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Comment Re:No more DVD rentals? (Score 2) 303

by Dyablos on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @07:30PM (#40771211) Attached to: Latest Netflix Earnings Report Mixed

Yet most jobs that pay you minimum wage hardly ever work you with 40 hours. I have worked several of these minimum wage jobs and was lucky to break 32 hours a week for three weeks. And yes I was full time.

Submission + - Thomas Jefferson: Scientist, Inventor, Gadgeteer 1

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Hugh Pickens writes

on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @06:27PM

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence whose signing we celebrate today, was considered an expert in architecture, civil engineering, geography, mathematics, ethnology, anthropology, mechanics, and the sciences and although Jefferson never failed to acknowledge that in science he was "an amateur," Jefferson's home at Monticello was filled with examples of his scientific philosophy. An inventor and gadgeteer of great ingenuity, Jefferson's practical innovations or improvements on others inventions included: the swivel chair, the polygraph, letter press, hemp break. pedometer, mouldboard plow, sulky, folding chair, dumb-waiter, double acting doors, and a seven day clock. Throughout his life Jefferson experimented in agriculture with studies in crop rotation, soil cultivation, animal breeding, pest control, agricultural implements and improvement of seeds. Jefferson promoted science as President by recommending to Congress a coast survey to accurately chart the coast of America that later evolved into the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The Lewis and Clark and Pike expeditions were the precursors of the United States Geological Survey and stands as one of the outstanding feats of Jefferson's administration. Jefferson's expert testimony before Congress led to the establishment of the Naval Observatory and the Hydrographic Office and Jefferson's report to Congress on a plan of coinage and weights and measures based on the decimal system was expanded into the National Bureau of Standards. As Secretary of State Jefferson laid the cornerstone of our patent system and is considered to be the father of the Patent Office but the majority of patent applications during his tenure were rejected with only 67 patents granted, among them a patent to Eli Whitney for the cotton gin. Jefferson, an inventor himself never applied for a patent, which was consistent in his belief in the natural right of all mankind to share useful improvements without restraint."

Comment Woot! (Score 1) 282

by Dyablos on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @02:24PM (#36516718) Attached to: Mozilla Ships Firefox 5, Meets Rapid-Release Plan

So they release a new version of Firefox and are are changing to a rapid release format? I say good for them, they step up production thus forcing all others to follow suit. Firefox has ruled and continue to rules the internetz.

Android Text Messages Intermittently Going Astray 325

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 01, 2011 @05:38PM from the digital-foot-in-mouth dept.

theodp writes "Reports from Engadget and others suggest that Tiger Woods and Brett Favre might want to avoid Android for the time being. It seems Android's default text messaging app still has horrible text messaging bugs that can that intermittently send texts to the wrong person. 'This is ticking me off like no other technology glitch that I experienced in recent years,' reads one unhappy camper's post on a lengthy Help Forum thread opened on March 16th. 'If a bank deposited my paycheck into another person's account I wouldn't stress so much cause I can always get the money back. How the hell do you take words back? "Oh sorry boss you had to find out that I think you're an idiot, can I still keep my job, please please please?"' Over at Google Code, Issue 9392 — SMS are intermittently sent to wrong and seemingly random contact — carries a priority of 'Medium,' even though it has 600+ comments and has been starred by 3,600+ people."

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