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Comment Give GOOG an account everywhere... (Score 3, Insightful) 95

Using this logic, Google should be given an account to every forum, every blog, every tube site, every system with a login so that users can see if they are talked about some where on the internet. Sounds like a stupid idea. Why should they be able to log into Facebook when they can't log into that small little web forum?

Comment Re:Any laywers here? (Score 1) 983

Search warrants aren't required any more. All the cops have to do is claim you were destroying evidence: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/16/supreme-court-upholds-warrantless-search-of-apartment-based-on-marijuana-smell/ 8-1 Supreme Court ruling. That should take 50-75 years to overturn, if we are lucky.

Comment Re:Tortious? (Score 1) 185

I feel even more vindicated. Every time I forget my card, they ask for the phone number I used to get it. After trying the two numbers I've had for years and neither works the cashier gets frustrated and asks the next customer in line if I can borrow their card.

Comment Re:Buzzer speed. (Score 2) 674

That is incorrect: Wired.com: And of course, the best Jeopardy players sometimes ring in before they may have come up with the answer, if they have, dare I say it, a gut feeling or sense of intuition that theyâ(TM)ll be able to answer correctly, right? Watson canâ(TM)t do that, can it? Brown: The IBM Research team made a decision that we were not going to ring in unless Watson had already computed an answer with high-enough confidence. There are human players who may have an intuition that they know the answer but donâ(TM)t quite have it on the tip of their tongue, and are willing to ring in because they are confident enough that they will come up with the correct answer in the few seconds they have to actually answer after theyâ(TM)ve won the buzz. That was an implementation decision for Watson that it had to have an answer with a high-enough confidence before it would attempt to ring in. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/ibm-watson-speed/

Comment Re:No Drivers for Windows (Score 1) 702

I have a 4 year old HP All in One Printer. Windows 7 will not install drivers for the scanner or fax portion of the printer. Since printing is by far the least used portion of the 'All In One' part of this printer I have an almost useless machine sitting on my desk. Pretty disappointing, because it scans very well.
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Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex 272

When an UK man was asked to be the best man at a friend's wedding he agreed that he would not pull any pranks before or during the ceremony. Now the groom wishes he had extended the agreement to after the blessed occasion as well. The best man snuck into the newlyweds' house while they were away on their honeymoon and placed a pressure-sensitive device under their mattress. The device now automatically tweets when the couple have sex. The updates include the length of activity and how vigorous the act was on a scale of 1-10.

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