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    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of Xeno Xeno
    12/04/09

    In reply to Chumby Guts Inserted Into Hollowed-Out Book
    Off topic: Do not buy that multimeter if you have any choice in the matter. They are NOT reliable and this is BAD when you are using it to verify voltage is off.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Chumby Guts Inserted Into Hollowed-Out Book
    I don't want a taxidermied fox. Unless it's this one.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Chumby Guts Inserted Into Hollowed-Out Book
    "I'd rather insert Chumby guts into a taxidermied fox. How cool would that be? "

    I sense a photoshop contest coming along, "Strangest places to insert Chumby guts". On second thought, that would lead to many vile submissions.
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    12/04/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher::
    motion seconded
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    Image of bleek bleek
    12/04/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Especially if its posted by Frucci.
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    12/04/09

    @FriarNurgle: Thirded.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/03/09

    In reply to See The World Through The Eyes of MST3K
    I wish I had these when I saw The Happening.
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    12/03/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I kid you not, when the trailer from that first came out I was at a movie and the entire audience burst out laughing towards the end of it. I seriously can't not believe that stupid film was made. I don't even have to see it to know that killer pollen = the nail in the coffin for M. Night.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Maori_Yelir was starred Maori_Yelir was unstarred
    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/03/09

    @Maori_Yelir: It was the best comedy I've seen in years.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to See The World Through The Eyes of MST3K
    At first glance, if you tried to say that abbreviation phonetically, it would probably read as "mistake".
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    Image of Malthian Malthian
    12/03/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Which, concerning the quality of the films featured during the shows tenure, would fit perfectly.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger
    As far as safety goes, I would suggest a slight adjustment of replacing the single outlet box with a dual where one side could be the two power outlets with your USB connectors on the second outlet side. A home inspector is not likely to have an issue with that since the items have plenty of room for safety.

    However, I would recommend even more highly just waiting a year until there are units pre-built for this purpose and sold at your neighborhood Home Depot. They already have HDMI plates for your wall, so USB is not far behind:
    [www.uniqueproductsonline.com]

    That said - the concept is a great one.
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    Edited by Monty at 12/01/09 5:16 PM Monty was starred Monty was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger
    Why limit yourself to 2 ports?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger
    i am not certain sticking a charger in a wall is going to meet code in a lot of places. sort of like not being able to just run an extension cord through your walls. safety first and what not.
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    12/01/09

    @Nick: Yeah, like how I converted an outlet into a cigarette lighter. The ol' landlord wasn't too happy about that.
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    12/01/09

    @t4stywh34t: bahahahaha. that is heelarryous
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger
    Yeah, this is dumb. What will he plug his non-usb powered things into now? Unless he has a usb-powered vacuum cleaner, or usb-powered fan. Then this guy's justified.
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    Edited by philibuster at 12/01/09 3:22 PM philibuster was starred philibuster was unstarred
    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger
    Considering those iPhone 3G AC adapters are pricey at the Apple and AT&T stores, I don't think it's included in that $10 budget (I can't get to the Instructables site from work - BLOCKED!). However, you can get reliable(?) lookalikes at DealExtreme (not affiliated). Check here: [www.dealextreme.com]
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    Edited by BeyondtheTech at 12/01/09 2:50 PM BeyondtheTech was starred BeyondtheTech was unstarred
    Image of Odin Odin
    11/26/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally
    That's no Genesis! That's a MEGA DRIVE!

    Good times.
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    11/25/09

    In reply to How To Make Any Pair Of Gloves Work With a Touchscreen
    I think it would be smarter to use fabric glue than sewing a 6mm sized circle on the glove. Lol geez giz these a computer/iPhone nerds not seamstresses.
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    11/25/09

    @crazy0000: I happen to own four sewing machines.
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    Image of Him Him
    11/26/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag: Then why aren't you wearing any pants in your pic?
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    GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag promoted this comment Him was starred Him was unstarred
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    11/26/09

    @Him: Comfort my good man, comfort.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/25/09

    In reply to How To Make Any Pair Of Gloves Work With a Touchscreen
    iPhones meant to be good n all, but why do you need specialist gloves to use it?
    Phones have worked perfectly fine with fingers n gloves alike for the past 20+years. Does it not seem a bit backward that they now don't work.
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    The Lab promoted this comment deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
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    11/25/09

    @deanbmmv: Yeah its like why do you need a special suit to walk around in space when humans have been walking around without special suits for 100,000 years? Stupid space suits.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/25/09

    @The Lab: We haven't been walking around in space for thousands of years.
    And we've not taken to wearing space suits on Earth either.
    point, moot?
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/25/09

    @deanbmmv: It pains me to have to spell out this analogy but here it goes: going to space was a huge advance in the human experience but it required a small sacrifice, astronauts had to wear protective suits. Likewise, the iphone is a huge advance in cell phones but we had to make a marginal sacrifice, we couldn't wear gloves.

    Also: reading comprehension, you need to get you some.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/25/09

    @The Lab: Don't need reading comprehension.
    You just compared the Space Race to the iPhone. And I'd call not wearing space suits more of a sacrifice. It was something that lets you stay alive in space.
    Whereas the iPhone touchscreen has the downside of no gloves with zero noticeable upsides. Oh and you need to ruin a perfectly fine pair of gloves so you can get your gloves to work.

