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  1. Re:As much as I hate... on Comcast Hounded By Collections Agency · · Score: 1

    If you can get Verizon FiOS where you are, get it. I have it in Glen Burnie, and love it. I have 25/25, and routinely hit those speeds, have never had an item blocked (my own web server..no email server yet) and don't see throttling on my connection for any service (bittorent included).

  2. Re:level on Minnesota School Issues iPad 2 To Every Student · · Score: 1
  3. Re:level on Minnesota School Issues iPad 2 To Every Student · · Score: 1

    If you bought any of those for students, you should be fired.

    Viewsonic gTablet?

    http://www.laptopmag.com/review/tablets/viewsonic-g-tablet.aspx [laptopmag.com]

    Same specs as the iPad2 at half the price, Android, so it is open to being modified with a "school image" to allow them to lock it down and add software they deem useful. I would say that the guy who chose the iPad should be fired for wasting money on Apple crap that could be accomplished for half the price with one of these Android tablets.

  4. Re:level on Minnesota School Issues iPad 2 To Every Student · · Score: 1

    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/?cds2Pid=35700

    Why would you disclude the Nook Color? It is a $250 7.5" Android tablet. 5gb internal storage, with up to 32 gb expansion, and the same horsepower as the iPad 1.

  5. Re:NASA on The Space Station As a Simulated Mars Mission? · · Score: 1

    A settlement up in the clouds is doable and would be near the same temperature/pressure range we are used to, it is just a matter of doing it.

    Did you read my post, or just reply out of hand?

  6. Re:I keep telling everyone on Wardrivers Target Seattle Businesses · · Score: 1

    If you leave your car door unlocked, and it is stolen, the insurance company won't pay up for damage when the car is recovered. If there is no sign of forced entry on your house when it is robbed, same thing. In both cases you will have to fight with your insurance company to get them to pay out, as it appears that you allowed the robbery in both cases.

  7. Re:I keep telling everyone on Wardrivers Target Seattle Businesses · · Score: 1

    Or watching porn on your TV with no curtains...you are showing it to all...

  8. Re:I keep telling everyone on Wardrivers Target Seattle Businesses · · Score: 1

    Old or cheap, pick one.

  9. Re:no problem here on AT&T Admits Network Can't Handle iPhone, iPad Traffic · · Score: 1

    No problems here in the Baltimore area on Verizon, perhaps it is true that they can handle the iPhone, as it isn't any different from any other smartphone...

    Oh, and love the Verizon unlimited data plans.

  10. Re:NASA on The Space Station As a Simulated Mars Mission? · · Score: 1

    I don't agree with AC's comment about waste, but I would think Venus would be a better planet to visit, there is more similarity with Earth, while still needing many things solved before being possible. A settlement up in the clouds is doable and would be near the same temperature/pressure range we are used to, it is just a matter of doing it.

  11. Re:FFS on Greenpeace Says the Internet Emits Too Much CO2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Welsh.

  12. Re:These scientists.... on CERN, LHC Sets New Luminosity World Record · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they will be able to create a new element that can more safely power the Iron Man suit?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228705/

  13. Re:Anecdotal on iPhone and Location: Don't Panic · · Score: 1

    This deserves +5 informative. Thank you very much for the information.

  14. Re:How are the photos even considered evidence? on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 1

    I received one of these tickets recently from my ex wife's car who happened to register an old plate of mine. The name on the registration was mine, and according to the ticket, I was absolutely culpable for the ticket. It is part of the agreement you make with the state in order to drive a car. I was able to get out of the ticket as the car on the registration wasn't the car the plate was on, so I wasn't very concerned about it, but the ticket is quite clear that it is your problem.

  15. Re:Anecdotal on iPhone and Location: Don't Panic · · Score: 1

    That concerns me just as much as the iPhone doing it. However, it appears that the Android one is rather temporary, not the extended log file that the iPhones store. Unfortunately, I don't think I could root my X even if I wanted to, and the tool to output it requires root.

  16. Re:How are the photos even considered evidence? on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 2

    The tickets from these cameras have no points (or you can fight to have the points dropped with this argument) the fine you should pass on to whoever was driving the car. You are ultimately responsible for any offenses that happen in your car, even if you aren't driving it.

  17. Re:Glad someone is challenging this on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 1

    Having never received a speeding ticket, I can only speculate, but my understanding is that there are different infraction levels for speeding, and they work out to:

    0-9 over x
    10-19 over y ...

    so, that difference is an entire infraction level different. This information I received from friends who are police officers. Now, the amount of difference I don't know, but my understanding is the 0-9 level is $50, so it isn't even worth the officer's time to actually issue a ticket, and I believe 10-19 is somewhere around $150 and 2 points, which is enough to generally attempt to fight.

  18. Re:and where's heisenberg? on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 1, Funny

    And manage to have the brake lights not be activated in either picture...I wish I had reactions like that.

  19. Re:camera con? on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 1

    I live in Maryland, and had one of these go off when I was doing 5 under the speed limit. Also, this one happened to be on a four lane divided highway, what is to say which car is the one that triggers the camera?

  20. Re:Laser beams you say? on Lasers To Replace Sparkplugs In Engines? · · Score: 1

    The NOx were a race in Stargate. They tended to have leaves and twigs in their hair. Wouldn't it be good to have more NOx?

    http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/The_Nox

  21. Re:NASCAR? Not likely this century on Lasers To Replace Sparkplugs In Engines? · · Score: 1

    If there is no rule against it, is it really cheating? I would call it creatively working inside the rules to create an advantage.

  22. Re:tethered via adhoc wifi will do the job on The Tablet Debate: 3G Or Wi-Fi? · · Score: 1

    Fortunately LTE will soon make the point moo.

    Did someone let the cows access the internet again? I thought we all agreed we did not want cows on the internet...

  23. Re:wifi? on The Tablet Debate: 3G Or Wi-Fi? · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth
    Bluetooth range: 1m, 10m or 100m

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11
    wifi range: 38m or 70m

    So I guess bluetooth could be longer range, or near same, but most bluetooth devices are class 2 nowadays which is only 10m. Therefore, bluetooth uses less power.

  24. Re:Too pricey. on The Tablet Debate: 3G Or Wi-Fi? · · Score: 1

    Their network doesn't have as much coverage as Verizon or ATT. But if you have coverage in your area, you are set.

  25. Re:Too pricey. on The Tablet Debate: 3G Or Wi-Fi? · · Score: 1

    This is more fun with your home routers. I used to run "GetCurtainsISeeYou" and "ImDatingYourDaughter" it was very funny when the neighbors started asking about it.