturers haven't capitalized on. I do own Moto's crappy software, but I don't know anyone else who does, perhaps a usb cable and a software CD should have been included in all the phones.

  8. Re:Bring it to a recycling centre on What Should I Do With My Tech Junk? · · Score: 1

    It appears that site is flipping out on the link you gave, like it's expecting the Francais or English parameter choice to be passed on. For other interested folks, I could only get it to work by first going to the root of the domain www.ecotrel.org and choosing either language.

  9. Re:My solution: DO IT on What Should I Do With My Tech Junk? · · Score: 1

    As a previous scout, I appreciate you doing that, but unfortunately the current computers merit badge isn't hardware at all... I don't think it was in my day either. The new copyright requirements are hilarious, if only we had iPods back then...

  10. Re:Recycle on What Should I Do With My Tech Junk? · · Score: 1

    I'm always sure to securely wipe the data before handing it over. Darik's Boot and Nuke is a great tool for that. Run it overnight and you'll be good to go. It looks like some lawyers got ahold of them and they've stopped saying how well it destructs, but it's definitely up to the latest standards. They are also partly funded by a North American recycler

  11. Re:Bring it to a recycling centre on What Should I Do With My Tech Junk? · · Score: 1

    Anyone taking old IT junk for free or without charging significantly for its disposal is almost certainly dumping.

    That's probably the case in most places, but thankfully California's Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 offsets the costs for recyclers here. Initially I was part of the "Oh noes more taxes!" club, but it's definitely having a positive impact. Many of the local landfills allow you to drop off e-waste and some businesses, like TV stations, organize big e-waste drives as PR campaigns.

    Charging a little extra at point-of-sale to guarantee safe recycling might turn out to be a very good idea, just nobody tell the CFL folks about it...

  12. Re:a match made in heaven . . . on MediaSentry Hired By People's Republic of China · · Score: 1

    All the misconceptions make my head hurt. It's not an HDTV conversion, it's not shutting off all OTA, etc. Read the official site

  13. Re:Why does this happen at all on Canadians File Class Actions Over Incoming SMS Fees · · Score: 1

    Parent has a good point. Although I live in Cali, so I kinda disagree with the 1 or 2 per state, even pre cell phones :) I had memorized a few local cell prefixes, but now with number portability it's damn near impossible to know what type of number you are calling. I didn't know about the obvious cell number prefix in the UK, seems like a fairly good idea.

    I do find it pretty odd that we can move across the country and keep the same cell number, but moving across town to a different central office and suddenly they can't support your previous number...

  14. Re:Why SMS? on Canadians File Class Actions Over Incoming SMS Fees · · Score: 1

    The various iterations of AT&T have been charging for all texts for close to 7 years now. A few years back I worked in a retail shop that sold Tmob, Sprint and Cingular, no free texts there either.

    I definitely agree with your hammer idea though.

  15. Re:Why SMS? on Canadians File Class Actions Over Incoming SMS Fees · · Score: 1

    It's only in the US, where they don't really understand how phones work

    Hey, I know enough to mash the keypad when I require a special dialing wand.

  16. Re:How did he get the credentials? on Where To Draw the Line When Punishing Email Snooping? · · Score: 1

    I disagree, giving someone a key to your house DOES give them the right to enter. Maybe not ethically without knocking, but they do legally have a right to enter your home.

  17. Re:The line is fine on Where To Draw the Line When Punishing Email Snooping? · · Score: 1

    It may be obvious to you, but that isn't covered under the law that you are quoting. Also, one of the allegedly accessed accounts was a corporate account and although it shouldn't be accessed by a co-worker, it belongs to the company and so does any associated messages.

    Going back to your wiki.answers source, there can't be any ignorance of a law when the said law is not applicable.

  18. Re:How did he get the credentials? on Where To Draw the Line When Punishing Email Snooping? · · Score: 1

    An earlier AC posted some info that definitely isn't in TFA... Maybe an inside source? http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=634517&cid=24457275

  19. Re:The line is fine on Where To Draw the Line When Punishing Email Snooping? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Except that e-mail is not US mail. You're confusing law about the US Postal Service (so snail mail) with e-mail.

  20. Re:Concerning on "Mobile Plate Hunter" Cameras Raise Questions · · Score: 1

    You are guilty. In my city various street parking areas require permits, if the car doesn't have the permit it can only park for 2 hours. I don't see how parking enforcement is supposed to know why you don't have a sticker in the window. The residents also get a couple rearview hang-tag permits for guests too, that helps eliminate the need to hire psychics.

  21. Re:Poor analysis on "Mobile Plate Hunter" Cameras Raise Questions · · Score: 2, Funny

    Plates may have been for proof of registration, but I'd gather the tags are more for that... anyway I hate to break it to you, but your house has an publicly identifiable number on it too, most likely on the front in 5 inch tall numbers.

    One huge difference is that you can't drive your house away from the scene of a crime.

  22. Re:Real player on Yahoo Offers Compensation For Unplayable Music · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're right. In another ten years when MS releases their flavor of linux, I'll still be flogging Vista and you'll tell me that they started doing good things and that they made Enterprise/Gov see the light about FOSS.

    Still doesn't change the fact that the company left a bad taste in many people's mouths... Can I interest you in some Enron stock, they're all about renewable resources now, I promise.

  23. Re:Better checker is dnsentropy. on DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation · · Score: 1

    1. 68.87.76.181 (sjos-cns03.sanjose.ca.sanfran.comcast.net) appears to have GOOD source port randomness and GREAT transaction ID randomness.

    Yeah... you're right. It certainly didn't work with FF3/IE8/Safari3 on my XP system.

    Hey does this mean Comcast finally did something right?

  24. Re:at&t not him on DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation · · Score: 1

    So only setup a proxy server to use OpenDNS, all it pretty much does is http traffic.

  25. Re:Real player on Yahoo Offers Compensation For Unplayable Music · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How is this offtopic? Experiences with Real Player were so unsatisfactory that many people I know won't use ever use a RealNetworks product. *buffering*