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  1. Re:Anime FANSUBS create a market where there was n on Piracy Boosts Anime Sales, Says Japanese Government Study · · Score: 0

    Bakemonogatari is probably one of THE best animes to come out in YEARS. Instead of the large amounts of same forumla stuff that comes out constantly. It isnt another harem of girls falls in love with weakling guy kinda thing. The animation style is very unique.

    Ironically, I still refuse to buy box sets of anime I love. 99.9% of the time the english dub versions they release are just plain bad and their subs are worse than fansubs. I find it hard to justify paying for something of lower quality than I can get legally (before its licensed in the US). I mean if they did a better job of the subs and dubs and released it along the same time as the Japanese version sure. I wouldn't hesitate to buy. But when all they are offering is lower quality stuff that I can't stand listening to... hardly gives any incentive to buy. Only anime I have a box set of is Hellsing because the dubs aren't total trash.

  2. To answer the headline: on App — the Most Abused Word In Tech? · · Score: 0

    Short answer: No.
    Long answer: No.
    The meaning is changing slowly with mobile computing but most "websites" are now hosted applications and definitely not JUST static html. And there have got to be other terms which have been abused way more. Like.. hacking.

  3. Re:Huh? on No More Version Numbers For HTML · · Score: 0

    In other Google news: Chrome works off the cloud, HTML specs follow.

  4. Re:What I care about on The Ambiguity of "Open" and VP8 Vs. H.264 · · Score: 0

    That is a given but it presupposes the fact that it gains dominance. It won't happen overnight thats for sure. The majority of users probably have no idea what codec videos they watch are using. All they know is they are watching youTube etc. What they NEED to do.. is basically implement it with no backwards compatibility. Replace youTube with their new format. How many people do you think will give up their YouTube just because they have to install yet another piece of something they don't understand? Not alot is my guess.

  5. Re:The article talks about VDI a lot on Should Employees Buy Their Own Computers? · · Score: 0

    My Co-workers all have company macbooks. Or most of them anyways. I have an old DellXPS (but still dual core) I code on my host machine but most people with the macs load windows VMs (our software only works in windows anyways). I would personally love to upgrade to one of those quad core macbooks.. or even just be able to use my home laptop (which doesnt have an intergrated video card on the chip..)

    As for phones... the more senior employees have company phones (most of them have been upgrading to various android devices) and they use it as their personal device as well.

  6. Re:Maximum Reward on Google Pushes New Chrome Release, Pays $14k Bounty · · Score: 0

    did you even read? that was the original max reward.

  7. The next headline on US Begins Sophisticated Wireless Jamming Project · · Score: 0

    US forces routed when terrorists reverse the technology to jam all frequencies the military uses.

  8. Re:"Breakthrough" Now a Meaningless Word on IBM Makes a Super Memory Breakthrough · · Score: 0

    Yo dawg! I heard you like breakthroughs so we put a breakthrough in your Super Breakthrough! enjoy ya Super Breakthrough Breakthrough!

  9. Re:Rubbish and non-sense. on Chinese Written Language To Dominate Internet · · Score: 0

    American english, British english, Australian english or....? English has plenty of dialects of it's own but that has nothing to do with English being on the "interwebs" the same way Chinese dialects have nothing to do with its success or failure as the primary language of the internet.

  10. Re:Quantity, quality... who cares? on Chinese Written Language To Dominate Internet · · Score: 0

    I love how you know the results of your actions before you have even taken them. So say the most common dozen languages on the planet and NONE of them would ever open up anything useful to you? I guess I will need to communicate this in a way you will understand.

    Pot.
    Kettle.
    Black.

    Oh. and do share your powers of precognition with the rest of us.

  11. Re:Apple's going to change computing for the masse on Apple's $1 Billion Data Center Mystery · · Score: 0

    steps to keep them safe? you mean by having a smaller market share than microsoft which makes them a smaller and less inviting target? Sure. they lack the gaping hole that is flash. Oh wait that only applies to iPod/Phone/Pads. Fact is Macs are no more secure than Windows is. There just any viruses for them... YET.

  12. Re:Mozilla's public disclosure on Mozilla Posts File Containing Registered User Data · · Score: 0

    If you FINISHED reading the article...you would know
    a) only Mozilla staff and the ONE 3rd party person who informed them ever downloaded the file
    b) it was a PARTIAL representation. All accounts were inactive
    c) all the passwords were wiped and the file pulled.

    this is non-news really.
    1) The only 3rd party download informed mozilla so they obviously have no malicious intent.
    2) unused accounts.
    3) no way to use those passwords since they were wiped... the one person who downloaded the passwords COULD try and login to other sites with the same email and combo and thats about it. (see 1)

  13. Re:MUST PROTECT THE STUPID! on Electric Cars May Be Made Noisier By Law · · Score: 0

    Dead? Chances are if the electric motor is the only thing running, you would be hit at at best 15mph which is basically the issue here since we are talking about parking lot speeds. Not some idiot ignoring a red do not walk sign in the intersection because he can't hear a car coming and you in your EV at 35mph. This is a much bigger problem for the drivers than it is for pedestrians as they are the ones that will be hit paying for insurance/lawsuit etc. Not to mention the possibilities of perfectly healthy (not blind or deaf) scammers getting "hit" so they can drop lawsuits on people (if you have an EV you gotta have money!)

    For the record I want my car to have TIE fighter laser sounds (pew pew!) that or the legalese explaining why these sounds are coming from my car. "This engine noise brought to you by bill ___. Electric vehicles are now legally required to emit blah blah blah"

  14. Re:Backlash on Obama FCC Caves On Net Neutrality · · Score: 0

    They have ulterior motives then. Like bypassing the Great firewall of China! That said, their rates and speeds are pretty top notch!

