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These are great, and I use them on all my gear. The kit includes a variety of sizes and shapes. The adhesive is very strong and will stick to virtually any surface, and the label is protected by a transparent plastic coating that makes it very resistant to scratches. The printing is rated for fade resistance after several years in the outdoors, and the price is just right.

http://www.mavericklabel.com/p...

Disclaimer: I used to work at this company. They're good people.

Last time I checked, iMacs didn't come with an expiration date stamped on the back, nor do they burst into flames when some imaginary expiration date is met. Apple hardware lasts a *long* time. If you CHOOSE to upgrade, that is your choice, not Apple's.

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Get a USB extension cable, duh.

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What doubts would those be? They're displays. You plug them in and they work. If you don't like Thunderbolt displays, feel free to use a DisplayPort monitor. Unless, of course, you have doubts about *them*, in which case I suggest you get a DisplayPort->VGA converter for your 1992 amber-on-black monochrome display.

Troll.

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A 62-year old friend of mine took an iOS certification course at the University of Washington (Seattle) and promptly found a full-time position at one of the Big Four professional services firms, developing mobile applications for their clients. Prior to this job, he was a self-employed specialty developer, until his wife fell ill and he needed to procure full-time employment.

So hope springs eternal - it's at least possible to get a job after being Of A Certain Age, if you have the right skills for the right field.

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The article makes a huge logical leap: that US laws governing items on federal lands somehow apply to items that are not on federal lands (for example, the asteroid belt). This is akin to saying that US antiquity laws would prevent a US citizen from prospecting for fossils in, say, Canada. What a load of baloney. The author is trying to conflate and confuse two issues (mining in space and prospecting on US federal lands) which are utterly unrelated.

Nebulo

Frost prist!?!

The days of Anonymous Cowards are seemingly coming to a quick close. This abdication of authentication authority seems in-line with the overall garden walling of various sections of the Internet, operating systems, and devices.

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The article states, "Of course there is no such Flash update. You should always download Flash from a genuine Adobe site."

This is poor advice. I would suggest, "Flash should never be installed on anyone's computer, ever."

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I blame Kate Mulgrew and Alanis Morissette! And maybe Natalie Merchant, too.

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I recommend paying particular attention to the entire book - it's an outstanding story by an author in his prime.

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Spoiler alert, because this isn't revealed until the end of the story:
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"Timescape" by Gregory Benford does this, quite elegantly.

I'm surprised to report that this one doesn't affect me; I can definitely perceive that the dots change color, even when they're moving around.

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To coin a phrase, "Duke sucks."

Nebulo

...which might indicate that you could use the services of both acronyms.

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Um. Not sure which 1996-2000 you lived through, but that history doesn't quite match the one I experienced.

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