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  1. Re:Nope on The First Real Boom in Virtual Reality? It's Pornography. (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Adult content producers do tend to try out every new technology or media format, they don't however tend to have any actual impact on the success of said technology/format. BluRay vs HD-DVD was one data point proving that, the other is the failure of 3D TVs despite the porn industry's support for the 3D format.

  2. Re:PDA on The iPhone Turns 10 (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Your point on battery endurance is a bit ridiculous, use your iPhone like you would a dumb phone and its battery will last a lot longer. I remember when I first got iPhone 5s I spent the first week using it only for phone calls and SMS, and it lasted 5 days on a charge.

  3. Re:Why kill it instead of move it online? on Nintendo Power's Final Cover · · Score: 1

    Based on my last visit to the bookshop there are still a hell of a lot of them. I still read Edge myself.

  4. Re:No shit on The Surprising Truth About Internet Censorship In the Middle East · · Score: 2

    I think you misunderstand the intent of the Jizya. Jizya (for non-muslims) and Zakat (for muslims) are merely the Islamic version of the taxation system.

  5. Re: Firefox vs. Opera on Opera 11.60 'Tunny' Released With Ragnarök HT · · Score: 1

    In Firefox you can right click on a search text box and select 'Add a Keyword for this search' to do it. No add-ons required.

  6. Re:Well, it looks different at least. on Bandwidth Being Throttled In Bahrain? · · Score: 1

    If there is throttling here it is not nationwide, neither is it covering all ISPs. VIVA for example currently averages around 15kbps on a 21mbps package. I heard that the main ISP (Batelco) also had some slowdowns related to upgrades and changes in their network. Yet my Menatelecom connection is working exactly as it was before the demonstrations. Someone I know reported that while he had slowdowns during net surfing his download speed when torrenting was still fast.

  7. Re:Ahh Limewire! That takes me back... on Looks Like the End of the Line For LimeWire · · Score: 1

    Newzbin is still alive.

  8. Re:holy shit REALLY? on Copyrights and CD-Rs Endanger Audio History · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Over here it is next month!

  9. Re:Let's get crackin' on 1-in-1,000 Chance of Asteroid Impact In ... 2182? · · Score: 1

    640 clones of Chuck Norris should be enough for any asteroid.

  10. Re:How to block KDawson articles? on Data Sorting World Record — 1 Terabyte, 1 Minute · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just put a fucking bullet in your head and you'll never have to see another kdawson article again.

    Don't do it while reading one of his articles or it will be imprinted in your eyes forever.

  11. Re:it doesn't make any sense because on Dell Drops Ubuntu PCs From Its Website · · Score: 1

    I don't see any need for you to muck with registry in the first place. Most of the stuff you use a CLI for will be available through the GUI of whatever program you use or the OS itself.

  12. Re:It's about being truthful on Windows vs. Ubuntu — Dell's Verdict · · Score: 1

    There are free alternatives to almost all Windows programs. Plus, you can run most Windows programs in Linux through Wine or similar emulators, but you can't run Linux programs in Windows at all, unless you have a Windows compiler to compile the (open) source files with.

    The majority of those free alternatives exist in Windows too, along with all the proprietary software. And a lot of Linux's best programs have Windows versions too. If we're talking about both quantity and quality of software available for both platforms, then Windows will be better for the majority of users.