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  1. Right-Wing Activist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on HR 3200 Considered As Software

    After looking at his blog, forgive me if I do not believe that this "analysis" is about anything but conclusions he's already reached (ie, Obama is a Commie Nazi).

  2. Junk science strikes again by bfwebster · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Studies Confirm That Bad Boys Get More Girls

    Uh, there are serious problems with this study, most notable that it relies upon self-reporting of sexual activity by at most a few dozen or so college-aged males (the total sample size is 200 men and women) who rank high in narcissistic, psychopathic, and manipulative behavior. Anyone else think there may be a problem with that?

    Ironically, the lead author of this study has another one coming out entitled, "The power of prestige: Why young men report having more sex partners than young women."

    I rant about all this a bit more here. ..bruce..

  3. Good coverage by BWJones · · Score: 5, Informative · on USA 193 Shootdown Set For Feb 21, 03:30 UTC

    Bruce is a fellow satellite spotter also with some degree of background and in the subject matter and has good coverage here.

  4. TV has a bandwidth edge, not a content one by bfwebster · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Will the Web Replace TV?
    I wrote about this issue back in mid-2006 ("YouTube vs. Current TV ") and concluded with the following:

    On our DirecTV satellite system, we have hundreds of channels, though fewer than we used to; we dropped all the movie channels when we discovered that we only watched one or two movies a month on them. Yet, outside of the local morning news/weather and occasional news channel updates, I seldom watch more than half a dozen shows and/or movies on TV each week. [Less than that now with the WGA strike going on.] By contrast, I suspect there are few days that go by in which I don't watch one or more YouTube videos, embedded in a blog or linked to in an e-mail I receive. In terms of total hours, I still watch more TV; in terms of discrete video productions, I watch more YouTube.
    TV still has the bandwidth edge, and I now have several dozen HD channels coming in via DirecTV -- and just about anything is watchable when you watch it in HD. :-) HD video is starting to show up on the web, but the general quality level of web-based video is still low and slow. Until that problem is solved, TV will still have an edge. YMMV. ..bruce..
  5. I think both will fail by bfwebster · · Score: 1 · on First Blu-ray Drives Won't play Blu-ray Movies

    ...because no one is going to be terribly eager to put up with this crap. Here are my own thoughts on the subject. ..bruce..