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  1. Re:No Thanks on Budapest Panorama, at 70GP, Now the World's Largest Digital Photo · · Score: 1

    I've never paid more than $30 for Windows. Many people get it for free. You just aren't trying at all if you pay full price.

  2. Re:Lets make sure to focus on what's really import on Budapest Panorama, at 70GP, Now the World's Largest Digital Photo · · Score: 1

    It is a zoomable image so it only downloads greater detail for the part you've zoomed in to.

  3. Re:No Thanks on Budapest Panorama, at 70GP, Now the World's Largest Digital Photo · · Score: 1

    If you are forking over large amounts of money for Windows, you are doing it wrong.

  4. Re:No Thanks on Budapest Panorama, at 70GP, Now the World's Largest Digital Photo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wasting time? I don't even remember installing silverlight and it seems I did at some point. If it was a waste of time, I would have remembered it.

  5. Re:Yes and no... on Oracle's Java Company Change Breaks Eclipse · · Score: 1

    Teardowns usually give a pretty good idea.

  6. Re:The leaf is not a hybrid on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 1

    It will only run if it has another source of power. The fact that it can have more than one source is what makes it a hybrid.

  7. Re:The leaf is not a hybrid on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 1

    So it is a hybrid then. Is that what you are saying?

  8. Re:Oh BS on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 1

    10 years ago my paycheck was 1/4 the size it is now. That's an idiotic comparison because everything has changed significantly, not just gas prices.

  9. Re:The leaf is not a hybrid on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 1

    The gas engine is the power source if you drive over 40 miles without recharging. That's te key concept behind the Volt. You aren't limited by the battery and its recharge time. You could drive the Volt for 100 days straight, only stopping to refill the gas tank, just like any other car.

  10. Re:The leaf is not a hybrid on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 1

    Are you serious? What happens when the battery dies? How is the power source still all electric? It is a hybrid because it can also use a gasoline engine for power.

  11. Re:The leaf is not a hybrid on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The drivetrain is all electric but the power source is not. That's the "hybrid" part.

  12. Re:The leaf is not a hybrid on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bumping the tax on something by 100% of the product price is not free market enterprise. If you do that for gas, nobody will be able to afford anything. If that happened in my state, I'd immediately ask for a massive raise and start looking for a house and job in the next state over. I would go broke from the gas prices before I could buy a more economical car. I imagine it would literally kill the economy rather than encourage people to be more economical.

  13. Re:It only makes sense on Southwest Adds 'Mechanical Difficulties' To Act Of God List · · Score: 1

    If wings in the air is their business, they clearly have no business keeping wings on the ground that cost a huge amount with no predictable return.

  14. Re:I think they're right on Southwest Adds 'Mechanical Difficulties' To Act Of God List · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as a spare plane. They cost millions of dollars and so each one is used to its fullest extent. It is like having a spare datacenter or supercomputer. If you have it, you are using it because it costs too much to not use it.

  15. Re:Makes sense on Cell Phone Group Sues San Francisco Over Radiation Law · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised left-handedness does but right-handedness does not.

  16. Re:I have no idea what's good anymore on 4 Cores? 6 Cores? Do You Care? · · Score: 1

    I gave up looking at games when the required processor speed started dropping. I knew that it meant my computer was too old to play it, even if it met the requirements as listed on the box.

  17. Re:Not at all on 4 Cores? 6 Cores? Do You Care? · · Score: 1

    That's probably more power than my first laptop 7 years avo and it ran many things far better than acceptably.

  18. Re:Obesity? on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    That is crazy but I'd often drive to the Starbucks on the corner simply because there wasn't a sidewalk.

  19. Re:it had to happen on Mixed Reception To AT&T's New Data Pricing Scheme · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The tethering fee is due to the added value of the data going to your computer instead of your phone. It is far mare convenient to access the Internet on your laptop than on your phone so why shouldn't you pay for it? I'm not saying I like it but that's how capitalism works.

  20. Re:Darn... on Hitachi-LG Debuts HyDrive, Optical Drive With SSD · · Score: 1

    Context is your friend. Learn it and love it. Of course 2TB drives exist. I've seen them, too but those aren't laptop drives.

  21. Re:Darn... on Hitachi-LG Debuts HyDrive, Optical Drive With SSD · · Score: 1

    2TB laptop harddrives? The biggest I've seen is only 640GB.

  22. Re:Darn... on Hitachi-LG Debuts HyDrive, Optical Drive With SSD · · Score: 1

    For now, I don't think many people will be ripping Blu-Ray discs to the SSD. They are quite large and it would take a very long time.

  23. Re:optical drive failure? on Hitachi-LG Debuts HyDrive, Optical Drive With SSD · · Score: 1

    That's a pretty good point. You don't want to have to replace two devices just because one failed.

  24. Re:Darn... on Hitachi-LG Debuts HyDrive, Optical Drive With SSD · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize SSDs had gotten so big. I thought high-end ones had only hit 256GB and 500 GB was pretty high-end for mechanical drives.

  25. Re:Asking the obvious? on Cutting Through the 4G Hype · · Score: 1

    That's only a little faster than what I often get on AT&T 3G on my iPhone 3GS. Big deal.