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  1. Re:A couple design suggestions from an old guy.... on The Open Source Humanoid Robot and Its Many Uses · · Score: 1

    I take my scotch with a few drops of water. That's all you need to bring out the hidden flavors. Any more and you're just watering it down. Though if it's Johnny Walker, it probably helps to water it down.

  2. Re:article WTF? on The Open Source Humanoid Robot and Its Many Uses · · Score: 1

    Beer is chock full of calories. It's liquid bread. Get grandma some Old Guardian Barley Wine.

  3. Re:article WTF? on The Open Source Humanoid Robot and Its Many Uses · · Score: 1

    Well, this one can give you a Dutch Rudder.

  4. Oh Great. on Sarah Palin's Stance On Technology Issues · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now we know who taught Ted Stevens about the internets.

  5. Re:Why do we need phone companies? on FCC Aims To End Debate With Wireless Tests · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can get around that by wearing a tin foil hat.

  6. Re:On-topic:... on Best Shrinkable ReiserFS Replacement? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought that project was dead.

  7. Re:Wrong question! on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 1

    Different transfer technologies. Though with a fast enough torrent and the right prioritizing you can get something analogous to streaming via torrents. It's just not very likely. I get 1080i video over the same cable, yet not in my wildest dreams would I be able to stream that. At least not for free. That's a serious chunk of bandwidth.

  8. Re:Wrong question! on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 1

    I never said it was worth the money, just that is has more value. And FYI, I can copy anything on my DVR. Problem is, If I want to watch it, I have to record it first. Not so with on-demand, at least once I have enough video buffered.

  9. Re:Too Expensive on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 1

    But it would be somewhat questionable if the DMCA were capable of over riding fair use provisions in such a way.

    That's sort of the purpose of the DMCA.

  10. Re:Too Expensive on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 1

    Even if that's true, you'd have to write your own DeCSS. I'm not even sure that's legal based on copyright.

  11. Re:The quality is awful. on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 1

    DVD is 480p, though.

  12. Re:The quality is awful. on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 1

    Is anyone still broadcasting in analog only?

  13. Re:On-topic:... on Best Shrinkable ReiserFS Replacement? · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not wise. Nina tried that and we all know how that turned out.

  14. Re:That is ridiculous on Facebook Blocks Users From Mentioning BugMeNot.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well at least he's only doing web design. Glad to hear he's not programming anymore.

  15. Re:No, it's not necessarily overpriced on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 1

    "And if I'm not mistaken (and if I am, I'm sure someone will correct me) Amazon doesn't put DRM on their downloads" It's kind of hard to limit downloads to two computers without using DRM. The honor system isn't an effective copy protection mechanism.

  16. Re:The quality is awful. on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 2, Informative

    Broadcast is actually higher resolution than DVD.

  17. Re:Too Expensive on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But then you can't copy it to a computer. If you do, you're breaking the law making actually legally purchasing the media moot.

  18. Re:Wrong question! on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Torrents take time. On-demand video does not. You can't really compare the two anymore than you can compare TV with a DVR with on-demand TV.

  19. Re:And for their next trick: on Objective-J and Cappuccino Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't deny that every single spreadsheet is just a re-implementation of VisiCalc.

  20. Re:Why do we need phone companies? on FCC Aims To End Debate With Wireless Tests · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One word: batteries.

  21. Re:of course it did on Adam Savage Revises Claim of Lawyer-Bullying On RFID Show · · Score: 1

    Why can't you deposit the cash in Bank A and get it that day?

  22. Re:Tab/space mangling (was Re:The in-factor...) on Django 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    So why is forcing you to use a certain syntax better than forcing you to use a certain formatting?

  23. Re:Market. People. they decide. and they did. on Django 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    The MVC model was invented for desktop applications decades before PHP came out.

  24. Re:The in-factor... on Django 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Anyone who has worked for a larger organization either follows standards and practices, or don't work for a large organization for long.

  25. Re:Tab/space mangling (was Re:The in-factor...) on Django 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Yet you have no problem with being forced to use brackets?