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  1. Cheesy on Iceland is Suing a Supermarket That's Using Its Name (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I used to love Dorman's Iceland cheese. They had some pretty good Baby Swiss also.

  2. Re:I hope this helps on Amazon Bans Incentivized Reviews Tied To Free Or Discounted Products (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, the last small kitchen gadget I bought came with a card telling me how to get freebies to review. Small kitchen stuff seems like a category that is teeming with shills. I deliberately look for quality reviews, especially as the price climbs.

  3. Re:No end... on TV Manufacturers Accused of Gaming Energy Usage Tests (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    Power factor correction for electronics is old news, here's an article from 2010 - http://www.edn.com/electronics...

  4. Presumably the cells contain the original information. If so, it's just a matter of formatting the columns to display properly. First encountered this 20-plus years ago when Excel was popping up dates for my numerical data. That's when I learned about Julioan dates!

  5. Re:So an old man says TVs are too complicated? on TVs Are Still Too Complicated, and It's Not Your Fault (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I worked at a new car dealer for a miserable year. None of this sounds unfamiliar.

  6. Obviously doesn't have the chops of the Beastie Boys, who recorded an entire concert with phones supplied to fans, in 2006.

  7. Amazon on Finnish Mail System Abandons Tuesday Delivery · · Score: 1

    And yet, I get Sunday afternoon Amazon deliveries from a USPS truck. I'd be perfectly willing to wait an extra day. Hopefully I'm not the only house they're driving to!

  8. Knew a lobsterman who used loran - he said he'd cut his throttle coming up on a waypoint, and stick his gaff out the port side and grab his trawl in the dark. Pretty damn accurate, without a GUI.

  9. The local stations need more time to yammer about this law firm and that garden center that are valued sponsors. And to pretend that the guy who's his own engineer and producer is a host of All Things Considered.

  10. Too big to fail on Tech's Big 5 -- Here to Stay? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm old enough to remember a pundit writing that Sorcim (WordStar), Ashton-Tate (dBase 2) and Lotus had the world tied up and were unassailable.

  11. Forty years later, I still have my beloved CRC math handbook. Offered it to my son when he followed me into physics, but he was using wikipedia for derivatives and integrals. I still like browsing databooks, which were like baseball card collections back in the day. They were often like unobtainium, but - I made time for a TI factory rep, and he sent me everything they had. Likewise, I returned a woman's call at Motorola, and she was so happy I received two large boxes a couple days later. Doesn't hurt to be nice once in a while.

  12. Firefly on Is There Too Much New Programming On TV? · · Score: 1

    I'll just keep watching reruns of Bar Rescue, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and Airplane Repo until there's a new season of Firefly.

  13. Still inefficient. on Simple Geometry = More Seats In an Airline · · Score: 1

    Why does it posit keeping people semi-vertical? I'm sure we could be better-packed as logs. And stripping to put on bunnysuits, rather than a 3-D scan.

  14. Re:Fuck Off Dice on Do Tech Companies Ask For Way Too Much From Job Candidates? · · Score: 1

    I keep getting hounded by things I've already bought. Maybe I should return them.

  15. Re:Good grief... on Bill Nye Disses "Regular" Software Writers' Science Knowledge · · Score: 1

    "Really heavy boots" is the one that breaks my heart.

  16. Re:Have Both on The Case For Flipping Your Monitor From Landscape to Portrait · · Score: 1

    As a long-time CAD jockey, I've got a 22 on the left for mundane stuff, and a 27 front and center, both landscape.

  17. Disclosure on White House Punts On Petition To Allow Tesla Direct Sales · · Score: 1

    There was a time when manufacturers didn't have to even publish MSRP. The dealer network rather than direct sales was an early attempt at consumer protection. You probably take for granted the Monroney sticker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroney_sticker) on the window but it's not a voluntary disclosure.

  18. Re:9.1 on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 1

    I heard rumors that 9.11 will let you gesture at other computers.

  19. Re:Interesting... on McAfee Brand Name Will Be Replaced By Intel Security · · Score: 1

    I first downloaded it from his BBS and it saved my ass big time, as users had been infected by a bad copy of Norton Utilities.

  20. Re:Damn on Lockheed To Furlough 3,000 On Monday, Layoffs Also Kicking In · · Score: 1

    Vacuum fluorescent displays, flash tubes, argon lamps, the magnetron in every microwave oven, klystrons in accelerators, radio, microwave and radar transmitters, traveling wave tubes in satellites, and let's not forget nuclear weapon triggers. I guess gas lasers would also fall into this category.

  21. Re:In other news on Apple Starts Blocking Unauthorized Lightning Cables With iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    We've seen this before with automobile OEMs in the 70s insisting only they could produce replacement body parts. And I'd like to think that hell holds a special place for whatever genius advanced the idea of blocking incoming calls to pay phones.

  22. Creepers on LinkedIn Accused of Hacking Customers' E-Mails To Slurp Up Contacts · · Score: 1

    I've been saying for several years that LinkedIn's suggestions creep me out. I've got a personal email address linked to it, but it's suggested that I might know people I've only contacted through employer emails (completely unrelated to my contacts and industry), or even only contacted by phone! I feel it's gotten worse since they went public. I hope they get their ass kicked in court, I'll be following this case closely.

  23. I've never worried about theft of my '76 Chevy C-10. It has an anti-theft device called a carburetor.

  24. Re:How'd the government know what they were Googli on Google Pressure Cookers and Backpacks: Get a Visit From the Feds · · Score: 1

    cf. "Hobson's Choice."

  25. Re:RTFM on Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea · · Score: 1

    She saved my ass more than once, but I had no idea. There was no indication in the brief bio in the book, and I made an (probably sexist) assumption that it was perhaps a male Israeli name. Her book now resides in my brother's barn, next to the DG Aviion.