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  1. Re:$35 Million Dollars on Looking For iPad, Police Find 750 Pounds of Meth · · Score: 2, Funny

    The actual lesson is: Criminals are bloody stupid. If I had $35 million worth of drugs in a place, I would avoid doing anything that could get the police into my place.

    Or like letting them in without a warrant. FTA:

    The officers didn't have a search warrant, so they knocked on the door of the apartment and asked the occupants for permission to come in. They consented, Tomkins said.

    But lets be honest, it's not that all criminals are stupid. The smarter ones are currently looking for the original owner of that iPad with some questons about those mp3's he has...

  2. Re:Of all the games mentioned, what's missing? on Computer Games That Defined RPGs In the 1980s · · Score: 1
    FTA:

    Rogue still boasts a large fanbase that regularly partakes in sessions of both the original and more recent variants like NetHack and Angband.

    I still play Nethack on a regular basis, which totally baffles my wife. This game is the epitome of replay value. On another note, it's a shame they don't consider gaminig consoles, as FF1 brings back so many fond memories.

  3. Re:Does it work. on Police Find Apple Branded Stoves In China · · Score: 1

    Jeep Rubicon? Excuse me, but that's an Italian river and more familiar with the phrase 'Crossing the Rubicon' akin to making a move from which there is no return, as Julius Caesar took his legion across the river (I'm sure they didn't have Jeeps then). How utterly preposterous, isn't it?

    Aside from it's historical roots, the Rubicon is a famous trail in the Sierra Nevada, a portion of which is used by Jeep as a testing ground. It is also where they host their Jeep Jamboree . (Not to be confused with the other Jeep Jamboree.)

  4. Re:Either one or the other on Google Asks Court Not To Enjoin ReDigi · · Score: 3, Informative

    I thought the original phrase was "You can't eat your cake and have it too"

    The original phrase was "wolde you bothe eate your cake, and have your cake?" (“A dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of All the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue“ , John Heywood, 1546)

  5. Re:Good on Kindle Fire and Nook Upgrades Kill Root Access · · Score: 1
    I would guess the answer is in your own post:

    " without written permission from the publisher."

    Amazon undoubtedly has a contract with the publisher allowing the sale and distribution of said sale.

  6. iphone location from gps, or profile? on Pandora App Sends Private Data To Advertisers · · Score: 1

    I'm actually interested to see the hard facts on this concerning the iphone. When I pull up my location services on my phone it claims to list all of the applications that have requested my location in the past 24 hrs and pandora is not listed. I always thought the geographic data was pulled from my profile, mostly because all my ads are based on Chicago products, though I haven't lived there in 10 years. And yes, lets be honest, why would I my actual information in my profile? When signing in Pandora states that "Pandora may use your device model, ID and system version to personalize listening and advertising". Nope, nothing about geography...

  7. But where's the conspiracy? on Rogue Satellite Shuts Down US Weather Services · · Score: 1

    Rogue, or a test of satellite jamming capabilities? No amount of software/hardware security will help if you just have to float a satellite with a 'stuck transmitter' on over.

  8. Dreamcast dev kit on SD Adapter For Dreamcast Released · · Score: 1

    I honestly hadn't realized that this system still had a dev community. I have a Dreamcast dev kit and some original blanks gathering dust in my garage, perhaps it's time I passed them on to someone who will actually use them.

  9. Ever wonder why you work at BK? on Fire and Explosion At Hydrogen Station Near Rochester Airport · · Score: 1

    "A 20-year-old female fast food employee was injured when she leaned out of a nearby Burger King drive-thru window to see what the explosion was." Nope, that answered that.