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Keepin' it real fake, part CLXXIX: AURA clone loses a vowel and a lot of class {Engadget}
Feb 4th 2009 11:59AM Sorry, quite a mess up there...
The AURA did in fact lose a vowel, and not a consonant as the previous poster so incorrectly pointed out.
Back to school :-(
Keepin' it real fake, part CLXXIX: AURA clone loses a vowel and a lot of class {Engadget}
Feb 4th 2009 11:55AM Yup, he is right. BVLGARI or ANNVM anyone?
The other thing is that the letter U in AURA is consonant, not a vowel. Thus the AVRA gained a vowel, and lost a consonant in the KIRFprocess.
Dear Mainstream Media: Obama's new phone might not be a BlackBerry, might not be a phone, and he might not be getting it {Engadget}
Jan 22nd 2009 12:14PM Of course, RIM is Canadian, so just blame them :-)
Student charts electrical usage in real-time, much to Big Brother's delight {Engadget}
Jan 20th 2009 4:00AM Yes, I am disturbed that someone takes a 18min shower. What I am even more disturbed about, is that some of the above posters take 30-45min showers!! Hygiene is a must, but if you actually wash yourself properly, it takes around 10mins.
You guys seriously need to think about how much water you are just WASTING. Here is the math:
A 'low flo' shower head allows avg. 2.5gpm. An old shower head avg 5gpm.
For the sake of the arguement, not all homes are fitting with Lo flo, and not all are fitting with the old style.
Lets take and average shower head of 3gpm.
Pop of USA (est 7/2008) 300million.
Assuming each person takes 1 shower per day.
Again for the sake of the exercise, lets assume 20% of the population takes a 30min shower.
3gpm x 30min x 20% of 300million = 6'750'000'000gall. (6.75trillion gall)
To put this in perspective, the Hoover Dam has a storage capacity of approx. 9.2 trillion gall...
Therefore, if 30min showers were banned, and everyone took 10min showers, that means there would be a saving of 4.5trillion gall (approx. half of the Hoover Dam) PER DAY. Then multiply this for all the countries around the world,
So, for all who take water for granted, and do not even think for 1sec about how much water you waste, where do you think all this water comes from? Imagine the infrastructure such as pipelines, water treatment plants, chemicals, etc etc needed to have in place just so that you can enjoy a 30min shower.
STOP WASTING WATER!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I am just an average Joe Plumber, my showers take about 9mins. I am a not a Greenpeace activist, nor am I rabid environmentalist, just a concerned individual.
Cheers,
BigBloke
Sony refuses PlayStation brand for PSP Phone? {Engadget}
Jan 16th 2009 5:57AM Reminds me of Maxwell Smart's shoephone
Sony Ericsson's Walkman Xmini for Japan is awesome, but not for the usual reasons {Engadget}
Dec 8th 2008 4:56AM Yeah right, typing out emails...
Does this look like it is aimed at the 'Business Class' audience? Thats why SE has the P Series...
BlackBerry Storm vs. knife blade... Fight! {Engadget}
Dec 4th 2008 5:13AM Talk about conducting a Benchmark Test. Somebody should explain it to him..
Samsung showcases YA-SBR510 Bluetooth speaker {Engadget}
Aug 12th 2008 10:24AM Incoming Nerd comments about the hot chick
3...2...1...
iPhone hacker says the device 'calls home' to Apple, allows apps to be remotely disabled {Engadget}
Aug 7th 2008 11:09AM Slight difference is that Firefox is free. You are free to use it, or not to use it...
More e-passports hacked within minutes, security questions abound {Engadget}
Aug 7th 2008 8:22AM ...and the point being?
