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  1. Re:Realistically... on NJ Court: Sending a Text Message To a Driver Could Make You Liable For Crash · · Score: 1

    Except regardless of what you do, I would still expect you to not look at your phone while driving.

    I would also send the rest of whatever I was going to say. How often do you read a text, decide you will respond to it later and then forget all about it. It's YOUR responsibility to drive legally. You aren't force to check your messages while driving. If it's that important or you just can't wait then you need to pull over.

  2. Re:Who instead of Go Daddy? on GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility · · Score: 1

    I use HawkHost.com for my sites. Been using them for a few years, never had any issues. Slowly switching my domains over to my own box at softlayer, but that's just because I want the control.

  3. Re:Verizon online on Dutch ISP Discovers 140,000 Customers With Default Password · · Score: 1

    Bell Canada used to use this password and no one would ever change it. It was kind of funny being able to tell people what their password was. They've recently made slightly better passwords, but it was a good couple of years of abc123.

  4. Re:That's *it* for me and Blizzard, man!! on Diablo 3 Banhammer Dropped Just Before RMAH Goes Live · · Score: 2

    What about someone who doesn't have constant internet access. Or those who want to play when the servers go down all day every Tuesday? How about trying to play a single player game with a ping over 1000ms, not because your connection is bad, but because their servers can't handle the traffic?

    Still think it's not that big of a deal?

  5. Re:Perhaps it's not that Bittorrent traffic fell on BitTorrent Traffic Falls In the U.S. · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not to mention seed boxes that can be purchased for cheap. Why waste your home upstream, when you can use a 100mbit connection to download and easily transfer it to your home computer with ssh/scp/sftp.

    Those companies must love seeing news like this. There's always another way..

  6. Re:Forced her? on TSA's mm-Wave Body Scanner Breaks Diabetic Teen's $10K Insulin Pump · · Score: 1

    COERCED.

    The article used the wrong word. She's 16, what the hell do you expect?

    Also, what do your over paranoid habits have to do with anything?

  7. Re:without compromising the jobs of U.S. call cent on U.S. Suspends JEEP Aid · · Score: 1

    not that I don't agree with you, but part of the problem is the customers. people are idiots, which would be fine but they are also self entitled assholes about it. i've never worked in a call center but i have worked in a retail environment in the past and hated dealing with the phones for that very reason.

    reading scripts for support type things is the devil though...

  8. Re:I don't see the point on Minefold Launches Minecraft Game Hosting Service · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Not that I would switch because I PREFER to do all of the administration myself, but there is a lot left to be desired from what they are offering and considering the price ranges, it's definitely not at a point where it would be worth it for your average users. Interesting take on things though.

  9. Re:no difference on Hotmail's Spam Filter: The Best In the Business? · · Score: 1

    This, not that I really use either service but I haven't seen much of a difference between the two.
    It matter more where and how you use your e-mail than what spam filter you use. That and everyones definition of spam is different.

  10. Re:Turbo Button on Verizon Announces Pay-Per-Use 'Turbo Boost' For Smartphones · · Score: 1

    My first computer had that button. I never could actually figure out what it did. Of course that never stopped me from randomly pressing it hoping something awesome would happen.

  11. Re:So BT eats the cost? on BT Ordered To Block Usenet Binaries Index · · Score: 1

    You are right, your analogy makes perfect sense.

    Since the ISP is not selling internet access but just access to usernet which allows their end users can pirate content. They should absolutely be held liable for something they have no control over.

  12. Re:Browser support on Google+ Runs Out of Disk Space, Swamps Users With Notifications · · Score: 1

    I'm using it with Opera and haven't noticed anything not work, but I don't really use it much.

    Facebook is terrible for being compatible with Opera though.

  13. Re:When Is A Company.... on Microsoft's Hottest New Profit Center: Android · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised they haven't already honestly.
    I'm also surprised that none of the big manufacturers did.

    Patent wars are getting ridiculous.

