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  1. Re:modest proposal on Mpeg 7 To Include Per-Frame Content Identification · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Own it today on DVD and Bluray!"

    Me thinks then that a case could be made against Bestbuy and any one else who makes such a claim in advertisements.

  2. Re:Oh great! on Google Resolves Gmail Name Dispute In UK · · Score: 1

    That would be kinda scary, if when sending an email to example@gmail.com from the USA it went to one person, but sending it from the UK it went to another person.

  3. Re:Gee, didn't someone get lynched for saying that on Wii 2 Delay Is Hurting Nintendo · · Score: 1

    I know all three are part of the seventh generation, but it was just confusing since westlake mentioned standard def and then you... oh! I see what you did there.

  4. Re:What! on Voyager 2 Speaking In Tongues · · Score: 1

    Nonono, it's war is good for business.

  5. Re:Gee, didn't someone get lynched for saying that on Wii 2 Delay Is Hurting Nintendo · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to say that 1080p is standard def? I mean, I know it pales in comparison to computer monitors... but in TV land, 1080p is hi def.

  6. Re:Gee, didn't someone get lynched for saying that on Wii 2 Delay Is Hurting Nintendo · · Score: 1

    That's not stopping game development on the DS and PSP.

    PS2 also. I'm still seeing new games coming out for it.

  7. Re:Gee, didn't someone get lynched for saying that on Wii 2 Delay Is Hurting Nintendo · · Score: 1

    I realize that what I am about to say could also be said about the Wii, but how many of those PS2 sales were, for example, replacing a broken system, or just used so you don't have to lug your single PS2 between locations?

  8. Re:Really? on First Non-Latin TLDs Go Online Today · · Score: 1

    Personally, I thought it looked more like a Theta than an E.

  9. Re:Lawsuit? on Hacker Develops ATM Rootkit · · Score: 1

    At first, I thought that it would still be ethical. But then I thought, "isn't this almost like Please Rob Me?" Ultimately though, I guess it depends on what a criminal could steal from that Mom & Pop store.

    If all a criminal could do is bankrupt Mom and Pop, it probably isn't ethical to release the information on the blind spots.

    But if customer records are stored in the store, then it probably is ethical to still reveal the blind spots, as Mom and Pop probably have an ethical responsibility to the protection of their customer's data.

  10. Re:Wouldn't that be pointless? on Do Gamers Want Simpler Games? · · Score: 1

    This was one thing that I really enjoyed about Batman: Arkham Asylum. Near as I could tell, they explicitly made sure that, even if you completely skipped the side stuff during the normal story, you could still go back and complete it all at the very end. A shame the game was so short.

  11. Re:Microsoft Office 2010, Dissected on Microsoft Office 2010, Dissected · · Score: 1

    "Technically it's a vivisection as I'm still alive." - Kodos.

    May not be an exact quote, my memory is a little fuzzy.

  12. Re:Terraforming on Martian Gullies Explained By ... Sand · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus#Magnetic_field_and_core

    Huh, so it does. I mean, I'm not the AC, I figured it had a magnetosphere, but thought it was due to having a molten core like Earth.

    A quick skim of the wiki link doesn't seem to mention anything about it, but I seem to recall hearing about Venus' molten core with regard to the planet having periodic planet-wide catastrophic volcanic explosions because the lack of plate tectonics does not offer a more gradual pressure release system like on Earth.

  13. Re:Hollywood is partially right on Top 10 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do · · Score: 1

    File manager, yes, but TFA makes it sound like, for example, I opened something in notepad, someone deletes the file I opened, and suddenly notepad loses the file.

    Although that said, I'm sure there are some programs that would lose the file (or only be able to retain what was on the screen at the time) in such a situation.

  14. Re:the Lawrences are cunts on Restaurant Refused To Serve Blind Man Because of His "Gay" Dog · · Score: 1
    Your own quoted section of TFS disproves you.

    The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog,

    So while they thought the dog was gay, they also thought the dog was not, I repeat, not a guide dog.

    Or to put it another way...

    They displayed a sign with the text "Guide dogs welcome" and then denied the dog access since they confused it for an ordinary pet (aka, non-guide) dog.

    FTFY.

  15. Re:And the answer is... on What Happened To Obama's Open Source Adviser? · · Score: 1

    Ditto.

    Well, the first three options were the same and in the same order, but 4-10 were in different orders (with some being new).

  16. Re:Pokeberries? on Purple Pokeberries Yield Cheap Solar Power · · Score: 1

    I think GP was trying to make a Pokémon joke, though I am unfamiliar with what the "Berry glitch" may be.

  17. Re:Building blocks ? on Life's Building Blocks Found On Asteroid 24 Themis · · Score: 1

    I thought that's what the infinite monkeys represented?

  18. Re:If I were taking an IT Admin position... on Rough Justice For Terry Childs · · Score: 1

    And if the POTUS asks you to break the law, you do it.

    Wait, what?

  19. Re:They need something to do on FAA Says No More Minesweeper Or Solitaire In Cockpit · · Score: 1

    So then add some warning buzzers for when the plane is getting close to your programmed destination or something.

  20. Re:Please appeal, on Terry Childs Found Guilty · · Score: 1

    With a standard 8-hour day, that'd be $12.50 an hour. Are you saying that's too high or too low as compensation for the work that you are missing (and thus, for some, aren't getting paid for)?

  21. Re:No, WE do not have a responsibility on Supreme Court To Rule On State Video Game Regulation · · Score: 1
    My only point was to show that not being able to return the game is no reason to put the burden on retailers to not sell the game in the first place. But now I'm curious about this:

    Or you can teach your child to be responsible, and let them do it in a responsible way and act as a positive influence to your kids. Wow! that might be like parenting or something!

    So if your 5 year old child bought the most bloody and gory FPS game ever (not a big FPS fan so I don't know what that might be), how would you handle that?

  22. Re:No, WE do not have a responsibility on Supreme Court To Rule On State Video Game Regulation · · Score: 1

    So, as a parent, what do you do?

    Tell your child "tough luck, you just pissed away $50 of your own money because I'm not letting you keep this"? Or if you bought it for your child, wtf were you thinking in the first place?

  23. Re:"former" nurse on Former Nurse Charged With Aiding Suicides Via Web · · Score: 1

    Men can be nurses to, so the part you quoted (I'm presuming you quoted it because that looks like a man's name) doesn't really say anything.

  24. Re:Ok, so what? on Former Nurse Charged With Aiding Suicides Via Web · · Score: 1, Insightful

    And that's a problem... why? Seriously, if someone wants to kill themself, as long as they are not leaving a burden on the people they are leaving behind, what's the big deal?

  25. Re:I wonder how long until it "accidentally" leaks on South Park's Episode 201 — the Expurgated Version · · Score: 1

    I don't know if this was recent, but it's also not currently available on Amazon's or Netflix's VOD service, or from iTunes.

    Makes me want to go out and buy the season 5 DVD set before they recall those and release a "clean" box set without that episode.