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Comment Re:Activate...? (Score 1) 568

by nick.cash on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @10:24PM (#30678178) Attached to: Google's Nexus One Phone Launches

I didn't have to go to the website to activate mine (purchased unlocked). I just checked and it says "only ported numbers require activation", so I guess it only applies if you port your mobile number to t-mobile in the process. Not exactly sure why, but there's probably a reason for it someone.

Patrolling the US Border Via Webcam 249

Posted by timothy on Saturday December 26, 2009 @05:34PM from the observe-and-report dept.

The BBC features a story today on a controversial effort to patrol the border between Mexico and Texas by means of 21 hidden cameras, the output of which is streamed online for viewers at home, who can then report suspected illegal border crossings; more than 130,000 people have registered to observe the streams, from as far afield as "Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Israel, New Zealand and the UK."

Comment Classical Music (Score 3, Insightful) 399

by nick.cash on Sunday July 25, 2004 @02:16PM (#9795410) Attached to: RIAA Continues Distributing Dud CDs to Satisfy Settlement

It seems like about half of what they got was classical music. To me, this makes a lot of sense for a library to have.

Now, the duplicates and Michael Bolton crap are certainly inexcusable, but the classical music seems perfectly legitimate.

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