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  1. Re:Wi-Fi problems on iPad Progress Report · · Score: 1

    Here is where I pull my hair out discussing the differences between Windows and MAC... Windows 7 (Microsoft) didn't produce the hardware you are running, only the OS. The most likely cause of a poor signal is hardware related which is not 'Windows 7s' fault. At the very least it is a driver issue which again is the fault of the hardware manufacturer, not 'Windows 7'. You can't compare the two this way and it is explanations like this that confuse and misguide people.

    I will also add that Using a Linksys router with 4 year old firmware in a basement (game room) on the other end of the house, my iPhone, iPod touch, Droid Eris, 'Windows XP' laptop and iPad all work without issue.

  2. Re:Wiping Away on iPad Progress Report · · Score: 1

    This is certainly not off topic. Crude, perhaps but AC gets the point across.

  3. Re:Not the end of the story... on Stalker Jailed For Planting Child Porn On a PC · · Score: 1

    One question - Why was the wife or anyone else using the "family PC" not arrested? Or are only males arrested for child porn?

    That is a good question. Why should one assume that the wife wasn't the one viewing the footage or more over that the children weren't viewing pornography of other children the same age as them?

  4. Re:The article wasn't clearly written... on Stalker Jailed For Planting Child Porn On a PC · · Score: 1

    I wondered this as well, I am assuming that there was some previous action from Karttunen. This event seems a bit escalated so he had to have done something in the past.

  5. It is too easy! on Stalker Jailed For Planting Child Porn On a PC · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's too easy to have someone's life ruined. Even being cleared of charges this person will still have a stigma attached to them. Poor family. To be ripped away like that from your family, your home because some psycho wanted a go at your wife. Investigation wise, they didn't find the hard drive with the man or trace any wrong goings online directly back to him, yet they still charged him with the crime. This seems out of whack to me. Grey area to be sure but to just take the anonymous at their word seems scary.

  6. Re:EA, you've missed the point on EA To Charge For Game Demos · · Score: 1

    I think that USED to be the point of the demo, then somewhere along the line demos were converted to beta versions.

  7. Re:Whoa, really? on Aussie Gamers Dress As Zombies To Raise R18+ Awareness · · Score: 1

    It really was a surprisingly fun game to play. Nice graphics, smooth play. and the glave!

  8. Re:Sadly, this is not new practice in the print... on BioShock 2's First DLC Already On Disc · · Score: 0

    I recently installed circulation software for a local library and discovered along the way that in order to use the printer we already had, we needed to purchase yet another license. This boiled me to no end and it wasn't exactly cheap plus based on a subscription fee which means they will need to renew this license to 'use' a printer.

  9. Re:And exactly how will this succeed? on Bach Launches Updated MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    I don't think this is supposed to be 'great' for consumers. FTFA: “I think the music industry has got a great opportunity to open up completely new revenue streams”

  10. Re:Not necessarily of US origin.. on Zombies As American Zeitgeist Proxies · · Score: 1

    To be fair, Resident Evil 'game' was out in 1996. It is not as if it is a bandwagon effort. The first RE movie came out around the time the 6th or 7th game was released. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(video_game)

  11. Here is an actual geocities site going away today on Geocities Shutting Down Today · · Score: 1

    http://www.geocities.com/wfdhayride/ I just got signed on to redo this site but I am thinking I will stay nostalgic.

  12. Re:First in-game screenshot... on Dev Discusses Upcoming Spy-MMO, The Agency · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew upgrading to my voodoo3 16-bit card would pay off!

  13. Re:I expected better. on New York Times Site Pop-Up Says Your Computer Is Infected · · Score: 4, Informative

    Unfortunately this has nothing to do with New York Times' security and that is the whole problem. New York Times hires an 'ad agency' which is quite a bullshit term in this case if you ask me. They embed some open ended script from said firm and then at that point have no idea what is being displayed. This 'firm' may even rent or sell the embedded space to yet another company so then even the firm has no idea what ad is being displayed. All these automated, unmonitored and unregulated ads on pages are a huge security hole but in the name of profit, who really cares?

  14. So sayeth the shepherd... on Church of Scientology Proposes Net Censorship In Australia · · Score: 4, Informative

    "If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, create a religion." ~ L. Ron Hubbard

  15. Re:Of course on Looking For a Link Between Sci-Fi UFOs and UFO Reports · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wholly agree but will look at that from another perspective. I was raised in Boston and moved to northern New Hampshire, I have never seen a moose or a deer in the wild. Being here for 17 years now I am able to pick them out in a wooded field driving down the road or highway at 65 mph just by a glance. Because I am used to seeing these things they are easier to spot. Being able to tell what type of creature is far ahead of me by how it is moving across the road. Take that into account with any media type and you have people that may be used to spotting irregular shapes and movement in the skies. I have never seen a UFO or even known a person who has claimed that they have and as much as I would like to believe that 'we are not alone' in this universe, that is only speculation and I really need to see it for myself. I also have to believe that statistically speaking, out of all the reports and sightings, at least one of them has to be real.

  16. Re:Chet Atkins and now Les Paul on Guitar, Studio Wizard Les Paul Dies At 94 · · Score: 1

    Here here!

  17. Re:And? on Bing Search Tainted By Pro-Microsoft Results · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wish I had the link for you but when Google decided to stop supporting IE6 for YouTube, the page that stated such had links/icons to IE8, Firefox and then Chrome in that order. It really surprised me.

  18. Re:SOMEONE buy a copy for the /. coders! on Even Faster Web Sites · · Score: 1

    Interesting, xbox.com loads fine for me but their forums are terribly slow.

  19. Re:Reflows on Ad Networks the Laggards In Jackson Traffic Spike · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...This shows the state that news organizations have reached, making money is more important than reporting the news.

    I don't ever recall a time when the news wasn't just one more service to trade with you for advertising. When has the news ever been not about making money?

  20. The Cathedral and the Bazaar on Project Management For Beginners? · · Score: 1

    The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond
    This may be an odd choice for some but I found it a great read for team leaders and project coordinators.

    Eric tends to compare himself and his achievements of fetchmail to that of Linus Torvalds and Linux which I personally found distracting but...off topic.

  21. Re:How to measure my bandwidth on Time Warner Expanding Internet Transfer Caps To New Markets · · Score: 1

    This was exactly my thought. So I started using a Linksys router with tomato FW on it and it has bandwidth logging. I started last year for this exact reason and it has shown me that I will be screwed with a 40GB cap.

    There are others but I like tomato. It has served me well. Not to mention the QOS (quality of service) features are great.

  22. An interesting class indeed on Blizzard Shows Off Diablo III Archivist Class, WoW Dance-Off · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Archivist seems to be a slow but powerful character. From the video his spells are devastating to the individual character but he himself is weak. It looks as though he may be able to use different canes to perhaps make him faster, unsure.
    I also took note of the new HUD and how delicious it looks. Look at the Mana graphic!

  23. Re:Most of the zombies should be college freshmen on Review: Resident Evil 5 · · Score: 1

    I find a lot of games do that. I always assumed they had a general character model and cheaped out for final production and just used stock characters with a different skin tone.

  24. Re:give it a fucking break on RIAA About to Transform? · · Score: 1

    Did I have it way wrong...
    Now I don't see any need for blu-cd. Or any more physical media for that matter. Content delivery is the way to go.

  25. Eliminate the middle man on Cable Companies Want Bigger Share of Online TV Market · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about we eliminate the middle party fees and go right to the source. everyone wins!