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  1. Wow on Insurance Won't Cover Smartphones, When Pricey Alternatives Exist · · Score: 4, Funny

    I never thought I'd see an article that would refer to the iPhone as "cheap."

  2. Forgot to mention.... on Average Gamer Is 35, Fat and Bummed · · Score: 3, Informative

    that the survey wasn't national. They "analyzed survey data from 552 adults in the Seattle-Tacoma area. The subjects ranged in age from 19 to 90, according to the study, published in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine." No offense to my fellow Americans in Seattle, but its not the happiest place with 226 days of cloudyness. The data might be a bit unbalanced.

  3. Re:Screw Rock Band: The Beatles on While My Guitar Gently Beeps · · Score: 1

    Fact 1: How is that any different from Guitar Hero which never has DLC compatibility beyond playing Metallica music in GH4 and GH:M. Fact 2: I agree that is lame for Apple to inforce, but at the end of the day that's what the contract stated. Fact 3: RIP: Drum Fill solo mechanic, I never loved you though. It always sounded off when doing the solos in Rock Band. I actually prefer Beatles not having this. Also Ringo Starr never liked doing drum solos so it's true to the band as well. Anyway that's business. You make it sound like they are sacrificing virgins for this game.

  4. Re:Unfortunately that does not mean quality on Smash Bros. Creators Behind New TMNT Game · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well many people in their 20s to early 30s have great memories playing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade games. So the franchise definitely has an audience in younger kids and the MTV Generation.

  5. In all my years. on The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From my Macintosh LC to my Macbook Pro (even my PCs) I've never had a single hard drive fail me. Am I just lucky or is the occurrence of hard drive failure rare?

  6. Button Masher on Nokia Unveils "World's Thinnest" QWERTY Smartphone · · Score: 1

    One reason why I'll stay with the iPhone is that it is near on impossible for a 6 foot 2 person nearing 220 pounds to work those tiny keys. Strangely though I do fine on my IPod touch especially thanks to spell check.

  7. Put Simpsons Jokes Here on NASA's Educational Game Proposal Deadline Extended · · Score: 1

    Now we may never know if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space.

  8. The $100+ Million Question on Oil Deposit Could Increase US Reserves 10x · · Score: 1, Interesting
    How much will it cost to access these deposits? If the potential mining costs are too high (or, alternatively, are of lower quality than the light sweet crude favored by industry), then it will take much higher oil prices before these sources are tapped.

    Moreover, with the oligopoly control of oil production, we may still never see such sources utilized because the companies that control the flow are more than happy to benefit from high oil and gas prices.

  9. Every School Should Have These Lessons... on Virginia Becomes First State to Mandate Internet Safety Lessons · · Score: 1

    any excuse to get our of working in school is fine by me. I hope this is a mandatory college class I can get credits in.

  10. Doesn't offend me when it is on COH. on Are Optional Ads Worth The Trouble? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A game that has modern day cities in it can appropriately have advertisements on it, just like most racing games now a days. In someways it helps because it makes it feel like a real city. Now if I started seeing signs for Vitamin Water on World of Warcraft, that is when I get offended.

  11. Re:bad pre-emptive move on Blocking Steganosonic Data In Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    "...on a level that stays inaudible or invisible, yet destroys any message encoded within."

    I think only dogs and bats would be affected. And we all know that our fellow mammals have been trying go higher on the food chain.

  12. Just Don't Look on Users Know Advertisers Watch Them, and Hate It · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This Article reminded me of a Simpson's song. To stop those monsters 1-2-3, Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free, It's got Paul Anka's guarantee... Lisa: Guarantee void in Tennessee. All: Just don't look! Just don't look! Just don't look! Just don't look! Just don't look! Just don't look! Seriously though I've stopped paying attention to ads altogether. Except for those amusing General Insurance ads where you play a car and avoid getting hit, those ads I fully support.

  13. True but... on Suspended Animation In Mice Without Freezing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    many things that can save our lives (major surgery, chemotherapy) also leaves us wanting to die. Just because something is horribly painful doesn't mean we should avoid it.

