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    Inductive Charging...Through Wood

    Detecting False Coins With a Computer Mouse

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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/19/09

    In reply to Inductive Charging...Through Wood
    This video gives me no wood induction.
    [www.instantrimshot.com]
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    Image of BigDogues BigDogues
    11/19/09

    In reply to Inductive Charging...Through Wood
    Big deal, I get dozens of emails every day in regards to charging up my wood.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/17/09

    In reply to Detecting False Coins With a Computer Mouse
    Do people even bother counterfeiting, 2 Euro coins? I mean how much money would there be in that? Something tells me if you tried to buy a car with 14,000 Euros, they might be a bit suspicious.

    Faking a coin requires a bit more equipment than an inkjet and a scanner. #mousesensors
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/17/09

    In reply to Detecting False Coins With a Computer Mouse
    I think you mean $1.5302, not $15,302. #mousesensors
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    Image of negated: has star powah negated: has star powah
    11/17/09

    @lostarchitect: Nope, hyperinflation's a bitch. #mousesensors
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @lostarchitect: Two Euros is $2.9658 USD and one Euro is $1.4874 USD. Maybe that's the cost of the super fancy mouse unit? Doubt it though. #mousesensors
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    11/17/09

    @lostarchitect: I meant $15,302. #mousesensors
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    11/17/09

    @lostarchitect: Sorry. Actually I meant $150,302. Fixed. #mousesensors
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/17/09

    @Jesus Diaz: So, good choice on moving here and getting paid in USD, huh? #mousesensors
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/17/09

    @Jesus Diaz: Color me confused. #mousesensors
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    Image of MadMacs MadMacs
    11/17/09

    @Jesus Diaz: Please explain. I could not find any mention of any $150,302 in the referenced story. Are you just trying to mess with us? Please explain. #mousesensors
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    Image of garci66 garci66
    11/17/09

    @MadMacs: It was a joke on the devaluation of the dollar. For someone that moved to the US from Europe, its quite sad to see how expensive Europe is becoming. Surely makes you think twice when negotiating your contract in US dollars.

    happened to me too recently :S #mousesensors
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    11/18/09

    @garci66: Glad to see there are people with positive IQs. #mousesensors
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    Image of garci66 garci66
    11/18/09

    @Jesus Diaz: Thanks!

    I hope your conditions with gizmodo are letting you have a good life ;-). Its certainly painful though to see how expensive Madrid and other cities have become when seeing them "through the dollar eye". Myself, I was living in Belgium.. now in the bay area.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/17/09

    In reply to Detecting False Coins With a Computer Mouse
    sooo, what you're telling me is that Spain, up until now, has been filling their video game cabinets and coke machines with metal slugs and that this will soon put an end to that? #mousesensors
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    11/17/09

    In reply to Detecting False Coins With a Computer Mouse
    Wait a minute, these things are worth money? I've just been punching out the middles to make necklaces. They match my Canadian Toonie charm bracelet! #mousesensors
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/16/09

    In reply to Borg-Like ION Cube PC Wins Nvidia's Case Mod Contest
    Deservingly so. Very nice mod, not a bad machine either. Nice find. #nvidiaioncubemodcontest
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/16/09

    In reply to Borg-Like ION Cube PC Wins Nvidia's Case Mod Contest
    Resistors are futile? #nvidiaioncubemodcontest
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/16/09

    In reply to Borg-Like ION Cube PC Wins Nvidia's Case Mod Contest
    This is one of those things that I'd find extremely awesome, yet would file a restraining order against, stating that it has to remain outside 100 feet from my desk. #nvidiaioncubemodcontest
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    11/16/09

    In reply to Borg-Like ION Cube PC Wins Nvidia's Case Mod Contest
    Oddly, I think I like the plain anodized black cube better aesthetically.

    Even though their aesthetics don't match mine, it looks like a stunning piece of engineering to get all that right... #nvidiaioncubemodcontest
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    Image of mr.Man mr.Man
    11/15/09

    In reply to Let's Count the Ways NES Modders Have Decimated My Fondest Childhood Memories
    This first one *is* hella sweet. #nes
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    Image of Red_Flag Red_Flag
    11/15/09

    In reply to Let's Count the Ways NES Modders Have Decimated My Fondest Childhood Memories
    Actually, I think the first one is kinda cool. #nes
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/14/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    "So please, send me emails about anything else"

    You should talk to Rosa before saying something like that. You never know what people will email to you... #microsoft
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/14/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    Slight aside. I had to uninstall Win 7 and reinstall Vista because the school's exam software didn't support Win 7.

    I now know what everyone was bitching about. I hate you Vista. I miss you Win 7. Please come back after exams :( #microsoft
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    Image of Araam Vafai Borhanian Araam Vafai Borhanian
    11/14/09

    @tande04: Why didn't you just create a new partition on your hard drive, and install Vista on that? #microsoft
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    Image of Jaredu Jaredu
    11/14/09

    @tande04: You couldn't use the compatibility mode to virtualize XP?

