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- Gadgets
The Grouse: The Inkjet Refill Racket
2.16.2008 at 02:48am - Comment by bobby2554I have an hp wireless laser printer and it is fantastic. Not only does it print awesome photos that you can edit right on the printer (just like in stores) but it also has the full 6 different ink colors, so you don't have to buy one brand new ink cardrige when your old one was only out of one color. This allows you to buy each cartridge individualy over a long period of time.
- The Environment
The Grouse: Assault on Batteries
Perusing the deluge of overheated press releases from the CES conference a few weeks ago, one in particular, for Panasonics new line of EVOLTA batteries, got me thinking. And when I say thinking, I mean muttering curse words and shaking my fist. The release made a big deal about the fact that these new batteries last from 1.3 to 2 times as long as other alkaline batteries—which is to say, slightly less poisonous and wasteful, but not much. Whoopdee-flipping-doo.
2.7.2008 at 11:41pm - Comment by bobby2554Ok, for the people talking about goverment freedom and stuff, your talking about BATTERIES. Keep it in context. As for the problem of the batteries themselves, it would be a great idea to have collections, or local recyling areas for them so that more are recycled. Most people don't want to throw them in the trash, they simply don't have anywhere else to put them. I would go so far as to outlaw them completley, but mabye companys would be required to make more rechargable as opposed to chargable, just like that new HD broadcasting law. Overall, rechargable batteries would be better for people to use.
- DIY
Cure for the Failed Credit Card Swipe: It’s in the Bag
If youve ever stood at a checkout line and frantically swiped your credit (debit) card again and again, only to see error messages, try this little trick: Slip your bashful card inside a plastic shopping bag (typically hanging right next to the card swipe reader). Smooth out all wrinkles and ensure that the bag is tight and taut on the magnetic stripe side of the card. Now swipe your card/bag combo through the card reader. Success! The plastic bag adds just enough thickness to your card for a persnickety card reader to accept. —Dave Prochnow
2.7.2008 at 07:13pm - Comment by bobby2554All though true, this trick has been around for years! And it doesn't just work from the thickness. It adds staic electricity that helps the scanner read the card.
- The Environment
Far Out: NASA's Golden Gift to the Aliens
In a few months, NASA scientists and the press will note the passing of the 30th anniversary since the launches of Voyagers I and II. By now, both interstellar probes have passed beyond Pluto's orbit and are speeding out toward neighboring star systems, carrying with them copies of the Golden Record, a phonograph record full of images, music and recordings of life on Earth intended for any extraterrestrials who might happen upon the probe and wonder who sent it. It's the same idea behind the plaque that was bolted onto the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, both of which are currently gliding out of the solar system behind the Voyager probes.2.7.2008 at 07:09pm - Comment by bobby2554Even if aliens did find it, what are the odds that the record player breaks? Most machines break normally from old age, and this one is flying through space!
- Science
The Microbial Attack Plan
2.7.2008 at 07:05pm - Comment by bobby2554testing post capabilities
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