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  1. Re:Pirate attitude on Louis CK's Internet Experiment Pays Off · · Score: 2

    That's what I did. It fits my system set up a lot easier. I've already got the set up to download the file to the spot that I want to access it from on the network, so as long as it's a file format that my devices can read natively, torrenting is a better option.

    Torrenting is so much faster downloading than direct file downloading, usually, and particularly with a server like this one where lots of people were reporting futzed d/l's because they were overloaded. So many were screwed up, the site added extra chances to download the file.

    For me torrenting has always been about convenience. I could record the shows that I want to watch and encode them and move them to my NAS, but that's a bigger PITA then simply torrenting the show to the internal distribution site.

  2. Re:I used to down US drones on Iranian TV Shows Downed US Drone · · Score: 1

    My cousin is out hunting US drones, but I get stuck with guard duty.

  3. Re:Here we go full circle on Video Game Consoles Are 'Fundamentally Doomed,' Says Lord British · · Score: 2

    I don' t have a PC any more. Between my iPad, my phone, my network storage device, and my Xbox 360, I didn't really need it any more. When it died, I chucked it and haven't looked back.

  4. Re:Just more things to break ... on Red Hat's Linux Changes Raise New Questions · · Score: 1

    Evolution won't work. Way too much fragmentation.

  5. Re:As usual, not the first for the basics on iOS 5 Update Available · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But Time Machine just rolls it all up to work perfectly with no learning curve.

    ...except when it doesn't work, ditches your backup volume, and requires a complete new backup. Please stop pretending that Apple technology is more than it is.

  6. Re:The plural of anecdote on The Games Programmers Play · · Score: 1

    I don't think his point is that writing a driver in PHP would be a pain. Rather, writing a device driver in PHP would be impossible. The language has no mechanism or syntax for addressing memory locations directly.

  7. Re:Which is why... on News From Apple's iPhone Event · · Score: 1

    I believe it was explained in an earlier iOS 5 event that the pics taken from the lock screen are sequestered in a separate memory area and have to be promoted to your regular album.

  8. Re:Wow on News From Apple's iPhone Event · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh and they tweaked the camera a bit...

    This is a big deal. I've been using a Droid X since it came out and despite it having a dedicated camera button, when you go to take a picture, it takes friggin' forever to fire up. Being able to fire up the camera in 1.1 seconds is HUGE. Just think of all the opportunistic upskirts and nose picks you'll be able to automatically post to your Twitter account!

  9. Re:Damn straight! on 13-Year-Old Uses Fibonacci Sequence For Solar Power Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    I was thinking he'd be wise to try again, this time studying conifers, which gather energy from sunlight all year round. A deciduous tree model would probably do very well in the summer, but isn't necessarily the best choice for winter, hence the difference between pine needles and leaves.

  10. Re:word! on FBI Executes Nationwide Raid of Anonymous Members · · Score: 3, Funny

    did anyone NOT see this coming?

    I can think of 12 people who didn't...

  11. Re:Even with a beefy router... on Build Your Own Time Capsule Work-Alike For $200 · · Score: 1

    Me too. After hearing all the stories of one year old dead Time Capsules, I went with an outdated ReadyNAS Duo for half the price with a RAID. Of course it don't do wi-fi, but I already had that.

  12. Re:Seriously on Build Your Own Time Capsule Work-Alike For $200 · · Score: 1

    Buying them Apple stuff does not free you from that responsibility. I can attest from experience. Buying a Mac simply makes it more difficult for you to discern what the problem is.

    "When I plug in the USB wire, nothing happens."

    Apple is user-friendly, indeed.

  13. Re:Misleading Article on Bitcoin Mining Tests On 16 NVIDIA and AMD GPUs · · Score: 1

    The hacking is not what caused the the price to tank. The sell off was spurred by their moronic decision to shut the exchange off when they noticed a large sale of stolen coins.

  14. Re:Yet *still* no full-sized soft drink on Man With 10 Million Air Miles Gets Plane Named After Him · · Score: 2

    If you ask for a can of pop, they'll give you a can of pop, even in coach, dude.

  15. Re:NEWS FLASH: UNFINISHED PRODUCT UNFINISHED! on Google Wrestles With Privacy Bugs In Google+ · · Score: 1

    Are there any other bugs in beta products you'd like to talk about? I think it's super important to allow the peanut gallery to form uneducated opinions based on partially complete, not-available-to-the-general-public betas.

  16. NEWS FLASH: UNFINISHED PRODUCT UNFINISHED! on Google Wrestles With Privacy Bugs In Google+ · · Score: 1

    Duh.

  17. Re:Worst Formatting Ever on Newspaper Plagiarizes Blog, Taunts Real Author · · Score: 1

    Is it important to cite sources in every filler human interest story? No.

  18. Re:Innovative on Two-way Radio Breakthrough To Double Wi-Fi Speeds · · Score: 1

    A phone connection has a limit of 64kbps. That's the bandwidth allocated for a single phone connection on a digital network. The only way to get a higher data throughput is via some sort of compression.

  19. Re:Platforms that run only .NET bytecode on Why the Arduino Won and Why It's Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    Can the Java programming language be compiled to IL, or just to JVM bytecode?

    The Java programming language can be compiled to IL.

  20. Re:Bloggers on Verizon iPhone Also Haunted By the Death Grip · · Score: 1

    It was demonstrated that great pains could be taken to attentuate the signals of other cell phones, and minor contact could attenuate the signals of the iPhone 4. Design FAIL.

  21. Re:This is certainly not news on Verizon iPhone Also Haunted By the Death Grip · · Score: 1

    You don't need to touch an antenna to attenuate it's signal, it's just much worse when you do, which is why this touchable-antenna-on-the-outside-of-the-phone is just plain bad engineering.

  22. Re:Please get Rid of the Stupid Borg Icon on Ballmer Turns To Geeks For Salvation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just an icon with a chair would be funny and insightful at the same time :-)

    Actually, it would be neither of those things.

  23. Re:Ok, Next on Last.FM To Require Subscription For Mobiles and Home Devices · · Score: 1

    The low quality feed was free. The high quality feed always costed $3 a month. They got rid of the low quality feed altogether now. That was before the merger, though.

  24. Re:Google Listen? on Last.FM To Require Subscription For Mobiles and Home Devices · · Score: 1

    Good call! Mod parent up.

    Fun fact: the term "broadcast" is a farming term referring to throwing seeds over a tilled field.

  25. Re:Ok, Next on Last.FM To Require Subscription For Mobiles and Home Devices · · Score: 2

    if you have satellite radio you can listen for free online

    Not on SiriusXM. $3 a month for internet or mobile access.