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  1. I guess I'm the only one... on Study Claims Cellphones Implicated In Bee Loss · · Score: 1

    ...who read the headline and thought it had to do with someone sneaking a phone into the National Spelling Bee and getting words texted to them.

  2. Re:5 years of searchable private emails on Gmail Marks Five Years In Beta · · Score: 1

    If there is a way to turn that off, I'm not familiar with it.

    Settings > Web Clips > uncheck "Show my web clips above the Inbox."

  3. Re:oh goodie on US Senate & House Create YouTube Channels · · Score: 1

    Works of the federal government are public domain. What are you worried about?

  4. Re:What? on Psystar Claims Apple Forgot To Copyright Mac OS · · Score: 1

    I Am Not A Lawyer But I Have Studied Law And Work In The Field.

    I'd have thought "...and withheld intentionally tons of facts" if I went your way, though.

  5. With MS's track record... on Bill Gates to Step Down from Microsoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    We can expect him to be released around October 2012. Fantastic.

  6. Re:Useless on MMOGs With Television, Movie Add-Ons · · Score: 1

    How do you figure? Friendly NPCs shooting players in the back every time something spawns?

  7. Re:just the opposite -- capacitive on Self-Adapting Traffic Lights · · Score: 2, Informative

    Right. There are three major types of touch devices: resistive, capacitive, and SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave). Resistive touch devices (typically found in Elo touchscreens, in my experience) will work with pretty much anything, as long as you can make one layer of the overlay touch the other. Capacitive devices (found mostly in 3M/MicroTouch overlays, as well as the iPod in question) put a slight charge on the display, which is why it will work with your bare finger, but not if it's gloved. SAW (which I have yet to play with, but I lie in hope) uses transducers to bounce the electric signals around. Honestly, though, I think Wolverine would have a bit of trouble with the SAW kind, since it's not exactly pin-point accurate, and he'd tear a resistive display all up. Maybe capacitive would work, but it depends. Methinks he should just stick with a mouse.