POLL: How often do you wear a tie?

- Every day to work
- A few times a week, depending on the outfit
- When I have to look nice for a client or the big boss
- When I go to fancy parties or classy functions
- Weddings and funerals
- Weddings and funerals of people I actually like
- I refuse to bow to your neck-constricting tyranny!

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WHAT YOU SAID

What was the first computer magazine you subscribed to?

1.1% - Portable 100
23.9% - Computerworld
7.6% - Macworld
7.6% - 80 Micro (the TRS- 80 magazine)
10.9% - Wired
0.0% - Hi-Res
9.8% - Compute!
7.6% - Creative Computing
31.5% - PC Magazine

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Pants on fire -- due to iPod, not lies

An employee of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport was at work with a two-year-old iPod Nano in his pocket, when the popular music gadget suddenly burst into flames. The inferno lasted only 15 seconds, but the flames reached his chest. Things could have been much worse: thanks to glossy paper, he wasn't burned, and he notes that "if TSA had come by and seen me smoking, they could have honestly thought I was a terrorist." ...continue reading 'Pants on fire -- due to iPod, not lies'


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