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Comment "ben" nanonote (Score 1) 83

The product's full name is the Ben NanoNote.

Interestingly, "ben" is also the measure word used in Chinese for books, which speaks to the usability of this device as an e-reader.

wo you san ben shu --> I have three volumes of books.

wo you yi ben NanoNote --> I have a NanoNote.

Comment Re:Why didn't he just call them? (Score 3, Insightful) 177

from TFA:

He then lost audio telephone contact but the air traffic controller switched to texting and told the pilot that he had a primary radar signal on the aircraft and that Cork would allow them to land there. He then used texts to guide the 30-year-old plane in.

What would make a phone lose audio but not SMS ability?

The Internet

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IT guy and candidate for the Kansas State Legislature Sean Tevis is using an XKCD-style cartoon to help finance his budding campaign. At least 4,000 fellow geeks have already contributed small amounts to his campaign so far through PayPal.

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