    Blehh.. #microsoft
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    Image of Digitallysick Digitallysick
    11/14/09

    @tande04: You could not run it in compatibility mode? #microsoft
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/14/09

    @Araam Vafai Borhanian: I. Don't. Know.

    Some one suggested it at the time too. I wasn't 100% sure how to do it and I didn't really want to complicate an already frustrating event. I started to but chickened out.

    Now that I think about it wasn't there a Vista compatibility program packaged with Win 7? Shit, should have tried that too. #microsoft
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    11/14/09

    @Digitallysick: Damn.
    @Jaredu: Double damn. #microsoft
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    Image of imTheKing imTheKing
    11/14/09

    @tande04: the fact that you don't know where it was or even if it really existed shows that Microsoft needs to fix the User Interface and not just eye candy it. #microsoft
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/14/09

    @imTheKing: Or it shows that I panicked because I didn't want to handwrite a 3hr exam and just went with what I thought was the easiest option at the time. #microsoft
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    Image of joncoffee joncoffee
    11/14/09

    @tande04: I hope you have better concentration with your studies and you pass your exams. Using compatibility mode is highly easy to use and 100% less drastic than removing an entire operating system. Search google for an answer next time. #microsoft
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/14/09

    @joncoffee: No I don't actually. I'm sitting on Giz. Thanks for caring though.

    Google or not I'm going to stick with my way of doing it. Even though I'd admittedly didn't even think about it at the time I don't think that compatibility mode would have worked now that I'm talking it out with people. The whole point of the software is to keep other things from running on the computer so I doubt a virtual version of windows would have worked out. Plus (even assuming that it would work) I'm sure that compatibility mode works great and all but since the whole point is to keep me from having to handwrite the thing I'd hate for something to happen midway and get stuck handwriting the thing after all was said and done.

    It may have been the more drastic option and may be a sucky option but in the end I'm sure it was the safer option. #microsoft
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    Image of Asherek Asherek
    11/14/09

    @tande04: Compatibility mode is pretty good actually. And sorry to say, it's sometimes not a bad idea to admit that "your way" may actually not be the best to stick with, because in this case, it really wasn't.

    EDIT: Came across snarkier than I intended to, sorry.
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    tande04 promoted this comment Edited by Asherek at 11/14/09 10:00 PM Asherek was starred Asherek was unstarred
    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    11/14/09

    @tande04: bummer, right click, hit compatibility tab and select "run this app with "operating system" mode. You can choose XP, Vista (various system service packs for both) and most of the time it'll run perfect. #microsoft
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    11/14/09

    @tande04: nah, it's not really a virtual OS as it is just a setting that allows it. You don't have to boot into it or anything. It basically tricks the OS and is stable at that. give it a whirl next time. You'll be stoked that it probably worked without having to install an entire diff. OS and saving you much time in the process.

    Cheers all the same, at least it worked for what you needed which is the bottom line right :-) #microsoft
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    Image of chapoec chapoec
    11/15/09

    @tande04: Wow you are dumb. Did you try compability mode. Or run windows 7 in xp mode. Or use a virtualizing software with the OS of your choosing. #microsoft
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    Image of chapoec chapoec
    11/15/09

    @tande04: dont blame microsoft blame your sorry ass univerity and their lame ass software. All the software that ran on my vista runs on Windows 7. #microsoft
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    Image of JYHASH JYHASH
    11/15/09

    @chapoec: Hey, Asshat: instead of commenting here, bad mouthing someone forming an opinion, perhaps you should realize that something as important as an exam shouldn't be left to chance. And the fact that when you first set up Win 7, it doesn't guide you through and specific tutorials might have made it a little hard to justify trying to finagle a new OS when grades and a degree are on the line.

    I'm sure you're a Windows 7 master who could run fucking circles around us, but some of us would rather use an OS we know for the important things rather than early adopt and get screwed on accident. Tande04 did what was right by him, and you coming in here calling him stupid and being a Microsoft apologist isn't winning you any points, pal. #microsoft
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/15/09

    @chapoec: That is who I blame actually.

    @E30Kid: Yep. Thats what I figured to. I hadn't had a problem with anything in the past so when I ran it and it said "Windows 7 not supported" I was a little surprised.

    @Asherek: Pfft. Thats not snarky at all by Giz standards. And yes, I still stick by that it was the best decision in the end. Windows 7 is not supported and if I fucked myself in the end by trying to get around it I just would have been pissed.

    @JYHASH: Yep my point exact. Not going to try and get around it. I'm going to stick with what I know would work.

    @et al.: I almost want to reinstall Win 7 and try compatibility mode just so I can prove one way or the other if it would or wouldn't work. I've got a lot to do but spite is a strong motivator. #microsoft
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/14/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    And this is why I love having access to Volume Licensing. Clean, untouched copies of all my favorite software... and keys to go with 'em.

    Anyone up for the 'gold master' of XP Pro, with vulnerabilities up the wazoo pre-configured? =P

    Seriously, I wouldn't pirate software such as Windows off the 'net. God knows what they've snuck into the CD until after the fact... and having hundreds of "custom" editions out there doesn't help. No, I do not want 'XP Black Edition', just give me damn XP Professional. #microsoft
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