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Pair of double-As give you cheap, quick charge

Not exactly

Would have to be 5 AAs. Most simple voltage regulators (like this one) require the input voltage to be at least 1.5 or 2 volts higher than the output voltage.

Re: simple voltage regulator

"If you can find such a thing for sale, I'm sure you could find a charger for sale."

$0.54 (34.13p) on Mouser.com (part #512-LM7805CT)

$1.25 on SparkFun (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/107)

And, for the U.S.:

Probably very expensive at RadioShack

But like you said, most people will not have these in their house right this very moment.

LulzSec SMACKDOWN: Leader Sabu turned by feds last summer

DDOS attacks can be blocked. Arresting the people who are actually ballsy enough to perform real attacks (SQL injection, etc.) is much more important.

Just goes to show

That even 7 proxies can't protect you.

Samsung worker confirms April launch for Galaxy S III

Re: Re: What's starting to worry me...

Needless to say, people that sit in Starbucks to "work" (read: show off how important they are) are not a very good representation of the global technology market.

Swiss space-cleaning bot grabs flying junk, hurls itself into furnace

Re: Is there a contamination risk?

No, what would make you think there would be?

Apple tops Google in 'Reputation Quotient' survey

American here

Kraft sucks.

Apple demands US ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus

No way!

"...a data-tapper feature, which recognises data such as phone numbers and provides a link directly to the dialler..."

Apple created regular expressions?

Google goggles with Terminator HUD 'coming soon'

Close enough

TV-blocking glasses (among other things)

http://www.ladyada.net/pub/research.html

Chinese company demands $38m, 'apology' from Apple

Apple: We are sorry. But forget the $38 million.

Conclusive proof of human activity causing glacier to vanish

RE: "97% of climate scientists are sure there is a big problem..."

Also interesting: 100% of climate scientists would be out of a job if they didn't have faux research to be doing.

Sony confirms 'tough-minded' Hirai as new CEO, president

Cue stock complaint about rootkits, Other OS, etc.

Drink diet pop all the time? Look forward to VASCULAR DEATH

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=121600+square+miles&lk=1

Bill Gates' ass slams into iPhone

@AC 16:20

"...neither white nor grey are actually colours..."

Oh really? Then please enlighten us to what they actually are.