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601.
by coin 14y ago
Yes, when I go to the movie theater, I am bombarded with ads (previews) before it starts.
602.
by coin 14y ago
Google (nor does Amazon) "charge" sales tax. They collect sales tax on behalf of the state.
603.
by coin 14y ago
It's as dangerous as plugging in a 60 watt lightbulb into an 1800 watt (15 amp) circuit
604.
by coin 14y ago
That's the Windows "tax" everyone complains about. Microsoft gives huge discounts to OEMs if they promise to bundle Windows with every PC they sell.
605.
by coin 14y ago
The GPS receiver doesn't shutoff. The requirement is to stop tracking.
606.
by coin 14y ago
It's actually 1000 knots (1200 mph). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoCom#Legacy
607.
by coin 14y ago
This is not as bad as when NATO bombed Libya's TV station during its attack on Gaddafi.
608.
by coin 14y ago
The private keys are still vulnerable when they existed on the servers. It would be possible for their servers to be unknowingly breached. Moving the private keys offline won't help if they've been maliciously copied. The thief could wait a
609.
by coin 14y ago
What's the difference between income tax and payroll tax?
610.
by coin 14y ago
1990's styled all uppercase HTML tags.
611.
by coin 14y ago
Many people can't upgrade their iOS because Apple doesn't support it. Example: my second generation iPod Touch is stuck at iOS 4.2.
612.
by coin 14y ago
I really hate reading extremetech on an iPad. It loads up a mobile versio of the site, which is slow, unzoomable, and not back button friendly.
613.
by coin 14y ago
AAPL is up $12 this morning.
614.
by coin 14y ago
The OTS antenna on top of the helmet is clipped. Adding black sky doesn't restore it.
615.
by coin 14y ago
You are indeed correct. The life expantancy increases is due to a reduction in child mortality. Take a look at the second chart in this article http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/how-health-care-can-cost-so... It shows that if you made it t
616.
by coin 14y ago
Should be a nice boost for Apple's stock price Monday.
617.
by coin 14y ago
Consistently crashes Safari on my iPad 1 when zooming in. Did they QA the new look?
618.
by coin 14y ago
This might sound pedantic, but I get tired of people referring to "GPS" as a mobile GPS naviation app. GPS refers to the entire system of satellites and ground stations. From this system, one can build applications on top of a GPS receiver,
619.
by coin 15y ago
I recall someone explaining what Facebook was when it first launched. I was told "it's like MySpace but not obnoxious".
620.
by coin 15y ago
I've met many Microsoft employees who use iPhones. Can you blame them? I believe that as an employee, I am free to purchase any product or service without any obligation to my employer.
621.
by coin 15y ago
I disagree. I worked for Chrysler near Detroit during the mid-90s. The Chrysler employee discount wasn't much better than if you did a good job bargaining at the car dealer. In the Detroit area, there was tremendous pressure to buy American
622.
by coin 15y ago
The entire web is based off linking. If they don't want linking, then they shouldn't use HTML and HTTP. "HT" stands for Hypertext https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext
623.
by coin 15y ago
The British (more specifically the English) are the original creators of the English language.
624.
by coin 15y ago
I couldn't agree more with this. On my Droid X battery life is horrible if the GPS receiver is enabled. The GPS receiver is supposed to turn on/off only when an app requests the phone's location. This works 95% of the time. The other 5% the
625.
by coin 15y ago
DVB != HDMI. I believe DVB-T uses MPEG-2 or some variation. While HDMI video doesn't use a motion vector based encoding. So when you have errors with MPEG-2, it could be on B or P frame which results in the delta from the previous I frame b
626.
by coin 15y ago
> And electric heat is much less efficient than natural gas Not this argument again. Keep in mind that not everyone has natural gas heating. In my part of the country (Pacific Northwest), many homes are electric heat only. So during the
627.
by coin 15y ago
I fail to see how having children requires a landline. Does 911 work different for cell phones? DO children require 911 more than adults?
628.
by coin 15y ago
> It's not a monopoly. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service Article I, section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution grants Congress the power to establish post offices and post roads, which has been
629.
by coin 15y ago
You know there is wireless communications other than cell and satellite.
630.
by coin 15y ago
reversible != plaintext

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