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  1. Re:First sale doctrine on First-Sale Doctrine Lost Overseas · · Score: 1

    Do you mean Kelo v. New London?

  2. Foreshadowing on Challenges Ahead In Final Hubble Servicing Mission · · Score: 3, Funny

    'We've been training for this for seven years. We can't wait for this to happen.'

    Cue heartbreak and disaster.

  3. PS3 Success? on Toshiba To Halt HD-DVD Production · · Score: 1

    I think that the PS3 is largely responsible for this outcome. I've heard it cited in numerous reports as a major driver of blu ray sales, so even though it's been disastrous otherwise, the PS3 may have actually paid off for Sony in a way most people didn't expect.

  4. Re:Hmm on Wii to Get New Hardware - Possibly Hard Drive? · · Score: 1

    They announced that there would be a DVD version released this year even before the platform launched last fall.
    http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161611.html

  5. Form factor on Wii to Get New Hardware - Possibly Hard Drive? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    While I think having more space would be great, I'd hate to lose the Wii's small form factor in my entertainment cabinet. Maybe it'll be somewhat modular rather than an external box attached via USB or some other wire?

  6. Re:Method of keeping altitude on Astronauts Throw Trash Into Space · · Score: 1

    I like this idea. Hell, even throwing the trash in the direction of the Earth on a space walk would be better than just letting it float away, and would also provide the altitude boost you suggested.

  7. Re:Damnit... on PS3 Lines Already Forming In America · · Score: 1

    They're probably part time workers/college kids for the most part. Maybe some of them are even employees of the store. Just sleep outside then go in to work!

  8. Re:What is wrong with Captchas? on How to Prevent Form Spam Without Captchas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Awesome, I'm sitting here during my lunch break at work, checking out that page, and what do I see under some of the sample captchas? Goatse, barely distorted.

  9. Re:What is wrong with Captchas? on How to Prevent Form Spam Without Captchas · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've always wondered why designers don't use something simpler such as showing a picture of an easily identifiable object and requiring the user to identify it. This would work in 99.9% of cases. Alternatively, for the screen reader crowd, the check could something like, "What is the fifth word in this sentence?" There's probably some obvious flaw with this technique that I'm not thinking of, or I imagine it would have been done already.

  10. Re:tabs on 4 Seconds Loading Time Is Maximum For Websurfers · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that a study of "1000 shoppers" had to include mostly IE users.

  11. Re:Web site to check your laptop on Dell Issues Laptop Battery Recall · · Score: 1

    Does that apply to the current recall or just the December 2005 recall?

  12. Re:Further evidence... on Studios OK Burning Movie Downloads · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To quote a great man, the MPAA is just the diet coke of evil. Just one calorie, not quite evil enough.

  13. Re:Gotcha! on London Gamers Shoot It Out In The Streets · · Score: 1

    I did, back in college. It was shown annually before the start of each year's Killer game.

  14. Re:More such as this. on The RIAA vs. John Doe, a Layperson's Guide · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The confusing babble is part of the reason why we have lawyers. Nearly everything can be argued in court and lawyers just make more (paid) work for themselves by having the T&C be confusing in the first place.

  15. Re:DRM yadda yadda... on Warner to Sell Music on DVD · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The point is that, like the article alluded to, they're desperate for a physical product to compete with piracy and online sales. Granted, it seems like a disaster in the making but, especially in recent years, the music industry isn't exactly known for its ability to work well with the real, changing market, is it?

  16. Re:Video link on Liquid Armor the New Bulletproof Vest · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That video is pretty neat. Maybe there could be an application on rigid surfaces like reinforced windows and such.

  17. Re:Live frugally first! on Investing Tips for College Students? · · Score: 1

    I'm in a similar situation. I finished grad school in May 2005 and I consolidated my loans when interest rates were at their all time low. I managed to live more frugally that I had hoped, and I graduated with a substantial chunk of leftover cash. I am now paying 3.25% interest on that money while I'm seeing 5.05% from my money market account and even more (~10%) from my modest stock investments.

  18. Re:Money versus power on Boeing Connexion, No More Wi-Fi at 30,000 ft? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's what secondary batteries are for. I'd imagine that most frequent business travelers would be prepared for such a situation.

  19. Capt. Obvious on Will Vista Run Your Games? · · Score: 5, Funny

    "and it's not quite there yet"

    Hence why it's coming out next year, not now.

  20. Re:vice versa? on Soldiers Bond with Bomb-Defusing Robots · · Score: 1

    Or mechanically depressed for that matter.

  21. Re:Flirting with open source on Microsoft Flirts with Open Source · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, Open Source was asking for it... going around flashing its goods to anyone who cares to look.

  22. Re:Rad? on Guitar Hero 2 Impressions Roundup · · Score: 1

    Touche

  23. Rad? on Guitar Hero 2 Impressions Roundup · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, I don't think I've heard the term "rad" since 1988. Ok, mod me off-topic into oblivion.

  24. Re:Whilst I understand.... on DARPA Grand Challenge 3 · · Score: 1

    Hehe, that reminds me of Mission Impossible 2.

    Anthony Hopkins: So you're saying that it would be difficult?
    Tom Cruise: Very.
    Hopkins: Well, Mr. Hunt, this is not Mission Difficult, this is Mission Impossible. Difficult should be a walk in the park for you.

    Sorry for the OT.

  25. Re:Whilst I understand.... on DARPA Grand Challenge 3 · · Score: 1

    What I find a little scary is that two years ago not a single team finished the Darpa Grand Challenege. There were cars driving off into the desert, into fences, and through sand pits. They finally had finishers last year, but are we really ready to put these things on the street now?