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Re:Dropbox rival Space Monkey puts 'cloud' in your house on Thursday March 08, 2012 @11:03AM (#3680191)
That's why dropbox has lan sync: https://www.dropbox.com/help/137
Agreed. A quick check of NANPA (North American Numbering Plan Administration) shows an in service data of 06/01/1997

http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_query_step2.do;nanpaid=r...

Re:Why Are Vendors Annoyed by this IAP Thing? on Thursday February 17, 2011 @12:10PM (#2231715)
Are you using chrome?

It could be this bug: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=65941

If it were, it would have to account for somewhere on the order of 3 million years (or more, depends on who you ask), rather than 30k.

Also it would need some evidence of granaries or the like for winter storage.

Re:Ask HN: Page99Test.com - Would you submit to YC? on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @09:35PM (#1836888)
Looks great.

However, the login/registration does not allow the '+' symbol in email addresses.

Re:Programming is for Stupid People on Monday October 18, 2010 @12:32PM (#1804115)
Reminded of Tim Bray's 'Forget the defaults': http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/06/29/No-Default...
Re:Poll: How do you combat RSI? on Sunday August 08, 2010 @05:09PM (#1586166)
Short answer: I wear wrist braces to sleep (I just use some weight-lifting gloves with velcro wrist-straps).

Back story:

About a year or two back, I was working long hours and started to develop wrist pain. At the time, I 'asked' google the same question and came upon a recommendation (can't remember where to give credit) to wear wrist braces when sleeping.

I didn't really think about it again until a couple of weeks later when I woke up with my head resting on my hand and my wrist bent back underneath it. I started wearing braces to bed and the problem I'd been dealing with for a couple of months was pretty much gone in a week and a half.

Re:How secure is your password? [Graphic] on Saturday February 13, 2010 @07:41PM (#1123869)
I'm guessing children's names.

A quick check of popular baby names in the US (here: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/) shows Michael and Daniel to still be quite popular. All four names mentioned appear several times in the top 15 baby names for years between 1979 and 2000 or so. Nicole averages around the 7th most popular name for the 80's.

Re:Aquatic ape hypothesis on Monday January 25, 2010 @10:21PM (#1076905)
In-depth, scientific debunking (with references): http://www.aquaticape.org/
As nickaugust says below, the hardware and the OS support multi-touch. It's just that Google's bundled apps don't use this support.

As to the 190MB limit, this is true for executable bundles, but apps and games are free to use the rest of the storage for resources (datastores, textures, models, etc.). Also, at the Nexus One event yesterday, it was noted that Google is working on the ability to use the SD card for app storage.

Re:What's the Deal with Fish Oil? on Thursday December 17, 2009 @12:19AM (#1000465)
The problem with the omeaga-3 in flax oil is that it's ALA, while we really need EPA and DHA. Although the body can convert ALA, it doesn't do so with great efficiency.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/omega-3-dosage-sources/

Re:Serializing Data - JSON vs. Protocol Buffers on Monday August 17, 2009 @08:50AM (#767964)
It should probably be noted that the Python implementation currently works much differently than the C++ and Java implementations.

The C++ and Java versions generate code for each message type defined in a your proto file (in fact there an option that let's you specify to optimize for speed). The python version on the other hand creates an object representing the proto file, and reflects upon it for serialization/deserialization.

Re:Fatty Foods Affect Memory and Exercise on Sunday August 16, 2009 @12:30AM (#765648)
Here's a great response to the study from one of the icons of the Primal/Paleo/low-carb community:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-diets-make-us-stupid...

Executive summary: This study (or at least the media's response to it) attempts to extrapolate a 9-day study on rats to an overall implication on human diets.