ThinkingGuy

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by ThinkingGuy 11y ago
Listening to the the cell frequencies, selling a device capabable of listening to them, or modifying a device to enable listening to them, has been illegal in the US for years: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010
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by ThinkingGuy 11y ago
I had always heard that the "longer intestines" story was a myth promoted by the Japanese government during World War II, with the dual goal of promoting the idea of Japanese "uniqueness/superiority" and of discoura
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by ThinkingGuy 11y ago
"In recent years at least 70 people have been jailed for non-payment of fines associated with TV licensing offences." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10256679/T...
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by ThinkingGuy 11y ago
Fred Rogers (aka Mister Rogers). I watched him on TV occasionally as a child, but it wasn't until I was an adult, and started reading about him and watching interviews with him, that I realized what an amazing person he was in real lif
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by ThinkingGuy 12y ago
He seems to be saying a lot of the same things as the author of the book and website "The Information Diet." http://www.informationdiet.com/
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by ThinkingGuy 12y ago
Well, seeing reggplant's response, I now stand corrected :) I never knew about about Unified S-band before. Learning things like this is one of the reasons I love HN.
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by ThinkingGuy 12y ago
Upper sideband (like AM radio but with the carrier and lower sideband signals suppressed).
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by ThinkingGuy 12y ago
In some areas customers can choose among competing providers to have their natural gas delivered through a single set of lines. I've often wondered how feasible it would be to have do something similar with Internet access: The governm