Can I use one of these as a replacement for the original wireless keyboard receiver? If I get more than five feet from the original receiver the keyboard doesn't work. This device is probably much better.

I believe it's an infinite number of monkeys that you need, not just a million.

Usually when an 'artist' wants to do something with physics they put a cat in a box and kill it and say it represents the Shrodinger's cat paradox. I guess this guy didn't feel like dealing with PETA.

99% of the people bashing the windows 8 interface haven't used it for more than an hour. They go crazy when anything changes. I try not to do that because it reminds me of how old people react to everything, and I never want to get that way.

I keep personal emails. However, I've worked at companies where they had a strict email deletion policy at 3 months. If the emails don't exist they can't be used in investigations against them. And it makes sense. After 3 months most people forget what they were conversing about anyway and can't provide the necessary context for emails, so they can be highly misleading and are a significant liability for the company.

If Blackberry jumps on the Internet Of Things bandwagon then we can finally get our wish of having the term killed, beaten to a pulp, and buried.

Blackberry has incredible resistance to change. That's why they were left in the dust by Apple and Google. They might get around to repositioning the company in ten years but unfortunately they won't be around then.

I've had an SSD in my desktop for years now. It's fine. I think that poster might have a sense of humour.

This is why I'll never use an SSD in my computer. They're just unreliable.

I didn't know Bill Gates had the ability to control ISPs in this way.

I wonder how many programmers are going to complain that they only coded for leap seconds and never bothered allowing for the reverse. It'll happen one day.

The horseless carriage was a novelty at first. I mean, who wants to ride in a machine that has no mind of its own? Something that can't even avoid minor obstacles on its own?

Don't forget the all important jet engine test. (you won't get that if you're not a Far Side fan)

23:59:59 is normally followed by 00:00:00 (or 24:00:00). In this case it goes 23:59:59, 23:59:60, and then 00:00:00. One second gets added at the end of the day.

XKCD has it covered: https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/