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  1. Re:And... on Facebook Launches Location Based Product · · Score: 1

    I know that. And they can do it without my permission. That's my point. So WTF is yours?

  2. Re:Republican on Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows, there's even a song about smelly British cows, London Dairy Air. I learned it in elementary school

  3. Re:Great Idea on Is RFID Really That Scary? · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about the 2D barcode on drivers licenses? The one they scan when you go into vote?

  4. Re:And... on Facebook Launches Location Based Product · · Score: 1

    This is what I really hate: http://www.exactsalesleads.com/mortgage-lists.html A marketer can't pull my credit report without my permission, but if he buys enough of these mailing lists, he will have the same information anyway. I know this has nothing to do with Facebook, but when infomation gathering systems are designed, the privacy measures always and by design leave a way for "private" info to leak out to someone willing to pay.

    I was creeped out the first time Google Maps on my phone told me where I was. I wasn't surprised that they could do it, but it bothered me that they did it without asking me for my permission. Or, maybe they did, but it was hidden away somewhere. I guess I'll never use Facebook on my phone again, because I don't trust Facebook based on stunts they've pulled in the past. I don't want people to know when I'm out of my house for the evening or the week.

  5. Re:Hmm, I see His Logic Here ... on Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do you really think bike messengers and guys who think they look good in lycra should reproduce?

  6. Republican on Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In case you care, he's a Republican. I wonder how closely he follows the party line? Or maybe party is irrelevant on /.

  7. Re:Trying to destroy one of their best traits... on Adapting the Post Office To the Digital Age · · Score: 1

    Then there's the weather. Haven't you noticed in the US how the northern states get more highway money, but the southern states persist in having nicer rides. It's the climate, not the money. Of course, our air conditioning bills are higher.

  8. Pickups, too on Adapting the Post Office To the Digital Age · · Score: 1

    For personal delivery AND pickup, it would be better to delete Wednesday. For businesses that don't work on the weekend, it's better to delete Saturday. It's stupid to deliver mail that won't be checked until Monday. But, people do personal business on Saturday, and if there aren't Saturday pickups, they will have to drive to the PO with their outgoing mail. Also, some people are clever enough to have their valuable stuff delivered on Saturday, when they can be home to get to the mailbox before someone else does.

  9. Digital? on Digital Distribution Numbers Speak To Health of PC Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Does this you can buy games that are analog? Analog computers are cool, but I don't know of any in mass production.

  10. Re:Figures on Last Roll of Kodachrome Processed · · Score: 1

    I'd contact that guy in Kansas. He might be shutting down the business, but I doubt he's going to bust up his equipment. So, he might be able to deal with you and your film after the deadline, assuming you don't dribble it out for too long.

  11. Re:But Windows Speech Recognition... on Open Source Transcription Software? · · Score: 1

    That's my experience. I don't want to talk to my computer, I want to talk to a voice recorder, then transfer the files to the computer for transcription. For someone who types faster than she talks, the nuance/dragon type stuff is useless, but I'd love to create voice files while driving or have my answering machine files transcribed, cause I can read faster than i can listen. Who cares if a few of the words are misspelled, I could still listen to the sound files and clean up the text. kinda like OCR.

  12. Re:A few solutions on Internet Access While Sailing? (Revisited) · · Score: 1

    oops, I meant sailmail, similar sounding name to me, i goofed. http://www.sailmail.com/ I'm a ham, not a sailor.

  13. Re:A few solutions on Internet Access While Sailing? (Revisited) · · Score: 1

    Try and rig up something over amateur radio and use an

    Interestingly enough, a lot of hams use a protocol original developed for Yacht sailors. Seamail sends email over a marine radio, hams have adapted it to ham radios. You could probably do commercial work over the marine radio. Check out http://www.seamail.org/

  14. Seamail on Internet Access While Sailing? (Revisited) · · Score: 1

    If you have an HF marine radio, you can use it to make an internet connection for email. http://www.seamail.org/

  15. Re:Heck... on Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice · · Score: 1

    You guys are more serious than I am. This is a robot we are talking about, female apparently if we are to believe it's gonna replace some guys Girl Friend.

