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  1. Re:Madison is UW, Milwaukee is UW-M on University of Wisconsin-Madison Bucks RIAA · · Score: 1

    and in Washington, UW is in Seattle.

  2. Re:But guys! on WiFi On Two Wheels · · Score: 0

    ...which I saw as more of a humor thing... That's GOOD humor... http://tinyurl.com/25oly

  3. Re:Swiss keyboards? on Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar · · Score: 1
    You gotta be kidding, right?

    If you are a Brit living in Europe, how is it that you know what Swiss keyboards are like? I mean, Switzerland is surrounded by Europe, however, not a part of it.

    The Alt-GR key is your friend, not your enemy...Basically, there are few people who really can play the keyboard (in my experience...) however, if you can do so, you can do it with any keyboard.

    I have problems using the German & Austrian keyboards, but that's just to lack of use. I find that if I have a nice, cozy command prompt, I can simply place a mental overlay and type QUERTY US with ease.

    ObDisclosure:I live and work in Eastern Switzerland, but am a (now) dual citizen US-Swiss

    ObOnTopic:Used to be that you had to promise Dell that you would not use the laptop outside of the USA if you were going to buy it there. Gotta keep those markets segmented, don't you know!

  4. Internet costs money... on BitTorrent Gains Corporate Support · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I'm not sure how it is in the US, but over here in socialist wunderland, our university has to pay for any traffic generated outside of Switzerland.

    Ergo...if we would enable/promote p2p, it would rapidly increase our costs to supply Internet to our public.

    Unfortunate, really, but when you have to pay for something, sometimes it changes how you look at it.