    And it's not like they couldn't just use a touchscreen that can work with gloves, like mine does (I had a check when I realised I might not be able to use my phone. Apparently my gloves work fine,so this seems to be an iPhone issue rather than a general touchscreen problem)

    'Heres a cool phone, but you can't use it in winter' Cool phone gimped a bit on the hardware side, and it's been out for several years, not like they didn't click it might have a problem after the first winter.
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    11/25/09

    @deanbmmv: Tell that to SR-71 or similar pilots.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/25/09

    @deanbmmv: I didn't compare anything, I made an analogy. You'll see analogies in the reading comprehension section of the SAT, which I'm thinking you'll do poorly on.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/25/09

    @The Lab: Lvl 7 across the board. I did fairly well, thank you very much.

    And you only called it an analogy the second time round.
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    Image of iDeNoh iDeNoh
    11/26/09

    @The Lab: ehhh, I wouldn't call it a huge advance in cell phones, an advance to be sure, but purely because apple took all of the existing technology and put the best of the best together, theres nothing "new" in the iPhone that wasn't around before apple decided to use it. Capacitive touch screens, for example, have been around for years. And Capacitive touch interfaces even longer. So yeah, wouldn't really call it a huge advancement, just a good arrangement of current technology.
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    11/26/09

    @The Lab: Seriously though? That was just about the worst analogy I've ever read. Even after you explained it in detail, it made almost no tangible sense.
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    11/26/09

    @deanbmmv: actually most good touchscreens do require capacative touch; else pressure is required.
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    11/26/09

    @The Lab: Am I the only one that got your analogy?

    @deanbmmv: Wow. You have no idea what the differences between resistive and capacitive screens are. The iPhone doesn't work with gloves, fingernails, and styluses because it has a capacitive screen. Already, I know your phone's screen is made of plastic (probably has a lot of scratches unless you took extreme care of it), doesn't have multi-touch, and is harder to see in sunlight.
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    11/26/09

    @iheartpie: Capacitive screens do not require pressure. The slightest touch will work a capacitive screen. Resistive screens need pressure, which is why they can't be made of glass.
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    11/26/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I'll agree it wasn't a good analogy. I think the explanation was clear enough. This deanbmmv guy didn't even understand that, which is worrisome.

    The iphone is great phone but there are some legitimate complaints that can be raised about it. That it doesn't work with gloves is not a significant one because a) it is such a small issue and b) any other phone with a capacitive screen will have the same problem.

    It just pains me to see people who will literally find the smallest thing to bitch about.
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    11/26/09

    @iDeNoh: A huge advance in cell phones is not the same as a huge advance in cell phone technology. Everyone knows Apple does not sit on the bleeding edge of technology. What they do well is make amazing UIs and that is what they did here, they made a smartphone you didn't have to be particularly smart to use. You can claim this wasn't a huge advance but I've got some sales figures here that shows the cell phone market would beg to differ. There is a reason Apple became the most profitable handset manufacturer.
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    11/27/09

    @The Lab: don't feed the troll; he's obviously an idiot if he believes what he says.
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    11/27/09

    @The Lab: No, what apple did was take already existing technology, couple it with a pretty good ui, and mass hype the fuck out of it to their adoring fans, lets just assume for a moment that buying an iPhone wasn't the "trendy" thing to do, imagine how the sales would have been if people didn't have that weighing down their decision. and seriously, do you honestly think that people buy apple products for their function? it has ALWAYS been form over function with them, always. you can say apple is the most successful handset manufacturer all you want, but that doesn't make it true. Nokia is by far the most successful company at the moment, their market share is like 40%, fourty freakin percent man, and they *suck* right now. imagine if they were making good handsets.
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    11/27/09

    @iDeNoh: Whoa, Apple has a higher profit than Nokia and growing marketshare. I don't know what your definition of "successful" is. MArket share don't mean shit if you aren't making money.

    On the design tip, a good ui IS function. Their design philosophy has always been to make products that are intuitive to use. And they are.
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    11/27/09

    @The Lab: Dude, your whole argument is based off of YOUR opinion of the UI, just because you think its a great UI that doesn't make it any good, if anything its counter intuitive and locked down to shit. There are far better interfaces than pages and pages of icons on a grid.
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    11/27/09

    @iDeNoh: Actually, dude, my argument is based off of stellar iPhone sales, which I am saying is because of the UI. You think it is fanboys but why are there so many fanboys? (hint: it is the UI)
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    11/27/09

    @The Lab: do you honestly think that a majority of the iPhone users didn't buy the phone because its the trendy thing to do? If you honestly believe that you're more naive than I thought possible.
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    11/27/09

    @iDeNoh: Stop trolling. Just.... stop.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/25/09

    In reply to Upgrade Your Current Flashlight to an LED Flashlight
    It costs $30.
    Couldn't you get the full LED flashlight for that much?
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    11/25/09

    @deanbmmv: Or hell, build one with parts from... RadioShack. Or even buy one at the dollar store.
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    11/25/09

    @deanbmmv: You can get some serious power over at DealExtreme for under $20.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/25/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally

    And yes, these lighters are worth $115 each.
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    11/30/09

    @Segador: HOLY CRAP. I need them both.
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