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  1. Airline Ticket Prices on The $100,000 Device That Could Have Solved Missing Plane Mystery · · Score: 1

    How many people could afford the cost of a plane ticket after all the aircraft have this device installed? The cost will be passed on to the customers.

  2. Re:Because men don't quit to have children on All Else Being Equal: Disputing Claims of a Gender Pay Gap In Tech · · Score: 1

    I'm sure this is very uncommon, but I worked with a guy who took a year off when his wife had their third child (she only took a month). Why? Partly because he wanted a chance to be the primary caregiver but mainly because she made more money than him and it made economic sense.

    So, if women were paid better than their husbands, would we see more situations like this? I think yes, but probably never the majority.

  3. Re:Pour water through the branch? on Water Filtration With a Tree Branch · · Score: 2

    If you'd RTFA, you'd know they put branch into a tube (fit tightly) and fed the water thru it that way.

  4. Re:It's about time. on Death Hovers Politely For Americans' Swipe-and-Sign Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    You can change them to all use the same PIN. That's what I did with my two credit cards and one debit card.

  5. Re:Let me be the first to say... on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 1

    There is a big difference to carrying a corporate cell phone and this device.

  6. Re:Should Everybody Learn Calculus? on Should Everybody Learn To Code? · · Score: 2

    I'd agree that a person that uses a computer often should learn to script, but not to code.

    Again, we're talking degrees of knowledge. My 78 year old mom uses a computer often, daily in fact. She checks email, plays Mahjong and Solitaire and surfs the web. I don't think it would be beneficial for her in any way to know how to script, let alone code. Think about all the people who use computers often/daily in their work, they're in the same situation.

  7. Re:Discovering free to download music on Canadian Music Industry Calls For Internet Regulation, Website Blocking · · Score: 1

    In Alberta, we also have CKUA (Canada's first public broadcaster) which can be streamed on the web for those outside of radio frequency range. It's the best radio station around. Check it out! http://www.ckua.com/

  8. Citations? on India Frees Itself of Polio · · Score: 1

    Could you cite a source or two for that claim?

  9. Re:About time on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 1

    Not that I don't disagree with you, but who was it that gave him the Nobel Peace Prize less than a year into his first term? I wonder if there's second thoughts going on in the minds of the committee members that made that decision now...

  10. Re:Some people won't bother to pick up mail on Canada Post Announces the End of Urban Home Delivery · · Score: 1

    I still have delivery to my door and the postal and flyer delivery people respect my "no junk mail" sign. My friend just puts the junk in the outgoing mail slot. I plan on doing the same.

  11. Re:It's a doomed race against time on Get Ready For a Streaming Music Die-Off · · Score: 1

    I'd mod you up if I could. But, I think "talent" also needs to be added ot the answer.

  12. Re:They pop up and notify me they are running. on Ask Slashdot: What Makes You Uninstall Apps? · · Score: 2

    then it logically follows the flashlight app needs permission to access location data in order to function.

    Not to me it doesn't.

  13. Re:Parasitic leeches. on Martin Luther King Jr's Children In Court Over MLK IP · · Score: 1

    Being a Christian is not about being perfect: http://wilk4.com/misc/whenisay.htm

  14. Re:Where? on Sleep Found To Replenish a Type of Brain Cell · · Score: 2
  15. Re:Not sure why you think you need something new.. on Ask Slashdot: Hands-On Activity For IT Career Fair · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I'd mod up both parent and grandparent if I could.

  16. Re:Need to diffuse the light a bit... on Illuminating Window-Less Houses With a Plastic Bottle · · Score: 1

    I wasn't replying to you, but to the AC who replied to you. He obviously didn't RTFA. :)

  17. Re:Need to diffuse the light a bit... on Illuminating Window-Less Houses With a Plastic Bottle · · Score: 1

    The bleach is to keep the water/bottle clear of algae, not to make it cloudy.

  18. Re:But why? on Ask Slashdot: Setting Up Non-Obnoxious Outdoor Lighting? · · Score: 1

    That's a good idea especially since it's portable and can be used anywhere light is needed, not just in her own yard.

  19. Re:Infringer? on How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear · · Score: 1

    Although I think the poster really intended to write "patents", I see where "patience" is also necessary. :)

  20. Re:Infringer? on How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear · · Score: 1

    Like many things their needs to be the correct balance. We need Patents and Copyrights...

    FTFY

  21. Re:Screen saver? How about Screen liberator? on How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear · · Score: 1

    I go to youtube when I've heard a snippet of song (usually in movie trailers, tv shows etc.) and want to hear the whole thing to see if I like it. I don't really care what's the visual is, I just want to hear the music. If I like it, I usually research other music by the same artist and that often involves listening to other youtube videos.

  22. Re:The problem is statistics on Reversible Male Contraception With Gold Nanorods · · Score: 1

    I've heard that more conceptions are male, but more births are female because more miscarriages are male babies. This is supposedly due to the XY for boys vs. XX for girls. For girls, if one of the chromosones on mom's X has an issue, it can compensated by a good one on dad's X and vice versa. No compensation for boys with XY and so more miscarriages.

    Makes sense and I tried to find a reference for this but didn't find one on a quick search; might be able to find one if I spend more than 10 mins...

  23. Re:that's how a 15 years old teenager on Lawyer Loses It In Letter To Patent Office · · Score: 0

    third

  24. Re:nope on Windows: Not Doomed Yet · · Score: 4, Informative

    Many (many) years ago, I used the MS-DOS version of WordPerfect. It was what was on the computers at school and on my friends' computers (those who actually had a PC in their home). I was good at it and was happy with it.

    Windows 3.1 came out and WordPerfect launched a new version for it. It was horrible! We used it at work and I was always frustrated with how I had to "reveal codes" to get any meaningful text formatting done.

    When I bought my first computer, it was mainly for writing papers for university, so a good word processing application was key. At the store, I asked what other word processing programs were available and I played with Word 2.0 for a few minutes. It was beautiful! I went home with Word.

    That may not explain why others went with Word over WordPerfect, but it explains why I did.

  25. Re:They get it on T-Mobile Ends Contracts and Subsidies · · Score: 2

    This. Telus and Bell have an agreement to share their infrastructure to save on costs. It's not that Bell has a receiver/trasmitter on Telus towers below Telus', they USE Telus' in the west and vice versa in the east. "Bellus" is a common nickname for a reason...