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  1. Re:What about pet waste? on Chile Becomes First Country In Americas To Ban Plastic Bags (ewn.co.za) · · Score: 1

    Good thing you're not a store and the law doesn't apply to you. I'm sure you can find plastic bags other than reusing ones your purchased items came in. Those usually have holes in them anyway and using for pet waste is probably not the best idea.

  2. Re:Summary Fail on Yahoo Buys UK Teen's Smartphone News App · · Score: 1

    It also doesn't say how much Yahoo paid. They probably offered the teenager some Funyons and an official Marissa Mayer signed poster.

    Somewhere along the lines of $30 million. Seriously. http://allthingsd.com/20130325/yahoo-acquires-hipster-mobile-news-reader-summly-like-we-said-it-might/

  3. Re:nice...mostly on Microsoft Unveils Smaller Xbox 360 Model, Kinect Details · · Score: 1

    Yes, via USB drive or transfer cable -> http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/transfer/default.htm They probably see the whole USB thumbdrive feature as a good reason to get rid of proprietary memory cards.

  4. Re:OpenDNS on Google Launches Public DNS Resolver · · Score: 1

    They've already posted their response: http://blog.opendns.com/2009/12/03/opendns-google-dns/

  5. Re:But is it working? on uTorrent To Build In Transfer-Throttling Ability · · Score: 1

    This is the real issue with BT & slowdowns on most home routers, not bandwidth restrictions. The table that holds network address translations (NATs) doesn't have enough memory on these limited home consumer routers and thus fills up at an amazingly high rate. Putting a 3rd part firmware (e.g., DD-WRT) on a router is often one of the best ways to help prevent BT from crippling other users on the same shared Internet connection because it may give more memory to the NAT session table and also you can adjust the timeouts if you so choose.

  6. Re:Windows Upgrades on Some Users Say Win7 Wants To Remove iTunes, Google Toolbar · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's known to do this. It has to do with iTunes messing with the drive's High and Low Filters. When I deleted the registry changes, iTunes gave a warning message every time it loaded, but still worked fine. Plus, the drive "magically" began working again. Apple talks a little about how these filters can mess with iTunes if changed. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2615

  7. Re:Why is it you can't sue. on For Some Medical Workers, a Flu Shot Or Possible Job Loss · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Guillain-Barré syndrome. Anyways, while I believe you can still sue, since the 1988 there's been an alternative from the US government called the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). The Department of Health and Human Services has a page with information on this program at http://www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/.

  8. Re:Touchless fingerprinting? on 3-D Light System May Revolutionize Fingerprinting · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ink? Do they even use that anymore? When I was fingerprinted (for work) they used a scanner.

  9. Re:Fraud on Diebold Election Audit Logs Defective · · Score: 1

    Operator end-user concerning what the parent is talking about.

  10. Re:I would love on Terry Childs Case Puts All Admins In Danger · · Score: 1

    You forgot "common sense"

  11. Re:Show Me The Titles on Netflix Comes To Tivo, AppleTV, Linux · · Score: 1

    Not to be redundant, but I've also streamed a lot of stuff via the 360 and have had no connection issues. The one issue I've run into is that shortly after I start a stream it pauses and says that "your network connection has slowed and Netflix is adjusting playback to reduces interruptions" or something similar. It's fine after that which leads me to believe it's Comcast's Powerboost (http://www.comcast.net/powerboost/) making the initial line speed faster than what it will stream after the 1st 10 MB.

  12. Re:The classics... on Gadgets For a Budding Geek? · · Score: 1

    I agree about the model rockets. I spent a ton of time as a kid with them. It was relatively simple, but it was still fun to build one from a kit then shoot it off. I never bought it, but there was even one that went up a little bit then dropped an egg from that height.

  13. Re:This is what they are going to argue. on Charter Is Latest ISP To Plan Wiretapping Via DPI · · Score: 1

    The Internet isn't just random Websites over http/s. There are many different protocols used to access data and some content you have to pay for, or at least agree to the provider's terms prior to accessing the content.

  14. Re:This is what they are going to argue. on Charter Is Latest ISP To Plan Wiretapping Via DPI · · Score: 1

    Let's add in a little bit more. What happens if the subscriber's terms with the company that hosts the copyrighted data limits them in how they can use or transform the data they receive? By using a particular ISP that modifies packets the end user is essentially breaking their terms with the company they are requesting data from.

  15. Re:Evil POS! on Google Earth 4.3 Offers a Number of New Features · · Score: 1

    I was also miffed about being forced to install the updater. You can uncheck the options for the search engine change & toolbar prior to downloading, but they should not be checked by default (like everything nowadays!!!!). After I installed Google Earth I promptly uninstalled the updater.