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Re:Another awesome US immigration experience on Monday January 07, 2013 @12:45PM (#5022127)
Interesting. I've never really looked into it, I just get over the fact I have to check-in at the airport, and over time it's become less embarrassing since I just expect to see the assistants face drop in panic, and be pulled to the side.

It's never been mentioned to me either. I'm not actually a US citizen, so perhaps it doesn't apply. I'll look into it further, thanks for the advice.

Re:Another awesome US immigration experience on Monday January 07, 2013 @05:05AM (#5020289)
There's somebody on the US no-fly list that has the exact same name as me. I can't check-in online with any airline, and checking in at the desk anywhere in the US results in some sort of warning on their computer, and a quick call to somebody to come out from the back and check it out. Unfortunately I have to fly at least once a month.

A quick look over the passport shows it's obviously not me (though I don't have any details of the real bad guy). Must happen to quite a few because I have a fairly bland, common British name.

Re:Do people really want to look at multiple windows at once? on Thursday January 03, 2013 @06:38AM (#5001911)
Have people actually tried out Windows 8? On a desktop PC, once you get past the start screen it's almost identical to Windows 7.
Re:How To Lose Weight And Influence People on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @04:24AM (#4995934)
> Then I went to Kauai for a week and gained 10 pounds

Is probably ~8lbs water. I'd be amazed if someone could gain 10lbs of fat in a week. That clocks in at about 50k total calories?

Not quite...
Re:Show HN: Soundslice – YouTube + synced guitar tabs + HTML5 on Thursday November 15, 2012 @09:50PM (#4792170)
Great idea but, even on half speed on the Super Mario example, the thing is so jerky that the numbers on the tabs just blend together, I can't read a single one of them.

MacBook Pro 2012, Chrome, 20/20 vision

Re:Why was an Indian man held for sending a tweet? on Tuesday November 06, 2012 @08:53AM (#4748360)
Actually, it was for creating a Facebook event. Arguably even more private.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/16/facebook-riot-calls...