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  1. Re:there once was a time on MPAA Threatens To Disconnect Google From Internet · · Score: 1

    Funny, if MPAA took Google off the internet you wouldn't have been able to find out how many truckloads of cash they made off Avatar ;)

  2. Re:The situation is much more complicated than tha on Usage Based Billing In Canada To Be Rescinded · · Score: 1

    Please don't speak for "most Canadians" Thanks.

    I think it's you who is missing the point. The point is that Bell and Rogers are trying desperately to protect their antiquated media business models. Bell wants UBB applied to the second-last mile for wholesalers yet they supply their own media over that same infrastructure for a very low flat rate.

    For some numbers: An average Canadian watches 80 hours of TV per month. Bell streams its video over VDSL at 6.5Mbps and their middle tier is $60. That's 252GB per month at $0.24/GB. Getting that amount of data from Taksavvy with UBB in place (25GB+40GB "insurance" for $31.95+$5=$36.95 plus $2/GB overage) would cost over $400. That's what Bell wants and that's what they're protecting.

    Bell is trying to keep network congestion as the focus of the debate when that's not the point at all.

  3. Re:The situation is much more complicated than tha on Usage Based Billing In Canada To Be Rescinded · · Score: 1

    here here!

  4. Re:Why not just install some phones? on Prison Cell Phone Smuggling Out of Control · · Score: 1

    dingdingding

  5. Re:Buy one that follows standards. on When Should I Buy an Android Tablet? · · Score: 1

    So a $200 piece of crap KIRF, for example, would match your description of being the best? Odd.

  6. Re:Buy one that follows standards. on When Should I Buy an Android Tablet? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's not very good advice considering the best tablet on the market doesn't have a USB connector, at least not right on the device. The utility of a device is not governed by its connectors.

  7. The "When" there... on When Should I Buy an Android Tablet? · · Score: 1

    ...seems superfluous...

  8. Email Bank of America here: on Bank of America Cuts Off Wikileaks Transactions · · Score: 3, Informative

    https://www1.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=contact_us_here

    Let them know what you think of their decision and that you'll be closing all your accounts with them.

  9. So... on Programming Mistakes To Avoid · · Score: 2

    What are the mistakes I should not avoid?

  10. Fiction on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    Hey if Disney can create a park about a fictional world so can Christians I guess.

  11. Re:What's to love? on Chrome OS Arrives On the iPad — No, Seriously! · · Score: 1

    There aren't ANY apps, it's just a browser.

  12. Re:Just wondering... on Chrome OS Arrives On the iPad — No, Seriously! · · Score: 1

    I'd say the Chrome part is fairly cutting edge as it is a pretty nice browser. The OS part is pretty straightforward though.

  13. Re:end-user mostly dont care what OS is running on Chrome OS Arrives On the iPad — No, Seriously! · · Score: 1

    If Apple rejects an app you're not going to find it on ChromeOS either because the latter is just a glorified browser. Conversely, anything that runs on ChromeOS should run just fine in MobileSafari.

  14. Re:In response to a probably screwy summery on Chrome OS Arrives On the iPad — No, Seriously! · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I wonder about the second part of that quote though - how is a stripped-down Linux distro that only runs one app cutting edge?

  15. Title error on 100/1 Odds On 'First Contact' Within a Year · · Score: 1

    100/1=100. Should read 100:1.

  16. Maybe Adobe should replace the video pane... on Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad' · · Score: 1

    ...with something less frustrating. Like a brick of blue Lego perhaps.

  17. The answer is obvious: on Fun To Be Had With a 10-Foot Satellite Dish? · · Score: 1

    An umbrella.

  18. Re:The ico format supports better resolutions on Nmap Developers Release a Picture of the Web · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Looking at the image provided, it's pretty clear that even major sites don't use that feature of the ICO format. I bet all of them have Apple icons.

  19. Better icons on Nmap Developers Release a Picture of the Web · · Score: 1

    They should update their script to read the apple-touch-icon link tag, since it points to a considerably better quality icon than favicon.

  20. Re:History repeats on The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors · · Score: 1

    In this case it is, since Mac OS was out before Windows :)

  21. Re:Still waiting for my Smartbook on The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors · · Score: 1

    They'll arrive as soon as a sizable chunk of the market wants them. So, don't hold your breath.

  22. Re:damn.... on The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors · · Score: 1

    Gold! I've added this to my fave quotes on FB :)

  23. Re:Funny... on Obama Wants Allies To Go After WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    umm this isn't offtopic. Read the excerpt next time.

  24. Funny... on Obama Wants Allies To Go After WikiLeaks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Normally you come on their backs AFTER fucking them in the ass. Leave it to the US government to do it all backwards.

  25. Just up your TTL... on X-Ray Burst Temporarily Blinds NASA Satellite · · Score: 1

    ...to 10 billion years. Problem solved.