  14. Re:It's been said before on Italian Anonymous Hacker Cell Arrested · · Score: 2

    I disagree.
    This is the first I've seen =/= and I've always used !=.

  15. Re:Other names on Amazon Responds To "App Store" Lawsuit From Apple · · Score: 1

    I vote for this or Apptorium.

  16. Re:There's some karma for you, Mikey on PSN Outage Continues, Console Hack Claimed To Be Responsible · · Score: 1

    From what I've read the Xbox Live outage didn't happen for everyone.

    It doesn't matter though, this is a completely different issue because of the security concerns. There no point in comparing the 2 services...

  17. Re:I've got a large number of IPv6 addresses for s on Markets For IPv4 Addresses Emerging · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but as the article says, this may help get businesses to move on to IPv6 quicker.

  18. Re:...hmm interesting... on Pirated Android App Shames Freeloaders · · Score: 1

    While initially I thought this was a good idea, there are some serious issues which others have pointed out.
    Also, the summary says you can get the pirated one from an "unofficial Android app markets", which leads me to wonder, are people actually aware that they are pirating the software or would your average user just think that this is a free app?

    (I don't actually know anything about Androids App markets)

  19. Re:Used is the new new on Man Finds Divorce Papers, Tax Docs On "New" Laptop · · Score: 1

    Exactly this.

    I'm not saying companies should be able to sell used items as new, but 1/2 price for an item that was returned because a customer didn't like the colour is a bit retarded.
    You want to be able to return an item for full price but not let them sell it at that same price again? Seriously?

  20. Re:You gets what you pays for . . . on Man Finds Divorce Papers, Tax Docs On "New" Laptop · · Score: 1

    They usually are (especially if they have the sticker seals with logos, etc on them), but you also have to remember that a lot of the employees working at these stores don't give a shit and are only getting paid minimum wage. Not to mention a seriously lack of communication between those doing the returns and those who are doing the restore on the system.

    I'm not saying it's right, if it was a returned system the customer should have been informed, the employee's should have restore the system and so forth, but shit like this does happen.

    Mind you, the summary says "computer fair" which screams scam to me, so honestly, I'm not surprised by this.

  21. Re:I'm sorry, what? on Anniston, Alabama To Censor Employees' Facebook Pages · · Score: 1

    you are free to say whatever you'd like about them. but do you really expect them to keep you if they find out?

    if i worked for you and was going on and on about how you are a shitty person, the company you run is terrible and i hate my co-workers, do I really expect you to keep me around?

    basically, this: http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/09/note-friend-boss-fb-bitch-job/

  22. Re:The weak link on Pentagon Credit Union Database Compromised · · Score: 1

    It's usually a healthy mix of both.

  23. Re:Article Title on France Planning Non-Windows Tablet Tax? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not to provoke further, but an I don't consider an iPad a 'real computer'. It's running the same OS as an iPhone.
    I also wouldn't consider a tablet running Windows Mobile xx (or Windows Mobile CE) a real computer anymore than my phone (which is not a real computer).

    If they are taxing iPads, they better be taxing Windows Mobile devices, along with Android devices. If they aren't taxing Windows 7 (XP/Vista) devices, then they shouldn't be taxing systems running Mac OSX or systems with whatever the Google operating system is called nor anything sold with Unix/Linux on it.

    The tax is stupid, but as long as it follows the same rules across all platforms then people should be upset about that, not comparing iOS to Windows 7...

    Of course, the linked article doesn't actually give versions of windows this applies to, which is an important point.So I assume this is just to start a flame war because someone said their iPad is not a real computer...

  24. Re:Yay... on Twitter Gets Major Funding, Adds New Data Center · · Score: 2

    My question is how many of those 100 million accounts post more than 1 message before they become forgotten. How many last more than a week....

  25. Re:Structural Unemployment for Middle Men on UK Games Retailers Threaten Boycott of Steam Games · · Score: 1

    Because you live in Australia?

    Games here in Canada via Steam are always the same price, or more often cheaper than at the store.