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Comment Re:Forward thinkers (Score 1) 506

I take less time than someone trying to figure out how the hell to swipe their debit card. Your rules could be condensed to "if you're a retard or have a cart, use the regular line."

Same thing occurs at the human operated checkouts. Whenever I am forced to use one I always get stuck behind someone who doesn't realize that they need to pay at the end -- 3-5 more minutes while they locate their debit/credit card/checkbook/cash.

My only problem with the self checkouts is that I am usually ahead of the machine - scan - bag - scan - bag, and sometimes get the item into the bag before the unit is ready for it and get the "unexpected item in bag" warning.

The savings in using the self checkout comes about because I get 5 minutes of my life back while there, and save more time because I bag the items according to where I need to put the stuff when I get back home.

Comment Re:This would scare the hell out of me (Score 1) 488

Join the club. I'm fine with flying, but I freak out at steep drops that I'm "connected" to

Same here, but for me it is edges that do it. I am fine at heights, but get me near the edge and I freak..
I can't imagine they would sell many of these planes for general aviation purposes, might be ok for some folks, but I think most people would be a bit apprehensive when flying in these.

Comment Re:All the data on Google (Score 1) 338

I think you're both looking too far for how they correlate. Don't forget that they set a cookie with your account name, to keep you signed in. That means that when you sign in with a different account, the old cookie gets sent first, clearly telling them that you're the same guy.

Not quite, all it says is that first and second accounts used the same computer. It is likely to be the same person, but does not have to be.

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Apple Doesn't Appreciate Toilet Humor 104

beaver1024 writes "I doubt if Apple lawyers even contemplated the irony as they slapped a small Australian company producing camping equipment with a lawsuit for trademark violations. Sea to Summit makes a product that assists in the disposal of human excrement, calling it iPood. Apple thinks that 'For obvious reasons, Apple's reputation for clean design and high-tech electronics will suffer should it be associated with latrines and the like through Sea to Summit's use of iPood.' If only Sea to Summit had the resources to fight this in court. Alas, we are witnessing yet another sign of the corrupted nature of IP laws in Australia and internationally."

Comment Re:Terminals on an Apple IIGS (Score 1) 150

And the 3270 in particular is about as smart as a terminal ever got. The terminal itself did the input field text editing before shipping the whole screen input back to the mainframe. Even though there aren't many actual terminals around you'll still see them emulated on PCs in quite a number of applications.

They were damn near indestructible also. I have been a mainframer since the IBM360 days, and I still think the 3270's were the most comfortable keyboards to type on.

Comment Re:I don't mind a strong beer... (Score 1) 297

I also like the La Fin Du Monde at 9%, and Maudite at 8%... Both come in a cool bottle with a cork. Not sure if they are available in the US....

Available on a state by state basis. When it comes to alcohol the US is 50+ countries (some states it can be limited on a county by county or even a town by town level).

I am all for state rights, but for some things it makes sense to regulate at a federal level (mostly the fun stuff -- guns, booze, drugs & sex).

Comment Re:Nope. (Score 1) 297

OK, to be really picky... fermented grain is the basis for ale. Beer is ale flavoured with hops. Whisky is not flavoured with hops, and is therefore distilled ale, not distilled beer. So we still don't have a name for distilled beer, unless you call it 'hop flavoured whisky'.

I will be a bit pickier -- fermented grain is the basis for beer

ale is beer fermented with a top fermenting yeast, while lager beers are fermented with a yeast that tends to settle to the bottom of the fermenting vessel.
at one time the ale/beer difference was if hops or a gruit mixture was used for flavoring, but over time the usage of the terms has changed a bit.

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