On the left side I read " Lenovo not only the number one PC maker in the world but also the third-largest smartphone maker." On the right side under "The Register": "Watch out, Samsung and Apple: Xiaomi's No 3 in smartphones now ", On the right side under "Beta News": "Xiaomi is the third-largest smartphone maker"

I gladly accept Nigerian checks on CL. This way the scammers are out of FedEx/UPS fee and I add another fake check to my office collection.

Things like electric tea kettles benefit from the higher power, their boil time is almost halved. Electric heaters can also be made more powerful.

Can you get in New York from NJ without a payment?

Not only the feds sent a warrant to TOR, they also sent one to TCP/IP!

Stupid Roku can't even play JPEG slideshow as a screensaver.

A lot of that anti gay nonsense in Russia is to shift public focus from more important issues. Gays are not thrown in jail for being gay. In fact, there are many openly gay entertainers on Russian national TV.

Bike helmet is not terribly effective. Large study of motorcycle accidents showed that the majority of damages were to the areas not covered by bicycle helmets. My personal experience confirms it. Search google images for "hurt report helmet", there is a nice illustration. I never ride my motorcycle without a full face helmet. On a bicycle I don't bother.

Google "countertop pop up receptacle" and you'll find many choices.

The "Droid" name is licensed exclusively to Verizon, you need to look for a similar international version.

Russian for "will rot" is . All letters, but "x" sound close to the English lettes in stuxnet, and x sounds different, but looks the same.

... but Russian immigrants living in and working for Israel. The name "Stuxnet" can be transliterated to "will rot" in Russian. Which was exactly what the Iranian equipment did.