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841.
by epo 16y ago
I was thinking it was low but Wikipedia says (so it must be true!) that they pop up at auction from time to time and have fetched $20K
842.
by epo 16y ago
tl;dr
843.
For sale: an Enigma machine(christies.com)
45 points by epo 16y ago|30 comments
844.
by epo 16y ago
For those who don't want to read up on this, "found guilty" means a £1,000 fine and having £2,600 costs awarded against him. A stiff penalty for stupidity for sure, but he is not doing jail time. A threat is made, it has to be investigated.
845.
by epo 16y ago
To answer both parents, the issue is gusting winds which can suddenly catch the brolly and invert it. This is a real problem, especially for cheap umbrellas. Clearly if the winds were a steady 60mph or so you'd never bother to open the brol
846.
Windows Phone 7 off to a slow start?(news.cnet.com)
2 points by epo 16y ago|0 comments
847.
by epo 16y ago
And you'd probably lose it first day you took it out.
848.
Fox TV joins US networks to block Google TV(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by epo 16y ago|0 comments
849.
by epo 16y ago
Nice, something to do over Christmas as I am teetotal this year.
850.
by epo 16y ago
Erm, this one is still on page 2.
851.
by epo 16y ago
The 'proof' is just a form being filled in, I doubt there is a government overseer who does a directory listing and then observes the destruction of that specific drive. And none of this theatre can rectify historic breaches.
852.
by epo 16y ago
Surely, that's his point, putting an ambiguity into a variable name is just asking for trouble, choose a better name.
853.
by epo 16y ago
Security theatre, and like security theatre at airports it masks the reality that in all probability nothing of substance is actually happening. And of course we trust all of these people to get it right and for nothing to slip through the
854.
by epo 16y ago
Not to sound trite but the problem isn't alcohol it is problem drinkers. Those who can drink moderately do so with any consequential benefits which accrue. Those who can't drink moderately always start out thinking they are drinking moderat
855.
by epo 16y ago
Many people assume the primary goal of the TSA is some kind of safety assurance. Their primary goal, like that of any other bureaucracy, is self perpetuation. Thus each new threat needs a new counter-measure to show how on-the-ball they are
856.
by epo 16y ago
Or a crying baby!
857.
by epo 16y ago
My bad, I thought I'd checked. What's the 'right' thing to do, delete this?
858.
by epo 16y ago
SPAM
859.
HTML5 boilerplate(html5boilerplate.com)
97 points by epo 16y ago|14 comments
860.
by epo 16y ago
Eyesight deteriorates with age, regardless of surgery. They should explain this. You'll probably find yourself wearing specs after 40 or so.
861.
by epo 16y ago
(reply to turtle4) Regardless of what they say to us they know what the real success rates and what the long term complications are.
862.
by epo 16y ago
UK resident. A good few years ago I asked my optician about the wisdom or otherwise of eye surgery for my (not too severe) myopia. She went through the pros and cons but ended up by saying that she was not aware of ANY opthalmic professiona
863.
by epo 16y ago
Misleading subject line, possible spam?
864.
by epo 16y ago
Touche!
865.
by epo 16y ago
Is HIN a reinvention of NIH? :-)
866.
by epo 16y ago
Come up with a similar idea using Apple's Bluetooth keyboard and we're talking.
867.
by epo 16y ago
Inspirational stuff, in a parallel universe Ted Nelson has became as influential as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.
868.
The business of innovation(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by epo 16y ago|0 comments
869.
by epo 16y ago
Surely, this is how you know Facebook has lost all it's youth appeal. When the establishment joins in, all the kids are long gone elsewhere. This can only bring ridicule, what were they thinking of?
870.
by epo 16y ago
Boo! title change. My submission referred to "hardened criminals"

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