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  1. Re:WHAT!?!?!?! on Coming Soon, Shorter Video Games · · Score: 1

    Since you are presumably watching 100+ channels all at the same time, you forgot to factor in the cost of the electricity required to power the 100+ extra TVs and cable boxes. :P

  2. Re:Or... on Moon Younger Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    I thought He setup the laws of physics so that He didn't have to constantly work, because even He can get tired.

  3. Re:Baby with the bathwater on BART Keeps Cell Service Despite Protests · · Score: 1

    One of these things is not like the others.

    Is it buses? I've not seen a bus operated by over-head lines, but everything else is (or can be).

    In all seriousness, yeah, seems a little odd to say that the purpose of BART is to serve the peoples physical and virtual transportation needs.

  4. Re:It'll be fine, brought to you by Carl's Jr. on Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement · · Score: 1

    "Why would they put Captain America on a can of Canada Dry?"

    That's kind of the exact opposite of what is going on here.

    Unless there was a Captain America Mt Dew can in the Captain America movie? I haven't seen the movie yet so wouldn't know.

  5. Re:Dumbledore dies in book 6 on Do Spoilers Ruin a Good Story? No, Say Researchers · · Score: 1

    When I first heard that, I tried starting a discussion about it, about how it couldn't be as simple as all the b-tards were making it out to be. I was promptly harshly smacked down for having revealed it. It was as if they so readily wanted to believe it, that everyone just completely ignored the fact that I was basically saying that it couldn't be true.

    After book 7, I wanted to bring the topic back up, but could never find the right words.

  6. Re:If your town gets its water from a river... on Drought-Stricken Texas Town Taps Urine For Water · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What I find even more amusing are the people who are all "eww yuck" over stories about recycling urine for drinking, and then go on to consume an alcoholic beverage (aka, yeast urine).

  7. Re:What countries? on Why Some People Don't Have Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Sorry, still not seeing how I'm supposed to grip something in one hand with the fingernail side of my fingers. Unless... wait, did you mean both hands? Holding something between both hands with fingertips in vs fingernails in?

  8. Re:What countries? on Why Some People Don't Have Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Test the grip you get on an object with both the inside and outside of a finger.

    I don't know about you, but my fingers don't bend that way @.@

    Or am I greatly misunderstanding what you mean?

  9. Re:PC? on Spiderman's Politically Correct Replacement · · Score: 1

    Since when did abhorring preferential treatment of others automatically mean you support preferential treatment of yourself?

  10. Re:So goes a once-talented filmmaker on Lucas Loses Star Wars Stormtrooper Copyright Case · · Score: 1

    There was even a part in one of the extras for the first DVD where George Lucas said "Jar-Jar is the key to it all" or something to that affect. At the time I watched it, I hadn't yet seen the third movie (it was the third movie with the scene you just described, yes? Otherwise it was the second I hadn't yet seen), so thought Mr Lucas was joking. How wrong I turned out to be..

  11. Re:First Download? on Apple Releases Mac OS X Lion, Updates Air · · Score: 1

    Why would you?

    Because if, for whatever reason, you are doing a reformat and reinstall, you'd like to be able to skip the "Install 10.6" step and go straight to "Install 10.7"?

  12. Re:Amazon holds almost all the cards on Borders Books, Dead At 40 · · Score: 1

    Little bit of nit-picking.

    Next day shipping with Prime is not free, it's $3.99. Even 2-day shipping isn't really free, since the Prime membership itself costs $79 per year.

  13. Re:Great, so how the hell do I paint ashalt shingl on Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White' · · Score: 1

    Have you purchased a house?

    I have.

    Did you do so without looking at the neighborhood it's a part of?

    Of course not. But a sideways facing house next to mine kinda seems like a weird thing to care about. Maybe I'd feel differently if I actually saw such a thing in person.

    Didn't consider sight lines both to and from the neighbors' houses?

    Honestly, no, I didn't. My one neighbor is about a floor's height below me in elevation, while my other is about half a floor above. All 3 are two-story houses. And that's ok with me. If the problem is them looking in, there are plenty of things I can do to block that.

  14. Re:Is this what it has come down to? on LulzSec Target the Sun After Phone Hacking Scandal · · Score: 1
    My personal feelings on the death penalty aside...

    O rly. There's another person executed by the USAsian rednecks for murdering another person.

    FTFY.

  15. Re:Great, so how the hell do I paint ashalt shingl on Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White' · · Score: 1

    I'm confused, how does the other house not facing the street affect your house's value? I can think of a couple reasons why it would affect the value of that house (look out the front window and have a nice scenic view of... the side of your house), but nothing that should matter to someone looking to buy your house.

  16. Re:Make something unbreakable... on iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Ugh on Amazon Plans iPad Competitor (and 2 New Kindles) · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, the ol' "you have no right to complain because there are people worse off than you" argument.

  18. Re:$100 per year on Phone Customers Pay $2B Yearly In Bogus Fees · · Score: 1

    Skip the caller ID portion of GP's proposed system and just use the answering machine / voice mail?

  19. Re:Why not this too? on DOT Exempts Maker of 'Flying Car' From Road Vehicle Safety Rules · · Score: 1
  20. Re:screw that on Chinese Officials Need a Better Photoshopper · · Score: 1

    Or 3.6. Double-right-clicking brings up the right-click menu though, and from there you can select your desired option.

  21. Re:Games not technology on Nintendo Trying To Win Back Core Gamers With Wii U · · Score: 1

    And buying on-line kills the impulse buy

    While I am but one person, I've bought many a game on Steam on an impulse simply because it was on sale.

  22. Re:More reasons why the Cloud is a disaster on The Patriot Act and the EU Cloud · · Score: 1

    "Your torture caused me to not think straight and give the wrong password."

    Of course, if they're willing to resort to torture to get the password, something tells me you've prolly got far more sinister things to worry about than a mere "destruction of evidence" charge.

  23. Re:What in the seven hells on Video Game Free Speech Ruling Aftermath · · Score: 1

    Is there some sort of quota that prevents the publication of more than one type of video game?

    Yes actually, though I wouldn't call share holders who would rather make a guaranteed buck than gamble on something new a "quota".

  24. Re:Wasting time on Video Game Free Speech Ruling Aftermath · · Score: 1

    You haven't read the New Testament, have you? Nothing in the Old Testament is mandatory anymore.

    I'm Jewish, you insensitive clod!

    Ok, not really, I just couldn't resist using that meme to point out that the New Testament means jack to some people.

  25. Re:First Sale on Capcom Announces Unreplayable Game · · Score: 1

    That's a really strange thing to pay for unless you plan on keeping it as a collectors item or something.

    Can't speak for omnichad, but that's exactly the reason for me.

    Everyone has something that they think looks good lining the walls and/or shelves in their parents' basement, be it posters, figurines, game boxes, whatever.