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chris24
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About chris24
chris@cthomson.ca
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Comment #6574840
This actually happened. The site's unavailable now.
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Comment #6435708
It does not. Further down the page, they link to a document [1] that states that they would be required to report NSRs and law enforcement requests (combined) in ranges of 1,000, i…
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Comment #6111779
10 articles per month, yeah.
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Comment #5319523
Wrong thread?
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Comment #5288637
iCloud's free* now, actually. It became a free service when they transitioned away from the MobileMe branding. * You need a Mac or iOS device to join, though. And you can pay for a…
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Comment #5157004
The Twitter API exposes a user's ID. Some Twitter clients (like Tweetbot) show this information. You can use http://mytwitterid.com/ to find yours.
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Comment #5022319
You're not the only one - I also initially thought this was going to be about a LinkedIn employee quitting.
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Comment #4983182
When I was in tenth grade I'd just use my dad's credit card.
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Comment #4854903
FWIW, they were charging $3/package for their initial launch at UWaterloo, and people were actually paying for it. You're right - probably not enough people for it to be feasible, …
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Comment #4775987
$29 is a small price to pay to increase your productivity.
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Comment #4737145
Most likely not. Apple generally does not redirect people to their locale-specific version of their site. I'm in Canada, and I can visit apple.com without being redirected to apple…
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Comment #4565035
How does your system define "porn sites"? What about if it was some porn site no one has ever heard of with an innocent-sounding name/domain?
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Comment #4545201
There's no license.
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Comment #4543670
Is there really much of an expectation of privacy on a front porch though?
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Comment #4433690
This story reminds me of that recent Mac genius ad with the sketchy computer salesman.
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Comment #4388745
It must depend on the data they're given. I can see bus lines in Toronto, but not in Waterloo, ON, for example.
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Comment #4373096
My understanding is that yes, identica and app.net are similar, except for their business models. Identica didn't have a clear business model (AFAIK), so they would likely resort t…
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Comment #4035843
The license was a nice touch.
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Comment #4029340
Using the left/right keys is a great idea, but you'd have to have some clever way of making users aware of it. You'd also have to come up with a solution that works on devices that…
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Comment #4026331
Are authoritative answers like those still being posted on Y! Answers these days though? Craig's answer was from 6 years ago.
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Comment #4022052
From that one statement alone, I suddenly have a lot more respect for AOL. That was hilarious.
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Comment #4015669
I was just about to say... I guess that's to keep people's hopes up.
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Comment #4015665
Or the developer might have to spend more time on support now.
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Comment #3961800
I've found that most Canadian retailers seem to support chip cards now.
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Comment #3961778
I've only used VbV once or twice, years ago. Do they still use iframes? I've never understood why they try to make the site more "secure" by using these services, but then use an i…