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Submission + - Tesla's plan in action

Submitted by

parcanman

on Thursday December 28, 2006 @07:33PM

parcanman writes: "In North Attleboro Massachusetts, this house was built about 25 feet from 345,000-volt power lines. The house isn't connected to power service, but touching any metal object will still give you a shock. The guy even hooked a multimeter up to his metal sink and got 58 volts."

Submission + - Electronics Help Amazon Post Record-Setting

Submitted by wndmltudtkd on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @02:08PM

wndmltudtkd writes: The Web retailer Amazon.com's 2006 holiday season peaked with more than four million orders placed on Dec. 11, the company said Tuesday. That broke last year's single-day record of more than 3.6 million orders, set on Dec. 12 In its 12th holiday season, Amazon.com said that it again had its "best ever" sales and that it shipped more than 99 percent of orders in time to meet deadlines worldwide. As many as 3.4 million units went out in a single day.

Submission + - etiquette for stealing wireless

Submitted by

nathandbos

on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @01:50PM

nathandbos writes: "How rude is it to use a neighbor's open wireless access point without permission? I'm staying at my in-laws over the holidays and they don't have a reliable broadband connection. So I've been using an open connection that presumably belongs to one of the neighbors, although I don't know which one. It could be one of seven houses in the vicinity, and I really don't feel like knocking on all of their doors to ask a question most of them wouldn't understand. I don't know any way to figure out who they are electronically.

So I'm just wondering, how much of a social affront is this? I'll propose a bad-neighbor scale that runs from:

1= turning around in neighbor's driveway after 11PM

6= failing to pick up dog poo on their lawn

10= running off with spouse

Where on this scale is using an open wireless connection?"

Submission + - AMEX Hack for the Holidays

Submitted by

ECRocker

on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @11:50AM

ECRocker writes: "Did you get one of those "all-purpose" credit card/gift cards for chirstmas? I recieved my $25 American Express card last week, and decided to use the rest up yesterday. After getting back from chick fa la, I checked my balance online at AmericanExpress.com. My balance showed -0.07. And the charge of 4.82 was in the pending collumn of transactions. It is a gift card, and there is no way I could get billed for the extra ammount. Like most fast food resurants, I never signed anything. I decided to try it again. For dinner I went to taco bell. Wow, that was the best #8 I've ever had! I assume by today the card's balance will be posted in the red, and will get declined next time I try to use it. Until American Express does something about this critical flaw — enjoy free stuff!"

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