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larrywallace

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    Comment #9278129

    If my wire is holding by a thread and is nearly about to sever I need something more solid than Sugru rubber, something that's very inflexible.

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    Comment #9278117

    How long does sugru fix last? Does the Subaru rubber break a crack at some point?

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    Comment #9278033

    Seems like one of those situations where it can happen often to some people and never for others. I wonder how really prevalent this problem is?

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    Comment #9277760

    The problem can also happen on the other end of the wire, on the adapter end. Do you know what the tension for the spring? Would think it requires a good amount of tension to avoid…

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    Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

    I so hate it when my macbook adapter plug breaks. Does this happen to you when the wire at either end may fray or lossen and expose the internal wires. Then I need to shell out 40-…

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    Comment #8861750

    Check these guys at www.forestshipping.com - they can ship direct to FBA from your factory and do labeling services if needed.

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    Do US colleges have courses on the US financial crisis of 2007-2008?

    I just saw the documentary "Inside Job" and was wondering if US colleges teach about how the financial crisis went down, especially Harvard where Larry Summers was President of Har…

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    Comment #8750901

    ok, I think I got it. Fundamentals I know enough to be dangerous, thanks for the pointers to captive portal. I'll be able to run with this now... I upvoted you and 0x0

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    Comment #8750065

    Yes, I am connected to the store's wifi. Once I am on their network, how do they actually grab it? What headers names do they inspect for, etc. I'd like to actually know the implem…

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    Comment #8750060

    Yes, I am connected to the store's wifi. Can you point me to some code that actually can grab the mac address? As the title suggests -- I want to know how they do it.

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    How does Starbucks knows how to grab my MAC Address?

    To all hacker out there, how in the world can a website grab your mac address from the browser http://oi61.tinypic.com/s263ib.jpg. I've heard responses from "it is not possible" to…

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    Comment #8579226

    Dude, it is the mac address they grab. I ran ifconfig en1 | grep ether and the mac address showed up on my URL omnibar when I firebugged it. I've even noticed this happening at Sta…

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    Comment #8579220

    @gonzi I think your comments are a bit cynical. I don't think this sort of stuff is common knowledge. If it is true that there is a ring of sellers, this is really highly coordinat…

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    Comment #7926964

    This app looks great, but the only negative for me is that it does offer the ability to take a camera snapshot of a real receipt. Some other apps have this receipt snapshot feature…