  15. Re:One only has to mention computers on Do High Schools Know What 'Computer Science' Is? · · Score: 0

    and all it takes is "farmville" to turn them back on.

  16. Re:Duh... on Nigerian Email Scam Victim Sues Bank, Loses Appeal · · Score: 0

    It really doesnt matter what he negotiated the percentage to be... since he loses 100% of the money. The fact that the scammer let him take an extra 3% for free shoulda tipped him off that something was wrong. When its too good to be true and it still gets better, you are an idiot if you don't have safeguards in place. Like say ask for it in a cashier's check (which will get an excuse or refusal from the scammer) . Or tip off the bank(s)/police on both sides so they can catch the scammer (though I'm not sure how seriously any of them take reports like this).

  17. Re:Heya politicians, judges and media moguls... on US Trials Off Track Over Juror Internet Misconduct · · Score: 0

    But your Honor! this trial would cause undue burdens on me and my Farm!

  18. For the rest of his life... on Boy Finds £2.5M Gold Locket With Metal Detector · · Score: 0

    This boy will be looking for buried treasure to get him through the other half of his life.

  19. Re:I wish I'd get more Jury Duty, really... on eJuror Will Lead To New List of Jury Duty Excuses · · Score: 0

    I felt pretty much the same way. Unfortunately by the time they finished picking Jurors I was already out. As a Computer Science graduate and a current programmer/tech support/QA I'm actually pretty decent at handling people. I would have gotten a second degree/minor in geology/philosophy/psychology but at the time it wasn't financially feasible to even pick up one for a minor.

    Unfortunately now my job is so fast paced (cause its a TINY company), I would most likely get fired cause of all the project deadlines I'd miss even if jury duty was 2 weeks.

    I'd love for there to be a full time profession as juror as I think it would be alot more mentally stimulating with the range of stuff and it would be beneficial to society.

  20. Re:Wow. on 200 Students Admit Cheating After Professor's Online Rant · · Score: 0

    Most of my professor's had "Dates and times may change without advance notice." on the syllabus. and usually that was for the benefit of the students eg delaying a deadline :P. Then again, our school had a ZERO tolerance policy. you get caught cheating you get tossed out. Not you fail a class. You get ALL your previous classes nullified as well.

  21. Re:Kinect Tamper-Resistance on Kinect Hacked, Adafruit Bounty Won · · Score: 0

    Isnt the Kinect requiring game + Kinect indicitive of the Xbox360 Kinect using market?

    Its not like people are going to buy GAMES without an Xbox to play them... The only way you would have a problem is when people purchase their initial Kinect without games from one location then buy games in another.

    Anyhow, as far as I can see, MS basically used reverse psychology to get a bunch of smart people to do their work for them.
    a) the Kinect makes money for every sale. It ISNT being sold at a loss. (Non Xbox users = larger market = more market share in a possibly new niche in the movement controlled interface)
    b) Theres no such thing as bad publicity. Especially if its just playing into the existing MS image of we get to do what we want in terms of locking down our hardware. If it really becomes problematic, they have been enforcing it previously. If it isnt problematic, people are talking about it, experimenting with it. That can only help sales not hurt them. I mean the XBox had the red ring of death issue so widespread but how many people have you heard of giving up on Xbox as a platform? Certainly not enough to make a dent in MS' profit margin or the Kinect would have been abandoned or just kept as a proof of concept like the MS surface
    c) hardware hackers will probably come up with stuff MS hasnt thought of. aka new uses for the Kinect.

  22. Re:Hmmm .... on Mystery Missile Launched Near LA · · Score: 0

    Does ANYONE seriously think its China? The US is how many TRILLIONS into debt? Who are we borrowing from? China could practically cripple the US if they wanted to at this point. Most of the money that we spent on the war that we DONT have was borrowed from China. China also manufactures a good proportion of US goods. China also exports a good amount of US goods. http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balace/c5700.html#2010

    and if you look there, our trade deficit started small in ... 1985 and has just grown EVERY SINGLE YEAR. If they wanted to screw us, economically they could do it and pretty easily.

  23. Re:NO! on Breakthrough Portends Cure For the Common Cold · · Score: 0

    1) LASERS. kidding. they do have these infrared sensor things installed on these things they call automatic faucets.. they detect your hand underneath it and turn on the tap for you and turn off when it leaves. also stops kids from flooding the place by stuffing it with toilet paper but thats a whole different issue.
    1b) They also have the same technology for hand driers! they blow wind at you so you arent push/pulling on levers for paper towels!
    2) Doors without handles. I know. its amazing the designs they come up with. You can actually remove handles on one or both sides of the door if you allow people to just push the door and it opens. Or if you really like your handles, you can let them pull open the door on the way in and push their way out. I personally think it would be cool if we could get revolving doors but I don't really see that happening :(

    Basically the tech is there.. people just need to buy and install it. If they don't, they are willingly letting people spread these viruses! think of the children!

  24. Re:The Future is Secure on Aussie Kids Foil Finger Scanner With Gummi Bears · · Score: 0

    QFT. If kids are avoiding school, the problem isnt that they are skipping classes, its the fact they want to skip in the first place. Attendance is nothing but time and money wasted on solving a symptom of the bigger problem. If these kid's dont understand the importance of school, force them to be home schooled. Since the parents obviously haven't instilled the value of education into their kids, they need to be the ones that correct it. And if they choose not to, well... their kid will never get a job better than flipping burgers. Even if they as kids dont understand the ramifications, the parents surely should.

  25. Re:Where is the Microsoft or Windows tag? on Rise of the Small Botnet · · Score: 0

    You mean like XP mode on windows 7 machines? doesnt that exist already?