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  1. It works where I work on Wharton Professor Says America Should Shorten the Work Day By 2 Hours (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    All the management come in late an leave early. Seems to work well for them.

  2. Epson WF-2530 on Ask Slashdot: Best SOHO Printer Choices? · · Score: 1

    I've been using one of these for some months now and am very happy. I recommended it to a colleague recently and he like it too. It is an inkjet with flatbed and ADF scanner, fax and WiFi. It works really well on Windows 7 for me but Linux drivers are available. Separate ink cartridges and there are usually compatibles available for Epson printers.

  3. Re:Reported on BBC Radio on UK Law Enforcement Starts Seizing Music Blogs · · Score: 1

    Now up on the BBC News site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17039722

  4. Reported on BBC Radio on UK Law Enforcement Starts Seizing Music Blogs · · Score: 1

    Just heard this story reported on BBC radio. It ended saying that a man was arrested and bailed in Leicestershire in relation. Not up on the BBC news site yet. Doesn't guarantee it's genuine - I've known BBC radio news to be fooled before.

  5. A few more enhancements. on Tilting Bike Uses Google Maps To Simulate Routes · · Score: 1

    What about simulating pot-holes, sleeping policemen, traffic lights, etc. You set it to Hard Core Bike Courier mode and have buses pull out or car doors swing open in front of you and if you don't swerve or stop the bike ejects you forward like Buck-a-Roo.

  6. It doesn't suprise me. on Aboriginal Sundial Pre-Dates Stonehenge · · Score: 1

    After all, there's so much more sun there than in Wiltshire.

  7. $2 on Google Patent Proposes $2 Fee To Skip Commercials · · Score: 1

    I'd pay $2 to skip all commercials, forever.

  8. Data Recovery on Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter? · · Score: 1

    Presumably there is a way of at least reading specific sectors. Surely data recovery people use something like this to get raw data from a damaged drive bypassing anything the drive might do to try and correct errors. Maybe a data recovery specialist could help you.

  9. Better not park it where I live... on The DIY $10 Prepaid Cellphone Remote Car Starter · · Score: 1

    ...or you'll need a tow into a reception area to get going again.

  10. You can get anything you need made here on International Field Engineer Travel Tips? · · Score: 1

    http://www.savillcases.com/ They will make any hard case or soft bag to your specification. UK Based.

  11. This is very worrying. on UK Government Loses 15 Million Private Records · · Score: 1

    If the head of the organisation has felt it necessary to resign then there must be a whole lot more to be revealed. After all no one in the UK resigns just because they or their department is merely incompetent any more.

  12. Re:Ballistic Missiles on NASA Contractors Censoring Saturn V Info · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Aren't they a bit late to stop this information getting out? If it's been in the public domain for years then anyone interested in using it would already have a copy.

  13. Move to the UK on Free-to-Air TV and Radio? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You could always spend your cash on moving to the UK where we are well served with free to air programs via Freesat and Freeview. I use Freeview which works through your existing aerial and has all the channels I need. The cost of the decoders has plummeted in recent months. I paid about £100 18 months ago. You can now get them from the supermarket for less than £30. There are paid for channels available on Freeview if you want them and, of course Sky satellite.

  14. I had my card swapped with someone else's. on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 5, Funny

    One day in a shop I went to pay for a purchase and noticed that my credit card had changed form VISA to MasterCard! On closer examination, I discovered that I had someone else's card. Apart from the user name and the logo it looked just like mine.

    My card was missing so obviously it had been switched during some previous transaction. I checked back through my receipts and found, to my amazement, that I had paid for a weekly supermarket shop, a tank of petrol and a small car repair on this other guy's card.

    The purchase before had been for a meal on a train home from work a few nights before. On the train they have the habit of collecting several payments at a time and taking them into the kitchen to process. I had been sitting opposite a gentleman at the table and guessed it may have been him.

    I live in East Anglia and get off the train at Diss, the stop before the end of the line so I knew this chap would have to get off in Norwich. From there he could have boarded another train or drove off into the countryside. Luckily, when I checked directory enquiries, there was one listing Norwich phone book with his surname and initials. I phoned him up and asked if he had my card in his wallet - he did! What's more he had made three purchases on my card.

    I drove to him and we swapped cards. We waited for the statements to arrive and I ended up sending him a cheque for about 30 pounds.

    A lucky escape - it's a good job we were both honest. After my experience I'm not really surprised to hear about signatures not being checked. I can understand how it might happen in shops where they know me but all my purchases were not. Here in the UK Chip & PIN is being introduced so that should prevent a similar thing happening. But I always check my card carefully when I get it back now.

  15. Who's paying? on 'Evil Twin' Threat to Wireless Security · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the research was sponsored by a paid-for hotspot provider in order to scare people away from free competition?