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  1. Re:Security theatre on TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags · · Score: 1

    It is nice to have that option. But I didn't see how it was difficult to pull the laptop out of the bag and put it in a bin on the belt in the first place. Then again, people struggle with just taking their shoes off so maybe the laptop-out-of-the-bag trick is hard to master.

  2. Re:Hey, the TSA does screw all with private planes on TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags · · Score: 1

    Airport security is tighter than you think for the private carriers. You can't get into the area where the planes are without the standard full background check. Even simple couriers that bring packages to the airport have to go through this. In Seattle they call it the SIDA(Stop and Identify Area) If you don't have your badge or forget your badge, you don't work until you have it. They fine you for letting people pass behind you at gates and doors and fine you for getting caught without your badge and then there is the $500 fine to get your badge replaced if you lose it.

  3. Re:Stuck in a bed for months = torture on NASA "Bed Rest" Contractor Blogs the Days · · Score: 1

    So how did they keep your eyes immobilized during REM sleep? Something just isn't right.

  4. Re:Some data 4 U on OMG Did U C What U R Paying 4 Texting? · · Score: 1

    The answer is simple. You are paying for airtime, not the phone call. If you are using up channel on the cell tower then you are using their service. The phone call is a product of their service.

  5. Re:Some data 4 U on OMG Did U C What U R Paying 4 Texting? · · Score: 1

    My family decided to turn off all text capabilities. I know this is like boycotting McDonald's, futile, but it's something I can do to protest the high prices of texting. Apparently they are using the same idea as the oil companies. Crank up the prices and see if people still buy it.

  6. Re:open works better on Twilight Hack Defeats Wii Menu Update 3.3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This isn't lockdown. There are many tools available to read the diag codes from your car. His $20,000 tool and 2 modules covers most vehicles. But as an end user, you can buy a scan tool exclusively for your vehicle for under $300. If your vehicle is 96 or newer then it's OBDII and the tools are even cheaper as they have standardized the language cars speak.

  7. Re:double fuel problem on Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars · · Score: 1

    Water doesn't freeze when mixed with alcohol which is what is done in colder climates with this type of system.

  8. Re:Markup on SMS 4x More Expensive Than Data From Hubble · · Score: 1

    Verizon forced IMs over the SMS network when they could have gone over the broadband. I thought that was an interesting way rip people off.

  9. Re:Wrong Shuttle or wrong image name? on Data Recovered From Space Shuttle Columbia HDD · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since the Challenger blew up before that kind of hard drive technology existed(1986), I'm pretty sure it's a mistake in picture naming.