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  1. Re:Perspective on Cable Exec Suggests Changing Consumer Behavior, Not Business Model · · Score: 1

    May I suggest sitting with your daughter and playing, instead of relying on television to raise her?

  2. Re:Dear content producers... on Hulu Blocks International Access Via Witopia · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but where do you live?

  3. Re:Some thoughts on the series on The Gathering Storm Discussion · · Score: 1

    Adjusting skirts and tugging braids. While glaring.

  4. Re:Most Sci-fi/Fantasy is teen-lit fare on The Gathering Storm Discussion · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Pulp. :D

  5. Re:Dear content producers... on Hulu Blocks International Access Via Witopia · · Score: 1

    I was trying to say, without actually saying it, that I get everything I want to watch online, in one form or another (IF YOU FOLLOW) when I want it, regardless of what the television happens to have on at the time.

    I confess, I have downloaded a few TV shows (Several of which I went out and bought on DVD. Honest. I'm looking at my Smallville season sets from where I'm sitting.) in the past few years, but only because I missed episodes along the way, or what have you.

    We only have the one TV, in the living room, and it's primarily for video games.

  6. Re:Dear content producers... on Hulu Blocks International Access Via Witopia · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I pay over $100 a month for internet and TV and still haven't gotten rid of those damned video ads over there on the television. Don't press your luck. =\

    (Though the TV is on maybe five times a month in one hour blocks, so that may be going away soon. Hulu is too convenient for me to bother with the TV.)

  7. Re:From an author's perspective on Amazon Patents Changing Authors' Words · · Score: 1

    So.... what have you written?

  8. Re:Prior Art on Amazon Patents Changing Authors' Words · · Score: 0, Troll

    So your friend was just a douche. And by association, you're a douche.

  9. Re:Why don't they go after the catholic church? on French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud · · Score: 1

    Obviously.

  10. Re:Why don't they go after the catholic church? on French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud · · Score: 1

    No no, that's Jews.

  11. Re:I don't see why this is a problem on Modern Games and Technology Challenging ESRB's Effectiveness · · Score: 1

    I see you haven't visited Chicago lately.

  12. Re:I don't see why this is a problem on Modern Games and Technology Challenging ESRB's Effectiveness · · Score: 2, Insightful

    At our local library, we have a 14 year old who's constantly in there with his friends. We call him Swearing Kid. Guess why! Non-stop expletives, but nobody says anything to him (Well, I have, and my fiancee has, but everyone else seems to just sigh and shake their heads. They all probably tried and gave up, likely)

    Never with parents, nor any other adult supervision. He talks about the parties he's gone to, the drugs he's done, the girls he's fooled around with... At outdoor voice levels.

    Then there are a group of five (sometimes six) kids ranging from eight years old to eleven in our neighborhood who are constantly together, always outside, and seem to have no supervision aside from the occasional adult popping out from nowhere to scream obscenities at them when they do something mildly annoying (And then come out screaming again when they hear one of the kids swearing..) They have the run of the neighborhood, and absolutely mob my fiancee and I when we take the puppy out for walks, and they don't take "No, we're out for a potty break." as a deterrent most of the time.

    Parental supervision? Heh.

  13. Re:Great idea but EA?! on Command & Conquer MMO a Possibility? · · Score: 1

    The ones I'm too lazy to list. :D

    UO was at the top of my mind, of course. Their new client for Stygian Abyss could make for a decent C&C MMO client, if they ever get it running less than ass.

  14. Re:Great idea but EA?! on Command & Conquer MMO a Possibility? · · Score: 1

    Uh, most of the "classic" MMOs are 3/4 isometric view.

  15. Re:Why is that legal? on Wii Update 4.2 Tries (and Fails) To Block Homebrew · · Score: 1

    Depends on the item. Some have a window in to the actual item's barcode, some have a sticker. I can't cite examples as it's nearly 3am and I'm passing out.

  16. Re:So wait Secondlife is a failure? So was Starcra on Bridging the Gap Between User-Generated Content and Interesting Content · · Score: 1

    Remember player housing? Hell, I've got two 18x18s and a large tower in UO. Best damn MMO ever.

  17. Re:Why is that legal? on Wii Update 4.2 Tries (and Fails) To Block Homebrew · · Score: 1

    They absolutely do. One scan of the standard UPC barcode, one scan of the serial barcode, on all sales of serial-protected merchandise.

  18. Re:Mental illness is no laughing matter on Jack Thompson Sues Facebook For $40M · · Score: 1

    Preventative medication, then?

  19. Re:Obama is a Good Manager on US Relaxes Control Over ICANN · · Score: 1

    How is this flamebait? My point is OBAMA is anti-gay. There's no comparing him with Bush to show a difference here.

    Obama supports the same restrictions on their freedom as Bush did.

  20. Re:Mental illness is no laughing matter on Jack Thompson Sues Facebook For $40M · · Score: 1

    The good doctors Smith and Wesson developed the cure ages ago.

  21. Re:Obama is a Good Manager on US Relaxes Control Over ICANN · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Tell me more about how Obama has granted homosexuals the ability to marry, and how he's a strong supporter of gays and lesbians.

    I'll be waiting!

  22. Re:EU politicians suck even more than US ones on US Relaxes Control Over ICANN · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you also feel that other countries should take over parts of Walmart? McDonalds? Any other US companies you feel your country deserves to steal for... whatever reason you pulled out your ass?

  23. Re:MMOs are amazingly cheap entertainment on The Nickel & Dime Generation · · Score: 1

    One month of Ultima Online is up to like $15. Six months is still at the old $9.99 a month rate. No contest.

  24. Re:Why single out games? on The Nickel & Dime Generation · · Score: 1

    I don't use air conditioning, either in vehicles or at home, why should I have to pay for it if I don't need it?

  25. Re:Facts and figures are not copyrightable on Judge Rules Games Are "Expressive Works" · · Score: 1

    Sorry, my copy of the Constitution seems to be out of date, could you cite the full text of the Right of Publicity amendment?