  16. Re:Wow... what a worthless article on Obama To Nearly Double the Available Broadband Wireless Spectrum · · Score: 3, Funny

    We should put a notch filter around these people who didn't pass electromag. We need a special place in /. for engineers. The capcha to get in would be to solve Maxwell's equations. I'm relieved that apparently he didn't steal any of the ham bands. The way this country is going, we need our radios. If the internet wants to be free, it needs to get off the wired network controlled by government granted monopoly.

  17. Re:That's what they said about CD-Rs on SanDisk WORM SD Card Can Store Data For 100 Years · · Score: 1

    It's probably read/write cycles or since these are only written to once, it could be refresh cycles. If it's just laying on the shelf, I don't see how you can speed up time. Especially if temp and humidity are kept normal. So, the only thing that makes sense is that they are reading it and it might degrade an infinitesimal bit every time it is read. If it truly is just laying on the shelf, the only way to make the electrons speed up would be with heat.

  18. Re:A couple of basic information pieces on The South Carolina Primary and Voting Machine Fraud · · Score: 1

    They might have thought they were voting for this guy. Not sure if he is handsome, but he is black and makes nice music.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Green.jpg

  19. Re:but...but... on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Yeah, naked women are rated G, but naked men, well, that's unrated. What's the deal?

  20. Re:"Value Added" on Telcos Waking Up To the Value of Your Location · · Score: 1

    This works in seconds: http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/
    If there is only one tower in range, the blue dot is at the tower, but if there are more than one tower, the blue dot is accurate. It is also useful in that you can create a route from where you are to somewhere else by using "my location" as your starting pointing, very handy if you are lost. It's not GPS, but it seems to work as well. That coming from someone that doesn't have a GPS. It is very hard to remove yourself from a system that makes itself quite useful most of the time.

  21. Re:I don't really worry about it. on How Do You Handle Your Keys? · · Score: 1

    The batteries are sold in every grocery store. When mine died, I just walked in and bought another.

  22. Why so many keys? on How Do You Handle Your Keys? · · Score: 1

    I only need 2, one for the car and one for the house. You should marry or live with your friend, keep your bike in your home or in your office, etc. Why would you want to lock a bike outside or own more homes than one couple can possibly need. If you fight a lot, just go to a bar like normal guys.

  23. Re:pig heart donors however on In Israel, Potential Organ Donors Could Jump the Queue · · Score: 1

    Hair isn't alive. Foreskins aren't dead or useless. They are analogous to a woman's inner labia, her most sensitive organ next to the clit. Without it the head of the penis is uncovered and becomes less sensitive. I wouldn't dream of clipping it off. Think of your daughter-in-law! BTW, do they even ask the father? IIRC, it was one of a bunch of routine questions the doc asks the mom while the dad is out telling the world he just had a son.

  24. Re:If you are worried about it... on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    I like your answer, must simpler than what I was going to suggest. I used to work in a cell phone R&d lab and we had fully shielded rooms, not for safety, but to prevent us from interfering with the outside world and more importantly, to prevent them from bothering us. As freqs go up, the grid for the cage must become denser so you might as well use the cheapest foil that works. A test such as yours would work, or you could get an RF engineer friend to run the numbers which is what I was about to recommend. The problem with my suggestion is that the friend should share your biases, but he's more inclined to share the biases of his employer. So, do the test, identify the foil that works and use it to shield that side of your apartment. If you and your RF friend are smart, you will set up a window to use to microwave your food for free and another gizmo that might induce enough power to light your lights and keep your computer and other equipment going for free. If you don't get rich from all the free induced power, you can still sue your landlord (or the phone company) for the tumor in your brain caused by excessive cell phone use.

  25. Re:The question is if GoDaddy is trustworthy. on GoDaddy Wants Your Root Password · · Score: 1

    The female bodies in the ads do look rather attractive, but don't do much for me. But you have me hyper curious about that competing firm which use male bodies. I can hardly type I'm so excited. Please provide URL before I ezplode......