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  1. Re:Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. on Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Thinks So · · Score: 1

    I tried used quotes there because I really can't define why one type of software is more attractive to users than another type of software -- I can't be sure of the definition, because I don't really know what the definition is. Correct?

  2. Re:Only if it has Google Voice on Google Nexus Rumored To Cost $530 Or $180 w/Plan · · Score: 1

    Or you could keep your 2-year verizon contract, but upgrade to a Droid Eris. I believe there's a subsidy even for existing Verizon customers.

  3. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. on Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Thinks So · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sounds pretty normal for Microsoft.

    I use IBM's Lotus Symphony package, myself. Good support, and it "looks" far better than OpenOffice (which sometimes makes all the difference when you're trying to convince someone to use it. That, and it's got native Mac, PC, and Ubuntu versions.

  4. Nothing about STALKER? on Graphic Novelist Calls For Better Game Violence · · Score: 1

    Obviously this person's never played it. Never before have I seen a FPS where it's impossible to hit someone if your rifle is on anything other than single-shot.

  5. Re:Ava-who? on The Science of Avatar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Look, the plot is basically Dances with Wolves in Space, but still -- this movie was an example of amazing, expensive effects paired with an actual story.

    Want a comparison? Watch Avatar, enjoy it, and then watch something like Transformers 2, and then see if you don't vomit from sheer disgust.

  6. Look at the latency on AT&T Wins Gizmodo 3G Bandwidth Test · · Score: 3, Insightful

    From what I can see, the latency on the Verizon lines is much better. That's more important to me, at least, considering the amount of VoiP I do on my cell phone.

    I mean, uh, browsing I do on mobile networks.

  7. Re:Flash on Microsoft Promises Not To Sue Moonlight 2.0 Users · · Score: 1

    You've got a small point, except...

    Gnash, though it's buggy, does what you normally want to do with Flash (watch video on Youtube, access websites that run on Flash).

    Moonlight, though less buggy, won't do the one thing you use Silverlight for, which is watch videos on Netflix.

    There's something really wrong with that.

  8. Re:Flash on Microsoft Promises Not To Sue Moonlight 2.0 Users · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's nice -- why don't Microsoft just release a version of Silverlight for Linux, themselves? Why depend upon some other group? Sure doesn't make me confident in Silverlight/Moonlight's future prospects for maintenance on Linux, that's for sure.

  9. Re:Netflix on Microsoft Promises Not To Sue Moonlight 2.0 Users · · Score: 2, Funny

    Windows Update.

    So, yeah, no much.

  10. Re:Threats are threats on Student Banned From Minnesota Campus Over Facebook Comments · · Score: 1

    Do you like it?

    Most guys I know who are in Mergers and Acquisitions really don't like it.

  11. Moontrap? on Did Chandrayaan Find Organic Matter On the Moon? · · Score: 1

    Quick, get Chekov and Brisco County Jr. up there to take a look at it.

  12. Re:I thought they were already gone in EU on UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or in the US you could do it through the incredibly backwards way of setting up BillPay (for your rent) with your bank (like I do), at which point your bank will actually mail a paper check each month to your rental office, just so it can eventually find its way back to them and be cashed.

    It's ridiculous.

  13. Re:How do people pay eachother? on UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018 · · Score: 1

    Congress will pass a law against it. That should do it.

  14. Re:Threats are threats on Student Banned From Minnesota Campus Over Facebook Comments · · Score: 1

    You must live quite the ascetic life if you never followup after stating you want something.

  15. Re:Comforting thoughts on Dying Star Mimics Our Sun's Death · · Score: 1

    Nah, we've survived supervolcano eruptions before as a species, and that was when we were still living in caves and bashing women over the heads with sticks (not that Republicans have ever stopped).

  16. Re:Shooting bombs? No bombs trigger when shot? on Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop · · Score: 1

    Sight? Try "smell."

  17. Re:Hurray! on EU Accepts Microsoft's Browser Choice Promise · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Which IE8 can't do, I think. Can you even install IE6 on Windows 7?

  18. Re:Preferences? on Adobe Warns of Reader, Acrobat Attack · · Score: 1

    I think Foxit still includes just the "zip" option instead of an installer -- that's what I've always used.

  19. Re:Acts of the Apostles on Poorer Children More Likely To Get Antipsychotics · · Score: 1

    You're thinking of Marxism -- "forced Communism." Communism is a natural match with Christianity -- read some of the works of the Christian monk Thomas Merton if you're curious.

  20. Re:SRWare Iron and firefoxs addons on Google Chrome Extensions Are Now Available · · Score: 1

    I don't see how you can say that he was "clearly talking about the architecture, not the UI," when he didn't mention either one of those in his post. ;)

  21. Re:Adblock on Google Upgrades Chrome To Beta For OS X, Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey -- I use SRWare Iron, too. However, I've also got Chrome installed -- I like the auto-updating. Give me that in Iron, and I'll uninstall Chrome. I'll even get my relatives to use it!

    As is, however, I can't in any confidence give them Iron -- if so, the next time I happen to check their computers, a year from now, they'll still be running the same version, even though many updates and security fixes might have been released by SRWare since then.

  22. Re:SRWare Iron and firefoxs addons on Google Chrome Extensions Are Now Available · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hey, I think Chrome's great, too, but I don't see how you can call Firefox's extension system "incredibly clumsy" -- you install extensions, you can remove them from an addons panel, and they're upgraded automatically (which is more than you can say for Chrome, I think). That's it -- there's nothing more to it.

  23. Re:Adblock on Google Upgrades Chrome To Beta For OS X, Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because SRWare only releases updates to Iron every now and then. I don't think there's even an auto-update.

  24. Re:automated tool for locating cells? on Sprint Revealed Customer GPS Data 8 Million Times · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...sure, unless you're broke.

  25. Re:Avatar on Augmented Reality and Privacy · · Score: 1

    It's already illegal. :P I'm quite sure of it, doesn't matter how widespread it is. Especially in regards to university information.