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RadioShack To Rebrand As "The Shack"? 629

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 03, 2009 @11:02AM from the a-little-old-place-where-we-can-get-together dept.

Harry writes "Rumor has it that RadioShack is planning to re-brand itself as The Shack later this year, after eighty-eight years under the old name (most of them with a space in between 'Radio' and 'Shack'). I hope it's not true, because I don't think the move would do a thing to make the retailer a better, more successful business." Where will we go to buy soldering irons and those RCA to headphone jack adapters now?

Comment Re:Human reaction bottleneck (Score 1) 624

by rpopescu on Friday July 24, 2009 @11:42AM (#28807859) Attached to: Stock Market Manipulation By Millisecond Trading

It's quite obvious you don't know anything about it, so why do you insist on expressing you beliefs on the subject?

Comment Re:Human reaction bottleneck (Score 1) 624

by rpopescu on Friday July 24, 2009 @11:02AM (#28807239) Attached to: Stock Market Manipulation By Millisecond Trading

Nope, that's not how it works, there's no such button in this type of trading. The processing/reaction times of the automated trading systems are actually measured in microseconds. Yes, I/O is the bottleneck.

Comment Re:Not too bad.. (Score 1) 226

by rpopescu on Monday June 15, 2009 @04:39AM (#28332961) Attached to: Apple Patent To Safeguard 911 Cellphone Calls

I was, of course, being sarcastic.

Comment Re:Not too bad.. (Score 2, Insightful) 226

by rpopescu on Saturday June 13, 2009 @12:32PM (#28320541) Attached to: Apple Patent To Safeguard 911 Cellphone Calls

So, like, if you've been injured, the first thing you do before calling 911 is changing the battery in your mobile. Also, your non-Apple phone allows you, like all phones which are not made by Apple of course, to replace the battery during the call, should you notice you're battery's running out...

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