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  1. Re:It's not about the cost, it's about convenience on iTunes Stops Working For Windows XP Users · · Score: 1

    And even better, the song was probably available in MP3 format from Amazon.

  2. Re:It's not about the cost, it's about convenience on iTunes Stops Working For Windows XP Users · · Score: 1

    Well - since Apple at least sells in DRM-free AAC now, a decent portable media player would handle that. AAC is a little more bit-efficient than MP3. The rest of what you say is absolutely true, but I've ripped my own CDs in AAC even without using the files in iTunes.

  3. Re:makes sense, my osX 10.5 died about that time on iTunes Stops Working For Windows XP Users · · Score: 1

    Why would you have ripped to a DRM-laden format? You can rip to clean AAC, MP3 or lossless from iTunes. I didn't know ripping to a protected format was even an option. Otherwise, you can just copy the files.

  4. Re:Gas isn't free(as in beer), Many charge points on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    If the vehicles were in demand (I.E. if people wanted them) the price would be higher. THat's basic economics, sorry you are too stupid to understand that.

    Only once you reach a certain point in production numbers:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...

  5. Re:Growing up on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    I don't know how else to interpret the statistics than this. There is literally nothing to make of this report.

  6. Re:Progressive Fix 101 on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    Don't be silly. People don't use SUVs for sport utility.

  7. Re:Instead... on 'Mobilegeddon': Google To Punish Mobile-Hostile Sites Starting Today · · Score: 1

    Gmail is one of them. I can't log into a second gmail account on Android Lollipop without switching manually to the desktop version - BY EDITING THE URL! That's right, clicking the "Desktop Version" link redirects you to the "first" account.

    And yes, there are reasons to log in to Gmail on Mobile rather than using the mail client for everything.

  8. Re:Probably best on Automakers To Gearheads: Stop Repairing Cars · · Score: 1

    AC that decides I don't want recirculation on with the defroster

    If you have that much moisture to get rid of, your almost always going to have drier air outside.

  9. Re:Probably best on Automakers To Gearheads: Stop Repairing Cars · · Score: 1

    Lack of crumpling means the force wasn't absorbed by the vehicle body. Personally, I'd rather the vehicle absorb the stopping force instead of transferring it to me.

  10. Re:You no longer own a car on Automakers To Gearheads: Stop Repairing Cars · · Score: 1

    You know you can manually enable TRIM with any SSD on OS X using tools made for Hackintosh users. It's a very simple and unobtrusive procedure. OS X disables TRIM on everything but their own approved drives for no reason at all - the OS support is still there.

    TRIM only affects write performance. In order to write to a sector on an SSD, it must be blank. TRIM erases "free" space in advance of your next write to that part of the drive. If you drive isn't nearly full you may just be using empty space anyway and not having any performance loss.

  11. Re:You no longer own a car on Automakers To Gearheads: Stop Repairing Cars · · Score: 1

    Car365. It's a monthly fee now.

  12. Re:Not fully junk on A 2-Year-Old Has Become the Youngest Person Ever To Be Cryonically Frozen · · Score: 1

    Still,

    But half her brain is gone. What are they preserving, exactly?

    She was conscious after that. And had regained vision and mobility. Yes, the cancer spread after that, but that wasn't what I was refuting.

  13. Re:Not fully junk on A 2-Year-Old Has Become the Youngest Person Ever To Be Cryonically Frozen · · Score: 1

    She regained consciousness and a lot more with half a brain. Read the article.

  14. Re:Kind of a dup, but here's a link that explains on Calling Out a GAO Report That Says In-Flight Wi-Fi Lets Hackers Access Avionics · · Score: 1

    Human airships would be more secure. They don't have the ability to recompile untrusted PowerPC code.

  15. Re:uhh...warm oceans=wet land on Mystery "Warm Blob" In the Pacific Ocean Could Be Causing California's Drought · · Score: 1

    It does support HTML, however: ñ

  16. Re:Time to retire .com? on ICANN Asks FTC To Rule On .sucks gTLD Rollout · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes - in that case. That's because Apple Computer got into the music business. I just picked it as an easy example. But it's possible for two companies to have trademarks for the same name in different fields.

    "You can do it, we can help"
    Trademarked by Nicorette Gum

    "You can do it, we can help"
    Trademarked by Home Depot

    The same trademark but used in two different fields

  17. Re:thank God they didn't have computers.... on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    I wasn't talking about the metaphor. I was talking about walking up to an actual front door - where previous poster seriously thought that stepping onto someone else's property is already trespassing in all cases.

  18. Re:Time to retire .com? on ICANN Asks FTC To Rule On .sucks gTLD Rollout · · Score: 1

    If nothing else to this point has convinced us to use .us, nothing will. We have .com and the only people using .us are public schools, it seems.

    Besides, some trademarks only cover a geographic region or a type of product (Apple Records vs. Apple Computer). Some names just aren't unique enough to be granted nationwide usage.

  19. Re:Unauthorized access is illegal. Period. on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    And it's not even an unlocked door. It's a lock door with the key taped to the front of the door. So you still have to break-in to trespass. I don't know if that's a requirement for it being a violation of the CFAA or not.

  20. Re:CS will fill jail cells. on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 2

    Prison workers are cheaper than H1B workers. Maybe there's a nefarious patriotic plot behind all this.

  21. Re:Glad it wasn't like this when I was a kid! on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    No kidding. Back when computers were on display and you could actually touch and play with them, I loved setting the start menu font color to the same as the background color. Same to the menus. And since they didn't know what to do about it, it would still be that way weeks later.

  22. Re:I probably would've gotten the death penalty... on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    But without needing a password, it's not a violation of CFAA is it?

  23. Re:thank God they didn't have computers.... on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    Not in most states. People can reasonably expect to be able to walk up to your front door unless you have posted signs saying "no trespassing" or "no soliciting" or told the specific person that they are not allowed.

    Pushing a photo through an open door isn't really trespassing either if you stay outside.

  24. Re:thank God they didn't have computers.... on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 2

    Depends on where you live. Putting flyers on the door knob is only trespassing if you have already told them not to be there, put up a no trespassing sign, or put up a no soliciting sign in most places. Otherwise, people can reasonably expect to be able to walk up to your front door.

    Pushing a photo through an open door isn't really trespassing either if you stay outside.

  25. Re:It's getting to the point where it's pointless. on Bell Labs Fighting To Get More Bandwidth Out of Copper · · Score: 1

    Not pointless, just optimized for overcrowded urban areas who likely are just as cheap to run fiber to anyway.