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  1. Re:So, no apps, or just not yet? on No App Store For Microsoft's Zune HD · · Score: 1

    Not sure I like having to go to each app's website. Id like the app store concept, so it can at least validate that the program runs and doesn't have anything nasty in it.

  2. Re:Apple embraces Evil(tm) on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    Free Turn by turn GPS with voice that uses google maps did it for me

  3. Re:Buy a Pre on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    Maybe you need to get a better paying job?

  4. Re:CoolThreads Desktop on Oracle To Increase Investment In SPARC and Solaris · · Score: 1

    Agreed, right now it is about 12-20k for one of the 1U servers, but even those are pushing 64 threads+

  5. Re:The cool kids don't care on Oracle To Increase Investment In SPARC and Solaris · · Score: 1

    At the DB tier, OK fine, what about the Application tier? There are many enerprise applications that can really benefit from having 8 core chips that can do 8 threads/core. There is some level of efficiency in being able to push 256 threads in a 4U chassis.

  6. Re:Does your car run on shit? on Does Your College Or University Support Linux? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I tried linux in my gas tank and dog shit on my computer, with mixed results

  7. Re:Zork on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    I fail to see how one type of game makes you less fat than the other.

  8. How about.... on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    Montezuma's Revenege.The game not the butt problem.

  9. Re:perhaps a bit off topic on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    Why should it matter to you if the games DO get made. You don't have to buy them.

  10. Re:Because they are all the same on Music Game Genre On the Decline · · Score: 1

    Make it easier for users to upload their own songs.

    You mean like this?

  11. Re:Who got a Pre thinking it'd always sync w/ iTun on Apple Update Means Palm Pre Can No Longer Sync With iTunes · · Score: 1

    Since iTunes went DRM-free a few months back, all the music they sell now can be put on other players. They are not obligated to provide software to sync other manufacturer's devices.

  12. Re:Complete rubbish on Mass Speculation Suggests Oracle May Kill OpenSolaris · · Score: 1

    Big difference between running and optimized though.

  13. Re:One of my favorite quotes... on Mass Speculation Suggests Oracle May Kill OpenSolaris · · Score: 1

    the 90's.....that was, like, 10 years ago. Take a look at most OS's 10 years ago and see how much difference there is.

  14. Re:Complete rubbish on Mass Speculation Suggests Oracle May Kill OpenSolaris · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Solaris needs to exist to support the Sun SPARC64 and UltraSPARC T2+ processors, the latter of which is a multithreading whiz. It is used extensively where I work, and I hope they keep making it, as 128 simultaneous hardware threads in a 1U can be some powerful stuff when programmed for appropriately.

  15. Maybe.......... on Comcast DNS Redirection Launched In Trial Markets · · Score: 1

    They can redirect me to a better cable company where I can get more HD channels, and where I don't have to go through (literally) 8 DVR's to get one that doesn't die.

    Seriously, I went through a period where my DVR would crash and go into a reboot loop every 3 weeks and someone would have to come and replace it. that went on for almost 3 months

    *sigh*

    Sadly I'm stuck since I am surrounded by 5 story trees (no dish) and fios will not offer anything on my street ( technically a private road)

  16. Soo much old stuff on 45-Year-Old Modem Used To Surf the Web · · Score: 1

    I have a Atari 2600 still actively in use to play Kaboom with the old paddles I also have a bunch of old Apple kit that still works, such as Apple IIe 1983 LASER 128(Clone) 1984 Mac SE 1987 Quadra 630 1994 Centris 660AV 1994 Powerbook Duo 280c 1994 Powerbook 540c 1994 Newton 1995 All this before the age of 30. Im gonna be drowning in stuff by 40. My wife says I should get rid of some of the old stuff. Ol' dusty and ol' obsoletey as my wife calls them. Naaaaaaaaaah

  17. Re:When everyone is special, no one is special on Facebook Users Get Lower Grades In College · · Score: 1

    not to support one argument or another, but with a student base THAT big, sampling should be more relevant.

  18. Re:Executive summary (i.e., price) on Traveling With Tom Bihn's Checkpoint Flyer · · Score: 1

    Programmers have some pretty gnarly beards.

  19. Re:Executive summary (i.e., price) on Traveling With Tom Bihn's Checkpoint Flyer · · Score: 1

    It has plenty of relevance, in that a good portion of people who read this site have to fly for work, 2-5 times monthly. Admittedly, I wouldn't pay 250 for this bag, but its worth having something decent if you are in the airport for 15 20 hours monthly for me one of these works fine

  20. I'd rather save my money... on Traveling With Tom Bihn's Checkpoint Flyer · · Score: 1

    and get one of these http://www.bbpbags.com/ These bags are great, and you could buy 2 of them for the price of the one in the review and have 50 bucks left over.

  21. Re:So all that is left. on Barack Obama Is One Step Closer To Being President · · Score: 2, Funny

    and he might make the best president ever, but I'm a stickler for following the rules to the letter, and I am not one of those liberal 'the end justifies the means' types.

    So let me guess, you're a compliance officer at your job?

  22. I know I am risking my geek card here, but... on First Trek Film Footage Unveiled · · Score: 1

    What is the significance of May 2009?

  23. Re:Where was the network? on Verizon Tech Accused Of Making $220K In Sex Calls On User Lines · · Score: 1

    You got it all backwards, he is in the back of the group tapping the customers phone.....yeah.....phone

  24. Re:PIM as Social Network Tool? Yes! on Mozilla Messaging Devs Don't Want To Duplicate Outlook · · Score: 1

    Be sure to shoo those Social-Networkin' whippersnappers off of your lawn when you get home too

  25. iFirst? on iMac Turns 10 · · Score: 4, Informative

    iFirst?