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Comment Re:Brilliant! (Score 0) 315

by smokeala (#39310831) Attached to: Iran War Clock Set At Ten Minutes To Midnight
Or you could just do what many people do (and this way it also works if you go on a public toilet that is not a shelf toilet) and deploy a couple of layers of toilet paper onto the top of the water before you sit down to do your business, minimising any splash back.
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CFLs Causing Utility Woes 859

Posted by timothy from the so-very-simple-that-only-a-child-can-do-it dept.
dacut writes "We've seen compact fluorescent lamps start to take over shelf space at the local hardware store. Replacing a 60 watt incandescent with a 13 watt CFL seems like a great savings, though many consumers are disappointed with the slow warm-up times, lower-than-advertised lifetimes, and hassles of disposing the mercury-containing bulbs. Now EDN reports they may use more energy than claimed due to their poor power factor. Mike Grather, of Lumenaire Testing Laboratory, 'checked the power factor for the CFLs and found they ranged from .45 to .50. Their "real" load was about twice that implied by their wattage.' The good news: you're only billed for the 13 watts of real power used. The bad news: the utilities have to generate the equivalent of 28 watts (that is, 28 VA of apparent power for you EEs out there) to light that bulb. Until they fix these issues, I'll hold on to my incandescents and carbon arc lamps, thanks."
The Internet

Submission + - Registerfly's accreditation terminated by ICANN

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Punker22
Punker22 writes: "Effective immediately ICANN has terminated RegisterFly.com's accreditation. Between now and 31 March RegisterFly is required to unlock and provide all necessary Authinfo codes to allow domain name transfers to occur. Any and all registrants wishing to transfer away from RegisterFly during this period should be allowed to do so efficiently and expeditiously. "Terminating accreditation is the strongest measure ICANN is able to take against RegisterFly under its powers," Dr. Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN said today."
Software

Submission + - OpenOffice.org tries to woo Dell

Submitted by Rob
Rob writes: The OpenOffice.org open source productivity suite project has written to Dell Inc hoping to persuade the company to adopt OpenOffice in response to customer demand. "Let's have a conversation about how we could build an 'OpenOffice.org supplied by Dell'product to give your customers what they are asking for," wrote McCreesh, in reference to the demand for open source products on Dell's IdeaStorm web site. A somewhat obvious question is raised... Why isnt OpenOffice already available by default on new PC's and Workstations?
Transmeta

Journal Journal: Kernel.org is 10 years old...

Journal by diz
I just finished making the logo to mark 10 years since kernel.org was announced...

Happy birthday kernel.org!
Encryption

Download And Burn Movies Available Soon 97

Posted by Zonk from the oh-css-is-there-nothing-you-can't-do dept.
An anonymous reader writes "According to an article from PC World, a source close to the CSS Managed Recording forum said that technology which allows movies to be downloaded and burned to blank DVDs, using the same content-protection system as commercial discs, received official approval on Thursday. 'The technology will require discs that are slightly different from the conventional DVD-Rs found in shops today. The burned discs will be compatible with the vast majority of consumer DVD players ... Despite Thursday's approval, services that allow consumers to legally download and burn movies in their own homes are unlikely to appear quickly. The DVD CCA said it will be initially restricted to professional uses. These might include kiosks in retail stores where consumers can purchase and burn discs in a controlled environment.'"

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