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Bob_Sheep

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    Comment #10140508

    Chaos Computer Club

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    Comment #8652092

    The creeper cards were not a CCC thing and people generally just took the piss out of them.

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    Comment #8093413

    There is more data available here: http://www.bmreports.com/ http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/additional/soapserver.php Its pretty much real time data that can be used for trading on t…

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    Comment #7993072

    This idea reminds me a bit of insulating concrete formwork, where you use interlocking bricks made from something like polystyrene to make a form. This is then filled with concrete…

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    Comment #7972463

    I couldn't take the article seriously after the suggestion that he was producing colours that are not seen on a natural rainbow and that the rainbow is wrong. The spectra for sunli…

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    Comment #7895494

    I should point out that the pifm code is a bit of a hack and does not properly reset the DMA controller when you stop running it. It will leave the FM signal active until you reset…

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    Comment #7690469

    scp is another option if ssh-copy-id is not available

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    Comment #7651165

    Except when it doesn't due to the X11 Ctrl-Alt-KP_Multiply bug from a couple of years ago.

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    Comment #7292769

    That is Whisper Systems, not Open Whisper Systems. They are different.

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    Comment #7130697

    From the original guidance I don't see the government making any claims about Ubuntu being in "First Place" https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/end-user-devices-s...

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    Comment #6721092

    What would the carbon tet even be used for? I can't think of a time when I ever used it during my chemisty degree, so for most things it could probably be replaced with another mor…

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    Comment #6375030

    It sounded like a bad description of drag soldering which involves dragging a ball of solder over the pins with the iron and relying on the solder mask and surface tension to make …

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    Comment #6241020

    The crash test results, including the videos, are available here: http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle+Shoppers/5-Star+Safety+Ratin... And even more crash test data and videos: http://w…

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    Comment #5543169

    DuckDuckGo, among other sources uses Yahoo search boss. http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216399

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    Comment #5310716

    I use a Lamy Al-Star with a fine nib fitted. I find the choice of ink much more important though, some of the inks I've used feather a lot and others dry too slowly which isn't gre…

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    Comment #5264070

    This article is from 2011, here is the talk from 28c3: http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2011/28c3-4780-en-print_... Also on the subject of printers this talk from 28c3 is quite …

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    Comment #4404478

    No, if you need to ask for phone numbers by using a facebook group you are doing it wrong. This just serves to encourage more people to do the wrong thing.

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    Comment #4037466

    The aperture on an SLR only closes once you press the shutter release (or press the depth of field preview button, but those are becoming rare on consumer grade hardware). If the a…

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    Comment #4037363

    It needs to give you the ability to use flash lighting. Then you could learn about how you can use flash to give a scene a completely different look, for example by using a wide ap…