WestwoodDenizen is right — reCaptcha uses two words it is trying to OCR - One that was identified and one that wasn't. No warped random text.

I like. That's a gorgeous room all around, and a fair bit more obtainable than most of the featured workspaces.

How is it ridiculous? In both examples the physical product is a tiny portion of the production expense. Salary for writers, editors, programmers, graphics artists, advertising, PR — All sorts of expenses go into the sale price of a book or game, whether it's physical or electronic. Printing the actual book or…

If debugging was on by default, yes. I've run into that on a number of HTCs (and rooted a lost phone in order to disable the lockscreen via ADB and get owner contact info) but Samsungs usually default to MTP mode, or even just an "Ask First" mode where the phone does nothing but charge unless you unlock it and select…

Agreed with @AlphaGeek. You're complaining about someone carrying around too many things. I'm talking wallet with cards and a few bucks, keys and a buck or so of change, and my cell phone. Those are my essentials, and I'm lost without them in my pocket (especially considering I've got it all slimmed down to the point…

I always feel like the odd one out when these sort of tips come up. I keep my stuff in my pockets, until I change pants. Overnight yesterday's pants stay next to the bed, after my shower in the morning I transfer my stuff and toss the dirty in the hamper. In my younger years that saved me countless mornings when I…

You downloaded a Windows 8 downloader. Ultimately, you're downloading 5MB more than the ISO. If you already know what version you want and how to burn an ISO, you can skip straight to the ISO.

Looks good, so far. Been meaning to look for something like this.

Examples? I use the hell out of my Prime account, including price checking in-store, and rarely run into products that cost significantly more on Amazon.

Face up. The article Kagnon posted describes a new phone with a proximity sensor in the back of the phone to disable the screen when it is put down.

What a horrendous feature.. I had to read that article to make sure it really did what you said. Don't they know people might want to lay the phone down and use it? Flat on my desk or table probably represents half my phone's usage.

Peak usage. It heats water for a minute, heats air for a minute. Your hair drier uses 1200w too.. to dry hair? What a ridiculous luxury item that is.

I think we can digitally store things very easily and long term, from a technical standpoint. The problem is the human factor - any current long-term digital storage scheme will require monitoring and upkeep to migrate data into newer formats before it is difficult to read the old format, and newer storage tech before…

I secured my RFID equipped debit card with a few sharp hammer hits to the chip. You can usually spot a dimple in the surface of the card, and I didn't even have to hit it hard enough to leave a mark before it stopped reading properly.

This is a prime example of improperly maintained backups. You don't have a backup unless you verify it can be read, and it's critical (and obvious) that you need to periodically transfer the data to newer (and redundant) technologies to ensure it can always be read. Your example fails to illustrate your point, it only…

Symantec is better than it used to be. But really, MSE, NOD32, Kasperski — a handful of good options. MSE is free, even. All three are light weight.

Much less than incandescent, bit less than fluorescent. On the other hand, LEDs and their electronics are far more intolerant of heat than the competition.

Ah, I misunderstood. Valid point, but the way I see it, Hollywood will produce crap no matter what. I'd rather see them attempt something cool and perhaps get a little enjoyment out of it (and a few bucks to an author I like).

Have you read Altered Carbon? While there's a passing resemblance, this is a much different story. Definitely deeper and more intricate, though who knows how much would come through in the movie.

Unless I'm missing something, the customers should only be loosing backend access. Not fun, but certainly not instant death for their sites & data. The customer domains should still be online and in your name, and websites running as long as the servers don't crash.