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computerbob··on Leaky adds Esurance to auto insurance comparisons
What sort of data are you looking for if I was to email the prices. My old insurance is through progressive and leaky was around $350 more than what I am currently paying. While geico was much closer. Is there a form? Or just use what I got on the other sites and paste them accordingly to to leaky's estimated prices?
computerbob··on Leaky adds Esurance to auto insurance comparisons
The interface is awesome and really fun to use...however I found the results to be higher than when I manually went to the companies websites.

Has anyone else found this to be true. I am currently looking for car insurance so this website is awesome for a quick snapshot.

EDIT: I also got an error on the "Drivers" section when I entered my occupation as a "Computer Programmer".

computerbob··on The OMGPOP acquisition: 6 weeks later
My guess is that because Draw Something actually takes effort to do versus Words with Friends is just a quick thing you can play constantly for weeks on end. I know that for me Draw Something was really fun because it was new, but now it almost takes to much effort to fire it up and play for a quick time waster.
computerbob··on Carmack on why transatlantic ping is faster than pushing a pixel to the screen
I had to try 2 times...but I got "0.203". Then on my fourth try I also got "0.205".
computerbob··on Google Drive detailed: 5 GB of free space, launching next week
What doesn't work for you on dropbox for android? I use it all the time and am wondering what sort of things I might be missing.
computerbob··on Ashton Kutcher invests in Dwolla
Has anyone used Dwolla for development? Free micropayments?

https://www.dwolla.com/developer

computerbob··on Kaspersky: Duqu Trojan uses 'unknown programming language'
The actual real blog which zdnet summarized from which is far more interesting:

http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/667/The_Mystery_of_the_Duq...

computerbob··on Introducing Collusion: Discover who’s tracking you online
That is because in the settings of your pandora account it asks for your age and your sex as a preference. They tell you as a side note that it is for ad targeting. Pretty honest (IMHO)
computerbob··on Biological computer can decrypt images stored in DNA
He probably didn't link to a real article because he works for "extremetech.com" since all his submissions history are articles from there.
computerbob··on Hacking the App Stores
Anyone else have their computer freeze when they tried to open up the link?
computerbob··on How to Build a 'Paywall' That Doesn't Break the Web
Or you can just turn javascript off and you don't get the nagwall either.
computerbob··on Verizon Tells Customer To Get A Lawyer & A Subpoena To Get An Itemized Bill
I don't understand how this is an advantage for Verizon. It would seem that it would be easier just to tell the person what the bill is for. Court must be much more expensive.
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