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  1. Re:I've always used http://tinyurl.com/ on Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Nah, was taken already

  2. Re:Google suggests ... on Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Have convenient is it to enter a 50 chars URL on a mobile device?

  3. Re:The failure of socialism on Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Beer? Oh, not free though. And definitely wouldn't last forever!

  4. Re:Or, or on Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    no need of a shortener with such a short link

  5. Re:Goo.d on Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    should do like slashdot, display the domain in [ ]'s.

  6. Re:I've always used http://tinyurl.com/ on Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another service is available http://thisisanurlshorteningse...

  7. Re:Transient services on Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    FDL is the new service ...

  8. Re: Ah yes, that game from way back when on A Struggling Town Is Reviving Itself With... Geocaching (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Geocaching is not an "obsolete" game. It became a [geo]Cashing factory, though.

  9. GeoCashing on A Struggling Town Is Reviving Itself With... Geocaching (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Geocaching is a GO PREMIUM! real-world, outdoor UPGRADE! treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled UPGRADE! devices. Participants GO PREMIUM! navigate to a UPGRADE! specific set of GPS coordinates and then UPGRADE! attempt to find the geocache GO PREMIUM (container) hidden at that location. Geocaches GO PREMIUM! can be found all UPGRADE! over the world. It is common for GO PREMIUM! geocachers to UPGRADE! hide caches in locations GO PREMIUM! that are important to UPGRADE! them, reflecting a GO PREMIUM! special interest UPGRADE! or skill of the cache GO PREMIUM! owner. These UPGRADE! locations can be quite GO PREMIUM! diverse. They may UPGRADE! be at your GO PREMIUM! local park, at the end of UPGRADE! a long GO PREMIUM! hike, underwater or on UPGRADE! the side of a city street. UPGRADE!!!!

  10. Re:Starbucks targeted on Coffee Requires Cancer Warning, California Judge Rules (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    *Because

  11. Starbucks targeted on Coffee Requires Cancer Warning, California Judge Rules (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And why's that? Because the more coffee is roasted, the more carcinogen it has. And why Starbucks? Before heavily roasting coffee is a way to give ordinary cheap beans a stronger flavor.

  12. Re:Skim the Sun's surface?! on An Up-Close Look At the Parker Solar Probe -- the Spacecraft That Will Skim the Sun's Surface (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    An ID above 4.8m is like an AC...

  13. Re:Skim the Sun's surface?! on An Up-Close Look At the Parker Solar Probe -- the Spacecraft That Will Skim the Sun's Surface (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Very funny, but very redundant also ;-)

  14. Re:724,000 KPH!!! on An Up-Close Look At the Parker Solar Probe -- the Spacecraft That Will Skim the Sun's Surface (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    It's probably easier to go towards the Sun.

  15. Re:Really? on Scientists Explain the Sound of Knuckle Cracking (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    These guys must have had some time travelling engine

  16. And on Scientists Explain the Sound of Knuckle Cracking (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    did scientists explain also why this sound is unbearable?

  17. Re:We might already have a working theory... on An Up-Close Look At the Parker Solar Probe -- the Spacecraft That Will Skim the Sun's Surface (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    'Gigantic' is all relative, compared to other stars, our Sun is not the brightest.

  18. FYI on An Up-Close Look At the Parker Solar Probe -- the Spacecraft That Will Skim the Sun's Surface (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    At its closest the probe will be 1/10 the distance Sun-Mercury

  19. Re:The sun doesn't really have a "surface" on An Up-Close Look At the Parker Solar Probe -- the Spacecraft That Will Skim the Sun's Surface (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you mod True and Insightful?

  20. Re:sacrebl.eu! on European Commission Says It Will Cancel All 300,000 UK-Owned .EU Domains (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    .eu.n.uk

  21. Re:The US should do the same with all .com domains on European Commission Says It Will Cancel All 300,000 UK-Owned .EU Domains (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    where do you see "us" in "com" ?

  22. Re:Is the UK really going to go through with this? on European Commission Says It Will Cancel All 300,000 UK-Owned .EU Domains (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    so far none of the benefits of Brexit have materialized

    Well, without imports/exports with the EU, UK will fully enjoy their own food, for one.

  23. Apple is not in the self driving car business on Uber Settles With Family of Woman Killed By Self-Driving Car, Avoids Lawsuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And that's good news. If each iOS 11 bug costs a life, Earth population is at risk.

  24. Re:Surprise on European Commission Says It Will Cancel All 300,000 UK-Owned .EU Domains (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Many domain squatters jumped onto the occasion to take the most 3 and 4 letters domains and other most common names. Many squatters are in the UK it seems.

  25. Re:Don't use country domains on European Commission Says It Will Cancel All 300,000 UK-Owned .EU Domains (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Plus it's very hard to get a decent .com name. .Com is so crowded that any new name has to be long and meaningless.