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  1. Re:Um... on Senators Vow To Renew Bid For State Taxes On Remote Internet Sales · · Score: 0

    bump.

  2. Re:Keep up or shut up on Should Younger Developers Be Paid More? · · Score: 0

    TBH I find that most of the time people just don't ask for more money, they expect it to get handed to them. Who knows, maybe the fresh-out just asked for more? That's always worked well for me.

  3. Re:Who cares about 3G usage? on Sleeping iPhones Send Phantom Data · · Score: 1

    Read the TOS/EULA on the iPhone/iPod Touch if you have one of those two devices. You are giving that authorization by using the device. Detailed in that document is what's authorized. Its quite a bit of information they track. You can find it under Settings > About > Legal

  4. Multiple sets... on How Do You Handle Your Keys? · · Score: 1

    I was once out in the boonies wakeboarding and my friend accidentally dropped my keys in the lake. Everything on them, house, car etc. Had to get a locksmith to make me a new car key just to get home. After that I started keeping car keys and house keys separate and having two keyrings. Sometimes I didnt need both, say when I was going somewhere and wasnt driving. Lately, though, I've reduced the number of keys I have and am back to one keyring. The keys I dont use frequently in conjunction with car keys like motorcycle keys i leave at home on the hook.

  5. Windows 7... on What Advice For a Single Parent As Server Admin? · · Score: 1

    Does nearly all, if not all, this out of the box.

  6. Re:Yes on Netflix Sued For Privacy Invasion · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's really two different ways of listing the code actually, one of which would probably get you down to that level. Zip code is 5 digits + 4 additional digits. When mailing something only the first 5 are required. the additional 4 would likely identify you down to the street level. 12345-XXXX would get you there, but there may be a hundred thousand people in all of 12345. Its unclear to me which Netflix released. Generally the mail I receive with an automatically generated address label (such as from Netflix) includes the -XXXX

  7. Re:Yes on Netflix Sued For Privacy Invasion · · Score: 1

    It varies in size. I've lived in zip codes where population has ranged from maybe 20,000 people to one as large as 300,000 people.

  8. Kinda with everyone else on What Can I Expect As an IT Intern? · · Score: 1

    I'm with the others that $8/hr is a slap in the face. My first internship paid >$18/hr and probably provided more valuable experience... Dunno what else to add to what everyone else said.

  9. Are you sure? on Google Eliminates Gizmo5 Client For Linux · · Score: 4, Informative

    Um, i checked the gizmo5 site this morning and the Linux client is still on the download page with the OS X and Windows versions.

  10. Re:Respect rules of the road, not just the officia on Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    I agree with the frustrating left lane chain due to one asshole going slower or equal to the traffic on the right (usually equal, so that nobody can get by). Once I can actually get around someone like this, sometimes I will get in front of him and slow down significantly... well below the speed limit for two purposes: 1) It annoys him 2) it creates a gap where people in the chain can pass this asshole on the right. VA does have a left lane for passing only law, but i've never seen it enforced. My latest grip about the beltway is the ramp from 66E to get on 495S. It used to be two exit lanes that merge once they reach the beltway. Due to recent construction, the 2nd lane has been closed off and now there's only one exit lane. Since the merge was eliminated, I expected the flow of traffic to speed UP, however now, people tend to slow down or stop as if there was no place to merge at the end of the ramp..... The lane does not, in fact end, so I see no reason to even slow down--> the lane now has no merge and doesnt end. Why do people act as if they're driving off the edge of a cliff? Its gotten so bad in fact, that I now go a few miles further east and backtrack because its faster than sitting in this exit lane.

  11. Re:GV is not VOIP. AT&T Still get their minute on Apple Kills Google Voice Apps On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    There are already handfuls of apps on the App Store for free SMS.

  12. Re: Not sure I understand the comparison... on Apple Kills Google Voice Apps On the iPhone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Skype is there to offer cheap international rates, albeit crippled with WiFi, However, how many people are actually using their cell for international calls? I wish i could take a poll, cause i doubt its many, if any unless someone else is footing the bill. I cant imagine paying exorbitant international cell rates for any of my calls.

  13. Not sure I understand the comparison... on Apple Kills Google Voice Apps On the iPhone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So.. I'm a little confused here. There's all sorts of talk about Google Voice competing with the iPhone (at least on some other news sites that have published this) Not sure I understand the comparison. Google Voice for phone calls uses at&t minutes, which don't cost Apple. Its simply call forwarding. This is not VOIP folks. Google Voice SMS doesnt cost Apple either. There are PLENTY of other free SMS apps on the App Store already, why not Google Voice? Voicemail transcriptions surely don't duplicate functionality of either Apple or at&t. As far as alternative visual voicemail, again there are already apps on the App Store for that. (ie. YouMail). Can someone please enlighten me how this is due to Google trying to compete with Apple, or even at&t?

  14. Google Chrome on Microsoft Agrees To EU Browser Ballot Screen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Here's something I think is interesting but haven't heard mentioned. Since Google Chrome is a likely candidate for the "browser ballot" I can see a scenario such as this: Most people have no idea what a web browser is to begin with as evidenced by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ Clearly many people think that "Google" is a browser rather than a search engine. This seems like a great way to exploit that percentage of the population by offering this "browser ballot". Many people will see "Google" and think "Oh! That's what I normally use. I'll choose that" Thoughts?

  15. A step forward and a step backward. on Obama Proposes Digital Health Records · · Score: 1

    It seems as if this is a step forward and a step backward. A standard health record seems like a great idea but... I still feel that most firms are not knowledgeable regarding the security of their electronic data. This poses the question, "Who will store the data?" If it is to be the federal government, I feel this is a step, or two back. (Forward if you're excited about the beginning of realizing Gattaca). Electronic records, unfortunately, pose more threat to the safety of your data and the abuse you will receive from the government (universal healthcare or not) and private health care companies both.

  16. Re:Great... How much longer till 1984? on DHS To Grab Biometric Data From Green Card Holders · · Score: 1

    The grammar nazi in me urges a link to: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#44