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  1. Re:Why banned on airplanes? on Japan Demands Probe of iPod Nano Flameouts · · Score: 1

    I read it as 1.4 million first generation nanos sold in a 15 month period in Japan, which seems a bit high.

  2. Re:How can the BBCs licence model work over the ne on BBC's Open Player Claims Not Followed Through · · Score: 1

    This always comes up - the BBC doesn'tt restrict programmes to only the people living in the UK because of the license fee, it's because they don't have permission from the content owners to broadcast them outside of the UK.

  3. Obligatory Morecambe and Wise reference: on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    Two old men were sitting in the park, one said "it's nice out", the other said "in that case I'll get mine out".

  4. Re:simple solution on Real-World 3G Monthly Cost With Taxes and Fees? · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's for the benefit of the sellers, rather than the buyers - that way VeryBigCompany can advertise their item at $9.99 across the country, rather than having a series of state/city adverts with the actual price.

  5. Re:Killing Processes on 20 Features Windows 7 Should Include · · Score: 1

    It would be good to have that in the OS, but while waiting you could look at http://safelyremove.com/

  6. Sanctions and Enforcement Actions = higher bills on FCC Chief Says Comcast Violated Internet Rules · · Score: 1

    Want to bet that any fines Comcast get are passed on to consumers as "FCC compliance operating fees"?

  7. Don't forget the Latin American part on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    A lot of people have suggested Spanish - just remember that if you plan to use it in the US then it's Latin American Spanish, there's enough of a difference between the American and European versions that it's better to learn from the one you'd use.

  8. Re:I always thought... on Is Today's Web Still 'the Web'? · · Score: 1

    But if you're on the Internet, it doesn't mean you're on the web.

  9. Re:Worthless article on Solar Power From Home Curtains · · Score: 1

    A very rough calculation, depending on a lot of factors, is 1 refrigerator = 15 to 20 laptops.

  10. Re:About time. on Senate Hearing On Laptop Seizures At US Border · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He is a terrorist, I am a freedom fighter.

  11. Re:One word, ssssshhhhhh!!! on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    We don't use the U word here.

  12. Re:Origins of Solitaire? on Why Windows Solitaire Eats So Much Time · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wasn't Solitaire supposed to be showing people how to drag 'n' drop, and Minefield was to show them how to left and right click?

  13. Re:So vague... on Shopping Centers Track Customers Via Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    I bet your car has turn signals as well. You must be made of money to have all those optional extras.

  14. Re:Joe User WANTS to spend more money? on Microsoft Decides To Take On Linux On Low-Cost PCs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Joe User likes doing crosswords, so much so that he uses Across Lite to do the New York Times crossword. For his Windows box he clicks a link and follows the prompts. For his Linux box he, well, he has to know what this means: "Across Lite is available in a statically linked (to Motif) version and a dynamically linked version. Both versions are ELF binaries. The a.out versions have been discontinued. If you must have the last a.out version, send E-mail to the Across Lite Help Desk" "You must use gunzip or an equivalent to uncompress the file and tar to extract the program and puzzle files. Check the README file in the distribution for starting instructions." Joe User sticks to doing crosswords on his Windows box.

  15. Re:Named after a Python script on Spam Is 30 Years Old · · Score: 1

    That is a dead Python script, breft of life.

  16. Re:Popcorn anyone? on Last Year's CanSecWest Winner Repeats on Vista, Ubuntu Wins · · Score: 1

    Do they make it in the Congo?

  17. Re:Obvious question on Meet the Laptop of 2015 · · Score: 2, Funny

    2015 will be the year of Linux on the dual touch-screen laptop.

  18. Re:"Music" Experiment? on NIN's Music Experiment Sells Big Numbers · · Score: 1

    Perhaps experimental for Trent Reznor, but in the field of experimental music it's pretty ordinary.

  19. Re:Thinking about how people shop on Psychologist Beating Math Nerds in Race to Netflix Prize · · Score: 1

    Organising the physical games in that manner cannot be patented - but doing it over the Internet is a totally different thing. Or at least that's how it seems to be.

  20. Re:Good news, but how good? on NIN's Music Experiment Sells Big Numbers · · Score: 1

    But if you heard one of the pieces from Ghosts, would you say straightaway it was Trent Reznor? Or could it be an instrumental filler piece by Barry Manilow?

  21. Re:Tough Interview on Researchers Expose New Credit Card Fraud Risk · · Score: 1

    BBCAmerica is going to start broadcasting "Newsnight" from the 29th, though I don't know whether it's going to be the whole programme (for example, the reviews to the front pages of tomorrows newspapers won't always make sense). Paxo is heavily featured in the trails, along with the moments we remember him for.

  22. Re:Gift Vouchers? on Apple, Starbucks Sued Over Music Gift Cards · · Score: 1

    I hope no one gets confused with your patient and mine of gift vouchers for Polynesian straw huts (the prefect present).

  23. Re:In other news... on Yahoo To Reject Microsoft Bid · · Score: 0

    Given the accuracy of recent local forecasts (eg the inner-city areas will be covered by deep snow) what will really happen is that a cushion is put onto a sofa.

  24. Re:My fuel "flap" has a lock on Dutch Unveil Robot Gas Station Attendant · · Score: 1

    Do you always park in a decent neighbourhood?

  25. Re:Silly question from a foreigner on TSA Opens Blog — You Can Finally Complain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't remember who said it, but why did he have to try and be a shoe bomber - couldn't it have been a bra bomber or a panty bomber?