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  1. looking at on Generating Revenue with On-Line Ads? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    http://www.google.com/
    "Searching 4,285,199,774 web pages"

    so, advertising revenue, by one count, averages 50 cents, per web page, per year...

    beat 50c per page at your site, in a year, and count yourself lucky....

  2. Re:Slightly more off topic on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    try this
    to search.. works better to use google and site: then most websites own searches, especially microsofts knowledgebase.

  3. whose business models are built upon legal action on SCO and Baystar Strike a Deal · · Score: 1
    Like a law firm?

    I know, the law is never a good way to go....

  4. at my work on Pre-Employment Skill Set and Aptitude Tests? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    a hotel.. we have one test for desk clerks.
    our tax rate is 6%. anyone who cannot answer, what's the tax amount on a 100$ sale, we will never hire..

    answers vary, one accounting major looking for a summer job answered "about 60$" and called the next day to apologize, needless to say, he wasn't hired...

    a simple test can be the most effective....

  5. read for comprehension? on Highest Bridge in the World Nearing Completion · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I specified, island to island.., I knew that. yet, people do want to connect russia and alaska, and the islands do figure in to the plans. and looky here

    The intensity of use of this railroad corridor, and its effect on overall economic productivity of North American and Eurasian nations, changes entirely when it crosses the Bering Strait--as is now definitely technologically feasible by tunnel (Figure 2), using the two islands, (Little Diomede and Big Diomede) which lie along the Strait crossing in order to break up its total length. The long-awaited Alaska-Canada railroad corridor then becomes an extension of the northern Eurasian Land-Bridge--involving the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur lines, and the Chinese northern rail line construction extending to them--and part of the "world land-bridge."

  6. Have you EVER on Fix a Troubled Mac · · Score: 1

    been working on a computer for someone, where it's the SOLE MACHINE available
    and you can't get the free online info, because the machine won't go online?

  7. Re:Highest? on Highest Bridge in the World Nearing Completion · · Score: 1
    Do you know how many hours/days it would take to drive that distance?

    russia to the tip of alaska might be doable.. at the closest point, russia and alaska are 3 miles apart

    'course, that's an island to an island, but still...

  8. Re:Okay, no gmail for California on California Senate Passes Preemptive Strike Against Gmail · · Score: 1

    Um, they are IN california, and therefore still bound by those state laws.

  9. SUV's that get worse mileage than 50 year old 500 on Battery Development Off The Beaten Path · · Score: 1
    it's easy to get better mileage when you don't give a damn about the byproducts/output.

    it's not easy to live up to all the clean air requirements of the 2004 car manufacturer.. and your 1954 truck doesn't have to....

  10. since light is the FASTEST moving thing on The Universe is Pretty Big · · Score: 1

    does this not mean, in addition to knowing the size, the correct age is known?..
    i.e. if the universe were 1 light year across, then it would be six months old, as it's expanded in all directions for that long?

  11. A/D converter on The RIAA's Push for an Audio Broadcast Flag · · Score: 1
    repeat after me, MICROPHONE

    your hypothetical student can hold one up to the speaker

  12. not on the warranty card? on Intel CPU Warranty Invalid w/o CPU Fan? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    "This limited warranty does not cover damages due to external causes, including accident, problems with electrical power, usage not in accordance with product instructions, misuse, neglect, alteration, repair, improper installation, or improper testing."

    what do the instructions say concerning the fan? do they say, "use this fan"?

  13. DO NO EVIL? on Google Experiments With Local Filesystem Search · · Score: 1, Interesting
    what if any, 'aggregate' data will this pass back?

    will we see 'adsense' words based on which file we are searching for?

    there must be a motive for this, some sort of expected gain, or why?

    for the most part, google's actions are benign, I believe the claim that gmail scans are automated and innocuous.

    but what's the benefit to google for this one?

  14. tounge piercings, race, gender, religion... really on Paypal Deals Blow To Freenet · · Score: 1

    what's the distinction to be made from piercings to race? why can you refuse the pierced, and not the catholics?

    morally, and or legally

  15. Re:Mike Hawk's guess on Google IPO Swami · · Score: 3, Interesting
    wanna see somthing really weird?

    type in scox and hit compare

  16. yeah, and does this jammer on Cell Phone Jammers: Coming To An Event Near You? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    block pager frequencies?

    walkie talker freqs (49 mhz)

    block fm radios?

    block am radios?

    block ham radio?
    block light?

    unless it's a faraday field in a box, part of the EM spectrum will get through... boom

    to paraphrase lelo, bada boom..

  17. Easy one on Apple Files Patent for Translucent Windows · · Score: 1

    ATI, blended window for tv viewing on your desktop or program.... I've seen this for at least two years

  18. a thought I had last week... on McBride At A Loss For Words · · Score: 2, Interesting
    IF baystar really backed the deal entirely

    we all know that RBC took a bath on the shares they converted at 13.50 per, (a loss of ?60? percent) but we do NOT know at what price they sold their premium 20k shares to baystar at.

    if baystar made guarantees to RBC before the inital purchase of the 30 mill$us of stock, it's very possible, they sold their 20k shares for the amount they lost on the conversion, and no one is talking about it.

    do you know, does anyone, that they sold their 20 million dollar investment for more or less than 20 million.. we have all posted the assumption, they sold them to baystar for less than face value.

    maybe baystar paid off RBC for a loan they finagled....

  19. pdaPhoneHome.com try it out here on Does Anyone Actually Use a "Smartphone"? · · Score: 1

    pda phone forum, here's the link for 'your askslashdot question' in an entire forum
    PS, I love my 7135

  20. Re:Kyocera on Does Anyone Actually Use a "Smartphone"? · · Score: 1

    3rd generation actually, the PDQ was first (before the 6035)
    see
    for a good link

    I've owned a 6035 and now a 7135, love it also. try pdaphonehome.com for a large member base.

  21. Re:I've posted this before on Is eBay Worse Than Early Sears Catalogs? · · Score: 1

    it's a 1040-NR (non-resident) not EZ

  22. Re:I've posted this before on Is eBay Worse Than Early Sears Catalogs? · · Score: 1

    a social security # is not required, an ITIN would work as well, see this page at the US irs

  23. Re:I've posted this before on Is eBay Worse Than Early Sears Catalogs? · · Score: 1

    when I went to add netbank, paypal advised me I'd be able to use netbank for deposits only, never a withdrawal.. they made the token change deposits into netbank, and I reported them, and paypal lists me as 'confirmed' their willingness to accept netbank may have gone down since....

  24. I've posted this before on Is eBay Worse Than Early Sears Catalogs? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    your part c? netbank, as in www.netbank.com will allow deposits from paypal, rejects withdrwals initiated by paypal..
    no minimum balance, free checks, free billpay (with a caveat, if you stop using billpay, they charge you) open an account, fund with a low limit credit card and withdraw to netbank.. you can still get your token two deposits recorded to have the bank account 'verified'

  25. How long since you've been there? on Building A Museum Listening Station? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    those are NOT radios..
    they are solid state mp3 player type devices...
    you enter a track# and it plays it from internal memory... and they are not cheap devices at all...