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Comment: Re:Lower Sperm Counts! (Score 1) 634

by philg8 on Thursday August 19 2010, @02:42PM (#33305910) Attached to: Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control

I have one pair of actual lycra bike shorts, and I'll generally wear them if I'm doing a ride over 15 to 20 miles or so. They have a chamois inside, which helps a lot with comfort, especially over longer distances. Personally, I don't like the way lycra shorts look, so I always wear gym shorts over them (I'm not racing).

That said, most people may choose to wear them for comfort (chamois), performance (lycra/reduced wind drag), or image (the cycling equivalent of putting a huge spoiler on a front-wheel drive four-cylinder car).

(wow, I managed to get a car analogy in there)

Yahoo photos closing 1

Submitted by billsoxs on Friday June 29 2007, @10:48AM

billsoxs writes "This should come as no surprise but Yahoo photos is now closing — and Yahoo is trying to get people to shift to Flickr. An email from Yahoo states:

Dear Yahoo! Photos user,

For some time now, we've supported two great photo sharing services: Yahoo! Photos and Flickr. But even good things come to an end, and we've decided to close Yahoo! Photos to focus all our efforts on Flickr — the award-winning photo sharing community that TIME Magazine has called "completely addictive."

We will officially close Yahoo! Photos on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. Until then, we are offering you the opportunity to move to another photo sharing service (Flickr, KODAK Gallery, Shutterfly, Snapfish, or Photobucket), download your original-resolution photos back to your computer, or buy an archive CD from our featured partner (for users of the New Yahoo! Photos only). All you need to do is tell us what to do with your photos before we close, after which any photos remaining on Yahoo! Photos will be deleted and no longer accessible.

Of course, we hope you'll join us at Flickr (you can even use your Yahoo! ID), but we also realize that Flickr may not be for everyone. In the end, we want you to find the service that's right for you, and we hope you take some time to learn more about your options before making this important decision.

Please give us your decision by Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. After that time, any photos remaining in Yahoo! Photos will be deleted. Click here to make your decision, or review a list of our frequently asked questions.

Thanks for being a part of the Web's largest photo sharing service — we hope to see you over at Flickr!

The Yahoo! Photos team"