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Comment What is the real number? (Score 3, Interesting) 55

by freegeets on Thursday February 22, 2024 @06:18PM (#64261116) Attached to: AT&T Restores Service After Massive, Nationwide Outage

All the reports keep quoting the DownDetector numbers. That is only a self reported number, everyone I know with an ATT phone across the country didn't have service and none of them reported to DownDetector.

Comment Gnomes know how to make money with free software (Score 1) 187

by freegeets on Thursday October 30, 2008 @06:06PM (#25576279) Attached to: How To Make Money With Free Software

Step One: Collect Free Software Step Two: ????? Step Three: PROFIT!!!

Submission + - Journalist Test Drives The Pain Ray Gun (dailymail.co.uk)

Submitted by Fantastic Lad on Wednesday September 19, 2007 @03:24PM

Fantastic Lad writes: This machine has the ability to inflict limitless, unbearable pain. When turned on, Raytheon's 'Silent Guardian' emits an invisible, focused beam of radiation — similar to the microwaves in a domestic cooker — that are tuned to a precise frequency to stimulate human nerve endings. It can throw a wave of agony nearly half a mile. Because the beam penetrates skin only to a depth of 1/64th of an inch, it cannot, says Raytheon, cause visible, permanent injury. The demo model looks like a small speaker. (Image) With practical application is just around the corner, I wonder if anybody at that trade show was selling Faraday body suits. . ?

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