10 Daily Things

More than 30 billion kilowatt-hours of energy is wasted because many of us simply forget to shut down our computers when we aren’t using them.

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You know the one, basketball at a fair. If it’s so easy, why doesn’t everyone win a prize? Because… it’s not that easy.

ThinkGeek has ushered in a new era of sophisticated office pranks sure to drive your co-workers bonkers while you snicker silently at your desk.

The Phantom Keystroker may look like a harmless circuit board, but it’s actually a devious contraption of unlimited office-based torture. Simply discreetly attach the Phantom Keystroker to any extra USB port on your victim’s computer no drivers needed.

The Keystroker emulates a keyboard and mouse and periodically makes random mouse movements and types out odd garbage text and phrases. A simple jumper setting allows you to choose between either keyboard garbage typing, annoying mouse movements or both. An adjustment pot sets the duration between “events”.

An old lady who lives in the city of Sao Paulo decided to record with her camera the traffic at the intersection next to her house. she recorded several accidents. During 1 year she recorded 2,000 hours of video and several accidents.

Apple’s Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than “a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.” This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you’re violating the license.

According to Jonathan Kramer, a tech-minded attorney with the Kramer Telecom Law Firm, you aren’t in any legal danger if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC. Apple can’t enforce a contract clause that doesn’t make sense. “We call this an impossibility issue,” Kramer told. “You can’t enforce a term that’s impossible.”

Ahhh, these “copy-paste” licenses. It’s so stupid. Nobody, ever read the license aggrements. Not even the people who sell or create the product!!! It’s obvious, a lawyer “take care” of the aggrement and the people from Apple, didn’t spend a minute from their time to read it!!!

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