  14. Re:Not Surprising From NetSol on Network Solutions Suspends Site of Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 1

    Are you entirely sure that NetSol still maintains the master database and gets a piece of ever domain name sold? I don't know if there's anything special about NetSol at this point. Yes, it was a monopoly at one point certainly. But if it were getting a piece of every domain name sold, I'd expect to see such a fee when purchasing a domain; the only fee I see is a small ICANN fee. I think you may be confusing NetSol with ICANN. If NetSol still had any real power over anything other than its customers, it would not have been purchased and then spit out by VeriSign. In any case, one is afforded greater protection by registering with almost any other major registrar. Godaddy, for example, has gotten some negative press over a few calls it has made, but it's a far superior choice to NetSol.

  15. Not Surprising From NetSol on Network Solutions Suspends Site of Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is not surprising coming from NetSol. NetSol will shut down hosting and even lock down domain names if enough pressure is put on it, without anything even resembling a court order to do so. Anyone holding Internet property through NetSol that is even remotely controversial or that is threatened by hostile entities seeking to shut it down should move expeditiously to a different host and registrar.

  16. Wii Blue Light Can Keep Me Up on Blue Lights To Reset Internal Clocks · · Score: 1

    I can fall asleep with the sun out, the TV on, and the radio. But when the Wii starts flashing blue I just start looking and can't go to sleep. I always thought it was because I was a Nintendo Fanboy, but I guess the Blue Light has an effect.

  17. It's probably due to Depression... on Scientists' Success Or Failure Correlated With Beer · · Score: 1

    If I were a scientist studying worthless things like whether beer makes a great scientist, I'd determine that all those years in college were for nothing and I'm making no contribution to society. I'd eventually go and get some beer in order to cope, beer is of course a Depressant. Thus the beer gets me more depressed, I get more depressed, and I accomplish nothing. Vicous cycle, maybe they should do something important.

  18. Re:Simply Amazing. on New BigDog Robot Video · · Score: 1

    Very true, but don't forget something as big as that thing would require a lot of energy, and the dog could be destroyed with something like a bomb or a mine (which as we all know our enemies use quite often). At best Big Dog could be a scout, but a full on Metal Gear is quite unrealistic.

  19. Simply Amazing. on New BigDog Robot Video · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It reacting to a kick was so lifelike I wanted to call Peta. I frankly don't see the actual use in war, besides transporting things, I can't wait till they make toy versions.

  20. Can you hear me Major Tom? on Space Planes to Meet 'Big Demand' For Tourism · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Umm, don't astronaunts have to go through a series of tests to make sure they can function in space? How do you expect a bunch of rich people who are likely in their 40s and above to actually be preparred for something like going into space

  21. Is it possible... on Summer of Code'08 Organizations List Announced · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is it possible to hate Google (besides Monkey Boy Balmer)? I really can't think of one negative thing about them, I really love them. Larry/Sergey for 2008!

  22. Re:Why is it always porn? on Mass Website Hack Compromises 200,000 Sites · · Score: 1

    Very true, I imagine (or atleast hope) that if a normal person saw such a thing as free porn, they'd get rid of it immediately. This hack though can have a devastating effect though if done right. Imagine trying to see a Youtube Video someone posted on your forum only to find you need to upgrade Flash... and then discover that "upgrade" was a trojan. Thank god hackers (and nerds in general) are total pervs.

  23. Re:Lasers in war? on How The Latest in High Tech Works · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Thank god, cause I'd much rather be dead than blind.

  24. No Undead? on What's Your Favorite Monster? · · Score: 1

    Umm the whole idea of undead humans rising up and attacking humans is dates back to Haitian Folklore and Middle Age Myths. I imagine they have all been in the most horror films as well, truly they are the NO. 1 monster.

  25. Don't get your hopes up. on Unreleased iPhone 2.0 May Already Be Hacked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Jobs will pounce on this faster than a Leopard. They should have kept their mouths shut.