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Submission + - Radiohead offers "pay what you want" digit

Submitted by SilentChris on Monday October 01, 2007 @12:51PM

SilentChris writes: Radiohead has announced that in 9 days they will be releasing their latest album through their website. The interesting part: you'll pay what you want. A physical version will be released in December for $82. No word yet on DRM, but given Radiohead's recent penchant for selling on MP3 sites, there's a good chance there won't be any. The best part: the record labels are completely uninvolved with this new venture.

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Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug 806

Posted by kdawson on Monday September 24, 2007 @10:37PM from the be-fruitful-and-all-that dept.

tibbar66 writes with news of a serious multiplication bug in Excel 2007, which has been reported to the company. The example that first came to light is =850*77.1 — which gives a result of 100,000 instead of the correct 65,535. It seems that any formula that should evaluate to 65,535 will act strangely. One poster in the forum noted these behaviors: "Suppose the formula is in A1. =A1+1 returns 100,001, which appears to show the formula is in fact 100,000... =A1*2 returns 131,070, as if A1 had 65,535 (which it should have been). =A1*1 keeps it at 100,000. =A1-1 returns 65,534. =A1/1 is still 100,000. =A1/2 returns 32767.5."

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Submission + - TSA praised for being more intelligent

Submitted by SilentChris on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @07:48PM

SilentChris writes: You may have seen recent news reports regarding the TSA warning about terrorist "dry runs" : a request for increased vigilance in airline security. Recently, odd things have been showing up at airports: cheese with a cell phone charger taped to it, ice packs with clay in them, etc. All the incidents turned out to be benign, but what's "unusual" has perhaps been the reaction. Rather than being ridiculed, the TSA is being praised for thinking outside the box. Said one CTO at a security firm, "It's refreshing to have something nice to say about TSA."

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Submission + - Microsoft votes for ODF

Submitted by SilentChris on Thursday May 17, 2007 @11:56AM

SilentChris writes: Microsoft has decided to put its weight behind ODF. They have voted to add ODF 1.0 to the ANSI list. Is this a sign that MS is willing to compromise further on Office standards, or is this (as they say) a trap?

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Submission + - Square One TV jacket on eBay

Submitted by SilentChris on Monday May 14, 2007 @07:55PM

SilentChris writes: Just wanted to point out an auction for quite possibly the geekiest children's show ever. I'm selling a Square One TV jacket I won as a contestant on one of their mini gameshows. A very limited number of these were made. If nothing else you can take a gander at the pictures and revel in the 80s of it all.

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