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  1. Re:lol capitalism. on eBay To Spin Off PayPal · · Score: 1

    Who says it must be hostile?

  2. Re:Canada Big, Slovenia Small on Bell Proposing Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1

    The cost of laying fibre from coast to coast would be astronomical. There are plenty of densely populated areas in the country which could be implemented more effectively.

  3. Re:Good luck with that. on Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car · · Score: 1

    Thanks to global warming, by 2020 you won't have to worry about sliding on a sheet of ice.

  4. Easy on Long-Term Personal Data Storage? · · Score: 1

    I believe that ridulian crystal is your best choice for long-term storage.

  5. iTunes Just Works on iTunes On OS X Finally Has Competition · · Score: 1

    I have an iPod. I buy music from the iTunes Store. Show me a music player which integrates with those two as well as iTunes (it Just Works), and I'll be interested.

  6. Not really that hard on Duplicating Your Housekeys, From a Distance · · Score: 1

    I don't know about M. Piquepaille, but it's not very hard to find my address online. How many places am I going to have keys for? My house, my car, my bike, and my mailbox. That's pretty much it. Besides, I geotag just about every picture I post to flickr. But who takes pictures of keys?

  7. Makes a nice alarm clock on Why Your Clock Radio Is All Abuzz About iPhones · · Score: 1

    The "annoying effect" is perfect for me and my BlackBerry. The buzzing in my clock radio is a sort of annoying mini-alarm which helps to wake me up in the morning. I put the phone in a drawer right under the radio and it automatically turns on in the morning.

  8. Re:Hello, context??? on Distributed.net Finds Optimal 25-Mark Golomb Ruler · · Score: 1

    If you think the story is something you might care about, and you don't know what it is, then read the article and then comment. If that's too much work, just move on to the next story. If you're not sure, then flip a coin. Not reading the article and then complaining that you don't know anything about the article is just being lazy.

  9. Re:Why ICANN? Why not ITU? on ICANN Releases Draft For New TLDs · · Score: 1

    As to your last point, you must be aware that there are already several TLDs with more than three characters: .aero, .asia, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, and .travel are all sponsored top-level domains, not to mention .name.

  10. Re:So a nearly-wimax review of something else? on WiMax Is Finally Coming — Here's How It Performs · · Score: 2

    What in the world does that mean? Why is it not WiMax? WiMax can be implemented using OFDM. Which WiMax standard was not final? 802.16e?

    I think this whole thing needs [citation needed]

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  11. Re:So a nearly-wimax review of something else? on WiMax Is Finally Coming — Here's How It Performs · · Score: 1

    I know you're a coward, but did you actually read the article? I can understand how you might be confused, but the word "WiMax" appears about 25 times. Why do you think this isn't a review of WiMax?

  12. It's about time! on Oracle To Sell Database Hardware · · Score: 0

    Well, it's gotta be better than installing Oracle yourself.

  13. Re:I haven't even rtfa, but here goes on New Study Links Plastics To Heart Disease, Diabetes · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should have RTFA first. "At least from this study, we cannot draw any conclusion that bisphenol A causes any health effect. As noted by the authors, further research will be needed to understand whether these statistical associations have any relevance at all for human health," Hentges said in a telephone interview.

  14. Re:If it doesn't work... on 'Super Steel' Sought For Fusion Reactors · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Recycling instructions on Hacking Esquire's E-ink Cover · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Fascinating.

    All of it can be recycled through your local municipal waste program in the same manner as you dispose of household batteries.

    Last time I checked, household batteries go to the landfill. At least that's what happens where I live. GP has it right.

  16. Re:Mandatory short answer: on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 3, Informative

    The correct thing to do is to tag it "yes".

  17. Re:Sony on Sony Recalls 73,000 Vaio Laptops Due To Burn Worry · · Score: 1

    Yes, Palm was a subsidiary of U.S. Robotics at the time. They still made the Pilot though.

  18. Online distribution on Blu-ray Gone In Five Years, Samsung Claims · · Score: 1

    Isn't it likely that Blu-Ray will be superseded within five years because we will get all our content online anyway? It's already happening, and will only accelerate with larger hard drives and bigger tubes.

  19. Re:Sony on Sony Recalls 73,000 Vaio Laptops Due To Burn Worry · · Score: 1

    I thought that Palm made Palm Pilots. My bad.

  20. Re:first proust! on Typical Home Bandwidth Usage? · · Score: 1

    That much is clear. Still, the question remains.

  21. Re:University of California *San Diego* on New Algorithm Boosts Network Efficiency · · Score: 1

    In my experience, "University of California" refers to the system, while "Cal" refers to Berkeley. Not having attended either, I defer to those with first-hand experience.

  22. Re:Oh, I'd like a version on IE8 Beta Released To Public · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that only work if the version for Linux worked exactly the same as the version for Windows? Who is going to certify that?

  23. Re:The Pedestrian on Ray Bradbury Turns 88 · · Score: 1

    I read 451 in high school English as well, but it was the sci-fi English course, not the core English curriculum. I was in an English school, not French.

  24. Re:What a waste of energy on Intel Claims an Advance In Wireless Power · · Score: 1

    Radio waves?

  25. Re:Insurance? on How Do I Prevent Lan Party Theft? · · Score: 1

    Get off my lawn!