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Kaiser-Machead
11/18/09

In reply to USB Heated Burger Massager Cures Its Own Induced Stomach Ache
And the pentagram painted onto the bun is for good luck.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/18/09

@Kaiser-Machead: Tonight we dine in Hell!
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FriarNurgle
09/21/09

In reply to Solar Bluetooth Headset Can Standby Forever
I thought these things were powered by the pure smug energy emanating from the user.
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OMG! Ponies!
09/21/09

In reply to Solar Bluetooth Headset Can Standby Forever
Here's what puzzles me:

Way back in the late 80's and early 90's, when cellphones were car phones, when you got a car phone installed, they would wire up your car with a little mic on the driver side A column and the phone would have a nice loud speaker on it too.

20 years later, why can't we have this very nice solution to handsfree talking? Is it no longer possible to have a mic mounted on the driver side A column? Why not do that, route the signal through the car radio, and have the car radio communicate with the phone via Bluetooth?
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Jeb_Hoge
09/21/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Lots of cars do that. Ford Sync, for example, links to your Bluetooth phone and has a microphone in the mirror that allows you to voice-control a whole lot of functions on the phone as well as voice-control your music and nav. Acura has a Bluetooth implementation that works the same way; my dad has that installed in his car. The only downside is that it's limited to in-car use. If you want or need hands-free talking outside of the car, then you can't do that.

Of course, that gets into the whole question of talking while doing other things and whether or not that's annoying, excessive, etc. But in any case, lots of cars implement the technology in just the way you've described.
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Kayonesoft
08/04/09

In reply to Sorry Visa, Our Credit Cards Have Light Bulbs Now
Who doesn't already use their cellphone as a flashlight?
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strider_mt2k
08/04/09

@Kayonesoft: Heck, who doesn't already have a flashlight app? :D
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FriarNurgle
08/04/09

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Awesome! Now I can see the emptiness that is my wallet in the dark of night, the cold dark lonely night.
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Noobs-R-Us
07/28/09

In reply to Brando Tells Apple TV to Suck on this HD Media Player
Huh? Does this stream or does it play? Streaming requires no HD. The fact that this paller has a HD means that it can play media and is hense, a media player. The question is, does it also stream from your other souces?
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I Party With Smoot
07/28/09

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And let's not forget that Brando's got electrolytes...
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Kirkaiya
07/28/09

@I Party With Smoot: Yes, but WHY does Brando have electrolytes? Do you even know what electrolytes ARE? ;-)
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
07/28/09

@Kirkaiya: It's what plants crave.
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dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!
07/28/09

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Wondering why the fugly form factor? They could've made the HDD load parallel to the unit instead of perpendicular to it. Just seems like it will take much more space than is needed only to display a HDD...
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justsomereportingguy
07/28/09

@dambo29: the 'top load' form is more user friendly/ergonomic; and probably reduces the possibility of breaking something when inserting the drive.
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dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!
07/28/09

@justsomereportingguy: Don't see how it's easier to load than the form factor of the old NES cartridges... And the possibility of breaking INCREASES with this form factor if you bump it or it falls.

Granted it wouldn't be good if it fell with the other form factor but this current one has got to be way worse at taking a fall.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
07/28/09

@dambo29: Better for dissipating heat.
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dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!
07/28/09

@FrankieAvalonin'_GitEmSteveDave: That's definitely true, but there are other ways of achieving the same result.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
07/28/09

In reply to Brando Tells Apple TV to Suck on this HD Media Player
Needs some thermite/det-cord to destroy the drive when the RIAA-MP's come a knocking and/or True-Crypt decryption support.

From what I understand, as long as it's not initially decrypted, revealing your password falls under the 5th amendment.
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UnderLoK
07/28/09

@FrankieAvalonin'_GitEmSteveDave: I believe a judge can order you to give it up if there is enough evidence just as they could order you to open your safe or provide access to other secure storage.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
07/28/09

@UnderLoK: But if the information inside the safe was done in a code, could they compel me to translate it? I.e. I have a ledger saying who I sell "circus tickets" to.
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UnderLoK
07/28/09

@FrankieAvalonin'_GitEmSteveDave: I don’t know as I’m not a lawyer or anything, but I would assume you would be ordered to provide the information and depending on what the charges were I think would decide if you provided it or not.

If you out right refuse I guess you would be in contempt, but I don’t know what kind of penalty it would carry.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
07/28/09

@UnderLoK: But I have the right not to incriminate myself with testimony. I will gladly provide the hard drive. It's up to them to recover the evidence that will incriminate me.

There was a case like this recently, but the authorities SAW the unencrypted data before putting the laptop away for evidence, and upon turning it back on to retrieve it, it was encrypted. They decided initially that he did NOT have to give up the code, but it was later appealed and the judge ruled since they had witnessed said data/images, he was already incriminated.
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Titelheld
07/28/09

In reply to Brando Tells Apple TV to Suck on this HD Media Player
real player... kinda spoils it.
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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
07/28/09

@Titelheld: Agreed, I've always hated it.
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UnderLoK
07/28/09

@Purple Monkey Dishwasher: I've never had a problem with Real Player itself, just all of the C R A P it would install and those stupid ads... RP was like a porn site it had so many ads and garbage all over the place.
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NurseDave
07/17/09

In reply to USB Chocolate Popsicle Flash Drive
Giz interview questions:

Can you surf the web?

Ummm, wanna beer?
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frigg
07/08/09

In reply to External iPhone Mic Supposedly Gets 10x Better Audio 'Reception'
It's a good idea, but $14 sounds like it's too cheap to be good. $14 doesn't buy a lot of microphone.
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robinandtami
07/08/09

In reply to External iPhone Mic Supposedly Gets 10x Better Audio 'Reception'
It would be great for identifying music with Shazam too, although I am surprised at how sensitive the mic can be for that. It even worked for me one night when I was eating dinner at The Outback. My table was right next to the bar and I just knew there was no way it would be able to identify the song with all the ambient noise around, but it did; and I was able to tell my girlfriend "Yes Dear... that IS Melissa Etheridge."

The marvels of technology.
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madog
07/08/09

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They should just make that into a spring loaded projectile. Already looks like something from an old Megatron toy. You know, before parents these days became pussies whenever their slow children hurt themselves with the good old toys like portable nuclear labs and things that shot hard missles at mach 1 speeds.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/08/09

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Why would I want to stick a microphone in my ear?
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zjgz
07/08/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Haven't you ever wondered what the inside of your ear sounds like?

I have.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/08/09

@zjgz: Why would you ever wonder what the inside of my ear sounds like?
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